"Bow! Copper Bell!"
Lin Chang’sheng watched for a long while before finally choosing a longbow and a copper bell.
Since he already possessed the Dragon Abyss Sword and the Divine Thunder Bow, he no longer needed offensive weapons. It was better to select a defensive Middle Grade Celestial Immortal Treasure; with this, not even a Middle Stage Tribulation Crossing expert could do anything to him.
[Weapon generation in progress... Generation complete... Please name these 2 Middle Grade Celestial Immortal Treasures?]
The panel popped up another prompt.
"Divine Thunder Bow, Dragon God Bell!"
Lin Chang’sheng named them after a moment’s thought.
As Lin Chang’sheng finished naming them, the two Middle Grade Celestial Immortal Treasures slowly descended, quietly settling into Lin Chang’sheng’s storage bag.
The changes to the Divine Thunder Bow weren’t drastic; its bowstring merely felt even sturdier, while the power of thunder flowing through it grew ever more domineering.
"Let’s test how much stronger the Divine Thunder Bow has become?"
Lin Chang’sheng muttered to himself, then with a wave of his hand, directly took out the Divine Thunder Bow.
Fzzz—
As soon as the Divine Thunder Bow appeared, heaven and earth changed color; the land for five miles around was engulfed by celestial thunder.
Lin Chang’sheng drew the Divine Thunder Bow, instantly drawing every bolt of divine thunder in the firmament above to converge upon the arrow, coalescing into a Silver Thunder Arrow.
Whoosh—
Releasing the bowstring, Lin Chang’sheng fired a Divine Thunder Arrow the size of a person, which tore through the sky and slammed into a distant mountain range.
Rumble—
The Thunderbolt Arrow obliterated a mountain hundreds of feet high into dust, sending stones flying everywhere.
The raging power of thunder spread across the ground, destroying everything within a five-mile radius. The entire surface collapsed in on itself.
The commotion lasted more than a dozen breaths before finally fading away.
When the dust settled, a gigantic crater five miles across had formed, with arcs of lightning still crackling over the surface.
"Is the gap between Lower Grade and Middle Grade Celestial Immortal Treasures really so huge?"
Even Lin Chang’sheng was shocked by this arrow.
Before, his Thunderbolt Arrow struggled to break through a Tribulation Crossing expert’s Elemental Shield—it mostly relied on the Five Flames Sacred Fire to burn through.
But now, the Thunderbolt Arrow unleashed from the Middle Grade Celestial Immortal Divine Thunder Bow was unbelievably fierce.
It probably wouldn’t be hard to bust open an Early Stage Tribulation Crossing expert’s Elemental Shield in one shot.
"Y-you—how is your Divine Bow so incredibly powerful?"
Guo Yunchu was stunned by the overwhelming force of Lin Chang’sheng’s arrow.
Hadn’t the arrows in Lin Chang’sheng’s hands never been this awe-inspiring before?
"Don’t ask questions you shouldn’t ask!"
Lin Chang’sheng had no intention of explaining anything to Guo Yunchu.
Shut down by Lin Chang’sheng, Guo Yunchu didn’t dare say another word.
Off to the side, Gu Shan was also thoroughly astonished—how could the Divine Thunder Bow in Lin Chang’sheng’s hands have gotten so much stronger?
Had he been hiding his strength from the start?
"Middle Grade Celestial Immortal Treasure?"
Upon closer inspection, Gu Shan suddenly noticed that the bow in Lin Chang’sheng’s hand was no longer the same Divine Thunder Bow—it had already been upgraded to a Middle Grade Celestial Immortal Treasure.
This baffled Gu Shan—how could the rank of a Heaven-Reaching Immortal Treasure be raised so easily?
Could it be that Lin Chang’sheng could not only do Alchemy, but also Artifact Refining?
That’s impossible!
Heaven-Reaching Immortal Treasures weren’t regular Spirit Treasures. You can’t just refine one whenever you want.
Without significant strength and considerable resources, it’s simply not possible to refine one so easily.
"He’s a bloody monster!"
Unable to figure it out, Gu Shan could only shake his head and sigh.
But just then, Lin Chang’sheng brought out another newly-forged Middle Grade Celestial Immortal Treasure, giving Gu Shan a fresh shock.
This was the Dragon God Bell, which had just been fused.
Without Primordial Power poured into it, the Hong Bell was only palm-sized, its whole body golden, with nine golden Divine Dragons etched upon its surface—mysterious and arcane.
Roar—
Roar—
When Lin Chang’sheng injected his Primordial Power, the nine Divine Dragons carved into the bell seemed to come alive, issuing thunderous roars that echoed into the heavens.
And the Hong Bell, originally only the size of a palm, suddenly expanded, growing larger as Lin Chang’sheng willed it.
Soon, it covered half the sky.
"It can actually cover an area of ten miles at its largest, not bad!"
Lin Chang’sheng was quite pleased; an area of ten miles wasn’t enormous, but it wasn’t small either.
"Why don’t you test the defensive power of this treasure?"
Lin Chang’sheng smiled at Gu Shan.
Gu Shan had become Lin Chang’sheng’s official tester—whenever there was something good, Lin Chang’sheng had him try it.
"Is this a Middle Grade Celestial Immortal Treasure as well?"
Gu Shan swallowed hard, his face filled with envy.
Lin Chang’sheng nodded, then shrunk the Copper Bell to cover himself, letting Gu Shan attack.
Without waiting, Gu Shan once again employed the Ancient Long Fist, unleashing a powerful punch in an instant.
Boom—
The normally irresistible Fist Aura slammed into the Copper Bell, but only a muffled collision sounded—there was no other effect at all.
"What overwhelming defense!"
Gu Shan exclaimed in shock.
This kind of defense would probably be hard for even a Middle Stage Tribulation Crossing expert to break!
Seeing such power, Lin Chang’sheng was more than satisfied.
This was the true might a Middle Grade Celestial Immortal Treasure should possess.
"Now I just need to improve my cultivation!"
Lin Chang’sheng thought to himself, then put away the Dragon God Bell.
Treasures and immortal techniques were easy to acquire, since Lin Chang’sheng had the Simplify panel; but advancing his cultivation was as slow as ever—he could only progress step by step.
The further he went, the more arduous his cultivation became.
Take Gu Shan for example—he was stuck at the Late Stage of Mahayana for centuries, only breaking through by sheer chance.
If he hadn’t met Lin Chang’sheng, he’d probably still be stuck for several more centuries.
Soon, Lin Chang’sheng stopped thinking about it and began cultivating.
Although he’d gained lots of Immortal Crystals from Sun Tiance,
with the Demon Devouring Sacred Flame Technique, Lin Chang’sheng could devour tens of thousands of Immortal Crystals every hour, absorbing with a terrifying overbearingness.
His cultivation speed outpaced that of most cultivators by far.
...
Three hours after Lin Chang’sheng left Celestial Orchid Sect—
multiple figures arrived at the site of the recent battle.
"Lin Chang’sheng isn’t dead?"
The Ninth Elder of Heaven-Suppressing Sect was astonished by the scene. He’d thought Lin Chang’sheng had met his end at Jin Zhongchang’s hands, and that after claiming Lin Chang’sheng’s treasures, Jin Zhongchang would lie low.
Who could have guessed they were wrong? Lin Chang’sheng actually broke through the Qiankun Array and got away—Elder Jin was probably as good as dead.
"He could even break the Qiankun Array... Looks like Elder Jin is finished. I must report this to the Sect Leader immediately!"
With those words, the Ninth Elder turned and left right away.
...
Right after the Ninth Elder of Heaven-Suppressing Sect left, several more figures appeared in the skies above Celestial Orchid Sect.
"Go report to the Sect Leader! Judging by Lin Chang’sheng’s direction, he’s probably headed for the Demon Sea!"
A man in black spoke up.
Behind him stood several attendants garbed in gray.
These were intelligence agents from the Dark Gate, sent by Zhang Yunhe to gather information.
They hadn’t expected Lin Chang’sheng not only to stay out in the open, but also to cause such a ruckus.
"Lin Chang’sheng is brazen—after seizing the treasures from the Immortal Cave Mansion, he’s still stirring up so much trouble!"
A gray-clad youth behind the black-clad man muttered, puzzled.
"If you had his sort of power, you’d be even more arrogant than him!"
The black-clad leader said with a laugh.
"He’s just a little Mahayana Cultivator—how could he make the entire Immortal Realm so restless? If I’d reached Tribulation Crossing, I could kill him with one strike!"
The gray-clad youth couldn’t understand why so many Tribulation Crossing experts couldn’t take down a single Mahayana Cultivator.
"You’re dreaming. Even the three Tribulation Crossing experts of Immortal Martial Hall couldn’t kill Lin Chang’sheng. If you met him at Tribulation Crossing, you’d just be walking to your death!"
The black-clad man retorted derisively.
"No way he could be that powerful. It’s all just rumors!"
The gray-clad youth simply didn’t believe a Mahayana Cultivator could kill three Tribulation Crossing experts.
"Then let me tell you one more thing—maybe it’ll change your mind. The Hall Master gave Miss Yunchu a token containing a trace of his Divine Thought. Now that Miss Yunchu has fallen into Lin Chang’sheng’s hands, what do you think that means?"
The black-clad man said quietly.
"Are you saying the Hall Master’s Divine Thought couldn’t even kill Lin Chang’sheng?"
The gray-clad youth was stunned.
Even if it was just a trace, the Hall Master’s Divine Thought was still Immortal Level strength!
And it still couldn’t kill Lin Chang’sheng?