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"Young master, what treasures are inside?"
"The treasure is right before our eyes. The ultimate treasure crafted by the Queen Mother of the West is this giant bronze coffin."
Here, the dead can be reborn, and the living can live forever. It is a world of illusion. As long as a corpse or body is placed in a bronze coffin, behind a bronze door, one can remain in this illusionary world forever.
"The dead reborn? The living live forever? A world of illusions?"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Zhang Xiaoshan in disbelief, even Xuan Nu was no exception.
What Zhang Xiaoshan said was too fantastical, but only Zhang Xiaoshan knew that this was an ability enhanced by merit.
The bronze coffin, combined with the meteorite illusion world of this underground palace, allows the dead to undergo spiritual rebirth here, which is also a kind of obsession.
The idea of immortality for the living is that lying inside a giant bronze coffin will cause the body to enter a state of cessation of growth.
However, by combining the first ability, spiritual rebirth, and the illusionary world, as long as one doesn't leave, it's equivalent to living forever within the underground palace!
"So, doesn't that mean we're living in an illusion forever?"
"The ability to live forever is already incredibly powerful, and you want true immortality? To defy the cycle of reincarnation?"
Hearing Zhang Xiaoshan's mockery, everyone realized that they had been too greedy.
Such a treasure is already defying the heavens.
"And what about the Queen Mother of the West?"
"Their spiritual power must have been blocked by the power of the Dragon Balls."
Alright, let's leave here first. I've refined the bronze coffin, but dealing with the Queen Mother of the West won't be a simple matter.
At the very least, we need to replenish the original power of the Dragon Balls, otherwise I have no confidence whatsoever.
"With the Dragon Balls and the giant bronze coffin, even if the Queen Mother of the West is incredibly powerful, she won't be a match for me inside the underground palace."
"Pity!"
Looking at the giant bronze coffin before them, everyone wanted to open it and find the treasure.
But they understood even more clearly that Zhang Xiaoshan didn't want them to open the coffin. Whether it was true or not, the secrets hidden in this giant bronze coffin were not something they could pry into.
Survival is the most important thing! (Strength)
Chapter 445 The Dust Settles, Returning to Longmen
"Young master, what should we do with this woman?"
Looking at Xuan Nu, everyone remembered that she was no weak woman, but a grandmaster like Zhang Xiaoshan.
Such a master brought out of the ancient tomb will surely stir up the martial arts world.
Moreover, once the other party's identity is revealed, it will be even more mysterious than the Grandmaster's identity, as this person is from two thousand years ago.
The idea of someone dying and coming back to life is absolutely a legend.
"Now that we've been resurrected, it's impossible for us to stay here!"
Moreover, she has just awakened from a slumber two thousand years ago; the resurrection of a frozen person is bound to have some aftereffects.
Everyone nodded in agreement upon hearing this.
These are living people, not dead people, so naturally they can't stay here.
Besides, Zhang Xiaoshan had already released that extremely cold liquid, so there was no point in freezing it any further; it would only turn people into real dead bodies.
From Zhang Xiaoshan's explanation, they also learned that to keep the body fresh and functional, it must be kept at absolute zero to prevent decay.
It's like the legendary state of suspended animation!
Moreover, how to revive someone who has been frozen is also a problem.
They didn't believe that freezing a person directly would bring them back to life after thawing. Clearly, it was the Pure Yang Dragon Pearl that awakened the other party's "323" life force in the end.
Therefore, it is safest for this woman to stay with Zhang Xiaoshan. After all, who knows if she will turn into a blood-sucking monster after being resurrected, or leave some fatal aftereffects.
"Let's go!"
As for the evil dragon, Zhang Xiaoshan glanced at it but then ignored it.
Because he knew that the evil dragon was originally in the Kunlun Mountains, and he would need to return there later.
Since that's the case, why not stay here and digest it for a while?
As for the Queen Mother of the West?
Then he will be able to see their true colors.
After all, he was just trying to avoid revealing the power of the Dragon Balls and the Bronze Coffin here.
It should be known that the bronze coffin, enhanced by 300,000 merits, possesses far more power than that, and Zhang Xiaoshan naturally did not want to expose it completely to the public.
Moreover, the Queen Mother of the West is mysterious and unpredictable; if something happens to her, who knows what changes might occur?
It's better to be safe. If anything happens, the three bronze-armored warriors and the ten-foot-long evil dragon can help him. The others will only be a burden.
Like the three bronze-armored warriors, once they unleash the power of the Dragon Balls, they can instantly kill Hydra.
The same applies to the ten-zhang evil dragon. Its body is already incredibly domineering, so if the dragon pearl inside its body were activated, the destructive power would be unimaginable.
Therefore, Zhang Xiaoshan was already very confident in facing the Queen Mother of the West.
The group returned the way they came, looking back with some regret at the world behind the bronze gate. As for the gold and silver treasures? It wasn't that they weren't there, but rather that they had no interest in looking for them.
Having witnessed this wondrous and mysterious world, who among them still cared about gold and silver jewels?
Besides, they were invited by the Zhang family, so how could they be treated unfairly?
On the way, Zhang Xiaoshan had already found a treasure, a treasure of a once-powerful kingdom in the Western Regions.
"Let's go!"
As the blue stone gate slowly closed, Zhang Xiaoshan sealed it again with the power of the meteorite.
In this way, it would require at least tons of gunpowder or the intervention of a grandmaster-level expert to forcibly open this blue stone gate, not to mention the bronze gate behind it that requires a token to open.
"I'm sorry, Princess, this trip has yielded nothing!"
"It's alright. I've learned a lot during this peace trip. I never imagined that such mysterious powers existed in this world."
Princess Taiping was still somewhat dazed at this moment, truly shocked by this trip.
A world of truth and falsehood, a goddess frozen for two thousand years, an incomparably powerful hydra... and finally, the ultimate secret hidden in that bronze coffin. Although she wanted to find out, she knew that the bronze coffin, which Zhang Xiaoshan had abandoned most of the Dragon Ball's origin to refine for his own use, must contain a great terror.
After all, Zhang Xiaoshan almost ruined his precious Dragon Pearl!
By the next morning, Princess Taiping, who had lost a lot of blood, had almost recovered.
Aside from her still somewhat pale complexion, it was naturally not a problem after Zhang Xiaoshan's bloodletting treatment.
After all, he was a martial artist, so losing too much blood wasn't a big problem; he could just replenish it.
Even Xuan Nu was no exception; after she came out, Zhang Xiaoshan lifted the restrictions.
After practicing martial arts overnight, his strength has recovered to at least 70-80%.
However, Xuan Nu did not act rashly, because she knew how terrifying Zhang Xiaoshan was. In the end, the scene where the three bronze-armored warriors killed the Hydra showed that Zhang Xiaoshan had definitely been hiding his strength.
Moreover, that incredibly mysterious Dragon Ball could even suppress the giant bronze coffin.
Even though he was mostly crippled, Zhang Xiaoshan's strength remained unfathomable.
Besides, she has already been resurrected; going back would only mean waiting to die.
Moreover, without Zhang Xiaoshan's guidance, even if they wanted to go back, they couldn't. The bronze gate had no token, and it couldn't be opened by external force.
"Let's go!"
Seeing that everyone had already gotten ready, Zhang Xiaoshan waved to clear the way.
At the summit, Donghuang Taiyi looked at Zhang Xiaoshan who had emerged. His piercing tiger eyes beneath his black robe revealed shock, especially when he saw Xuan Nu beside Zhang Xiaoshan. His mind was filled with extreme horror.
He knew more about this place where the Queen Mother of the West rested than Zhang Xiaoshan had imagined.
Therefore, from the very beginning, Donghuang Taiyi knew the dangers of this journey.
His purpose in giving Zhang Xiaoshan these pointers was not simple.
Many of the emperors of the Great Zhou Empire in the past were people who longed for immortality.
How could those emperors not know the legend of the Queen Mother of the West?
Unfortunately, of all those who went into the Great Zhou Empire that year, only one came out alive—a member of the Ji royal family who carried the token, and he later went mad.
From their intermittent words, the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty also recounted their experiences after entering the palace.
Afterwards, several experts were sent in, but none of them came out. Thus, this place became a taboo for the Great Zhou royal family.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiaoshan actually survived.
And she even brought out a woman? Could she really be the immortal Queen Mother of the West?
Donghuang Taiyi wanted to personally question Zhang Xiaoshan, but he knew that Zhang Xiaoshan must be wary of him, so he decided to find the experts who had gone in and test them first.
"By the way, Young Master Zhang, would your Zhang family be interested in selling these steel mechanical beasts?"
"Ten thousand taels of gold per vehicle, I think the Empire should be able to accept that, right?"
Mechanical beast?
Zhang Xiaoshan didn't care about this at all, because the mechanical beast had too many limitations.
While the value of the military is extremely high, Zhang Xiaoshan's Blood Thorn is for special forces, and such a cumbersome thing is just a puppet.
Zhang Xiaoshan brought it along this time because he needed it for traveling.
The Empire wanted it, and Zhang Xiaoshan gave Princess Taiping a price: 10,000 gold coins per carriage. The price wasn't too high, but it certainly wasn't low either.
"Thank you for your kindness, young master!"
Princess Taiping immediately nodded, and even the top experts following her on both sides exchanged surprised glances.
The mechanical beasts of the Later Zhou Dynasty had always been a nightmare for the Xuanjia cavalry of their Wu Tang Empire. They never expected that Zhang Xiaoshan would be so generous as to sell them ten of them directly.
Although it costs 10,000 gold coins per car, what is the value of this thing?
Even setting aside the possibility of taking one or two for research, their steel-clad exterior, combined with their speed in the desert, makes them absolute weapons of war.
"And those sandbags, they're quite useful for large armies setting up camp in the desert. I wonder if you know, young master..."
"One silver coin per bundle, one bundle contains one hundred coins."
After Zhang Xiaoshan finished speaking, Princess Taiping also asked for 10,000 gold coins worth of goods without any hesitation.
Zhang Xiaoshan did not refuse.
Although 10,000 gold coins is nothing in the Zhang family's big business, a sack of 10,000 gold coins is actually worth tens of millions.
However, the Zhang family did not weave these themselves; they ordered the abaca products from Southeast Asia.
There are hundreds of millions of people in Southeast Asia. Even if 100,000 families receive orders, each family will only receive a little over 100 orders in a few months.
As long as the Zhang family is in Southeast Asia, they can distribute the orders.
For Southeast Asia, an order worth 10,000 taels of gold, even for just some low-priced items, would naturally be considered extra income.
And this 10,000 gold coins is just the beginning!
Throughout the journey, Zhang Xiaoshan and Princess Taiping's intimate actions could not escape the notice of Xuan Nu, a Grandmaster-level cultivator.
Aside from blushing and being somewhat annoyed, Xuan Nu was even more curious about the outside world.
Unfortunately, most of those present were not normal people.
They were either men from the military camp or seasoned tomb raiders, leaving Xuan Nu with no choice but to comply.
While the mechanical beasts of the Bloodthorn Assassins piqued Xuan Nu's curiosity, it was only a fleeting interest.
After all, this thing is too bulky; it's a dream for boys, but girls find it disgusting.
"Young master, we've arrived at the Dragon Gate Inn!"
Dragon Inn?
Zhang Xiaoshan glanced at Jin Xiangyu, who was already looking around and waiting for them, and a cold smile crept onto his lips.
"This is truly outrageous!"