2411 The Stubborn Duan Ling Tian

“I… N-never in my wildest dream would I imagine that you managed to obtain the extraordinary Celestial Supreme Treasure, the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da!” Zhang Yi gulped. Like those crazed fans on earth in Duan Ling Tian’s past life, he disregarded his image and pleaded, “Duan Ling Tian… C-can you please take the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da out so I can have a look? Just one look is good enough!” He looked at Duan Ling Tian expectantly after he finished speaking.

A bitter expression appeared on Duan Ling Tian’s face as soon as he heard Zhang Yi’s words. He sighed before he said, “The Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da had been destroyed along with Elder Huo…”

“What?” Zhang Yi was shocked. He shook his head as he said, “Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How can there be any force in the mundane realm that’s strong enough to destroy the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da! As one of the most extraordinary Celestial Supreme Treasures, let alone the mundane realms, not many people possess the strength to destroy the paG.o.da even in the Devata Realms! Even a Great Overarching Golden Celestial wouldn’t be able to destroy it!” He paused for a moment before he looked at Duan Ling Tian with a frown on his face as he said, “Duan Ling Tian, did you make a mistake? The Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da can’t be so easily destroyed!”

Zhang Yi did not doubt that Duan Ling Tian had truly obtained the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da before. Apart from the sad expression on Duan Ling Tian’s face that could not be faked, Duan Ling Tian was able to speak about the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da in great detail. However, he found it hard to believe that the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da was destroyed.

Duan Ling Tian sighed again. “Indeed. There’s no one strong enough to destroy a Celestial Supreme Treasure in the mundane Realms. Even Nine Tribulation Bodiless Celestials aren’t capable of such a feat… The reason it was destroyed was due to Elder Huo, the Three-legged Golden Crow, sacrificing his life and the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da to save my life. It was at that time the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da was broken and our connection was severed.”

A mournful expression appeared on Duan Ling Tian’s face when he recalled the time he was forcefully sent back to the Lower Province of the Dao Martial Saint Land as though he had lost something extremely precious.

“The Three-legged Golden Crow sacrificed his life and the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da?” Zhang Yi shook his head. “That’s impossible! Although the Three-legged Golden Crow is the paG.o.da spirit of the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da, it’s impossible for it to destroy the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da… The Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da is one of the most extraordinary Celestial Supreme Treasures. Even if the paG.o.da spirit has the strength to destroy the paG.o.da, its role as the paG.o.da spirit restricts it from destroying the paG.o.da. For lack of a better word, the paG.o.da spirit is only an accessory of the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da. There’s no way it could have destroyed the paG.o.da!”

Zhang Yi was very confident when he spoke about this. As a disciple of Celestial Masters Sect in Yan Huang Realm, apart from cultivating, he liked reading ancient books about Planet Yan Huang, one of the original cultivation planets in Yan Huang Realm. This was why he was so knowledgeable about Celestial Supreme Treasures and why he was confident the paG.o.da spirit of the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da could not destroy the paG.o.da.

Naturally, Duan Ling Tian desperately wished Zhang Yi’s words were true, but he found it difficult to believe. After all, he also wished that Elder Huo was alive well and the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da was not destroyed. “At that time, my connection with the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da was severed. There was no doubt about it.”

Duan Ling Tian thought to himself, ‘Is it possible that I was wrong? However, I clearly lost my connection to the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da. Moreover, Elder Huo shouldn’t be able to break my connection with the paG.o.da.’

Zhang Yi had a solemn expression on his face as he said, “Tell me what happened in detail. I’m confident in my knowledge about Celestial Supreme Treasures and its souls. There’s no way that my words are wrong!”

When Duan Ling Tian saw how serious Zhang Yi was, he recounted what happened in great detail. After he finished recounting what had happened, he looked at Zhang Yi and asked, “Now, do you still think the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da isn’t destroyed?”

“Of course!” Zhang Yi said confidently even after he listened to Duan Ling Tian’s words, “Based on your words, the Three-legged Golden Crow, the paG.o.da spirit of the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da, didn’t have his full strength since the paG.o.da isn’t completely restored. In other words, even if he sacrificed his life to save you, it wouldn’t affect the paG.o.da at all. You a.s.sumed that he used the paG.o.da’s power to self-destruct, but that’s even more unlikely! Although the relations.h.i.+p between a Celestial Supreme Treasure and its artifact soul isn’t really a master and slave relations.h.i.+p, there’s no doubt that Celestial Supreme Treasures are superior to its artifact souls. An artifact soul can’t destroy its Celestial Supreme Treasure!” He paused for a moment before he concluded, “Therefore, it’s impossible for the Three-legged Golden Crow to sacrifice its life and the paG.o.da to tear a hole in the void to send you back to the Lower Province of the Dao Martial Saint Land!”

“But…” Duan Ling Tian said with a frown.

However, Zhang Yi interrupted Duan Ling Tian before Duan Ling Tian could speak. “According to what you said, there’s only one possibility left. An external force probably intervened and sent you back to the Lower Province of the Dao Martial Saint Land and took the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da away from you! The external force was probably strong enough to break the connection between you and the paG.o.da! In conclusion, the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da and the paG.o.da spirit are probably alive and well!” He glanced at Duan Ling Tian before he added, “As for the paG.o.da spirit’s instruction to put the Jasper Celestial Sword back in the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da, I suspect that it was done deliberately so you would return the Celestial Supreme Treasure to the paG.o.da. After all, if you didn’t want to return the Jasper Celestial Sword to the paG.o.da, there was nothing the paG.o.da spirit could do.”

After Zhang Yi finished speaking, he remained silent to give Duan Ling Tian time to mull over his words.

“What kind of force can send me back to the Lower Province and take the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da away from me at the same time? Naturally, I wish Elder Huo is alive and well, and the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da isn’t destroyed, but I still find it hard to believe!” Duan Ling Tian stubbornly persisted in his views. After all, he could not imagine what kind of being would be capable of such a feat. Not only was the person capable of sending him back to the Lower Province, but he was also able to convince Elder Huo to deceive him into returning the Jasper Celestial Sword and severing his connection to the Seven Treasures Exquisite PaG.o.da. Moreover, he thought these were all Zhang Yi’s speculations with no supporting evidence. Therefore, he was not convinced at all.

Zhang Yi was rendered speechless when he saw Duan Ling Tian refusing to believe him even though he had spoken so much. “You…” After a while, he only said helplessly, “Well, forget about it… If you ever visit Yan Huang Realm one day, you’ll realize that I’m right!”

“Then, let’s talk about it when the time comes…” Duan Ling Tian did not think Zhang Yi was lying to him, however, without any evidence, he found it difficult to believe Zhang Yi’s words. His eyes flashed with determination as he said, “I’ll definitely go to Yan Huang Realm!”

Liu Xia who was traveling next to them all this time had remained silent. However, inwardly, she thought Zhang Yi’s words had merits. Unfortunately, she could see that unless she or Zhang Yi could provide evidence, it would be difficult to convince Duan Ling Tian otherwise. Therefore, she did not speak up to support Zhang Yi’s words.

The three of them continued to travel in haste.

After a while, Duan Ling Tian who had sorted his thoughts out looked at Zhang Yi again and asked, “Zhang Yi, based on what you said earlier, there’s an Eminent Celestial from Gao Village Sect who’s less than 100 years old but is as strong as a Five Tribulation Bodiless Celestial. Apart from him, are there any Eminent Celestials like that in Yan Huang Realm?” He was, naturally, curious about all these personages.

“Of course!” Zhang Yi nodded and said, “There’s also an Eminent Celestial from Mount Huaguo Sect whose strength is comparable to a Five Tribulation Bodiless Celestial. Moreover, he’s even stronger than the one from Gao Village Sect!”

“Mount Huaguo Sect?” Duan Ling Tian was stunned when he heard Zhang Yi’s words.