The crowd's attention immediately shifted from the three Sovereign-grade items to Onodera.

Kogori Magatsu hastily asked, "What's wrong? What does it say?"

As an excellent Pyro, he had spent his nine years of compulsory education skipping classes and sleeping, and he had almost forgotten that there were Chinese character classes when he was studying. The sight of the dense, ancient Chinese characters on the bamboo slip made him dizzy.

The cultural level of Kobe Ichiro and the others was definitely higher than that of Kogori Magatsu, and many of them had even graduated from prestigious universities, but they also couldn't understand the contents of the bamboo slip.

Onodera looked at the corpse skeleton Hai with a complex expression: "He is Xu Fu, and also Amaterasu."

The members of the Chizuru-gumi were all silent, having guessed as much, but not wanting to face it!

Kobe Ichiro urged in a deep voice, "What does it say?"

"This is Xu Fu's autobiography. According to the bamboo slip, he was ordered by the First Emperor to go to sea in search of the elixir of immortality. It says: There is a treasure in the East Sea, left behind when Nuwa mended the heavens. Ten suns revolve above it, and obtaining it grants eternal life, coexisting with heaven."

Onodera said, "Xu Fu led young boys and girls, as well as the jade plate given by the First Emperor, and sailed out to sea. With the power of a Fangshi, he finally found the island nation in the vast ocean after several years, and after several more years, found this place..."

"To open the secret realm, he traveled all over the island nation, collecting precious jade, casting stone sculptures, and making jade plates, finally opening the secret realm."

As expected, Zhang Yuanqing's previous thoughts were verified when he heard this.

During the Qin Dynasty, practitioners had the ability to open up secret realms. Otherwise, Xu Fu would not have been able to forcefully open Takamagahara.

In addition, Takamagahara was a secret realm that existed since ancient times, not one that Xu Fu created.

Onodera continued, "When he arrived here, he realized that the ten suns had already fallen, leaving only the bronze divine tree. He spent several years trying to comprehend it, but to no avail."

"Beneath the tree is a spiritual pool. Mortals who bathe in it can be reborn and enjoy longevity. Cultivators who bathe in it can refine a flawless treasure body, and drinking it makes them immune to all poisons and diseases. Xu Fu believed that this was the spring of immortality."

"However, the elixir of immortality would turn into ordinary water once it left the pool, and Xu Fu couldn't bring it back to the Central Plains. Therefore, the accompanying psychics suggested that Xu Fu establish a kingdom here and enjoy eternal life, which would be better than returning to the Central Plains to be a subject."

"Xu Fu then named this place Qitianhara, calling himself Amaterasu Omikami. He found three stones in the bottom of the pool, one copper, one iron, and one jade, and cast them into magical artifacts, symbolizing supreme power."

"He taught the mortals of the island nation etiquette, farming, sericulture, weaving, and life. He himself stayed here alone and recorded this experience on bamboo slips."

After listening, Kogori Magatsu looked up at the towering bronze tree, his expression revealing disappointment.

Ryuzaki said, "You can't say that. Xu Fu didn't comprehend the secrets of the bronze tree."

"What are your thoughts?"

Onodera pondered for a long time and said, "Becoming the supreme deity of the island nation... However, the good times didn't last long. The pool water gradually dried up, and this vibrant secret realm gradually withered. Xu Fu dispersed the people in the secret realm and let them live in the outside world. So, the elixir of immortality that the First Emperor craved has withered? And this bronze tree is a useless, abandoned tree?"

Ryuzaki said, then he looked at Onodera and said:

"Two possibilities!"

"First, Xu Fu didn't comprehend the secrets of the bronze divine tree. It is the thing that the First Emperor craved. Look at this pool; it is clear that the elixir of immortality flows out from the roots of the tree."

"Second, the bronze tree has no value. The real treasure is somewhere else, but it is no longer here. The bamboo slip says that there is a treasure in the East Sea, with ten suns revolving above it, but the ten suns were already gone when Xu Fu found this place."

"After he occupied the elixir of immortality for many years, it gradually withered, which also shows that the spiritual power of the secret realm is gradually dissipating. If the treasure were still here, it wouldn't be like this."

Kobe Ichiro pondered for a moment and said, "Which possibility is more likely?"

Without waiting for everyone to answer, he looked at Yin Yao Junzhu and asked, "Lord Yuanshi, what do you think? I remember the legend that Xu Fu went to sea twice, and he disappeared without a trace on the second voyage. But the bamboo slip doesn't mention it. No, according to what is written on the bamboo slip, Xu Fu never returned to the Central Plains. Is the legend wrong?"

"No, the jade plate was a magical artifact that Xu Fu painstakingly refined to open Takamagahara; it wasn't brought from the Central Plains. If Xu Fu never returned to the Central Plains, how do you explain the jade plate in Qin Feng Academy? So Xu Fu concealed this experience and didn't mention it in the bamboo slip. This matter isn't that simple."

Zhang Yuanqing's thoughts raced, and he said, "Everyone, I would like to examine the bronze divine tree first."

With that, he used a Star Escape Technique to jump in front of the bronze tree, staring at the trunk as wide as a city wall, gazing at the complex patterns.

"I can't understand any of it," he muttered to himself. He used another Star Escape Technique to disappear, using the Windwalker Gloves' flight ability and Star Escape Technique to circle around the bronze divine tree.

The Chizuru-gumi executives didn't have such advantages and watched expectantly, waiting.

It took a full ten minutes to circle the entire tree. "Nothing found."

"Are you done looking? It feels like a waste of time!" Kogori Magatsu said with a roll of his eyes!

Zhang Yuanqing, controlling the airflow, looked down at him from above and said lightly, "You can try leaving. See if I dare to kill you."

He then looked at Kobe Ichiro and said, "I'm going to take a look at the bottom of the pool."

"We're leaving. Are you sure you want to stay here?"

"I'll go too," Onodera said quickly, taking out a jetpack and jumping down into the abyss-like pool.

Zhang Yuanqing was the first to reach the bottom of the pool. Under his feet were jagged rocks and soil. There was no silt. It had been like this for thousands of years, no different from a deep abyss.

The surrounding stone walls were uneven. On the stone wall near the bronze divine tree, thick bronze roots broke through the stone and hung in the air.

"Unbelievable, this bronze tree seems to be a living thing, not a bronze sculpture," Zhang Yuanqing said in a foreign language. "Can you speak a foreign language?"

Onodera, who was descending with the jetpack, also saw the hanging roots.

"Oh, there's no need for that. I can speak Chinese," Onodera smiled. "As a Scholar, mastering multiple languages is an essential skill."

He summoned a sharp blade from his item bar, strode forward, grabbed a thin root, and cut it hard. "Squeak, squeak..."

The blade cutting the bronze root made a teeth-aching sound.

Zhang Yuanqing watched without saying a word, silently summoning the Ghost Bride and ordering her to go up and watch the Chizuru-gumi executives, preventing them from slipping away and trapping him in the secret realm. Although he had a teleportation jade talisman, it was limited by its own quality, and it couldn't penetrate seals and enchantments that were too powerful.

And the Takamagahara secret realm was obviously stronger than a Saint-level dungeon. In the rolling Yin energy, the beautiful figure in the bright red wedding dress floated upwards.

He had brought both Little Doudi and the Ghost Bride.

"Hiss..." Onodera tried unsuccessfully, and then gasped, shouting, "It's alive! Unbelievable, unbelievable! It is indeed bronze, a metal, but it is also life at the same time! There is such a magical creation in the world! What power is it?"

After saying that, he remembered that Yuanshi Tianzun couldn't understand Japanese, so he repeated it in Chinese.

"Let metal possess life? Hiss, that's indeed incredible. What power can do such a magical thing? Thinking from another perspective, can other lifeless things come to life?" Zhang Yuanqing wasn't a宅男(zhainan - otaku), so the first thing he thought of was props, not silicone or inflated somethings.

He even thought of the Yin Ruler. Could he make Yin Yue regain her life?

"What did you find? What are your thoughts?" He planned to listen to the opinion of a professional.

"The authority of life belongs to the Musician profession. This spring of immortality probably flows out of the bronze divine tree."

Onodera pushed up the glasses on his nose and analyzed, "The bronze divine tree is related to the Musician profession, but Musicians can't create such a magnificent landscape. Scholars have this ability."

"So, it's a combination of the abilities of the Scholar and Musician professions that created the bronze divine tree?"

Zhang Yuanqing suddenly understood and asked, "Then does this tree still have any value? Is it dead or alive?"

Onodera shook his head, "It's hard to say. It might be dead, or it might be hibernating, but...

The treasure must be gone, or why would it be like this? This divine tree's symbolic significance and ornamental value are greater than its actual value." "If I were an Artificer, I could read its information, even if it doesn't have item attributes. Alas."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanqing was somewhat disappointed and said nothing more. He gently exhaled a mouthful of Taiyin power, which rolled on the ground and turned into a round, sparse-haired baby.

"Let Little Doudi try it. See its reaction to the bronze divine tree, and by the way, go into the tree trunk and take a look. Such a thick tree, is it all solid inside?"

He immediately issued a treasure-hunting command to Little Doudi, but unfortunately, the backpack capacity was limited, and he couldn't bring the Treasure-Hunting Cloak. Otherwise, he would have put it on his good son.

Little Doudi raised his head, looked around, and immediately saw the dense roots hanging down. His dark eyes suddenly shone, and he immediately moved his limbs and climbed over. He climbed along the steep wall, grabbed the roots, and then plunged into the stone wall along the roots.

The next second, Little Doudi bounced out like a small ball, rolling around at the bottom of the pool.

He sat up with a dazed look on his face, paused for a few seconds, and then burst into tears.

Unable to enter the tree trunk, Zhang Yuanqing fell silent.

Songhai, hotel room.

Zhang Yuanqing opened his eyes and dialed Fu Qingyang's number.

Probably knowing that he was doing serious business, Fu Qingyang answered quickly, "What did you gain in Takamagahara?"

"The real Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, Yasakani-no-Magatama, and Yata-no-Kagami are all in Takamagahara, all Sovereign-grade items!" Zhang Yuanqing explained the situation in Takamagahara as briefly as possible, and then raised his own doubts, "That jade plate was a magical artifact refined by Xu Fu in the island nation. If he didn't return to the Central Plains, Qin Feng Academy couldn't have its hand-drawn image. Boss, what do you think of this?" Fu Qingyang was a Scout, more insightful, scheming, and knowledgeable than him.

"So, whenever you're unsure, asking Gongzi Qian is always right."

"It's very simple. Xu Fu omitted the experience of returning to the Central Plains. It's not glorious for him, or there's another secret. Time is limited, so I'll keep it short!"

Fu Qingyang's voice was clear and magnetic, "First of all, Xu Fu returned to the Central Plains with a certain purpose. It definitely wasn't to report the details of Takamagahara to the First Emperor. Otherwise, the First Emperor would have come in person."

"Secondly, Xu Fu was ambitious. Judging from his later performance, he wanted to monopolize Takamagahara."

"Finally, he had already entered Takamagahara. So, what reason forced him to return to the Central Plains again?"

Zhang Yuanqing had a flash of inspiration and blurted out, "To seek a way to comprehend the bronze divine tree?"

Fu Qingyang said, "That's right. The reason why the First Emperor sent Xu Fu to sea to find the elixir of immortality was perhaps because he controlled some item or information and knew what was in Takamagahara."

"If you were the First Emperor, would you give that thing to Xu Fu?"

Zhang Yuanqing said without hesitation, "I would send someone to find it and then go there myself after finding Takamagahara."

"I understand, Boss. You mean that Xu Fu found Takamagahara but concealed it. He didn't inform the First Emperor. He returned to the Central Plains with the jade plate to deceive the First Emperor, actually wanting to trick or steal the thing controlled by the First Emperor."

"But he failed. Helpless, he found an excuse to go to sea for the second time, never returning to the Central Plains and establishing himself as king in the island nation. He wanted to rely on the spring of immortality for longevity, but the world changed drastically, spiritual power declined, and the spring of immortality withered, so he could only sit in Takamagahara."

"If you think about it this way, the logic works."

Fu Qingyang said, "That's roughly it. If our speculation is correct, then perhaps the method to crack the bronze divine tree is hidden in the two stone gates at the bottom of Jiaoren Lake in Qin Feng Academy. Find a way to bring the jade plate back."

"Leave it to me!" Zhang Yuanqing's heart suddenly burned.

Compared to the bronze divine tree, a Sovereign-grade item was nothing.

Takamagahara, bottom of the pool.

If he directly asked the Chizuru-gumi for the jade plate, they probably wouldn't agree and would offer monetary compensation. After all, Takamagahara had extraordinary significance to them.

There were only three divine artifacts in Takamagahara, less than expected, and without that treasure, the previously signed contract wouldn't count. I'll directly demand one of the three divine artifacts, and they definitely won't agree. I'll first make a demand that they can't agree to, demanding the three divine artifacts, and then settle for the key.

The art of bargaining is to ask for the sky and then settle on the ground.

If they still don't agree, then he'll have to resort to force. They have three Sovereign-grade items, so force can be used, but it has to be used cleverly.

His mind raced, and he quickly had an idea.

"It seems that this divine tree really has no value," Zhang Yuanqing sighed and looked at Onodera Yosuke, "Let's go up."

With that, he pressed his palm down, and a fierce wind blew, carrying him up and back to the surface.

Onodera, wearing a jetpack, was slightly slower and returned to the edge of the pool.

"What did you find?" Kobe Ichiro asked.

Zhang Yuanqing shook his head, "The bronze divine tree has no value."

At this time, he was extremely grateful that Yin Yao Junzhu was a zombie, because zombies had no expression and wore sunglasses, so he didn't have to worry about Ryuzaki seeing anything unusual.

"Is that so?" Kobe Ichiro looked at the more trustworthy Onodera.

Onodera nodded and told his companions his guess about the bronze divine tree, sighing, "Yuanshi-kun is right. The bronze tree isn't of much value. It seems that our gains are limited to the three divine artifacts." Hearing this, the Chizuru-gumi executives couldn't hide their disappointment.

They came with the expectation of making a fortune, but they were disappointed. Fortunately, the three Sovereign-grade items somewhat compensated for this disappointment. The Chizuru-gumi had only three Sovereign-grade items inherited to this day, and two of them had been confiscated by the Heavenly Punishment due to war.

The current Chizuru-gumi, as a national official organization, had only one Sovereign-grade item, and it was of lower quality among the Sovereigns.

The three divine artifacts were different. They were all of excellent quality.

With these three items, the overall strength of the Chizuru-gumi would increase several times at once.

At this time, Zhang Yuanqing said, "Then, let's talk about the distribution of spoils. Everyone, I'll take one of the three items. No objections, right?"

The expressions of the Chizuru-gumi executives darkened.

"No way!" Kogori Magatsu was straightforward and refused without hesitation!

Zhang Yuanqing silently opened the zipper of his backpack and said coldly, "These three divine artifacts must belong to my Chizuru-gumi. You can't have them. Don't even think about it."

"Is the Chizuru-gumi going back on its word? It seems I overestimated your morals. You islanders are indeed a group of people who know small courtesy but have no great righteousness, who fear power but do not cherish virtue."

Asano Ryo dutifully translated, and then became anxious, saying with a crying voice, "Everyone, calm down. Let's talk it over. Please don't have internal strife."

"I think giving Yuanshi-kun one divine artifact is..." Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Kogori Magatsu's loud roar, "Baka! You have no right to speak here! See your own status and position clearly! Don't think that just because the leader has agreed to promote you, you have the right to boss us around! Get out of here, or you'll be expelled from the Chizuru-gumi!" Kobe Ichiro and the others also looked at her coldly.

Asano Ryo had probably never been treated so rudely. Her eyes turned red, and she was so scared that she didn't dare to speak, tears welling up in her eyes.

Zhang Yuanqing decisively grabbed the 30-centimeter-long Lightning Cannon from his backpack, aiming the dark, thick muzzle at Kogori Magatsu, and said coldly, "You can die!"

Kogori Magatsu instinctively looked at the Yata-no-Kagami in his hand, and saw a picture flashing in the mirror...

He was hit by a ball of lightning, his body torn apart, exploding into pieces of flesh, and the shockwave injured Kobe Ichiro and the others beside him.

"The Yata-no-Kagami can predict danger?" The thought flashed through Kogori Magatsu's mind.

At this time, Zhang Yuanqing pulled the trigger!

The muzzle quickly condensed purple lightning, arcs of electricity crackling, and a ball of lightning shot out.

Kogori Magatsu shouted with a jump in his heart, "Get out of the way!"

He grabbed a ball of fire and threw it into the distance, and his body was immediately enveloped in rising flames, using the Fire Element to avoid it. Zhang Yuanqing, high above, flung a wind blade over.

On the other side, the others instinctively scattered and fled.

The whole earth trembled violently, and stones and dirt burst out, raising dust into the air.

The mountain god Watanabe Yoshita was about to retreat when he suddenly felt the Yasakani-no-Magatama light up with a emerald green halo. The next second, those bursting stones changed their trajectory on their own and shot past his side. The shockwave was also separated by an invisible force, as if deliberately avoiding Watanabe.

"Automatic neutralization of attacks?" Watanabe Yoshita was both surprised and delighted.

Kogori Magatsu was not so lucky. He was hit in the chest by the wind blade, and blood instantly stained his clothes red, the wound revealing bone.

"Baka!" He clutched his chest and roared angrily.

Zhang Yuanqing raised the muzzle again and aimed at him.

The Pyro felt his scalp tingle, dared not say anything more, and became tense and vigilant.

The Chizuru-gumi executives who had retreated to the distance gathered again, their eyes shining. Yuanshi Tianzun's shot had triggered the unknown functions of two items.

As expected of the items refined by ancient psychics, as expected of the materials in Takamagahara. These three items were extremely rare.

On the other hand, no one cared about Kogori Magatsu's strength.

"Yuanshi-kun, we don't want to fight with you, but if you insist on forcing us, don't blame us for being merciless!" Kobe Ichiro said in a deep voice!

He gripped the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi tightly, ready to strike.

Asano Ryo looked at Yuanshi-kun with tears in her eyes, her heart filled with emotion, forgetting to translate for a moment. When Yuanshi-kun saw Vice-Leader Kogori glaring at him, he directly declared war with a gunshot. Although the conflict stemmed from unequal distribution, there was also an element of speaking up for her.

Onodera Yosuke silently acted as a translator.

"It seems that Leader Kobe doesn't want to abide by the promise either. Then don't blame this Celestial for being immoral..."

Zhang Yuanqing pressed down with both hands, rose into the air, stood high in the sky overlooking the crowd, and said coldly, "Look behind you."

At this time, the dust slowly dissipated, and a huge pit with a diameter of more than ten meters appeared in the place of the previous explosion.

"Leader Kobe, do you think your Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi is more powerful, or my hand cannon? How about I stand in the sky and you stand on the ground, and we compare?"

As long as he didn't say it, no one would know that the Lightning Cannon had usage restrictions. The faces of the Chizuru-gumi executives changed slightly.

"Hmph, we have many people, all Saints, and with the help of the three divine artifacts, how can we be afraid of you!" Kogori Magatsu shouted. Zhang Yuanqing laughed loudly, "Do you think you are fast, or am I fast?"

Kobe Ichiro's expression changed, "Yuanshi Tianzun, what do you mean? If you want to forcefully take the three divine artifacts today, the zombie will stay here forever."

"If I leave Takamagahara now and take the key, can you outrun me?"

Seeing the expressions of the people below tighten, Zhang Yuanqing continued, "If I leak this matter to Heavenly Punishment, do you think Heavenly Punishment will take away these three top-quality items? If I leak this matter to Fear Overlord, do you think Fear will attack the Chizuru-gumi?"

The more he said, the uglier the faces of the Chizuru-gumi executives became.

Kobe Ichiro gritted his teeth, but he was shocked to realize that the other party had hit his weak spot.

He took a deep breath and shook his head, "The three divine artifacts must belong to my Chizuru-gumi. Yuanshi Tianzun, you can leak it if you want. If the Chizuru-gumi works hard, Heavenly Punishment will naturally leave one item behind. If the Fear Overlord comes, the high-level officials of Heavenly Punishment will naturally stop it. And you will get nothing."

"As for speed, we are indeed not as fast as you, but Kogori Magatsu can also use the Fire Element, which is not weaker than you."

Zhang Yuanqing appropriately showed an angry expression, deliberately frowned, fell into contemplation, and after a long time, slowly said, "Alright, Leader Kobe, rather than both sides suffering, it's better for us to each take a step back."

Kobe Ichiro's heart relaxed slightly, "How to retreat?"

Zhang Yuanqing said, "If you give me 1 billion island nation currency, the Takamagahara key, and three opportunities to borrow items, and sign a contract with me, then this matter will be over. Otherwise, we'll just break up."