Chapter 244: Chapter 201: Legacy of the Old Days (Part 2)

"So, you know a lot about that divine weapon?"

Just as the Gray-Black Fire Phoenix had calmed down a bit, Li Jia Dalang spoke up again.

"Are you saying the divine weapon hidden in the mountain was placed there by you?"

"Not exactly, but you could understand it that way."

The Gray-Black Fire Phoenix couldn’t be bothered to argue and didn’t want to waste words with Li Jia Dalang.

Strictly speaking, he hadn’t placed the divine weapon there; after all, it was the ancient Chu people who suppressed these divine weapons. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

That was during the time when the Great Chu was conquering the world, when the Great Chu was still at its peak, and the Chu people of that era were filled with pride—unlike today’s people who treat a single deadly weapon as a treasure, the ancient Chu people, upon obtaining these divine weapons, thought first not of using them but of comparing their power to their own research achievements to see which was stronger.

"We of today are not necessarily inferior to the ancients!"

This was the slogan shouted by the Chu people of the past.

Following this crazy idea, a large number of divine weapons that existed were dismantled, and the Chu people used their hard power to prove that their understanding of Evil Qi had indeed surpassed that of the ancients.

However, it’s not as straightforward as that.

As the last remnant of the Chu people and also the last seeker of the path, the Gray-Black Fire Phoenix was very clear that the Chu people’s approach to those divine weapons had been somewhat too reckless—the Chu people, when evaluating divine weapons, often had only one criterion, which was destructive power; if it was strong in destructive power, it was good; if not, it was useless trash.

After all, weapons are ultimately meant to kill; if they can’t kill effectively, can they still be called weapons?

The Gray-Black Fire Phoenix had also been influenced by this thinking, believing that destructive power was absolute. Under this guidance, it successfully created the ultimate weapon unprecedented in history—yet regrettably, the humanoid weapon it made couldn’t even be bested by the Chu remnants themselves, and it ended up turning on them, nearly wiping out the remaining Chu people.

But it was precisely because of this opportunity that it reflected deeply and developed the technology of consciousness transfer, secretly hiding its consciousness in the Overlord’s Halberd passed down through generations of Chu people, waiting for the weapon to fall into the hands of the humanoid weapon, to switch and ascend the path to immortality.

It succeeded, and it also failed, failing so completely that it even lost the Overlord’s Halberd, pursued relentlessly by Du Chengfeng wielding a sword.

So it specifically came here, to collect trash.

Of course, this "trash" is only by the standards of the Chu people back then, meaning "not enough destructive power," but now it clearly understands that destructive power is not the only criterion—like the immortal body it crafted, the most valuable aspect of the humanoid weapon was never its overwhelming power but its perfect adaptability to Evil Qi.

"So, hopefully, I can find something useful here..."

The Gray-Black Fire Phoenix felt a bit uneasy, only remembering that from the records it had seen, there was an ancient Chu dynasty bunker left here, but it wasn’t very clear on what exactly was left inside.

After all, in the era when it was still human, the Great Chu had been overthrown by the Yu dynasty for over two hundred years, and if it weren’t for the Chu remnants striving to maintain the old records, it wouldn’t even have been able to locate this bunker.

Of course, now that it was found, more trouble arose.

First, because of the incredibly long passage of time, spanning two or even three dynasties, the bunker had truly been buried underground. Secondly, that lunatic Du Chengfeng suddenly collapsed the mountain with a single blow, adding another layer of mountain debris atop the already deeply buried bunker, burying it completely—though if it were just this, it wouldn’t be too big of an obstacle for it, whether it found someone to dig it out or used its formless nature to drill inside, there would be a way.

But in recent days, that lunatic Du Chengfeng had stubbornly remained on the ruins.

Was he having a fit, or had he seen through its objective, or perhaps that lunatic Du Chengfeng also felt the call of the divine weapons?

"To attract people to dig even with a mountain in between, what good stuff did the predecessors waste back then..."

The Gray-Black Fire Phoenix grew increasingly pained. If the predecessors had kept these divine weapons and used them wisely, would the ancient Chu have perished? If they had left more for descendants like it, would it be in such a pitiful state?

To think it had already cultivated to a True Immortal in the world, transformed into an immortal Fire Phoenix, yet was hunted like a chicken, this was simply...

"So, I’m counting on you."

The Gray-Black Fire Phoenix spoke once more in Li Jia Dalang’s heart.

"Just as we agreed before, we’ll cooperate; you keep watch up top to prevent anyone, especially those who look capable of fighting, from interfering with me while I scout down below and bring up the divine weapons. We get what we need, alright?"

"..."

Li Jia Dalang pondered for a moment; he still didn’t quite trust the words of this Gray-Black bird.

It had inexplicably taught him a set of halberd techniques and even offered to help him seize the divine weapons, yet the only cost seemed to be standing guard for a while to keep ordinary people away—how did that sound like only he was benefiting, while this Gray-Black bird seemed to gain nothing?