Chapter 4

Holding the token of the Duke of Feng, Yuan Dian received a reward of a thousand low-grade spirit stones. Without any hesitation, he quickly climbed back up the cliff using the rope, reached the main path, and in just a few breaths, encountered a squad of guards dressed in dark red uniforms. He then leaped onto the main path and raised his hand to stop the horse team.

"Whoa... whoa... whoa, young man, are you looking for death? You..."

Yuan Dian suddenly jumped out onto the road, and the captain of the guards, who was riding a horse, abruptly pulled the reins. The well-trained warhorse reared up, almost standing on its hind legs, before stabilizing. The captain then angrily shouted, but before he could finish his sentence, Yuan Dian threw a bright yellow jade token.

As the captain caught the jade token, he heard Yuan Dian's voice: "His Highness the Duke of Feng is in a hidden cave at the end of this fork in the road, beneath the cliff. He urgently needs your rescue."

Before the captain could react, Yuan Dian had already rushed into the forest beside the road and disappeared. The entire process took no more than a dozen breaths, and the captain hadn't even seen his face clearly.

Ignoring the vanished Yuan Dian, the captain looked at the bright yellow 'Feng' character on the jade token and his face changed dramatically. He then issued a short and powerful order with a hint of excitement: "Sound the assembly horn immediately. The entire squad will follow me to rescue His Highness the Duke of Feng. Whoa..."

Turning the horse's head, the captain led the entire squad of guards to change direction and head towards the fork in the road indicated by Yuan Dian. At the same time, the loud and clear horn of the guards sounded urgently.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."

The sound was loud and urgent, spreading far and wide.

When the horn sounded, all the guards in the desolate mountains and wild hills moved towards the horn's location, and some cultivators also changed direction and rushed towards the direction indicated by the horn.

After more than an hour, the horn sounded again. This time, the horn was deep and long, filled with joy. Hearing this horn, Yuan Dian knew that the Duke of Feng had been rescued, and he felt greatly relieved. At the very least, his thousand low-grade spirit stones were secured.

At this moment, Yuan Dian looked up at the sky, which was beginning to darken, and glanced at the bright yellow jade token of the Duke of Feng, but he could only laugh bitterly: "What a day! But with this jade token, everything is worth it. However, claiming the reward of a thousand low-grade spirit stones might be a bit troublesome."

Putting away the bright yellow jade token, Yuan Dian identified the direction and began his journey home. However, he had barely walked a mile when the sky suddenly turned dark.

"Huh, the sky suddenly turned dark, how can this be? It shouldn't happen!"

Before Yuan Dian could react, the ground began to tremble violently. Even with his cultivation at the third level of Qi Condensation, he could not stand steadily. In desperation, Yuan Dian lay down on the ground, lying flat, and inwardly exclaimed: "An earthquake, I actually encountered an earthquake here! It's over, it's over, the wood carving shop will have to be rebuilt. Grandfather will be fine, but what about the neighbors and villagers..."

As Yuan Dian lay on the ground, thinking about these things while the earth shook, the sky suddenly brightened, instantly turning as bright as day. This sudden change made Yuan Dian even more astonished, his mind blank, unable to think of anything. He just raised his head and looked at the sky, which was as bright as day.

However, Yuan Dian had only looked at the sky for a few breaths when it turned dark again. Then, streaks of meteor light cut through the night sky, one, two, three... instantly forming a rain.

"Meteor shower, a great change in heaven and earth, what... what is going to happen!" Seeing the meteor shower, Yuan Dian let out another exclamation.

At this moment, different from where Yuan Dian was lying, a great change occurred around the entire Qionglei Peninsula. Violent tsunamis surged, instantly submerging low-lying islands, while unknown barren islands emerged from the sea, becoming new islands.

The entire Qionglei Peninsula was also undergoing a great change. Huge mountains were collapsing into wastelands, and low basins were suddenly rising to become new peaks.

With such a great change in heaven and earth, let alone all living things, wolves, tigers, leopards, flowers, vines, trees, ordinary people, and even cultivators were struggling and gasping for breath in this great change.

A greater change swept through the mortal world where the Qionglei Peninsula was located. In the distant sky, from the perspective of the starry sky, a thin, hazy chaos appeared around the nine great immortal realms that formed the Heavenly Immortal Domain, and the nine immortal realms began to move slightly towards the center.

The slight movement of the nine immortal realms triggered a great change in the corresponding mortal world, a change that even cultivators and immortals could not resist, which began to unfold slowly...

"A great change in heaven and earth, a great change in heaven and earth! How long will this last!" Yuan Dian lay on the ground, no longer looking up at the sky, which was constantly changing from black to white. His mind raced, hoping that this great change would end as soon as possible.

Once the sky turned black, the meteor shower would cut through the sky. When it turned white, the distant tsunamis would become even more rampant. This scene continued for most of the night until the sky finally stopped alternating between black and white, completely turning black, and the earth only trembled slightly, beginning to calm down. Yuan Dian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew that this great change in heaven and earth was nearing its end. He cautiously got up from the ground and, just as he raised his head to look at the starry sky, his pupils suddenly dilated, and he let out a cry: "I'm dizzy, the final frenzy of the meteor shower."

The sky had completely turned black, and the earth had stopped trembling. However, the meteor shower in the sky suddenly intensified, as if it had been instantly ignited, cutting through the night sky. Several of them suddenly enlarged in Yuan Dian's sight, rapidly falling towards his direction.

"Is heaven trying to destroy me? I haven't done anything to anger heaven and earth! And I just saved a prince who might become a benevolent ruler! This is a great deed for the mortals!"

There was no time to think, and Yuan Dian had no other choice but to lower his head and lie flat on the ground again, enduring the wrath of heaven and earth. In the face of such a great change, he could not resist and could only obediently submit, hoping that the meteor shower would not directly hit his small body.

"Boom... puff, boom, puff, boom..."

Not long after Yuan Dian lay on the ground, several loud explosions sounded around him, followed by a violent tremor of the earth, which then slowly returned to calm.

"Finally, it's over. It seems heaven and earth were not targeting me."

Standing up again, Yuan Dian mocked himself, but as he raised his head, he let out a shocked cry: "How... how can I get home?"

Although the meteor shower did not fall near Yuan Dian, it fell several miles ahead, and the huge impact created a large, deep pit. To return to Miyang City, Yuan Dian had to take a detour.

At this moment, the world had completely returned to silence, and the first light of dawn appeared in the east. Yuan Dian no longer hesitated and rushed forward, preparing to go around the large pit and return to Miyang City. He still didn't know what the wood carving shop would look like after such a great change.

"Is there something in the pit? Could it be a treasure?" As he approached the edge of the pit, a faint red glow emanated from the bottom, making Yuan Dian inwardly alarmed and his mind racing.

As a cultivator, he had the perspective of a cultivator. A great change in heaven and earth could bring destruction, but it could also bring treasures. If he encountered such a treasure, it would be a great opportunity bestowed by heaven.

With this thought, Yuan Dian took two steps forward, leaned over the edge, and looked into the deep pit. He saw a clump of soil emitting a red glow. He then expanded his cultivation and slowly slid down the pit wall to the bottom, approaching the clump of soil emitting the red glow.

"What kind of treasure is it?"

Yuan Dian looked around the clump of soil emitting the red glow, then took two steps back, extended his palm, and pushed forward. A gust of wind blew away the soil, revealing a half-exposed, greenish-gray small square tripod.

"Indeed, it's a treasure!"

Seeing the half-exposed greenish-gray small square tripod, Yuan Dian let out a cry. He looked around and, seeing no one, carefully extended his hand, grabbed one of the tripod's legs, and with a slight effort, pulled it out.

The small tripod was about half a foot square, with four legs and eight ears. The four legs were sturdy and supported the tripod, while the eight ears were evenly distributed on the four sides of the tripod. At first glance, the entire tripod gave a sense of stability and weight, but there were seven clear cracks around the tripod, making it seem as if it were about to break.

"Is this a treasure?"

When Yuan Dian held the small tripod in his hand, the red glow suddenly disappeared. He studied it for a long time but could not see anything special about the tripod with the cracks. There was not even a trace of spiritual energy inside, which left Yuan Dian full of questions.

Although Yuan Dian could not figure out the use of the tripod, he could not throw it away. After all, it had a significant origin. Yuan Dian decided to take it home and show it to his grandfather, who might be able to figure out its use.

"Huh, it won't fit in?"

When Yuan Dian tried to put the small tripod into his storage bag, he found that it could not be stored. This made him even more surprised. As he was considering how to take the tripod with him, a sudden flash of light appeared, and the tripod turned into a red glow, passing through his forehead and entering his mind without giving him any time to react.

This sudden change made Yuan Dian panic. He quickly calmed his breath and focused his mind, probing his mind. To his great surprise, a greenish-gray small tripod was now emitting a faint red glow near his spirit.

"You... what kind of demon are you? Don't try to possess me, leave quickly, leave quickly."

"You are some kind of evil spirit, leave quickly, do you hear me, leave quickly."

No matter how much Yuan Dian's spirit shouted, the greenish-gray tripod did not move. It only emitted a gentle red glow, releasing no dangerous aura and showing no signs of possession. This sudden change left Yuan Dian completely panicked, standing there in a daze.

The tripod determined the immortal path, and the Ancestor Tripod appeared. This is the pig's nose of the pig's horn.

Actually, I quite like watching meteor showers, but that was when I was in college, watching with my wife. And in a burst of enthusiasm, I stood on the top of the teaching building and shouted in front of my then-girlfriend, now wife: "Let us become meteors, let us cross the earth's core, even if it's just a moment, it's eternal, because the night has left our shadows."

At that time, my wife was very moved.

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