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“I hope you are lucky enough to obtain it. That Emperor Butterfly might not be weaker than the Vicious Ten. Just how valuable is it? You can only imagine!” The little pagoda said. It was only an inch tall and was flowing with sparkling luster in Shi Hao’s hair.

“What?” Shi Hao was shocked. Was the Golden Divine Butterfly as powerful as the legends said? Could it face the most powerful existence in this world?

“It’s just a guess.” The little pagoda was calm because the Emperor Butterfly was too mysterious. It only appeared once in the archaic era and had never appeared in the past.

As for this time, the little pagoda wasn’t sure. It didn’t even believe that it was an Emperor Butterfly. Such a creature shouldn’t exist in this world.

In this realm, there had only been a single case since ancient times. Moreover, the creature appeared in an instant and disappeared without a trace!

“How mysterious,” Shi Hao said softly, realizing how incredible the Emperor Butterfly’s origins were. Other than its innate precious techniques, its appearance was already a great secret.

Shi Hao became the devilish brat again. He smiled brightly, and his eyes were shining. In the end, he couldn’t help but wipe away his saliva.

“His smile is so annoying,” said the big red bird.

Huo Ling’er and Yun Xi saw his expression and thought that he was up to no good. They were both ashamed and angry.

“Enough is enough. Don’t look at each other with affection. It’s not even dark yet,” Flame Crow couldn’t watch any longer and said with a chuckle.

No wonder the other would misunderstand. Shi Hao wiped away his saliva, and his smile was very special. Meanwhile, there were two outstanding young beauties in front of him, so of course, the others would misunderstand.

“I’m warning you. Even though I really want to get that magical artifact back, I won’t compromise. Don’t get the wrong idea,” Yun Xi said in frustration.

Dong!

As for Huo Ling’er, she was even more direct and punched Shi Hao’s head, but she obviously didn’t use too much force.

“What are you all doing?” Shi Hao said, completely sobering up. He wiped away his saliva again and was in a good mood. When he looked at everyone, his gaze became gentle.

“What an annoying smile!” The big red bird muttered.

Shi Hao knocked it on the head, and he didn’t spare his effort. His physical strength was enough to split open metal and crack stone. The big red bird jumped high into the air and cried out incessantly. If one didn’t know better, one would have thought that it was a wolf. How could it be a bird?

“Let’s go!” Shi Hao turned around and was the first to leave. He was full of anticipation. He wanted to find a place to crack the World Treasure Box. This place was not suitable because the people in the formation followed him.

“Hey, have we made a mistake?” Flame Crow was suspicious.

An expanse of golden light appeared. Shi Hao activated the Kun Peng technique again, surrounding everyone, and turning them into a dense expanse of multicolored light. He quickly tore through the air, leaving the divine valley.

They didn’t return to the Medicine Capital but entered a mountain range instead. Shi Hao wanted to ask the little pagoda to take action here because he was scared that the disturbance would be too great, which would startle others.

Shi Hao thought for a bit and told everyone that he was going into seclusion to open this precious box.

Everyone was stunned. After understanding what this was, they didn’t hold much hope. It was simply too difficult to open!

It was because a treasure that contained a small world was the rarest and impossible to open. Unless one knew the complex symbols inside, there was no chance at all.

“Can you really open the precious box?” Yun Xi was surprised.

“Don’t doubt me. Give me time, and I can even open a path to heaven,” Shi Hao said with a smile.

His smile was no different from a few years ago in the Hundred Shattering Mountains. This made Yun Xi secretly grind her teeth. She thought that this fellow would become more dignified by the day after becoming a king, but she never expected his nature to still be the same.

“From ancient times until now, similar ancient precious boxes have been spotted, but it seems like there was only one case that could be opened,” Yun Xi said arrogantly because she couldn’t bear to see this “devilish brat” act cockily. Every time she saw this expression, she would think of the most embarrassing scene.

“Anyone who doesn’t believe me can make a bet with me,” Shi Hao said.

Everyone was a bit shocked because they noticed that Shi Hao seemed to be extremely serious and confident. They didn’t know why he suddenly became like this. Could he really open it?

It was a mountain range rich in spiritual essence. The mountains and rivers near the Medicine Capital didn’t have a wild feeling but were full of spirituality. Clear springs surged, and mist was rising.

When they heard him say this, everyone was looking forward to it. Everyone was curious and wanted to see what was inside the World Treasure Box. Would there really be an Emperor Butterfly sleeping inside?

“If you lose the bet, return the divine artifact to me.” Only Yun Xi from the Heavenly Divine Mountain was willing to make a bet with him, opposing him with equal harshness.

“Alright, no problem. What if you lose? Are you going to dig up that holy medicine on your mountain for me?” Shi Hao was all smiles.

“No!” Yun Xi shook her head. That was related to the fate of their clan, so how could it be used as a stake? Even the heavenly-ranked Archaic Celestial Clan couldn’t be this generous.

“Then go and protect the village for me!” Shi Hao said.

“You…” Yun Xi glared at him. The expression on her beautiful face changed. In the end, she gritted her teeth and said, “The bet is off!”

“Well, it really is disappointing. When will I be able to catch one? Not only does it have to look good, but it also has to be powerful. It really is hard to find.” Shi Hao sighed.

The others giggled, only Huo Ling’er rolled her eyes at him and said, “Eat more pig ears to nourish yourself. When you become stronger, that’ll be enough.”

Yun Xi’s eyes lit up as she looked towards Huo Ling’er. The latter didn’t want to be outdone and glared back.

“There is killing intent!” The big red bird was extremely vigilant as it spoke with a serious expression.

…

On the mountain peak, ancient pine trees were verdant, and wondrous stones were everywhere. It was extremely quiet.

Shi Hao said, “Little pagoda, you have to be careful. I heard from those two girls that this thing is extremely dangerous. Even if you’re powerful and can break into it with brute force, it might still make the small world inside collapse, triggering the collapse of space. It’s the most terrifying thing.”

“I never use brute force,” said the little pagoda.

A strand of chaotic energy flew out, entering this fist-sized bronze piece. In that instant, several hundred mysterious symbols lit up, covering the bronze surface densely, making it look extremely brilliant.

In the end, it didn’t look like bronze at all but like a beautiful piece of divine jade. It became sparkling and translucent.

“Hey, the inside is solid. There’s no space.” Shi Hao was stunned, and then he became a bit nervous, fearing that his joy was for nothing.

The little pagoda didn’t use its unmatched magical force to destroy it but silently deduced the object. In the end, it controlled a strand of chaotic energy to change the order of those symbols, moving them back and forth.

This bronze precious box continuously shone, becoming more and more resplendent. In the end, characters that seemed to be cast from metal floated. They were engraved in the void in different arrangements and quickly interweaved.

“The void is becoming chaotic!” The individuals in the distance were shocked. They felt as if heaven and earth were distorting and trembling.

On that mountain peak, Shi Hao was extremely shocked. After those characters connected together, they interweaved densely, forming a gate and opening up a small world in the void.

“It’s so mysterious!” Shi Hao was overjoyed. He knew that he succeeded.

“Go and get it,” the little pagoda told him that he could enter.

Shi Hao walked through that gate, entering a small void world. This place was extremely dim and not that large. There was a stone table at the center.

“Charge!” The big red bird shouted. The group of people ran over and entered the small world together.

“Uh, this is too stingy. Just a broken stone table, no divine treasury?” Flame Crow was disappointed.

“I got it.” Shi Hao smiled and shook the beast skin in his hands. This was left behind by the Medicine Deity, and there were quite a few things recorded on it.

The Emperor Butterfly obtained by the Medicine Deity originated from the World Treasure Box. He could open it because he obtained a secret incantation on how to open the precious box in an archaic cave.

“There is no Emperor Butterfly,” said the Nine-Headed Lion.

“It’s in the Medicine Capital. The records here are very clear,” Shi Hao said. After the Medicine Deity opened the precious box, he brought the divine egg out to use the underground ancestral root to hatch it.

Everyone walked up and examined the beast skin.

They were shocked. When the Emperor Butterfly hatched, it actually needed so much heaven and earth’s essence. It was hard to imagine, or else how could it show its power and extraordinariness?

The Medicine Capital had the Earth Vein Ancestral Root, also known as the Heaven and Earth’s Life Gate. It was most suitable for nurturing eggs, allowing them to be born.

“Sealed under that low mountain, within the Earth Vein Ancestral Root?” Lin Kun was shocked. It was within their sect’s important area, but no one could enter that place.

“Could it have escaped a long time ago?” The big red bird said.

“No. The records here are very clear.” Shi Hao pointed at the beast skin.

Back then, after opening the World Treasure Box, the butterfly egg that the Medicine Deity saw was sealed in the divine ice jar. After he took it out, he sent it into the Medicine Capital’s Earth Vein Ancestral Root and set up a special formation. When the divine egg hatched and was nourished for a period of time, it would be transported into the divine ice jar again and sealed.

The Medicine Deity hoped that when he was free, he would personally open the divine ice container and use all of his time and energy to subdue the Emperor Butterfly and raise it.

Unfortunately, he died before the divine insect was born.

“The Medicine Deity was extremely careful. He was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to subdue that creature that’s as powerful as the Vicious Ten,” Huo Ling’er said.

Everyone nodded. Even someone as powerful as the Medicine Deity was so careful, hoping to use the best time to fully devote himself to taming that divine butterfly.

“It was all for nothing,” The big red bird said those unkind words.

“We really found it…” Lin Kun was a bit dejected and couldn’t believe it.

It was something from legends. The more one knew about it, the more shocked they became. The bronze piece that was passed down from ancient times was pieced together, which then pointed out the Emperor Butterfly’s whereabouts.

“Elder Lin, I won’t forget about your help!” Shi Hao spoke, patting his shoulder.

Lin Kun woke up. He already gave it away, so what was there to regret? Moreover, he knew that even if the Emperor Butterfly fell into his hands, it still wouldn’t survive. It needed too much resources, and he couldn’t afford it. Moreover, this might be a worthy investment. If Shi Hao could rise safely, how many people would be able to keep him in check in the future?

After returning to the Medicine Capital, these people moved quickly, surrounding the Medicine Capital, wishing to open up the ancient restrictions and bring out the divine ice container.

Two days later, based on the beast skin’s records, they found eight small altars underground in all directions of the Medicine Capital and successfully activated them.

They did not rush toward the Divine Medicine Sect. Instead, they waited outside the low mountain, quietly waiting for the divine ice container to be transported out by the formation.

“Hey, why is the spiritual essence so much richer?” At this moment, quite a few people in the Medicine Capital were shocked. They were puzzled and confused.

In the Divine Medicine Sect, many people were even more bewildered because they felt that the low mountain instantly became hazy. Endless spiritual essence pervaded the air, making it seem like an immortal mountain.

In the depths of the underground ancestral root, there was a pool that flowed with hazy divine multicolored light. It was liquid formed from earth vein spiritual roots, which released exuberant life force with an undying aura.

A snow-white jar sank to the bottom of the pool. At this moment, symbols lit up one after another, turning into a formation and surrounding it. With a whoosh, it was transported away.

The spiritual essence in the pool surged, and endless divine light was released from the bottom. Meanwhile, the divine ice container had already disappeared from this place and reappeared in the outside world.