Chapter 1 An Utter Silence

Everything seemed extremely quiet.

An unknown number of cultivators stared blankly at Lu Changsheng, dumbfounded.

Within the immortal ship.

Li Shanshi was completely stiff. Even Xuanwu, who was usually extremely confident, was stunned by Lu Changsheng's actions. His head, in particular, was rock solid with shock.

Even Tianjizi, who had already experienced Lu Changsheng's ways in the lower realms, was stunned, not knowing what to say or do.

Others painstakingly, almost risking their lives, fought for the immortal emperor medicine, only for you to directly pluck the fruit.

Was there any sense of reason left?

Countless cultivators had paid a bloody price. The prodigies of the Divine Clan, in particular, had fought their way up the mountain, battling other prodigies and sustaining extremely serious injuries.

They were just about to obtain the immortal emperor medicine, but it was snatched away just like that.

"Return my immortal medicine!"

At that moment, Taigu Tianpeng's roar resounded. He soared into the sky, stepping on the void, and directly appeared outside the immortal ship, his eyes fixed on Lu Changsheng.

Although he didn't know what means Lu Changsheng had used, he was not convinced and wanted to snatch back the immortal emperor medicine.

"Is this immortal medicine yours? Do you think we will just return it because you said so?"

Li Shanshi regained his senses and spoke up immediately, unusually assertive, which surprised Lu Changsheng slightly.

"I saw it first."

Taigu Tianpeng said powerfully, staring at Lu Changsheng. His eyes were filled with towering rage, but he didn't directly lash out.

"Seeing it means it's yours? Then I saw the Ten Thousand Immortal Mountains first. Does that mean the Ten Thousand Immortal Mountains are mine?"

Xuanwu couldn't help but speak up. This Taigu Tianpeng was too arrogant. Seeing it first meant nothing.

Lu Changsheng was also very calm. He was not afraid of this Taigu Tianpeng. To put it bluntly, in his eyes, everyone below the Immortal King was an ant.

Even if an Immortal King came, they would have to consider whether they had brought enough Emperor artifacts.

"It seems you all want to take advantage of me, Taigu Tianpeng?"

Taigu Tianpeng clenched his fists, his body exuding towering battle intent, wanting to attack.

After all, a complete immortal emperor medicine was of great significance. Even if Taigu Tianpeng wanted to give up, others would not.

"Lu Changsheng, you've indeed gone too far."

"This immortal emperor medicine was clearly about to be obtained by Taigu Tianpeng. You used strange means to directly steal it, which is indeed a bit excessive."

"Fellow Daoist Changsheng, you've lost your composure."

"It would be understandable to compete openly, but to use some secret method to steal the immortal medicine, letting others risk their lives, is indeed a bit too much."

At that moment, voices rang out, some from the Heavenly Court, some from the Divine Clan, and some from the Imperial Clan. Many voices spoke up.

Many people felt that Lu Changsheng had indeed gone too far.

"How ridiculous! The Ten Thousand Immortal Treasures are available to everyone. No matter what means are used, getting it is getting it. According to your logic, Taigu Tianpeng was born a cultivator of the Divine Clan. Isn't that unfair too?"

At that moment, a loud voice rang out. It was an Immortal King, wearing a golden robe, from the Golden Crow Clan.

The Golden Crow Crown Prince had arrived, with an Immortal King of the Golden Crow Clan personally present.

"Senior Brother Changsheng."

The Golden Crow Crown Prince went straight over to the immortal ship, looking at Lu Changsheng with a smile.

"Brother Golden Crow!"

Lu Changsheng nodded, but didn't say much.

But soon, different voices rang out again.

"That's true, but doing so is indeed a bit too much. The person in front risked their life, and he seized the opportunity to directly snatch it with a secret method. Is that fair?"

The voice of the Divine Clan rang out again, still arguing that it was unfair.

In reality, the whole matter, fundamentally speaking, had no fairness or unfairness at all. Where in this world is there so much fairness or unfairness?

If it had been a prodigy of the Divine Clan who obtained the immortal emperor medicine with a wave of their hand, perhaps no one would have said it was unfair.

Most people chimed in, not because they really felt it was unfair, but because they felt that Lu Changsheng's actions were a bit too terrifying, so they couldn't help but speak up, since it had nothing to do with them anyway.

If a fight broke out, that would be even better. When two tigers fight, one must be injured. It was a good thing for everyone, so adding fuel to the fire wouldn't cost them anything. It was a very simple scheme, but very effective.

Taigu Tianpeng was even more direct, pointing at Lu Changsheng with his Fang Tian Hua Ji, his tone extremely calm.

"A battle to the death. Whoever wins, the immortal emperor medicine belongs to them."

Taigu Tianpeng was very direct, a battle maniac, and a bit too reckless. He wanted to fight Lu Changsheng to compete for the immortal emperor medicine.

However, Lu Changsheng was not in the mood to fight, nor did he want to fight in front of so many people, because it was meaningless.

"Are you afraid?"

Taigu Tianpeng roared, staring at Lu Changsheng, believing that Lu Changsheng was afraid and dared not accept the challenge.

However, the next moment, Lu Changsheng's voice rang out.

"Noisy!"

As the voice rang out, nine immortal cauldrons appeared in an instant, encircling each other. The aura of the Great Dao and chaos permeated the air, as if evolving a new world.

The terrifying nine immortal cauldrons appeared. These nine immortal cauldrons were all Emperor artifacts. The boundless Emperor might appeared, suppressing Taigu Tianpeng on the spot.

Not only Taigu Tianpeng, but all the cultivators outside the Ten Thousand Immortal Mountains felt this terrifying Emperor might. A common Emperor artifact could suppress a large domain, let alone nine Emperor artifacts.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Taigu Tianpeng's body trembled under the pressure. His armor directly shattered. Even though his body was still filled with immortal light, it was still not enough under the suppression of the Emperor artifacts, and even seemed humble.

"Heaven and earth treasures are available to everyone. No matter how noble your Divine Clan is, you must obey the will of heaven!"

Lu Changsheng spoke, then waved his sleeve and said, "You want fairness? Fine, today I, Lu, will give you fairness."

Speaking of this, Lu Changsheng threw out the immortal emperor medicine, letting it float in the void.

At that moment, countless eyes were fixed on the immortal emperor medicine.

"I ask you, are you willing to go with him?"

Lu Changsheng spoke, asking this.

In an instant, the immortal emperor medicine seemed to have intelligence, and actually shook its head.

"Then are you willing to follow me?"

Lu Changsheng continued to ask.

At that moment, the immortal emperor medicine nodded, then returned to Lu Changsheng's palm.

Immediately, Lu Changsheng's voice rang out again.

"Is this fair?"

As the voice rang out, millions of cultivators were silent.

Taigu Tianpeng was also stunned.

All the cultivators were silent once again.

Even the newly arrived Golden Crow Crown Prince was silent.

Is it fair?

It's too fair.

Anyone who says it's not fair has no face left.

"Lu Changsheng, don't be so arrogant just because you have abundant immortal affinity. In my Divine Clan, there are also existences with extremely abundant immortal affinity. When the prodigies of the Divine King Clan are born, the immortal affinity you are so proud of, the luck you are so proud of, will eventually backfire."

Taigu Tianpeng had nothing to say. What else could he say after all this?

Was he really going to fight?

Nine immortal cauldrons were right above his head. He fully believed that as long as Lu Changsheng was willing, the nine cauldrons would fall and crush him into powder on the spot, without even needing to collect his corpse.

He was not stupid. He was just too angry before and felt it was unfair.

But now, after calming down, Taigu Tianpeng also understood that he had no reason at all in this matter, not even a little bit.

He was just too angry, so he seemed a bit impulsive.

After all, it still came down to one sentence.

Heaven and earth treasures are available to everyone.

Whoever gets it owns it. Where are there these rules and those rules? It's not like it's someone else's property. If you snatch something from someone else, that is indeed a bit too much, but why do you need to talk about fairness with something that has no owner?

If you want to talk about fairness, everyone should abolish their cultivation and see who can run faster.

This was just sophistry.

"Taigu Tianpeng, he's indeed lost his mind a bit."

"Too impulsive. He always thinks the Divine Clan is invincible. Now he's run into a tough one, huh?"

"Heaven and earth treasures are available to everyone. Whether Fellow Daoist Changsheng obtained it with his own luck or with some secret method, it's all reasonable. If you want fairness, the Divine Clan shouldn't have been born into this world."

"That's right. If you want to talk about fairness, the Divine Clan wasn't fair at all before. Establishing the Divine Sect, is that fair? Everything is inferior except for the Divine Clan. Is that fair? What a joke!"

After Taigu Tianpeng was defeated, voices rang out quickly, mocking Taigu Tianpeng.

Taigu Tianpeng left.

Lu Changsheng was indifferent. Originally, he didn't want to pay attention to Taigu Tianpeng at all, but he didn't want to be led by the nose by some cultivators.

Anyone with a little bit of brains would feel that there was nothing seriously wrong with the whole matter. Fighting was a means, luck was a means, and secret methods were also a means. As long as you didn't snatch treasures from others, there was nothing shameful or unseemly.

Moreover, is there real fairness in this world?

The reason why Lu Changsheng spoke up was to suppress some undesirable voices and also to make all the cultivators understand a principle: Heaven and earth treasures are available to everyone.

To avoid attracting some unnecessary trouble if he kept obtaining treasures.

"Shanshi, take it to heal your injuries."

After the matter was resolved, Lu Changsheng directly handed the immortal emperor medicine to Li Shanshi.

The latter was a bit apprehensive, and even felt it was unreal.

"Senior Brother Changsheng… I! I! I!"

Li Shanshi really didn't know what to say. An immortal emperor medicine, and a complete one at that, was being given to him just like that. He really didn't know what to say about this kindness.

Although Lu Changsheng summoned the immortal emperor medicine, he still couldn't believe that Lu Changsheng would give it to him.

Because this was an immortal emperor medicine.

Its value to some people was no less than an immortal emperor artifact. It could extend the life of an immortal emperor by one epoch, which was one million years.

Don't underestimate this one million years. After all, at the realm of immortal emperor, whether you can break through may only be a difference of ten thousand years, and if you have an immortal emperor medicine, you can directly extend your life.

Moreover, there are no side effects. One immortal medicine can extend your life by a million years, and ten immortal emperor medicines can extend your life by ten million years.

Even the Divine Clan was very envious of this kind of thing. After all, after becoming an immortal emperor, you control the power of the world and attain great achievements. Who would be willing to die just like that?

No one wants to die. The greater the power, the greater the greed.

Therefore, a complete immortal emperor medicine was priceless. No one would sell this kind of thing. If you took it out to sell, someone would really exchange it for an emperor artifact.

Emperor artifacts are ultimately inanimate objects, while people are ultimately living beings.

So when Lu Changsheng gave the immortal emperor medicine to Li Shanshi, countless cultivators were shocked.

The various Immortal Kings were also red-eyed and felt incredible.

Lu Changsheng's generosity made them not know what to say. Countless prodigies' eyes were filled with regret. Why didn't they meet Lu Changsheng sooner? Why didn't they curry favor with Lu Changsheng sooner?

Even some prodigies of the Divine Clan couldn't help but glance at Li Shanshi with envy.

"Don't be pretentious. This kind of thing is certainly precious, but to me, as long as I want it, I can have as much as I want."

Lu Changsheng said very calmly. He said this just to keep Li Shanshi from being too pretentious, but in the ears of countless cultivators, these words inexplicably made them… feel inferior.

Especially the cultivators of the Divine Clan, who were extremely inferior.

Even some Immortal Kings wanted to speak up, begging Lu Changsheng to say something human.

"Great kindness is beyond thanks, Senior Brother Changsheng. After I inherit my father's business, I'll give you half."

Li Shanshi didn't know what to say. He originally wanted to say that he would directly give half to Lu Changsheng, but after thinking about it, his father was still in control of the Wanfu Building, so he changed his words to after he inherited it.

"Go refine it, otherwise if someone snatches it away, I won't be responsible."

Lu Changsheng spoke. He didn't care about half of the family fortune. Wealth was just something external. Anyway, he could eat and drink for free with his face, so it didn't matter whether he had money or not.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Changsheng. Thank you, Senior Brother Changsheng."

Li Shanshi knew that Lu Changsheng was reminding him to quickly refine this emperor medicine.

So he thanked him quickly, then returned to the immortal ship to refine the emperor medicine.

After Li Shanshi left, the Golden Crow Crown Prince's voice slowly rang out.

"Senior Brother Changsheng, I received intelligence that the seven Divine King prodigies above the Twenty-Sixth Heaven of the Divine Clan have all been born."

The Golden Crow Crown Prince said this, informing Lu Changsheng.

"They've all been born?"

Lu Changsheng was a bit curious.

"Yes, they've all been born. It has something to do with the Ten Thousand Immortal Mountains. Moreover, a supreme expert of my clan deduced that this Ten Thousand Immortal Mountains is extremely strange. A small immortal mountain can give birth to Emperor-grade treasures. If it's a large immortal mountain, who knows what will be born."

The Golden Crow Crown Prince spoke again, continuing to reveal a secret.

"Understood."

Lu Changsheng nodded. He didn't know much about the Ten Thousand Immortal Mountains, but what the Golden Crow Crown Prince said should be true. After all, a small immortal mountain gave birth to an immortal emperor medicine. It was indeed a bit different.

After a while, Lu Changsheng didn't continue to stay here. He returned to the interior of the immortal ship and began to nurture his treasures.

The Heaven and Earth Exquisite Xuanhuang Pagoda had not completely transformed into a congenital treasure.

At the same time.

The Thirty-Third Heaven.

The Chaos World.

As a crack tore open.

A magnificent figure appeared.

Around the figure, various terrifying Heavenly Dao runes were wrapped.

This was an immortal emperor.

But what was astonishing was that this figure was bathed in blood and had suffered extremely serious injuries.

The supreme figure appeared, gazing lightly at this immortal emperor.

"Di Tian, do you understand now how terrifying the Divine Sea is?"

The voice rang out.

Di Tian's body trembled, but after a while, his voice rang out.

"They might be coming."

As the voice fell.

The supreme existence of the Divine Clan could not calm down.