Chapter 57 Ancient Relics
Ye Fan cut open the wall and took out the metal box. It was in the shape of a long strip, made of bronze, more than three feet long and as wide as a palm. It was tightly sealed and very solid.

He took out the tripod, hung it above his head, and let streams of dark yellow air drop down to protect his body. Then he slowly opened the long metal box.

The lid of the bronze box was opened, but there was no shining precious light, no auspicious colors, and not even a trace of divine power.

Inside the metal box, there is a wooden whip. It is very simple and has many Taoist patterns carved on it. It is very mysterious and attracts people's attention more and more as they look at it.

It is more than three feet long, with more than twenty sections. Each section has several complex patterns clearly imprinted on it, which looks natural and mysterious.

"We've dug out the treasure!" the big black dog shouted, and pounced forward, baring its teeth, trying to compete with Ye Fan.

Tu Fei was behind and wanted to grab its bald tail, but Zixia stopped him and said, "Let Hei Huang try."

Woof! "

"As soon as I saw this treasure, I knew it was destined for me. I don't want the treasure I stole from Niubizi anymore. I'll give it all to you. I only want this wooden whip!"

At the same time, the wooden whip trembled slightly, and floated out of the metal wooden box and flew towards the big black dog.

"Ouch..." Suddenly, the big black dog let out a scream and threw the wooden whip to the ground. It stood on its hind legs and jumped around wildly, holding its head with its front paws, its mouth wide open, and howling in pain.

"What's wrong with you, dead dog?" Tu Fei asked.

"Damn it, my spiritual consciousness is under attack." The big black dog screamed in pain.

"You deserve it! Who made you so greedy?" Several people had no sympathy for it at all. Last time, it convulsed and fell to the ground because it was trying to grab the fruit cut from the millstone, and today it had the same old habit again.

"Who is greedy? I am brave and fearless and have suffered for you! Besides, why would I steal things from my own family?" The big black dog replied with its bald tail erect.

"Could this be some kind of treasure?" Tu Fei was suspicious and did not dare to touch the wooden whip. He just looked around it, but did not notice anything unusual.

"Ah..." Suddenly, he also let out a scream and covered his forehead.

"Brother Tu, are you okay?" Ye Fan was shocked.

"Don't use your spiritual sense to detect it. This wooden whip will attack your spiritual sense." Tu Fei said.

Zixia's heart moved, she picked up the wooden whip, held it in her hand, and said to herself: "Could this be the magic whip that belongs to Jiang Ziya?" She waved it a few times and said: "It feels good! Take it!" Then she threw it to Ye Fan.

Ye Fan took it and looked at it over and over again. The wooden whip was simple and natural. He swung it with ease, but no divine light emitted.

He mobilized his divine power and poured it into the wooden whip, but it did not have much effect. The wooden whip remained as old as ever, without any brilliance.

"What's going on?" Ye Fan was extremely surprised. He swung the wooden whip towards the void. It was heavy and powerful, like a huge tripod weighing a thousand tons, pressing the void and causing it to distort.

"This is good. It looks ordinary, but it is very heavy when swung, enough to withstand attacks from other weapons. It is most suitable for people like you with a black heart!" Zixia said.

Tu Fei beside him also nodded in agreement, and then asked: "Is this a treasure? But why can't I feel the fluctuation of divine power?"

"You blind little thing! There are mysterious Taoist patterns between each section of it, how can it be an ordinary object?" The big black dog is an expert. He drools as he looks at the weapon in Ye Fan's hand.

"It's a pity that I can't find someone to try it out. I want to see the power of this wooden whip." Ye Fan said.

Tu Fei said: "Let's go out and try its power!"

Three people and a dog came to the outside of the Taoist temple. Ye Fan stood with a wooden whip in his hand. Tu Fei held a silver spear tightly in both hands and stabbed at Ye Fan. The tip of the spear was sharp and shining.

Ye Fan struck forward with the wooden whip, but no divine aura shot out. Instead, there was a "click" sound, and silver light flashed under the moonlight, and the silver spear broke.

"Aren't you wasting resources by using it like this? This thing specifically attacks people's spiritual consciousness. It should be very effective against attacks using magic weapons sacrificed with spiritual thoughts." Zixia pointed out the key point.

Tu Fei's heart skipped a beat and he asked, "Could it be that..."

Ye Fan's heart also moved, and he showed an expectant expression, perhaps this wooden whip would give him a surprise.

"Let me try!" Tu Fei gritted his teeth, took out a silver brick, and pressed it towards Ye Fan, shining like a silver rainbow.

Ye Fan stepped forward with the wooden whip and hit the sky. With a "pop" sound, silver light splashed everywhere under the night moon and the silver bricks broke.

Tu Fei screamed, and the divine consciousness in the silver brick was impacted. If Ye Fan hadn't stopped at the right time, he would have been injured again. "Sure enough, this weapon is extremely lethal!" The big black dog's eyes flashed green, and he almost rushed over to fight for it. As if he had thought of something, the big black dog "slipped" back into the Taoist temple, and then smoke and dust rose to the sky.

"What are you doing?" Ye Fan asked.

The big black dog dismantled the entire Taoist temple, even digging up the foundation. Without even turning his head, he replied, "Looking for rare treasures, maybe we can come across another one."

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In the early morning, the morning glow came from the east, and the red sun jumped out of the horizon. They set out again, following the direction given by Zixia, trying to get out of this desert.

The golden desert was vast and boundless, and I could never reach the end. I walked for another three days, but still saw no hope.

"What kind of place is this sacred desert? Why is it so strange? Is there no way to escape?" Tu Fei could no longer remain calm as he could not get out.

"This desert is so hard to get out of," Black Emperor cursed.

"Hei Huang, do you know what is going on in this desert?" Ye Fan asked.

“Of course I know.” After walking for several days, Black Emperor was a little listless and said, “This is the boundless desert created by the fire of the Sun God Furnace.”

"What, it's related to Emperor Hengyu of the Jiang family, what happened?!" Ye Fan and Tu Fei were both extremely surprised.

"It's related to my cheap dad," Zixia also listened attentively.

"Emperor Hengyu had a decisive battle with humans and used the Sun God Furnace to create this divine desert." said the Black Emperor.

"How is it possible? The ancient emperor was invincible in the world, so how could he fight a life-and-death battle?" Tu Fei didn't believe it.

"What if the opponent is also an emperor?" Black Emperor asked back.

"Impossible! How could there be two emperors in the same era? Ancient books have never recorded such a thing!"

The big black dog said: "In the past, Emperor Hengyu amazed the world. In order to forge a supreme weapon, he entered the Taichu restricted area and started a massacre there..."

Ye Fan's heart skipped a beat. He had seen that place with his own eyes. There were piles of corpses. Even though tens of thousands of years had passed, there were still hundreds of gleaming skeletons. They were definitely terrifying creatures.

"Emperor Hengyu, when the ultimate weapon was completed, the heaven and earth were shaken. Everyone in the Northern Territory could sense it, and it alarmed all living beings."

On that day, when Emperor Hengyu was leaving the Taichu restricted area, an existence that was comparable to him came out to chase him.

"The man who came out of the Taichu Ancient Mine was comparable to a great emperor. His devilish blood dyed the desert red. His weapons shattered here and scattered everywhere, forming incomplete Dao patterns. This is how the Divine Desert, a place of demons and evil, was created."

"So this is how it was formed..." The three of them were all moved. The big black dog knew too much, and these things might not be clear to the various holy places.

"How do you know the emperor's secrets?" Ye Fan asked.

"This emperor is well-versed in history and present-day knowledge. From the ancient times to the eternal future, there is nothing that I don't know!" The big black dog tilted its neck and looked away.

"Hey, could it be that we walked out and a huge rock appeared in the distance!" Tu Fei shouted.

Just on the horizon of the desert, there are several huge rocks, their outlines looming.

"Finally I see other scenery. I was really afraid of being trapped for another hundred years." The big black dog is still frightened by his past experiences.

When it rushed closer, they were all shocked.

These pieces of metal are all five or six meters long. They are pitch black with a dull luster and give off a chilly aura. Even under the scorching sun at noon, one still feels chilly.

The black block of metal was uneven and many parts were dented as if they had been hit by someone's palms or fingers.

Zixia seemed to be possessed by a demon. She ignored the cold and gloomy air and pressed her delicate body close to the metal block, stroking the palm and finger prints on it with her hands. She fell into a strange state.

"What's wrong with the Saint?" Tu Fei wanted to step forward and pull Zixia away.

Ye Fan quickly grabbed him and signaled him with his eyes not to do it.

"Is the innate Tao fetus so against the will of heaven? Can it lead to enlightenment?" Heihuang was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped.

(End of this chapter)