Nezha rummaged in his sleeve and pulled out a magnificent longsword embedded with a blue gemstone.
Yin Shou's eyes gleamed as he looked at the treasure sword, thinking to himself that it was way cooler than his ancestral sword, definitely a good treasure at first glance.
Nezha slowly infused spiritual power, and the seven gemstones lit up one by one from top to bottom, forming a beautiful blue light around the sword. With a light swing, a large azure sword qi directly slashed towards the bronze incense burner.
Yin Shou looked at the incense burner in confusion as it was gently touched.
Incense Burner: Why is it always me getting hurt? I'm really splitting here!
And then it cracked open, with an extremely smooth cut.
Nezha tossed the sword to Yin Shou, who hurriedly caught it with both hands, infused spiritual power, and swung it. The blue-golden sword qi sliced the halved incense burner into three pieces.
Yin Shou, like a child with a new toy, was eager to slash anything he saw.
"Esteemed Master, does the Immortal Sword have a name?"
"Seven-star Dragon Slayer Sword."
"What a good name!"
The heavenly Xuan Niao descends to create Shang.
Yin Shou was not in the least bit in awe of dragons or anything of the sort.
Yin Shou exhausted his spiritual power in dismantling his own house, calmed down a bit, and asked, "Esteemed Master, can this sword break the Monkey Demon Armor?"
"It can."
Indeed, it could. Yuan Hong was so poor that his armor was given by his father before he left, thinking that wearing tiger skin to the Human Clan's Royal City wasn't suitable. Although it looked nice, it was just mortal armor; Yuan Hong's true strength was in his physical body.
Now Yin Shou asked if the sword could break the armor. The toy I gave him could be considered a spiritual artifact and would easily break the armor, so it's not deceiving Yin Shou, right?
Yin Shou was delighted upon hearing this, eager to challenge Yuan Hong again but hesitated, remembering how he was knocked out with two sticks: "Esteemed Master, is there any Immortal Armor to protect me?"
Nezha didn't speak, instead smiling at Yin Shou. Yin Shou immediately realized: "Esteemed Master, please follow me."
In fact, ever since Yin Shou started cultivating, he commanded people to collect anything with divine properties. After subduing the Three Demons, his prestige rose even higher, and the efficiency of Great Shang's operations improved; not to mention the collections from past kings.
Although he offered a lot to Nezha, his collection was even greater, for which fifteen large warehouses had been built.
Nezha was aware of this and figured to take as much as possible; there was no need to incur the karma of this ship destined to sink due to greed.
Now, just breaking into the cultivation path with a weak foundation, and not wanting to deplete the good relationship with his teacher, he could only coax for resources, knowing that once his cultivation improved, he wouldn't care for these things.
Yin Shou proudly led Nezha on a tour of his 'Treasure Vault.'
After surveying everything, Yin Shou, seeing that Nezha was completely unaffected, sheepishly said, "Esteemed Master, can I exchange five swords for ten pieces of Treasure Armor?"
The Immortal did not seem impressed with his collection of treasures.
Honestly, there were some good treasures inside, but Nezha's mind was fixated on a pitch-black fragment, thus appearing to care for nothing else.
Upon hearing Yin Shou's words, he absentmindedly replied, "Thirty pieces in total."
Yin Shou's expectation was fifty, so upon hearing thirty, he agreed immediately. There might be treasures here, but he couldn't use them!
Better one bird in the hand than ten in the forest.
As Nezha selected each item, he would explain to Yin Shou its characteristics, uses, origin, or any stories associated with it.
Yin Shou listened intently, feeling that his Esteemed Master was truly wonderful!
Not only did he acquire Immortal Artifacts, but also knowledge. Even if slightly taken advantage of, it was no big deal.
Upon reaching a black fragment, Yin Shou asked, "Esteemed Master, what treasure is this material?"
Nezha paused, his expression a bit solemn, "Great King, have you heard of the Witches and Demons War?"
Yin Shou thought for a moment and said, "Is that from the Ancient Times?"
Nezha subtly shielded both of them with the Mountain and River Map and nodded, "This fragment might be a piece of the Chaos Bell, the Companion Magical Treasure of the Ancient Demon Emperor East Emperor Taiyi. The Chaos Bell is a Primordial Treasure. East Emperor Taiyi, wielding this treasure, fought against the Five Great Ancestor Witches alone; truly exceedingly powerful. Great King, do you really wish to gift it to me?"
Yin Shou picked up the fragment and tapped it, feeling nothing but its hardness, and casually tossed it to Nezha, "No matter how good a treasure, it's just a fragment; of what use is it? Besides, this lonely king is a man of his word, no reason to go back on it!"
One must admit, Yin Shou sometimes had considerable charisma.
Nezha accepted the fragment and, for the first time, bowed in salute.
Yin Shou, a good man indeed!
Once they finished selecting the treasures, one went back to cultivation, and the other to artifact refining.
Nezha thought that with the client's sincerity this time, he ought to showcase some real skills.
Upon returning, he first sketched two rough designs, one for the Asura Armor and another for the Emperor Armor from his past life, then consulted Yun Zhongzi. Yun Zhongzi was astonished by Nezha's idea of transforming a belt into a stylish armor.
Nowadays, everyone wore Daoist robes and Immortal clothes or female immortal palace dresses, with a rather uniform aesthetic. The great experts relied entirely on their own looks and charisma, though big shots didn't really care for such things, of course.
After discussing some technical issues with Yun Zhongzi, Nezha began seclusion refining, while Yun Zhongzi pulled out the design of his Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe, pondering over its modifications.
Donning it himself might somewhat tarnish the Chan Sect's image, but wasn't he newly mentoring a disciple? Once worn, it would surely shock his fellow disciples, becoming the most dazzling of the Chan Sect's third generation!
And thus, he also got busy.
After three months of effort, Nezha finally completed this grand toy.
Yin Shou, looking at the metal box with distinct angles and a central golden gemstone, was a bit puzzled, as he had requested Immortal Armor, yet received this contraption?
Nezha raised a finger, and a stream of information was infused into Yin Shou's mind, immediately enlightening him on its operation.
Without delay, he placed the summoning device in the center of his waist and shouted, "Domineering Armor, unite!"
The summoning device emitted a golden radiance, transforming into a Golden Phoenix, which circled around, then turned into a set of gold and red domineering armor, automatically attaching to Yin Shou with a snap.
Finally, the golden tail feathers formed a gold and red cloak draping over Yin Shou's back.
With a wave of his hand, Nezha made a massive water curtain appear before Yin Shou.
Admiring himself in the water curtain with the Domineering Armor, Yin Shou, full of excitement, clapped his palms together, exceedingly fond of it, feeling Nezha truly understood him; his previous armors were nothing but rubbish, cumbersome, requiring assistance to wear, and exceedingly dull in appearance.
While basking in his vanity, Yin Shou asked, "Esteemed Master, with this armor, can I withstand that monkey demon's iron rod?"
Nezha chuckled, replying, "Yes."
It could withstand one blow.
Although it could only block one hit, it certainly wasn't a defective product. Take note that Yuan Hong was already a Profound Immortal, while Yin Shou wasn't an Immortal at all, entirely five major realms apart; while under the suppression of Human Dao's Qi Fortune, this armor could take an extra hit, definitely not a scam.
Upon hearing this, Yin Shou was overjoyed, parading in his armor, boasting in court, claiming he'd surely teach that monkey a lesson if he dared to come again.
The monkey definitely couldn't come, being pressed down in the Mountain and River Map.
Truth be told, with Yin Shang's Qi Fortune currently flourishing, there weren't many Immortals or demons daring to show off before Yin Shou.
Originally, Yin Shou found it easy to kill Immortals but hard to kill humans; now, with Nezha addressing this shortcoming, he felt superior in both cultivation and equipment.
Against Immortals, the Human Dao's Qi Fortune suppression rendered them as weak as mortals; ninety-nine percent of Primordial Immortals took the Dharma Cultivator route, fragile indeed.
Not at the realm of Golden Immortal, slain by King Zhou with no special spells meant certain death.
Yin Shou acquired two pieces of Divine Equipment, and Nezha got a fragment of the Chaos Bell, leaving both highly satisfied.
Another winning day for both.