Protect Our Chief

Chapter 1023: Chapter 60: Great Emperor vs. Child of Fortune! Utter Defeat (Part 4)

There’s no way around it, the one repeatedly challenging him is merely a twelve-year-old child!

"Who is Elder Wuchen?"

Old Yao, sensing trouble, asked softly. frёeωebɳovel.com

"Eunuch Yao," Wu Zhixing quickly stepped forward to explain, "that’s the Artifact Spirit elder of An Ye’s weapon..."

"Also a Divine Power Spirit Treasure?" Old Yao’s eyelid twitched.

"Uh... that’s correct." Wu Zhixing anxiously explained, "It’s a very formidable Divine Power Spirit Sword, even Qianqiu suffered a great loss."

Even Qianqiu suffered a great loss?

It’s known that Qianqiu is actually considered a powerful Divine Power Spirit Treasure, just too talkative which makes it less favored.

Both the Great Emperor and Old Yao were speechless.

Is he still a twelve-year-old little brat?

How on earth did he manage this?

Could it be that the Wang Family has concentrated all their wealth on him?

No wonder he kept saying he had no desires, not because he was pretending... but because he genuinely no longer cared for ordinary treasures.

Even Emperor Longchang thought he was being generous...

"Your Majesty, take a look at the ’Divine Dynasty Sunset Painting’," Old Yao softly reminded, "perhaps... alas~"

This is typical of psychological change. When a poor man wears a real watch, others think it’s fake. When a rich man wears a fake watch, people think it’s real!

When a twelve-year-old little brat takes out the ’Divine Dynasty Sunset Painting,’ the Great Emperor’s attitude is dismissive, but when a twelve-year-old who owns two Divine Power Spirit Treasures and dismisses countless other treasures takes out the ’Divine Dynasty Sunset Painting,’ people must think again.

After all, as valuable as the ’Divine Dynasty Sunset Painting’ is, it is merely an artwork, normally priced at millions of Qian Gold, a plaything for the powerful reaching its peak in price but incomparable to a Spirit Treasure that can be passed down through generations.

"Oh yes, An Ye sent a ’Divine Dynasty Sunset Painting,’ which I have yet to appraise." Emperor Longchang, thick-skinned as he is, shifted the topic to examine the ’Divine Dynasty Sunset Painting.’

As he unfolded it, the painting’s ancient heaviness and Master Jii’s style and charm immediately presented themselves.

"This?" Emperor Longchang was startled, "Something’s not right, not right~ This style is intensely vigorous, very similar to Master Jii’s style, yet three times more profound. If it’s a replica, I’ve never seen a replica outshine the original. If it’s an original work, even amateur players can discern the differences to Master Jii’s style."

"A brilliant painting, a brilliant painting." Emperor Longchang, impressed, praised enthusiastically, "This ’Divine Dynasty Sunset Painting’ vividly portrays the Divine Dynasty’s last splendor and decline, far grander and more majestic than Master Jii’s. An Ye, who produced this replica?"

"Your Majesty, this was left for An Ye by his master." Wang An Ye answered honestly.

Back then, resources within the Infinite Treasure Ring were exhausted, only leaving behind some seemingly useless artworks. If it hadn’t been for hearing the name of the painting Emperor Longchang had damaged aligning with one of those paintings, even An Ye himself nearly forgot about them.

"Who is your master...?" Emperor Longchang asked curiously.

"Your Majesty, my master is Jii Wuchen, in life he was part of the Immortal Dynasty." Wang An Ye earnestly replied, "Now, he is the Artifact Spirit of the Divine Power Spirit Treasure ’Time.’

"Residual soul as Artifact Spirit? It’s not unheard of... not extremely rare." muttered Emperor Longchang.

Suddenly, his body stiffened.

"Jii Wuchen, with the surname Jii? That name sounds familiar. I remember before Master Jii passed, he wrote a poem ’Remembering My Late Father Wuchen in the Immortal Court.’ Could Elder Jii be the father Master Jii reminisced about throughout his life?"

"No wonder, no wonder... several times in his life, Master Jii said his accomplishments in painting were not even a tenth of his father’s, spending his lifetime imitating him, only lamenting that his father’s excellent masterpieces followed him into immortality. Previously, I thought those were words of humility from Master Jii, but now thinking... remarkable, truly remarkable, I’ve uncovered a piece of history!"

Emperor Longchang has lived too long, with few genuine hobbies left. Recently, he’s been fond of Master Jii’s paintings and has collected several pieces.

Yet unexpectedly, he manages to acquire the true ’Divine Dynasty Sunset Painting,’ an item of such heartfelt preference, difficult to measure by mere gold.

Excited, he regarded Wang An Ye with a changed gaze.

This is a complicated dilemma now...

Can’t possibly reward him with a Divine Power Spirit Treasure, can he?

At this moment, Old Yao whispered a few words.

Immediately, Emperor Longchang’s eyes lit up: "An Ye, since you don’t know what you like, why not take a stroll in my Divine Weapon Hall and pick something you fancy. Just bear two things in mind: one, you can’t take any of the Divine Power Spirit Treasures, since you already have yours, taking them would be wasteful. Two, you can only take something for personal use, no gifting to others."

"What? I get to choose myself?" Wang An Ye became quite interested.

"My promise is as solid as a rock, besides you’re Yiluo’s fiancé, not an outsider." Emperor Longchang, after all, had quite the calculations.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wang An Ye expressed gratitude, "Your Majesty’s thousands of years of collection must be incredibly rich, even just strolling through the Divine Weapon Hall will broaden my knowledge."

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