The golden doll glanced at the empire’s prince. His gaze fell on the heaven and earth artifact in the prince’s hand. He turned to Ruoshui with an awkward smile. “Um, grand martial aunt! It is getting late. Should we find a place to eat something?”
“Are you not self-proclaimed God of Wealth? Does even the God of Wealth need to eat?” Ruoshui looked at the golden doll. Her tone remained calm and flat.
The golden doll glanced around. His eyes lingered on the empire’s prince’s heaven and earth artifact. He clearly hesitated. A heaven and earth artifact was refined by terrifying figures who had seized the creation of heaven and earth. It possessed their power. With such an item in hand, he did not dare act rashly against its wielder.
The empire’s prince saw the golden doll disable several great cultivators in one move. Shock filled his heart. He was stunned by this terrifying unknown existence. He knew the other stood on Ruoshui’s side. His plan to seize the Cloud Immortal Ribbon was now impossible.
The empire’s prince felt some relief. Fortunately, he possessed a heaven and earth artifact. Moreover, it belonged to the imperial family and could be used without refinement. Otherwise, the consequences today would have been unthinkable.
Ye Chu had been furious at the empire’s prince’s earlier threats. He naturally would not miss the chance for revenge. He could not help shouting at the golden doll. “He is the empire’s prince. He is the richest person here!”
The golden doll’s eyes instantly lit up. He stared at the empire’s prince, looking him up and down.
“Your Excellency had better not act rashly. I hold a heaven and earth artifact. If I fight desperately, you may not escape unscathed.” The empire’s prince felt a chill under the golden doll’s stare. He could not help shouting sternly.
“Shut your mouth!” The golden doll glared at the empire’s prince. “A broken stick like that dares threaten me.”
Amid everyone’s stunned silence, the golden doll rummaged in his bosom for a long time. Finally, he pulled out a single gold ingot. The crowd looked at it in confusion, wondering what he planned to do with gold now.
But they soon understood. Endless radiance surged from the gold ingot. As the light flowed, the energy of heaven and earth trembled in response.
“A heaven and earth artifact!” Everyone’s hearts shook. The empire’s prince’s face turned pale.
The golden doll rubbed the gold ingot with visible reluctance. “You are all just mortals, yet you have seen the God of Wealth’s treasure. Your lives can be considered fulfilled now, with no regrets.”
Ye Chu no longer wanted to scorn the golden doll. He thought this fellow was truly disgusting. Back at Wuxin Peak, the fat man had shaped entire houses into gold ingots and carved chunks of bluestone into gold ingot shapes. That was bad enough. Now even his heaven and earth artifact was a gold ingot.
There was a time when Ye Chu felt nauseous just looking at gold ingots. That was the lasting trauma left by this guy. You could not imagine the feeling of a latrine shaped like a gold ingot for defecating, toilet paper shaped like gold ingots for wiping, and even the excrement itself forced into gold ingot shapes by his formations. Worst of all, the food you ate after defecating was also shaped like gold ingots.
“He should have brought out the heaven and earth artifact long ago!” Ye Chu muttered under his breath. Heaven and earth artifacts varied in strength. Different wielders produced different results. The radiance surging from the golden doll’s artifact was extraordinary. It was clearly stronger than the empire’s prince’s. Moreover, his own strength far surpassed the prince’s. The power he unleashed with the artifact would naturally be far greater.
“This is just a replica. It has limited uses. Each use reduces its remaining power.” Ruoshui stood nearby and answered Ye Chu’s unspoken question.
Ye Chu paused. Now he understood why the golden doll looked so reluctant.
“Admit defeat yourself. Throw out all the treasures on you, and I will let you go.” The golden doll clearly did not want to waste this chance here. He looked at the empire’s prince with a kind smile. “This God of Wealth is acting on your behalf to do good. I hope you will not refuse.”
The empire’s prince stared at the dazzling gold ingot. His expression turned grim. “Though I know I am no match for you, I still want to test your methods.”
“Bastard!” The golden doll was furious. Another one challenging his authority. That alone was bad enough. But this fellow actually wanted him to spend money.
The golden doll took a deep breath. His gaze finally locked on the heaven and earth artifact in the empire’s prince’s hand. Since the prince wanted him to break his wealth, this item would now belong to him.
The golden doll’s primordial spirit surged. Power poured into the gold ingot. Instantly, torrential radiance erupted from it. The light shook violently. As it flowed, heaven and earth twisted. Vast might filled the air.
Some cultivators could not withstand it. They knelt and prostrated on the ground. Endless thunderous roars echoed. An unparalleled majesty descended.
In the entire area, except for Ye Chu’s group who remained standing, every other cultivator prostrated on the ground. That vast, supreme majesty felt like the presence of an invincible great emperor.
The empire’s prince’s heaven and earth artifact trembled. Its own light flared. But under the gold ingot’s radiance, it seemed like mere starlight, utterly insignificant.
Though the empire’s prince held a heaven and earth artifact, he could not withstand this majesty either. He too was forced to his knees on the ground.
Every cultivator present felt unimaginable shock, including Ye Chu. They stared in disbelief at the gold ingot that had grown to the size of a small hill. The majesty erupting from it was far too terrifying. This pressure surpassed that of ordinary heaven and earth artifacts. Just what level was this item?
If not for this immense pressure avoiding Ye Chu’s group, probably no one present except the golden doll could have remained standing.
Ye Chu felt both horror and awe. He could not believe the golden doll possessed such an artifact. He became even more curious about what it truly was. Ordinary heaven and earth artifacts could not compare to this thing.
Ruoshui seemed to understand Ye Chu’s confusion. She explained from the side. “This is the Jin family’s supreme treasure. Though it is a replica, it is still astonishing.”
Ye Chu had only heard from another lunatic at Wuxin Peak that the golden doll’s family was the richest under the four seas. He had never imagined they possessed such a supreme treasure. Now it seemed the Jin family was far beyond what he had imagined.
“Every person in Wuxin Peak has their own special story!” Ruoshui’s voice was pleasant. Yet it drew Ye Chu into memories. Those lunatics were indeed extraordinary and abnormal.
Such peerless might could not be resisted by anyone. Not even the empire’s prince’s heaven and earth artifact could withstand it. In the end, from sheer terror, its radiance completely retracted into the artifact. It fell to the ground like an ordinary piece of metal.
With a sweep of his arm, the golden doll claimed the artifact. The empire’s prince, prostrated on the ground, flipped over. Every valuable on his body flew straight to the golden doll.
After finishing all this, the golden doll dug a pit and directly threw the empire’s prince inside.
“I will bury you alive!” The golden doll said with resentment. For such a person, he had wasted one use of his treasure. The God of Wealth had been forced to break his wealth. Was there anything more evil in the world?
After tossing the empire’s prince into the pit, the golden doll finally withdrew his gold ingot. The immense majesty vanished. Everyone felt as though they had experienced life and death. Their bodies were already drenched in sweat. They looked at the golden doll as though seeing a ghost or god. Their bodies could not help trembling.
Just what was this madman’s gold ingot? It was far too astonishing!