Facing the three choices before him, dense characters flashed in Lin Xun’s eyes as he activated Analysis Authority to analyze the effects of the three magical treasures.

[You look at the Dharma flag inserted behind the divine image…]

[This Dharma flag is shaped like a command flag. The flag surface is dark black and triangular, edged with tooth-like red borders. On the flag are written the words Decree Summons Ten Thousand Gods…]

[According to the answer analyzed by Analysis Authority, this Dharma flag most likely possesses the power to decree and summon ten thousand saints to descend. It may be used to command numerous heavenly soldiers and generals to stand before you and obey orders, or to summon the tortoise-snake strange beast beneath Emperor Yuanwu’s feet.]

[Command flags come in five directions and five colors, corresponding to east, south, west, north, and center. Eastern yin and mao wood is blue-green, southern si and wu fire is red, western shen and you metal is white, northern hai and zi water is black, and chen, xu, chou, and wei central earth is yellow.]

[This command flag is black and belongs to water, so the probability of summoning the tortoise-snake strange beast is somewhat higher.]

“So it’s a summon beast…”

Lin Xun immediately lost interest.

The Nine-Tailed Fox had just obtained a powerful item to improve her bloodline and should be able to become a powerful assistant combatant before long. Moreover, he also had Senior Brother White Elephant assisting at the side. Right now, he was not lacking summon beasts.

[You skip over the black command flag and look at the Dharma sword held by the divine image…]

[The Dharma sword’s cold light is piercing, the sword body seven chi and two cun long, four cun and eight fen wide. On the sword body, the prophecy-bone characters Sever Demon are carved.]

[Merely gazing directly at the Dharma sword’s edge makes your eyes sting, as if injured by the sharp sword intent on the Dharma sword.]

[According to the answer analyzed by Analysis Authority, this Dharma sword is an excellent immortal family divine sword. Not only is its power boundless, it most likely also possesses the effect of overawing all evil. It can cause immense damage to evil and sinister things.]

Lin Xun smacked his lips, feeling somewhat tempted.

The sword was the ancestor of short weapons and the sovereign of all arms. An immortal family divine sword with boundless power was very attractive.

Moreover, this divine sword also had the effect of Sever Demon. In the Evil God chapter, where evil was everywhere, it could undoubtedly play a major role and advantage.

However, things such as weapons and equipment could be forged in the library by spending Spirit Essence.

Although forging high grade weapons and equipment required spending large amounts of Spirit Essence, Lin Xun had many leeks and had temporarily reached a degree of financial freedom. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Even divine weapons and sharp tools were only a matter of how long he needed to save money.

Wasting his chance to choose a treasure for this would be somewhat not worth the loss.

[You look at the final treasure, the wooden ritual clapper placed in the corner of the divine platform…]

[The wooden ritual clapper is also called a suppression altar wood. Its form is similar to a judge’s gavel. Its original meaning is to receive the Dao Ancestor’s decree and is a ritual implement used to issue orders.]

[The wooden ritual clapper is a small and hard rectangular block of wood, divided into three layers, with a flat bottom and a slightly raised top layer. It is carved with the prophecy-bone words Ten Thousand Gods All Listen, and the two ends are carved with the four trigrams qian, kun, kan, and li.]

[This treasure does not seem to be something owned by Emperor Yuanwu. It is more like a ritual implement used by Daoist priests within the temple during ceremonies.]

[Daoist priests must, during the ritual process, keep it on the table by imperial decree from beginning to end, using it to strike the table and intimidate evil beings.]

[According to the answer analyzed by Analysis Authority, this wooden ritual clapper may be a received decree ritual implement. Holding this item may be equivalent to displaying one’s authority to ten thousand gods, acting under the Dao Ancestor’s decree to perform rites of repelling evil and eliminating demons…]

[This wooden ritual clapper may also be used to intimidate evil beings and clear one’s own mind…]

“Is this an ID card, equivalent to an imperial envoy holding an imperial edict? Or is it a protective talisman?”

Lin Xun frowned.

The value of the three ritual implements from highest to lowest should be the Dharma sword, Dharma flag, and wooden ritual clapper.

According to Analysis, the wooden ritual clapper was the least valuable of the three treasures, because it was not Emperor Yuanwu’s magical treasure, but a ritual implement held by Daoist priests within the temple during rituals.

Although his control over Analysis Authority was not very high, the accuracy of his analysis of the three treasures should not have a very large deviation.

Lin Xun was somewhat conflicted. According to ordinary thinking, choosing the Dharma sword or the Dharma flag was the safest and least likely to lose out.

But Analysis Authority’s analysis of the wooden ritual clapper was not very clear. The answer it analyzed was somewhat ambiguous and did not point to a definite answer.

For the first two ritual implements with higher value, Analysis Authority could clearly point out answers. Yet for the last treasure whose value was not high, Analysis Authority could not give a definite answer. This made one somewhat suspicious.

“Take a gamble, or choose the stable option?”

After considering for a long time, Lin Xun ultimately chose to take a risky gamble.

Since this wooden ritual clapper could be listed together with the Dharma flag and Dharma sword as one of the three treasures in the Daoist temple, no matter how bad it was, it should not be too bad.

Although the first two treasures also had considerable value to him, they were not necessary.

On the contrary, this wooden ritual clapper might hide a mystery…

[You no longer look at the Dharma sword and Dharma flag on the divine image. Instead, you reach out to touch the wooden ritual clapper in the corner of the divine platform.]

[As soon as your hand grips the wooden ritual clapper, the entire Daoist temple scene begins to become hazy and indistinct, gradually distorting…]

[You have obtained Received Decree Divine Edge Suppression Altar Wood (item).]

[Received Decree Divine Edge Suppression Altar Wood (item): An ordinary and unremarkable suppression altar wood. It can be used when encountering evil beings. After use, it can intimidate some low grade evil beings and make them retreat in fear.]

[This item has 1/1 remaining uses.]

[This item has recognized its owner (bound to soul) and cannot be traded, gifted, dropped, abandoned, etc.]

After Lin Xun saw the item description clearly, the corner of his mouth could not help twitching.

“No, this thing really is just a protective talisman?”

“And a one-use low grade protective talisman at that…”

[As the wooden ritual clapper recognizes its owner, all the surrounding scenery becomes somewhat unreal…]

[You only feel the world spin. When you come back to your senses, you have already returned before Kunlun Palace.]

[Lu Wu and the White Elephant Demon are both waiting here, while the Nine-Tailed Fox is still refining the Tail of the Qingqiu Fox Progenitor in the temporary palace.]

[Seeing you return, the White Elephant Demon hurriedly asks aloud, junior brother, how was the harvest? Did you obtain some spirit treasure or ritual implement?]

[Lu Wu beside you is also quite curious what treasure someone with deep fortune and fate like you can obtain, only waiting for you to display the treasure for Him to see.]

[You still hold a little hope in your heart. Perhaps this suppression altar wood is indeed a treasure, but its mystery is hidden relatively deeply, causing you to have not discovered it yet.]

[Lu Wu is Kunlun’s manager. He knows the many treasures hidden within as if counting His own family valuables and understands them very well.]

[Presenting the treasure to Lu Wu for Him to see may perhaps allow you to crack the mystery within.]

[You immediately describe to Lu Wu the Daoist temple you saw after entering Tianyong City…]

[When Lu Wu hears that you entered Yuanwu Temple, His eyes brighten. He cannot help sighing that your fortune and fate are indeed deep. That Emperor Yuanwu is a top-class great Daoist immortal. He governs weapons and killing, and on the path of sword Dao, He reached the pinnacle. He is the genuine lord of sword immortals!]