For a hundred years, no one disturbed him. Cheng Yue finally relaxed and cultivated in peace.
Though it was somewhat tedious, he thought that once he became a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, he might not be all that powerful.
But as long as he held on until the era of Journey to the West in the Great Tang, his Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation would at least keep him alive.
Then he could naturally roam free and unfettered.
The loneliness and boredom of the present were only for the sake of a more colorful life ahead.
Moreover, over those hundred years, Cheng Yue's realm had changed somewhat.
The aura around him had grown even more profound, though he was still somewhat dissatisfied with this speed.
After a hundred years, I have only just stabilized my Golden Immortal cultivation. In a hundred years, I have barely touched the threshold of the mid stage. At this rate, who knows whether I can become a Grand Unity Golden Immortal by the time of Journey to the West?
Just as he was pondering this, a voice rang throughout the Primordial World.
"I am Hongjun. Today, I have become a Sage. Three thousand years from now, I shall expound the Great Dao at Purple Firmament Palace in the chaos beyond the heavens. All those with affinity may come and listen."
Hearing that familiar voice, Cheng Yue frowned. A figure also walked out from the side hall.
"Master, Master, Hongjun has become a Sage!"
Cheng Yue sighed as well and looked toward the sky beyond the Great Hall.
"When a Sage emerges, Wu Yao Chaos follows!"
"Heaven and earth are about to become unsettled again. Xiao Wa, remember this: for the next several hundred yuanhui, you must not leave this dojo. We need only sit quietly and must not enter this Tribulation."
Nuwa was about to agree when she suddenly sensed a summons.
"There is an opportunity for me!"
Looking again in the direction indicated by that opportunity, she found that it was actually in the Outer Chaos beyond the Primordial World.
Then she looked at Cheng Yue's expression, and Nuwa hesitated.
She did not know what to do. Her master was not allowing her to leave.
Yet Nuwa dearly wanted to see what that opportunity was all about.
Moreover, the heavenly secrets had clearly told her that there seemed to be a Chance to Become Sage within it.
If that was the case, she had to go and see for herself all the more.
Although she cultivated the Daoist Canon, she did not know whether it was because her innate foundation and talent were lacking, but after a hundred years, she was still at the Heavenly Immortal realm recorded within it.
Though she was about to become a True Immortal, that still could not be considered fast.
In the end, stirred by temptation, she turned to Cheng Yue with a slightly pitiful expression.
"Master, um, I want to go home for a visit. I still have an elder brother at home, and I have been away for a hundred years already. If I do not return for several yuanhui, my brother will surely worry. May I go back once?"
Hearing this, Cheng Yue thought for a moment before finally having no choice but to nod.
Seeing that Cheng Yue had agreed, Nuwa was so excited she nearly jumped up.
"Thank you, Master. I shall return at once and strive to come back soon."
Having said that, she prepared to fly outside.
Yet Cheng Yue was not entirely at ease. After all, she had been his disciple for more than a hundred years.
Then, with a wave of his hand, he conjured a pile of Wooden Tokens and sent streaks of golden light into them.
He tossed them toward Nuwa.
"Take these. If you encounter enemies below the Golden Immortal realm whom you cannot handle, activate one of these tokens. Each contains a strike from your master. It should be enough to deal with anyone below the Golden Immortal realm."
Nuwa's eyes lit up upon hearing that. These were good things, and her master had given her so many of them.
She bowed with a smile at the corner of her lips.
"Thank you, Master. Then this disciple shall take her leave first. Master, do not miss me too much, all right?"
Cheng Yue was already beginning to miss her. Who knew how long she would be gone? He was about to become a lonely old man in an empty nest.
But he did not show it on his face. He merely waved his hand.
"Go, go. Hurry up. Do not fail to come back."
Nuwa pursed her lips. What a tsundere master.
After grumbling inwardly, she transformed into a streak of rainbow light and flew beyond the Island.
Once she left the sea island, Nuwa looked at the vast expanse of heaven and earth and let out a breath.
"Hahaha, I'm going home! Master, I'm going to hear what Dao that old Daoist Hongjun is preaching. I'll come back after I'm done listening."
With that, she prepared to fly directly beyond the heavens.
With such a huge commotion from Hongjun, her elder brother should be going there too.
She probably did not need to worry.
As she flew toward the sky, Nuwa saw many living beings hurrying toward the outer heavens as well.
Yet there was some disdain at the corner of her mouth. Some of those beings were not even Grand Unity Golden Immortals. If they went to Purple Firmament Palace like that, their endings were destined not to be good.
After reaching the starry sky, Nuwa saw two golden lights fly out from the Sun Star toward Purple Firmament Palace.
Within those golden lights were two three-legged crows.
There was also an enormous bird of prey flying into the starry sky. With its wings spread, it seemed capable of blotting out the sky and covering the earth.
Its body stretched for millions of li, as enormous as a giant beast filling the void.
Seeing this sight, Nuwa's eyes were full of curiosity.
As she watched that bird of prey, she could not help but mutter.
"A Kun so large that one pot cannot stew it. It would need two barbecue grills."
Although she did not know what a barbecue grill was, she had heard her master mutter about such things several times. And whenever he spoke of them, he seemed to drool.
"Master wants to eat that? Should I catch it and bring it back?"
But after carefully examining the other party's cultivation, Nuwa immediately gave up on the idea.
That fellow's cultivation was actually about the same as hers. If they fought, she would inevitably have to use one of the Wooden Tokens her master had given her.
It did not seem worth it. But once she broke through to the True Immortal realm, she should be able to do it herself.
In the starry sky, countless cultivators traveled through space at full speed toward Purple Firmament Palace.
Nuwa had now seen quite a few Great Powers of the Primordial World. When she looked more closely, many were people her master had mentioned before.
But after sensing them carefully, she found that they were all at roughly the same realm as her. And because she possessed the Daoist Canon, most of their cultivation was not even as high as hers.
"Master worries too much. How could there be so much danger?"
After saying that, she felt even more at ease.
As the starry sky neared chaos, countless gale winds swept in.
All those below the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm became trapped within them.
Those who forced their way through could not escape death.
When Nuwa saw this, she sucked in a cold breath.
"It truly is dangerous. Anyone below the Grand Unity realm who enters chaos will die."
Thinking of her master's realm, she understood. This journey truly was fraught with danger.
Then she thought of the pile of Wooden Tokens in her arms and finally understood why her master had given them to her.
He had probably calculated that she would sneak out to hear the Dao.
At that thought, Nuwa took out a Wooden Token and stepped directly into chaos.
Unlike the Primordial World, Earth Fire Water Wind were in turmoil here. Countless gale winds carrying the aura of death continuously scraped across her skin.
Though they posed no danger to her, they still left her with an unpleasant sensation.
But once she entered chaos, she was at a loss.
"Just where is Purple Firmament Palace?"
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