Old Friends from Big Dipper
Zhou Tong spent half a month with Yan Ruyu on the Sun Star, and shared with her the Fortune he had gained from the Ancient Starry Road. After that, she fell into a deep cultivation.
After leaving the Sun Star, Zhou Tong stood in the starry sky, looking down at the Big Dipper.
His first gaze fell upon the 108 magnificent peaks of the Eastern Wasteland, where the Tai Xuan Sect was located.
Zhou Tong entered the Tai Xuan Sect alone and arrived at Clumsy Peak. Here, weeds still grew rampant, some palaces had collapsed, and the place was still desolate.
On a stone platform, on the grass, and even in the trees not far away, a few people sat scattered about. Their aura was not strong, but there was a sense of tranquility and ease about them. This was the Natural Great Dao.
"Zhang Wenchang, Lin Jia, Liu Yiyi, Li Xiaoman!" Zhou Tong called out.
Immediately, all of them opened their eyes, revealing a look of surprise. "Zhou Tong, is it really you? Didn't you enter the Ancient Starry Road? You actually came back?"
The group immediately approached Zhou Tong and invited him to a stone table not far away. Zhang Wenchang even brought out tea utensils, picked a few green tea leaves, and started Dao Fire to brew them.
These green teas are just ordinary spiritual teas, which Zhang Wenchang and his friends planted on Clumsy Peak more than 60 years ago. Before long, the aroma of the tea filled the air.
"I heard that returning via that route requires the combat power of Great Sage. Do you already possess that level of combat power?" Lin Jia asked curiously.
Zhou Tong nodded, releasing and then withdrawing his imperial aura, which left his old classmates deeply shocked.
"I never imagined you'd already reached this level!" Liu Yiyi exclaimed in shock. "With your power, you could probably sweep through the entire Big Dipper!"
"The matter of Big Dipper is very complicated. Now the attention of the entire universe has shifted here. You will all have to leave this place one day." Zhou Tong shook his head. "By the way, where is Senior Li?"
"Our master left not long ago; he must have entered the starry sky. We don't know where he is," Zhang Wenchang said.
"However, your cultivation levels..." Zhou Tong glanced at them and was speechless.
Among these old classmates, Lin Jia is the fastest in cultivation, having reached the seventh level of the Dragon Transformation Realm, while Li Xiaoman, whose Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art was abolished and who has to rebuild the Tai Xuan Secret Method, has only just broken through to the Dragon Transformation Realm.
More than a hundred years have passed, and this is the level of cultivation he has achieved. Zhou Tong doesn't know what to say; especially since the last hundred years have been the golden age of Big Dipper's transformation from decline to prosperity.
"Don't worry, our Clumsy Peak's cultivation method suppresses the cultivation very much in the early stages. Moreover, I plan to spend several hundred years re-tempering the Wheel Sea, Dao Palace, Four Extremes, and Dragon Transformation realms before I can step into the Immortal Platform." Liu Yiyi seemed very calm.
They all seemed to have had their edges smoothed out by the ordinary years, content to be worn down little by little.
"Fine, whatever makes you happy!" Zhou Tong was speechless. These classmates really had a different style.
The style of the Ancient Starry Road is competition and struggle. Hundreds of boats race and thousands of sails compete, and everyone is giving their all to seek that one and only imperial throne.
These students, however, were down-to-earth, never competing or fighting, and simply honed their own path on their own.
The two completely different styles gave Zhou Tong a sense of the Dao for a moment.
"Perhaps, this is how the True Immortal Realm of the Immortal Ancient Era and the Immortal Domain cultivated! This kind of Dao method should naturally be the mainstream cultivation method of their era." This thought flashed through Zhou Tong's mind.
Perhaps it was because the Immortal Ancient Era was peaceful, harmonious, and governed by the natural order that the Battle Immortal Path in those times seemed so unconventional, so different from today's competitive world.
Zhou Tong then talked about things in the starry sky, some of his observations and experiences.
"What? You saw Wang Ziwen? He got married and had children on the other side of the starry sky?" The old classmates were all surprised when Wang Ziwen was mentioned.
But there's also some joy, as not many of my old classmates who came to Big Dipper with me back then are still alive. Hearing news of some old friends is a happy thing.
"Have you seen Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Zhou Yi in the starry sky?" Zhang Wenchang asked.
When Ye Fan returned to Big Dipper from Earth, he also visited Taixuan Sect, met them, and told them about their families on Earth.
When Ye Fan was mentioned, Li Xiaoman remained calm and composed, showing no emotion whatsoever, as if she had truly let go of this relationship.
"Ye Fan is doing well, but I haven't heard anything about Pang Bo..." Zhou Tong shook his head.
He didn't specifically inquire about any prodigies on the Ancient Starry Road, because few were his match. Especially in the later stages, he simply waited for those prodigies to challenge him.
"Sigh... The starry sky is boundless, and we are separated by vast distances. I don't know if we will ever meet again." Lin Jia was also a little sad at this moment.
"Take it slow. As long as we're alive, we'll reunite someday." Zhou Tong shook his head.
"Yes, we're alive!" Liu Yiyi nodded. As long as we're alive, there will definitely be a day when we can reunite.
"Here are some local specialties from the Ancient Starry Road for you!" Zhou Tong also took out some bottles and jars and handed them over.
These things were obtained by Zhou Tong on the Ancient Starry Road.
There is the Life Evolution Liquid, a specialty of the Yongheng Star Domain; the Five-Colored Immortal Liquid produced by the Dao Venerable refining the Holy Spirit; the Spirit Treasure Heavenly Venerate Life Spring Divine Liquid, which Zhou Tong refined with Killing Intent; the Great Medicine extracted from the Holy Spirit's blood after Zhou Tong killed the Holy Spirit; and the Divine God-Demon Liquid from the God-Demon Ridge.
Although these old classmates have a very stable cultivation method, having more treasures to save their lives and help them transform is always a good thing.
After leaving Taixuan Sect, Zhou Tong continued to wander across the land of Big Dipper.
He went to the Fire Domain, a desolate wasteland where no flames remained.
He went to Purple Mountain, but the entire Purple Mountain was completely sealed off, dominated by the Wu Shi Bell and the Wushi Formation Patterns, so even Zhou Tong couldn't get in.
He went to the Sacred Cliff, where everything remained the same. The Investiture of the Investiture of the Gods by the Wu Shi the Great was still there, unshakable by anyone.
He also went to the place where he first fought Ji Haoyue, the place where he fought Ji Zi, the place where he killed Wang Teng, and the place where he fought the King of Great Xia in Central Plains...
Wherever Zhou Tong appeared, he would linger for a long time. He walked slowly, afraid that if he walked too fast, he would miss many things.
Returning to a familiar place and looking back on the past brings a different feeling.
The five-hundred-year-old supreme being is an insurmountable barrier. Normally, a cultivator can only become a supreme being when the shackles are broken after experiencing all aspects of life and the joys and sorrows of the mortal world, and after tempering their heart in this way.
What Zhou Tong's cultivation actually lacked were precisely these things.
He cultivated too quickly; even the step of refining his heart in the mortal world was honed in the Divine Domain using the spiritual power contained within the Power of Faith. His heart-refining lacked a real, tangible feel.
But now, moved by the scene before him, his soul is settling down, being tempered in the world, and becoming ever more radiant.