Senior Brother Xuandu, Guangchengzi, and Junior Brother Duobao came to see me. I was very happy. Before interests were divided, the Three Teachings truly were one family.
Fortunately, it was Senior Brother and the two junior brothers who came. If it had been those four Exposition Sect traitors, I wouldn't have known what to do.
I never expected Master to directly bestow the Southern Earth Detaching Flame Light Flag upon me. It was one of the Primordial Five Directional Flags. Yellow Dragon was probably green with envy.
All my brothers had attained the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit and leapt beyond the River of Time. When would I break through? Forget it, forget it. I should refine my treasures first. Hehehe.
As Laozi read on, a smile unconsciously appeared on his face.
"The Three Teachings are one family. This Daoist and my two younger brothers share the same origin. We ought to be one family."
Within the Jade Void Palace, Yuanshi's brows were tightly furrowed as he pondered carefully.
"My troublesome martial nephew mentioned four Exposition Sect disciples in succession. Yellow Dragon would envy his treasure..."
He suddenly came back to his senses, his face filled with astonishment.
Back then, among the Exposition Sect's twelve personal disciples, it seemed that they truly did dislike Yellow Dragon.
This was only because, when Yellow Dragon took form from Innate Mysterious Yellow Qi, he had been tainted by a trace of the First Dragon's heartblood.
In essence, he was still an innate divine demon, a True Immortal blessed with fortune.
Yet Yellow Dragon's true form was covered in fur and scales, precisely the sort Yuanshi despised.
At that moment, a bold thought arose in Yuanshi's heart.
"Could it be... Yellow Dragon is one of the Exposition Sect's future traitors?"
"No, something still feels off."
After considering it for a long time, Yuanshi decided to trust his intuition and summoned Yellow Dragon.
Yellow Dragon anxiously made his way into the Jade Void Palace and respectfully bowed.
After all, ever since he had joined the Exposition Sect, Master had not favored him.
This was the first time he had been summoned alone. It was truly difficult for him to remain composed.
"Your disciple Yellow Dragon greets Master!"
Yuanshi nodded slightly and thought to himself.
"His conduct is proper enough. His disposition is somewhat lacking, but that is also because I have been biased against him."
With a casual wave, he took out a treasure and placed it before Yellow Dragon.
Yellow Dragon was utterly bewildered, at a loss for what to do.
Then Yuanshi's gentle voice sounded by his ear.
"Disciple, ever since you joined the Exposition Sect, I have seen that you have never possessed a treasure."
"This top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure is called the Nebula Staff. It can draw upon the power of the stars and was obtained by your master at the Treasure Distribution Cliff."
"Now that you have broken through to the Mystic Immortal Realm, you ought to have a respectable treasure for protection."
At those words, Yellow Dragon trembled all over with excitement and accepted the Nebula Staff with both hands.
"This disciple thanks Master for bestowing this treasure. This disciple will certainly cultivate diligently and never bring shame upon the Exposition Sect's name!"
His heart had already become utterly devoted to the Exposition Sect.
He had thought that Master had never summoned him in all his years on the mountain because Master disliked him. He had never expected it to merely be a test.
Thinking back to how the Dragon Race had rejected him when he wished to return to them, then how he had endured hardship for years after joining the Exposition Sect...
Looking at the Nebula Staff radiating treasure light in his hands, only two words remained in Yellow Dragon's heart.
It was worth it!
Live for the Exposition Sect, die for the Exposition Sect, brave life and death for the Exposition Sect!
After Yellow Dragon left, Yuanshi took a deep breath and murmured.
"Good child. Truly a good child."
"So... just who are the four traitors of my Exposition Sect?"
Within the Jade Azure Palace, Duobao excitedly held the Top-Grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure, the Duobao Pagoda.
"Master, are you really giving this treasure to me?"
Tongtian helplessly pursed his lips and hurriedly waved him away.
"Take it, take it, take it. It's merely a Top-Grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure. Look at how pathetic you are."
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"If the disciples of the Humanity Sect and Exposition Sect see you, they'll think your master can't afford to give you one. Go back and refine your treasure. Stop getting in my sight!"
Duobao suddenly grinned mischievously and asked.
"Did Eldest Uncle's generous gift upset Master?"
At those words, Tongtian slammed his hand on the table and abruptly rose to his feet.
"What kind of talk is that? Is your master such a shallow person?"
"Let me tell you, your master's state of mind is exceptionally stable. This is merely a reward for your breakthrough to the Golden Immortal Realm. Don't overthink it!"
"That's slander! You're slandering me! As my disciple, you dare slander your own master? Get lost!"
Duobao happily skipped out of the Jade Azure Palace, humming a tune along the way.
Tongtian, meanwhile, wore a wicked grin as he murmured.
"I'm dying of laughter. Second Brother's Exposition Sect actually has four traitors, and they call themselves Blessed Virtue True Immortals!"
When they had founded their sects, the doctrines of the Exposition Sect and the Interception Sect had already conflicted.
This caused constant friction between Yuanshi and Tongtian.
In the past, Yuanshi, as the elder brother, had usually been the one lecturing Tongtian. But after seeing the contents of the diary...
Tongtian suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of victorious satisfaction.
"(#^.^#) Hehe~~"
Boom—!!!
The temperature inside Li Yuan's cave abode soared, as though it had become a Heaven and Earth Furnace.
Two treasures floated at his side, currently undergoing refinement.
The Southern Earth Detaching Flame Light Flag, one of the Primordial Five Directional Flags!
The Jade Void Cauldron, a Top-Grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure personally forged by Yuanshi!
Though one was innate and the other acquired, they contained the same number of prohibitions!
Supreme treasures had forty-nine prohibitions; top-grade spiritual treasures had thirty-seven to forty-eight; upper-grade spiritual treasures had twenty-five to thirty-six.
Mid-grade spiritual treasures had thirteen to twenty-four prohibitions, while lower-grade spiritual treasures had one to twelve!
Both the Southern Earth Detaching Flame Light Flag and the Jade Void Cauldron contained forty-eight prohibitions, making them the finest among top-grade treasures!
Li Yuan's face was filled with a delighted smile.
"Second Martial Uncle's attainments in the Dao of artifact refinement are truly terrifying. I wonder if he will one day possess the heaven-defying power to reverse the acquired into the innate."
"If that were truly possible, he could probably mass-produce Innate Spiritual Treasures. That would be utterly terrifying."
Cultivation knew no passage of time. In the blink of an eye, five hundred years passed!
Although Li Yuan had grasped the Law of Fire, giving his treasure refinement speed a slight boost...
The number of prohibitions contained within those two top-tier treasures was still frightening.
Moreover, the later the refinement progressed, the slower it became.
Left with no choice, Li Yuan could only stop for now. However, he had refined twenty percent of the prohibitions in both treasures.
He estimated that he could wield fifty percent of their power. For Li Yuan at the True Immortal Peak, that was already enough.
Li Yuan drew the treasures into his primordial spirit to nurture them, then rose and stretched lazily.
"Damn, my body isn't even making cracking noises. Novels really are all fake."
He raised a hand and opened the stone door, just as sunlight spilled inside.
A perfect zero-frame opening, straight into the lungs.
"Mmm~~ Dijun's scent. The sun of the Primordial World really is plenty masculine."
"Just as Senior Brother said, shutting myself away to build a cart behind closed doors won't do. I should still go out and take a stroll."
"Now that Kunlun Mountain has so many Exposition Sect and Interception Sect disciples, I should go get familiar with them."
"Otherwise, when Kunlun Mountain is full of disciples from the Three Teachings, if they don't even know the Humanity Sect has a senior brother, that would be too much of a failure."
With that, Li Yuan leisurely wandered out, only to accidentally enter the Exposition Sect's training grounds.
Four figures stood atop a mountain peak, looking down at Li Yuan from above.
"..."
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