Righting Wrongs

"Disciples, look. This is where your master once fought the devil Luohu!"

Qing Xuan brought the two brothers to the western continent of the Primordial Wilderness. He had originally intended to look for Da Bai, but Kong Xuan now needed Five Elements Origin Qi to break through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

So Qing Xuan took the two of them to Wuzhuang Temple to visit Zhen Yuanzi.

The brothers curiously looked at the battered and ruined western continent below them, and their admiration for their master grew ever deeper.

"Master! You're amazing!" Peng Xuan blurted out in amazement.

Kong Xuan nodded to himself as well.

"Hahaha, your master is only so-so. Still, ranking second in the Primordial Wilderness is no problem!" Qing Xuan said proudly, taking out a Longevity Smoke and placing it between his lips.

After eating Hotpot once, Qing Xuan had felt increasingly dissatisfied as he thought it over. A smoke after a meal was better than living like an immortal, but with his current cultivation, he already was an immortal—and yet he could not smoke.

So Qing Xuan plucked a branch from the Yellow Middle Plum Tree and, with all sorts of Spirit Grass and Medicine, refined it into this Spiritual Treasure, a Low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

It was called Longevity Smoke because it had a special effect: once it had burned down to one-third, a splash of water would make it grow back. It was truly inexhaustible and endlessly renewable.

Moreover, because Spirit Grass and Medicine had been used in its refinement, smoking it could increase one's lifespan. Unfortunately, that effect was useless to Grand Unity Golden Immortals.

As Qing Xuan's cultivation grew higher and higher, he found himself becoming more and more carefree. Even some habits from his previous life were no longer restrained. If he wanted to do something, he simply did it.

Perhaps this was the taste of freedom! Qing Xuan sighed inwardly.

"Puff, puff, puff... Haa!"

"Disciples, have you refined the Spiritual Treasures I gave you before?" Qing Xuan asked after taking a drag.

"Master, I've refined all four Spirit Pearls." Kong Xuan raised his palm, where four spirit pearls danced in the air.

"Mhm. Kong, once you reach the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, you must cultivate Laws. You possess the Five Elements by nature, so cultivating the Five Elements Law will come more easily to you.

Although these Five Spirit Pearls are only Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, each contains the Law of its respective element and can help you comprehend Laws more effectively.

It's just a pity that the Gold Spirit Pearl isn't in my hands. Otherwise, if all five Spirit Pearls were gathered, their power would be no weaker than a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure," Qing Xuan said with slight regret.

"It's all right, Master. I'll find the Gold Spirit Pearl." Hearing Qing Xuan's words, Kong Xuan first comforted his master.

Then he thought it over, and the path of his future cultivation became much clearer.

"Master, Master, I've refined the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Hood too!" Seeing this, Peng Xuan hurriedly spoke up. He raised his head, waiting for Qing Xuan to praise him.

"If you refined it, then you refined it. What's so surprising about that?" Qing Xuan said irritably.

"You refined one, while your brother refined four. You were even slower than your brother. What are you so proud of? Why aren't you focusing on cultivation?"

Qing Xuan looked at Peng Xuan. Though he was quite satisfied with his cultivation progress, he still used tempering his disposition as an excuse to avoid praising him.

"Yes, Master..." Peng Xuan felt somewhat wronged. He had clearly worked very hard too, yet his master would not praise him. Thinking this, he decided that later he should kill a few Demon Beasts to vent the anger in his heart.

The three traveled through the clouds. Qing Xuan answered every question the two encountered in cultivation. Just as Longevity Mountain came into sight, someone unexpectedly flew over from afar.

The man wore a red robe and had dignified features. His long red hair streamed behind him, and a crimson Dao pattern rested between his brows—clearly the mark of an Innate Being.

With a worried expression, he flew toward Qing Xuan and the others, occasionally glancing back over his shoulder.

Seeing this, Qing Xuan guessed that someone was likely pursuing him. After some thought, he decided it was better to meddle less in the affairs of the Primordial Wilderness.

At that moment, the man noticed Qing Xuan and the others. Startled, he was about to change direction when a streak of golden light struck him.

"Ah!"

The man groaned in pain and fell from the sky. Seeing this, Qing Xuan made a few guesses about that golden light, and his eyes lit up.

"Come, disciples. I'll take you to watch the excitement!" Qing Xuan led the brothers downward and saw a figure standing beside the fallen man.

"Hehehe, little friend, I merely saw that you were fated with me and wished to accept you as my disciple. Why did you have to run?" Zhunti said with a smiling face.

"Bah! I already clearly refused you, yet you still intend to forcibly take me as your disciple. I, Lu Ya, was born from the Essence of Departing Fire of the Sun Star. I will never submit to someone like you!" Lu Ya said furiously.

He had been staying comfortably on the Sun Star, only to be awakened by two fools. Following the principle of avoiding fights he could not win, Lu Ya had come to the Primordial World to travel.

Everything had been fine at first, but when he reached Mount Sumeru on the western continent, this man suddenly appeared. He kept saying Lu Ya was fated with him and that he wanted to accept him as a disciple.

Who would agree to that? Yet Lu Ya had not expected that, despite both being Early Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals, he could not defeat this man. The main reason was that the man held a strange Spiritual Treasure that had actually swept away Lu Ya's Companion Spiritual Treasure, the High-grade acquired Spiritual Treasure, the Sunflame Wheel!

Otherwise, with the Solar True Fire contained within the Sunflame Wheel, Lu Ya might not have needed to flee.

It really is Zhunti. What a case of searching everywhere, only to find him beneath the dim lantern light when I turned around! Qing Xuan sighed inwardly. It seemed Gengjin Origin Qi would be his first prize.

Thinking this, Qing Xuan decided that he could not let Zhunti escape today. The Primordial Halberd appeared in his hand.

"You two stay here. Your master is going to help someone in need!" After instructing the brothers, Qing Xuan appeared in the air.

"Who dares bully the weak here!"

"Who are you?" Zhunti had not expected anyone to be here. Amid his shock, he asked.

"I am Daojun Qing Xuan, lord of the East Sea Three Immortal Islands!" Qing Xuan declared his title as he looked at Zhunti.

"Hmph. I am Daoist Zhunti of Mount Sumeru.

This person is fated with the west, and I came to accept him as my disciple," Zhunti said solemnly.

Qing Xuan looked at the two of them, knowing Zhunti had not entirely lied. In the myths, Lu Ya later converted to Buddhism and became Buddhism's representative in the mortal world—the Great Sun Tathagata known to all.

But if Qing Xuan remembered correctly, Lu Ya converted to Buddhism after the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation. Moreover, Jie Yin and Zhunti had not yet founded Buddhism, so Lu Ya was bound to escape this calamity.

"Bah, Baldy! When did I ever say I wanted you as my master? Shameless.

Senior, please judge fairly! When he failed to take me as his disciple, he intended to capture me first and slowly convert me afterward. He is truly vicious!" Hearing Zhunti's shameless words, Lu Ya's anger flared. He knelt before Qing Xuan and begged for help.

"Fine! What I hate most in my life is bullying the weak and pushing others too far. I'm handling this matter today!" Qing Xuan pointed the Primordial Halberd forward and looked at Zhunti with disdain.