Cows Have Dreams Too!

After Pangu created the world, the Primordial Wilderness experienced three great calamities in succession.

The first calamity was the Fierce Beast Calamity.

The second calamity was the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity.

The third calamity was the Dao-Demon War.

Now,

A hundred million years had passed since the Dao-Demon War.

Primordial Heaven and Earth was about to welcome a new era.

Primordial Wilderness.

One of the Ox Clan Tribes.

In an open clearing,

A group of horned beings sat together.

"Grandpa Ox, was our Ox Clan really that powerful in the past?"

An Ox Clan child asked.

"Yeah, Grandpa Ox. You're the oldest in our clan, so you must know, right?"

The other Ox Clan Beings chimed in as well.

"Ha ha, of course." An old ox sitting in the center laughed. "Back then, our Ox Clan was one of the strongest races under the Kirin Clan. Especially our progenitor—his combat strength was unmatched. Even in ancient times, he was an absolute overlord..."

As the old ox spoke of the Ox Clan's former glory, his face beamed with pride. Yet the next moment, his eyes dimmed with loneliness.

After the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity, their progenitor had fallen, and the clan's experts had perished together. By now, the strongest among the Ox Clan was only a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

The Ox Clan Beings around him naturally grew excited upon hearing the old ox's words.

Yet one of the Ox Clan Beings could only feel helpless. He had heard this story more than a hundred times already. Only these Ox Clan Beings who had just been born could still listen to it with such interest.

Come to think of it, he had already transmigrated into this world for thirty thousand years.

Thirty thousand years ago, Niu Ben had been hit by a Hundred Ton King that ran a red light. When he woke up, he discovered that he had transmigrated into the Primordial World and become one of the Ox Clan Beings.

Was it because my name had the character for ox in it that you reincarnated me as an ox?

Niu Ben sighed helplessly.

Although he did not possess a powerful foundation, he was still an Innate Being. He had been born with Heavenly Immortal cultivation, and his lifespan was naturally limitless. As long as he did not court death, he could basically live for endless ages.

Niu Ben naturally had dreams as well. He had fantasized about being like the protagonists in novels, punching saints, kicking Hongjun, and embracing immortal maidens.

Yet reality was cruel. He had nothing. Being able to live peacefully was already good enough.

He looked up at the sky and found that it was already noon. Niu Ben rose to his feet and left the clearing.

Before long, he arrived at a cliff on the back mountain.

Several Innate Spiritual Fruits appeared in his hands.

Yet his gaze was fixed on a white-haired elder sitting cross-legged at the edge of the cliff.

This elder had appeared here twenty thousand years ago.

As a transmigrator, Niu Ben naturally saw that this elder was no ordinary person. The aura radiating from him alone was stronger than that old ox in the clearing.

Therefore, Niu Ben wanted to seize this slim opportunity. He delivered Innate Spiritual Fruits to the elder every day.

Although he knew that cultivators no longer ate such things, he still had to show the proper attitude. Whether the elder ate them or not was his business, but whether Niu Ben brought them or not was very important.

"Senior!"

Niu Ben spoke softly, placed the Spirit Fruits beside the elder, then retreated several yards. He sat down cross-legged and cultivated there.

The elder narrowed his eyes at Niu Ben. Naturally, he understood Niu Ben's intentions, but he did not interfere and simply allowed him to cultivate there.

No one knew how much time passed.

Suddenly, an aura erupted from the elder's body. Sensing this powerful aura, Niu Ben, who had been cultivating nearby, was jolted awake.

Was he about to break through?

Niu Ben thought.

The next moment,

An Innate Spiritual Treasure emerged from the elder's body.

"Slash!"

"Boom!"

It was as though an invisible blade had appeared and struck the elder. Then, a figure resembling the elder emerged and entered the Innate Spiritual Treasure.

This was...

Seeing this scene, two words surfaced in Niu Ben's mind: Slaying the Three Corpses.

Slaying the Three Corpses.

This was the hallmark of a Quasi-Saint great power.

Three sessions had already passed since Hongjun attained sainthood and began preaching at the Purple Cloud Palace.

Niu Ben had never expected that the elder who appeared on the Ox Clan's back mountain would actually be a Quasi-Saint expert.

At this moment,

The elder slowly opened his eyes and looked at one of the Three Corpses beside him.

After thirty thousand years of bitter cultivation, I have finally slain the third corpse.

Late Quasi-Saint!

Among the beings who listened to the Dao at the Purple Cloud Palace, I am likely the fastest to slay the Three Corpses.

The elder thought.

Then he stood up.

Seeing the elder rise, Niu Ben hurriedly stepped forward and congratulated him. "Congratulations, Senior, on your breakthrough in cultivation."

The elder looked at Niu Ben and examined him. He found that Niu Ben was merely an ordinary Innate Being, with cultivation only at the Heavenly Immortal realm.

However, the elder had witnessed what this youth had done for him over the past thirty thousand years. Furthermore, there was some karmic connection between them.

Karma!

This was an extremely important thing.

Thinking this, the elder said to Niu Ben:

"Now, I shall give you two choices.

First, I can give you an Innate Spiritual Treasure to settle the karma between us from these thirty thousand years.

Second, as I travel the Primordial Wilderness, I lack a mount. Since we are fated, are you willing to follow me?"

Two choices appeared before him.

Niu Ben began to think.

The first choice, an Innate Spiritual Treasure, was naturally tempting. Innate Spiritual Treasures were limited in number, and every one of them was held by great powers.

For example, the entire Ox Clan possessed only one Innate Spiritual Treasure, and it had been passed down from ancient times.

The second choice was becoming a mount, which was naturally humiliating to some beings.

However, Niu Ben did not think much of it.

The question was, whose mount would he become?

The elder standing before him was a Quasi-Saint great power capable of Slaying the Three Corpses. Becoming his mount would be like finding a powerful backer.

So what if he became a mount? As long as he could grow stronger, that was enough.

"Ding!"

"God-Tier Choice System activated."

"..."

Just as Niu Ben was thinking, a voice rang out in his mind.

Holy shit!

Golden finger, you've finally arrived.

Hearing the voice, Niu Ben naturally understood what it was. Sure enough, every transmigrator came equipped with a system.

"Choice System: a God-tier Choice has been triggered. Choose one of the options to receive a reward."

"God-tier Choice triggered."

"Choice 1: Request an Innate Spiritual Treasure. Reward: Golden Immortal cultivation."

"Choice 2: Become a mount. Reward: one Ancestral Origin Pill, which can be used to return one's bloodline to its ancestral origin."

"..."

Looking at the choices provided by the system,

Golden Immortal cultivation seemed decent, but in the current era of the Primordial Wilderness, Golden Immortals were everywhere, while Daluo experts roamed the land. It was far from enough.

Therefore, he chose the second option.

Returning to one's ancestral origin!

In the Primordial Wilderness, one's foundation was the most important thing.

If he could return to his ancestral origin, perhaps he could obtain a bloodline like the Ox Clan Progenitor's.

Having made up his mind, he answered the elder, "I am willing to become your mount, Master."

(In the Primordial Wilderness, masters were generally called Master. Dao children and the like also used this form of address.)

"Congratulations, Master. You have selected Choice 2 and obtained one Ancestral Origin Pill. It has been stored in the system space."

After Niu Ben made his choice, the system reward was issued.

The elder nodded and said, "Since you have become my mount, you should know my name. I am the Taishang Daoist, one of the Three Pure Ones of Kunlun Mountain and Pangu's Orthodox Lineage."