Innate Five Grains

If not for Ink Jade Qilin serving as a mount,

Taiqing would have been unable to comprehend the Five Elements Law and the Heaven and Earth Law.

Likewise, if Ao Jiang had not provided information about Penglai Immortal Island, he certainly would not have found Penglai Immortal Island so smoothly either.

It was indeed true that Ao Jiang and Ink Jade Qilin had rendered merit.

Taiqing had always been clear in rewarding and punishing. His words sounded like empty promises.

But this was the Primordial Wilderness, where Causality mattered most.

Once words were spoken, they had to be honored.

Otherwise, an unfulfilled promise might one day turn into karmic retribution and come for you.

Taiqing had nothing particularly presentable on hand right now.

He could only promise them further rewards in the future.

Since Taiqing had emerged into the world, he had first gone to Buzhou Mountain to pay respects to Pangu Father God's will.

Afterward, he had rushed nonstop from Buzhou Mountain to the Eastern Sea.

Along the way, he had had no time at all to seek opportunities in the Primordial Wilderness.

It was only natural that he had nothing presentable in hand.

"Thank you, Master."

The dragon and the qilin were both delighted as they thanked Taiqing upon hearing his words.

After looking Ink Jade Qilin and Ao Jiang over, Taiqing nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad. The nearly one Eon you spent here was not wasted. Your cultivation has not fallen behind."

When Ink Jade Qilin and Ao Jiang had begun following Taiqing, they had both been at the Early-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

Over nearly an Eon on Penglai Immortal Island, the dragon and qilin had cultivated while standing guard for Taiqing.

Their cultivation had also risen to the mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

"Hehe, Master, you are so formidable. As your mounts, we cannot let our cultivation fall behind.

If our cultivation were too low, would you not lose face riding us around?"

Ao Jiang was clearly more talkative than Ink Jade Qilin, and far bolder as well.

He scratched his head and chuckled.

"You little rascal, you certainly know how to talk.

Penglai Immortal Island will leave the Primordial Wilderness and return to the Chaos Void in several tens of thousands of years. Do you wish to explore it?"

Now that Taiqing had achieved his ultimate purpose in seeking the Three Immortal Islands, he was inclined to leave.

Breaking through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm and embarking on the Law Path to Sainthood was such a joyous event that he naturally had to return to Kunlun and share it with his second and third brothers.

By his calculations, his second and third brothers were also close to being born.

Taiqing intended to return to Kunlun Mountain before his second and third brothers emerged into the world.

Although his second and third brothers were protected by Merit of World Creation, and not even the Heavenly Dao dared lay a hand on them before they were born,

there was no guarantee that powerful beings would not attack them after they emerged.

If Taiqing returned, he could protect his two brothers for a time and return their Companion Treasures to them as well.

"Master, I have not sensed the location of any opportunity."

Ink Jade Qilin sensed carefully but found nothing. He thus knew that Penglai Immortal Island held nothing destined for him.

In the Primordial Wilderness, unclaimed treasures all depended on affinity.

Those fated to obtain them would be drawn to them by the treasures themselves.

Those without affinity would sense nothing, even if the treasure stood right before them.

"Master, the core of Penglai Immortal Island is protected by an Innate Great Formation.

My Dragon Clan has explored it several times, yet returned empty-handed.

According to the Dragon Clan's conjecture, there must be a powerful treasure within.

Master, why not give it a try? Perhaps you are fated with that powerful treasure, and it may even acknowledge you as its master of its own accord."

Ao Jiang did not speak of himself, instead suggesting that Taiqing go to the core of Penglai Immortal Island.

As a member of the Dragon Clan, Ao Jiang naturally had not set foot on Penglai Immortal Island for the first time.

He had long known whether there were treasures on the island fated for him.

There was naturally no need for him to explore again.

But Taiqing was setting foot on Penglai Immortal Island for the first time. Perhaps there was something on the island destined for Taiqing.

"That is true. Then Poor Daoist shall explore it. If there is nothing fated for Poor Daoist, it will not be too late to leave and return to Kunlun Mountain.

It will not take much time anyway.

And it was not easy to come to Penglai Immortal Island even once.

The next time Penglai Immortal Island appears, it will likely be after Dong Wang Gong is born."

Taiqing, the dragon, and the qilin immediately headed toward the core of Penglai Immortal Island.

Taiqing was already quite certain that Dong Wang Gong was being nurtured within the core of Penglai Immortal Island.

Although he could not enter the place where Dong Wang Gong was being nurtured, he could still explore the other areas.

The place nurturing Dong Wang Gong was merely the core within the core of Penglai Immortal Island.

After attaining the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm, Taiqing's speed was countless times faster than before.

He swiftly entered the core region from the outskirts of Penglai Immortal Island.

Along the way, Taiqing casually collected several Innate Spiritual Roots and spirit plants that looked rather good.

Among them were five varieties of Innate Five Grains spirit plants, such as the high-grade Innate Five-Colored Rice and Innate Millet.

Taiqing had not expected these Innate Five Grains spirit plants, which would be closely connected to the future Human Race,

to be located on Penglai Immortal Island.

By collecting them first, they might prove useful someday.

Ink Jade Qilin and Ao Jiang could not understand why their master was collecting Innate spirit plants.

And they were only high-grade ones.

Spirit plants were a full tier below spiritual roots.

A supreme-grade Innate spirit plant was only comparable to a mid-grade Innate Spiritual Root.

Though they did not understand, Ink Jade Qilin and Ao Jiang did not speak out of turn.

As mounts, having Taiqing lead them along the journey was already a dereliction of their duty. How could they dare question their master?

"If the future Human Race obtained the Innate Five Grains ahead of time, what effect would it have on them?"

Having obtained the Innate Five Grains, Taiqing silently calculated in his heart.

But there were simply too many variables. Even with Taiqing's current cultivation, combined with his knowledge of the Primordial Wilderness's course,

he could not successfully deduce anything useful.

Moreover, because the span of time was too distant and the variables were too numerous and too great,

even with the Taiji Diagram assisting his deductions, Taiqing felt his mind becoming heavily drained.

"It seems I must cultivate the Time Law and supplement it with the art of deduction through the Innate Eight Trigrams.

And the Space Law as well, to evolve countless transformations.

Only then can I calculate matters of the future."

Taiqing opened his eyes in exhaustion. After this deduction, he had determined which laws he should cultivate next.

The Heavenly Dao, Hongjun, Luohu, and the rest—every last one of them was a terrifying schemer.

As the saying went, open attacks were easy to dodge, but hidden arrows were hard to guard against. If Taiqing wished to thrive in the Primordial Wilderness while his cultivation and strength could not surpass these experts,

and ultimately break free from the calculations and control of enemies such as the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun,

then he had to be even better at scheming than his enemies.

If possible, Taiqing would also have liked to crush everything head-on with sheer strength.

As the saying went, all schemes and plots were paper-thin before absolute strength.

But Taiqing's current strength was simply not enough to crush everything.

If he and Hongjun had been born in the same era, Taiqing would naturally have dared to say such words.

But the truth was that Taiqing had emerged far later than beings such as Hongjun, later by countless Eons.

Lost in thought, Taiqing led Ink Jade Qilin and Ao Jiang toward the Innate Great Formation.

At that moment, a faint, indistinct summons came from within Taiqing's Primordial Spirit.