Mount Wuyi, Seeking the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin, a Trap

Yun Ting successfully broke through and emerged from seclusion, arriving at the Thatched Hut just in time to catch Tongtian coming out. He cupped his hands and said, "Greetings, Father, Eldest Uncle, Second Uncle. Greetings, Senior Brother Duo Bao."

Laozi stroked his beard and said, "No need for formalities. Did you successfully break through to the Late Taiyi Golden Immortal realm during this seclusion?"

Yun Ting nodded. "I have now reached Late Taiyi Golden Immortal, thanks in large part to Eldest Uncle's pills." But in his heart, he thought, "System, are you messing with me? Three Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixirs down, and I'm only at Late Taiyi Golden Immortal? Shouldn't one have been enough for Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal?"

"Your potential is too abundant. Ninety-nine percent of the medicinal power from those three Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixirs went into forging your Primordial Sword Body. Haven't you noticed your affinity for the Law of the Sword Dao has grown stronger?" The System heard him and explained.

"Congratulations on completing the mission. Reward issued: location of the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin." At that moment, as if remembering something, the System added this and injected the information about the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin's location on Mount Wuyi into Yun Ting's sea of consciousness.

Having received the news, Yun Ting couldn't wait to go seize the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin. He cupped his hands again and said, "Father, your son has been in seclusion for a thousand years. I wish to travel and explore the Primordial World. May I?"

Tongtian laughed heartily. "Traveling is naturally fine, but take this with you first." As he spoke, he handed Yun Ting a longsword. "This sword contains three strands of your father's Sword Qi. Three strikes can injure a peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal. Take it."

Yun Ting nodded. "Thank you, Father."

Tongtian patted Yun Ting's head. "On this journey, you must return within three hundred years. The Dao Ancestor's second sermon is in five hundred years. At that time, Mount Kunlun will need you and Duo Bao to guard it together."

Yun Ting nodded to show he understood, thinking to himself, "I want to hear the sermon too..."

"Ding, with this system here, no worries. Hongjun's Dao isn't entirely suitable for the host anyway. Skipping it is fine. When the time comes, all the experts above Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal will go to the sermon. The host might as well hunt for treasures in the Primordial World. I've extracted a Bodhi Sarira Light trait from Zhunti. I'll copy it to you later. After you find the treasure, just leave Zhunti's aura behind." At this point, the System noticed Yun Ting's disappointment and quickly offered him a plan.

And so, Yun Ting left Mount Kunlun, heading straight for Mount Wuyi. Before long, he arrived at a vast ocean. Without the System's navigation, he had successfully gotten lost. Staring at the sea before him, Yun Ting shouted, "A celestial youth is lost here! Is there any kind water tribe member who can help me? Point me in the right direction, and I'll teach you a divine ability!"

"Ao!" A dragon's roar echoed as a divine dragon emerged, glaring with a pair of dragon eyes and snarling ferociously, "Which brat is yelling in the East Sea? Lost and screaming like that? Don't you know you're disturbing a dragon?"

"I can't even shout a couple of times when I'm lost? What kind of lofty dragon are you, so domineering? Believe I'll cut you down?" Yun Ting was immediately displeased. He pulled out the Divine Firmament Sword and pointed it at the dragon surfacing from the sea. In his mind, he thought, "You'd better have a good background today, or else I've never tasted dragon meat before."

Then Yun Ting said to the System, "Check this dragon's traits."

[Ao Guang, identity: Great Crown Prince of the East Sea Dragon Palace, cultivation: Golden Immortal, traits: Entangled by Karma (Black), Dragon Clan Bloodline (Blue), Little Luck (Blue), Pathetically Cowardly (Blue)... Suggestion: do not extract or copy any of his traits.]

Yun Ting stared at the prompt, speechless. He thought, "Damn... this guy's a total waste."

Before Yun Ting could think further, Ao Guang on the other side took offense first.

"Tch, a little kid wants to cut me down? What cultivation are you, acting so arrogant?" Ao Guang laughed loudly. "My father is Ao Xin, the Dragon King of the East Sea. Your turn. Who's your father, that you dare be so cocky?"

Yun Ting chuckled. "My father is Shangqing Tongtian. With you acting so arrogant, I thought your father was the Ancestor Dragon. Come here, carry me to Mount Wuyi on your back. Otherwise, I'll beat you black and blue today, believe it or not?" As he spoke, he fully unleashed his Late Taiyi Golden Immortal aura, startling Ao Guang, who was still at the Golden Immortal stage. With no choice, Ao Guang carried him on his back and headed for Mount Wuyi.

Before long, at the foot of Mount Wuyi, Yun Ting said to Ao Guang, "Since you brought me to Mount Wuyi, I'll teach you a divine ability." With that, he taught Ao Guang the Earth-Traversing Golden Light, one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Great Divine Abilities. (To explain, the Jade Slip Laozi gave Yun Ting contained the cultivation methods for all the divine abilities the Three Pure Ones currently knew.)

Having received the divine ability, Ao Guang looked puzzled. "You just taught me Earth-Traversing Golden Light outright. If I just ran off without teaching you back, wouldn't you be screwed?"

Yun Ting rubbed his hands together. "Oh, no problem. You can try. I've never eaten dragon meat before. Don't worry, I have a bit of a temper." As he spoke, mana fluctuations began to ripple faintly from the Divine Firmament Sword in his hand.

Seeing this, Ao Guang directly transformed from his Dao Body into his true form, letting Yun Ting ride him. A streak of light flashed as they headed up Mount Wuyi. Soon, at the mountain's summit, after some fussing around, Yun Ting said, "System, you're messing with me. Mount Wuyi is huge. How am I supposed to find a single copper coin?"

"Go up into the sky, then slash a sword strike at the mountain. Where there's an energy fluctuation, that's the spot. Innate Spiritual Treasures in their gestation period naturally emit Innate Undying Divine Light. See the energy fluctuation, and you'll find it." The System quickly offered a plan.

Yun Ting grinned, flew straight up into the clouds, raised his sword, and slashed downward. A flash of energy flickered. Yun Ting immediately charged into that energy fluctuation. Then, he stood there speechless. "System, you tricked me again... I didn't find the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin, and now I can't get out."

"The Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin is still gestating. You can also go into seclusion here. This space of Innate Undying Divine Light has the densest spiritual energy in the Primordial World, even surpassing Mount Kunlun. What's there to complain about?" The System replied.

And so, Yun Ting began cultivating directly. Little did he know, by sharing the same space with the gestating Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin, he had become its destined owner.

A hundred years later, the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin was born. A copper coin with two wings flew three circles around Yun Ting and then stuck itself to his forehead. Yun Ting suddenly heard a voice in his sea of consciousness: "Young man, do you know what money is?"

If asked, anyone else might not know, since the concept of money didn't yet exist in the Primordial World. But Yun Ting was a transmigrator and knew exactly how to answer. He said, "Money is the medium of exchange for all living beings. Right now, there is no money in the Primordial World. But in the future, money will be everywhere, the foundation of survival for the countless masses."

This answer pleased the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin immensely. It immediately acknowledged him as its master, and Yun Ting exited the Innate Undying Space. Ao Guang saw him and laughed heartily. "Boss, it's been a few hundred years. You're finally out."

Yun Ting looked puzzled. "You actually didn't leave? Well, alright. From now on, you can call me Boss. I've been out for quite a while. I need to hurry back to Mount Kunlun. You should return to the East Sea for now. I'm off." With that, Yun Ting found his bearings, activated Earth-Traversing Golden Light, and took off. But he accidentally slammed headfirst into an old man in fine robes, giving the man a bump on his head.