Seeing Tongtian's expression, Qin Hong hurriedly feinted and dodged aside.
"Father, your son gained some insights during this journey, so I'll go cultivate first. I need every bit of strength I can get before the tribulation begins!"
"Besides, as Saint Tongtian's son and the Young Sect Master of the Interception Sect, I can't bring shame upon you!"
"You little brat, go on!"
Sect Master Tongtian watched Qin Hong evade his outstretched hand and laughed as he cursed him. Then, he handed the Pure Meditation Cushion from atop the platform to Qin Hong.
"Take this. This is the Pure Meditation Cushion. Back when I had just entered Zixiao Palace and your master first preached the Dao, I obtained it there. I have no use for it now, so take it."
As Qin Hong accepted the Pure Meditation Cushion from Sect Master Tongtian, his heart stirred despite himself.
The Pure Meditation Cushion was an exceptional treasure for assisting cultivation.
A straw mat and meditation cushion gather no dust,
Among pines and stones, one seems alone,
Sit quietly upon the cushion,
With every thought pure, the heart blooms like a lotus.
This was the finest praise for the Pure Meditation Cushion. Sitting upon it kept one's primordial spirit clear at all times, free from outside influence and safe from cultivation deviation.
This Pure Meditation Cushion had accompanied Sect Master Tongtian through countless eras.
The moment Qin Hong took the Pure Meditation Cushion, he felt a wave of clarity wash over him, instantly refreshing his primordial spirit.
Yet Qin Hong directly tossed it back where Sect Master Tongtian had originally placed the cushion.
"Come on, Father. My innate foundation isn't weak. Giving me this—are you looking down on your son, or looking down on your own saintly bloodline?"
"Besides, with the great tribulation approaching, you're the hope of both me and the entire Interception Sect. You need to grow stronger more than I do. That way, your son and the Interception Sect will be safer too, right? Hehe!"
With that, without giving Sect Master Tongtian any chance to refuse, Qin Hong vanished in an instant, leaving only his voice in the air:
"Your son is going into seclusion, Father. Don't worry about me!"
Qin Hong was gone, and the vast main hall of Biyou Palace became desolate once more. Saint Tongtian looked at the Pure Meditation Cushion Qin Hong had placed back atop the platform.
After staring at it for a long while, he seemed to make some sort of decision!
Meanwhile.
After leaving the main hall, Qin Hong went straight to his cultivation chamber.
It was not that he did not want the Pure Meditation Cushion. First, Sect Master Tongtian becoming stronger would be more useful than Qin Hong becoming stronger. Second, he already knew the use of the title Pangu's Affection.
The entire prehistoric world felt close and friendly toward him. With such an all-purpose support cheat, even Hongjun could not compare to him in affinity with the prehistoric world. In that case, the Pure Meditation Cushion's usefulness became rather dispensable.
Inside the cultivation chamber,
Qin Hong sat cross-legged on the North Sea Cold Jade Meditation Cushion and began cultivating.
As soon as he began, Qin Hong stuffed all three Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs that Laozi, the Heavenly Lord of Morality, had given him at Zixiao Palace into his mouth at once.
Countless heavenly treasures had been used to refine the Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir. It had endured forty-nine days of refinement in the Eight Trigrams Furnace, tempered by both civil and martial fire.
The power and medicinal potency contained within it were immense enough to allow a living being with no cultivation at all to shed mortality, enter the Dao, and ascend into immortality.
Though three Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs did not sound like much when Qin Hong said it, they were already incomparably precious and exceedingly rare.
Otherwise, the Heavenly Lord of Morality would not have been so distressed that his eyelids kept twitching.
After swallowing the Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs, Qin Hong felt a vast surge of medicinal power rise from his lower abdomen.
Mixed within that immense medicinal power were all kinds of law principles and Dao rhythms. At once, auspicious radiance shone around Qin Hong's body, while layer upon layer of ripples carrying Dao rhythms spread outward from him before ultimately returning to Qin Hong himself.
Once the medicinal power had fully erupted, Qin Hong began circulating his Primordial Profound Technique.
There were countless cultivation techniques in the prehistoric world. Innate living beings were born with their own natal cultivation techniques.
However, the cultivation techniques of innate living beings were suitable only for themselves.
Thus, there was a lack of universal cultivation techniques. For this reason, countless great cultivators who had achieved success created techniques of their own.
Yet creating a cultivation technique was extraordinarily difficult. It not only required countless calculations, but also immense time and cultivation.
Many great masters of Divine Abilities spent their entire lives unable to create a complete cultivation technique, most dying midway through the process.
Naturally, there were exceptions—those who created techniques with limited future potential.
This was where the benefits of Qin Hong's powerful background had to be mentioned.
The Nine Revolutions Profound Technique he possessed had been based on the technique Hongjun bestowed upon the Three Pure Ones. It was then fused with each of the Three Pure Ones' natal techniques and refined through their countless years of creation and calculation, eventually becoming the Primordial Profound Technique Qin Hong now cultivated.
During the creation of the Primordial Profound Technique, the Three Pure Ones also created two other techniques that were slightly inferior to it.
They were the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique and the Nine Revolutions Origin Technique. The Nine Revolutions Profound Technique focused on cultivating the primordial spirit, while the Nine Revolutions Origin Technique, also known as the Eight-Nine Profound Technique, mainly cultivated the physical body.
The cultivation techniques used by Yang Jian and Sun Wukong were the Eight-Nine Profound Technique, which primarily cultivated the physical body.
After their creation, the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique and Nine Revolutions Origin Technique became the standard techniques for disciples of the Three Sects. So long as a disciple possessed sufficient talent and character, either of the two could be passed down to him.
However, the Three Pure Ones shared an understanding: they never spoke of the Primordial Profound Technique. In the entire prehistoric world, aside from the Three Pure Ones themselves, fewer than five people knew of it.
Cultivating the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique or Nine Revolutions Origin Technique to the utmost allowed one to become a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, after which one had to seek one's own opportunity to become a saint.
But the Primordial Profound Technique was different. Even after finding the method to become a saint, one could continue cultivating it. It cultivated both the primordial spirit and the physical body, making it incredibly powerful.
Yet despite such a formidable technique, the Three Pure Ones had never passed it down. First, the technique was too powerful; it would not be taught to anyone who was not a direct descendant of the Three Pure Ones.
Second, among the Three Pure Ones' current disciples, not a single one met the requirements to cultivate the Primordial Profound Technique. Whether in talent or innate foundation, none of them qualified.
Furthermore, the spiritual energy of the prehistoric world was steadily declining. Perhaps no one capable of cultivating the Primordial Profound Technique would ever appear.
But Qin Hong was different. As a blood relative of the Three Pure Ones, he met the relationship requirement. Moreover, his talent and innate foundation were no weaker than those of innate living beings, perhaps even comparable to gods and demons. The Primordial Profound Technique was perfectly suited for Qin Hong!
Just as Qin Hong circulated the Primordial Profound Technique within his body, a voice suddenly rang out.
"Ding! The host has achieved the objective: A powerful background is truly wonderful; everything has been arranged perfectly. Reward: Dragon God Battling Heaven Halberd!"
"Note: This halberd was refined in ancient times by Donghuang Taiyi of the Demon Court using sun essence stone. It can gather the fortune of the Dragon Clan and the Demon Clan, and is a merit treasure!"
Holy crap?
I could win a prize while lying down?
I'm freaking... so happy!
The Dragon God Battling Heaven Halberd—a merit treasure capable of gathering the fortune of the Dragon Clan and the Demon Clan. Good stuff!
After his burst of joy, Qin Hong quickly calmed his mind, continued circulating his technique, and resumed cultivating.
For this seclusion, Qin Hong's goal was simple: unless he became a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, he would never leave seclusion!
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