"Since no one objects, go and take this gourd!" Tongtian said irritably. This kid even wanted such a piece of trash—wouldn't that make him, Tongtian, look poor and downtrodden?
How could these great divine beings know that after the Witch-Demon Great Tribulation, when the Primordial World shattered, this Withered Gourd would also be a top-grade Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure? Refining it into a Houtian Spiritual Treasure would pose no problem at all.
When Li Yunjing plucked the Blue-skinned Gourd, Nuwa seemed to have been inspired. Looking at the Gourd Vine on the stone wall, she waved her hand and summoned it into her grasp. Seeing this, Li Yunjing's heart ached terribly.
It had to be known that the Innate Gourd Root had been born on Mount Buzhou and had borne the Seven Innate Gourds: one each in red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple.
The red gourd had been refined by Hong Yun into the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd; the orange gourd had been obtained and refined by Nuwa into the Demon Summoning Gourd; the yellow gourd had been refined by Di Jun into the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife; and the purple gourd had been refined by Laozi into the Purple Gold Gourd. The green and cyan gourds had fallen into the hands of Primordial and Tongtian. The two of them had too many good treasures, so these two gourds were not well known, but they were still Innate Spiritual Treasures.
As for the Gourd Vine, after falling into Nuwa's hands, it would be used to create humans and become a Merit Supreme Treasure.
Thinking of his origins in the Human Race, Li Yunjing felt too embarrassed to take the treasure used to create humans, and thus Nuwa benefited from it.
Mount Kunlun stretched for tens of millions of miles and was divided into Eastern Kunlun and Western Kunlun. In terms of the density of its spiritual energy, it was second only to Mount Buzhou, which Li Yunjing had visited. This treasure mountain possessed countless rare treasures, while its mountains, rivers, and streams resembled an Immortal Blessed Land.
After the journey to Mount Buzhou ended, Li Yunjing and Winged Immortal returned to Mount Kunlun with the Three Pure Ones. The Three Pure Ones occupied Eastern Kunlun exclusively. The fact that the three of them could occupy such a vast stretch of immortal mountains showed just how formidable and boundless their power was in the Primordial World!
At present, the Jade Void Palace was still called the Three Pure Ones Palace. After arriving there, Tongtian arranged for Li Yunjing and Winged Immortal to cultivate in the Upper Pure Palace. There, Li Yunjing also met Tongtian's Four Direct Disciples: Daoist Duobao, Holy Mother Jinling, Holy Mother Guiling, and Holy Mother Wudang.
All four experts had cultivation above the Golden Immortal realm. First Senior Brother Daoist Duobao had even cultivated to the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, while Holy Mother Jinling, Holy Mother Guiling, and Holy Mother Wudang were all at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm. They were far stronger than Li Yunjing and Winged Immortal.
After Li Yunjing joined the sect, Tongtian looked after him and preached in the Upper Pure Palace for seven consecutive days. He taught no specific cultivation technique, only the Words of the Great Dao. They were all teachings he had heard from Dao Ancestor Hongjun, which he had transformed into the Supreme Clarity Great Dao according to his own understanding before imparting them to the six disciples.
The Great Dao was formless. Even when a Grand Unity Golden Immortal preached, everyone's understanding would still differ. Li Yunjing received the true words of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal and compared them with his own cultivation method, drawing inferences from one example to understand many others. He gained great enlightenment, and the doubts that had troubled his cultivation in the past were all resolved.
However, as Tongtian continued explaining, even more doubts appeared in Li Yunjing's mind. Only then did he realize that he was still far too lacking on the path of cultivation, knowing merely the skin and fur of it.
Seven days later, Tongtian entered seclusion. Daoist Duobao, Holy Mother Jinling, Holy Mother Guiling, and Holy Mother Wudang, the four Golden Immortals, chatted with Li Yunjing for half a day, accepted some Enlightenment Spirit Tea, and then entered seclusion as well.
The enormous Upper Pure Palace was left with only Li Yunjing and Winged Immortal, the two idlers.
"Old Vulture! The Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters above have profound cultivation and still work so hard at cultivating. I'm going into seclusion too. Go play by yourself!" With that, Li Yunjing returned to his Chaos Palace.
"What do you mean? Just because all of you work hard at cultivation, does that mean I'm the only one who doesn't strive to improve?" Looking at the empty Upper Pure Palace, Winged Immortal grumbled irritably. He then turned and returned to his own residence to cultivate.
Tongtian had only accepted six disciples. Thus, Li Yunjing could occupy an entire Chaos Palace by himself. By the time countless immortals gathered in later generations, he probably would no longer have the conditions to occupy a palace alone.
Thinking of this, Li Yunjing somewhat understood Uncle-Master Primordial's way of thinking. An Immortal Blessed Land had suddenly received tens of thousands of people, making the place chaotic and disorderly. No wonder Uncle-Master disliked it.
This time, Li Yunjing entered seclusion for a full two thousand years, and his cultivation rose from the early stage of the Mysterious Immortal realm to its peak. In a sacred mountain like Mount Kunlun, the dwelling place of the Three Pure Ones, the spiritual energy was incredibly dense. Raising one's cultivation was simply too easy.
If Li Yunjing had not focused on studying the Supreme Clarity Great Dao taught by Tongtian, he could have broken through long ago and achieved the Golden Immortal realm.
However, in this peaceful period, cultivation realms were not especially important. Li Yunjing had to build the firmest possible foundation. His Opportunity for Enlightenment lay within the Journey to the West Calamity—that would be the moment when he unleashed his full power. At present, even if he cultivated to the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm, it would be of no use.
Rather than rushing for quick success, he would be better off solidifying his foundation and developing quietly. When Li Yunjing truly shook the Primordial World, even the other Saints would find it difficult to stop him.
Just as Li Yunjing was cultivating, the second lecture at Zixiao Palace arrived. Laozi, Primordial, and Tongtian instructed their disciples to guard the place and cultivate, then flew into the heavens, stepped into the chaos, and headed to Zixiao Palace to hear the Dao.
Dao Ancestor Hongjun would lecture for three thousand years. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Yunjing flew out of Mount Kunlun, intending to return to Mount Wuyi. He had not been back for more than three thousand years, and he did not know what had happened there. His old lair contained a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root, and he felt vaguely uneasy at not returning to take a look.
This spiritual intuition was innate to cultivators. Li Yunjing naturally sensed that, after three thousand years away, something had probably happened in his old home. He therefore sped through the Primordial World toward Mount Wuyi, countless millions of miles away.
Nothing happened along the way. Li Yunjing deliberately avoided the territories of the Witch Race and the Demon Race. At present, the two races dominated the Primordial World, and every one of them was bold and combative. He naturally did not want to form karma with them.
A hundred years later, Li Yunjing finally returned to the familiar Blessed Land. However, when he saw the scene outside the mountain gate, he could not help frowning. Mount Wuyi remained hidden within a natural grand formation, but several hundred demons had already gathered around it. They wore neat armor, and each possessed dense magic power and surging killing intent.
"Looks like they're all troops from the Heavenly Court!"
From a distance, Li Yunjing cast an Illusion Technique and concealed himself. His brows furrowed slightly. These demon soldiers were not highly cultivated. Even the strongest minor commander was only at the early stage of the Mysterious Immortal realm, while the demon soldiers were merely at the Heavenly Immortal realm, existing at the absolute bottom of the Primordial World.
In this era, when Golden Immortals were as common as dogs and Grand Unity Golden Immortals could be seen everywhere, they, like Li Yunjing, were the smallest of insignificant figures.
"Whoosh~~~"
Thinking of this, Li Yunjing exhaled. He cast an Immobilization Technique, freezing all several hundred Heavenly Court demon soldiers in place. Li Yunjing revealed himself and arrived at the entrance to Mount Wuyi's Blessed Land. He opened a narrow gap, then looked back and blew another breath. Only then did the demon soldiers and demon generals regain consciousness and recover their freedom of movement.
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