Ding—the host breathed once and obtained the Divine Ability "Soaring Golden Light." Learn it?
Ding—the host took a nap and obtained the Innate Spiritual Root "Yellow Middle Plum."
Ding—...
"Just as I thought! Being a salted fish is still the best!" Chen Tian had been a salted fish for three days now, and throughout those three days, the Salted Fish System had kept dishing out rewards! He had all Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots, as well as countless miscellaneous low-grade Spiritual Roots. He had also mastered the Divine Ability: Universe in the Sleeve, the Tiangang Thirty-Six Transformations, and the Disha Seventy-Two Transformations! The only thing he lacked was a single spiritual treasure.
"How about I stop cultivating? Find someone with a thicker thigh to cling to? I might as well be an honest salted fish?" Chen Tian thought. After all, cultivation was exhausting. Going into Seclusion for eighty or a hundred years? He didn't want to become a shut-in!
Besides, Chen Tian had learned from the Hongmeng Scripture that reaching the ninth layer would put him at the Dao Venerable level. By then, the Prehistoric World wouldn't be able to withstand his body, so... why cultivate? He might as well remain a salted fish.
Ding—advanced salted-fish thoughts detected in the host. The Salted Fish Mission has been issued: become the disciple of the Three Pure Ones to obtain a generous gift package!
"The Three Pure Ones..." Chen Tian was startled and began to think. The system had said to become the disciple of the Three Pure Ones, but it hadn't said which one! That meant he could become the disciple of all three!
And the Three Pure Ones were destined to split up in the future. Perhaps Hongjun was plotting behind it all. Back when people on Earth had discussed this, they had said that when Hongjun merged with the Heavenly Dao, the Prehistoric World would contain Pangu's will, and splitting up the Three Pure Ones would cause Pangu's will to dissipate! The destruction of Buzhou Mountain had also been part of the scheme!
Gonggong and Zhurong of the Twelve Ancestral Witches were biological brothers, but they were different from the Three Pure Ones. The Twelve Ancestral Witches revered Pangu as their Father God, did not worship the Heavenly Dao, and feared no Saint. How could Ancestral Witches who respected Pangu so deeply possibly destroy the Prehistoric World created by their Father God?
"Forget it, I'll break through first. After all, that fellow Yuanshi looks down on those with scales and feathers. Though I'm not one of them, my cultivation is too low! Besides, after breaking through, I can choose another system. I won't die if I fail the mission; I can just choose another system." With that thought, Chen Tian began his breakthrough.
Meanwhile, in the Hall of the Three Pure Ones on Kunlun Mountain.
The white-haired old man was Taiqing, the majestic middle-aged man was Yuqing, and the handsome youth was Shangqing!
The Three Pure Ones had been seated in discussion of the Dao, but they all stopped at the same moment. The three looked at one another, and Taiqing Laozi said, "It seems all three of us sensed it!"
Yuanshi nodded. "Indeed. I have a disciple waiting for me to take him under my wing."
"Eldest Brother, second brother, I sensed it as well, but it seems that the disciple of the three of us is the same person..." Tongtian said with a headache. The three biological brothers were taking a disciple, but there was only one disciple. What were they supposed to do? And look at how excited Eldest Brother and second brother are... This is urgent!
"What of it? The Three Pure Ones are one. We can take him as the First Disciple of the Three Pure Ones!" Laozi said with a calm smile.
"Good!" Tongtian nodded. Since the Three Pure Ones were one, taking a single disciple was fine!
"Indeed. I only hope he isn't one of those with scales and feathers. Otherwise, I absolutely won't take him as my disciple!" Yuanshi said arrogantly.
Yuanshi truly disliked those with scales and feathers. One reason was that, during the era when the Three Clans had vied for supremacy, the Three Pure Ones had left the mountains to travel and had been bullied by the descendants of the Three Clans. Tongtian and Laozi had even been injured while saving him. From then on, Yuanshi had come to hate the Three Clans, and thus disliked those with scales and feathers!
"Then let us go see what sort of talent our disciple possesses, that he has actually made all three of us take him as a disciple," Laozi said with a smile.
"Excellent!" Yuanshi and Tongtian both nodded, then headed toward the desolate land through their perception.
Chen Tian, who was on the immortal mountain, knew nothing about this. He was still cultivating.
The Hongmeng Scripture did not only contain methods for cultivating the primordial spirit; it also held methods for tempering the physical body. Thus, Chen Tian practiced dual cultivation of Dharma and Martial Arts! He had to put in more than a hundred times the effort of an ordinary person!
Chen Tian sat cross-legged outside the cave dwelling. Wasn't breaking through to the Heavenly Immortal realm supposed to require surviving a tribulation?
What he didn't know was that Hongjun's attainment of the Dao was only a few thousand years away. At this time, there were only transformation tribulations. Heavenly tribulations would not appear until the later era of Investiture of the Gods or the Journey to the West.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."
At that moment, spiritual energy surged wildly around Chen Tian! The Innate Spiritual Qi on the originally ordinary immortal mountain actually liquefied!
"Hm?" At that moment, Laozi looked down from the sky at Chen Tian cultivating on the immortal mountain. A feeling stirred in his heart, and he finally smiled. "This is my disciple."
"Before even reaching the Heavenly Immortal realm, he needs so much spiritual energy? His talent is not low!" Yuanshi also nodded. "And... I seem unable to see what he transformed from!"
"Second brother, he seems to have possessed an Innate Dao Body from the very beginning!" Tongtian said in shock. In the current Prehistoric World, Pangu the Great God's appearance was regarded as the ideal form for transformation. Yet Chen Tian had possessed such a physique from the start. How could Tongtian not be shocked? One should not forget that Nuwa would not create humanity for another tens or even hundreds of millions of years!
"His talent is not low. An Innate Dao Body has tremendous advantages, and his roots are those of an Innate Deity. Not bad, not bad." The smile at the corners of Yuanshi's mouth grew wider as he looked at Chen Tian. The more he looked, the more he liked him.
"This child is only one step away from breaking through. As his master, I should lend him a hand." Laozi smiled as well.
"Hm?" Yuanshi and Tongtian were stunned. Weren't the three of them all his masters? Hadn't Eldest Brother forgotten a word?
"I am this child's master, so of course I'll help!" Yuanshi refused to back down. He then used his Daluo strength to draw the Innate Spiritual Qi outside the immortal mountain and gather it around Chen Tian.
"Eldest Brother and second brother have no shame!" Tongtian cursed inwardly. Damn, is this what brothers are like? You're screwing me over!
"I'm the one who is his master!" Then... then the three brothers all used their Daluo power to draw in the Innate Spiritual Qi...
After all, an Innate Dao Body had tremendous advantages. It was innately close to the Dao, with extraordinary talent and deep roots. How could they let such an excellent disciple fall into someone else's hands?
So what if they were biological brothers? Even biological brothers had to settle their accounts clearly, right?
Chen Tian was startled, then hurriedly began cultivating. No matter what, he had to break through first. Since they had not attacked him, there was no problem.
Not long afterward, Chen Tian opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of turbid air. His cultivation and physical body had both reached the late Heavenly Immortal stage. If the Three Pure Ones had not drawn in the Innate Spiritual Qi, he would have barely reached the perfected early Heavenly Immortal stage at best.
When the Three Pure Ones saw Chen Tian open his eyes, they hurriedly flew down from the clouds and stopped three meters away from him.
How could Chen Tian not know that these three men had helped him?
"This junior Chen Tian thanks the three seniors." Chen Tian stood and cupped his fists.
"Hmm..." Yuanshi looked at Chen Tian, liking him very much.
"Although this child is a Heavenly Immortal, he is neither arrogant nor rash and has great potential. His aptitude is excellent, and he possesses an Innate Dao Body, naturally close to the Dao. He can become my chief First Disciple." Yuanshi transmitted his voice to Laozi and Tongtian.
"Second brother, this child does not possess an Innate Dao Body. He is one of those with scales and feathers, so he has no connection with you." Tongtian rolled his eyes. Our brotherly bond of countless years has faded, faded. You're actually snatching my disciple?
But at that moment, Laozi stepped forward and said, "We are the Three Pure Ones, the orthodox lineage of Pangu. I am Taiqing, this is my second brother Yuqing, and this is my third brother Shangqing. We intend to take you as our disciple. Are you willing to become my disciple?"
I recommend a new book: "Journey to the West: I, Tang Sanzang, Am Here to Cause Trouble." It has a goofy comedic style. If you don't like this type, please don't barge in.
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