Leaving the Mountain to Travel

"Caw~"

With a resounding crane cry, Tai Xu Shui Yun He burst through the clouds and flew toward Sanqing's thatched cottage. Several years had passed, but the courtyard was still the same courtyard, and the people were still the same people.

Beneath the immortal tree in the courtyard, Sanqing stood together, looking at their respective portions of the Creation Green Lotus.

"Such a fine Creation Green Lotus, split into these three pieces. Still, it worked out well. The three of us are brothers, so each of us gets one!" Taiqing said cheerfully as he looked at the lotus flower, lotus root, and lotus leaves.

Since the Creation Green Lotus was already at the level of an Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Heavenly Dao would not allow such a divine object to descend into the world after the creation of heaven and earth. Thus, it had guided Sanqing here to split it apart.

After his long journey, Shi Yu rubbed his aching lower back and voiced his agreement:

"Indeed. The red flower, white lotus root, and green lotus leaves—Sanqing were originally one family. It wouldn't be worth creating a rift over a spiritual treasure!"

"Red flower, white lotus root, green lotus leaves... Sanqing were originally one family..." Sanqing furrowed their brows and murmured the words repeatedly. Then, they all nodded.

"Hmph!"

"You brat! You sure know how to talk. Come here and take your beating!"

Taiqing smiled faintly, feeling that what Shi Yu had said made sense. But when he thought about Shi Yu's smug expression, he subconsciously swung the lotus flower in his hand at him.

Unexpectedly, a flash of white light appeared, and the Creation Green Lotus's flower transformed into a Coiled Dragon Flat Crutch.

"Ahhh~~"

A high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure was by no means ordinary. With one strike of the crutch, Shi Yu was sent flying with a scream...

After quite some time, Shi Yu finally leaned against the wall and limped in through the doorway.

By then, Tongtian and Yuanshi had also transformed their portions of the Creation Green Lotus into spiritual treasures.

"What a fine sword!"

"Buzz~~"

"I shall call you Qingping!"

An immortal sword condensed in Tongtian's hand. Its entire blade was blue-green, with a faint azure radiance flowing across it. Faint lotus-leaf patterns could be seen emerging on the blade, while the hilt was carved with exquisite lotus designs.

"This Ruyi suits my heart perfectly!"

"You shall be called the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi!"

Yuanshi played with the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi in his hand and nodded repeatedly. Its head was shaped like a celebratory cloud and set with three Wuji jeweled pearls, representing the three lights of the sun, moon, and stars.

"Second Martial Uncle, is there some significance to your Ruyi?"

Shi Yu looked at the Jade Ruyi in Yuanshi's hand and asked in confusion.

"Eldest Nephew, what do you mean by that?"

Yuanshi was utterly bewildered. His eldest nephew's thoughts tended to leap all over the place.

The next moment, Shi Yu took two steps back and grinned maliciously.

"Martial Uncle, when you use this Ruyi, will you shout, 'Ruyi, Ruyi, obey my heart's desire~'?"

"After all, it's a Ruyi~~"

Yuanshi cared deeply about his dignity. After Shi Yu put it that way, he naturally could not keep his old face from burning. He subconsciously raised the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi in his hand and smacked Shi Yu with it~

"Thud~"

Struck by a Grand Unity Golden Immortal wielding a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, Shi Yu's injuries worsened, and he collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.

"Oh dear, Eldest Nephew, Second Martial Uncle didn't mean to do that. Eldest Brother, quickly take out some pills!"

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Taiqing hurriedly poured several golden pills from the Purple Gold Red Gourd and handed them to Yuanshi.

"One is enough~"

Shi Yu's true form, Tai Xu Shui Yun He, had a sturdy physical body, so he recovered quickly. After swallowing one golden pill, he immediately became lively again.

As for the other few golden pills, he could only graciously accept them~

After seeing that Shi Yu was safe and sound, Sanqing finally breathed a sigh of relief. They only had this one disciple (eldest nephew), after all!

With all three of them present, Shi Yu patted the nonexistent dust from his robe and waved a hand, taking out the blue gourd.

"Master, Second Martial Uncle, Third Martial Uncle, step aside!"

"I'm going to pour out some things."

As the blue gourd radiated light, batch after batch of heavenly materials and earthly treasures poured out of it, piling up in the courtyard.

"Not bad, Eldest Nephew! Where did you get all these heavenly materials and earthly treasures?"

Tongtian circled the mountainlike pile, examining it from every angle with great curiosity.

"Hehe, Three Martial Uncles~"

"Of course the Ancestral Witches lost them to me. My card skills are superb. I won them all the way from Zixiao Palace to Mount Buzhou~"

"If Di Jiang hadn't used this gourd to settle the debt, I probably would have gotten even more~"

Afterward, Shi Yu divided the pile of heavenly materials and earthly treasures into three portions and placed them beside the three thatched cottages.

"Of course, these heavenly materials and earthly treasures are meant to build Daoist sanctuaries for the three of you. Your statuses are different now, after all. It wouldn't be suitable for you to keep living in thatched cottages~"

Seeing Shi Yu's actions, Sanqing felt warmth in their hearts. Taking this disciple (nephew) had truly been worth it!!

Several hundred years later, a Daoist sanctuary stood atop each of the three peaks of Kunlun Mountain: Eight Views Palace on Taiqing Peak, Jade Void Palace on Yuqing Peak, and Green Waters Palace on Shangqing Peak.

"These three sanctuaries are indeed quite good, but I still think they're not as good as this little courtyard..." Yuanshi glanced at Jade Void Palace in the distance.

"Indeed. Why don't we each create a barrier in our own sanctuaries to connect them to this courtyard? Then we can gather here whenever we're free!"

Tongtian's suggestion won the unanimous approval of Taiqing and Yuanshi. In any case, there was only Shi Yu under the three of them for now, and Shi Yu himself was rather independent...

Thus, they decided to continue living in the little courtyard for the time being. As for those sanctuaries, they could wait until they had new disciples~

Seeing that Sanqing had no intention of separating for the time being, Shi Yu silently nodded, feeling greatly comforted.

"By the way, Master and my two Martial Uncles, I plan to go out and train for a while, to see the vastness of the Primordial Wilderness!"

Shi Yu wanted to go out for two main reasons. First, he wanted to try his luck and see whether he could encounter any opportunities. Second, he wanted to find a mount for the three of them.

Driving himself every time they went out was exhausting~

"You may go!"

"To keep you from becoming someone else's meal, take this with you!" Taiqing waved a hand, and the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda appeared, hovering before Shi Yu.

"Master, don't you think you're overthinking this a little? Isn't this making a mountain out of a molehill?"

Although Shi Yu's cultivation was not among the very strongest, in this age before the era of the Saints had arrived, his Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation was more than enough to deal with the dangers he might encounter while traveling through the Primordial Wilderness.

"Eldest Nephew, the Primordial Wilderness is treacherous, and the ways of the world are unpredictable. Why don't you take this too? It can protect you!"

Tongtian summoned his treasured Purple Gold Hammer. Its entire purple surface was wrapped in silver lightning serpents, and it radiated an intense killing aura. It truly lived up to its status as a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Seeing that Yuanshi was about to take action as well, Shi Yu immediately rose and flew outside.

"Take the pagoda with you at the very least, disciple!" Taiqing waved a hand, and the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda chased after him.