I Really...

"Get up and speak." Shi Yi waved a hand.

"Yes."

The white-haired old man in green said nothing more and slowly rose from the cold ground.

"This town lies deep within the Great Wilderness and is already close to that mountain range. How many people are fighting over the Mountain Treasure now?" Shi Yi asked.

"Immortal, the mountain range where the Mountain Treasure emerged has already become a complete mess. Countless ferocious beasts and human forces are locked in a chaotic battle there. Calling it a field strewn with corpses would not be an exaggeration," the white-haired old man in green answered respectfully.

Although, in his eyes, Shi Yi's own strength was merely so-so and Shi Yi was no match for him, the man had backing—and backing that even his own patron could never afford to provoke.

Shi Yi's backing need not be mentioned for now.

As for the white-haired old man in green's backing—

It was said that—

Long, long ago, the first sacrificial spirit of the Stone Kingdom had been a stone. It later cultivated into a deity, and now, throughout the Eight Regions of the Lower Realm, all sacrificial spirits of the stone and rock kind were its descendants.

That was why stone and rock sacrificial spirits could not be insulted.

Because deities stood behind them all.

"Have the Tribal Clans behind the few groups in this town also sent people to seize the Mountain Treasure?" Shi Yi continued.

He was not referring to the handful of ordinary people in town, those men, women, old folk, and children traveling with their families. He meant whether the Tribal Clans behind them had sent anyone to seize the Mountain Treasure.

"Immortal, these people in town merely brought their younger generation out to broaden their horizons and gain some experience. The true experts have long since headed deeper into the Great Wilderness."

The white-haired old man in green was meticulous as ever, directly telling him everything he knew.

"Old sir, you attained the Dao as a stone and rock. Do you know what this so-called Mountain Treasure really is?" Shi Yi asked in confusion.

"The Mountain Treasure..."

The white-haired old man in green fell silent, as if he had something difficult to say.

Just as Shi Yi thought—

That the white-haired old man in green was not in a position to speak, he unhurriedly said, "Immortal, the so-called Mountain Treasures are simply treasures passed down from the Upper Realm. Many were buried in the boundless Great Wilderness and sealed themselves away from the light, making them impossible to detect without special methods. Every few hundred years, one or two Mountain Treasures will emerge."

What Shi Yi did not know was—

The white-haired old man in green's silence had not been because he had anything difficult to say. He simply could not understand why Shi Yi would ask something that even the Upper Realm knew.

Still—

Although Shi Yi appeared extremely ignorant in this regard, the white-haired old man in green did not doubt his identity. Nor was there any need to doubt it. The gleaming willow branch in Shi Yi's hand was enough to let him do whatever he wished throughout the Eight Regions of the Lower Realm.

"Now that the Mountain Treasure has emerged, aren't the Four Great Ferocious Beasts of the Great Wilderness fighting over it?" Shi Yi asked, puzzled.

"Immortal, after the Vermilion Bird and Zhu Yan departed, the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow and Qiongqi went into hiding. But they have been watching the Mountain Treasure in secret all along," the white-haired old man in green replied.

"I understand. Thank you for your trouble, old sir."

Shi Yi did not ask any further questions. It would have been impolite to continue. With a wave of his hand, he sent the white-haired old man in green's spirit body back into his true body.

A spirit body differed from a Law Body. A Law Body was when a nonhuman race transformed into human form, while a spirit body was a clone.

Spirit bodies were mainly nurtured through Cavern Heavens and generally possessed strength one realm below their original body.

Generally speaking—

Only after reaching the Human Supreme, the Venerable Realm, did one have enough power to nurture a spirit body to walk the mortal world in place of the true body and avoid certain uncontrollable dangers.

Nurturing a spirit body was not complicated. One could nurture it based on one's true body, or use a cultivated Treasure Technique. For example, the Qilin Treasure Technique could nurture a Qilin spirit body.

But the foundation of it all was the Cavern Heaven.

The Cavern Heaven was the true foundation of a cultivator.

So now Shi Yi understood that his earlier idea of breaking through after preparing Nine Celestial Passages had been childish.

Fortunately, Willow Deity's promise had made him grit his teeth and use unparalleled determination to open Ten Celestial Passages.

"Vermilion Bird, Zhu Yan, Heaven Swallowing Sparrow, Qiongqi... Now Zhu Yan and the Vermilion Bird have left, while the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow and Qiongqi are hiding in the shadows. Who knows what they are planning?"

As he thought—

Shi Yi suddenly remembered that, since he could use his Double Pupils to analyze everything he had seen in his past life—people, events, objects—and recall Daoist scriptures he had merely glanced at, using those scriptures to open a completely different set of Ten Celestial Passages—

Then now—

Could he use his Double Pupils to recall the details of Perfect World?

What good things were hidden within the Mountain Treasure everyone was fighting over?

Who might become his enemies in the future?

What great opportunities had yet to be discovered?

With that thought—

The mysterious Double Pupils emerged in Shi Yi's eyes. Boundless pupil power surged deep into his soul, beginning to unravel the people, events, and objects he had seen in his past life.

He had forgotten to mention—

Shi Yi was not someone who liked showing off. Due to his cautious nature, he usually kept his Double Pupils hidden, allowing them to emerge only when he needed them.

Thus, Shi Yi normally looked no different from an ordinary person. His eyes each had only one pupil. Unless he said otherwise, no one would know he was a Double Pupil User.

An hour later—

Shi Yi rubbed his sore eyes. A trace of speechlessness appeared on his youthful face, and he did not know what to say.

Should I call myself stupid?

Should I call myself foolish?

Should I call myself rotten?

I really...

Was I really that lustful?

Did I only know how to look at women?

Honestly—

Shi Yi truly wanted to slap himself and smash his head into the ground hard enough to make a few holes.

Using his Double Pupils, he had gone over his soul memories again and again, examining them with painstaking care, especially the portion related to Perfect World.

In the end, Shi Yi had no choice but to accept reality. He had merely been a casual viewer, the sort who seemed to understand everything while actually understanding nothing at all.

Among his soul memories, he had not read a single chapter of the original novel, and he had watched less than half of the animation. On the other hand, he had watched quite a few explicit videos of Perfect World's female leads and supporting heroines.

But Shi Yi could not be blamed entirely for that. He had never known in advance that he would transmigrate, much less that he would transmigrate into Shi Yi from Perfect World, someone with the exact same name.

Besides—

A full-scale Nuclear war had broken out. Who the hell would still update an animation?

On that Azure Blue Planet, Shi Yi had only watched up to episode eighty-five. The Sun God Tree had risen into the sky, and then the terrifying Nuclear war had erupted.

Therefore—

Shi Yi truly regretted it. If he had known, he would have at least casually glanced through the original Perfect World novel. Then he would not be completely ignorant of the future.

Now, he only knew that his little brother, Shi Hao, would become the future Desolate Heaven Emperor; that Willow Deity was someone he could rely on; and that Yun Xi and Moon Chan were exceptionally beautiful.

The only thing worth celebrating was—

Although Shi Yi had never read the original Perfect World novel, he was a devoted fan of Primordial Chaos novels. During the period when he had become obsessed with them, he had even specifically studied Daoist scriptures.

Although Shi Yi had merely glanced over most Daoist scriptures without reading them carefully—

During that period of obsession, he had still read through the Thirteen Daoist Scriptures once.

However—

After the fervor of that obsession faded—

Shi Yi had only barely remembered six words.

"The Dao that can be spoken, the name that can be named."

But now—

Shi Yi was no longer the Shi Yi he had once been. With his Double Pupils, even Daoist scriptures he had only glanced at once could be recalled in their entirety, down to every single character.

For example—

Shi Yi only needed to close his eyes simply, and thirteen scriptures radiating true Daoist essence would automatically appear in his mind.

Dao De Jing

Nanhua Scripture

Chongxu Scripture

Tongxuan Scripture

Tongxuan Scripture

Constant Purity Scripture

Yellow Court Scripture

Great Peace Scripture

Script of Salvation

Jade Emperor Scripture

Yin Fu Scripture

Heart Imprint Scripture

Zhouyi Cantong Qi

After Shi Yi unearthed these thirteen Daoist scriptures from his soul memories through his Double Pupils, they became thirteen incomparably profound scriptures floating within Shi Yi's sea of soul.

One supreme scripture after another, radiating true Daoist essence, floated within Shi Yi's sea of soul, forming a circle that protected his still-not-powerful soul at its center.

At the same time—

It was also the Daoist sounds of these thirteen true scriptures resounding through Shi Yi's soul that had allowed him to open Ten Celestial Passages, Celestial Passages unlike those of this world.

Earth, Water, Fire, Wind; Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams; the power of yin and yang and the Five Elements Power; the foundation of cosmic Chaos—these many forces mixed within his Celestial Passages, laying down a foundation that could be called the strongest.

"My past-life memories are no use. The people in this town merely brought their juniors out for experience, and they will not continue deeper into the Great Wilderness."

Shi Yi's gaze was profound. He saw that these people were already considering returning home. Although he had traveled with them all this way, he had still failed to obtain even a shred of useful information about the Mountain Treasure from them.

Perhaps they did not know the Mountain Treasure's secret either.

"Looks like I can only walk the rest of this road alone."

With that thought—

Shi Yi left the courtyard alone, then left the town alone. Neither too fast nor too slow, he headed toward the place where a bloody storm was erupting.

"The Mountain Treasure."