Preaching Not Over? Hongjun Bestows Treasure, Creation Green Lotus Seed?

Meanwhile, Hongjun narrowed his eyes slightly, sizing up Qin Mu, a flicker of unusual color flashing through them.

Earlier, during the sermon, he had already taken notice of Qin Mu.

He always felt that this person, Qin Mu, carried something strange about him, yet he couldn't see through it.

"This kid is rather interesting."

Now, seeing that Qin Mu hadn't scrambled to snatch the treasures within Treasure Distribution Cliff, but instead had carried the entire cliff back in the end—

This made Hongjun regard him with some newfound respect.

After a brief look, Hongjun withdrew his gaze and swept his eyes over the crowd present:

"This sermon is concluded. You may all return."

Hearing Hongjun's words, none dared to disobey; they all bowed and took their leave.

Led by the Three Pure Ones, Qin Mu bowed deeply to Hongjun, then headed out of Zixiao Palace.

But just as he stepped outside Zixiao Palace, Qin Mu suddenly stopped.

"Hm?"

Seeing this, Tongtian frowned slightly and asked with Slight Doubt:

"Disciple, what's wrong?"

Qin Mu looked straight at Tongtian and inquired:

"Master."

"Might I ask, how long does the Dao Ancestor's sermon last in total?"

Tongtian paused, then replied:

"Three thousand years each time, three sermons in all, totaling nine thousand years."

Qin Mu's eyes flashed with sharp light as he said with Slight Doubt:

"But this time, the Dao Ancestor only preached for two thousand five hundred years!"

At Qin Mu's words, the Three Pure Ones were all startled.

After a moment's thought, it was indeed as Qin Mu had said.

"Let's go, we're going back!"

After a brief hesitation, Taishang spoke urgently and turned back toward Zixiao Palace.

Seeing this, Qin Mu and the other two didn't dawdle and quickly followed Taishang's lead.

Before long, the four of them had returned to the Dao Field inside Zixiao Palace.

At the entrance of the Dao Field, the two attendants Haotian and Yaochi frowned slightly upon seeing them.

Haotian, seeing the Three Pure Ones returning with Qin Mu, showed a look of surprise and spoke first:

"Senior Brothers of the Three Pure Ones, why have you come back?"

Tongtian glanced coldly at the two and replied:

"The teacher's sermon is not yet finished."

Hearing this, Haotian and Yaochi exchanged a glance. Though puzzled and wary, they dared not block the way and stepped aside.

Thus, Qin Mu and the four re-entered the Dao Field.

Looking closely, the figure of Dao Ancestor Hongjun was indeed still seated upon the Dao platform, surrounded by endless Dao resonance.

Seeing that Hongjun had not yet left, joy flickered in the eyes of the Three Pure Ones, and they promptly bowed respectfully:

"We pay respects to Master!"

Seeing this, Qin Mu also bowed deeply and said:

"Disciple Qin Mu pays respects to Grandmaster!"

At this, Hongjun slowly opened his eyes, his gaze sweeping directly over the Three Pure Ones and Qin Mu, a faint, elusive smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

After a moment of silence, he finally asked:

"Which of you knows that I had not yet finished speaking?"

Hearing Hongjun's question, the Three Pure Ones paused, then, as if by unspoken agreement, all looked toward Qin Mu.

Following that, Tongtian stepped forward and bowed in reply:

"In answer to Master, it is this disciple's student, Qin Mu."

As he spoke, Tongtian subtly signaled Qin Mu with his eyes.

Seeing this, Qin Mu bowed once more to Hongjun and said:

"Disciple Qin Mu pays respects to the Ancestral Master."

"Oh?"

Hongjun narrowed his eyes, his gaze deep and unfathomable, looking at Qin Mu with a hint of a smile that wasn't quite a smile.

Earlier during the sermon, he had already noticed Qin Mu.

A mere Golden Immortal, yet he had come to Zixiao Palace.

And just now during the treasure distribution, Qin Mu's actions were astonishing—he had actually carried back the Treasure Distribution Cliff, which bore so many spiritual treasures.

"This child's cultivation is still shallow, but his conduct is out of the ordinary."

As he thought, Hongjun's gaze grew sharper, staring directly at Qin Mu.

His expression clearly showed that he was probing Qin Mu.

"Hm?"

Suddenly stared at by Hongjun like this, Qin Mu's heart trembled, and he grew somewhat nervous.

Back when Hongjun had first begun his sermon, he had noticed an especially large Red Packet drop.

Just as he was about to open the Red Packet, Hongjun glanced at him.

At that time, Qin Mu had found it strange.

He felt as if Hongjun had discovered something.

Now, Hongjun was looking at him like this again, making Qin Mu's heart leap as he muttered to himself:

"Could Hongjun have found out I'm a transmigrator?"

"That shouldn't be!"

"With the system here, it should be able to conceal the Heavenly Secrets."

Just as Qin Mu was secretly speculating, Hongjun's heart was also shaken.

"Strange!"

"This Qin Mu's fate is actually not within the Primordial Heavenly Dao."

After all, every living being in the Primordial World, whether Innate or Acquired, was under the control of the Heavenly Dao, with traces left in the River of Fate.

"Fifty Great Daos, Forty-Nine Heavenly Evolutions, and the Escaped One—thus the Heavenly Dao is incomplete!"

"That sole one that escaped."

"Could it be this child?"

Suddenly, such a thought arose in Hongjun's mind.

The moment this thought came, his heart was filled with countless reflections.

After all, he had been planning to merge with the Heavenly Dao, to make up for that Escaped One.

The Three Pure Ones saw Hongjun staring straight at Qin Mu, all of them utterly bewildered.

"What's going on?"

"Why is the Teacher looking at Qin Mu like that?"

"Could it be that Qin Mu has done something offensive?"

Tongtian muttered to himself, his heart filled with unease.

Just then, Hongjun came back to his senses. Though deeply shaken inside, he appeared calm on the surface, smiling as he said:

"Qin Mu."

"Since you are my Xuanmen's first disciple."

"This Grandmaster naturally will not be stingy."

"I observe that your original form is that of a plant, an Innate Sacred Being. This item shall be granted to you!"

With that, Hongjun lightly waved his wide sleeve.

When they looked again, a streak of light flew before Qin Mu, transforming into a seed that hovered down into his palm.

Qin Mu lowered his eyes to look, seeing that the seed was entirely crystalline, with strands of Chaos Qi swirling around it.

The moment the seed appeared, it caused the surrounding Dao resonance to tremble, rippling out in waves.

When the Three Pure Ones saw the seed that had fallen into Qin Mu's palm, their hearts all quivered.

They couldn't say why, but they sensed a familiar aura from that seed.

The feeling it gave the Three Pure Ones.

Was as if this seed was deeply connected to them.

"A seed?"

"This is..."

Taishang narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling that this object was certainly extraordinary.

Yuanshi and Tongtian saw it too, and had the same feeling.

Qin Mu was also puzzled in his heart.

"He rewarded me with a seed?"

"What use is it?"

Just as he hesitated, Hongjun spoke to explain:

"This object is a lotus seed formed after the Creation Green Lotus, which nurtured the Great God Pangu, was damaged!"

At Hongjun's words, Qin Mu and the other three suddenly understood.

"No wonder it felt familiar—it was actually condensed from the damaged Creation Green Lotus!"

Taishang murmured in awe.

One must know that the Creation Green Lotus was the companion supreme treasure of the Great God Pangu, ranked alongside the Creation Divine Axe and the Creation Jade Tablet as the Three Great Creation Treasures.

The Three Pure Ones were transformed from Pangu's Primordial Spirit.

Seeing this lotus seed now, they naturally found it familiar.

"Transformed from the Chaos Green Lotus?"

Qin Mu was secretly startled.

He understood that the Creation Green Lotus Hongjun spoke of was the Chaos Green Lotus.

After Pangu split the heavens, the Chaos Green Lotus shattered.

Yielding to the will of heaven, it disintegrated into the Four Twelve-Grade Lotus Thrones, the Innate Five Directions Banner... the River Diagram and Luo Book, the River-Mountain Sheji Map, the Nine Heavens God-Slaying Spear, the Qiankun Cauldron, and many other Innate Spiritual Treasures.