At these words, Tongtian fell into thought.
After a moment, he gave a slight nod and said:
"Cultivating in seclusion is good, but you also need to venture into the world and temper yourself."
"Now that you've reached the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, you have enough strength to protect yourself as you travel across the Primordial Land."
"Add to that the various protective treasures you possess, and you'll be able to put up a fight even against a Great Principle Golden Immortal."
With that, Tongtian casually waved his hand.
A sharp Sword Qi swept forth, then condensed into a sword talisman that floated before Qin Mu.
"Qin Mu."
"This sword talisman contains a strand of my Sword Qi."
"When activated, it can slay a Great Principle Golden Immortal."
"Even if you encounter a Quasi-Saint, it can still hold one off for a time."
"Take it with you, just in case."
Qin Mu's face filled with gratitude. He hurriedly bowed to Tongtian.
"Thank you, Master!"
Then, without any hesitation, he quickly put away the sword talisman.
"Go on!"
Tongtian saw him off with a casual wave, then closed his eyes and continued cultivating and seeking enlightenment.
Qin Mu didn't linger either. He took off and left.
After leaving Kunlun Mountain, he flew straight northwest.
His first destination was Buzhou Mountain in the Primordial Wilderness.
After all, Buzhou Mountain was formed from Great God Pangu's spine. It was the Primordial Heavenly Pillar and contained countless opportunities.
In the novels about the Primordial Wilderness he'd read in his past life, the protagonists always obtained Pangu's Essence Blood when they reached Buzhou Mountain.
With that in mind, Qin Mu headed straight for Buzhou Mountain, his heart full of anticipation.
Before he knew it, a thousand years had passed.
Now, in a valley on the outskirts of Buzhou Mountain,
Qin Mu stood before a completely crimson Innate Spiritual Medicine and nodded with satisfaction.
"Counting this one, I've collected a thousand Innate Spiritual Medicines."
"Not a bad haul."
Over the past thousand years, he had searched far and wide, collecting every Spiritual Root and spiritual material he came across.
Qin Mu knew that these treasures might not seem particularly impressive in the Primordial Wilderness as it was now.
But after the Witch-Demon Tribulation of Calamity, when the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth waned, these would all become rare treasures!
Without further delay, Qin Mu quickly collected the Innate Spiritual Medicine.
Just then, the system's notification sounded in his mind:
[ Ding! ] [ One thousand years have passed. ] [ Congratulations, host! You have received one Small Red Packet. ] [ A Medium Red Packet has been detected. Fuse it? ]
"Oh?"
Qin Mu let out a surprised sound. Without thinking too much, he chose to fuse it.
[ Congratulations, host! The Medium Red Packet has been successfully fused! ] [ Number of Medium Red Packets: 3. ] [ Open a Medium Red Packet? ]
Over the past tens of thousands of years, he had successfully fused three Medium Red Packets.
But he would still need quite some time to fuse them into a Large Red Packet.
After all, it took ten Medium Red Packets—or a hundred Small Red Packets—to fuse into one Large Red Packet.
After a moment's thought, resolve flashed in Qin Mu's eyes as he replied to the system:
"System."
"Open one Medium Red Packet!"
Qin Mu waited.
"I wonder what this Medium Red Packet will give me?"
Soon, the system replied in his mind:
[ Ding! ] [ Medium Red Packet opened successfully. ] [ Congratulations, host! You have obtained Chaos Liquid! ] [ This liquid can restore vitality to a withered Innate Spiritual Root. ]
Hearing the system's notification, Qin Mu couldn't help but freeze.
"This?"
"Chaos Liquid?"
"It can restore vitality to withered Innate Spiritual Roots? What use is that?"
Qin Mu grumbled, feeling a little disappointed.
He'd been hoping to get some amazing treasure.
He hadn't expected it to be something like this!
"One Medium Red Packet, gone just like that."
Qin Mu gave a rueful smile.
After all, it took ten Small Red Packets to fuse into one Medium Red Packet.
And for him, it took ten thousand years to accumulate ten Small Red Packets.
Just as Qin Mu was standing there in a daze, the system's notification sounded again:
[ Ding! ] [ A Medium Red Packet has been detected. Would you like to go and claim it? ]
"Hm?"
At the system's prompt, Qin Mu's eyes lit up.
"Something like this can happen too?"
"Of course I'm going!"
Without wasting time, Qin Mu followed the system's directions and flew toward the spot where the Medium Red Packet had appeared.
"Buzhou Mountain really is a blessed land."
"To think there'd be a Medium Red Packet here."
As he hurried along, Qin Mu couldn't help reflecting on it.
There were two ways for him to obtain Red Packets: the Small Red Packet the system gave him every thousand years, and Red Packets that appeared in various Cave Heaven Blessed Lands for him to find.
When Tongtian had first taken him to Kunlun Mountain, a Large Red Packet had appeared.
Opening it had earned him the Treasure Fusion Scroll.
Later, when he went to Zixiao Palace to listen to Hongjun preach, an Extra-Large Red Packet had appeared.
Opening it had immediately earned Qin Mu an Exclusive Great Dao Level Cultivation Method.
Now, he had already cultivated the first layer of his Exclusive Great Dao Level Cultivation Method and successfully condensed a Sword Leaf inside his body.
He had also obtained the Innate Divine Ability, Heaven-Defying Comprehension!
After a brief moment of thought, Qin Mu gathered his focus and continued following the system's directions at full speed.
It didn't take long for him to reach a stretch of open sky.
Clouds and mist swirled around countless floating islands.
On one of the small floating islands, a golden Red Packet hovered quietly in midair.
Below it stood a living being.
He was short and slight, with a pointed mouth, long whiskers, and gray fur covering his body.
He looked rather like a rat standing upright.
"Boom!"
As Qin Mu watched, waves of magical power surged around the rat-like being.
Then, tribulation clouds rapidly gathered overhead.
Seeing this, Qin Mu immediately understood.
The creature was undergoing the Transformation Tribulation.
"Never mind. I'll wait until he's finished transforming."
Qin Mu spoke to himself and didn't approach.
In the Primordial Wilderness, a creature's transformation was a test set by the Heavenly Dao. Interfering rashly would not only bring down the backlash of the tribulation, but could also create karmic ties.
Before long, the tribulation descended.
"Rumble!"
Rolling thunderbolts tore through the tribulation clouds and struck the rat-like creature.
One bolt after another!
After a full eighty-one bolts of tribulation lightning, the Rat Spirit successfully transformed.
The tribulation clouds dispersed, and the light surrounding the Rat Spirit faded away.
Looking closely, Qin Mu saw a chubby, honest-looking Daoist standing where the creature had been.
After successfully transforming, the creature had reached the Mystic Immortal realm.
"Oh?"
Seeing this from a short distance away, Qin Mu was slightly surprised. He marveled to himself:
"A Mystic Immortal?"
"Looks like this Rat Spirit has quite an impressive bloodline!"
After all, Qin Mu's true form was a top-grade Innate Nine-Leaf Sword Grass. Once he transformed, he had immediately reached the Golden Immortal realm—the highest possible starting cultivation.
Compared to that, the Rat Spirit had still done remarkably well to reach the Mystic Immortal realm upon transforming.
After a moment's thought, Qin Mu didn't dwell on it. He raised his eyebrows and walked over.
Once he was close, he cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations, fellow Daoist, on successfully transforming!"
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