See the Great Way by Breaking Through Life and Death; Create the Future with the Nine-Turn Divine Art (Continued)

[Option One: Feed the Treasure Seeking Rat to Xiao Bai. Reward: a set of innate rat bones]

[Option Two: Take the Treasure Seeking Rat as a pet. Reward: a wisp of Chaos Origin Qi]

Treasure Seeking Rat?

As she "looked" at the options, Yun Xiao's heart stirred.

She'd had a suspicion about the Treasure Seeking Rat's identity ever since earlier. Now that it had been confirmed, her expression turned odd instead.

There was no other reason. According to her memories, Daoist Duobao, a direct disciple of Sect Master Tongtian, was the first rat in heaven and earth—the Treasure Seeking Rat!

If the Primordial Wilderness followed its usual course of history, this rat before her would be her senior brother!

She couldn't disrespect her senior brother!

With that thought, Yun Xiao set the Treasure Seeking Rat down, tapped its brow, and extracted a trace of its Primordial Spirit.

"From now on, you'll be my pet."

[The host has completed the option. Reward: a wisp of Chaos Origin Qi]

As the system's voice sounded, a wisp of Chaos Origin Qi appeared in Yun Xiao's sleeve.

"What did I do to deserve this?!"

The Treasure Seeking Rat was still wailing. This time, it had truly lost both its home and its freedom.

Not only had its nest been raided, but it had even become someone else's pet!

"Go."

Yun Xiao sent the Chaos Origin Qi into the Treasure Seeking Rat's body.

"Buzz—"

The next moment, dazzling light bloomed around the Treasure Seeking Rat. Behind it, the illusory figure of a divine rat that seemed to reach the heavens appeared, with all the Spiritual Treasures in the world seemingly circling around it.

Its golden fur gradually turned grayish white.

This was a transformation that returned it to its natural state. Its cultivation realm rose along with it, breaking through to the early stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm!

It was clear that the Treasure Seeking Rat's bloodline was continually advancing toward that of a Chaos Treasure Seeking Rat.

Once it fully refined the Chaos Origin Qi, it would be reborn and become a Chaos Divine Rat!

"Thank you, Master!"

The Treasure Seeking Rat rolled over and bowed respectfully to Yun Xiao. There wasn't a trace of resentment left on its face.

Being a pet felt great—absolutely wonderful!

"How far away can you smell treasures now?" Yun Xiao asked.

"With my current cultivation, I can smell treasures within a radius of five billion li."

"Faint scents belong to acquired treasures, while rich, fragrant scents belong to innate treasures. The more fragrant the scent, the higher the treasure's grade."

As the Treasure Seeking Rat spoke, its nose twitched. After a while, its eyes lit up, and it pointed south. "Master, I smell something really fragrant!"

"Let's go."

Yun Xiao beamed. She climbed onto Xiao Bai, and they turned into a streak of light and flew south.

In less than half a day, they reached the place the Treasure Seeking Rat had sensed. A majestic mountain towered before them, reaching straight into the sky.

Unlike the rolling ranges of other divine mountains in the Primordial Wilderness, this mountain was impossibly tall. Even the sea of clouds floated only halfway up its slopes.

Sunlight bathed it in dazzling spiritual light. Its seemingly endless summit looked as if it could pierce a massive hole in the heavens!

"Could this be the legendary Shouyang Mountain?"

As Yun Xiao looked at the mountain before her, a sudden realization came to her.

Shouyang Mountain would one day become the Daoist abode of Taiqing Laozi.

Legend had it that this mountain was formed from a certain part of Great God Pangu's body. Sometimes it rose and fell, and at dawn, it reached its greatest height!

"So tall..."

Yun Xiao approached and looked up in amazement. Its peak stood at the very top of the firmament, as if one more inch would send it crashing into the starry sky!

"Master, the treasure is at the summit," the Treasure Seeking Rat said, twitching its nose again.

"Xiao Bai, let's go."

Riding Xiao Bai, Yun Xiao soared upward, covering ten million li in an instant. Before long, they reached the top of Shouyang Mountain.

She sent a surge of magical power forward. The next moment, an innate restriction was shaken out of the void.

Yun Xiao brought out the Enlightenment Mirror and a fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation and began to unravel the restriction. Ten years later, a clear chime rang out, and an entrance slowly formed.

She left Xiao Bai and the others to guard the entrance, then stepped inside.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

Like the other innate restrictions, this one in Shouyang Mountain was filled with Chaos Qi Streams that had yet to transform into Innate Spiritual Energy.

Yun Xiao hurried onward and soon reached the deepest part of the restriction.

A solid platform of red copper stood before her, giving off the feeling of something as heavy as a mountain, as if the stars themselves could fall upon it.

"Shouyang Copper!" Yun Xiao's eyes lit up.

Shouyang Copper had an extraordinary origin. It was copper imbued with Great God Pangu's utmost Yang energy, an exceptionally precious material for crafting artifacts!

According to her memories, the Ruyi Jingu Bang, forged by Taiqing Laozi, and the As-You-Will Iron Rod both contained a trace of Shouyang Copper. In the end, they became famous Divine Weapons in Journey to the West!

And that was only a trace!

The Shouyang Copper before Yun Xiao stood as tall as a person. There was practically more than she could ever use!

As it happened, she still lacked a handy pill cauldron. With the Shouyang Copper, that problem would be solved.

Since the copper had been imbued with Great God Pangu's utmost Yang energy, pills refined in a cauldron made from it would naturally have more potent effects than ordinary pills.

Taiqing Laozi became famous in later generations for his alchemy partly because his cultivation had reached a high level, and partly because he had benefited from Shouyang Copper.

However, Yun Xiao only glanced at the Shouyang Copper for a moment before her attention was drawn to the Spiritual Treasure floating above it.

A crimson seal hovered over the copper platform, radiating dazzling Innate Indestructible Divine Light. Mountains and rivers, flowers and birds, fish and insects were carved into its surface. Two characters, "Kongtong," were inscribed on its base!

The moment she saw those bold, powerful characters, the Spiritual Treasure's identity became obvious.

The Kongtong Seal, a supreme treasure that suppressed the Human Race's fortune!

The Human Race hadn't yet come into being, much less gathered its fortune. So at the moment, the Kongtong Seal was merely an ordinary top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. It hadn't yet manifested the phenomenon of nine golden dragons of fortune coiling around it.

But it was still a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. This opportunity alone was enough to make anyone green with envy!

"By a twist of fate, I've stumbled upon Taiqing Laozi's Daoist abode. He hasn't even taken form yet, so the opportunities here naturally belong to me."

Yun Xiao smiled brightly and waved the Kongtong Seal into her possession.

Kunlun Mountain, you have the Exquisite Pagoda of Heaven and Earth protecting you. There's nothing I can do about that.

But the treasures of Shouyang Mountain should be mine, shouldn't they?

Yun Xiao felt not the slightest guilt about snatching Taiqing Laozi's opportunities.

In later generations, Taiqing Laozi founded the Human Sect and used the Kongtong Seal to suppress the Human Race's fortune, yet he ignored the Human Race. When the demons ate humans, he turned a blind eye!

He even imprisoned the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, who had made great contributions to the Human Race, in Fire Cloud Cave, claiming it was to suppress the Human Race's fortune!

In truth, he was afraid they'd contribute too much to the Human Race and take away too much of his fortune!

In the hands of someone like him, the Kongtong Seal would only be wasted.

Yun Xiao wasn't part of the Human Race now, but her soul belonged to a proud, upright Chinese person!

Naturally, she couldn't stand the way Taiqing Laozi acted as if he were both the perpetrator and the victim.

"Refine!"

With that thought, Yun Xiao sent her divine sense into the Kongtong Seal. It took only a few decades to complete its initial refinement.

Afterward, she used the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler to cut off a large piece of Shouyang Copper, then brought out the Spirit Coffin Lamp and used the Great Dao of Artifacts to begin crafting a pill cauldron.

Ten years, thirty years, fifty years...

"Buzz—"

On this day, a streak of crimson light shot into the sky. A pill cauldron hovered in midair, emanating wisps of utmost Yang energy. The entire space grew scorching hot!

Beneath it, the Netherworld Ghost Fire in the Spirit Coffin Lamp couldn't destroy the cauldron no matter how fiercely it burned. In fact, as nether energy and utmost Yang energy intertwined, a wisp of Yin Yang Two Energies emerged!

"Go."

Yun Xiao sent all the acquired spiritual fruits and lower-grade innate spiritual fruits in her hands into the cauldron. In an instant, spiritual light shot skyward, and a rich medicinal fragrance filled the entire restriction.

A few years later, the lid began to rattle. The next moment, several streaks of light shot skyward, but Yun Xiao caught them all in one sweep.

She now held over sixty Three-Revolving Spiritual Pills and over thirty Four-Revolving Spiritual Pills!

Lower-grade innate spiritual fruits were enough to refine Four-Revolving Spiritual Pills. Using middle-grade ones would be wasteful; she might as well eat them directly.