Three Maidens, Donghua Refines Treasures

On the East Sea, two figures walked on the waves, one dressed in black and the other in a white dress. The surging waves did not affect them at all.

The two pointed and chatted as they looked at the East Sea.

The visitors were none other than Donghua and West Queen Mother. After leaving the Purple Mansion, they talked for a long time on the way to the East Sea.

Looking at the Azure Sea and sky, Donghua sighed, "If I could, I would love to live like this forever, without strife or worry. What a pity!"

The West Queen Mother smiled gently and said softly, "What's there to regret? I think it's just fine as it is. If life had no ups and downs, it would be meaningless."

Donghua neither agreed nor disagreed with this statement; indeed, a life without any ups and downs is meaningless.

"Huh? There's a fight ahead, and it looks fierce!"

The two, who were chatting and laughing, suddenly sensed a fluctuation coming from ahead. Donghua immediately activated his Dharma Eye to take a look.

"So it's Fellow Daoist Tongtian!"

"Junior sister, let's go forward for a moment."

When the two arrived above the island, they saw two dragons attacking it.

The dragon possessed the strength of a peak Daluo Golden Immortal, but it was filled with ferocity, lacked Daoist aura, and had no intelligence; it was no different from Fierce Beasts.

There were four Mystic Immortal on the island, one man and three women, all of whom were injured and lying on the ground, while Tongtian stood in the void.

Seeing that the dragon was about to unleash its ferocity again, the man in the lead struggled to his feet, shielding the three women behind him, and shouted, "Sisters, run! I'll hold them off!"

But it was all in vain; he had barely stood up when he collapsed again.

"You beast, how dare you be so insolent!"

Upon seeing this, Tongtian roared in anger, then joined two fingers together as if they were swords, unleashing Immortal Slaying Sword Qi that swept across the East Sea like a rainbow.

Although the two dragons had no consciousness, they instinctively tried to hide, but they had no time to react.

With a single sword piercing through their bodies, the two dragons were skewered like candied hawthorns, crossed together, and fell to the ground with ease.

Upon seeing this, the four people on the island breathed a sigh of relief. They struggled over, bowed weakly, and said, "Thank you so much for saving our lives, Immortal. We will remember this kindness and never forget it."

After hearing Tongtian, Tongtian waved his hand, signaling the four to get up. He then emitted a beam of immortal light, and the four's injuries immediately healed.

"Thank you, Immortal."

"It's alright, it's nothing."

The first man said, "This is a simple matter for the immortal, but it is a life-saving grace for us siblings, and we will never forget it."

Tongtian was very satisfied with the man's actions. When danger struck, he stepped forward to protect his sister, which was truly commendable.

He then asked, "What's your name?"

"Your Excellency, my name is Zhao Gongming, and these are my younger sisters Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao."

These four people were none other than Zhao Gongming, the senior disciple of the outer sect of the Interception Sect in later generations, and the Three Maidens of Sanxiao.

Tongtian nodded in agreement, then casually calculated that the four people in front of him had a master-disciple relationship with him.

"The four of you have quite good origins: one a wisp of innate Qingfeng, and three wisps of innate white cloud."

"I am the Daoist Master Shangqing of Kunlun Mountain. Would you be willing to become my disciples?"

Upon hearing this, the four were extremely excited and immediately knelt down, saying, "Zhao Gongming / Yunxiao / Qiongxiao / Bixiao greet Master."

Tongtian smiled happily and said, "Although your origins are not inferior, you can only be my nominal disciples. Are you willing?"

"We are willing!"

These four had no reason not to accept. To be able to become a disciple of Quasi-Saint Great Powers already an immense honor, let alone the fact that he was a direct disciple of the Dao Ancestor, Shangqing Tongtian.

Even being a nominal disciple is something many people would rather have than achieve.

After the four finished their apprenticeship ceremony, Tongtian looked up and chuckled softly, "Since Fellow Daoist Donghua and Fellow Daoist Taizhen have arrived, why don't you show yourselves to greet them?"

Donghua laughed heartily, descended from the void, and said to Tongtian, "If I had shown myself earlier, I fear I wouldn't have been able to resist competing with you for these four fine disciples. How could you, Tongtian, not understand my good intentions?"

"What? So I should thank you?"

Donghua smiled and waved his hand, saying, "If you really want to express your gratitude, I don't mind. Each of my four disciples only has one spiritual treasure, so I'll reluctantly accept it. After all, we're brothers."

Tongtian ignored Donghua after hearing this and turned to Zhao Gongming and the other three, saying:

"Why aren't you paying your respects to your Uncle-Master Donghua? He said each person will receive a spiritual treasure; don't get up until you do."

After saying that, he looked at Donghua with a smug expression, as if to say, "You figure it out."

At this moment, Zhao Gongming and Yunxiao were still hesitating, while Bixiao and Qiongxiao had already knelt down on one knee with a thud.

"Greetings, Uncle-Master Donghua! Greetings, Your Majesty!"

Seeing this, the remaining two also knelt down to pay their respects.

Now it's Donghua's turn to be in a difficult position. Is this how things are supposed to go?

He then looked at the four people. To be honest, he quite liked Zhao Gongming and Yunxiao from later generations. One was loyal and righteous, the other knew etiquette and knew when to advance and retreat, and they were also exceptionally talented. It was hard not to like them.

As for Bixiao and Qiongxiao, he could only say they were cute, innocent, and naive; he simply didn't like their personalities.

However, bestowing a spiritual treasure is another matter entirely. After all, these four are not Tongtian's direct disciples, but merely nominal disciples, and are not worthy of Donghua bestowing a treasure upon them.

But the atmosphere had already been built up to this point, so it wouldn't be right not to give a gift; it would be a loss of face.

Just as Donghua was about to take out the spiritual treasure to give as a gift, he saw the two dragons lying on the ground and immediately had an idea.

"You, Tongtian, are trying to play tricks on me? Then don't blame me for being impolite."

Donghua reached out and grabbed, and the two enormous dragons flew straight over and landed completely in Donghua hand.

It is truly a world within the palm of divine power!

The world is contained within the palm of one's hand!

Then Donghua reached out and pulled, and the tendons of the two dragons were pulled out.

Then, the Hunyuan Cauldron was summoned, and the Pure Yang True Fire was activated. The terrifying flames burned the Hunyuan Cauldron, and the Hunyuan Hun Yuan permeated the cauldron.

After reaching a certain limit, a world appeared in Donghua's left hand, within which there was only one Tongtian tree.

"Jianmu?"

Tongtian was slightly shocked upon seeing it, but upon closer inspection, he realized it was merely a branch of the Jianmu tree, yet it was still quite precious.

Donghua pointed his finger, and a branch of the Jianmu tree fell to the ground. It was then placed in the Hunyuan Cauldron and burned until it turned into a liquid. Donghua then added two dragon tendons.

Let's start refining again!

The Daoist energy flowed within the Hunyuan Cauldron, and combined with the Hun Yuan Qi, the two dragon tendons instantly merged together, transforming into a golden river.

Then, a Great Dao Law was extracted and fused into the golden river, and then it was forged again.

Forty-nine days later, a golden rope broke out of the cauldron and circled the sky.

Donghua then grabbed it and it was in his hand.

He then stopped looking at the spiritual treasure and instead released Pure Yang True Fire to begin refining the treasure again.

Several rare materials were placed in the cauldron and instantly refined into liquid. Then, the two dragons from the world in the palm of the hand were placed in the cauldron and refined again.

It took eighty-one days to complete the refining process.

A golden light shot out from the cauldron, releasing golden light into the sky, and it seemed as if a dragon's roar could be heard, which was extraordinary.

Donghua casually summoned a golden light, which transformed into a pair of scissors in his hand.

Upon seeing the treasure refinement complete, Tongtian clapped his hands and praised, "Fellow Daoist Donghua, your skills are truly superb, and your spiritual treasure is excellent!"

"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!"

While Tongtian was full of praise, he couldn't help but wonder how this could be exactly the same as his own thoughts.

Donghua smiled and said, "One is a high-grade Houtian Spiritual Treasure, and the other is a top-grade Houtian Spiritual Treasure Hunyuan Dragon Binding Rope, and the scissors are called the Hunyuan Golden Flood Dragon Scissors."

He then bestowed the Dragon Binding Rope upon Zhao Gongming and the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors upon Yunxiao.

The two quickly bowed in gratitude!

At this moment, Bixiao couldn't help but say, "Uncle-Master Donghua, why won't you give Qiongxiao and me spiritual treasures?"

Upon hearing this, Tongtian smiled indifferently, while Yunxiao wanted to say something, but since it was their first meeting, he didn't dare to speak.

Donghua was slightly embarrassed, so he took out two more spirit swords and bestowed them upon the two. The swords were high-grade acquired Houtian Spiritual Treasure, specially crafted for the Purple Mansion Grand Competition last time.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Donghua said, "Since Fellow Daoist Tongtian has come to the East Sea, as the host, I should at least show my hospitality. How about you come and visit my Purple Mansion?"

"I dare not refuse your invitation, fellow Daoist!"

Tongtian then led Zhao Gongming and the other three to the Purple Mansion.

These past few days, Tongtian has been staying in the Purple Mansion. The group didn't discuss the Dao, but simply chatted and visited each other, talking about various matters in the Primordial Wilderness and touring many places in the Purple Mansion.

"Fellow Daoist is truly talented. These five types of coins can bring blessings to the Primordial Wilderness and all living beings."

Tongtian played with the five coins in his hand, clearly quite fond of them.

Donghua smiled and said, "This is nothing. With the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin in hand, anyone could have achieved this. I only benefited from the power of the spiritual treasure."

"Since you have come to my Purple Mansion as a guest, I will give you these five coins as a souvenir!"

Tongtian did not accept the money after hearing it, but instead handed it over.

"This item is too valuable for me to accept. Fellow Daoist, could you please send me some Big Red Robe? I would like those."

These five coins were among the first to be minted in Donghua and are the origin of the five types of coins.

All we need to do is wait for the five types of coins from the Purple Mansion to spread throughout the primordial Primordial Wilderness and for merit to descend. At the very least, these five coins will become Merit Spiritual Treasure and Destiny Spiritual Treasure.

This is why Tongtian said it was precious.

Donghua poured a cup of tea for each of them and said slowly, "Although this item is precious, it depends on who owns it. If it can remain in your hands, it would be their honor. Please do not refuse!"

Fuxi, standing to the side, picked up his jade cup, took a sip of tea, and said enviously, "Last time I asked Fellow Daoist Donghua for these five coins, but he flatly refused. I was careless in choosing my friends; I was careless in choosing my friends. How could he be so biased towards one another?"

Tongtian laughed heartily upon hearing this, and without saying another word, accepted the five coins.

Donghua glared at Fuxi and said, "You've been eating my food, drinking my water, and living in my house all this time, how dare you say such a thing?"

Fuxi: (oo)

"Fellow Daoist, have you gained anything from your journey through the Primordial Wilderness?"

Tongtian shook his head and sighed, "I have made some gains, but it's only that my cultivation has broken through to the Late Stage Quasi-Saint. However, I still have no clue about the matter of Slaying the Corpse. What can I do?"

Upon hearing this, Fuxi said in grief and indignation, "Is this true? Is this true? You are all in the Late Stage Quasi-Saint, while I am still only in the Mid Quasi-Saint."

None of them answered this question; they simply laughed it off.

After all, the number of people in the prehistoric Primordial Wilderness who have broken through to the Late Stage Quasi-Saint can be counted on two hands: Donghua, the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Di Jun, Houtu, and Jieyin.

Dijiang and Eastern Emperor Taiyi should be close to achieving this as well, or perhaps they have already broken through.

Mentioning Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Donghua couldn't help but ask, "Fellow Daoist Tongtian, do you know of any way to deal with the Innate Supreme Treasure, the Chaos Bell?"

P. S.: I've posted over 6,000 words so far. Whether there will be a third chapter is still undecided, because Wangyue has an event today and I don't know if I'll be able to finish writing it.