What the People Desire Is the General Trend

"Cough!"

Even though Lord Zhí Míng was well-traveled and knowledgeable, he couldn't help but freeze in place upon hearing Xuan Qing's words. He then shook his head and said, "You are a disciple of a Saint, representing the Saint's dignity. Don't covet my Spiritual Treasures!"

Dignity?

Could it be eaten?

Or could it be exchanged for a few Innate Spiritual Treasures?

Xuan Qing grumbled inwardly.

Although he had comprehended the method of the Other Self, theoretically allowing him to evolve countless Other Self avatars, without Innate items to carry his thoughts, these thoughts would be like rootless duckweed, unable to improve his realm through self-cultivation.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have only split off the "Suiren Shi" Other Self avatar.

That Other Self thought was also anchored to the "Suiming Tree," a top-grade Innate Spiritual Root, possessing infinite potential and able to absorb the faith of countless humans.

Xuan Qing did have a few Innate items on him, but the "Purple Lightning Hammer," "Sudden Thunder Zither," and "Innate Thunder Pool" were all lightning-attribute Innate items.

They were compatible with Lei Ze's "Thunder God" authority.

But unfortunately, lightning-attribute Innate items, being extremely rigid and yang, combined with the conflict of the Great Dao, were completely unsuitable for carrying Yu Jiang's two authorities.

He needed Innate items compatible with the "Wind God Authority" and the "Plague God Authority."

Seeing this, Xuan Qing, while refining the Essence of Gui Water, said with a fawning smile, "Senior, you don't like to travel. Wouldn't those Innate Spiritual Treasures gather dust?"

"That's none of your business!" Lord Zhí Míng replied irritably. "Every Innate Spiritual Treasure contains at least one law. Each one is unique and rare. Can't I keep them to comprehend the Great Dao within?"

He could!

He really could!

Xuan Qing had the same idea.

That's why, when he saw Lord Zhí Míng take out nearly a hundred Innate Spiritual Treasures, he was so shocked that he wished he could immediately grab the other party's leg and perform the "Great Dao of Gnawing."

Aside from lacking an Innate Supreme Treasure, Lord Zhí Míng's wealth was almost comparable to his own teacher's.

Moreover, he also spotted the "Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner," one of the Innate Five-Directional Banners, and the "Northern Black Chi Gun Horn Demon-Slaying Sword" that the future True Martial Great Emperor would use to slay demons and vanquish devils!

"I originally thought that the True Martial Great Emperor must have been the reincarnation of the Mysterious Black Tortoise of the North Sea, but now it seems more likely that he is a soul fragment cut out by Lord Zhí Míng!"

"The True Martial Great Emperor treading on turtles and snakes, wielding a sword to slay demons and devils, fits the image of the Black Tortoise even better. Furthermore, the artifact the True Martial Great Emperor would use to attain his Dao in the future is also in Lord Zhí Míng's hands!"

Xuan Qing's mind wandered externally, but inwardly he couldn't help but ponder, "If the True Martial Great Emperor is a fragment of Lord Zhí Míng's soul, what about the Mysterious Black Tortoise of the Northern Darkness? After Empress Nuwa cut off its four legs to support the heavens, could it have truly perished?"

Turtle?

Turtle Spirit?

A guess suddenly flashed through his mind, and he immediately looked at Lord Zhí Míng and said, "By the way, Senior Zhí Míng, I heard that there is another senior, the Mystic Tortoise, in the Northern Darkness. I plan to visit him. I wonder if it's a male or female immortal?"

"Since Senior knows him, could Senior please tell me?" Xuan Qing paused and asked cautiously, "So that I don't accidentally offend him when I pay my respects!"

Lord Zhí Míng replied nonchalantly, "Innate Divine Beings do not have genders. Generally, only after taking form do they choose a male or female appearance. That Mystic Tortoise hasn't taken form yet, so how can there be a distinction between male and female?"

"You can just call him Senior!"

Suddenly, Lord Zhí Míng's expression changed drastically as if he had thought of something. "Wait, the Innate Eight Trigrams are skilled in deduction. Have you seen some future event?"

Xuan Qing was startled and retorted, "What did Senior see?"

Great Divine Powers could, to some extent, deduce heavenly secrets and occasionally glimpse a corner of the future. However, the future was ever-changing, and no one dared to claim that the future they saw would definitely come to pass.

Someone like Lord Zhí Míng might have truly seen something!

Lord Zhí Míng took out the "Myriad Tribulation Chessboard" to conceal the heavenly secrets and sighed, "I saw the Mystic Tortoise perish, and its four limbs were used as materials for artifact refining!"

"And you?"

After a long while, Lord Zhí Míng continued, "When the heavens and earth first opened, Grand Unity beings were omniscient and omnipotent. But as the number of Great Golden Immortals increased, and various Innate Spiritual Treasures emerged one after another, their authorities intertwined and obscured each other. The River of Time thus evolved many branches, and the mist of destiny veiled the heavenly secrets!"

"Generally speaking, only Grand Unity beings can glimpse the future. But you seem special. You are still a Grand Unity, yet you have condensed some characteristics of a Grand Unity being!"

"Coupled with the Innate Eight Trigrams, it's not impossible to glimpse a corner of the future!"

Xuan Qing carefully considered his words and said, "I saw Buzhou Mountain break, the Heavenly River pour down, a Saint mending the heavens to save the world, and the Mystic Tortoise's four legs replacing Buzhou Mountain to become the new Pillar of Heaven!"

He had indeed seen the future.

After comprehending the "Innate Eight Trigrams," he had deduced potential future events based on some later mythological characteristics.

Ordinary people's deductions could only glimpse a general direction and yield a vague result.

However, Xuan Qing, as a transmigrator, was deducing with the outcome already known.

Therefore, what he saw in his normal state was naturally more than what other cultivators could see.

He came to this North Sea region precisely to see if he could first get acquainted with the Mysterious Black Tortoise of the North Sea, gain an advantage, and perhaps ride the wave of great trends to earn some merit.

Hearing this, Lord Zhí Míng became even more certain of his guess. "It seems that the futures we saw are similar! Fellow Daoist Mystic Tortoise is destined to face this tribulation!"

"Can the future be changed?"

Xuan Qing asked his question.

Different people had different answers to this question. He had also asked Grand Pure One Laozi and Sect Master Tongtian, and both had replied that minor trends could be changed, but major trends could not.

"What is the general trend?"

Zhi Ming didn't answer directly, but instead asked Xuan Qing this question.

Without waiting for Xuan Qing to reply, he continued on his own, "The general trend is what the hearts of the people yearn for! For a Saint, the general trend is what is beneficial to oneself!"

"Do you understand?"

Xuan Qing frowned slightly and cupped his hands towards Zhi Ming, "Please enlighten me, Senior!"

Zhi Ming gave Xuan Qing a meaningful look, then gazed into the void, "To put it another way, what do you think the great powers of the Primordial World fear the most?"

"It's Pangu's return!"

Zhi Ming glanced in the direction of Buzhou Mountain, "The Primordial World was formed from the physical body of the great god Pangu! We beings also respect the great god Pangu. Your teacher, your two senior uncles, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches of the Witch Clan all consider themselves Pangu's true descendants! But only a dead Pangu is a good Pangu!"

"Even a fallen Great Unity Golden Immortal has a sliver of a chance to return, let alone Pangu, who created heaven and earth?"

"In this vast Primordial World, besides the Witch Clan, I'm afraid there isn't a single being who wishes for Pangu to be resurrected and return from the endless void of time and space!"

"If he returns, what will become of us beings?"

"Will we completely vanish into thin air?"

"Or will we become a part of Pangu's Great Dao, existing like an Other Self incarnation?"

Xuan Qing was stunned.

He was a person of later generations and respected Pangu, but this was indeed something he had never considered.

The Three Pure Ones were formed from Pangu's Primordial Spirit. If Pangu returned, could they still exist?

Likely not!

It was like a living being losing a few drops of vital blood; at most, it would weaken for a period.

But if the Primordial Spirit was lost, what difference would that make from death?

Therefore, if Pangu returned, besides the Twelve Ancestral Witches, most beings in the Primordial World, including the Three Pure Ones, would probably become a part of Pangu!

Of course, this was just a guess!

But it was enough!

Even if it was just a guess, they would prevent it, eliminate Pangu's imprint as much as possible, and stop Pangu's true spirit from returning from the endless void of time and space.

And this was the greatest general trend since the creation of the Primordial World and the emergence of consciousness in various beings!

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