Asking Queen Mother of the West for a Flat Peach Branch
After spending more than a decade in West Kunlun, the Eastern King Duke and the Queen Mother of the West, witnessed by Wu Chu and Houtu, offered sacrifices to Heaven and Earth and officially became husband and wife.
No guests? Wu Chu and his group became the guests; no officiant? Wu Chu became their officiant; not lively enough? Wu Chu and the others helped them create a festive atmosphere.
Chef Little Moon Spirit presented them with the most delicious dishes.
The Little Fox danced for them, accompanied by the Little Flower Fairies playing music.
Wu Chu and Houtu even presented a Supreme-Grade Spirit Treasure as a congratulatory gift, an Acquired treasure provided by Qingqiu Li.
It is much more valuable than the Water Element Essence that the Eastern King Duke gave them.
The entire Yaochi Pool Immortal Abode was brightly decorated and bustling with activity.
However, no Merit were bestowed upon them at their wedding, which worried Eastern King Duke. He secretly asked Wu Chu, "Since no Merit were bestowed, does it mean that Heaven and Earth do not approve of us?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Chu couldn't help but chuckle and transmitted his voice, "Brother Dao, what are you saying? The reason why Houtu and I were able to receive the Merit rewards is because our wedding was the first of its kind in this Primordial Land! Before us, had you ever heard of such a wedding?"
Upon hearing this, Eastern King Duke breathed a sigh of relief and transmitted his voice, "That would be for the best. I was worried that our union wouldn't be recognized by Heaven and Earth!"
"Brother, you're overthinking it. Heaven and Earth don't care who marries whom," Wu Chu continued telepathically. "I estimate that the reason we have Merit is because our wedding filled a gap in the rules of Heaven and Earth, thus contributing to the rules. That's why Heaven and Earth rewarded us with Merit as a way of thanking us for our contribution!"
Upon hearing this, the Eastern King Duke nodded slightly, then took the Queen Mother of the West's hand, and accompanied by several Grass-Head Gods maidens, entered the bridal chamber they had prepared in advance.
Fortunately, the Eastern King Duke and the Queen Mother of the West still look like young people.
The future Eastern King Duke, Shaoyang Daoist, looks like a handsome scholar, while the future Queen Mother of the West Daoist Hua Miao, is in the prime of her youth, around twenty years old.
If it were the future Eastern King Duke, that would truly be... an eighteen-year-old beauty and an eighty-year-old man, white hair against red makeup. An old man, in a moment of youthful exuberance, a pear tree in full bloom overshadows a crabapple.
Well, saying that about someone is a bit of an exaggeration.
Regardless, the Eastern King Duke was a powerful figure in the future, the Fusang Great Emperor! How could he possibly be a white-haired old Daoist priest? It's more like he's the Taishang.
Today, everyone's mindset is still very young. The Queen Mother of the West is not the Queen Mother of the West of the future, but still the Daoist Hua Miao with the demeanor of a young girl.
As the saying goes, "Bai Lu comes early, Cold Dew comes late, and Autumn Equinox is the perfect time to sow wheat."
Wu Chu silently took Houtu and Qingqiu Li's hands, thinking to himself: It's so good that we're all still young! If we were to reach the Lich-Wizard Era, I bet we'd all be too embarrassed to pretend to be young anymore!
Once the 'newlyweds' were led to their bridal chamber, the entire wedding ceremony officially concluded.
Not long after, the two came out again to drink with Wu Chu and the others. As they drank, they started talking about their insights into cultivation, which gradually turned into a discussion among the group.
When the Yin Yang and Yang energies flowed from the Eastern King Duke and the Queen Mother of the West, and then intertwined in some mysterious way, a Dao Resonance immediately spread outward.
Of course, the intertwining of Yin Yang and Yang at this time is not the same Yin Yang complementarity method that Wu Chu asked the Eastern King Duke about, since that method is not something that can be Human Path.
This current method is actually a way in which Yin Yang and Yang coexist in the universe.
However, these two auras coexist and influence each other.
As this Dao Resonance spread, the people who were eating and drinking gradually entered a state of enlightenment within it.
This is the benefit of cultivating alongside a strong person, and one of the reasons why many beings want to become their disciples. Cultivating someone else's methods is secondary, since in this Primordial World, many beings are born with the ability to cultivate and have cultivation methods suited to them.
However, the resonance with the Dao formed by the explanations of the Dao by the strong is something that ordinary beings cannot experience.
For many ordinary living beings, such an opportunity is rare and hard to come by.
But such things happen frequently around Wu Chu.
Dao of Yin Yang. Wu Chu then took Miss Houtu and Qingqiu Li with him and went into seclusion for a short period of time.
Upon seeing this, the Eastern King Duke appeared to understand perfectly and led the Queen Mother of the West into seclusion.
And so, more than 20,000 years passed in the blink of an eye.
When Wu Chu awoke from his enlightenment, Houtu and Qingqiu Li were no longer by his side.
Wu Chu stood up, stretched, left his residence, and went to the Main Hall outside. There he heard the Eastern King Duke laugh heartily, "Fellow Daoist, you certainly know how to pick your time!"
It turns out that the Eastern King Duke and the Queen Mother of the West had already left the pass.
"My husband (A Chu) has emerged from the pass!"
Houtu, Qingqiu Li, and Little Moon Spirit were also there.
Wu Chu chuckled in confusion, "What? Have I stumbled upon some good thing?"
The Queen Mother of the West smiled and said, "My Flat Peach are just ripe, and we are discussing how to share them with everyone! My Flat Peach bloom every ten thousand years, bear fruit every ten thousand years, Flat Peach ripen every ten thousand years. It takes thirty thousand years to grow eighteen peaches, and each peach can increase one's merit by seventy-two thousand years..."
Upon hearing these words from the Queen Mother of the West, Wu Chu thought of the Yellow Plum he had eaten on Jade Capital Mountain.
Both take 30,000 years to mature, but the Yellow Plum is clearly more effective than the Flat Peach. However, in terms of quantity, only nine Yellow Plum every 30,000 years, while eighteen Flat Peach can be grown.
Of course, the Purple Jade Spirit-Pattern Apple is no match for them, even though the Purple Jade Spirit-Pattern Apple matures only once every ten thousand years, and there are forty-nine of them.
However, the Purple Jade Divine Tree also grows ordinary Spirit Apple, only they lack spirit patterns and have mediocre effects, but they are quite good for brewing wine.
The Ginseng Fruit Tree, which also possesses Chaos Spiritual Root, seems to pale in comparison to the Yellow Plum and the Flat Peach.
Judging from the quantity and the time frame, this Flat Peach tree is clearly the Flat Peach Mother Tree, rather than one of the Flat Peach Tree that will grow in the Heavenly Court Peach Garden in the future.
Thinking of this, Wu Chu bowed and clasped his hands in a salute, saying, "Speaking of which, I have a favor to ask. I wonder if Fellow Huamiao Miao could grant me a branch of Flat Peach? I am willing to exchange it for Supreme-Grade Spirit Treasure or other valuables."
This is indeed an unreasonable request. The Flat Peach Tree is not like other Spirit Root; it is Chaos Spiritual Root. Cutting off a branch will inevitably damage the Peach Tree itself.
Therefore, Daoist Hua Miao's response was not as straightforward as Tongtian's back then. After all, the fruit trees in Tongtian's place were only high-grade Spirit Root.
"What do you need that Flat Peach Tree for, fellow Daoist?"
"I want to try and see if I can cultivate Flat Peach Offshoot."
"..."
Wu Chu's words left the Queen Mother of the West somewhat stunned.