Two Little Green Willows

Besides resolving the hidden dangers within himself, Yuan Tian had also transformed his true body into three Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures, gaining three Life-bound Spirit Treasures. It could be called an unexpected delight. After weathering the heavenly tribulation, Yuan Tian thought of the two Little Green Willows. Yuan Tian now grew on an island, and aside from him, there seemed to be no other living beings. Even counting the two Little Green Willows that had developed intelligence, there were only three of them.

"Little Green Willows, it was time to go see them." When Yuan Tian took human form, he had moved the two Little Green Willows aside. Now was the time to visit these two Little Green Willows, who would one day share a father-son and father-daughter relationship with him.

With a thought, Yuan Tian arrived beside the two Little Green Willows. What he used was not teleportation. With his current cultivation and grasp of Spatial Law, he was still unable to teleport. This was the Primordial World, where space was incomparably solid. Unless one reached the Quasi-Sage realm, one could forget about tearing open spatial rifts in the Primordial World. In the Primordial World, aside from the future Sages, only those who comprehended teleportation within Spatial Law could use it. Among the non-Sages of the entire Primordial Wilderness, the only one truly capable of teleportation seemed to be the Ancestral Shaman Dijiang. The rest were merely extremely fast. Even Dijiang had to reach the Quasi-Sage level, advancing into the realm of an Ancestral Shaman, before he could teleport. Even after reaching Quasi-Sage, Dijiang would not dare use teleportation casually. Thus, Yuan Tian could not use teleportation yet. What he had used just now was merely his speed, but Yuan Tian was simply too fast. Based on Spatial Law and Speed Law, he had created a divine ability—Endless Distance. With one step, he could cross one hundred ninety thousand li. Naturally, as Yuan Tian's cultivation deepened, this speed could still increase.

Endless Distance was unlike the Buddhist Sect's Somersault Cloud, which required a somersault. That was far too unsightly. Only monkeys liked doing somersaults; otherwise, Sun Wukong would not have been the only one in the entire Buddhist Sect to carry the Somersault Cloud forward. Moreover, one somersault on the Somersault Cloud only covered one hundred eight thousand li, and that was fixed—the legendary constant speed. No matter how high one's cultivation was, one could only reach one hundred eight thousand li. Yuan Tian's Endless Distance had no such restriction. He could now travel one hundred ninety thousand li in a single step, and as his cultivation increased, his speed would grow ever faster. One day, it might even surpass teleportation.

Enough idle chatter. Yuan Tian arrived beside the two Little Green Willows. Calling them Little Green Willows was relative; compared to the trees of later ages, neither their size nor height was small. The two "Little Green Willows" Yuan Tian spoke of stood ten meters tall, roughly as high as a three-story building. It would take at least two burly men linking arms to encircle either trunk. They were indeed quite large. Of course, compared to Yuan Tian's true body, they were still very small—extremely small. Yuan Tian's true body had reached one million zhang.

"Unfortunately, the two Little Green Willows were still too weak to communicate with me." Though the two Little Green Willows had developed intelligence, communicating with Yuan Tian was still impossible. Yuan Tian intended to preach the Dao to them and help them take form sooner. He acted as soon as he thought of it, and he had already begun.

"Above are soul spirits, below the primal pass; on the left is Lesser Yang, on the right Greater Yin. Behind lies the hidden gate, before lies the gate of life. The sun emerges, the moon enters, breath endures. The four breaths unite and divide the constellations; purple mist rises and falls amid three clouds of pure essence. Water the five blossoms and plant the Spirit Root; seven fluids flow through the caverns and rush between the chambers. Distant purple embraces yellow and enters the cinnabar field; light within the hidden chamber illuminates Bright Yang."

"The Five Elements drive each other, then return to one; three and five combine their breath, forming the cycles of nine and nine. One may conceal the earth and turn the eight arts; hidden oxen and secret gates arrange their ranks. Three brightnesses emerge in splendor at the boundary of life and death; spiritual images in the inner chamber contend with sun and moon. The father is called Mud Pellet, the mother Feminine One; the three lights shine brilliantly into the child's chamber. Preserve the profound truth, and all matters are complete; the spirit of one's body must not be lost."

Although Yuan Tian's preaching did not bring raining flowers, golden lotuses springing from the earth, or auspicious clouds gathering from all directions like a Sage's, every word was like a jade pearl, pointing directly to the heart. At the very least, the Green Willows before him seemed as if they had been injected with chicken blood. Not only did they keep growing taller, their cultivation rose just as quickly.

Yuan Tian watched with immense envy. His own cultivation advanced painfully slowly. Time in the Primordial Wilderness truly was worthless. In what seemed like the blink of an eye, Yuan Tian had preached for three thousand years. The two Green Willows before him had grown to a hundred zhang tall, and their cultivation had reached the Earth Immortal realm. Naturally, it was still impossible for them to take form with their current cultivation. To do so, they would have to at least reach the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm. Yuan Tian would not help them take form early, because that would affect their future achievements. Thus, if the two of them wished to take form, they would likely have to wait until the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation ended.

"Father, Father!"

Yuan Tian had been thinking about the two Little Green Willows taking form when two childish voices suddenly sounded within his Divine Sense. One sounded like a boy's, the other like a girl's. "Hm? Was that you two?" The only ones who could call him Father seemed to be the two Little Green Willows before him.

"Yes, Father." The two Little Green Willows seemed quite happy and were not reserved in the slightest. Once their cultivation had reached the Earth Immortal realm, they had awakened their own inheritances and learned of their origins. The man before them, preaching the Dao to them, was their father.

Being suddenly called Father left Yuan Tian thoroughly unaccustomed to it. In his previous life, he had still been a pure and innocent virgin. He had not even dated before directly being promoted to fatherhood. How many steps had been skipped in between? At the very least, he should have dated someone first. No wonder he could not adjust; anyone would have felt the same.

"Oh, you two little fellows could already speak to me through Divine Sense? Why did you call me Father?" Although being suddenly called Father made Yuan Tian feel deeply awkward, he finally had two "people" to "talk" to. Yuan Tian was still very happy. After all, he had not chatted with anyone for nearly two billion years. Even if one cultivated all day, it would still be unbearable.

"Yes, Father. When our cultivation reached the Earth Immortal realm, we awakened our inheritances. From those inheritances, we learned that you are our father." This was the little boy's voice, explaining Yuan Tian's question.

"Oh." Yuan Tian knew about inheritances, since he himself possessed one. These inheritances were rather mysterious. As far as Yuan Tian knew, Innate Lifeforms in the Primordial Wilderness possessed their own inheritances from birth, but the timing of their awakening differed. Generally speaking, the earlier an inheritance awakened, the greater its benefits. Yuan Tian had awakened his inheritance as soon as he was reborn in the Primordial Wilderness. At the time, he only possessed Primordial Spirit cultivation, not even reaching the Mortal Immortal realm—lower than the current realms of the two Green Willows. In fact, for most Innate Lifeforms in the Primordial Wilderness, awakening their innate inheritances generally required reaching the Heavenly Immortal realm. Yuan Tian had not expected these two Little Green Willows to awaken theirs at the Earth Immortal realm. Their future achievements could be said to be limitless. Of course, that was nonsense. Once Innate Spirit Roots took form, how many had low achievements? They could slowly endure their way to the Quasi-Sage realm, provided they did not die young.

And so, Yuan Tian chatted with the two Little Green Willows through questions and answers. In the blink of an eye, a hundred years passed. Yuan Tian and the two Little Green Willows had become familiar with and understood one another, and the initial sense of unfamiliarity had vanished. Mainly, Yuan Tian had lost that sense of unfamiliarity; the two Little Green Willows had never felt unfamiliar with him.

Immortals truly could talk. Had anyone ever seen people chat for a hundred years straight?

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