Encounter

At this moment, Yuan Tian had no idea that a huge trouble was waiting for him outside the Chaos Star Formation. He was secretly delighting in himself, tallying up the gains from this expedition. Speaking of which, Yuan Tian's harvest this time had been enormous. Leaving aside everything else, Po Hun's inheritance alone would benefit him without end. With Po Hun's inheritance, Yuan Tian could fully use it to comprehend the Soul Law and the Slaughter Law. Added to Yuan Tian's own Primordial Five-Element Law—he had originally comprehended only the Primordial Wood Law and Primordial Earth Law among the Five-Element Law, but after cultivating the Five-Elements Heaven-Seizing Hand, relying on the cultivation of that divine ability and consuming the Innate Five Elements Fruit, he had comprehended the Primordial Water Law, Primordial Fire Law, and Primordial Metal Law as well. Of course, his understanding of the latter three Primordial Laws was not yet as deep as that of the first two—along with the Chaos Star Law, Time Law, and Spatial Law, Yuan Tian would then possess ten Laws. And all ten were Laws of no small power, capable of raising his overall strength to another level. The only problem was that he had not mastered a single one. Most of the Laws Yuan Tian had comprehended were still at the Lesser Accomplishment stage; he had not achieved Great Accomplishment in even one. Whether that was a good thing or not, he did not know. There was an order to learning the Way, and one's profession should still have its specialty.

Clearly, Yuan Tian did not care about such matters right now. He had considered his own situation as well. The cultivation method he practiced required boundless mana, which would inevitably demand vast amounts of time to absorb spiritual energy. Yet Yuan Tian could cultivate his method while comprehending Laws at the same time. That way, neither his cultivation nor his strength would be delayed, while his understanding of Laws could also improve. It was killing two birds with one stone. Thus, Yuan Tian's overall strength would be far superior to that of others.

No matter what, Yuan Tian's gains had been considerable, and he had also dealt with that fellow he had fought for a thousand years. Since Po Hun had already kicked the bucket, his weapons, Spirit Treasures, and everything else naturally belonged to Yuan Tian.

Yuan Tian could not help sighing. In his previous life, killing monsters in games could make equipment drop. Now that he had been reborn in the Primordial Wilderness, killing "people" could make Spirit Treasures drop just the same. In games, you never knew what kind of equipment would drop. If it was good, perhaps it would be some top-tier or epic-grade item. If it was bad, you would get a blank-grade item as a consolation prize, then go find somewhere to cry. But things were great now. As long as Yuan Tian knew what the "monster" he killed had used, he would know what equipment that "monster" could drop.

Yuan Tian had coveted Po Hun's Po Hun Saber and Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus for a long time. Now that Po Hun was finished, these things truly belonged to Yuan Tian. Taking down an opponent and then snatching all his possessions away—this feeling was truly satisfying. He felt that "robbery" was quite enjoyable too. Of course, friends watching from the sidelines should not try it. Yuan Tian loved keeping the whole feast to himself most of all, so no one should compete with him.

Yuan Tian did not put away the Chaos Star Formation. He simply examined his "spoils of war" within the formation. So long as he did not activate the formation, it did not consume much mana anyway. Although Yuan Tian's mana was pitifully low right now, that was only relative. The mana he still possessed within his body was no weaker than that of an ordinary Zenith Heaven True Immortal. This showed the benefits of having a hundredfold amount of mana. Therefore, Yuan Tian did not care at all about the tiny amount of mana needed to maintain the formation.

After living beings of the Primordial Wilderness died, some would revert to their original forms. If you had transformed from a cow, then after death, you would become a cow again and could no longer maintain a human form. Yet some could still retain their human forms after death. Po Hun belonged to the latter kind. Yuan Tian first stored Po Hun's corpse away. After obtaining Po Hun's inheritance, Yuan Tian had a feeling that Po Hun's body might be useful to him. Even if it was not, Yuan Tian would not waste it. An Innate Demon God could be said to be covered in treasures from head to toe, even more Tang Monk than Tang Monk himself. How could a miser like Yuan Tian let such a fine treasure slip away?

After putting away Po Hun's corpse, Yuan Tian finally had the chance to inspect the Spirit Treasures he had long coveted. The Po Hun Saber was a deep green all over and somewhat resembled the Tang saber Yuan Tian had seen in his previous life. The blade itself bore no other engravings, while the hilt was black and patterned with spiraling grooves.

The entire saber measured around eighteen point eight inches—not long, though making it longer would not be a problem at all. The Killing Intent within the blade was restrained, gathered without being released, which was why Yuan Tian had actually failed to notice it the first time he saw it. That had to be called a mistake. But now things were different. It belonged to him, and he could slowly collect it and slowly use it. As for the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, it was lotus-shaped, with twelve grades in total, and entirely ink-black. The Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus was also something Yuan Tian had desperately wanted. Yuan Tian did not yet possess a defensive Spirit Treasure, while this Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus was a top-tier defensive Spirit Treasure. Though Yuan Tian's physical body was incomparably powerful, and it would grow even stronger as his cultivation and realm improved in the future, one had to keep a low profile. We had to keep a low profile, understood?

We know we have to keep a low profile, but where exactly had he kept a low profile? Not long after leaving Penglai, he had become enemies with the Dragon Clan, killing some of their dozen-plus clansmen and capturing the rest. Was that keeping a low profile?

Fine, I admit that not many in the Primordial Wilderness knew he had done that. But now he and Po Hun had fought until heaven and earth shook, even alarming the top experts of the entire Primordial Wilderness. This time, he was not keeping a low profile, was he?

What? You say it was not your fault, that Po Hun forced you to fight, and there had been no spectators during the battle, so it did not count either?

Fine, I'll shut up. You win!!!

Yuan Tian had no intention of letting others know about the strength of his physical body. He still wanted to ambush people when it mattered most, so how could he let them know? It had to be said that Yuan Tian had a dark mind. He deserved to be schemed against by Po Hun.

Most importantly, Yuan Tian feared that if others learned his physical body was too powerful, they might forge a weapon specifically meant to counter it. Would that not be a tragedy? Do not say that no such weapon existed, or that such a thing could never happen. Of course it existed, though it happened during the Witch-Demon Era. Back then, relying on their powerful physical bodies, the Witch Clan had bullied the Demon Race mercilessly time and again. In the end, they enraged the Demon Race, who forged a Witch-Slaying Sword specially made to counter the Witch Clan's physical bodies, causing the Witch Clan catastrophic losses. Since the Demon Race could forge a Witch-Slaying Sword during the Witch-Demon Era, there was no reason the various races of the Dragon-Phoenix Era could not forge a "Witch-Slaying Sword" with the same function. Yuan Tian did not want to try the taste of that sword because it would not feel good at all.

Now that he had the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, Yuan Tian could use it as a smokescreen. He would no longer fear others learning the truth that his physical body was powerful. Perhaps it might even bring unexpected gains at a crucial moment. That was possible too. Hehe...

Just as Yuan Tian took out the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, Luohou outside the formation seemed to be growing impatient. He could not wait to get that Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus into his hands. After all, only something in one's own hands could truly put one at ease. As for whether he could obtain it, Luohou had not worried in the slightest. He had absolute confidence in his own strength. Whatever he wanted, he had never failed to obtain. He seemed to have forgotten what had just happened.

Finally, just as Luohou was about to fly into a rage from waiting, Yuan Tian slowly emerged from the Chaos Star Formation, then slowly put away his Chaos Star Chart. With that, the Chaos Star Formation vanished as well. But Yuan Tian's slow-motion act was truly not ordinary slow. Anyone watching would feel like giving him a vicious beating.

Yuan Tian had just put away the formation and had not even had time to turn around when a person appeared before him—a young man dressed in black.

Yuan Tian's first impression upon seeing the man in black was that this fellow's skin was very white. Not the frightening pallor of the dead, but a normal kind of whiteness. His black clothes made that whiteness stand out even more. So white. It would be a pity to waste such whiteness by not becoming a pretty boy.

If Luohou had known what Yuan Tian was thinking right now, would he have immediately dealt with him? As for any thoughts of taking him in as a little brother or subordinate, those would naturally have been thrown to the back of his mind. He would first deal with this fellow who had "slandered" him. Unfortunately, Luohou did not possess such great divine ability that he could know the thoughts of an expert at Yuan Tian's level. Otherwise, Yuan Tian would have been in for an interesting time.

Yuan Tian's second impression upon seeing the man in black was that he was an expert—an expert stronger than himself.

Good fellow, Yuan Tian had finally noticed the other party's strength. Yuan Tian truly differed from the living beings of the Primordial Wilderness. His first impression of others was their appearance, while the first impression Primordial Wilderness beings had upon seeing someone was to assess their cultivation and strength. As for appearance, who cared whether you were beautiful or ugly, white or black? Even if you were black and white together, they would not care. They had no mind for that. They only looked at the level of one's cultivation and strength. It seemed Yuan Tian had not yet fully integrated into the Primordial World.

"Junior pays respects to Senior!" Though he did not know who the man before him was, Yuan Tian still saluted the man in black according to the principle that one could never go wrong with excessive courtesy. Heaven knew whether he was bowing because of etiquette or because the other party was stronger than him. Perhaps even Heaven did not know.

"Mm, boy, you're not bad. By the way, what's your name?" Damn it, after watching such a long show, Luohou still did not know Yuan Tian's name. But Po Hun seemed not to have known either. He had died too unjustly, finished off without even knowing his opponent's name. Sigh!!!

"Oh, this junior is Star. May I ask how Senior should be addressed?" Though he did not know what the first half of the other party's words meant—what did he mean, "you're not bad"? Of course I'm not bad. How could I possibly be bad?—Yuan Tian, with his exceptionally thick skin, directly took it as praise. Whether there was any hidden compliment masking criticism, he could let the criticism go to hell and keep only the compliment. Although Yuan Tian accepted the other party's "praise" without the slightest politeness, he still had to answer the man's question. There was no helping it; his strength was inferior to the other party's. But why not also sound out the "enemy situation" while he was at it? Sometimes, a name could be extremely useful, especially for someone who had been reborn.

"This Venerable is—Luohou!" That "pretty boy" answered in an extremely pretentious manner, nearly frightening Yuan Tian to death.

PS: Everyone still remembers, right? Yuan Tian's Daoist title is Star. It was mentioned at the end of Chapter Two of this volume!

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