Journeying Down the Mountain, First Stop: Buzhou Mountain!

Upon hearing this, Tongtian fell into thought.

After pondering for a moment, he nodded slightly and said:

"Hard cultivation is well and good, but you also need to temper yourself in the world."

"Now that you possess the cultivation of a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, you have the strength to protect yourself as you travel the Primordial Land."

"Coupled with your various protective treasures, even if you face a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, you can still fight one."

With that, Tongtian gave a light wave of his hand.

At once, a fierce Sword Qi shot forth, then condensed into a sword talisman that floated before Qin Mu.

"Qin Mu."

"This sword talisman contains a strand of your master's Sword Qi."

"Once unleashed, it can slay a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal."

"Even against a Quasi-Saint, it can hold them off for a while."

"Take this sword talisman with you, in case of unforeseen danger."

Qin Mu was filled with gratitude upon hearing this and hurriedly bowed deeply to Tongtian.

"Thank you, Master!"

Afterward, he did not stand on ceremony and quickly put away the sword talisman.

"Go!"

Seeing this, Tongtian lightly waved his hand, then closed his eyes and resumed his cultivation and contemplation.

Qin Mu did not linger either, flying away at once.

After leaving Kunlun Mountain, he flew directly northwest.

His first destination was Buzhou Mountain of the Primordial Land.

After all, Buzhou Mountain had been formed from the spine of Great God Pangu—the Heavenly Pillar of the Primordial Land—and contained endless opportunities.

In the Primordial Land novels he had read in his past life, whenever the protagonists reached Buzhou Mountain, they would surely obtain Pangu's Essence Blood.

Thus, Qin Mu headed straight for Buzhou Mountain, his heart brimming with anticipation.

Before he knew it, a thousand years had passed.

At this moment, within a valley on the outskirts of Buzhou Mountain.

Qin Mu stood before an entirely crimson Innate Spiritual Medicine and nodded in satisfaction.

"With this Innate Spiritual Medicine included, this makes the thousandth one."

"The harvest has been rather good."

Over the past thousand years, he had searched all along the way, gathering every spiritual root and spiritual material he encountered into his possession.

Qin Mu knew that these spiritual roots might not count for much in the present Primordial Land.

But after the Witch-Demon Calamity, when the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth declined, these would all become priceless treasures!

Without delay, Qin Mu promptly collected that Innate Spiritual Medicine.

Just then, a system notification sounded in his mind:

[Ding!]

[It has been detected that a thousand years have passed.]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining one Small Red Packet.]

[A Medium Red Packet has been detected for fusion. Fuse it?]

"Oh?"

Qin Mu gave a surprised sound. Without much thought, he directly chose to fuse it.

[Congratulations to the host for successfully fusing a Medium Red Packet!]

[Medium Red Packets: 3.]

[Open a Medium Red Packet?]

Over these tens of thousands of years, he had successfully fused three Medium Red Packets.

But it would still take quite some time before he could fuse them into a large red packet.

After all, only ten Medium Red Packets, or one hundred Small Red Packets, could be fused into one large red packet.

After a brief thought, resolve flashed in Qin Mu's eyes as he replied to the system:

"System."

"Open one Medium Red Packet!"

Then, Qin Mu waited.

"I wonder what this Medium Red Packet will contain?"

Very soon, the system's response rang out in his mind:

[Ding!]

[Medium Red Packet successfully opened.]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining Chaos Liquid!]

[This liquid can restore vitality to withered Innate Spiritual Roots.]

Hearing the system notification, Qin Mu could not help but freeze.

"This?"

"Chaos Liquid?"

"It can restore vitality to withered Innate Spiritual Roots? What use is this thing?"

Qin Mu grumbled, somewhat disappointed.

He had originally thought he might obtain some fine treasure.

Who would have thought it would only be this!

"One Medium Red Packet is gone just like that."

Qin Mu gave a bitter smile.

One had to know that ten Small Red Packets were needed to fuse one Medium Red Packet.

And for him, it took ten thousand years to accumulate ten Small Red Packets.

Just as Qin Mu was lost in thought, the system notification sounded once more:

[Ding!]

[A dropped Medium Red Packet has been detected. Proceed to retrieve it?]

"Hmm?"

At the sudden system notification, Qin Mu's eyes lit up.

"Something this good still exists?"

"Of course I'm going!"

Without delay, Qin Mu followed the system's guidance and flew toward the location where the Medium Red Packet had dropped.

"Buzhou Mountain truly deserves to be called a Blessed Land."

"A Medium Red Packet actually dropped here."

Qin Mu remarked as he hurried onward.

Other than the Small Red Packet issued by the system every thousand years, the way he obtained red packets was by searching for dropped red packets throughout various grotto-heavens and Blessed Lands.

When Tongtian had first brought him to Kunlun Mountain, he had obtained a dropped large red packet.

Upon opening it, he had received the Treasure Fusion Scroll.

Later, when he went to Zixiao Palace to listen to Hongjun's teachings, an Extra Large Red Packet had dropped.

After opening it, Qin Mu had directly obtained an Exclusive Great Dao Level Technique.

Now, he had already cultivated his Exclusive Great Dao Level Technique to the first level, successfully condensing a Sword Leaf within his body.

He had even obtained the Innate Divine Ability, Heaven-Defying Comprehension!

After thinking for a moment, Qin Mu calmed his mind and continued hurrying forward according to the system's guidance.

Before long, he arrived in a stretch of Void.

Clouds and mist swirled around him, with numerous Floating Islands faintly visible.

Above one of the floating islets, a red packet glimmering with golden light hovered silently in midair.

Besides that, beneath the red packet stood a living creature.

It was small in stature, with a pointed snout, long whiskers, and gray fur all over its body.

It looked rather like an upright mouse.

Boom!

As Qin Mu observed it, waves of magical power suddenly surged around the mouse-like creature.

Immediately afterward, Tribulation Clouds rapidly gathered above its head.

Seeing this, Qin Mu naturally understood.

This creature was undergoing the Transformation Tribulation.

"Forget it. I'll wait until it finishes transforming."

Qin Mu muttered to himself, choosing not to step forward.

In the Primordial Land, a creature's transformation was a trial of the Heavenly Dao. If one interfered rashly, not only would one draw the backlash of the heavenly tribulation, one might also incur Karma.

Before long, the heavenly tribulation descended.

Rumble!

Rolling heavenly lightning crashed down from the Tribulation Clouds, striking directly toward the mouse-like creature.

Bolt after bolt!

After a full eighty-one lightning tribulations, the mouse creature successfully transformed.

The Tribulation Clouds dispersed, and the radiance surrounding the mouse creature also vanished.

Looking closely again, Qin Mu saw that a slightly plump Daoist with an honest-looking face now stood where it had been.

After successfully transforming, this creature's cultivation had also reached the Mystic Immortal level.

"Oh?"

Not far away, Qin Mu was slightly surprised and inwardly marveled:

"A Mystic Immortal?"

"It seems this mouse's origins are not low either!"

After all, Qin Mu's true form was a top-grade Innate Nine-Leaf Sword Grass. Once he had successfully transformed, his cultivation had directly reached the Golden Immortal level, already the highest rank.

This mouse, meanwhile, possessed Mystic Immortal cultivation immediately after transforming. By comparison, it was already extremely impressive.

After a brief moment of thought, Qin Mu did not overthink it. Raising his brows, he stepped forward.

Once close, he cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations, fellow Daoist, on successfully transforming!"