Traveling Together! Treasure-Seeking Talent!

As he spoke, Qin Mu wasted no time and directly put away the Red Packets floating in midair.

At that moment, the plump Daoist formed from the rat spirit looked toward Qin Mu, cupped his hands in salute, and said:

"I am Daoist Duobao. Greetings, Senior."

Daoist Duobao had already sensed Qin Mu's presence earlier.

But he had been at the critical moment of shapeshifting and did not dare divide his attention.

He could only grit his teeth and face the Shapeshifting Lightning Tribulation.

Fortunately, Qin Mu had merely watched from the side and had not intervened to obstruct him.

This gave Daoist Duobao a measure of goodwill toward Qin Mu.

Moreover, Daoist Duobao had sensed that Qin Mu's cultivation had already reached the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.

After successfully shapeshifting, he was only a Mystic Immortal.

The gap in strength naturally made Daoist Duobao treat Qin Mu with great respect, not daring to show the slightest negligence.

"Daoist Duobao?"

Qin Mu could not help but be surprised upon hearing Daoist Duobao announce his name.

Others might not know, but he knew it all too well.

Daoist Duobao was the future senior brother of the Jie Teachings. After the Great Calamity of Investiture of the Gods, he would defect to the West and later become the formidable Buddha Tathagata!

If I hadn't appeared, this fellow would have been the Jie Teachings' first disciple and Sect Master Tongtian's most valued disciple.

Qin Mu muttered inwardly, his gaze turning subtly strange.

But now that I'm here, he can only be second!

Qin Mu sighed quietly.

After all, tens of thousands of years ago, he had already entered Tongtian's sect and become the First Disciple of the Three Pure Ones.

Though inwardly astonished, Qin Mu remained outwardly composed and returned the salute.

"So it is Fellow Daoist Duobao. I am Qin Mu, a Three Pure Ones' Disciple of Kunlun Mountain."

Upon hearing this, Daoist Duobao immediately became solemn and respectful.

"So you are a distinguished disciple of the Three Pure Ones! Forgive my disrespect, forgive my disrespect!"

Even before shapeshifting, Daoist Duobao had often heard of them.

The Three Pure Ones of Kunlun Mountain, Pangu's Orthodox Lineage, were among the foremost great powers of the Primordial Land.

And now, he had actually encountered a Three Pure Ones' Disciple.

In Daoist Duobao's view, he had to seize this opportunity to befriend Qin Mu.

While Daoist Duobao pondered this, Qin Mu was also sizing him up.

Seeing Qin Mu stare at him with such a meaningful expression, Daoist Duobao furrowed his brow slightly and began to wonder inwardly.

Strange!

This is our first time meeting.

Why do I feel as though he knows me very well?

With that thought, Daoist Duobao could not help asking tentatively:

"Senior, do you know me?"

Qin Mu smiled faintly at this and replied:

"Not really."

"It is only that seeing you reminded me of an old friend."

Hearing Qin Mu's explanation, Daoist Duobao's brow did not relax. Instead, the doubts in his heart grew deeper, and he asked again:

"Was Senior's old friend also... a Duobao Rat?"

Though he asked this aloud, Daoist Duobao hesitated inwardly.

After all, he was the first Duobao Rat in the Primordial World. Logically, there should not have been another.

"No."

Qin Mu answered faintly.

Seeing that Qin Mu was unwilling to say more, Daoist Duobao tactfully did not press further.

After a brief silence, Daoist Duobao pursed his lips and changed the subject.

"May I ask why Senior has come here?"

Qin Mu smiled slightly and replied:

"I was traveling across the Primordial Land and arrived at the outskirts of Buzhou Mountain in search of opportunities."

"When I passed by this place and saw the lightning tribulation gathering, I thought some treasure had been born. I did not expect it was you shapeshifting."

Qin Mu's words made Daoist Duobao's eyes light up.

He naturally knew that Buzhou Mountain was known as the Primordial First Divine Mountain, formed from Great God Pangu's spine. Legend had it that treasures blanketed the land.

After thinking for a moment, Daoist Duobao came back to himself and gave Qin Mu a grin.

"Senior."

"Could you take me along?"

Qin Mu did not think much of it and immediately nodded in agreement. "Sure!"

For one thing, he found traveling alone rather boring.

For another, Daoist Duobao would likely still enter Tongtian's sect in the future, making him Qin Mu's future junior brother.

Traveling together was not a bad idea.

Seeing Qin Mu agree to his request so readily, Daoist Duobao was delighted as well.

After that, the two departed together.

Time flew like a shuttle.

In the blink of an eye, a thousand years passed.

At this moment, Qin Mu and Daoist Duobao descended from the clouds and arrived in a hidden valley.

After landing, Qin Mu looked around, then raised a brow as he looked at Daoist Duobao.

"Duobao, are you sure there is a treasure here?"

Seeing Qin Mu's hesitation, Daoist Duobao hurriedly said:

"Fellow Daoist Qin Mu, do you still doubt my talent?"

"Over these thousand years of traveling together, haven't I helped us find quite a few treasures?"

Over the past thousand years, Qin Mu and Daoist Duobao had traveled together, and their relationship had long since grown familiar.

Daoist Duobao's form of address for Qin Mu had also changed from "Senior" at the beginning to "Fellow Daoist."

Qin Mu did not deny what Daoist Duobao said. With Daoist Duobao's treasure-seeking talent, they had indeed obtained many treasures.

In Qin Mu's view, Daoist Duobao truly lived up to his name.

After a brief silence, Qin Mu said:

"Then take a look. Where is the treasure?"

Hearing this, Daoist Duobao nodded, then walked to an open patch of ground and closed his eyes to focus.

The next moment, a faint golden glow suddenly rose around Daoist Duobao's body.

"Treasure-Seeking Qi! Open!"

With a soft shout, Daoist Duobao abruptly opened his eyes.

Golden light flowed within them.

As he swept his gaze around, Daoist Duobao could actually see through the patterns of the mountains and rivers before him.

At last, his gaze fixed upon a rock wall deep within the valley.

"Found it!"

"Fellow Daoist Qin Mu, it's over there!"

Daoist Duobao cried out excitedly, pointing toward the rock wall deep in the valley.

Hearing this, Qin Mu was excited as well and quickly looked in the direction Daoist Duobao indicated.

Sure enough, he discovered that a faint, concealed formation fluctuation lingered upon that rock wall.

Without careful inspection, it would have been impossible to detect.

It had to be Duobao!

He even managed to find this.

Qin Mu marveled inwardly. After steadying his mind, he did not hesitate and flicked two fingers.

"Whoosh!"

A strand of Sword Qi immediately shot forth, streaking straight toward the rock wall deep in the valley.

"Boom!"

"Bang!"

In less than a moment, the Sword Qi Qin Mu had unleashed struck the surface of the rock wall.

Amid deafening thunderous roars, an unfathomable Innate Formation revealed itself upon the rock wall!

Mysterious runes shifted across the formation, its Dao Resonance flowing naturally.

"There really is a treasure!"

Qin Mu exclaimed. He naturally knew that with an Innate Formation guarding it, a precious treasure must lie within.

When he had shapeshifted, he had happened to encounter the birth of the Fire Spirit Pearl, which had likewise been protected by an Innate Formation.

Seeing Qin Mu's astonished expression, Daoist Duobao proudly lifted his chin and smiled.

"Fellow Daoist Qin Mu, do you believe me now?"

"I am, after all, the one and only Treasure Hunting Rat in heaven and earth!"

Qin Mu laughed heartily and patted Daoist Duobao on the shoulder.

"Impressive, impressive."

"Come on, let's go in and take a look!"

With that, Qin Mu and Daoist Duobao did not delay and headed toward the depths of the valley.