Not far away stood an ancient towering tree nearly a hundred zhang tall!
The entire tree exuded powerful spiritual essence.
Its extraordinary Dao rhythm was impossible to conceal, with shimmering streams of light seeming to swirl endlessly around it.
Without question, this was an exceptionally precious heavenly treasure!
Tongtian's shock quickly turned to excitement.
It seemed his first harvest in Buzhou Mountain had arrived!
He immediately strode forward and went straight beneath the towering ancient tree. Looking up, he saw two large characters carved into its thick trunk.
"Enlightenment!"
Both characters radiated a mysterious Dao rhythm, profound beyond measure!
Tongtian also guessed the origin of this great tree.
The Enlightenment Tree! One of the Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Roots!
It did not bear Spiritual Fruit, but it could nurture Enlightenment Tea Leaves. As their name suggested, these leaves were naturally used to make tea.
Those who drank it could greatly enhance their comprehension for a short time and might even attain enlightenment in a single step.
It could be called an exceedingly precious supreme spiritual root.
He simply had not expected it to be inside Buzhou Mountain.
"This trip was truly the right choice!"
"If I hadn't come to Buzhou Mountain and had instead searched for the other two immortal islands, I might have ended up with nothing."
Tongtian could not help sighing at the thought.
Having encountered such a supreme spiritual root, he certainly could not let it slip away.
Thus, without hesitation, he brought out the Heavenly Yellow Linglong Pagoda.
Before the hundred-zhang towering tree, the Heavenly Yellow Linglong Pagoda appeared incomparably tiny.
Yet in the next instant, surging and violent power erupted from within it.
Rumble!
In an instant, the entire towering tree began to tremble violently. Its hundred-zhang form then rapidly shrank, becoming as tiny as the Heavenly Yellow Linglong Pagoda in mere moments before being drawn inside.
Having successfully obtained a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Root, Tongtian was in an excellent mood.
He continued onward.
He hoped to find even more opportunities within Buzhou Mountain.
Meanwhile, inside the Heavenly Yellow Linglong Pagoda.
Ao Li, who had been cultivating inside the pagoda to recover from her injuries, stared in shock at the Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Root, the Enlightenment Tree, that had just been taken in.
She did not know what wondrous effects the Enlightenment Tree possessed, but she could tell from its vast spiritual essence that it was anything but ordinary.
A Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Root!
Without question, it had to be a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Root!
Even in the vast Boundless Sea, there were likely only a few spiritual roots of such a grade.
And Tongtian had only been on Buzhou Mountain for a short time.
Yet he had already gained such an enormous harvest?
"His fortune is astounding! This fellow's fortune is truly too profound."
"Just in terms of fortune, even Father is probably far inferior to him."
At the thought, Ao Li's beautiful eyes filled with complicated emotions.
Tongtian was someone blessed with deep fortune, yet the Dragon Clan had thoroughly offended such a powerful figure.
Everyone knew that those blessed with deep fortune would inevitably become powerhouses of heaven and earth.
Furthermore, such people were born with the ability to seek fortune and avoid disaster.
"Buzhou Mountain carries such crushing Pangu's Pressure."
"Could he really be a Pangu Sect Disciple? Otherwise, how could he ignore such pressure?"
Ao Li felt even more regretful at the thought.
Had she known his origins and methods were so extraordinary,
she would not have been so careless as to approach him directly.
Fortunately, he seemed to treat her fairly well and had not shown any intention of forcing her.
He had even given her something as precious as Three Lights Divine Water.
That only made Ao Li's thoughts more conflicted.
On Buzhou Mountain.
After advancing some distance, Tongtian halted and looked toward the distant summit.
A vast mass of thunderclouds had suddenly gathered above the mountaintop.
No, they were not ordinary thunderclouds.
More precisely, they were Tribulation Lightning!
Even from a great distance away, Tongtian could feel the terrifying aura within them, one that could destroy heaven and earth and seemed capable of annihilating everything.
Without question, some extraordinary treasure had appeared atop the mountain.
Otherwise, it could not have drawn something like Tribulation Lightning.
Since he had discovered such a treasure, he naturally had to go up and take a look.
However, climbing to the summit would certainly mean enduring even greater Pangu's Pressure.
Not to mention doing so beneath Tribulation Lightning!
The Tribulation Lightning would not care whether he was a Pangu Sect Disciple. So long as a living being dared enter its range, lightning would rain down upon them without restraint.
In other words, he would not only have to endure the crushing Pangu's Pressure, but also directly withstand the Tribulation Lightning.
Tongtian fell into contemplation at the thought.
Although his physical body was inferior to that of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, who cultivated the Nine Revolutions Primordial Skill, it was still beyond comparison with ordinary Innate Great Beings.
Not to mention that he had mastered the great divine ability of Life and Death Manipulation.
It could be said that dying would be difficult even if he wanted to.
Since he could not die anyway, there was no need to overthink it.
One word: do it!
Thus, Tongtian marched firmly toward the mountaintop.
Before he had gone far, the Pangu's Pressure bearing down upon him became noticeably heavier.
After pondering briefly, the clear qi above Tongtian's head began to surge.
That was not all. He also activated the Heaven-Opening Merit within his body.
The effect was immediate. The crushing Pangu's Pressure instantly became much easier to bear.
Seeing this, Tongtian did not bring out the Heavenly Yellow Linglong Pagoda. He intended to enter the Tribulation Lightning with his physical body alone.
The violent lightning was perfect for tempering his body.
As long as he could improve his cultivation, a little pain was nothing.
Rumble!
The Tribulation Lightning sensed another aura entering the area under its coverage.
It immediately became even more violent.
For a time, countless bolts of lightning descended from the heavens, crashing down upon Tongtian in a merciless barrage.
Tongtian's steps could not help but pause, and his entire body went numb.
Boom!
The lightning became even larger and more dazzling. Thunderlight suddenly exploded, turning the sky over all of Buzhou Mountain brilliantly bright.
The sound of the thunderclap echoed throughout the entire Buzhou Mountain.
The living beings nearby were all startled.
The Qilin Clan not far from the foot of the mountain was likewise alarmed by the tremendous commotion.
"What's going on? Could a treasure have appeared on Buzhou Mountain?"
"Very likely. Otherwise, why would Tribulation Lightning descend?"
"Unfortunately, we cannot climb Buzhou Mountain at all."
"Indeed. Even if there is a precious treasure up there, it has nothing to do with us."
Buzhou Mountain was not somewhere just anyone could ascend.
The vast Pangu's Pressure was like an insurmountable natural barrier blocking the way.
Ink Qilin stood atop a cliff at this moment, gazing toward the summit of Buzhou Mountain.
His expression was extremely grave.
As far as he knew, there truly was a special spiritual treasure within Buzhou Mountain.
Could the enormous disturbance atop the mountain be because of that spiritual treasure?
If so, that treasure would likely fall into Tongtian's hands.
This man had only been climbing the mountain for a short while when the spiritual treasure happened to encounter Tribulation Lightning.
This was beyond mere coincidence. It clearly showed that Tongtian possessed profound fortune.
"Since Tribulation Lightning has descended, that spiritual treasure's grade must be low."
"It is at least a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure! Only something like that can draw lightning."
Ink Qilin sighed inwardly.
Among the spiritual treasures of heaven and earth, the higher a treasure's grade, the less it was acknowledged by heaven and earth.
That was because every one of them possessed the power to destroy heaven and earth.
Heaven and earth naturally would not permit them to exist, so spiritual treasures of this grade were highly likely to draw Tribulation Lightning.
If they survived it, they could use the lightning to temper themselves and emerge successfully.
If they could not survive, their origin would be directly damaged, and they might even fall in grade.
Such matters could not be interfered with by manpower.
He simply did not know whether Tongtian possessed such fortune.
Boom!
Another bolt of lightning exploded, and brilliant light immediately burst forth from the summit of Buzhou Mountain.
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