In the original story, Shi Hao had freed the white tortoise carrying the immortal maiden and obtained some immortal medicine essence, but he hadn't gained the immortal medicine as a follower. The old fellow had simply regained his freedom and fled, roaming heaven and earth within the Immortal Medicine Garden.
Congratulations, host. Check-in successful. Obtained one grain of nine heavens breathing soil, originating from the Primordial World.
Nine heavens breathing soil was Earth's Ancestral Source. A single grain contained an entire great thousandfold world. Its timeless, glasslike golden hue was crystal clear, and it grew with the wind, possessing endlessly transforming wonders. It resembled gold yet was not gold, resembled jade yet was not jade, and was shrouded in a hazy yellow radiance. It expanded and contracted with external attacks, changing to match its opponent: if you grew large, it grew large; if you grew small, it grew small. It followed every movement, tough and densely woven, without a single opening to exploit.
One grain of sand, one world; one leaf, one bodhi!
Since the Willow Deity and the Sacrificial Spirit Gourd Vine already thought he was ancient and possessed an extraordinary origin, Xiao Tian didn't mind bringing it out to bluff people-no, to bluff the old tortoise.
"Gasp! I haven't left this Immortal Medicine Garden in over an entire Era Calendar. How did a Gourd Vine like you become a human?"
Sure enough, the old tortoise was dumbstruck. It stared at Xiao Tian in disbelief, wishing it could bite him a couple of times to have a taste.
"Foolish and ignorant! Among innate spiritual roots, the Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit already proved that one could cultivate into an Immortal King Giant. Oh, and I've also seen a young innate spiritual root reborn through nirvana-the Golden Fusang Tree. He