Mutual Help with Lady Nüwa!
Atop the platform stood a pile of stones.
Those stones were somewhat different from ordinary ones. Five-colored light streamed over them, shimmering brilliantly and dazzling to behold.
And in the middle of the pile stood a three-legged cauldron.
Its entire body was cast in bronze, and its design was simple and ancient. Five-clawed golden dragons were carved on its two handles, their long bodies arched and their claws bared, as though they were about to soar into the sky.
The designs on the cauldron's body were even more wondrous. Countless inscriptions were carved upon it in small characters, alongside lifelike depictions of mountains and rivers, birds and beasts, all profoundly marvelous.
Of course, none of that was what amazed Ling Yunji most!
His gaze had already been drawn to a sapling floating above the three-legged cauldron.
The sapling had only a few leaves and was green from end to end. Boundless vitality clung to each leaf, which flickered with green light.
It seemed to possess the supreme Principle of Life-or perhaps the sapling itself was a manifestation of the Principle of Life.
The vitality within the sapling was so intense that Lin Yunji couldn't help wondering whether it contained another world.
As the sapling swayed and its leaves rustled, torrents of wind, water, and fire poured forth.
Chaos Qi?
Lin Yunji seemed to sense Chaos Qi coming from the sapling...
Could there be another chaotic void inside it?
And the miniature chaotic world in this cave abode might well have been the result of something leaking out of the sapling!
What exactly is this sapling?
Lin Yunji fixed his gaze on the sapling, a question rising in his heart.
[Ding! The system has detected the presence of the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu near the host. Would the host like to obtain it?]
The system's notification sounded in Lin Yunji's mind again.
"Heaven-Reaching Jianmu? Now that's something!"
Lin Yunji narrowed his eyes and stared at the little sapling not far away. After pondering for a while, he said, "I'll take it!"
[Ding! Congratulations, host, on obtaining the Primordial Expanse Supreme Treasure-the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu!]
As soon as the notification ended, the little sapling floating above the platform shuddered with a whoosh, turned into a streak of green light, and plunged straight into the spot between Lin Yunji's brows.
A mass of unfamiliar information then flooded his mind, and it took him quite a while to fully digest it.
"Hahahahaha!" Once he understood the information, Lin Yunji couldn't help bursting into laughter. His laughter was full of excitement, as though he had struck an enormous bargain.
This was actually a Primordial Expanse Supreme Treasure!
It was utterly inconceivable!
A Primordial Expanse Supreme Treasure was several grades above even a Chaos Supreme Treasure!
If word got out, even Sage Hongjun might make a move to snatch it.
This was a Primordial Expanse Supreme Treasure-one that had never before appeared in the vast Primordial World!
And now Lin Yunji had claimed it for himself.
The information also described how formidable the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu was.
Heaven-Reaching Jianmu: a hundred ren tall, with a hundred branches, nine upper boughs and nine lower boughs; its fruits are like hemp seeds, and its leaves are like awns.
The Heaven-Reaching Jianmu was truly extraordinary. Every leaf represented a world, while the sapling's roots, branches, and trunk were bridges leading to those worlds.
For now, this little Heaven-Reaching Jianmu was still just a sapling, with only three leaves.
Lin Yunji couldn't help being taken aback. Didn't that mean he now held three small worlds in his hands?
He calmed his mind and sent his Divine Sense into the leaves.
But he discovered that the worlds seemed to be concealed by something, shrouded in a haze he couldn't see through. It seemed the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu had other uses, and the information was not complete.
Lin Yun himself knew that this was only because his cultivation and realm were not yet high enough for him to learn more.
The feeling was intense! The Heaven-Reaching Jianmu was by no means as simple as it appeared, and it would surely be of great help to him in the future!
Moreover, if he wasn't mistaken, the stones radiating five-colored light should be the Five-Colored Stones Lady Nüwa would later use to mend the heavens!
And the three-legged cauldron surrounded by the Five-Colored Stones should be the Heaven-Refining Furnace!
With that guess, Lin Yunji waved his hand and put both things away.
As soon as he took them in hand, he knew he had guessed correctly!
He had obtained the Three-Colored Divine Spring before, and now he had the Five-Colored Stones and the Heaven-Refining Furnace as well!
How interesting! In that case, if Lady Nüwa needed to mend the heavens in the future, the materials would all be ready at once!
"It seems that my coming together with him was surely also the guidance of the Heavenly Dao. Now we benefit each other and help each other make up for what we lack; that is no accident either!
"I can obtain Heavenly Scar Fragments, and now I've found the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu too..."
"She gets the Three-Colored Divine Spring, the Five-Colored Stones, and the Heaven-Refining Furnace. That's only reasonable!"
As Lin Yunji thought about it, he couldn't help smiling.
Seeing the miniature chaotic world in the cave abode slowly dissipating, he stayed no longer and headed outside.
Just then, a system notification suddenly sounded in his mind.
[Ding! The system has detected that the host has obtained the Primordial Expanse Supreme Treasure-the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu. Awarding Cultivation Points...]