Lady Nüwa's Curiosity!

Before the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall.

Seeing that Lin Yunji had successfully broken through, the Three Pure Ones rose to their feet as well.

"Good nephew, you truly are favored by the Great Dao. You haven't even entered the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall, and you've already gained another fortuitous opportunity, gained insight, and broken through a minor realm!"

Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi's eyes showed relief.

"Look at how solid and concentrated your presence is. You clearly spent a long time building up to this rather than forcing a breakthrough. I never expected your master to have misjudged you!" Cult Master Tongtian exclaimed.

Lin Yunji was deeply embarrassed by his words.

What did he mean, misjudged me?!

He really had been an early-stage Golden Immortal before. It was just that the system had played tricks and forcibly stuffed him with a huge number of Cultivation Points all at once, making it look as though he had cultivated them step by step.

In reality, it was "cheating"!

Unfortunately, he had been forced into all of it!

If he had any choice, how could he possibly have become this genius and broken through to the middle stage so quickly?

Seeing Lin Yunji keep shaking his head, Cult Master Tongtian thought he was being modest and couldn't help saying, "Ah, good disciple, don't be modest. Only by facing your own abilities squarely can your Dao arts come naturally, your whole being flow freely, and you truly discover your potential. Who knows, you might improve even faster!"

Lin Yunji was scared half to death. How could he dare let Cult Master Tongtian go on?

He was genuinely afraid the system would pick up on that too and add another way for him to break through realms quickly.

Lin Yunji managed to suppress his wry smile and lowered his head. "Master's warning is well taken. Your disciple will certainly do as you say."

...Like hell I will!

The four were talking when they heard the sound of something rapidly slicing through the air.

Two streaks of light flew through the air and landed beside them, revealing Fuxi and Nüwa.

The two hurriedly bowed. "Fuxi and Nüwa apologize for the unexpected interruption. Greetings, fellow Daoists."

They then deliberately turned their eyes to Lin Yunji and nodded with smiles. "Greetings to you as well, young friend."

Lin Yunji didn't take offense that they treated him with less respect than they did the Three Pure Ones.

Given their status and realms, it was already quite something that they were willing to lower themselves to greet him!

As Fuxi and Nüwa quietly sized them up, the Three Pure Ones were also appraising the pair. Seeing that Fuxi and Nüwa had profound cultivation and a faint radiance of the Great Dao around them, they dared not underestimate them.

Besides, the two had apologized and greeted them first, so how could they put on airs? They in turn introduced everyone.

Fuxi was very interested in the Three Pure Ones, and before long the four of them were discussing the Great Dao.

Lin Yunji couldn't get a word in, nor did he want to join the conversation.

Nüwa stood to one side as well, a smile on her lips, unwilling to say much.

For a time, only Lin Yunji, Nüwa, and the two attendants, Haotian and Yaochi, were left before the hall.

Haotian and Yaochi looked at Lin Yunji, eager to go over and congratulate him, but with others present, they couldn't say much.

Haotian looked at Lin Yunji, hesitating to speak.

Yaochi, meanwhile, kept her beautiful eyes glued to Lin Yunji. Her gaze burned with intense warmth, and the smile on her face grew sweet.

Yet Lin Yunji's gaze never lingered on her.

Is this Lady Nüwa, the mother of the Human Race?

She really is breathtakingly beautiful. Not only does she have a superb bearing and an outstanding air, but her character is also noble by nature, giving her a holiness all her own.

Sensing Lin Yunji's gaze, Nüwa couldn't help curling her lips in a smile at him.

That smile was like the first spring waters welling up, like a spring forest just bursting into bloom.

Lin Yunji was truly dazzled!

"There's something I'd like to ask Lady Nüwa," Lin Yunji said, looking back at her with a smile. "Why have you been staring at me?"

"If you hadn't been looking at me, how would you know I was looking at you?"

Lin Yunji hadn't expected Nüwa to answer like that and froze.

Then Nüwa gave her a discreet wink. Casting aside the noble, aloof image of a goddess of the nine heavens, she seemed rather playful and charming instead.

That didn't quite match Lin Yunji's understanding of Nüwa's character!

Only moments ago, Lin Yunji had been maintaining his composure under the influence of his preconceived image of Nüwa. Now, seeing her joke with him, he immediately returned to his naturally easygoing self and stopped hiding his thoughts.

"Lady Nüwa, you're beautiful and have an extraordinary air. Looking at you puts my mind and body at ease, so naturally I want to look a little longer!"

"Heeheehee..." Rather than being annoyed by his bluntness, Nüwa covered her mouth and giggled. Her eyes curved into crescents, making a lovely sight.

Not only was she beautiful, but her laughter was like an oriole calling in an empty valley, or a spring tinkling through a secluded gorge, delightful to hear.

"You certainly know how to sweet-talk, young friend..." She cast Lin Yunji a reproachful glance and said with a coy smile, "How can you be so blunt with your compliments...?"

Seeing the goddess's coy, reproachful expression, Lin Yunji couldn't help taking a few more looks at her.

Nüwa, meanwhile, grew even more interested in him.

She saw that although his realm was low, he was proud and untamed to the bone, with a refined charm of his own. His unguarded looks and movements didn't seem feigned, and the bearing he displayed was truly extraordinary.

Even when speaking to her, he was neither servile nor overbearing, as though their realms weren't as far apart as heaven and earth.

"There's something I'm curious about as well. I wonder if you could clear it up for me, young friend?" Nüwa asked, turning her eyes to him with a smile.

Lin Yunji remained unruffled and said calmly, "I don't know."

"???"

He doesn't know???

Nüwa was somewhat taken aback. Her red lips parted, but she stood there frozen for a moment, unable to get the words out.

"If you don't ask, how would I know whether I can answer?" Lin Yunji couldn't bear to leave the goddess at a loss and finally gave a light cough and explained.

Seeing the change in Lin Yunji's expression, Nüwa finally realized that she had been played by a mere mid-stage Golden Immortal.

For a moment she didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but she wasn't angry. She gave him a reproachful look and asked, "Why is it that you're only a mid-stage Golden Immortal, yet your Law Power seems boundless and your cultivation so incomparably solid that you can rival a Golden Immortal Great Perfection cultivator?"

Why?

Because of that damned system!

Because that damned system had given him a heaven-reaching Secret Method called the Hongmeng Art, allowing him to cultivate automatically and grow his Law Power naturally, with a quality a hundred times greater than that of beings in the same realm!

Lin Yunji remained perfectly composed. Naturally, he couldn't tell Nüwa that, so he merely looked at her and smiled without answering.

Nüwa was somewhat taken aback.

Had she been refused?

She knew that if she asked any cultivator that question, there was a good chance they would refuse to answer. Everyone had their own strengths; how could they casually disclose their Divine Abilities and secret treasures to outsiders?

So Nüwa wasn't annoyed. She gave Lin Yunji a knowing smile and changed the subject.

The two chatted back and forth, thoroughly enjoying their conversation.

But to Yaochi, the sight took on a different color.

She gazed at Lin Yunji in a daze as he laughed heartily one moment and spoke freely the next, and longing welled up in her heart.

If only she were the one talking with him.

"Jingle-"

Suddenly, Haotian, who was standing beside Yaochi, shuddered violently. A thought stirred, and a message appeared in his mind.

In two or three quick strides, he planted himself directly before the doors of the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall. His gaze swept over the mighty figures, and his imposing presence surged forth, catching the attention of everyone present.

The surroundings suddenly fell silent.

Then Haotian announced in a ringing voice, "By the decree of the Sacred Master, the hundred-year term has ended. The doors of the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall are about to open. All of you are welcome to enter the hall, receive the sacred discourse, and listen to the Great Dao!"

"Boom!"

As soon as Haotian finished speaking, the tightly shut doors suddenly shifted. After a long moment, they slowly opened, as though drawn apart by a pair of enormous, invisible hands.

In an instant, a mysterious Dao resonance slowly flowed from the depths of the hall and spread through the air.

A timeless sense of eternity came and went, accompanied by lingering sounds of the Dao, profound and vast. They seemed like a living being chanting, and also like billions upon billions of beings reciting in chorus, yet also like the indistinct voice of the Great Dao itself, subtle and formless, mysterious beyond mystery.

"Fellow Daoist Lin Yunji, when you enter the hall in a moment, you must seize the initiative and take a round lotus seat. Only then can you encounter a great fortuitous opportunity! Remember to seize your chance!"

Seeing that the doors had opened and everyone around was itching to move, Haotian feared Lin Yunji would miss the opportunity and hurriedly sent him a voice transmission to warn him.

It was to thank Lin Yunji for the divine fruit he had given him earlier.

A round lotus seat?

If he remembered correctly, after taking one of those seats, one would most likely become a disciple of Dao Ancestor Hongjun and receive from the Dao Ancestor a strand of Primordial Expanse purple Qi, the foundation of the righteous Dao, eventually attaining the Fruit Position of a Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal!

Lin Yunji's heart stirred, and he frowned inwardly. You want me to obtain the Primordial Expanse purple Qi, attain Hunyuan, become a saint on the spot, endure as long as heaven, and exist alongside the Dao?

Dream on!