Chapter 33: Getting Treasures in Mount Buzhou (1/2)
Chapter 33: Getting Treasures in Mount Buzhou
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The first teaching ended. No one stayed in Zixiao Palace and all went back to Untainted Land. What Hongjun taught this time was not completely digested, so most of them needed to do Closed Door Meditation for enlightenment. The Three Pristine Ones, who were already Sages-to-be, made those Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals of the Top Grade very envious.
One's status in Untainted Land depended on his real strength. Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal was the highest rank before, but now Sages-to-be appeared. Nearly twenty made the breakthrough to the Sage-to-be Realm just during the teaching, not including those who were already in this realm.
Sage-to-be—only a word's difference from the Sage and contained the same word, Sage—was superior to Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal. The appearance of Sages-to-be made the latter's status lower. More than 3,000 masters who came to listen to the teaching were all proud and arrogant; every one of them was eager to break through the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Realm.
Minghe went through the chaos and then came back to Mount Buzhou. Seeing the majority leaving, he had a complex feeling in his heart. Such a contrast! There were just less than ten Sages-to-be during the first Cultivation Tribulation. What's more, he himself became a Sage-to-be at the end of that tribulation by chance.
Yet now, more than ten Sages-to-be appeared in such a short time after Hongjun's first teaching about surname homiletics. Next time, he would teach the methods of cultivation for Sages-to-be. It would be predicted that more Sages-to-be would appear after Hong Jun's next teaching on the Way of the Three Separations, which would probably lead to a chaotic Untainted Land.
The Way of the Three Separations needed a Primordial Spiritual Treasure for separation, thus all the Primordial Spiritual Treasures would be wanted. However, Primordial Spiritual Treasures were scarce, which would surely lead to killings.
The next Cultivation Tribulation was coming. Minghe wondered how many creatures would die in this disaster. No matter how, what he should do was to improve his own strength. He still had an advantage over others, except for Hongjun, since the highest cultivation was Sages-to-be.
The status of Sages-to-be would decrease sharply after Hongjun became the Great Way of Tian and the Six Sages appeared. Fortunately, he still had time. Minghe got new enlightenment of the four Divine Laws; it wouldn't take long before he stepped into the Late Stage of Sage-to-be.
At first, he planned to return to Blood Sea to do Closed Door Meditation, trying to make a breakthrough to the Late Stage of Sage-to-be. However, just as he was leaving Mount Buzhou, he sensed Spiritual Air from the mountainside, which should be a sign of the birth of Spiritual Treasure. Minghe wouldn't miss the chance to get one, so he hurried to go there.
In the mountainside, a Celestial Vine was frondent, with Spiritual Air gathering, for its fruits gourds would be mature. The Celestial Vine was fantastic with seven different color gourds, each of them having special magic power.
There were already six gathering around the Cucurbit Vine: the Three Pristine Ones, Goddess Nvywa, the Great One, and Hongyun. Previously, they were on their way back, but were attracted by the Spiritual Air—that was the Spiritual Treasures choosing their masters on their own. No one could rob them.
Suddenly, the Spiritual Air floated away, which was a sign of the Celestial Vine's fruits becoming mature. Laozi said, ”We are Original Pangu, so we should get the first three fruits.” Goddess Nvywa, the Great One, and Hongyun nodded and said, ”Sure.”
Laozi took the first gourd that was later refined to a Purple Golden Gourd, and also used it to contain elixir, which was also known as the treasure used by Silver and Gold Point recorded inJourney to the West . Yuan Shi and Tongtian came up to take the second and the third ones. Yet no one knew their usage.
After the Three Pristine Ones took the gourd, the other three each took a gourd. What the Goddess Nvywa took was a yellow gourd, which was refined to the Demon Summoning Banner to control Demon Tribe. By only putting a slice of a soul in it, the soul's owner would be manipulated by the Banner's master.