Chapter 46: Hongyuns Dilemma (1/2)

Chapter 46: Hongyun's Dilemma

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At the border between the western and oriental world existed the misty mountains upon which a Taoist temple, surrounded by misty clouds all year around and stood at the peak. Furthermore, a plaque written with three words 'Wuzhuang Taoist Temple' was right there hanging over the gate of the temple.

Here was the Taoist temple of Zhenyuanzi, the Primordial Mazinger. Inside the temple, there were no sculptures of gods worshipped, what was consecrated in it were just two words. One was 'Heaven' and the other one was 'Earth'. What was more, in the backyard of the Taoist temple grew a huge old tree called the Ginseng Tree with spiritual roots. These all told people that Zhenyuanzi had a good opinion of oneself.

Zhenyuanzi showed up with a tiny Ginseng Tree and the Magic Weapon Book of the Nether World. The Book of the Nether World was a primordial spiritual treasure that could synergize all natural power on Untainted Land. It also helped Zhenyuanzi become the Ancestor of Earthly Immortals.

As for Ginseng Tree, it had highest-grade spiritual roots. Furthermore, it would take 3,000 years for it to blossom and another 3,000 years to yield fruits. What's more, to totally ripen also required another 3,000 years. To be honest, only 30 fruits would be yielded every 10,000 years. People who were lucky enough would extend their life to 360 years long if they smelt the fragrance of the tree once. And they could live for 47,000 years on earth if they ate those fruits. Meanwhile, their supernatural power and cultivated treasures would also be strengthened.

However, those fruits yielded by the Ginseng Tree were a little bit special as their shapes were pretty like babies. They would leave the tree when they met gold, dry when touched by wood, disappear when splashed by water and go underground when feeling the soil. Therefore, if one wanted to get one fruit from the tree, he must use golden tools. However, there were only 10 more fruits left.

In the meantime, two Taoists were sitting on the ground in the garden of the Taoist temple. One of them, young as a child, wore a gold hat and clothes decorated with cranes. He was Zhenyuanzi.

Meanwhile, the other was in a red robe, lying on the ground with Ginseng fruits in his hand. He was Hongyun who was pretty famous in Untainted Land. He treated people very well, many individual cultivators called him 'Ancestor Hongyun'.

Seeing Hongyun's comical way of enjoying the Ginseng fruits, Zhenyuanzi's emotion was pretty complicated since he could just taste a few of those fruits when they were ripe, but nearly half of them were swallowed by Hongyun. However, there was nothing Zhenyuanzi could do to stop Hongyun from taking those precious fruits.

In the meantime, Hongyun's happiness did not influence Zhenyuanzi at all. On the contrary, Zhenyuanzi was pretty serious. After hesitating for a moment, Zhenyuanzi began to say, ”Hongyun, how about your Hong Meng Immortal Qi?” When hearing the words 'Hong Meng Immortal Qi', Hongyun's mood suddenly became bad. He put down the Ginseng fruits in his hand and said, ”Well, you know, my Hong Meng Immortal Qi does not improve even a little bit after listening to teachings for such a long time.”

Zhenyuanzi then worriedly said, ”Hongyun, I do not know whether I should tell you or not.” Hongyun then looked at Zhenyuanzi in confusion and replied, ”Zhenyuanzi, you are my best friend, so just say what you want to say directly. I will not blame you.”

After hearing Hongyun's promise, Zhenyuanzi felt relaxed and said, ”Hongyun, actually now, I don't know whether Hong Meng Immortal Qi will bring you good luck or disaster?” Hongyun then asked, ”What do you mean? Hong Meng Immortal Qi is good to me because it is The Foundation of the Great Way.”

Zhenyuanzi then continued saying, ”That's for sure. The Hong Meng Immortal Qi is pretty precious. However, you know, at our current cultivation level, we two cannot keep it if the Wu and Demon Tribe, as well as other individual cultivators, want to rob it away from us.”

As Zhenyuanzi finished talking, Hongyun suddenly noticed the seriousness of the matter. Even though there were seven Hong Meng Immortal Qi existing, everyone knew that the one that Hongyun had was the most valuable one. Hongyun indeed enjoyed great popularity though, and nothing could change his identity as a Sage-to-be figure. So it would be pretty hard for him to defend the Hong Meng Immortal Qi he had at his current cultivation level.

Furthermore, the Three Pristine Ones, Goddess Nvywa, Jieyin and Zhunti were all disciples of Ancestor Hongjun. Ancestor Hongjun had made it clear that all of his six disciples would be sages, so if someone wanted to attack them to rob the Hong Meng Immortal Qi, Hongjun would certainly help his disciples.