bookbashuk Chapter 41 Jade Cauldron Immortal Shocked
Chapter 41 Jade Cauldron Immortal Shocked
Yuquan Mountain.
The sea of clouds rises and falls, and a thousand peaks are like dark eyebrows.
The waterfall plunges down from the cliff, its roar like thunder.
Rare flowers and exotic plants grow among the mountains, shrouded in emerald mist. Near the summit of Yuquan Mountain, golden rays of light dazzle the eye, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth condenses into a molten amber-like mist.
Mo Yuan stood on the ground, quietly looking towards the Golden Cloud Cave.
A few breaths later, Jade Cauldron Immortal flew in from the rosy clouds, and when he saw Mo Yuan, his face was filled with a joyful smile.
"Fellow Daoist Mo Yuan, it has been thousands of years since we last met."
"Quickly, come with me to the temple and drink until we're completely drunk!"
Master Yu Ding bowed to Mo Yuan and spoke with great emotion.
The moment Mo Yuan set foot on the Jade Spring Mountain, he sensed the former's presence, so he quickly tidied up his cave dwelling before rushing over to greet him.
After returning the greeting, Mo Yuan said softly, "It has been thousands of years since we last met. I have missed Fellow Daoist Yu Ding very much and have been thinking of having a drink with you and enjoying ourselves to the fullest."
Faced with such a warm welcome from Master Yu Ding, Mo Yuan also acted very friendly. The two were like fellow disciples who had been together for tens of thousands of years, chatting and laughing as they flew towards the Golden Cloud Cave.
There is a natural stone gate on the cliff, and two divine patterns on the cave entrance, called Golden Clouds.
Beside the stone gate stands a broken stele with seven characters engraved on it in ancient Taoist patterns, which reads: "The place where the Jade Cauldron Immortal cultivated himself."
"Fellow Daoist Yu Ding is so free-spirited and unrestrained; I truly admire him!"
Mo Yuan looked at the ancient Daoist patterns on the broken stele and smiled as he spoke to Jade Cauldron Immortal.
"Fellow Daoist Mo Yuan is joking."
"That broken stele was carved by me shortly after I took human form. Later, after I established Jinxia Cave as my sacred site, I brought it here and placed it beside the entrance, as a way of remembering the past!"
"Compared to your Qilin Cliff, my Golden Cloud Cave seems rather dilapidated and shabby, hahaha..."
Master Yu Ding blushed and said somewhat awkwardly.
Seeing this, Mo Yuan's lips curled up slightly, and he flattered Yu Ding Zhenren a few times before the two stepped into the stone gate.
Upon entering the Golden Cloud Cave, Mo Yuan felt a sudden sense of openness and spaciousness.
Thousands of stalactite crystal pillars hang upside down from the dome, resembling spiritual jade radiating a soft, bright light. In the center of the ground is a pool of crystal-clear spiritual water, in which blue lotuses bloom, and the air is filled with a refreshing fragrance.
Mo Yuan and Yu Ding Zhenren took out their enlightenment cushions and sat down. They drank fine wine and tasted the unique spiritual fruits that grew on Yuquan Mountain, enjoying a peaceful and carefree time.
"My master, along with my senior uncle Taiqing and senior uncle Tongtian, once found the Twenty-Four Grade Creation Lotus on Buzhou Mountain. The red flowers, white lotus roots, and green lotus leaves transformed into three top-grade innate spiritual treasures, which were given to them respectively."
"In addition, there are six lotus seeds left in the Twenty-Four Grade Creation Green Lotus. Two of them were given to my master, one was planted in the Hongzhen River in the Jade Void Palace, and the other was given to me by my master."
"Now this lotus seed has nurtured a sixth-grade green lotus and about ten third-grade green lotuses, which can be considered one of my few assets that I can be proud of."
Yu Ding Zhenren suddenly pointed to the blue lotus in the pond and explained to Mo Yuan.
As he spoke, Jade Cauldron Immortal reached out to grab the sixth-grade green lotus, but Mo Yuan clearly saw through his intention and quickly blocked him.
"Fellow Daoist Yu Ding, you mustn't!"
Mo Yuan quickly spoke to Master Yu Ding.
According to the general trend of Heaven, that sixth-grade green lotus is meant to reshape Nezha's body in the future. If Jade Cauldron Immortal were to pluck it now, wouldn't that be a waste of resources and affect the course of the Investiture of the Gods?
"What is the meaning of this, Fellow Daoist Mo Yuan?"
"Having traveled a long way to get here, as the host, I naturally have to give you a gift. This sixth-grade blue lotus is destined to be with you."
Master Yu Ding was somewhat displeased, and he looked at Mo Yuan and said.
Thousands of years ago, he visited Mo Yuan at Qilin Cliff with Zhao Gongming and others. Because there were other people present, it was not appropriate for him to take out precious treasures to give to Mo Yuan.
Now that Mo Yuan has taken the initiative to visit him, how could he possibly disappoint his future junior brother?
Seeing this, Mo Yuan smiled and said, "I have long seen Fellow Daoist Yu Ding's sincerity towards me, but I cannot accept that sixth-grade green lotus. If you don't mind, please give me a third-grade green lotus instead."
"Planting it in the Yunmeng Tianhe River will add some decoration to Qilin Cliff."
Yu Ding Zhenren felt like an elder brother to Mo Yuan; he was sincere, kind, and genuine, and took special care of him.
That sixth-grade green lotus was no ordinary thing. If it were refined, it could become a mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure. Just now, it was almost picked by Jade Cauldron True Man and then given to him.
Upon hearing Mo Yuan's words, Master Yu Ding had no choice but to give up.
With a flick of his jade sleeve, he forcefully took six Grade 3 Azure Lotuses and stuffed them into Mo Yuan's arms, only then did a smile return to his face.
"Fellow Daoist Mo Yuan, you can't refuse anymore."
Master Yu Ding directly rejected Mo Yuan's idea of refusing.
Shaking his head, Mo Yuan took out several jade boxes, each containing a different number of Qilin Fruits.
"Fellow Daoist Yu Ding, the three Qilin Fruits in this jade box are a small token of my appreciation. As for the other three jade boxes, I would like to trouble you to present them to the Sage when you go to Yu Xu Palace, as a small expression of my filial piety."
Under the astonished gaze of Jade Cauldron Immortal, Mo Yuan pushed the four jade boxes in front of him.
It's no wonder that Master Yu Ding was surprised, because the Qilin Wood is a top-grade acquired spiritual root and contains the laws and Daoist rhymes of the Primordial Qilin, so each Qilin Fruit is equivalent to a three-turn golden pill.
Mo Yuan taking out so many Qilin Fruits at once was truly beyond Yu Ding Zhenren's expectations.
With a gentle calculation using his right hand, Master Yu Ding deduced the details of the Qilin Wood. He also learned that the Qilin Wood had produced a total of seventy-two Qilin Fruits, of which forty-eight were currently displayed on the jade table.
"Fellow Daoist Mo Yuan, you are just too honest."
"However, this is also the reason why you received the Dao Ancestor's blessing and gained your master's favor. Tell me honestly, how did you distribute the remaining Qilin Fruits?"
Master Yu Ding said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
When it comes to respecting Heaven and honoring propriety, Mo Yuan is practically self-taught, and can even be said to be a master of it. He is even more devoted to the Heavenly Dao and more filial to the Primordial Heavenly Venerable than these disciples of the Chan Sect.
Furthermore, Mo Yuan possessed a pure and innocent heart, which was even more precious.
If it weren't for the need to follow the will of Heaven, Master Yuding would have knelt in the Jade Void Palace, begging the Primordial Heavenly Lord to quickly take Mo Yuan under his wing, so that they could address each other as fellow disciples.
Upon hearing this, Mo Yuan truthfully revealed his plans. At the same time, he took out a jade box containing four Qilin Fruits, which were for Zhao Gongming and the Golden Light Holy Mother.
"So, you only kept one of the seventy-two Qilin Fruits for yourself? Fellow Daoist Mo Yuan, you are degrading yourself. This humble Daoist cannot accept these three Qilin Fruits..."
Master Yu Ding looked at Mo Yuan with concern, raising his hand to push back the Qilin Fruit that Mo Yuan had given him alone, but he did not succeed.
Meeting Jade Cauldron Immortal's gaze, Mo Yuan solemnly said, "The Qilin Fruit is of no use to me for the time being. I will cultivate the Qilin Sacred Body after I attain the Golden Immortal realm. By then, the second batch of Qilin Fruit should be ripe."
"My purpose in visiting you at Jinxia Cave is not only to reminisce about our deep friendship, but also to inquire about suitable rare and precious materials in this primordial world, hoping you can help me gather the pure ancestral energy in my eyes..."
He spoke eloquently and at length.
Mo Yuan told Yu Ding Zhenren all the secrets about the Ancestral Qi True Form and the Qilin Sacred Body. Under the latter's questioning, he also told him everything he had seen and heard during his travels in the prehistoric world.
I was shocked, utterly shocked!
Especially after hearing that Mo Yuan had crafted the Primordial Mirror and the Five Virtues Brush, and that he had used the will of Pangu within the Primordial Mirror to kill Fen Huangtian's clone, he was filled with astonishment and remained speechless for a long time.
As for matters such as the Qilin Seal and the Nine Netherworld Exorcising Heavenly Venerable, True Man Yu Ding did not inquire further.
However, when talking about how Shan Li and others were enlightened by the Sage of Taiqing and worshipped Mo Yuan as the Heavenly Venerable of the Nine Netherworlds, a sharp glint appeared in Yu Ding Zhenren's eyes, a possessiveness unique to disciples of the Chan Sect.
But since it concerned the Supreme Sage, he was powerless to do anything about it.
Moreover, the story of Mo Yuan becoming the Nine Netherworld Exorcising Heavenly Venerable has been circulating among the three religions for thousands of years, and the Primordial Heavenly Venerable has not taken any action or expressed any opinion on this matter. As his disciple, he can only observe from the sidelines.
"By the way, Fellow Daoist Mo Yuan."
"First, show me the Purple Extreme Thunder Cauldron and the three-turn golden pill you refined. As for the rare and precious materials, allow me to think about it carefully."
Master Yu Ding's eyes were burning with anticipation as he spoke.
The art of weapon crafting is the foundation of the Chan Sect, and in the primordial world, only the Primordial Heavenly Venerable can craft top-grade acquired spiritual treasures.
For example, his Immortal-Slaying Sword was personally crafted by the Primordial Celestial Venerable and bestowed upon him; its grade is a top-grade acquired spiritual treasure.
His senior brother, Taiyi Zhenren, was favored by Yuanshi Tianzun and possessed a large number of high-grade and mid-grade acquired spiritual treasures. His supreme acquired spiritual treasure, the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover, had the power to imprison space and incinerate all things.
However, many disciples of the Chan Sect failed to grasp the true essence of weapon crafting. Even those who had gone the furthest in weapon crafting, such as the Antarctic Immortal, Chi Jingzi, and the Grand Master Lingbao, could only barely craft high-grade acquired spiritual treasures.
Mo Yuan was only at the peak of the True Immortal realm and had been practicing weapon crafting for less than ten thousand years, yet he was able to craft the Purple Extreme Kun Thunder Cauldron, and its grade was a mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure.
Master Yuding had mixed feelings about this matter, including both hope and doubt.
Surely the Purple Extreme Thunder Cauldron doesn't only have thirteen or fourteen acquired restrictions?
"Please take a look, Fellow Daoist Yu Ding!"
Mo Yuan's gaze was clear. He summoned the Purple Extreme Kun Thunder Cauldron and took out the jade bottle containing the three-turn golden pill from the Qian Yuan Cauldron.
The next moment, Master Yuding was dumbfounded; he was truly startled by Mo Yuan.
Seeing Yu Ding Zhenren's reaction, Mo Yuan felt a pang of regret.
Such openness made him seem a bit pretentious, but seeing Jade Cauldron Master's actions was enough to demonstrate the value of the Purple Extreme Thunder Cauldron.
Master Yu Ding stroked the Purple Extreme Kun Thunder Cauldron as if admiring a work of art, remaining unmoved despite the deafening roar of thunderclaps around him.
With the Purple Extreme Thunder Cauldron before him, he only glanced at the three-turn golden pill with two perfect cloud patterns and one shallow cloud pattern before turning his gaze back to this mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure.
Save this third-stage Golden Elixir to dazzle the eyes of True Immortal Du'e!
As a disciple of the Chan Sect, he was only interested in the Purple Extreme Thunder Cauldron.
Master Yuding completely lost his composure, muttering to himself from time to time, appearing completely absorbed in the moment.
"The twenty-four acquired restrictions are perfectly integrated. The three rules of Earth, Wood, and Thunder complement each other without any signs of rejection, and can also increase the speed of gathering the Qi of Heaven, Earth, and Man."
"This Purple Extreme Thunder Cauldron is even more precious than those high-grade acquired spiritual treasures that are biased towards attack or defense."
"Our Chan Sect finally has a successor. Fellow Daoist Mo Yuan will surely inherit Master's mantle of weapon crafting. Moreover, you also have insights into the Dao of Formation and the Dao of Alchemy. Perhaps you can cultivate all three to a state of perfection."
It took a long time for Master Yu Ding to calm his mind and regain his former refined and dignified demeanor.
Looking at Mo Yuan, he sighed again.
A thought flashed through his mind, and he finally understood why the Sage Taiqing had appointed Mo Yuan as the Nine Netherworld Exorcist Heavenly Venerable. It turned out that this senior uncle had his eye on Mo Yuan and wanted to snatch him away from the Chan Sect!
After arriving at the Jade Void Palace, he would report the truth to the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, and prevent the cult from interfering with Mo Yuan's affairs in any way.
Next, the two talked for a long time about their insights into the art of weapon crafting, and then Jade Cauldron True Man shifted the topic to rare and precious materials.
In this primordial world, there is more than one kind of rare and precious material that can help Mo Yuan condense pure ancestral energy and cultivate a pair of divine eyes.
Coincidentally, he knew all their details...