Cao Ya was at a loss for words to comfort the Holy Mother Guiling, as he himself was not as good as her.
What kind of comfort is this? He's at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm, does he need a mere novice Golden Immortal like you to comfort him?
Cao Ya was speechless. He shook his head inwardly and reminded himself to be steady, not to be high-profile, and never to stand out!
"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. It'll ruin my good mood. Although encountering those guys always puts me in a bad mood." The Holy Mother of the Tortoise Spirit waved her hand, but smiled and spoke in a light tone.
The people she was referring to were, without a doubt, the immortals of the Chan Sect.
"..." Cao Ya dared not reply.
Even the Great Luo wouldn't dare to make fun of the Chan Sect unless they were close friends.
The temper of Yuanshi Tianzun is no joke.
Moreover, the immortals of the Chan Sect are not lacking in powerful Da Luo cultivators.
While Daoist Ran Deng did not attend, the four powerful Daoist masters Guang Chengzi, Antarctic Immortal, Cihang Daoist, and Yun Zhongzi all came to Yaochi to participate in the Peach Banquet.
"The Turtle Spirit Immortal Technique I passed on to you was only the Heavenly Immortal chapter. I thought it would take you at least a thousand years to become an immortal. Who would have thought that in just a few years, you would have skipped all the stages of Refining the Spirit and Returning to Emptiness, Gathering Emptiness and Uniting with the Dao, Heavenly Immortal, and Profound Immortal, and actually attained the Golden Immortal."
As the Holy Mother of the Tortoise Spirit spoke, she was filled with amazement and found it somewhat unbelievable.
Such a speed of cultivation is extremely rare even in the Jie Sect, where all the immortals come to pay homage. Only a handful of people, such as Daoist Duobao, Holy Mother Jinling, and Yunxiao, can compare to it.
Cao Ya humbly replied that he had been flattered.
He didn't really think it was anything special. The Primordial Universe was a seven-star universe, and the number of Primordial Saints was countless. The number of Quasi-Saints and Great Luo Immortals below them, from the beginning of creation to the present, was even more unknown.
Moreover, among Golden Immortals, he is far from being considered powerful.
How could Cao Ya possibly be arrogant?
He has pride, but not arrogance.
Suddenly, Cao Ya paused, looking at the Holy Mother of the Tortoise Spirit in surprise.
The woman in white blinked, and Cao Ya understood immediately.
"Don't tell anyone," the Holy Mother Turtle Spirit transmitted her voice, before heading to meet up with her fellow disciples from the Intercepting Sect.
"What's wrong, Lord Ketu? The people have gone far away, and you still haven't come to your senses?" Marshal Tianpeng teased.
"Don't mention it." Cao Ya was speechless. He just had a special feeling about the behavior of the Holy Mother Guiling.
It turns out that before leaving, the Holy Mother of the Tortoise Spirit passed on to him both the "Tortoise Spirit Immortal Techniques: Mysterious Immortal Chapter" and the "Tortoise Spirit Immortal Techniques: Golden Immortal Chapter".
This debt of gratitude is as heavy as a mountain.
You should know that Cao Ya used to search for a method of cultivating immortality, but he could not find it for a long time. Finally, he found a book called "The Fragment of the One Yuan Golden Elixir".
So far, on my path of cultivation, considering only the primordial universe, the help I've received from the Holy Mother Turtle Spirit has been the greatest...
Cao Ya sighed inwardly, feeling very grateful to the Holy Mother Guiling, and kept this favor in his heart.
On the other side, where the immortals of the Jie Sect gathered, the Daoist principles permeated the area, preventing any means of spying or eavesdropping.
"Junior sister, what is your relationship with that Jidu Star Lord?" Zhao Gongming asked.
He had been chatting with other acquaintances earlier and hadn't noticed at first, but later he realized that the Holy Mother of the Tortoise Spirit was laughing and talking with the Heavenly Lord of the Stars of Heaven, which greatly surprised Zhao Gongming.
Zhao Gongming had heard the name Ketu Star Lord mentioned by some acquaintances when he met them a few years ago.
After all, a star lord who has refined his spirit and returned to emptiness is, even if he is an ominous star, a phenomenon that can be said to be the first of its kind since the beginning of time.
But now it seems that the Jade Emperor had a discerning eye and discovered this gem. In such a short time, it cultivated into a Golden Immortal, which is astonishing.
What surprised him even more was that Jidu Xingjun and Guiling Shengmu seemed quite familiar.
It wasn't jealousy or anything like that; it was just pure curiosity.
As fellow disciples, Zhao Gongming felt only kinship with Guiling Shengmu, and even with the female immortals of the Jie Sect such as Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao; he had no romantic feelings for them.
"Senior brother, you don't know, Junior Sister Guiling and that Star Lord Jidu are old acquaintances," Yunxiao said with a smile.
“Senior Sister Yunxiao,” said the Holy Mother Guiling helplessly, shaking her head, “That’s not how it is. I once misunderstood Jidu Xingjun, thinking he was a disciple of Master Taiqing, but now it seems he isn’t.”
After the explanation, Zhao Gongming and some fellow disciples who hadn't paid attention earlier suddenly realized what was going on. They had thought that the Holy Mother of the Tortoise Spirit and Lord Ketu had some special relationship.
The Jie Sect is not Buddhism, and it does not prohibit romantic love between men and women.
Even within Buddhism, isn't there a lineage of the Joyful Buddha?
"That Jidu Star Lord is a cultivation prodigy," said Daoist Duobao, praising Jidu Star Lord. He sensed many kinds of auras on him, with the power of laws hidden within.
"How many geniuses are there among the human race?" the Golden Spirit Mother sighed.
“Otherwise, how could the human race be the protagonist of heaven and earth? There must be something special about them,” Yunxiao said with a smile.
After the ancient times, during the prehistoric era, the Wu and Yao races declined, and the primordial land was without a master. The human race seized the opportunity to rise to prominence, with the Three Sovereigns ruling the world and the Five Emperors establishing order, thus laying the foundation for the great prosperity of the human race and its status as the protagonist of the world.
Since ancient times, over the past tens of millions of years, countless powerful individuals have emerged from the human race. Whether they were born on the primordial continent or ascended from lower realms, there have been many human prodigies who have greatly strengthened the core strength of the human race.
Even among the Great Luo and Quasi-Saint realms, there are quite a few humans.
The Primordial Saint who suppresses the hidden power, the human race also has the Three Sovereigns Daoists.
Between heaven and earth, the human race is a force that cannot be easily offended.
Of course, that refers to the human race as a whole.
Individual humans, or groups of humans, did not pose a problem, since the internal struggles among humans are also extremely fierce and bloody.
During the Great Calamity of the Investiture of the Gods, the human force that the Jie Sect bet on was the Yin Shang Dynasty, which ruled over nearly half of the prehistoric continent.
The corresponding sect, Chan, bet on the Marquis of Zhou and created the strange phenomenon of a phoenix singing on Mount Qi to enhance the Marquis of Zhou's prestige.
In the eyes of the immortals of the Jie Sect, that was merely a minor path, something they disdained to pursue and was not worthy of being discussed.
Since the Investiture of the Gods was a great calamity for heaven and earth, how could the human race, as the protagonist of heaven and earth, not be involved?
"I've heard that some powerful beings have calculated that over the past million years, more than half of the ascendants from lower realms were of human origin." Just then, the Holy Mother of Wudang suddenly spoke.
The immortals of the Jie Sect were taken aback.
"Are there that many?" Zhao Gongming asked in astonishment.
"This...the proportion of human ascendants is a bit too high, isn't it?" Even the Golden Spirit Mother was taken aback.
"Are you sure there's nothing wrong with this data?" Yunxiao asked.
The Holy Mother of Wudang simply nodded slightly and said in a low voice:
"pretty close."
The immortals of the Jie Sect gasped in shock.
Over the millions of lower realms, the number of ascendants over the past millions of years has likely exceeded several billion, or even tens of billions.
Those who ascend from the lower realms are all at the level of Celestial Immortals.
In other words, half of the billions of ascendants are human.
What does this mean?
The Jie Sect was nothing more than a gathering of ten thousand immortals.
Even though the number of immortals is extremely high, it is just a figurative number and not a literal one.
But there's no way it could be several billion.
Moreover, those who ascend from lower realms generally possess decent talents, aptitudes, and Dao hearts.
“No wonder, no wonder,” murmured Daoist Duobao.
The immortals remained silent, daring not to utter a word.
The Holy Mother of the Tortoise Spirit couldn't help but turn her head and look at Cao Ya, the Star Lord of Jidu, who was talking with Jin Chanzi, General Zhenwu, and Marshal Tianpeng. A divine light flashed in her eyes.
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