[…The Lotus Cave Heaven has now manifested!]
"Haha, Brother Song, watch me perform a magic trick for you."
Qin Shou laughed heartily, raised his hand and grasped the lotus-shaped blessed land. When he opened his palm again, it had transformed into an enormous and incomparable cave heaven that appeared on the mountaintop.
The Qin beast dragged Song Ningsheng's divine sense into the cave. There, they saw a vast sea of clouds, numerous immortal mountains, a boundless blue sky, shimmering light, and a divine rainbow waterfall—a breathtakingly beautiful scene, a true celestial realm.
"Gurgle!"
Watching this scene, Song Ningsheng couldn't help but swallow hard, then stared blankly at Qin Shou and said, "Brother Qin, your magic trick is way too amazing!!!"
A hidden paradise!
Even the treasures of those great figures in the celestial realm are nothing more than this, aren't they?
"Brother Qin, tell me, are you the reincarnation of some peerless powerhouse? Someone who's at least a Celestial Lord?"
Song Ningsheng stared blankly at Qin Shou.
Qin Shou glanced at him, giving a disdainful look. "Hmph, let me tell you a secret, I am the reincarnation of the Dao Ancestor."
"Ha ha ha ha…… "
Qin Shou laughed loudly, feeling extremely happy.
However, Song Ningsheng rolled his eyes.
"If you were the Dao Ancestor, would you still covet the mere inheritance of my Guanyin Temple?"
Song Ningsheng was a hundred percent skeptical. If he had said that he was a reincarnation of a celestial being, Song Ningsheng might have believed him to some extent, but a Dao Ancestor was simply impossible.
Who is the Dao Ancestor?
The progenitor of all paths!
Since the unknowable mythological era, he is recognized as the foremost being above the Great Dao in all the heavens and universes.
It is said that the Dao Ancestor's realm is unfathomable, and he may have reached an unfathomable realm above the Immortal Emperor, coexisting with the will of the universe, a fact known to all the heavens and myriad realms.
Even in ancient legends, if the Dao Ancestor so desired, the Immortal Emperor was nothing more than a 'plaything' under his control.
Moreover, for cultivators in the world, the term "Dao Ancestor" has long been mythologized and is more like a spiritual symbol. It is even unknown and unverifiable whether the "Dao Ancestor" ever actually existed.
Finally, Qin Shou cast a spell, connecting the entire Turtle Mountain with the Lotus Cave Heaven. From the outside, it looked like an ordinary little hill, but from the inside, it was clearly a blessed land of immortals, filled with immortal energy and bursting with chaotic energy. Even the patches of spiritual herbs in the spiritual garden on the back mountain began to evolve and improve their grade after absorbing the immortal energy.
"Life is getting better and better..."
Qin Shou watched the changes on the mountain with satisfaction.
Song Ningsheng felt that he had encountered such immense wealth and honor, and that he should learn to be more humble in the future, and be willing to say a few things against his conscience when necessary... In short, he must hold on tight to this dog... uh... senior's leg!
Yes, I'm holding on tight. It's worth it.
"Brother Qin, Brother Qin, didn't you want to learn the Divine Strategy Technique? I can teach you!"
"Hmm? Your ancestor doesn't mind?"
"Hey, that old man's probably long gone, it's no big deal. Besides, I think Brother Qin's looks are quite fitting for the lineage of my Guanyin Temple."
"...Is there a necessary relationship between these two things?"
"Yes, of course we have it!"
"Brother Song."
"Um? "
"You're such a simp!"
"...Woof woof."
"………"
Qin Shou looked at Song Ningsheng with an inscrutable expression.
"Holy crap~, you don't really want me to lick you, do you?!"
Song Ningsheng looked embarrassed.
"………………"
In that instant, Qin Shou's mind seemed to involuntarily conjure up some inappropriate images, and his disgusting body shuddered.
"Brother Song, you're being mischievous, aren't you? Haha."
......
In the years that followed, Qin Shou continued to cultivate the Three Pure Ones Daoist arts.
Song Ningsheng sat atop the mountain, spreading out the Divine Strategy and repairing and perfecting the Great Road.
He said that when he had 'observed' the entire Tianxuan Continent into his sea of consciousness, that would be the time for him to transcend tribulation and become an immortal.
Seventy years later.
Qin Shou was in a state of cultivation when he suddenly received a system notification.
[Qin Beast, congratulations! Your spirit pet, Da Mei, has successfully transcended its tribulation and advanced to the Integration Realm. You are rewarded with a 'Silver Luck Card'. Would you like to participate in the lottery?]
"A lottery."
Congratulations on winning the "Sky Shuttle"!
[Sky Shuttle: An eighth-grade immortal artifact, it combines the laws of stars and space, possessing powerful spacetime travel capabilities and the ability to conceal its form, making it undetectable to gods and ghosts...]
"The Sky-Piercing Shuttle, a perfect escape artifact, I'm very satisfied."
"System, your brain has gotten smarter after you leveled up!"
Qin Shou said happily.
It's work time, I'm already annoyed enough, don't fucking talk to me.
? ? ? ?
Over the years, Qin Shou has gotten used to the system speaking like this.
He just couldn't quite understand why a system shouldn't be a kind of 'program' without any emotions?
Why is it that after upgrading, although the functions are improved, my brain seems to be short-circuited and burned out?
Alas, poor Tongzi.
What's even stranger is that he could always feel an unusually familiar feeling from the system's cheeky antics. Later, after he deliberately lost a game of chess to Song Ningsheng and then made him spit several times under some pretext, he realized that this familiar feeling was actually himself.
They truly are a master and servant pair.
From then on, Qin Shou also accepted the system's often annoying and irritating appearance.
"Tongzi, I was praising you."
[Damn it, this system is the most handsome in the world, do I need your praise? Don't you even know your own limitations? Heh...tui, without this system you'd be dead already.]
Qin Beast: ...What a fucking bastard! What a piece of trash! Ugh!
"Brother Song, come, we have some good news today, let's play a game of chess to celebrate."
Qin Shou, beaming, waved amiably.
"It won't rain."
Song Ningsheng refused without the slightest hesitation.
"Hey… "
Qin Shou's smile faltered, and he stretched, muttering to himself, "Today's so boring. I really want to stretch my muscles, but what excuse should I come up with..."
"What are you doing! Don't come any closer!!!"
Song Ningsheng shrank under the tree, watching the Qin beast approaching step by step with vigilance.
He had never seen anyone so kind yet so utterly despicable. How could such two qualities coexist in the same person?
"Hahaha, Master has opened the gate to the formation; your disciple is home."
Just then, a hearty laugh came from outside the mountain. Xiao Xuan was seen carrying two jars of fine wine, striding in. He was wearing that familiar bright red robe with its sleeves fluttering.
Qin Shou opened the array gate and let Xiao Xuan in.
The master and his apprentice sat under a tree drinking wine.
“Master, on my way here, I first went to see Sister Da Mei. She is now a Confucian sage, and I happened to see her enter the Integration Realm, and she also received the protection of some of the merits of sentient beings.”
"I understand."
The Qin beast smiled and agreed.
Xiao Xuan drank three cups in one gulp and continued:
“Master, the end times have only lasted five hundred years, yet the Heavenly Dao has already suffered such a depletion. Under the suppression of the Great Dao, cultivation has become increasingly difficult for people, far more difficult than before. Let alone achieving the Body Integration stage, even reaching the Nascent Soul stage or the Void Transformation stage is now extremely difficult. This is completely beyond my expectations.”
"Now my cultivation has already reached the peak of the mortal realm, and there is no way to advance further. I have spent a hundred years searching for ancient methods in the world, but I still have no clue."
Your disciple has returned this time also to seek guidance from you, Master, and to witness your path to immortality…
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