Upon hearing the reminder from the Treasure-Offering Heavenly Lord, Hu Le suddenly remembered that his teacher had just had a son, and as his disciple, how could he possibly come empty-handed?
You know, the couple has always been very good to him!
Thinking of this, he turned and went to the treasury in the back hall, personally selected some treasures, put them into the gourd, and then rode on auspicious clouds to fly towards the Heavenly Court.
On this day, they arrived outside the South Heavenly Gate.
Upon seeing that the visitor was Hu Le, the garrison commander hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Divine Lord!"
"You need not stand on ceremony."
Hu Le nodded slightly to them, stepped into the South Heavenly Gate, and urged the auspicious clouds to fly towards the Jade Pool Heavenly Palace.
After entering Yaochi, we arrived at the palace where Empress Jinde resided. After registering, we were personally led into the palace by the Heavenly Maiden Miaoyin.
"Disciple greets Master's Wife!"
Upon seeing Empress Jin Detian, Hu Le immediately bowed and greeted her. He glanced at her and noticed that although she remained dignified, her complexion was somewhat off. Not only was her face pale, but there was also a hint of fatigue between her brows, and her breathing was somewhat unstable.
It seems that this production has severely depleted her vital essence.
Even though a hundred years have passed, she still shows it so clearly, she can't even control her breathing.
"There's no need for formalities between us, master and disciple." Empress Jin De raised her hand, looking delighted to see Hu Le arrive.
Next, Hu Le stepped forward to apologize for not being able to come and congratulate him earlier.
Queen Jin shook her head, indicating that she didn't take it to heart, and instead comforted Hu Le with a few words.
It's perfectly normal for a cultivator to be unable to be in seclusion during their cultivation period, so why should she be blamed?
Next, Hu Le inquired about Jin Detian's well-being for a while, presented her with the gifts he had brought, and finally asked her some questions out of curiosity.
"Where are my fellow disciples? Could I please meet with them?"
"Haha... What's wrong with that? Even if you don't say it, those kids still have to see you as their senior brother."
Empress Jin De smiled gently, stood up, waved to Hu Le, and turned to walk towards the back hall.
Hu Le understood and quickly followed.
When Hu Le entered the back hall, he saw a lotus pond in the center of the hall. The water was silvery white and was formed by the condensation of the power of stars.
Several golden lotuses floated on the starlight. As the starlight washed over them, they swayed back and forth, like tiny boats.
Nine babies were crawling or lying on the lotus flowers, giggling and laughing incessantly.
Hu Le was immediately surprised when he saw the babies.
What a blessing and good fortune!
In his vision, the infants seemed to be reincarnations of star deities, with their auras standing tall like jade pillars, pointing towards their respective stars.
The stars Ziwei, Gouchen, and others, seemingly from the heavens, bestowed boundless stellar power, constantly cleansing their bodies, laying a foundation for them, and purifying their bloodlines...
Upon seeing Empress Jin De enter, several babies flew up from the lotus on their own and began to circle around her, with two even squeezing into her arms.
A maternal glow shone on Jin Detian's face, and her expression became even more compassionate.
"Come here! You little ones, this is your senior brother!"
The pop diva introduced Hu Le to them.
Although the children were not yet old enough to speak, they seemed to understand the meaning behind their mother's words because of their innate intelligence, and they kept smiling at Hu Le.
Hu Le also picked one up, laughing and teasing it as he asked, "Have these little ones been named yet?"
"Your teacher has already named them. The one you're holding is called Ziwei, this one is called Gouchen, and there are also Tanlang, Jumen, Lucun, Wenqu, Lianzhen, Wuqu, and Pojun..."
Jin Detian pointed out each person to Hu Le according to their name.
After hearing the names of the children and seeing that they were all blessed by the power of the stars, Hu Le immediately understood their identities and could only exclaim inwardly, "Wow!"
"The Purple Star Emperor!"
"Gouchen Shanggong"
"Lord of the Big Dipper!"
These kids are all destined for great things!
But on second thought, Hu Le wasn't surprised. After all, who was responsible for their birth?
One is the Emperor of the Divine Race, the Lord of the Heavenly Court, and the supreme innate deity.
The other was a human emperor, the mother of the Zhou Tian Stars, and also a top-tier innate deity.
When two powerful and extraordinary beings with boundless destiny unite, communicating with the primordial yin and yang, how could their child be ordinary?
After playing with the children for a while, seeing that they were a little tired, the two put them back in the lotus pond, instructed the celestial maiden beside them to take good care of them, and then returned to the front hall.
After the master and disciple sat down again, Empress Jinde looked up at Hu Le, wanting to see what kind of achievements her disciple had made in his years of seclusion.
When she discovered that Hu Le was still at the thirty-second level of Qi Refining, she frowned slightly, feeling somewhat dissatisfied.
This little guy has been in seclusion for so long, how come he hasn't made any progress at all?
Even if he's spent all those thousands of years sleeping, he should have made some progress by now. Could it be that without my and Taiyi's supervision, this kid has become lazy...?
“You wretched child, why haven’t you made any progress all these years? Could it be that without the supervision of me and your teacher, you’ve become lax in your cultivation? This won’t do…”
Empress Jin De was about to give her disciple a good talking-to.
Hu Le stood up, rubbed his fingers together to form a knife, and lightly slashed it in the air in front of him.
Sizzle!
The sound of tearing silk rang out instantly.
The space itself was also cleaved with a deep mark.
"Master's wife, what do you think of my skills?" Hu Le asked, somewhat showing off.
Jin Detian's face showed a hint of surprise. "My disciple, I didn't expect that you have cultivated some skills over the years. It seems that your master's wife misunderstood you before."
As innate deities, their path of cultivation has always involved the simultaneous advancement of both the physical body and the primordial spirit, unlike later cultivators who focus more on cultivating primordial spirit techniques and almost completely neglect the tempering of their physical bodies.
It seems that in their view, the physical body is merely a raft used by cultivators to cross the sea. As long as one's cultivation is successful, one can throw the raft off and ascend to heaven with the power of one's primordial spirit. As for the physical body, it can be recreated after it goes to the immortal realm.
Later, the Heavenly Court's Immortal Transformation Pool was specifically established for cultivators in the lower realms...
The cultivators of the prehistoric world are different now. Although they value the primordial spirit highly, the physical body is also regarded as the foundation for proving the Dao.
Those who possess true supernatural powers all choose to cultivate simultaneously and progress in parallel.
Even renowned female cultivators like Empress Jinde, Nuwa, and Houtu were no less skilled in cultivating their physical bodies than their male counterparts.
Nuwa, in particular, obtained a portion of the Dao Fruit of the Earth Emperor and gathered the power of the earth into her body. Her ability to explore and develop the potential of the physical body was perhaps unmatched by Taiyi and the Three Pure Ones.
Of course, Empress Jin De possessed the secret techniques of the Human Emperor and later received the power of the stars, making her physical cultivation equally formidable.
She could tell at a glance that Hu Le had made progress in his physical cultivation, and she could also tell that the way Hu Le cultivated his physical body seemed to be different from the Taiyi Initial Golden Chapter passed down by Taiyi, and seemed to be more powerful.
At the very least, when she and Taiyi were at the same level as Hu Le, their physical strength wasn't nearly as formidable...
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