Chapter 9 Jade Purity Primordial Beginning
"To be honest, I came out this time because I felt that the East was connected to me. I just wanted to travel around and see what kind of connection it was. I didn't expect to meet Fellow Daoist Chang Hao. So this trip was worthwhile." Tongtian looked up at the sky. If only his second brother had the personality of Chang Hao in front of him.
"Let's go, Fellow Daoist Qingwei." Chang Hao placed the rabbit where it was. Above it, the pressure was too much for a small rabbit to withstand.
Tongtian was astonished. How could Fellow Daoist Chang Hao, who only had the cultivation of a Taiyi Golden Immortal, be completely unaffected by the pressure from Buzhou Mountain?
Chang Hao continued collecting herbs, when he noticed something odd in a certain spot. "Fellow Daoist Qingwei, could this be an array?"
Tongtian's eyes lit up. He touched the Qingping Sword at his waist. It was common knowledge that Buzhou Mountain had treasures. Could it be that his opportunity on this trip had come?
After carefully observing the location Chang Hao pointed to, Tongtian had a better understanding of the situation. "This is an innate formation. Let's not break it by force. I'll take you inside." He pulled Chang Hao along and strolled leisurely, turning left and right, until they entered the central area protected by the formation.
Looking at Tongtian's effortless movements, Chang Hao could only sigh that there are always higher mountains beyond mountains, and he had become a frog in a well. Tongtian's mastery of formations far surpassed his own.
“It’s a Primordial Gourd,” Tongtian’s eyes gleamed, “and there are seven of them.”
Chang Hao's heart skipped a beat. They had only met by chance and were just traveling together; there was no deep friendship between them. Now that interests were involved, and this fellow Daoist Qingwei was of a higher cultivation level than him, would he try to kill him and steal his treasure?
Tongtian, unaware of Chang Hao's worries, was overjoyed. "It's a pity that the time for his birth is not yet right. Chang Hao, choose which ones you want, and when the time comes, we'll take them together."
Tongtian decided that he should come here often after this decision, as this was a connection brought by Chang Hao, and he must protect it.
"Fellow Daoist Qingwei, please choose. Just leave two for me." Chang Hao breathed a sigh of relief. Fellow Daoist Tongtian was someone worth befriending. Even with innate spiritual roots right in front of him, he didn't have the greed to monopolize them.
If it were an ordinary person, given the disparity in strength between the two, they would have long harbored the desire to possess it exclusively.
When Chang Hao said that, Tongtian didn't stand on ceremony. "Chang Hao, you're too kind. I'll take fourth place and you take third. You were the one who discovered it first."
Like a general reviewing his troops, he said, "I want this purple gold, I'll give it to my eldest brother, I'll keep the red and blue ones for myself, and I'll leave the green one for my second brother."
Chang Hao didn't refuse, "Then I'll take the gold, yellow, and blue ones." Three, more than he had expected, was much better.
"Since you're missing a gourd, I'll give you the gourd vine as compensation," Tongtian said, not wanting to benefit others or attract other competitors.
Tongtian, satisfied, led Chang Hao out of the battle. Suddenly, he had several more innate spiritual treasures. He was no longer just Shangqing Tongtian who only had the Qingping Sword.
"Chang Hao, wait a minute. I'll set up several more layers of formations for them, including a grand innate formation. Once the treasure is born, it will dissipate on its own, lest it attract prying eyes."
Chang Hao stood to the side, nodding slightly. As powerful as Hongjun, when he fought with others, his body was surrounded by precious light. He possessed no fewer than ten innate treasures, showing that one can never have too many treasures.
"Mission accomplished! I have set up the Seven Stars Big Dipper Formation. It can be broken by the power of the stars. To break the formation, you only need to pay attention to the direction of the stars..." Tongtian couldn't hold back his words and showed off his masterpiece.
Chang Hao listened attentively. He had only set up a simple Three Talents Formation before to assist his cultivation.
Chang Hao's humility, eagerness to learn, and exceptional intelligence, coupled with his ability to apply knowledge to new situations, further aroused Tongtian's desire to teach. He explained the principles of formations in detail, and the two chatted and laughed for days.
Suddenly, Tongtian's smile froze, and the curve of his lips became forced. Wasn't that his second brother coming from the bottom of the mountain? Oh well, it's best to slip away first. As for Chang Hao, we'll meet again if fate allows.
Having made his decision, Tongtian suddenly grasped Chang Hao's slender hands. Chang Hao's eyelids twitched, his expression changed slightly, and he abruptly pulled his hands away. This action could easily trigger some of his past experiences that he had tried so hard to forget.
"What's going on? Why are you all tugging at me?" Chang Hao was somewhat out of control.
"Chang Hao, we must part ways." Tongtian stared speechlessly at Chang Hao straightening his sleeves, wondering why he was making such a fuss after being shaken.
"Why?" Chang Hao felt a sudden pang of sadness; it was strange that they were parting ways so abruptly.
“Alas,” Tongtian sighed, “My nemesis is here. He’s always making a mountain out of a molehill, putting on airs, being petty and narrow-minded. I don’t want to run into him and cause any trouble.”
If Chang Hao wasn't mistaken, Tongtian's complaints, though seemingly sarcastic, revealed no resentment on his face. It was clear he was just joking, and their friendship was deep. "Go on your way, see you again someday." In life, how can one avoid encountering a few adversaries?
"We'll meet again someday..." Tongtian waved his sleeve and fled into the distance, then suddenly gave a sly smile.
When Tongtian grasped Chang Hao's hand, he cast a spell on Chang Hao. With his cultivation as a Great Luo Golden Immortal, how could he be discovered when he cast a spell on Chang Hao, a Taiyi Golden Immortal with a weak foundation?
If the strength of a Great Luo Golden Immortal is divided into twelve levels, Tongtian is at the sixth level, while Chang Hao has just stepped into the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, which can only be considered the lowest level of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. The difference between the two is a full eighteen levels.
Better to die than to die, my friend. Today, Tongtian is still the same unruly Tongtian.
After diverting the blame eastward, Tongtian escaped unscathed.
Approaching from afar with a furrowed brow, her white hair flowing like satin, seemingly sparkling with starlight, meticulously secured with a jade crown and hairpin, the Jade Purity Primordial Lord, with a cold, aloof, and majestic air, followed the lingering aura of Tongtian and gazed at Chang Hao not far away, hesitating to move forward.
Is this the third brother?
The young man stood at the foot of Buzhou Mountain, his long black hair half-tied and draped behind him. His eyebrows were still youthful, his eyes were bright and his features were beautiful. He sat quietly on the boulder, his hands sculpting the jade in his hands with his spiritual power. He was as silent as a gentle breeze and a bright moon, and his smile was as gentle as stars falling from the sky. People would stop and look back again and again, reluctant to leave.
Yuan Shi's index finger twitched slightly, and a strange feeling arose in his heart, as if a lost treasure had been found again. He seemed to recognize this person.
Yuanshi, snapping out of his daze, was furious and nearly fell into Tongtian's trap. Of course, he recognized Tongtian.
However, Tongtian's usual mischievous and annoying nature, which he usually teased and annoyed, had completely disappeared. Was it because he was usually too pushy?
Yuqing Yuanshi reflected on himself, wondering if he had been too strict with his children. How could his carefree and unrestrained third brother have become a melancholy youth after just one trip outside?
Thinking of this, Yuanshi stopped rushing out and instead observed his 'third brother's' every move from the shadows. His concealment technique was so masterful that if they weren't from the same origin, he wouldn't have been able to detect anything at all.
Chang Hao suffered from his weak magical power once again. After Tongtian left, he was left alone and happened to obtain a good piece of jade marrow, which was the right size to be made into a jade flute.
Thinking of the merits bestowed upon him at Zixiao Palace, he decided to give it a try. When the golden light of merits descended, Chang Hao remained calm. Yuanshi, who was hiding nearby, witnessed the surge of powerful merits in an instant, which further confirmed that he was indeed Tongtian.
Besides the three brothers, who else could share in the 20% of the merits of creation? Thinking of this, the slight discord was nothing to worry about. Yuanshi gritted his teeth. He had become quite capable; he had almost fooled even Yuanshi.
Enraged, he laughed instead. Now, Yuanshi was even less in a hurry to leave and instead hid in the shadows to observe.
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