Born with immortal seed

Chapter 580: The Inventory Begins

The farmer on the Rainbow Bridge got up, stretched, threw down his hoe, and transformed into a streak of light, disappearing into the white shadow.

Deep within the swirling clouds and mist of Heavenly Punishment Peak, a robust old man who had been meditating suddenly opened his eyes, and a mystical sound resonated throughout his body's acupoints.

It twisted and became part of the white shadow as well.

In this way, seven or eight figures on Heavenly Punishment Peak transformed into light and shadow, slowly filling in the white shadow until a dignified and imposing cultivator's face was revealed. Hongfa looked much younger than before.

"The Peak Master's strength stands at the pinnacle of this realm. Under normal circumstances, it would be quite normal for him to suppress three Demon Venerables by himself... Even if Ao Laolong has the Heaven-Opening Spiritual Treasure in hand, the Peak Master can at least remain undefeated for a short period of time."

When Hongfa spoke, his voice was like a golden rule, calming the fifth-order spiritual energy on Tianfa Peak until it became as gentle as water.

Even though he was certain that Ao Laolong possessed a creation-era spiritual treasure that had been stolen from the ancient Heavenly Demon Realm, he still had confidence in the abbot of Heavenly Punishment Peak.

Throughout the long history of the Daode Sect, there have been countless exceptionally talented cultivators. Many so-called geniuses who were placed within it could not even make a ripple.

Those who are able to leave their mark on history are all cultivators who stand out from their contemporaries or have made great breakthroughs.

According to the internal ratings and evaluations of the Moral Sect, even the Heavenly Punishment Peak Master would rank in the top five on this list.

The hopelessness of ascension is truly the fault of Heaven, and cannot be reversed by human effort.

"Fox White has the shortest time to attain enlightenment and the fewest battle records. It only knows that the Great Dao is related to illusion... Even if I am no match for it, I still have a way to prevent it from leaving the Dead Sea of ​​Qingqiu."

Hongfa, who had just reached the Divine Transformation stage, admitted that his strength was inferior to that of a fifth-tier Heavenly Fox, but he did not need to win. He was only preventing the opponent from joining the battle, and he was still confident.

"Red Ear of Rotten Axe Mountain is nearing the end of his life, but that's precisely why he has no more scruples when he makes a move... Senior Brother Huang Tingfeng was defeated by Old Ghost Ao last time and has not yet recovered. I'm afraid he may not be able to stop Red Ear's hair clones."

In the past, among the three demon lords, the Red-Eared Old Ape was slightly stronger than Ao Laolong, until the appearance of the Heaven-Opening Spiritual Treasure, at which point he was completely surpassed.

With his ailing body, Huang Tingfeng was facing a fierce battle against the unrestrained Red-Eared Ape; his chances of survival were indeed slim.

"But as long as the battle remains deadlocked, I believe that fellow practitioners from other sects will step forward to lend a helping hand. However, if there is one more ancient expert who can normally exert the combat power of the Nascent Soul stage, most sects will waver, and the thought of protecting their own heritage will take the lead, so the opportunity to take action will be much smaller."

"They are all scheming and despicable people; there is not a single true sect willing to risk their lives for the greater good!"

Yu Ziliang and others looked down on all the sects in the world, which was also the true thought in the hearts of most disciples of the Moral Sect.

"I believe that they exist... Whether in the past or in the future, we will never lack companions."

Another burly man, shirtless, relentlessly chopped down the ancient tree in front of him, finally snapping it in half.

A streak of green light flew over, and Hongfa's figure became even more solid, holding a green branch in his hand.

"Have people spend more time investigating the movements and actions of those great demons... If they are truly related to the ancient ones, then we must prepare as soon as possible."

It's impossible for a new Nascent Soul Demon Lord to suddenly appear. If the demon race wants to find an assistant of this level, the only way is through those ancient beings who have long since fallen into slumber.

"Yes, disciple will immediately pass on the message."

Yu Ziliang responded respectfully and then asked another question.

"Among those Nascent Soul cultivators who came to visit the Ancestor, several are senior figures of extremely high rank. Should we refuse them?"

“A bunch of opportunists, let them all disperse… Hmm, there seems to be the scent of bitter lotus in it, quickly invite him up the mountain for a meeting.”

Hongfa initially waved his hand dismissively, but after his divine senses spread out and he surveyed the area, he changed his mind.

"As the ancestor decreed."

Daoist Kuhe was one of the two Nascent Soul cultivators outside Tianfa Peak. He was an old man with a bitter face who was aloof and did not associate with others.

Born into a family of cultivators, he fell into poverty when he was young and joined a sect.

During his youth, he traveled extensively and, after fierce competition, had the opportunity to form a nascent soul. The loser, filled with resentment, massacred his entire family.

When Kuhe returned after completing her cultivation, she was met with a scene of corpses scattered all over the family's ancestral land, and ruins of broken walls.

He regarded that person as his mortal enemy and searched high and low for sixty years before finally finding his enemy.

But when he arrived at the door, his enemy had already died peacefully in his sleep, passing away with a smile on his face.

Kuhe burst into tears and laughter, then staggered away.

Later, because of a Nascent Soul Pill, he was hunted down by several sects. During his escape, he discovered a secret realm, hid inside, and cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage before reappearing.

Unexpectedly, the sect was destroyed and his Daoist partner died tragically.

From that moment on, the Taoist Master Kuhe underwent a drastic change in temperament. He felt that everything was caused by him, and he became taciturn, with only revenge remaining in his life.

The sects involved were found one by one and wiped out quickly, leaving no room for regret.

It was precisely for this reason that Daoist Kuhe and the Dharma Master Hongfa clashed.

One was consumed by rage, driven only by revenge; the other was a newly formed infant, a rising star of the Moral Sect.

Kuhe Daoren's actions were certainly not permitted within the jurisdiction of the Daode Sect. However, a sect happened to move to the Great Zhou during this period, which led to a conflict with the propagation of the Dharma.

Upon learning what had happened, Hongfa felt great sympathy for the plight of the Daoist Kuhe, but still stopped him from taking revenge at least ten times.

Tell Kuhe to bring all the evidence to Tianfa Peak, where the elders will make a judgment.

But Kuhe had no evidence; all the information he obtained was from interrogating his enemies.

That would violate the rules of Heavenly Punishment Peak, which stipulate that laws must be based on certain principles and punishments must be carried out accordingly.

Hongfa's strength was clearly superior to that of Kuhe Daoren, and he had already shown mercy; otherwise, he would have captured him and imprisoned him in the Heavenly Punishment Peak Forest long ago.

Unable to avenge himself, the Bitter Lotus Taoist became a wandering, aimless cultivator, losing his sense of purpose in life.

Later, Hongfa made a special trip to Kuhe's hometown to understand the cause and effect of the extermination of the clan in great detail.

Upon returning, they conducted a thorough investigation of that sect and ultimately issued the maximum penalty for illegally felling thirty-five protected spirit trees, stripping them of their spiritual veins and expelling them from the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Three days after this sect left the Great Zhou Dynasty, its high-ranking cultivators died suddenly on the way, and only the lower-ranking disciples escaped.

Afterwards, Hongfa was included in the internal disciplinary notice of Tianfa Peak, and also gained the friendship and respect of Daoist Kuhe.

For centuries afterward, Kuhe devoted himself wholeheartedly to the propagation of Buddhism.

Two hundred years ago, when he was nearing his 100th birthday, the Daoist Kuhe took his leave, saying that since he was about to die, he would not stay by the side of the Dharma propagation and affect his fortune.

There was no sound coming from behind, and outsiders assumed that he had passed away peacefully in the mountains.

"I wonder which sleeping, heaven-reaching spiritual treasure Ancestor has set his sights on. This is not something that can be chosen from the resources of Tianfa Peak alone under normal circumstances... Under the current circumstances, the secret vaults of the five peaks and even the Dao lineage will definitely be open."

Yu Ziliang descended the mountain and, thinking of the Northern Heavenly God Mud entrusted to him by the Dharma Propagation Emperor, decided to return to the Tushita Heaven after giving instructions on a few important matters, so as not to delay the Dharma Propagation Emperor's important business.

"No, the power of the grotto-heaven brought about by the sublimation of the Hongfa Ancestor's realm wasn't used on the Demonic Dragon Cone to transform its demonic nature and restore it to a top-grade Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure. Why then does the green branch in his hand also possess the aura of a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure..."

As Yu Ziliang approached the foot of the mountain, he recalled the green branch in Hongfa's hand because of the matter of the Northern Heavenly Mud. Its aura was vast and somewhat similar to the Demon Dragon Cone and the Demon-Slaying Sword.

Could it be that when the Holy Monarch of the Dharma ascended to the throne, the immense power of heaven and earth that descended was so great that it could be used on two magical treasures?

……

An ink sac floated in the air, sometimes shrinking to the size of a fist, sometimes expanding to the size of a palace.

Despite having been dead for several days, the ink sac on the Black-Eyed Squid still possesses astonishing vitality.

"I can't think of any other uses right now. The simplest one is to use it to refine a storage magic treasure. The inner space is enough to hold a town... However, using the core part of a fourth-tier high-grade demon as a storage magic treasure is too extravagant. I guess not many weapon refiners would dare to have such an idea."

Bai Zichen tossed it with his hand; even a Nascent Soul True Monarch couldn't afford such a high-level storage magic treasure.

As for cultivators at the Great True Monarch level, their realms transform into the rudiments of cave heavens, and even if the inner space is small, it is comparable to top-tier storage magic treasures.

Simply put, cultivators who need such storage magic items lack the ability to refine them.

Those with the ability of a Great True Lord have even better storage methods.

However, he wasn't in a hurry. This grade of monster material was always a seller's market. When he found a suitable buyer, it was just a matter of waiting for him to set a price.

However, the Black-Eyed Squid itself had collected several magical artifacts and a bunch of bottles and jars in its ink pouch, presumably spoils of war from killing human cultivators.

There were even two magical treasures inside, but unfortunately they were stained with ink, with black lines extending deep inside.

It's unknown how much effort it will take to get back to normal.

The ink of the Black-Dark Demon Squid is known for its filth, and melting spiritual treasures can further enhance the spiritual power contained in its ink.

Bai Zichen took out the two spiritual treasures separately, hoping they still had a chance to be restored, and bestowed them upon outstanding disciples of the sect, so that the foundation of the Qingfeng Sect could be greatly enhanced.

As they put down the ink pouch and began to tally the next batch of spoils, the barely perceptible runes on the ink pouch flickered.

Ancient and wild, the characters are messy and disorderly, but a few simple strokes outline the full value of the Black-Dark Squid.

"It is neither the Flower and Bird Script, nor the Great Dragon Seal or the Great Phoenix Seal. Judging from the strokes, it should be an earlier script... Ancient scripts are simple in construction and often fail to express meaning, but it is precisely because they are scripts that were directly comprehended by divine beings from the Great Dao that they are like this."

Bai Zichen flipped his wrist, and a jade slip that had been squeezed to the bottom jumped into his hand.

If he hadn't become a Nascent Soul True Monarch, he certainly wouldn't have been able to find the jade slip from over two hundred years ago from the vast sea of ​​memories.

The jade slip contained seven characters, their strokes scattered, yet they possessed a powerful emotional impact.

Even when it's just a copy, it's still quite obvious that the characters in the jade slip and the runes on the ink sac are from the same source.

The origin of the contents of the jade slip comes from the so-called ancient secret realm that he and Lu Song entered not long after he had just established his foundation.

The Purple Star Thunder Sword and the Supreme Pure Serenity Sword Box were both obtained from there.

If it is indeed a prayer script created by an ancient, naturally born deity, then its value and significance are extraordinary. As long as one comprehends it, even human cultivators may be able to learn the Black Dark Squid's innate supernatural power.

(End of this chapter)