Primordial Era: If I remain in Longevity Mountain, I will steadily attain sainthood.

Chapter 37 Individual Witty Ideas, The Jade Tablet of Creation

Hongjun Daozu nodded.

Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun sat down on their prayer mats. Once seated, the two brothers immediately exchanged glances.

Clearly, this is a good opportunity. This relates to Zhen Yuanzi's earlier suggestion to propose the Three Flowers Severing Corpse idea to Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

And they have indeed verified it. This method is feasible. Moreover, the key is that it saves on innate spiritual treasures.

How many innate spiritual treasures are there in the primordial world? If they were all used to sever the three corpses, even if the number were doubled, they would eventually run out.

Now is the perfect time to take advantage of the fact that there are fewer people around and you don't need to make a big splash.

"Do you two have something to say?" At this moment, Hongjun Daozu noticed the two's little actions and asked.

Zhen Yuanzi then pulled Hongyun along and bowed to Hongjun Daozu, saying, "Master, after Hongyun and I returned, we studied the method of severing the three corpses and discovered that it is also possible to sever the three corpses with the Three Flowers."

"Oh?"

Hongjun Daozu said, "Then tell me."

Zhen Yuanzi then explained the Three Flowers Corpse-Slaying Method in detail to Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

After listening, Hongjun Daozu did not speak, but simply nodded.

Zhen Yuanzi was puzzled and asked, "Master, is there something wrong with this method?"

Hongjun Daozu laughed and said, "There is nothing wrong with it. You could even say it is perfect. But you don't need to say anything. Please sit down and wait for the others to come before we speak."

Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun sat back down on their prayer mats, puzzled. What did Dao Ancestor Hongjun mean by this?

And so, after a long time, finally, the other powerful beings also arrived one after another.

The Three Pure Ones, Fuxi, Nuwa, Styx, Dijun, Taiyi, Kunpeng, as well as the Eastern King Duke, the Western Queen Mother, and so on, all arrived one after another.

When everyone saw that Hongjun Daozu was on the platform, they all bowed first, and then took their seats.

When Jieyin and Zhunti finally arrived, the Dao Ancestor ordered the gates of Zixiao Palace to be closed.

As soon as the gate closed, Jieyin and Zhunti hurriedly stood up and said to Hongjun, the Dao Ancestor, "Master, we have discovered a method that can be used to replace the innate spiritual treasure for severing the corpse, and we are hereby reporting to you."

Upon hearing these words from Jieyin and Zhunti, Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun were immediately dumbfounded.

That sounds so familiar.

Moreover, it wasn't just Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun who were confused; at this moment, many powerful figures also had strange looks in their eyes.

Hongjun Daozu, however, was unconvinced and asked Jieyin and Zhun, "You say there is something that can replace the innate spiritual treasure for severing the corpse, what is it?"

Jieyin then said, "Reporting to the master, I have cultivated three relics, one representing the past, one the present, and one the future. They can be entrusted to one's obsession to sever the corpse."

As he spoke, Jieyin patted the top of his head, and three beams of white light flew out from it, transforming into three relics, which he showed to Hongjun Daozu.

Of the three relics, two are still quite illusory, while the remaining one has solidified into a physical form.

The relic trembled slightly and transformed into a kind-faced Taoist priest wearing a crescent-white robe. He also bowed to Hongjun, the Taoist Ancestor, saying, "Disciple greets Master."

This Taoist priest was actually the incarnation that Jieyin created by entrusting the relics to his good intentions.

Zhunti also said, "I will use my original form, the Bodhi tree, to condense a golden body, and then entrust my obsession to this golden body, which will also allow me to sever my corpse."

Then, Zhunti also manifested a golden body, which was his good corpse incarnation, named Bodhi Daoren.

However, Jieyin and Zhunti did not see the scene they had expected.

Hongjun Daozu's gaze remained indifferent, and he did not speak to Jieyin or Zhunti at this moment.

Instead, he swept his gaze across the other powerful figures in the palace and asked, "Have any of you made any discoveries?"

As soon as Hongjun Daozu said this, many powerful beings spoke up, claiming that they had made some discoveries.

Hongjun Daozu then instructed these powerful beings to state their discoveries one by one.

As one powerful figure after another shared their discoveries, Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun exchanged a glance and couldn't help but smile helplessly.

It turns out that most of these powerful beings, like Jieyin and Zhunti, had found something that could replace the innate spiritual treasure for severing the corpse.

For example, the Taoist priest Pan Wang used the Gu worms he had refined to entrust his obsession to sever the corpse, and he succeeded.

"good!"

After the last great being finished speaking, Hongjun nodded and said something.

"You are all very good."

Hongjun said, "The method of severing the three corpses is indeed not limited to using innate spiritual treasures to sever the corpses. Otherwise, although there are many innate spiritual treasures in the world, how could they be enough for you to use?"

Everyone then realized that this was a test from the Dao Ancestor Hongjun, designed to help them discover the problem of the method to sever the three corpses.

"By entrusting one's obsession to an innate spiritual treasure, one can borrow the power of the innate spiritual treasure itself, thereby making the slain incarnation more powerful in terms of cultivation and magical strength."

Hongjun Daozu added, "However, even if it's not about using innate spiritual treasures to entrust one's obsessions, it's not impossible."

"Firstly, innate spiritual treasures are formed innately, making them much purer than acquired items, thus making them much better for imbuing with one's obsessions. Moreover, as you have discovered, not only can various treasures be imbued with one's obsessions, but also innate spiritual treasures, for example."

"If this innate spiritual treasure can simultaneously accommodate two or even three obsessions, then what if we entrust all three obsessions to this one innate spiritual treasure? Of course, a spiritual treasure that can simultaneously bear three obsessions is also an innate supreme treasure. To entrust obsessions, one must first refine the spiritual treasure. Using an innate supreme treasure to sever the corpse is quite difficult."

Hongjun Daozu spoke again, evaluating the methods each person had come up with, but in the end, he turned his gaze to Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun.

Hongjun Daozu said, "The methods you have come up with are all unique, but the one that I am most satisfied with is the method devised by Zhenyuan and Hongyun."

All eyes immediately turned to Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun, making them both secretly think that they had really made a name for themselves.

If they had known that Dao Ancestor Hongjun was intentionally testing them, they would never have mentioned the Three Flowers Corpse-Severing Method to him.

Now they've become role models for everyone? Or did they get first place in the exam?

Is there a reward for this?

Hongyun inwardly grumbled.

Hongjun Daozu then explained the Three Flowers Corpse-Slaying Method proposed by the two, saying, "Using innate spiritual treasures to slay the corpse is seeking the Dao through external things, while the Three Flowers Corpse-Slaying Method they proposed is seeking the Dao within."

"This method was something I had never even considered. Because I was also fixated on entrusting my most precious treasure to it, and had never thought of seeking within myself."

At this moment, a cloud of auspiciousness appeared above the head of Dao Ancestor Hongjun, and within that cloud, a jade tablet emerged.

Hongyun was still lost in thought when she saw the jade tablet that emerged from Hongjun's auspicious clouds, and she was instantly captivated.

And it wasn't just him; everyone in the entire Zixiao Palace was like that.

Everyone stared intently at the jade tablet. It could be said that if the jade tablet hadn't been placed on the head of Dao Ancestor Hongjun, the crowd would have already rushed forward and snatched it.

This is because the jade tablet that Hongjun Daozu revealed was none other than the Heavenly Dao Sacred Artifact, the Creation Jade Tablet.

It was also one of the primordial treasures once held by the great god Pangu.

The great god Pangu possessed three supreme treasures of chaos: the Chaos Green Lotus, the Jade Tablet of Creation, and the Axe that opened the heavens.

(End of this chapter)