Primordial Era: A member of the Jie Sect, apprenticed to Tongtian

"As for the question of whether their identities are hidden..."

Shi Yuan put away the fisherman's drum and gently shook his head.

"Senior sister, you're overthinking it."

"This matter is important in some ways, but not so important in others."

He spoke calmly.

"My identity will be exposed sooner or later. The only difference is whether it will be discovered by others or whether I will reveal it voluntarily."

Shi Yuan understood this very clearly.

The entire Three Realms are constantly under the Sage's watchful eye, and he needs a vast amount of fortune to drive the evolution of the Shiyuan Realm. As long as the action is significant enough, it's almost inevitable that it will be noticed.

Furthermore...

He was not afraid of revealing his identity.

Before leaving Biyou Palace, the Tongtian Sect Leader had already made it very clear.

When you're out in the world, there's no need to worry about anything.

This statement itself is an attitude.

Disciples of the Jie Sect never need to hide when traveling through the Three Realms.

The reason he hadn't revealed his identity was simply because he was waiting for the right opportunity.

The key question is what benefits one can gain after their identity is exposed, and who one can take advantage of the situation.

"Junior brother...who are you planning to scheme against?"

Upon hearing this, Yunxiao understood his meaning.

As a veteran figure who has traversed the Three Realms for many years, she grasped the key point almost instantly.

Shi Yuan did not answer.

He simply raised his hand and casually pointed towards the sky.

Yunxiao's smile faltered slightly.

This action is sufficient.

Throughout the entire Three Realms, the number of beings that can be referred to as "Heaven" is already very small.

"Does your junior brother have feelings for him?"

Her tone remained calm, but it carried a deeper meaning.

"good."

Shi Yuan nodded.

"His relationship with the Chan Sect is probably not as solid as it appears on the surface."

Upon hearing this, a knowing glint flashed in Yunxiao's eyes.

"Junior brother, is there anything I can do for you?"

"There is indeed something."

Shi Yuan smiled.

"I plan to go to the Heavenly Court in a few days. I hope my fellow disciples can help me find a suitable excuse."

Upon hearing this, Yunxiao couldn't help but chuckle.

Within the Heavenly Court, there were already quite a few disciples of the Jie Sect, and many of them held important positions.

Shi Yuan wanted to go to the Heavenly Court, which was not a difficult thing for him.

Without saying anything more, she simply raised her hand, took out a warm and smooth talisman, and handed it to Shi Yuan.

"This is my natal talisman."

"You only need to infuse it with magic, and I will be able to sense it immediately."

"Just let me know in advance when you come to the Heavenly Court."

Shi Yuan nodded and accepted it, then carefully put it away.

But Yunxiao brought more than just this surprise.

"The business is over."

She suddenly smiled softly, and her whole demeanor became relaxed.

"Today is our first meeting, Junior Brother. I've brought some gifts on behalf of all my fellow disciples."

As soon as she finished speaking, her sleeve twitched slightly.

At that moment, a faint sense of anticipation began to stir within Shi Yuan.

The welcoming area is so enclosed that the spiritual energy seems almost impossible to dissipate.

The air was filled not only with a dense, almost tangible spiritual aura, but also with deliberately suppressed fluctuations of precious energy. If Yunxiao hadn't personally suppressed it, even the slightest leak of these things would have been enough to trigger extraordinary phenomena in the heavens and earth.

At this moment, Yunxiao sat calmly to the side, introducing the "gifts" she had brought to Shiyuan one by one.

"This is a Nine Dragon Source Grass."

She raised her hand and pointed. On the table, a spiritual herb, entirely green and faintly echoing with the roar of a dragon, lay quietly. Between the leaves, the aura of a true dragon flowed endlessly.

"This item was a gift from Li Xingba. His former dojo was called Nine Dragons Island, where nine ancient true dragons once perished. This spiritual herb is formed from the condensed essence of those nine true dragons."

"After consuming it, one can acquire some of the innate supernatural abilities of the True Dragon Clan, such as summoning clouds and rain, and overturning rivers and seas. This herb is extremely difficult to cultivate, with only one plant growing every ten thousand years."

This one item alone is a priceless treasure that is hard to come by in the outside world.

But Yunxiao did not stop.

She quickly pointed to another jade box, in which lay a warm and antique bead.

"This is the Wind-Stabilizing Pearl, a gift from Mo Lihong."

"It was originally embedded in his Hunyuan Umbrella, but it was shot off and never put back in."

"This treasure is not effective in attacking, but it can stabilize all winds and stillness in the world. There are only three such treasures in the entire Three Realms."

At this point, Yunxiao's tone remained calm, as if he were introducing an ordinary object.

Then she continued speaking.

"This is a fire-absorbing bag, which can store spiritual fire. It was a gift from my junior disciple, Fire Spirit."

"This is the Mountain-Severing Axe, a gift from Chong Heihu. It can sever the spiritual energy of mountain ranges."

"This is the Heavenly Lord Array Plate, a gift from the ten Heavenly Lords of Jin'ao Island."

"This is the Vajra Umbrella, a gift from Yu Yuan, a disciple of Senior Sister Jinling. It is adept at trapping enemies."

"As for these Mysterious Elixir and Crimson Pearl Herb, they are a small token of my two younger sisters' affection."

As she spoke, she pointed to some points.

Each touch yields a treasure powerful enough to drive cultivators across the Three Realms mad.

Shi Yuan stood aside, listening, and the more he listened, the more unreal it seemed.

Only when Yunxiao finally stopped did he finally speak.

"Senior Sister Yunxiao, isn't this... a little inappropriate?"

His tone was somewhat hesitant.

"According to seniority, I am considered an elder, how could I possibly accept their gifts?"

This is not just a polite remark.

Each of these treasures is extremely precious, clearly the most treasured possessions of the Jie Sect disciples, kept for many years.

Yunxiao simply shook his head.

"Something is not right."

Her tone was gentle, yet very firm.

"We are trapped in the Investiture of the Gods, so these spiritual treasures and materials are of little use to us."

"Junior brother, you are the only person in our Jie Sect who can move freely in the Three Realms."

"Giving these things to you would be making the best use of them."

Before she finished speaking, she had already raised her hand and waved it, putting all the treasures on the table into a storage bag embroidered with cloud patterns, and then handed it directly to Shi Yuan.

The action was swift and decisive, giving him no further chance to refuse.

Shi Yuan was silent for a moment.

Then, his body spoke louder than his mind, and he reached out and took it.

He knew very well that Yunxiao was right.

For these disciples of the Jie Sect bound by the Investiture of the Gods, these treasures had indeed lost their meaning. But for him, they were a real asset.

But Yunxiao hadn't finished speaking.

"besides."

She paused slightly in her speech.

"My senior sister Jinling, my brother, and I each prepared a gift for our meeting."

These words immediately stirred something within Shi Yuan.

He naturally knew who Yunxiao's elder brother was.

That was Zhao Gongming, the former chief disciple of the Jie Sect.

A quasi-saint who attained enlightenment during the reign of the Three Sovereigns, wielding twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls, he was once a truly invincible being in the Three Realms.

Yunxiao, Jinling Shengmu, and Zhao Gongming are the three disciples of the Jie Sect who currently hold the highest positions and are the strongest in the Heavenly Court.

"Look at this first."

As Yunxiao spoke, he raised his hand and took out something.

It was an egg.

It was gray and unremarkable, looking at first glance like an ordinary rock.

But the moment it appeared, Shi Yuan sensed something was wrong.

An extremely ancient aura slowly flowed out from the eggshell, while at the same time, an overwhelming vitality was brewing within it.

This egg is anything but simple.

"This item was obtained by my elder brother in an ancient sea eye in the East China Sea many years ago."

Yunxiao explained softly.

"His natal spiritual treasures, the twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls, originated from that sea eye. This egg was discovered along with them, surrounded by the pearls."

Upon hearing this, Shi Yuan was immediately shocked.

The Sea-Stabilizing Pearl is recognized as a supreme innate spiritual treasure in the Three Realms.

In the past, Zhao Gongming wielded this treasure and roamed the four seas with unparalleled might. Every divine pearl that fell had the power to overturn the world. If he had not been ambushed and had not been attacked by the Falling Treasure Coin, almost no one in the Chan Sect could have stood against him head-on.

But now Yunxiao is telling him.

The Sea-Stabilizing Pearl seemed more like an accessory to this stone egg.