Primordial Era: I, Wutu, govern the Earthly Dao and suppress the Heavenly Dao.

Chapter 72 The Four Symbols Stabilize the Four Lands! Tens of thousands of ginseng fruits are simply not enough to eat.

With a wisp of earthy yellow light pointed out by Zhen Yuanzi, the little Vermilion Bird suddenly burst into flames of Southern Fire!

The moment the flames rose, they transformed into a crimson dress, enveloping the slender, white body of the girl.

The skirt is layered like sparrow feathers, and even when still, it seems to be surrounded by flowing fire.

Her long, fiery red hair cascaded down like a waterfall, with a few stray strands falling beside her delicate face, making her even more lively and beautiful.

Those once passionate phoenix eyes now revealed surprise and fear due to the sudden turn of events.

Suzaku looked at the sudden appearance of this being, utterly bewildered and extremely cautious. "He—is he here to capture me?"

But if he captured me, why did he restore my magic? Did he intend to—eat me while I was still alive and kicking?

"Is this how it tastes?"

Zhen Yuanzi gazed at the little Vermilion Bird with great interest and said in a calm voice, "My name is Zhen Yuanzi."

Pfft!

The moment the words left his mouth, Little Vermilion Bird knelt down as if by reflex, pleading, "I beg Ancestor Zhenyuan—to accept me as your disciple!"

Her voice carried a hint of timidity, yet was exceptionally firm.

Seeing this, Zhen Yuanzi did not agree, "Why do you want to become my disciple?"

This question caused Zhuque's somewhat childish face to suddenly harden: "Replying to Dao Ancestor, Little Zhuque heard from her mother that you are the strongest being in the primordial world, and that you previously helped the Creation Green Lotus to be born, so Little Zhuque also wants to become stronger."

Upon hearing this, Zhen Yuanzi shook his head. "Do you know that your Phoenix Clan is a being of Heaven, and that our path is different?"

The little Vermilion Bird seemed to understand but not quite, yet it still firmly replied: "Replying to the Dao Ancestor, the little Vermilion Bird does not understand anything about the creatures of heaven. The little Vermilion Bird only knows that our Phoenix Clan was born from the primordial world."

"good!"

Zhen Yuanzi nodded, "You little fellow are quite intelligent, and your Li Fire source is pure. With my guidance, you will surely become a great power in the future."

Upon hearing this, Little Vermilion Bird beamed with joy and respectfully bowed, saying, "Disciple Vermilion Bird greets Master!"

It was not surprising that Zhen Yuanzi gained another disciple.

When he comprehended the Law of Destiny, he realized that after he accepted the White Tiger War Roar, the fate of the Four Divine Beasts had already been changed by him!

Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise!

They should all be the four symbols of the earth, no longer the four poles of stability, but the sages who should stabilize the four directions of the earth!

The Four Symbols stabilize the Four Lands!

However, their cultivation levels are currently uneven, with a significant gap between them.

For example, the Azure Dragon, one of the Three Primordial Dragons, is at the mid-stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm!

This little Vermilion Bird, for example, is not yet at the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm.

For example, that little Black Tortoise—

"Um.

""

Upon recalling the little Xuanwu, Zhen Yuanzi's eyes narrowed slightly. "Your junior brother has also arrived at Longevity Mountain!"

"In that case, I will find you suitable magical weapons."

Under the bewildered gaze of the little Vermilion Bird, her teacher suddenly waved his sleeve and led her southward—

"Isn't Longevity Hill to the west?"

Why is the teacher taking me south? No way! Is the teacher going to send me home?

While Little Vermilion Bird was deep in thought, she suddenly saw a giant tree!

"This is----"

This giant tree stands tall, but it has four branches, all of which extend in all four directions!

The East belongs to Wood, the West belongs to Metal, the South belongs to Fire, and the North belongs to Water!

To the naked eye, the branches extending eastward resemble a dragon, the westward a tiger, the north a tortoise, and the south—

"Teacher, why do those branches on that tree look so much like me?"

The moment Little Vermilion Bird saw this tree, she felt a sudden connection; the enormous branches extending in that direction seemed to have a destiny with her!

This tree is the Four Symbols Divine Tree that the Four Symbols Demon Gods transformed into after their fall!

Zhen Yuanzi incorporated a law of the earth into it.

The purpose is to use the earth's spiritual veins to help it mature faster, and its mature development direction is to use the four branches to correspond to the magical treasures of the four divine beasts!

Zhen Yuanzi brought Zhuque here today for no other reason than to collect treasures!

Now that we've accepted all the disciples and established a temple, it would be unreasonable not to bestow treasures upon them.

Moreover, it's unreasonable that his eldest disciple Zhan Xiao hasn't been given a single magic weapon after all this time!

"It is not like you, but it is your very form!"

Zhen Yuanzi didn't explain much, but looked up at the branches in all directions.

The shapes of the branches visible to the naked eye are the most solid in the west and south, followed by the north, while the "dragon" in the east is the most illusory!

This proves that the spiritual root is not yet mature!

Zhen Yuanzi narrowed his eyes slightly. "The East is the most difficult to cultivate, so we can only wait for it to brighten itself before taking it."

"However, it's only a matter of time before the northern branches mature."

Little Vermilion Bird stood by, completely bewildered and utterly clueless.

She simply stood obediently behind Zhen Yuanzi, following his gaze, and in that direction was Zhen Yuanzi's dojo!

Longevity Hill.

The true original disciple, White Tiger Zhanxiao, was eating a ginseng fruit with a bitter face.

"It's bitter! This ginseng fruit really gets more bitter the more you eat it!"

This isn't the bitterness of ginseng fruit, but rather Zhan Xiao's lament.

It should be noted that after he became Zhen Yuanzi's apprentice, he stayed at Wanshou Mountain to guard the house.

Because of his presence, even when the calamity of ferocious beasts erupted in full force, Longevity Mountain was not harmed in any way.

He further protected all living beings within the Wanshou Mountain area by relying on the innate grand formation of the ginseng fruit tree, which is a great merit!

However, it was precisely because he obeyed his master's orders that so many years have passed without him ever leaving Wanshou Mountain.

He's even more of a homebody than his demon-possessed brother Zhan Yuan, making him arguably the number one homebody in the primordial world.

Day and night, atop Longevity Mountain, he ate ginseng fruit while gazing towards Buzhou Mountain, hoping that his teacher, who seemed to have forgotten him, would return home soon.

After eating a ginseng fruit, Zhan Xiao skillfully raised his hand and used the Law of Metal to pluck a new batch of small ginseng fruits.

"Thirty more coins!"

Zhan Xiao smiled bitterly, his golden eyes filled with helplessness.

These ginseng fruits are precious spiritual fruits for any living being.

But for him, it's just one of his many daily snacks.

"Too much! There's just too much! Sigh~"

Zhan Xiao tilted his head back and let out a bitter sigh that would leave any living being in the primordial world speechless with envy: "Teacher~ the primordial world does not keep track of years, but this ginseng fruit you created forces this disciple to keep track!"

"This little ginseng fruit alone blooms once every three thousand years, bears fruit once every three thousand years, and matures once every three thousand years. In ten thousand years, it will have a full thirty fruits!"

"The One Yuan Society has existed for over 120,000 years, and this is already several hundred Yuan Society sessions—that's tens of thousands of ginseng fruits!"

"Not to mention the other spiritual roots within this blessed land; even with all of them, there's more than enough to eat, absolutely more than enough!"

After hundreds of yuan and years of bitter waiting, Zhan Xiao had eaten countless spiritual fruits, more than he could count himself.

He even ate sixty real ginseng fruits!

Because he had to take care of these spiritual roots, Zhan Xiao had no time to cultivate, nor did he dare to cultivate.

After all, a period of cultivation could take several eons to pass.

Then he would miss out on picking hundreds of small ginseng fruits, thirty large ginseng fruits, and many other spiritual fruits!

However, precisely because of this, he was bored and could only eat these spiritual fruits. After consulting his teacher at Wuzhuang Temple, he ate them to his heart's content.

After accumulating hundreds of yuan, no one knew that he had now attained the realm of Hunyuan Golden Immortal!