Chapter 21: Divide the Treasure and Disperse the Disciples

  Tiansongzi mainly cultivated the "Zao Hua Xian Jue" and didn't cultivate anything else, but also cultivated some divine powers. To say that this "Zao Hua Xian Jue" isn't bad anywhere, it's just that the cultivation progress is too slow. Otherwise, with Tiansongzi's stable temperament, after cultivating for so long, he only broke through to the initial stage of the Daluo Dao fruit. Although it's also about to break through to the later stage, this can also illustrate how slow this technique is. You should know that now there is still such a rich pre-heavenly spiritual energy, if it were to be exchanged for the later generations, I'm afraid it would be even slower.

  Tian Huo and Tian Guang are two brothers, also roughly equal to Tongtian. They have been cultivating the "Nine Turns of Yuan Gong" and have already achieved the initial stage of Daluo Dao fruit. Moreover, since their auras are connected, they generally live together, and can be said to be both brothers and friends.

  Tianlu and the other three, Tianxin, Tianshen, and Tiangu, all practiced the Nine Turns Primordial Art except for Tianlu who practiced the Nine Turns Mysterious Art. Therefore, among the disciples of Shizhongmen, only Tianlu practiced the Nine Turns Mysterious Art, and only one person mainly practiced the Creation Sage's Secret. Fortunately, however, all the disciples under the gate had already become strong practitioners in the realm of law.

  Shi Zhong looked at the disciples under his gate with great satisfaction, nodding his head in approval. He thought to himself, "Ah, now even the great gods of the Primordial Chaos are only at the peak of the Mahayana Golden Immortal realm, but my own disciples have already reached the realm of Law, they are powerful beings! This alone is enough to make me proud."

  "You've been worshiping me as your master for years, and now you're already at the level of a law boundary. Even in the early days of the Hong Huang era, you were considered a strong practitioner, and you've already reached the point where you can leave my tutelage. As your master, I haven't given you any spiritual treasures over the years, so today I'll give you some!" Just as Shi Zhong said he was going to bestow spiritual treasures, his eyes lit up with excitement, having become a complete treasure fanatic in recent years. Seeing that Big Brother was finally going to hand out treasures, this was great news!

  Looking at Shi Yao's appearance, Shi Zhong suddenly felt a bit of an urge to laugh. "Tong Tian, as the eldest senior brother, you also have several incredible spiritual treasures on your body. You are also good at researching array techniques. Master will give you a set of array methods now." After finishing speaking, five swords and a diagram appeared in front of Tong Tian.

  "These five swords were forged by combining the Five Elements' spiritual pearls with the essence of the Copper Star of the First Mountain, and are considered to be the Fifty Prohibited Post-Heavenly Treasures. When combined, they become the Fifty-Three Prohibited Post-Heavenly Treasures, known as the Gods' Swords. If one adds their merits to it, it can become a Post-Heavenly Treasure that suppresses the flow of Qi. This diagram is the Hidden Immortal Diagram, which is a First-Heavenly Spiritual Treasure of the highest quality, prohibited from being revealed to those below the 45th level. It was used by my master to create a sword array diagram, and remains a First-Heavenly Prohibited Spiritual Treasure. When deployed with the Five Elements Swords in a five-element sword array, it cannot be broken by anyone below the fifth level of the same rank. However, this is still a Post-Heavenly Treasure, and has some drawbacks. If one has merits to aid them, they can avoid these problems. Remember that although merits are precious, our sect does not require using them to increase cultivation, but rather to refine treasures."

  Shi Zhong's last words were for all his disciples. In fact, if one uses merit to improve their cultivation, it becomes very difficult to attain the Mixed Yuan Great Luo Golden Immortal in the end, but attaining the Sage Fruit becomes easier. Therefore, if you want to attain the Mixed Yuan Great Luo Golden Immortal fruit position, it's best not to absorb merit. However, merit still has many benefits, increasing one's aura and making Heaven and Earth love you more, also reducing the pressure on your cultivation. This makes it even easier to break through bottlenecks.

  Shi Zhong has indeed found many spiritual treasures over the years. Among them, he had already found all five of the Pre-Heavenly Five Elements Spirit Pearls. Shi Zhong also thought about the dangers of the First Mountain Copper in later generations, so he went to take a look at Mount Shouyang and actually discovered a large Pre-Heavenly Copper mine on the east side of the mountain. The Pre-Heavenly Copper is not comparable to those Post-Heavenly coppers like Xuan Tong or Jing Tong. This Pre-Heavenly Copper is an excellent material for refining equipment. Shi Zhong, following his principle of leaving a thread of life when doing things, took away only one-tenth of the Pre-Heavenly Copper. If people knew that this was also called "leaving a thread of life", they would be speechless.

  It's that Cang Xian Tu again, and here we have to substitute Dong Wang Gong with sorrow. Originally, this Cang Xian Tu was supposed to pass through Dong Wang Gong's hands first, before finally falling into Tong Tian's hands, who then used it to set up the famous Wan Xian Da Zhen in the war of封神. But now it has been obtained by Tong Tian, indicating that there is still a significant connection with Tong Tian. It was originally a Xian Tian Ling Bao, so after being refined into an array chart by Shi Zhong, it belongs to Xian Tian Ling Bao. Moreover, Shi Zhong added some special prohibitions, making this Cang Xian Tu have more functions than the previous one.

  But now the Cang Xian Tu is completely unrelated to Dong Wang Gong. It's worth noting that Tong Tian's current cultivation has reached the middle stage of the Law Boundary, and he has even broken through many years of stagnation in the Law Boundary, which is not much different from those old generation cultivators with Chaos Butterfly in the Primordial Era. At least now, Hong Jun's cultivation, due to Shi Zhong's influence, is only at the middle stage of the Law Boundary.

  Tongtian was extremely excited to receive the sword array. Tongtian is now even more excited, you know that such a treasure is also unparalleled compared to some of the pre-heavenly treasures. Even if it's the Pre-Heavenly Killing Sword Array or the Exterminating Immortal Sword Array, they can't compare to this sword array. The Exterminating Immortal Sword Array can be broken by just four strong individuals of the same level, and it has no effect on suppressing the aura of heaven. The power of the Zhushen Sword Array is even stronger than the Exterminating Immortal Sword Array, and if combined with merit, it can become a post-heavenly treasure that can suppress the aura of heaven. Such a treasure is also rare in the entire Honghuang world!

  Shi Zhong asked Tongtian, "Disciple, do you feel it now?" Others who heard Shi Zhong's question felt inexplicable, but Tongtian was shocked. He nodded and replied, "I've only recently started to feel it, but I don't know why. Please, Master, enlighten me." It turned out that Shi Zhong was asking about the Three Purities. When Hongyuan took down the other two Purities, the causal lines between them had already been severed, and there were no more entanglements. If one's cultivation hadn't reached a certain level, it would be impossible to see this. In fact, Shi Zhong had seen that the two causal lines connected to Tongtian had been severed long ago, but he didn't tell him, fearing it would disturb his cultivation. Tongtian only recently saw it after making a breakthrough in his cultivation, and although he was still in the middle of the Law Realm, he had made significant progress in understanding the laws.

  Shi Zhong looked at Tong Tian and said, "Actually, this matter should start from the master. Master once found a fragment of the Huafu Jade Butterfly on Mount Buzhou. The importance of this fragment, Master has also told you about it before. However, just as Master was about to collect it, a Taoist named Hong Jun Lao Zu suddenly attacked Master with treachery. In the end, he was defeated and escaped with serious injuries. So, Master still considers Hong Jun Lao Zu a powerful enemy until now. This Hong Jun Lao Zu had taken your two older brothers as disciples ten thousand years ago, so the relationship between you three was severed. Therefore, be more careful of Hong Jun Lao Zu in the future. He is a sinister person who only cares about results and does not care whether it is righteous or not." Shi Zhong emphasized this point again at the end, warning Tong Tian about Hong Jun's treacherous nature.

  Tongtian now also has a general understanding, it turns out that it was the master and Hongjun's fate! However, Tongtian didn't pay much attention to it either, everything went with the flow. Having been a disciple of Shi Zhong for so many years, Tongtian also understood the flexibility of being a person and many ways of dealing with people. Now other disciples also understand what the master said.

  Shi Zhong then looked at Tian Songzi, as Shi Zhong's second disciple, Tian Songzi also received many authentic transmissions from Shi Zhong. Among the various magical powers, he was more skilled than others, such as Palm World, Three Heads and Eight Arms Golden Body, Heaven and Earth Change Techniques, etc., all of which were mastered with great proficiency. Moreover, Tian Songzi was also well-versed in the art of alchemy, using his mid-grade pre-heavenly spiritual treasure to refine the Mountain River Tripod into a 7-turn golden elixir, something that others could hardly imagine.

  Now this elixir is still very unfamiliar in the Desolate World, and almost everyone doesn't care about the elixir because now in the Desolate World, spiritual medicine is not everywhere, but it can be said that there are many varieties. So most people have some alchemy skills, but they're not very good at it. However, there are exceptions, such as Laozi of the Three Purities, whose alchemy skills are extremely impressive.

  So, Tiān Sōng Zǐ is still the most popular among all the disciples, after all, who doesn't want Tiān Sōng Zǐ to refine a pill for him? This pill also has its differences, it's divided into nine turns, and when the nine-turn golden pill is combined, it becomes the number of 99 returning to one. Therefore, there is only one kind of nine-turn golden pill, and as soon as someone takes it, they immediately attain the position of Dà Luó Jīn Xiān. The eight-turn golden pill has nine kinds, and following this logic, the seven-turn golden pill would have eighty-one kinds.

  Shi Zhong looked at Tian Songzi and said, "You are the second disciple under my tutelage, and you also have many spiritual treasures on your body. I will give you a few more spiritual treasures to protect yourself." Indeed, Tian Songzi had several extraordinary spiritual treasures, including the Four Seasons Fan, a top-grade pre-heavenly spiritual treasure that was one of the 43 forbidden pre-heavenly spiritual treasures, and the Mountain Moving Whip, a top-grade pre-heavenly spiritual treasure that was one of the 45 forbidden pre-heavenly spiritual treasures. He also had dozens of lower and middle-grade pre-heavenly spiritual treasures. After all, if a strong practitioner in the Law Domain couldn't even find any pre-heavenly spiritual treasures, it would be too embarrassing.

  Only to see Shi Zhong's words finish, a tripod-shaped spiritual treasure and a mysterious yellow-colored ruler-shaped spiritual treasure appeared in front of Tian Songzi. "This tripod is the ultimate pre-heavenly spiritual treasure, the Cihua Ding, which has 45 prohibitions. Although it can't compare to the pre-heavenly supreme treasure, the Qiankun Ding, in terms of its ability to return things to their origin, it has a magical effect on alchemy and equipment refinement, especially in alchemy. This ruler is the post-heavenly merit treasure, the Xuanhuang Gongde Chi, which has 53 prohibitions. It's the number one attacking treasure of the post-heavenly realm, formed by combining half of the Hongmeng purple energy with one accomplishment of opening heaven merit and adding Xuanhuang energy. In suppressing the flow of air, it is not inferior to the pre-heavenly supreme treasure." After finishing speaking, he handed over the two spiritual treasures to Tian Songzi, who received them with an excited heart. Who wouldn't be? The Cihua Ding is a treasured object that even a great alchemy master like Tian Songzi dreams of! And it's accompanied by the Xuanhuang Gongde Chi, which can suppress the flow of air and is the number one attacking treasure of the post-heavenly realm.