Chapter 5: Glad to Obtain the Yellow Plum Tree
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
Even though Pangu had died for millions of years, the pressure Mount Buzhou a.s.serted could not be ignored. Minghe might have reached the late stage of Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, he still felt like he was buried under a huge mountain. Here, he could only exert 60% to 70% of his power.
The remnants Pangu left was horrific enough that Minghe couldn"t imagine the time when Pangu was alive. Looking at the skysc.r.a.ping Mount Buzhou, Minghe thought about an ancient poem that read: "Alive, I should be a hero; Dead, I would be a ghost." That should be Pangu"s life.
Minghe stepped off his clouds to walk towards Mount Buzhou. He had intended to ride the clouds, but it was simply unrealistic for him to do so under Pangu"s great pressure. The pressure also became greater as he traveled forward. It was wiser to just go on foot.
His one step traveled hundreds of meters. This was a little magic skill Minghe created and dubbed coast to coast. If he took a bigger step, he could even travel ten thousand meters. But he was in no hurry at the moment, so the current speed was enough for him to tour Mount Buzhou while seeking for treasures.
It was uncomfortable to be pressed under the atmosphere left by Pangu. However, this pressure was beneficial in some ways and allowed Minghe to cultivate Refining Body Manual. Along with Purpleheaven Thunder, he was able to enhance his body refinement much more effectively.
While walking and cultivating, Minghe contemplated his plan to preach on Mount Buzhou. However, Pangu"s pressure was too terrifying for weak ones to come, and the strong ones would not be willing to come. It would be a huge joke if only a few show up.
Since the plan to preach had to be put off, Minghe focused on seeking for treasures instead. As the top celestial mountain in Untainted Land, spiritual medicines and roots in Mount Buzhou were much more precious than those that grew outside. Minghe packed up everything he thought valuable and prepared to bring them back to Sacred Island in Blood Sea for plantation.
Acting as a porter, Minghe did this for hundreds of years. But in that time, he never did find even a single Spiritual Treasure. He was quite puzzled and annoyed that he believed in fictional stories that inspired him to preach and obtain treasures in Mount Buzhou.
Even so, Minghe tried to be optimistic. After all, he had built a strong body in these hundreds of years, and his cultivation was close to achieving the top stage of Primordial Unity Golden Immortal. After he returned to Blood Sea, he would retreat into his sanctuary to cultivate and not leave until he became a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.
One day, Minghe took a leisurely stroll deep into Mount Buzhou. He thought that he would need to find a new place to preach if he could not do it in Mount Buzhou. However, he could not do his preaching too openly to obtain merits. Even if he was a Primordial Mazinger, there were many Rakshasas in Untainted Land.
When Pangu split the heaven and killed three thousand Mazingers, but not all had their souls disintegrated. Some remnant souls survived, like the future Honorable Ancestor Hongjun and Lord of Devils Luohou. Neither of them was easy targets. It would be troublesome if they noticed him.
Thus Minghe will have to sneak into the village quietly. He had to come up with a thoughtful plan to stay low profile and gain merits at the same time. It was a troublesome plan and took a considerable amount of Minghe"s brain cells.
Ming He was immersed in his thoughts when a cloud of mist caught his eyes. "This is... tactical formation and even a natural one at that." Considering this, Ming He burst into joy.
Since this was a natural tactical formation, there ought to be some treasures in it. Minghe started to unravel the formation containing the Law of the Five Elements. There was no attack power, however. Seeing it was a Confusion Formation, the job became a piece of cake for Minghe.
Shortly after, Minghe broke the formation and entered it. Thanks to his Origin of tactical formations, it didn"t take long for Minghe to unravel this one. Otherwise, he could only break it with violence. That would attract unnecessary attention.
A towering tree stood inside the formation. Upon closer look, Minghe frowned and predicted for a while. It seemed that he did find something valuable. The fictional stories did not lie to him.
The tree was called the Yellow Plum Tree, a Primordial Spiritual Root of the highest grade and the best one in Untainted Land. It would blossom once every 10,000 years, bear fruit after another 10,000 years, and mature with only nine fruits after yet another 10,000 years. Its flowers were like lotus and its fruits like stamens. Both flowers and fruits were endowed with the words "Yellow Plum".
If an immortal breathed in its fragrance, he could obtain ten thousand years" worth of cultivation. If he was lucky enough to eat one, he could reach Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal stage instantly. That was based on that his body could bear it; if not, he would simply explode. If the fruit was refined into Medicinal Pills with other Spiritual Medicines, and then converted by a special person, it would be safe for human consumption.
Despite its magic effect, people in pursuit of immortality would not take it unless they had reached Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal stage or Primordial Unity Golden Immortal stage. Otherwise, they might suffer the unstable state of mind. A worst outcome was that they would not be able to cultivate anymore. However, it was a shortcut to reach Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal stage if one couldn"t make it to the Way of Celestial Immortality.
Due to its unbelievable properties, the Yellow Plum Tree was injured by the Primordial Killing Intent when the heaven was separated from the earth. The tree was now dying. Despite its large size, its leaves were withering. Wounded by Primordial Killing Intent, its core was oozing a deadly odor. With how things were going, the tree would disappear from Untainted Land after ten or twenty thousand years.
Luckily, it was Minghe who found it instead of a person who would not know to deal with the Primordial Killing Intent and its deathly odor. Even if one may not die, he would still be horribly injured.
Minghe was a special case. His Eternal Spiritual Treasures was the natural bane of the Primordial Killing Intent. His Red Lotus of Fire could burn it easily. However, that would be a pity as the Primordial Killing Intent inside the tree was the first of its kind since the heaven was separated from earth. It would be a shame to destroy it.
Waving his hand, Minghe summoned two black swords from inside his body. They were his Eternal Spiritual Treasures: Yuantu Sword and Abi Sword. These two were Tools of Ma.s.sacre endowed with Primordial Killing Intent. If they could absorb the Primordial Killing Intent inside the tree, their power would be greatly improved.
As Minghe exerted the slightest of his supernatural power, Yuantu Sword and Abi Sword emitted numerous Primordial Killing Intents. The Primordial Killing Intent inside the Yellow Plum Tree sensed something of its kind and got out of the tree immediately, like a cat chasing after a fishy smell.
The Primordial Killing Intent was dubbed the ancestor of Evil Spirit, and any Evil Spirit could be its nutrient. The Primordial Killing Intent emitted by Yuantu Sword and Abi Sword was appealing, but it also understood that there were no free lunches in life.
As the Primordial Killing Intent approached Yuantu Sword and Abi Sword, Minghe instantly exerted his supernatural power to change the place of two swords and formed a tactical formation, his original Two-Sword Killing Formation. The formation trapped the Primordial Killing Intent and absorbed it slowly.
The tree recovered a fair lot after the Primordial Killing Intent inside disappeared. This sped its breathing in and out of Spiritual Air. However, the troublesome deathly odor was still stuck on it. Although the tree could get rid of the death odor itself, its root was wounded. It would never recover if things were left as is.
Fortunately, the Book of Life and Death and the Judge Pen that Minghe owned came in handy. They were not fully converted yet, but they were more than sufficient to expel the deathly odor inside the tree.
The Book of Life and Death and the Judge Pen were two highest-grade treasures in the future Nether World. What was inside the tree meant nothing to them as they were full of deathly odor themselves. Minghe slightly exerted these two magic weapons and the odor was absorbed instantly.
But the tree was infested with Primordial Killing Intent and deathly odor for so long that its root was badly damaged. It had not borne fruit even once since the beginning of heaven and earth. Now the Primordial Killing Intent and the deathly odor were all gone, but it was still nearly impossible for the tree to recover by itself.
It was a good thing that Minghe had Xuanyuan Water Control Flag. The Three Light Holy Water it produced could repair the damaged root. Nourished by the holy water, the tree would be fully recovered soon. The bad news was Minghe had used almost all of the holy water to refine his 480 million Clones of Blood G.o.d. What was left was far from enough.
Minghe gave all that was left of Three Light Holy Water to the tree. There was nothing else he could do but wait for Xuanyuan Water Control Flag to produce more holy water. He would then feed them to the tree until it was fully recovered. Even though Minghe was already close to achieving Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal stage, he nevertheless had high expectations of the tree"s delicious fruits. He could also increase his cultivation at the same time.
Minghe took in the Yellow Plum Tree with a flick of his sleeves. The tree did not resist at all. It was after all spiritual, despite being without intelligence. It was willing to follow Minghe after receiving so much help from him, although it was not aware that Minghe was doing this for his purpose.
The natural tactical formation for protection on the outside disappeared after the Yellow Plum Tree was taken. Although Minghe failed to preach or seek any treasures, he was delighted to get the tree whose fruits could make Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal. That meant he could produce the trees in batches in the future.
But that was just a fleeting thought. Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals produced by the tree was of little use. They could only rank bottom in the same level because they would fall behind in the use of realm, horizon, and supernatural power. However, it would act as a high-level gift since one fruit was equal to a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal. Who else could be this generous?