Starting Cultivation During a Trip

Chapter 542 - 268: Zhao Jie Xuan’s Message! Innate Spirit Embryo (2)

"That... that someone..."

"Don’t laugh at me."

At this moment, Qi Delong glanced over with an awkward smile.

"Is your Primordial Spirit injured?" Zhang Fan couldn’t help but ask.

His perception was exceptionally keen; having cultivated to the Great Master Realm, with Triple Primordial Light Protection, he easily detected the unusual fluctuation in Qi Delong’s Primordial Spirit.

"Careless..." Qi Delong waved his hand and said, "We, brothers, have been staying in Chang’an for quite some time without idle, recently we..."

"Discovered a treasure land," Qi Donglong said excitedly.

"Treasure land?" Zhang Fan asked curiously.

"It truly is a treasure land. Brother, do you know what is hidden in that place?" Qi Delong lowered his voice, extremely mysterious.

"What?" Zhang Fan instinctively asked.

"Innate Spirit Embryo!" Qi Dongqiang blurted out.

"Why don’t you say it..." Qi Delong showed dissatisfaction, shouted angrily.

"Brother, you should say it." Qi Dongqiang said with an awkward smile.

"Innate Spirit Embryo? Are you talking about the Innate Spirit Embryo?" Zhang Fan couldn’t help but reveal a look of astonishment.

Born of heaven and earth, nurtured by mountains and seas, seizing the secrets of creation, four types emerge, namely [Great Medicine], [Exotic Treasures], [Exotic Treasure], and [Spirit Embryo].

Among them, the Innate Spirit Embryo has the greatest creation, yet also the greatest tribulations, almost unseen in ancient and modern times.

On that day, in Tusk Mountain, merely an Exotic Stone Tooth Treasure was born, leading to endless tribulations, causing the Profound Family Qin’s family to lose their auspicious fate, resulting in the family’s downfall, with three Great Master Realm experts perishing deserted mountain, losing their lives entirely.

An Exotic Treasure alone causes such upheaval; if an Innate Spirit Embryo were to come forth, how great would the tribulations be?

"You are not joking, are you?" Zhang Fan asked skeptically, not quite believing the Qi brothers’ words.

In his Daoist Sect cultivation, he has seen Spirit Monsters and Demonic Ghosts, but the Innate Spirit Embryo remains a legendary existence for him, secretly hidden and hard to verify.

"Of course, I’m not joking. It’s not just us, there’s a group of Zhongnan Mountain Daoists, though their vision is limited, they might not recognize this is a sign of the Innate Spirit Embryo’s emergence," Qi Dongqiang quickly said.

"You were injured by Zhongnan Mountain’s experts?" Zhang Fan asked.

"Those rotten sweet potatoes, smelly bird eggs are hardly experts!" Qi Delong sneered.

They, brothers, were originally exceptional. Since following Zhao Jie Xuan, they have competed and mastered Daoist Skills with great advancement, long entering the Great Master Realm, furthermore perfecting the [Primordial Spirit Unification Technique], ordinary people are truly not their opponents.

"That Innate Spirit Embryo had yet to emerge but already caused astonishing phenomena, I was injured by it, my Primordial Spirit suffered some impairment," Qi Delong explained.

Their brothers Primordial Spirit was of the same root, mutually nurturing and growing; ordinary damages wouldn’t have much effect, quickly recovering.

Nevertheless, even with Qi Delong speaking so firmly, Zhang Fan still didn’t believe.

In the mountain, Spirit Monsters transformed into Demons, guarding mountain gates, these are quite common in Daoist Sect history.

There are even Ghost Kings, Great Demons subdued by Daoist Sect’s mighty figures, becoming Guardians, countless in number.

However, the Innate Spirit Embryo, never have I heard any mountain or sect achieve such creation. He even doubts whether this kind of thing exists at all.

"Brother, don’t doubt, though Innate Spirit Embryos are rare throughout history, they’re not non-existent," Qi Dongqiang noticed Zhang Fan’s thoughts, saying.

"It is said, years ago Dragon Tiger Mountain had a revered Innate Spirit Embryo, possessing vast divine power, extraordinary Daoist Skill," Qi Dongqiang recounted a past tale.

The revered Innate Spirit Embryo of Dragon Tiger Mountain was subdued by its ancestors during the Ming dynasty’s Wanli period, on Bohai Coast, living for over three hundred years, its Divine Techniques are no less than Pure Yang Infinite.

At that time, only the last Celestial Master of Dragon Tiger Mountain, Zhang Tai Xu, could command and summon this revered Innate Spirit Embryo.

Unfortunately, later with the great tribulation of the Daoist Sect, that revered Innate Spirit Embryo also perished in tribulation, becoming past clouds and smoke.

"Let’s not talk about the past. Brother, isn’t there still a revered Innate Spirit Embryo present in the world today?" Qi Dongqiang suddenly proposed.

"Indeed..." Qi Delong pondered briefly, then nodded immediately.

"Now? Alive? Where?" Zhang Fan asked curiously.

Starting from ancient times, Innate Spirit Embryos are even rarer than Pure Yang Infinite. In this era, with the End of Dharma arriving as expected, still, can there be such creation?

"White Crane Temple!" Qi Delong lightly opened his lips, uttering three words.

"It’s actually there." Zhang Fan’s eyes lowered slightly, a barely noticeable gleam flashed in his eyes.

"White Crane Temple claims to be the sect beyond Dragon and Tiger, the Daoist Sect’s root, not without reason; it can hold sway over the Daoist Sect’s command, naturally having heavenly confidence," Qi Dongqiang sternly said.

"Think about it, after Jiazi Demon-Vanquishing, Transcendent Zhenren verified Pure Yang Infinite, like the sun at midday, why can White Crane Temple stand against it, occupying half of the domain!?"

"Because of that revered Innate Spirit Embryo!?" Zhang Fan pondered.

"Not entirely because of that revered Innate Spirit Embryo, but definitely one of the main reasons," Qi Delong said sternly.

Eighty years ago, Dragon Tiger Mountain Zhang Family’s incense was not yet extinguished, White Crane Temple was beyond the world, the root of the Daoist Sect, standing outside Dragon and Tiger; its foundation is unknown, even its origin is mysterious and hard to comprehend.

"I heard my master say, when he was young, he saw that revered Innate Spirit Embryo of White Crane Temple, indeed extraordinary, not of the mundane sort," Qi Delong’s eyes filled with recollection.

His master is now the Sect Leader of Laojun Mountain, a contemporary of Chu Chaoran, Jiang Wansui, Mo Rancun, known as Guan Tianzi, referred to as Celestial Taoist.

"I’ve heard my master say too..."

Just then, Qi Dongqiang interjected.

Zhang Fan glanced up briefly, not speaking, thinking to himself, can you two brothers listen separately? Of course, you must listen together!

"Master said that revered Innate Spirit Embryo of White Crane Temple has opened heavenly eyes, possessing three eyes, even Transcendent Zhenren in his youth encountered him," Qi Dongqiang added.

"Transcendent Zhenren opposed the Innate Spirit Embryo in techniques?"

This kind of secret tale is nowhere else to be heard unless coming from reputable Laojun Mountain’s inheritors, fully displaying the foundation of the ten great Daoist sects’ name mountains, only reaching this level can connect with unimaginable secrets to ordinary people.

"What was the outcome?" Zhang Fan asked out of curiosity.

Indeed, Chu Chaoran was not an ordinary person, encountering Three Corpses Daoist as a child, fighting the Innate Spirit Embryo when young, later coincidentally involved in the Daoist Sect’s great tribulation, surviving from Dragon Tiger Mountain.

Pure Yang Infinite, unparalleled in the world, such a life is legendary.

"This is unclear, things behind closed doors, however, at the time Transcendent Zhenren’s Divine Techniques weren’t achieved, no matter how extraordinary one is, he wouldn’t likely be an opponent to the Innate Spirit Embryo," Qi Delong said in a serious tone.

In their view, the life form nourished by seizing creation’s mysteries is a dimensional strike to ordinary cultivators unless the wings haven’t matured, not grown up yet, otherwise, nobody would succeed against it.

"If the treasure land you discovered truly nurtured an Innate Spirit Embryo, wouldn’t that be..."

Zhang Fan’s heart raced; this kind of thing if obtained and nurtured over time, wouldn’t he be able to walk horizontally!? After all, for anyone, the Innate Spirit Embryo is a massive weapon, comparable to nuclear arms!

"Brother, I know your thoughts, you underestimate the Innate Spirit Embryo. With our abilities, we can’t subdue such a thing, even if it’s just born, ignorant..." Qi Dongqiang chuckled.

"Why?" Zhang Fan pressed.

"Because most of our methods are ineffective against the Innate Spirit Embryo," Qi Dongqiang sighed.

"What is this reason?"

"Daoist cultivation takes Primordial Spirit Awakening as the kernel, various Daoist Skills stem from it, the stronger the Primordial Spirit, the fiercer the Daoist Skill, but..."

Qi Dongqiang’s tone shifted, pausing slightly, eyes showing a hint of solemnity.

"But what?"

"The Innate Spirit Embryo has no Primordial Spirit!"