Dao Equaling the Heavens
Chapter 379 - 12 Gu Wen, Yuqing Heavenly Venerate_3

Chapter 379: Chapter 12 Gu Wen, Yuqing Heavenly Venerate_3

Although Gu Wen’s cultivation realm was vastly different from his, Gu Wen was simply clueless about the Alchemy Dao and pharmacology and could naturally assume the role of Gu Wen’s temporary mentor for the time being.

"Ten Thousand Treasures are immensely precious, yet Immortal Lands are quite common, that’s why countless people are breaking their heads just to get inside."

So Ten Thousand Treasures is Heavenly Marrow?

The thought crossed Gu Wen’s mind and he touched the Jade Pendant with his finger. A flash of white light passed, and he had a piece of Spiritual Medicine in hand.

This Spiritual Medicine had grown under the influence of his own laws within the Inheritance Treasure Cave Heaven, and it was something Lan Yongning had never seen before.

He popped it in his mouth and chewed it. Now that he no longer had the guidance of the Fate Diagram, he could still compute the geometry of the Heavenly Marrow.

Three years of Heavenly Marrow.

Gu Wen took out a Spirit Fruit and tossed it to Lan Yongning, asking, "Is this also a Ten Thousand Treasure?"

"Brother Gu doesn’t forget to bring local specialties even when he comes out."

Lan Yongning teased before looking it over carefully.

"This indeed contains Ten Thousand Treasures, but it’s more diluted than that from Immortal Lands. Perhaps in larger quantities, it could be used to refine Spiritual Essence Pills. How much more do you have, Brother Gu?"

Gu Wen held up five fingers. With a frown, Lan Yongning said, "Only five plants? It’s going to be difficult then; we still need to find that Pill Furnace."

"Five hundred catties."

Looking inwardly into his Inheritance Treasure Cave Heaven, the cat-like creature was diligently using its thoughts to control a hoe, steadily harvesting Spiritual Medicines, Spirit Valleys, and Spirit Fruits, then digging holes to bury them with ’White Clouds.’

The initial ground of the Inheritance Treasure Cave Heaven consisted of cloud after cloud of white, and these White Clouds were also a kind of Innate Treasure, which could serve to preserve the freshness of Spiritual Medicines to a certain degree. This preservation was not permanent, but once expired, it did not rot. Instead, the white clouds would decompose it into a unique Innate Essence.

This essence is the very foundation for nurturing Spiritual Medicine.

Now in the Inheritance Treasure Cave Heaven, one could see little white cloud hillocks everywhere.

Gu Wen felt the little creature probably didn’t even know how much it had buried, simply wanting to find a place to conceal it. Sometimes when there wasn’t enough space, it would pile another mound on top of a White Cloud, gradually forming the shape of a large excrement.

Just as a cat would bury its feces.

In a certain sense, it was a metaphor for the current state of the Cultivation World with its geothermal heat, Spirit Veins, and the Earth harboring Spiritual Energy.

Most of the Spiritual Energy is hidden deep beneath the earth, and Spirit Veins are only a tiny fraction of these conduits.

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Taiyi City.

Xie Yunnan had been searching for Gu Wen all this time but couldn’t find any trace of him no matter what.

She remembered how Gu Wen had sat with Wen Zun a few days earlier, so she turned to find the City Lord Mansion, and even met with the City Lord of Taiyi, but still couldn’t gather any information.

Gu Wen had vanished as if he evaporated from the world.

Xie Yunnan knew that the City Lord of Taiyi also knew some hidden details, but they did not belong to the same faction. The latter was under the Liuyun Sect and was affiliated with the Daoist Sect, while she was a descendant of the warrior family.

Even though Broken Sword Mountain and the Sanqing Taoist Sect had a close relationship, they were two different sects.

In the end, Xie Yunnan could only find the name ’Gu Wen’ in the five-hundredth position on the Tianxuan Conference ranking. She then recalled an old friend Gu Wen spoke of while looking at the list.

Eight hundred years ago, the Tianxuan Conference ranking, five-hundredth place [Yu Hua]

Eight hundred years later, the Tianxuan Conference ranking, five-hundredth place [Gu Wen]

Xie Yunnan superimposed the phantom of the ranking from eight hundred years ago onto the current one, and the two names overlapped.

She came to a half-right answer.

"This senior and the one named Yu Hua must have been quite closely related."

Xie Yunnan followed this lead, using her connections to inquire all around, and managed to contact a True Disciple in charge of recruiting from the Yuqing Sect, who happened to be passing through Taiyi City.

With the help of a mediator, the two met. Xie Yunnan asked, "I wonder if Fellow Daoist knows of a senior named Yu Hua who participated in the Tianxuan Conference eight hundred years ago."

The Yuqing Sect’s direct disciple, You Yi, had a slight change in expression and asked, "Where did Fellow Daoist Xie hear about this?"

"It was mentioned in passing by the elders of my clan, and I became curious and wanted to inquire. If Brother Daoist could share a bit, Yu Nan would be deeply grateful."

Xie Yunnan sincerely pleaded, and in the face of the request from the current number one beauty, the young Taoist was a bit perturbed.

He lowered his voice and said, "Do not spread this matter, but Yu Hua was the Daoist name of the Taoist Heavenly Girl from our sect eight hundred years ago. Back then, it seemed to have stirred up a great commotion, causing the older generation to refuse to speak of it."

"The Taoist Heavenly Girl, that’s quite a title."

Xie Yunnan’s eyes widened slightly, her curiosity was piqued even more. She wanted to ask about Gu Wen, but remembering her Master’s instruction, she held back.

You Yi continued to reveal, "For a thousand years, our Yuqing Sect has had no Heavenly Venerate, and although several elders could take the position, they never received the approval of Qingcang Master. My master once drunkenly said that the Yuqing position has long had a successor, but that person has never shown a face in the Sanqing Taoist Sect."

"Ah? Could it be that Taoist Heavenly Girl?"

"Not her, but it’s likely that the Yuqing Heavenly Venerate’s relation with the Taoist Heavenly Girl was out of the ordinary. It’s rumored that back in the day, the Yuqing Heavenly Venerate’s mandates were all enacted by the Taoist Heavenly Girl, who even created the Flying Rainbow Token. Nowadays, our Yuqing Sect liaises with the various transportation sects every ten years, fussing over a token that has never been used."

Could it be...

An idea dawned on Xie Yunnan.

Perhaps she now knew the identity of this senior.

One of the most mysterious Heavenly Venerates among the Human Race, one of the Three Pure Venerates, the Yuqing Heavenly Venerate.