Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 225 - 225 215 Shangqing Taoist

225: Chapter 215: Shangqing Taoist 225: Chapter 215: Shangqing Taoist But today, this Golden Turtle Island, silent for many years, suddenly showed signs of activity.

In the finest and most glorious palace amongst a large group of exquisite palaces on the island, a hearty laugh suddenly echoed out.

“Ha ha, the one destined for me has finally emerged.

Unsurprisingly, he doesn’t belong to the ancient past but has chosen to manifest in this lifetime.”

Upon sensing the existence of Jiang Chen, a slightly desolate figure sitting on a soft cushion at the center of the grand hall quietly raised his head.

A flicker of uncharacteristic emotion shone out from his usually emotionless eyes, revealing a hint of a hard-to-conceal smile.

This person was none other than Daoist Shangqing.

Compared to his appearance at the outset, although his look remained the same, his aura had considerably changed, now exuding a sense of world-weariness and loneliness.

The collapse of the Jiejiao Sect had left the once vivacious Leader Tongtian reduced to one among many lost souls.

At this point, it seemed inappropriate to refer to him as Leader Tongtian.

Since the Jiejiao Sect was no more, calling him Leader Tongtian would seem somewhat ironic.

At present, he was simply Daoist Shangqing of Pangu.

Tracing back to his source isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

At least, his many years of secluded cultivation amidst the Primordial Chaos have admittedly allowed Daoist Shangqing’s cultivation to make significant progress.

“Being born in this world might cause him some trouble to achieve the Daoist Venerable state and come see me in the Chaos.”

Although he spoke these words, a trace of a smile appeared on Leader Tongtian’s face.

Clearly, he was very concerned about this disciple who had suddenly appeared.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have left so many treasures at Huaguo Mountain.

“Let me anticipate your origin and whether you have the chance to attain Tao in this life.”

With a thought, Daoist Shangqing applied his Innate Divine Calculation to decipher Jiang Chen’s origin first, then assess if he could lend him a hand.

Given Daoist Shangqing’s level of cultivation, he could anticipate anything about Jiang Chen, apart from matters related to the Tao Mirror, without anything escaping him.

Very soon, Daoist Shangqing had fully grasped everything there was to know about Jiang Chen.

“A member of the Human Race, a descendant of the Earth Emperor, and born with celestial qualifications; not bad at all.

However, choosing to cultivate Ancient Martial Arts in this era shows a lack of wisdom.”

Even the mighty Daoist Shangqing sighed after discovering that Jiang Chen was cultivating Ancient Martial Arts.

Younger generations tend to only see the difficulties of cultivating Ancient Martial Arts, forgetting the gap between the Three Realms and the Ancient Chaos.

Not to mention the difference between the Innate and Acquired Vital Energy, just understand that one day of the Ancient times equates to one year of the present.

Practitioners of Ancient Martial Arts don’t often live beyond a hundred centuries.

Yet, those hundred centuries in the Ancient, Remote, and Early Ancient times translate to thirty-six fifty thousand years in the present era.

The difference of thirty-six fifty folds causes it to be unsurprising that no one since the Early Ancient era has attained Tao through the Ancient Martial Arts.

“Ah, such a pity for this great potential…”

“Hm?

What’s this?

An Innate Spiritual Treasure in the embryonic stage?

What an outstanding idea from the Earth Emperor.

It seems that I am about to gain an authentic disciple.”

Following his discovery that Jiang Chen was cultivating Ancient Martial Arts, Daoist Shangqing had initially decided to give up on him, regretting his potential.

However, the appearance of the Sun Divine Staff immediately changed his idea.

The instant Daoist Shangqing saw the Sun Divine Staff, his acuity allowed him to grasp the Earth Emperor’s plan.

He then knew that it was inevitable for Jiang Chen to achieve the Daluo Taoist Venerable state.

Turning Acquired treasures into Innate Spiritual Treasures, which are above all the very best Innate Spiritual Treasures, is a fortune even Daoist Shangqing has never seen before.

It was enough to help Jiang Chen attain the Tao.

Obtaining the Way to Immortality, attaining the Dao of Daluo, becoming the Dao of the Primordial Chaos.

Saying that a person has obtained the Tao implies that they have become Immortal.

Saying that a person has attained the Tao means that they have achieved the Daluo Taoist Fruit, that is, the state of a Daluo Taoist Venerable.

Saying that a person has fulfilled the Tao indicates that they have achieved a level of Taoist Fruit capable of equating them with the saints, making them a Daluo Jinxian of the Primordial.

Jiang Chen, being on the way to attain the Tao, implies that he is on the way to achieving the state of a Daluo Taoist Venerable.

Daoist Shangqing planned to accept him as an authentic disciple.

“Very well then, as he is bound to be my future disciple, let me lend him a helping hand, accelerating his process of attaining Tao, and making him come and meet me.”

Daoist Shangqing was quite satisfied with Jiang Chen and decided to offer him some assistance.

As for how?

He would decide after Jiang Chen has attained the Taiyi.

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Jiang Chen, unaware of the movement on Golden Turtle Island outside the sky, was busy receiving his heritage.

There was still some of Daoist Shangqing’s heritage attached to the Shangqing Divine Talisman, which contained Daoist Shangqing’s understanding of arrays.

It was exceptionally profound, with a hint of saintly aura circulating subtly around it.

This must indeed be Daoist Shangqing’s visit to this place after he attained sainthood, during which he added some more of his heritage.

Yet another month passed, with Jiang Chen continuing to receive the entirety of the Shangqing heritage, thus marking the end of this opportunity.

“Daoist Shangqing is indeed a master of array correction.

His understanding of arrays is much more profound than Di Huang.”

“However, Di Huang is a strong contender for his achievement in Innate Divine Calculation.

Even after his deification, Daoist Shangqing could not surpass him—quite terrifying.”

Jiang Chen marveled, emerging from his thoughts.

He felt that he had hit the jackpot—the strongest heritage of array correction and the strongest heritage of calculations.

Both are in his hands, and both complement each other.

That is to say, if Jiang Chen were to cultivate these two heritages to the utmost and integrate them into one, he could surpass both the emperor and Daoist Shangqing to achieve an unprecedented breakthrough.

Well,

Jiang Chen was daydreaming.

He would laugh if he could unify the two and make significant headway.

Perhaps he was aware that he was painting too rosy a picture, Jiang Chen shook his head, eliminating the distractions in his mind and refocused his attention on the Shangqing Divine Talisman in his Sea of Consciousness.

Shangqing Divine Talisman, this high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, possesses thirty-six Daoist innate prohibitions.

However, like most cultivators, usually the gifted ones can often cross realms and fight.

The Shangqing Divine Talisman is indeed such an Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Although it is not a top-notch treasure, its power is comparable to that of a very best Innate Spiritual Treasure.

This Treasure was now wholly refined by Jiang Chen.

Daoist Shangqing must have used an extraordinary method because, as soon as the Shangqing Divine Talisman entered his body, it directly allowed Jiang Chen all its privileges.

Thus, it became so easily refined and mastered by him, just like a Life-bound Spiritual Treasure.

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Silently calculating the time, Jiang Chen realized that he had stayed in the depths of Huaguo Mountain for about seven or eight years.

It has been seven or eight years.

He wondered what the outside world had become.

Pondering on this, Jiang Chen quickly swept away all Innate Spiritual Herbs, Spiritual Fruits, and precious minerals and divine metals from the area with a wide sleeve.

He then directly walked away from this place.

Truly, “Tall as three Zhangs, Jiang Chen” lives up to his reputation!

Jiang Chen didn’t think he had done anything excessive.

After he took away the Taichu Divine Sword, the Spiritual Energy of Huaguo Mountain stopped gathering in this place and began to flow back.

Gradually, it started to change Huaguo Mountain, helping it revert to the form of the Cave Heaven Blessed Land.