Chapter 23: Bestowing Treasures, Searching for the Island

  "You are all my disciples, and for so many years, I have not given you any defensive objects. Previously at the Treasure Cave, I obtained a lot of treasures, and today I will give them to you."

  The Master of Tongtian said to his disciples.

  Everyone was overjoyed. The treasure that could be obtained by the Lord of Tongtian Sect must not be simple, and one by one, they stared at the Lord of Tongtian Sect with eyes full of excitement.

  However, Yun Zhongzi had no thoughts about this. The treasures on his body could be said to be the best under the saints, and even compared to the Zhunti Taoist in the West, Yun Zhongzi felt that his own treasures were definitely better than Zhunti's.

  Among them, the twelve products of the Destroying World Black Lotus and the Regicide Gun are not comparable to the Demon-subduing Pestle and the Bodhi Tree of Zhunti. Moreover, he still has in his hand the Six Roots Clear Bamboo that should belong to Zhunti. Thinking of the Six Roots Clear Bamboo, Yunzhongzi couldn't help but smile secretly, feeling that he was indeed lucky, even managing to snatch away the treasure of Zhunti Dao Ren.

  The Master of Tongtian took out 24 Dinghai Divine Pearls and said to Zhao Gongming, "Gongming, these 24 Dinghai Divine Pearls are pre-heavenly spiritual treasures with immense power. They can capture people and objects, emit five-colored divine light, dazzle the enemy's spirit and senses, and their power is as vast as the four seas. Moreover, each pearl is a small world in itself. You must carefully refine them. I also grant you this Dragon-binding Rope, which was refined from dragon tendons and has considerable power."

  Zhao Gongming happily accepted the Dinghai Divine Pearl and the Dragon Binding Rope, bowing his head to express gratitude, "Thank you, Master, for bestowing these treasures upon me."

  "Yun Xiao, this Hunyuan Golden Dipper is bestowed upon you. This dipper can open up the sky and has a long handle, containing the essence of heaven and earth, storing all of the universe and the four seas. It can collect all treasures, its power is unmatched; Bi Xiao, as for the treasure in my hand, there's nothing that has fate with you, so I'll give this sword to you; Qiong Xiao, this Golden Beauty Scissors are two ancient yin-yang dragons, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, receiving the essence of the sun and moon. When activated, it will move up and down, surrounded by auspicious clouds, its head and tail connected like scissors, unstoppable. Be cautious when using it. Additionally, I'll bestow upon you another array, named Jiugu Huanghe Array. This array, combined with the Hunyuan Golden Dipper and the Golden Beauty Scissors, will allow you three to defend yourselves with ease."

  San Xiao received the treasure and bowed his body, saying, "Yun Xiao, Bi Xiao, Qiong Xiao thank you, Master, for giving us treasures."

  The Heavenly Master of Houtu later bestowed upon her the Golden Spirit Sacred Mother Dragon and Tiger Ruyi and the Four Symbol Pagoda.

  Granting the Turtle Spirit Sacred Mother's Day Pearl

  Grant Wu Yun Xian Hunyuan Chui, and so on.

  Many disciples under the gate have gained a lot, and some remaining unnamed treasures were all given to Duobao. Duobao was overjoyed, he loved refining instruments, now the master of Tongtian had given him so many treasures as reference materials, it is unknown what kind of treasure Duobao would refine in the future.

  After the division of treasures, Tongtian Jiao Zong was about to leave. At this time, Yun Zhongzi reported to Tongtian Jiao Zong and said that he wanted to find a place to live outside Jin Ao Island. Tongtian Jiao Zong agreed.

  Zhao Gongming and San Xiao also spoke of wanting to go find an island for themselves, the Tianxian Sect Master was very easy-going, at least towards these disciples' small requests, all were met with agreement.

  Finally, Yun Zhongzi took Zhao Gongming and his four siblings out to find an island.

  Inside the Eastern Sea, islands with abundant primordial energy can be seen everywhere. The islands near Jin Ao Island have even thicker primordial energy that seems to be about to condense into liquid.

  Although there are many islands near Jin'ao Island, San Ye and Zhao Gongming do not want to get too close to Jin'ao Island. The four siblings of Zhao Gongming are all clouds in their true form, and the true form of Yun Zhongzi is also a cloud, so several people can talk about it.

  Especially Qiong Xiao, who was lively by nature, even though she had been severely scolded by Yun Zhongzi last time, now seemed to have forgotten all about it and was jumping around on the way to find the island among several people.

  Yun Zhongzi sighed secretly in his heart, why would such a lively woman suffer from that heavenly calamity?

  The East China Sea is vast and boundless, with many islands, but even so, it's not easy to find a satisfactory island.

  After spending several days, San Xiao finally found a decent island and named it: Sanshen Island. Sanshen Island is far from Jinyu Island and close to the Hongyuan Continent.

  Zhao Gongming, however, did not like these islands very much. After three nights of peace and quiet, he bid farewell to Yun Zhongzi and went to the Honghuang Continent to find a mountain, where he opened up a cave and named it: Luofu Cave!

  Yun Zhongzi finally found a spiritual island not far from Jin Ao Island, which was not large, only tens of miles in circumference, but it made Yun Zhongzi quite satisfied. Because on this island there is a pre-heavenly formation method, namely the Five Elements Formation, which can not only protect the island but also gather the four-sided yuanqi for the island to use.

  After spending several days of hard work to control the formation, Yun Zhongzi was a little dazed. The spiritual island under the five-element array could still be invisible, and a hint of excitement suddenly appeared on his face.

  Entering the Spiritual Island, one sees that the island is full of vital energy, with numerous rare and precious medicinal herbs that are hard to find in the wilderness. Among them, several white cranes that have achieved spiritual enlightenment fly about.

  Several white cranes apparently also saw Yun Zhongzi, and immediately a strong gust of wind swept over. The white crane flew directly to the front of Yun Zhongzi and spoke in human language, "How does this Taoist friend call himself? How can he enter the island?"

  Yun Zhongzi saw three white cranes cultivating, but they had not yet reached the realm of heavenly immortals and could not transform their shapes to come out. He thought to himself, "I am Yun Zhongzi, the great disciple under the Heavenly Master of the Orthodox Unity Sect, a saint of the Supreme Clarity. Today, seeing this island, I want to make it my place of cultivation, so I will break through the array and enter."

  "It turns out that you are a fellow practitioner from the sect of saints, please don't be offended. We were born on this island and have never left, nor has any other practitioner ever come here, so we had to ask when we saw you."

  Yun Zhongzi said, "Oh, now this island is already under my control, you don't have any opinions about it, do you?"

  "There is no nothing." Bai He hastily said.

  Yun Zhongzi smiled and said, "At present, I am still short of a few young boys by my side. I wonder if you are willing to serve me?" These three white cranes were quite spiritual and could be used as Daoist boys for errands, which was not bad either.

  Three white cranes immediately said, "Disciples pay respects to the old master, because disciples have not transformed yet, hoping the old master will forgive disciples for not being able to offer full courtesy."

  Yun Zhongzi waved his hand and said indifferently, "Is this island famous?"

  "The island has yet to be named."

  Yun Zhongzi nodded, saying, "Yes, from now on this island will be called Wuxing Island." Then he also separately named the three white cranes as Jintong, Mutong and Huotong.

  Yun Zhongzi was also unskilled in building houses and palaces, so he didn't live on the Five Elements Island at that time. After preaching to the three children, he returned to Jin Ao Island.

  Wu Xing Island, Sanxian Island and Jinyin Island, the three islands form a triangle, with Wu Xing Island and Sanxian Island being the farthest apart.

  Afterwards, Yun Zhongzi sent a messenger to Wuxing Island and had Gong Ling build a palace for himself on the island.

  At present, Zhong Ling has transformed into a human form, worthy of being called Zhong Ling. With the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, Zhong Ling has become a young man with pale and delicate skin, jet-black hair, and eyes that often flash with a bright and clean spirit, looking quite lively. Wearing a black Taoist robe, Zhong Ling appears refined and elegant, with an air of immortality, causing Yun Zhongzi to secretly praise him.

  After listening to the Tao several times on Jin'ao Island, hundreds of years had passed. On this day, Yun Zhongzi was meditating when he suddenly felt a stir in his heart. He calculated with his fingers, but couldn't figure out what it was. However, after a brief moment of contemplation, Yun Zhongzi knew what it was about.

  Don't think too much, instantly set up his body shape and flew towards the Hongyuan Unending Mountain. At this point, Yun Zhongzi's cultivation had already reached the middle period of Daluo Jinxian. With the addition of two treasures, the 12th-grade Extinction Black Lotus and the God-slaying Spear, even if it were a quasi-Saint like Zhan Que Yishi, he wouldn't be able to hold him back. Therefore, the Tongtian Sect Master had said earlier that if there was something to attend to outside, there was no need to report to him.

  The reason why Tongtian Sect Master was so surprised was that Yun Zhongzi was very mysterious, and there were some things on his body that even now he had become a saint, couldn't be calculated at all. This result was a big surprise to Tongtian Sect Master, who knew that he was already a saint, and could calculate the middle period of Daluo Jinxian, but Yun Zhongzi still had secrets that couldn't be calculated. Tongtian Sect Master knew that this matter might only be known by Hong Jun, or even his own senior brother Lao Zi didn't know, so he let Yun Zhongzi run around freely.

  After Yun Zhongzi flew out of Jinyin Island, he flew towards Buzhou Mountain with all his might. At the same time, he also sent a transmission talisman to Zhen Yuanshi, because he knew that his current cultivation was not enough to fight against Kunpeng and Minghe. He remembered that the two quasi-saints who snatched the Hongyun Hongmeng purple energy were not benevolent masters, so he asked Zhen Yuanshi to come and rescue him.

  Buzhou Mountain, a place where the Red Cloud had just come out of his own cave, planning to visit his good friend in the vast wilderness that he hadn't seen for many years. As soon as he walked to the foot of a mountain, he was blocked by Kunpeng.

  Hongyun saw Kunpeng and smiled, "Kunpeng fellow Daoist, you're indeed carefree. Now that the Wu and Yao tribes are at odds, the Wu tribe is always looking for trouble with your Yao tribe. You don't go back to guard your tribe, but instead have the mood to come out and wander in the clouds. I truly admire you."

  It's clear that Hongyun still doesn't know that Kunpeng has come for the Hongmeng purple energy on his body.

  Kunpeng's face sank after hearing this, and he said, "Hongyun Daoist friend, I have a favor to ask of you this time."

  Hong Yun was taken aback, he had no dealings with this Kun Peng, what did he want from him? Although thinking so, his mouth still said, "Oh? Fellow Daoist, what's the matter? If I can do it, I'll naturally lend a hand."

  "Red Cloud fellow daoist, at present the other six dao masters of the Hongyuan Purple Qi have all attained the state of mixed yuan and become saints. Only you, fellow daoist, have not yet fully comprehended the Hongyuan Purple Qi. I suspect that this Hongyuan Purple Qi may be destined to be with me instead. This time, I came here hoping that you would hand over the Hongyuan Purple Qi to me. If I were to become a saint, I will certainly not forget your great kindness. What do you think?"

  Hongyun's anger caused his whole body to tremble, and the words Cloud Middle Child had previously spoken at Wuzhuangguan suddenly surged into his mind. He thought to himself, "Indeed, just as Cloud Middle Child said, there really is someone spying on this Hongmeng Purple Qi."

  Hong Yun said, "Kun Peng fellow Daoist, you are so..."

  The words had not been spoken yet, when Kunpeng suddenly launched a shameless sneak attack on Hongyun. Hongyun originally didn't have much of a defensive mindset, and under the unexpected attack, he hastily set up several layers of defense in front of him while rapidly retreating his body, hoping to dodge Kunpeng's sneak attack.