Chapter 4: Tang Ting Mountain White Ape Discusses the Tao, Treasure of Zhuyang Mountain Emerges in the World

  In the vast expanse of the south, three thousand miles east of here lies a great mountain called Tangting Mountain. Its peak reaches into the clouds, and countless powerful demons reside there. There are numerous divine trees, which are excellent materials for refining magical treasures. Moreover, it nurtures the crystal of primordial golden essence, with abundant spiritual energy, making it a rare and famous mountain in the south.

  On this day, three people came down from the foot of the mountain. One was a young man with a straight figure, handsome face, and symmetrical body. He had a pair of peach blossom eyes that shone brightly at first glance, giving off an air of righteousness and grandeur. However, upon closer inspection, he had a head full of white hair, and his eyes contained a hint of green light that flashed back and forth, looking rather sly! The other two were two extremely cute children - one was a little boy with a small braid on his head, his eyes shining mischievously as he scratched his temples with his small hands; the other was a very adorable little loli, with two fiery red braids tied up, her face round and chubby, pouting her small mouth.

  This is Huang Xiaoyou's party, they walked from the central part of Nanhuang all the way east, touring the scenery of Hongyuan along the way, collecting materials as they went. Perhaps it was too early to come out, many places with abundant spiritual energy were still nurturing spiritual treasures. Huang Xiaoyou couldn't quench his thirst by drinking poison, so he just made a mark and set up a simple formation based on his understanding, then continued eastward.

  He went east because Huang Xiaoyao had the impression that Donghai had three islands: Penglai, Yingzhou and Fangzhang. He was thinking of the pre-heavenly spiritual treasures inside, and the three islands were all fragments of chaos, which must contain a pre-heavenly array. It would be perfect to take it as his own cave!

  As he walked, Lingbao didn't see any spiritual treasures, but instead saw many types of spiritual herbs, such as lingzhi and xiancao, which were too numerous to count. However, these spiritual herbs were useless to Huang Xiaoyao, because first, he couldn't refine pills, and second, the primordial spiritual energy in the desolate lands was abundant, so swallowing spiritual herbs wasn't as effective as absorbing the primordial spiritual energy. Therefore, along the way, unless it was a primordial spiritual root, he wouldn't collect these spiritual herbs.

  "Old master, old master, hurry up, what's that tree up there, it's so big and so tall, and those others, quick look, how mysterious." Xuan Kong was indeed a mischievous spirit monkey in disguise.

  "Alright, alright, little ancestors. After all, am I the master or are you the masters? Every day, I have to serve you. However, from now on, my happiness will depend on you. Like Nüwa sister, Houtu sister, and Yaochi sister, etc., you must practice your skills in being cute, do you understand?" Huang Xiaoyao said helplessly.

  "Oh my, Master is so annoying, I don't know how many times he's said that on the way here. I won't come down, let Xuan Kong come down, it's fun to play with Master's neck." But what Xuan Ling showed was just a facade, and Huang Xiao Yao had tasted the bitterness of this demon girl all along the way.

  "Halt! This mountain belongs to the White Ape tribe, you'd better leave immediately and go back where you came from! Or else, pass through from the foot of the mountain!" Just as Huang Xiaoyou was hurrying up the mountain, a giant white ape suddenly jumped down from a big tree. It had a few meters tall stature, its whole body covered in white fur, with thick limbs, holding a gigantic red wooden staff in its hand, looking extremely arrogant and domineering.

  "Boom!" Just as Bai Yuan finished speaking, he was about to strike a more domineering pose when a huge fist slammed into his body, sending him crashing into the tree behind him with a loud thud!

  For this kind of situation, Huang Xiaoyao was already familiar with it. For these simple-minded little monsters, only fists were the reason. He just walked up and raised his foot to kick Bai Yuan's body.

  "Ah! Great King, please don't hit me. If I knew you were the Demon King, I wouldn't dare block your way even if I had a few more guts. Great King, come with me, our White Ape tribe's king is very hospitable, he has long since instructed that if a powerful Demon King passes by, we must invite him to the mountain and treat him to the best hundred-fruit wine! Ah, what a taste!" The white ape said stupidly, licking his lips.

  "Lead the way!" Huang Xiaoyao smiled slightly at this extreme statement, and instead became very curious about the White Ape Tribe's King on the mountain. After all, in this era, there were few who knew how to gather their tribes together, so it was likely that this king had received some sort of inheritance. As Huang Xiaoyao walked along, he saw only small demons that hadn't yet transformed into human form.

  "Really!"

  All the way up, after countless bends, and then through countless formations, if it weren't for Bai Yuan leading the way, Huang Xiaoyou's cultivation would still find it a bit difficult to pass through. It's no wonder that this famous mountain has natural formations protecting it.

  Along the way, he saw many large trees that Huang Xiaoyou didn't recognize. For example, a tree with a diameter of ten zhangs and its entire body was ablaze with flames, which caught Huang Xiaoyou's attention because he felt that this kind of tree was simply the best material for refining magic artifacts, emitting a fragrance that could even refresh one's mind and wake up one's brain.

  "Your Majesty, this is a material that is abundant in our clan's territory, called Divine Wooden Plank. It is most suitable for refining the Law Treasure. If you want it, we have even older Divine Wooden Planks in our clan. We've arrived, this is where our clan lives."

  All I see is a paradise in front of me, with a large square ahead, and at the far end of the square, there's a high waterfall whose height can't be measured. Behind the waterfall lies a very spacious cave filled with all sorts of objects, exuding an aura of spirituality!

  "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I've brought noble guests!" said Bai Yuan.

  "Little White, you're back again to drink my wine and bring some little monsters with you. Are you trying to trick me again? You're too mischievous! Punish you to face the wall at the back mountain!" A rather amiable and vigorous voice came out from the cave.

  "Ah, Grandfather, don't, this time it's real, this senior just knocked me down with one punch. You also know that I used to drink so much of your wine and my physical body was tempered to be very strong." said Bai Yuan.

  "Oh? Let me see who this great demon is?" A man wearing a Taoist robe with white whiskers floated out of the cave, but his face was covered in white monkey hair, which broke his original immortal and elegant demeanor.

  He came before Huang Xiaoyao, his bright eyes emitting a burst of white light as he sized him up.

  "Ah, a fellow traveler! But, my fiery eyes can't seem to discern what you are? I am Bai Yuan, the White Ape. May I ask your noble name?" The old man chuckled and stroked his whiskers with some amusement.

  "The poor Taoist is carefree, haha, Senior's cultivation at this time is very rare, one step away from entering the Earth Immortal Dao fruit, congratulations are in order." Huang Xiaoyou was indeed startled, and had not seen such a powerful creature along the way.

  "Alas, my cultivation, if placed in the Eastern Heaven Dragon Mountains, Western Qilin Cliff, and Southern Fire Domain, wouldn't even be worth a pinch of gunpowder. I only moved to this desolate southern land because I dislike conflict. Here in Tangting Mountain, there's a suitable spiritual root for brewing wine, which suits me just fine. Fellow Daoist Xianyao, let's sit down and enjoy some wine while discussing the Way."

  "How dare you disobey orders!"

  "Little white fur, take it away, drink less!"

  "Thank you, Grandpa!"

  In the cave, there was a platform, and on the platform, there was a stone table. Huang Xiaoyao and Bai Yuan sat facing each other.

  "Carefree Daoist friend, please have a taste!" The White Ape poured a cup of wine for Huang Xiaoyao and said.

  "Wine enters my intestines, turns into longing, wine in every way, can be called wonderful. It turns out this is your way, Bai Yuan Dao friend, have a cup of wine with me, you avenged the place that used to be mine, please instruct!"

  The wine entered the intestines, a refreshing breath moistened Huang Xiaoyao's heart, and the places that were not understood before suddenly opened up. The primordial spirit seemed to have drunk the nine heavenly immortal energy, and the cultivation directly entered the peak of the unity of man and nature, without any sequelae, worthy of being called an immortal wine.

  "Good, Carefree Daoist friend is indeed a profound and unfathomable person. With just one cup of wine, you have grasped the entirety of my dao and reached the pinnacle of human immortality. I possess a pair of fiery eyes that can see through the true nature of any living being, even if it's the Ancestral Dragon of the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm. However, when it comes to Carefree Daoist friend, I am unable to discern anything. Alas, my vendetta is difficult to repay. In the past, my wife and I cultivated our dao together in the Tianlong Mountain Range as the only pre-heavenly Water-Fire Apes, each possessing a pair of Water-Fire Pupils that were unparalleled in the world. Who would have thought that our divine abilities would be both our making and our downfall? I don't know how the Ancestral Dragon's son found out about my wife's and my divine abilities, but he wanted to obtain our Water-Fire Pupils to cultivate a pair of spiritual eyes. He killed my wife, and if not for me self-destructing my Golden Immortal cultivation, I wouldn't have been able to escape with my grandson. My entire clan was slaughtered!" The White Ape spoke in a low, solemn tone.

  "Oh? So, fellow Taoist is a Golden Immortal cultivator. No wonder one cup of wine can make people enlighten the way. However, due to the cycle of cause and effect, the Dragon, Qilin, and Phoenix three clans are at their peak, heaven wants them to perish, they must first go mad. What about your current cultivation, fellow Taoist?" Huang Xiaoyao said.

  "Heh heh, the Dao foundation has been broken! Now I can only think of the physical body's Dao. I see that fellow's physical body is incredibly strong, what kind of principle is this?" White Ape asked curiously.

  "Haha, it's innate!"

  Most of the awakened ferocious beasts in the vast wilderness have innate divine abilities, let alone those with deep roots like the great gods. However, Huang Xiaoyou didn't know that others' awakenings were only small divine abilities within the Pangu Great Dao, whereas his own was actually one of the 3,000 Great Daos of the Primordial Chaos Demon God. It's worth noting that the Primordial Chaos Demon God could rival a Saint with just one Great Dao law and create a small world as easily as taking something out of their pocket.

  Although Huang Xiaoyou's two Grand Dao Laws were only a small part and not complete, it was only when they became complete one day that he would experience the power of the Grand Dao Laws.

  "So that's how it is. Innate divine ability, something others can't learn, a gift from heaven and earth! Where does the carefree Daoist friend want to go?"

  "The East Sea!"

  "That Daoist friend should be careful, the further east you go, the more powerful beings there are. The scales and armor clan occupies the eastern lands, they are incredibly strong, it's best to avoid them if possible."

  "Hehe, don't worry, fellow daoist, it's just in time for me to collect some interest!" Huang Xiaoyao said. He was actually worried that he wouldn't encounter any demon beasts, his Great Blood Refining Technique hadn't absorbed blood for a long time, and his physical body hadn't made progress in a long time either. His primordial spirit cultivation had already reached the peak of human immortality, and it wouldn't be long before he would transcend tribulation to become an earthly immortal, so he wanted to strengthen his physical body one more time before transcending tribulation.

  The two of them chatted for a long time, and Huang Xiaoyao was knowledgeable and told Bai Yuan about the scene of Honghuang's opening, while Bai Yuan had lived in the eastern part of Honghuang for countless tens of thousands of years, allowing Huang Xiaoyao to understand the situation in the east very well.

  It can be said that the host and guest were both satisfied, and finally Huang Xiaoyao asked for a section of the divine wooden pillar of Tangting Mountain, the pre-heavenly Gengjin Qi, and then had Bai Yuan give Xuan Kong Xuan Ling two weapons to practice with, one sword and one staff. In the end, Huang Xiaoyao asked Bai Yuan for a drop of blood, and Bai Yuan didn't ask why, but readily gave Huang Xiaoyao a drop of heart's blood, which contained the essence of the Tao.

  Out of the cave, saw Xuan Kong and Xuan Ling playing happily with Bai Mao.

  "Mysterious and ethereal, it's gone!"

  Traveling east for three hundred and seventy miles, one arrives at the Zhunyang Mountains, which are quite mysterious. The mountains rise high into the clouds, making it impossible to see their true form. There are only some small demons lurking about, but surprisingly, there is a place within the mountains that emits an aura of chaos, emitting strands of mystical energy that seem to make one feel like they can't hide anywhere.

  "This seems to be the breath of those innate divine spirits, as if it contains a great Dao divine communication. Could there be an innate spiritual treasure that has taken shape?" Huang Xiaoyao looked at the dense land in the mountains of Zhanyangshan.

  "Old master, what is Xiantian Lingbao? Is this white ape grandfather's staff that I refined?" asked Xuankong curiously.

  "Hehe, far from it! The Heavenly Spirit Treasure is partly an object that existed before the creation of heaven and earth, and partly a product of the primordial energy after the creation. It's indeed a treasure that can move people's hearts! I'd better go up first to conceal my aura, or else the nearby powerful cultivators will come and cause trouble!" Huang Xiaoyao said as he quickly ran into the mountains. Just as he was about to set up his formation, a strong aura suddenly burst forth, filling the sky with colorful clouds.

  "Too late, missed by a step, let's take it one step at a time!"

  The Lingbao has already been fully nurtured and is emitting an aura of a treasure about to be born!

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