Chapter 7: Wandering in the Desolate Expanse, Gathering Disciples at Kunlun

  After Zhou Cheng finished his cultivation, he leisurely rode on a five-colored auspicious cloud, starting to tour the vast expanse of the universe, experiencing that kind of divine feeling that he had always envied in later generations. At first, he almost never encountered life forms with opened spiritual intelligence, but after Zhou Cheng wandered around for tens of thousands of years, various powerful individuals gradually appeared, although not many, each one was indeed a strong existence.

  Among these powerful beings were the 12 Ancestral Witches, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Emperor Jun of the Demon Clan, Nüwa, Fuxi, Hongyun, Minghe, Kunpeng, Zhunti, and Jieyin, totaling several dozen people. These would all become great gods in the future. However, everyone was still newly born and had no understanding of this world, so there wasn't much conflict, and they were all silently cultivating. Even the Daoist Hongjun didn't know where he was sitting in meditation.

  When Zhou Cheng first set foot on the desolate land, it was still full of thorns and only had some unconscious plants and animals. Many places were not suitable for living, often with continuous mountains and vast wilderness, with towering peaks everywhere. At the beginning of the desolate land, there must be some good things, so Zhou Cheng didn't rush to start! In these tens of thousands of years, he has walked through many places, of course, and obtained many treasures.

  On the Kunlun Mountains, a thousand-foot cliff top, a man stood facing the wind, gazing at the endless Kunlun Mountains stretching for thousands of miles. In the vast sea of clouds, many strange peaks and ridges suddenly appeared. The man's back looked as if it were about to fly away, with the mountain wind blowing his long hair, and the flowing clouds below seemed to be worshiping him, while the man seemed to be ready to break through the air at any moment. At this time, the Kunlun Mountains were indeed shrouded in auspicious clouds, with spiritual energy like water, and large and small spirits swirling in the sea of clouds and mountains. The phoenix spread its wings to chase the golden sunset, while the dragon swung its tail to play with the waves, what a magnificent and desolate fairyland.

  He only saw this person turn his head, and he was shocked by how despicable he looked. This man was Zhou Cheng, who always wore a low-key, ugly face when moving around in the world, only revealing his true appearance on grand occasions.

  Zhou Cheng arrived at Kunlun, the first thing he did was to find the remaining fragments of the creation jade disc. Unfortunately, the Great Way had already been established, and the Heavenly Law had been set up. The heavenly machine sometimes became unclear. The creation jade disc originally belonged to Pangu, who obtained a large part of it, and Pangu gave that part of his understanding to Zhou Cheng. Although the part of the creation jade disc in that Yuan Shen seal was too profound, Zhou Cheng almost didn't understand it, but this did not prevent him from wanting to find the remaining small part and complete the whole thing. However, with the completion of the Heavenly Way, even the Great Way Law looked after Hong Jun, ultimately hiding that part of the heavenly machine.

  Although he didn't find the Huahua Jade Disc, Zhou Cheng was very depressed and looked like he could only go to the Zi Xuan Palace to listen to lectures in the future. He didn't know how much of Hong Jun's lecture on the remaining content of the Jade Disc he would understand at that time.

  However, Zhou Cheng found the first banana tree on the mountain top after Kai Tian, and it was all transplanted into the Qian Kun Ding. The three calabazas that grew on the nearby calabaza vine were also picked by him when they were ripe, and it is unknown whether they can be made into Zhan Xian Fei Dao, Zi Jin Hu Lu, or Qian Kun Hu Lu in the future. Zhou Cheng's idea was that even if he himself couldn't use them, he couldn't let the enemy benefit from them, so he took them away to prevent others from getting a bargain.

  As he walked, Zhou Cheng's mind stirred, as if he had sensed something. He slowly walked to the side of that pile of rocks. Suddenly, a pile of stones collapsed, pressing down on a bamboo tree that was originally next to the rocks. The bamboo tree was no longer green and was withering, but it was very stubborn, its exposed branches still absorbing the spiritual energy from the top of Mount Kunlun, full of vitality.

  At a glance, it was clear that the bamboo and stone were both imbued with spiritual energy. The stone was a pile of jade stones, while the bamboo was a small spotted bamboo that had been bathed in the spiritual energy of the mountain top day and night, and had become somewhat enlightened. The stone appeared to be pressing down on the bamboo, as if by accident, but this was not actually the case. Originally, both the bamboo and stone were instinctively absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but one day the bamboo seemed to have stretched its roots into the pile of stones, and the stone's absorbed spiritual energy was stolen away by the bamboo. The stone could not bear this, so it separated off a small part of itself, which then pressed down on the bamboo.

  Zhou Cheng smiled lightly and looked at the bamboo and stone with a hint of meaning. He had an idea in his mind, and suddenly he had a plan.

  Only to see Zhou Cheng pointing at the stone and bamboo, suddenly the spiritual energy of heaven and earth rushed towards the bamboo and stone, a burst of misty light flashed, scattered smoke and fog, and on the ground suddenly appeared a pair of boy and girl, one in green clothes, one in yellow. At this time, the sky suddenly darkened with thick clouds, as if it was about to thunder and rain, but in the dark clouds, there seemed to be a flash of yin-yang eyes. Zhou Cheng guessed that was the heavenly tribulation. But perhaps seeing the two was due to external forces taking shape, not because of deep and profound magical powers taking shape, so they soon dispersed.

  The two people who had just transformed looked at each other in a daze, and then hummed, turning their heads away from each other.

  It only took a moment for them to realize that they had transformed and seemed to have relied on the outsider next to them. Suddenly, both of them looked at Zhou Cheng, who was wearing a Taoist robe but had a lustful expression on his face as he gazed at them with relish.

  "Who are you, staring at us like that?" The stone boy's voice was shaking slightly, and the appearance of Huang Fu Xiao Er made Zhou Cheng very depressed. Could it be that his own appearance was so unreliable?

  "You look like a bad guy, but why did you help us transform just now?" Zhou Cheng hadn't even responded to the little boy in yellow clothes when the words of the green-clothed little girl next to him almost made him choke. However, he immediately became happy again, it seemed that his image was very successful, and this way was really low-key and vulgar.

  "Cough, I'm a wandering little cultivator. Today, seeing you two mutually at odds with each other, I couldn't bear it, so I used my humble magic to help you two change your forms." Zhou Cheng pretended to be a bit silly, instantly becoming foolish and vulgar, making the two children laugh heartily.

  "Are you very capable, can you beat us?" The little boy in yellow clothes clenched his fists and said with a childish face. "Hmph, you stinky stone, relying on your weight to crush people, do you think you're so great? Someone who can help us transform is definitely more powerful than us." Little girl really doesn't miss every opportunity to counterattack.

  "Cough, clear up a bit, I didn't have much magical power, you two were able to successfully transform because of your deep good fortune and high moral character, plus the abundant spiritual energy at the top of Kunlun Mountain. I just lent a helping hand." After finishing speaking, he secretly pinched a magic seal, and the heavenly wind on top of Kunlun Mountain suddenly blew over, the two little ones were instantly blown into mid-air, and only fell down after a long time. Zhou Cheng was also knocked to the ground, all three people cried out in pain.

  "Hmm, you don't seem to be very capable either, but you appear to be stronger than us." The young girl in green clothes brushed off the dirt on her body and looked at Zhou Cheng with a raised eyebrow. The child in yellow clothes murmured and didn't say much, then suddenly squatted down and watched the other two talk.

  "Well, I don't have anything to do here anymore, so I'll take my leave first. Just be careful, you two, there are many ferocious beasts on the mountain at night, and those beasts in the wilderness like tender things." As he spoke, he swept his extremely lustful gaze back and forth over the two children.

  "Old man, get out of the way!" The two little ones heard Zhou Cheng's naked threat and were immediately terrified. At this time, the vast wilderness was indeed inhabited by many more ferocious beasts, which were far beyond what these two little demons could handle.

  "Old man, let's make a deal. Why don't you take us two with you and see it through to the end?" The young man in yellow clothes also became anxious, suddenly jumping up and blocking Zhou Cheng.

  "Wrong! Wrong! We are strangers who met by chance, no kinship, no reason, why should I take you with me?" Zhou Cheng emphasized the four words "no kinship, no reason".

  "Take us with you, if we call you our master, isn't that like having relatives?" The two little ones discussed and said with joy. Zhou Cheng was delighted to hear this, thinking his plan had succeeded, but unexpectedly the little girl said: "Uncle, why aren't you happy? Didn't you yourself say our luck is deep and profound? We calling you master is looking up to you."

  "My goodness, I'm unlucky, but let me tell you one thing, Master doesn't have any profound magic to teach you, so in the future, be low-key, if someone kills you halfway, don't mention my name." Zhou Cheng knew that the post-apocalyptic world was particularly chaotic, and he didn't want to emphasize qualifications or innate talents when accepting disciples. In the face of absolute power, everything else is nonsense; only being low-key can bring benefits. Of course, it's even better if you can occasionally take a few blows from a wooden board. What he values most is whether there is a destined connection between them. If his mood is good, he will accept disciples, or if he encounters someone interesting like Yu Shi Yue, he will collect them. For them, it's as if they stumbled upon a cheap and perverted master on the road. Qualifications and innate talents are all nonsense; after the apocalypse, countless powerful beings have turned to dust. Without good fortune and divine protection, even the best qualifications are just mediocre material. As for the disciples' future development, with Zhou Cheng's abilities, the disciples he trains will not fear anyone else. It's even more ridiculous to say that you want all your disciples to become saints; even if they have excellent qualifications, becoming a quasi-sage is already the highest level."

  "Nice to meet you, Master!" The two kids were quite straightforward. Since they had agreed on the terms, they went ahead and paid their respects as apprentices.

  "Little girl, from now on you'll be called Zhuyü, and you'll call him Shízhōng. Let's go together." Zhou Cheng thought to himself, having visited even the Kunlun Mountains this time, after traveling to so many places, he should consider which of the mountains he had traveled through was most in line with his own thoughts, and build a place to settle down. He might as well fix up his old nest too.

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