Volume 1: Rebirth Chapter 59: Zhuang Guantian's Windfall Treasure Clear Wind and Bright Moon Pick Up the Spirit Treasure (Part 2)

  After Qingfeng Mingyue obtained the Hetu, everything was peaceful and uneventful. Thirty years passed in a flash, like flowing water that never returns. Shen Nong and Jiger secretly consumed the ginseng fruit, and with Qingfeng Mingyue's magical powers assisting them to catalyze the medicinal effects, they entered the Golden Immortal realm after thirty years of bitter cultivation. Every time they were about to make a move, they wanted to return to the mortal world, but it was too late.

  The gentle breeze and the bright moon, two people with a deep bond, joined forces to refine the River Chart, but repeatedly failed. It's not that their cultivation was too low, it's just that after Emperor Jun's incarnation of the River Chart was destroyed, the remaining true spirit did not disappear, but rather fell into a state of dormancy, as if being subtly restrained. If the two were to forcefully refine this true spirit of Emperor Jun, they feared it would immediately trigger Emperor Jun's response, and since neither of them was an ordinary person, they naturally didn't dare do so. In desperation, they had no choice but to temporarily hide the River Chart.

  On this day, Zhenyuanzi suddenly summoned his subordinates and gave them some instructions.

  "As the master wants to go to the Imperial Palace, you all still need to take good care of the mountain gate. The grand array's seal has been opened, don't easily go out. With clear wind and bright moon, you are the leaders of the many disciples, you must take good care of them."

  At this time, it has been fifty years since the last time Zhou Cheng went to Wuzhuangguan. In these fifty years, Zhenyuanzi has seen countless humans die at the hands of witches and demons, but he was powerless against their strong forces. As the leader of the Earth Immortals, he received many offerings from humans, although he liked to keep a low profile and protect himself, he ultimately had a kind heart towards humans. Last time, he was afraid of the strength of the witches and demons and did not want to get involved too much, only taking in some humans who sought refuge at Wuzhuangguan, and if they had exceptional talent, he would take them as his disciples. This time, however, he is unwilling to tolerate it any longer and intends to go to the Wa Huang Palace to investigate what the human saint mother has to say.

  Zhenyuanzi saw a response from under the gate and went straight out of Wuzhuangguan to head towards the Queen of Heaven's Palace.

  The clear wind and bright moon saw each other, the master walked away, and suddenly didn't jump up happily. The matter of the river chart finally had a result. It turned out that the two were actually making good plans.

  The true spirit of Emperor Jun left in the River Chart, the two of them could work together to kill it, but the movement would be too big and might attract other people's attention. This River Chart was originally a pre-heavenly spiritual treasure, but for some reason, it was unusually calm, without any aura of spiritual treasure leaking out, which was also what the two relied on to hide and not report. However, if they wanted to enter the chart with their primordial spirit and kill the true spirit, they were afraid that someone would notice immediately. After discussing many times, they finally came up with a plan. If they took another pre-heavenly spiritual treasure to suppress the River Chart, and then entered it with their own primordial spirits, they should be able to easily kill the true spirit. After thinking about it, they decided that the Earth Book of their teacher Zhenyuanzi was the most suitable.

  Alas, the two young masters had been following Zhenyuanzi closely every day at Wuzhuangguan, but they didn't have the guts to do anything. This time, when they saw that Zhenyuanzi had gone to the Queen of Heaven's Palace, in order to prevent any accidents from happening at the mountain gate, he actually left behind a talisman to suppress and defend against the great array. What a heaven-sent opportunity! Immediately, they pretended to order everyone to return to their rooms for meditation practice, but the two of them secretly snuck into Zhenyuanzi's living quarters, took the talisman, and were about to take action.

  Zhenyuanzi arrived at the palace of Nuwa, and saw that this sacred place was indeed extraordinary. The Palace of Nuwa had not yet moved to the outside of heaven, but was still above the nine heavens. From a distance, a magnificent golden palace stood tall, with countless rare and strange beasts playing or flying up and down outside the palace. The great hall emitted a faint glow of purple energy, hinting at some profound truth of the Great Way. Although he had already reached the state of near-sainthood, his observations and insights were still numerous. The various spirits saw Zhenyuanzi and looked at him from afar, pointing and whispering to each other, making him feel quite uneasy.

  Zhenyuanzi waited for a long time, but didn't see anyone come out to greet him. In the end, he had no choice but to walk straight up the steps and lightly knock on the palace gate.

  "Ah! The door opened and out came a woman in full golden attire, beautiful but not coquettish, tender but not merciful. It was none other than the Golden Ning, the mount of Nüwa."

  "This is a sacred place, who are you to dare come here?" Jin Ning didn't have a good expression, in her opinion, the palace of the saint wasn't somewhere one could just barge into uninvited.

  "Brother Dao has courtesy, and I hope you will facilitate this matter. Please report to the Five Ancestral Halls that Yuanzi of Zhenyuan has something to trouble Niangniang."

  "Hmm, Zhen Yuansu, seems familiar. Wait a moment, I'll go and report."

  Nüwa was in a trance, wandering the vast expanse of the universe. Jin Ning entered the grand hall and bowed to the ground, saying: "Your Majesty, there is an immortal outside the palace who claims to be Zhenyuanzi and says he has come to disturb you with something."

  Nüwa opened a pair of beautiful autumnal eyes, and sighed softly in her heart. She didn't know who had completely disrupted the heavenly mechanism, and she couldn't even calculate why Zhenyuanzi had come.

  "Announce his arrival."

  Zhenyuanzi entered the hall and bowed his hands in greeting: "Zhenyuanzi has seen Nüwa Shengren, elder sister."

  "No need for formalities, you're not staying at the Temple of Five Elements, but instead came to my Palace of Nuwa, what's the reason?" Nuwa was genuinely curious about what could have made this old turtle willing to come to her place on his own initiative.

  Nüwa asked a question, and Zhenyuanzi answered directly: "I came here for the sake of human affairs. May I ask, Nüwa, were humans created by you?"

  "That's right."

  "This time, the vast and wild land, witches and demons join forces, in fifty years, it has already enslaved and slaughtered nearly ten million humans, fearing that they have the heart to destroy humanity. Since you are the Holy Mother, can you just watch as humans become extinct?" Zhenyuanzi had no choice but to take drastic measures.

  "Huh, is this really the case?" Nüwa was somewhat astonished. Did the demon tribe truly slaughter nearly ten million humans? Although she had a vague idea that the demon tribe enslaved and harmed humans in order to refine the Demon-Slaying Sword, she didn't know what the witch tribe was doing. After Zhou Cheng's great upheaval of the heavenly mechanism, in just fifty years' time, it seemed that even a sage like herself could be gone in an instant, yet she had not sensed such a massive change in the vast wilderness.

  "What Zhenyuanzi said, I dare not have half a sentence of falsehood." Zhenyuanzi then slowly recounted the entire event from start to finish. As for Nüwa's reaction, he wasn't very surprised. After all, someone had completely disrupted the heavenly mechanism, and in a short period of time, even Hongjun and those below him would be unable to calculate the major cause and effect.

  "How would you have it?" Nuwa, being a sage, was calculating and didn't express her own views, directly asking Zhenyuanzi what his requirements were.

  "I still hope that you will lend a hand, to ensure the continuation of our lineage, but even Zhongyuanzi is powerless in this matter."

  Nüwa thought for a long time, after all, this human tribe was created by herself, and although it was not as important to her as the demon tribe, there was still some emotional connection. Moreover, she had seen Zhou Cheng save the human tribe several times before, and she didn't want to see them suffer now, which would also make Zhou Cheng lose interest.

  "I may be a saint, but I am of the demon tribe and do not want to intervene in the struggle between these three tribes. However, I can make you a promise: those who are near Wuzhuangguan will be safe." Niúwā remained silent, indicating that Jīnníng should see off the guest. Zhènyuánzǐ obtained the promise and left with delight.

  "Moon, you take care of the ritual and guard it well. I'll thoroughly annihilate this demon." The two were doing their respective jobs, one killing and the other performing the ritual to block its way. However, Emperor Jun's true spirit was quite stubborn. Qingfeng had originally wanted to retrieve his true spirit, but after multiple attacks yielded no results, he became enraged and was about to use his finishing move.

  "Two ignorant and arrogant little brats, dare to provoke me, the Heavenly Emperor? I'd rather perish than yield to your despicable hands." After finishing his words, Emperor Jyun True Spirit was about to cast a spell to explode himself. The two of them retreated upon seeing this, both letting out a sigh of relief, waiting for him to self-destruct.

  Suddenly, a gap appeared in the defense of the earth book, and the true spirit suddenly ran away...

  Heavenly realm, Nourishing Xi Palace, Emperor Jun was explaining the Taoist teachings to the ten Golden Crows' young princes. Suddenly, a true spirit shot straight at Emperor Jun.

  Pffft! Emperor Jun spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, but it was the severely injured and broken true spirit that ignited the flames of anger in his heart, and he immediately bellowed:

  "Zhenyuanzi, I won't let you off easily!!!"