229: Chapter 229 The Five Elements Ancestor nurtured a Great Sage!

Now, seeing this little thing that had popped out of a stone, even if it was just a knock-off version, Gu Yan could not help but feel joy in his heart.

However, joy was joy; he couldn't just stand by and watch.

Gu Yan thought for a moment and decided that this little monkey needed a teacher.

Teach it himself? That wouldn't be appropriate.

For one, his main body needed to Cultivate, and running off to teach a monkey every other day would interfere with important matters.

Secondly, given his status as the master of the Supreme Creation Small Luo Grotto-Heaven, it would look ridiculous if word got out that he was personally teaching a newborn monkey cub.

Those who knew would say he cherished talent; those who didn't would think he had too much free time.

Gu Yan immediately activated his Cultivation Technique.

He unleashed the Divine Ability he had comprehended when he reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm—the Daluo Heaven Five Elements True Self Dao Body.

This Divine Ability could be considered simple, yet it was also profound.

It simply involved condensing the Five Elements Law to manifest a True Self Dao Body.

This Dao Body shared the same source and roots as the original body; as long as the Dao Body was not destroyed, the original body would not be harmed. It could separate and merge, coming and going as it pleased.

Theoretically, as long as Gu Yan did not die, this Dao Body could be condensed infinitely many times.

Even if it were scattered by someone, it would only cost some immortal essence and Five Elements power, and it could be pulled out again after some time.

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—the powers of the Five Elements intertwined and wove together, gradually outlining a phantom figure.

A moment later, a figure appeared out of thin air in the Hall of Longevity.

It was an old man.

His hair and beard were white, his face youthful... *cough cough*, he had the youthful face of a crane-haired elder, dressed in a plain Daoist robe, possessing an extraordinary bearing.

At a glance, he looked like a highly enlightened master.

Standing there, even without speaking, he exuded an aura that said, "I have lived for eighty million years."

Gu Yan looked him up and down and nodded with satisfaction.

This Incarnation was different from the "External Incarnation" Divine Ability Gu Yan had possessed in his early years.

The "External Incarnation" was obtained through the "immortal lord fuzhe" trait, allowing him to create three Incarnations, each with only 70% of the original body's strength.

Minghe, Immortal Emperor Yuan Fang, and Long Da were the products of those three.

70% strength sounded like a lot, but at the level of an Immortal King, the gap between 70% and 100% was greater than the gap between a Mortal and a Cultivator.

However, this Daluo Heaven Five Elements True Self Dao Body before him was genuine Peak combat power.

This Five Elements Incarnation possessed 99.9% of Gu Yan's strength, without a hint of dilution.

"I need to give you a name." Gu Yan looked at the old man and pondered for a moment.

"I can't call you Ancestral Master Bodhi; that's too much of a rip-off, and people will accuse me of plagiarism."

"Since you are condensed from the Five Elements Law, let's call you... Ancestral Master of Five Elements."

The name was plain and unadorned, but it had the advantage of being apt.

Unlike those titles that were always "Supreme Void" or "Primal Chaos Infinity," which sounded intimidating but were actually self-proclaimed nine times out of ten.

Ancestral Master of Five Elements—anyone could tell what he did just by looking at the name.

The old man nodded slightly, accepting the title.

Gu Yan pointed to the little monkey still chasing grasshoppers on the Peak of Mount Buzhou outside the Grotto-Heaven and said, "Go, and teach that little monkey well for me."

The Ancestral Master of Five Elements glanced at the little thing, about a foot tall with golden fur, and without asking any questions, turned and descended toward the Peak of Mount Buzhou.

Gu Yan watched from afar with his Divine Sense and saw the Ancestral Master of Five Elements take the stone monkey as his disciple, bestowing upon it the name Wukong, and couldn't help but nod slightly.

Why did he do this?

It was simple to explain.

When Gu Yan read that story in his past life, his biggest regret was that the monkey ended up being pinned under the Mountain of Five Fingers.

Now that he had a monkey cub that had popped out of a stone crevice in his own hands, the sentimentality in his heart could no longer be suppressed.

If he didn't do something, he felt he would be failing this destiny.

Therefore, he wanted to raise a Great Sage.

As for the issue of Aptitude, Gu Yan didn't care about it at all.

In the Supreme Creation Small Luo Grotto-Heaven, if a pig lived long enough, it could Cultivate into an Immortal King Great Demon.

Let alone a monkey that had popped out of a five-colored Spirit Stone? No matter how poor its foundation was, it had to be better than a pig, right?