32: Blending with banana leaves, encountering red clouds along the way

Thinking of this, Li Yun's mood improved considerably.

After reining in his own thoughts, with a single thought, he directly summoned the four immature banana leaves from the space within his middle dantian.

After examining them for a few moments, the corners of Li Yun's mouth turned upward as he said, "I almost let you all get away."

"However, I was still one step ahead. Wanting to escape my grasp is an impossibility."

"Since the banana tree Main Body has already been fused with me, you will all become nourishment for my growth as well!"

"Fusion!"

Without any hesitation, Li Yun directly proceeded to fuse them.

Unlike the twelve-grade creation azure lotus, which had considerable value, the growth ceiling of these banana leaves was merely that of a high-grade innate spirit treasure.

Not to mention, these banana leaves were currently immature. Even if he refined them, it wasn't certain if they could reach the level of a Medium Grade Innate Spirit Treasure. It was better to fuse them and see if he could obtain the reward he needed.

[Ding! Successfully fused Banana Leaves X4. Reward: Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure: Four Spirit Pearls!]

[Four Spirit Pearls: Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. Contains 35 innate restrictions. Can counter all Restrictions, barriers, and Formations constructed from the powers of earth, fire, water, and wind...]

"Useless!"

After reading the information about the Four Spirit Pearls, a trace of disdain flashed in Li Yun's eyes.

If the Four Spirit Pearls were for an ordinary Cultivator, they would be of immense value, as they could counter all Restrictions, barriers, and Formations containing the four polar powers of earth, fire, water, and wind.

But for Li Yun, who possessed the Purple Gold Divine Pupils, this ability held little value, as he could see through the weaknesses, Restrictions, barriers, and Formations of everything.

This meant he could completely avoid these things directly. The Four Spirit Pearls held little significance for him.

"Forget it. At least it's a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, incredibly precious for ordinary Cultivators!"

"Even if I don't need it, in the future, I can use it to trade for things I do need."

At this point, the Treasure Distribution Cliff outside Zixiao Palace instinctively surfaced in Li Yun's mind.

Although Hongjun had not yet attained the Dao and become a Saint at this stage, and Zixiao Palace had not yet been established.

In the future, after Hongjun's sermon, he would distribute countless Innate Spirit Treasures he had collected from the Treasure Distribution Cliff, leading to the three thousand guests of Zixiao Palace reaping substantial gains.

By then, powerful Innate Spirit Treasures would no longer be rare. Many things famous in later ages that could be useful to Li Yun, which he couldn't simply seize, could be exchanged for items of equal value.

At the very least, the value of these Four Spirit Pearls was not weak. Exchanging them for some things he needed would be no problem at all.

Thinking of this, Li Yun was in high spirits.

With a single thought, he directly stored the Four Spirit Pearls within his Sea of Consciousness space.

Having done all this, Li Yun had no intention of lingering further. He stretched, looked around, his gaze pausing for a moment on the deep pit left after the banana tree's disappearance, then strode purposefully towards the outside world.

Relying on his Purple Gold Divine Pupils, Li Yun navigated past the Earth-Fire-Water-Wind Formation and exited the cave.

With the banana tree gone, the earth, fire, water, and wind energies in this area were rapidly diminishing. In at most a few thousand years, this death zone would vanish, transforming into a normal cultivation site.

However, Li Yun paid no mind to this. After leaving the cave area, he directly rode a cloud into the sky. After surveying his surroundings, he identified the direction of the Wu Clan Territory and sped off towards it.

He had obtained the banana tree.

There was nothing else in the Mount Buzhou area worth him lingering for, so Li Yun no longer intended to stay much longer.

However, before leaving, Li Yun still needed to inform the Ancestral Wu of his safety.

Besides, it would be best to raise his cultivation Realm to the Taiyi True Immortal level within the Wu Clan before setting off for West Kunlun.

Only after reaching West Kunlun could he begin planning for the three of the ten great innate spiritual roots located within Kunlun Mountain: the yellow middle plum, the immortal apricot, and the Five-Needle Pine.

Lost in thought, Li Yun had already neared the Wu Clan Territory.

"Fellow Daoist, please wait!"

Suddenly, a shout from behind snapped Li Yun out of his thoughts.

Turning his head, he could see a Cultivator with red hair, crimson pupils, a portly figure, and wearing a grand crimson Daoist robe waving at him from a hill not far behind.

At the very first glance, Li Yun activated his Purple Gold Divine Pupils to inspect the other.

Unfortunately, the disparity in their cultivation Realms was too great, resulting in Li Yun being unable to discern the other's specific strength.

However, the surging, turbulent fluctuations of mana within the other's body undeniably proclaimed him to be a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and definitely not one who had just entered that Realm.

"Good heavens!"

"Another Grand Unity Golden Immortal. Are Grand Unity Golden Immortals really so common in the Honghuang?"

"However, I don't sense any malice from this guy. Instead, he radiates a strong goodwill. He probably isn't an evil sort. Might as well go see."

Having made up his mind, Li Yun immediately altered his flight direction and sped towards the red-robed Cultivator.

After all, the Wu Clan Territory was not far away. Li Yun didn't want his relationship with the Wu Clan exposed so quickly, so naturally, he couldn't swagger right into it in front of this unfamiliar Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

When he had previously encountered Fuxi and Nüwa, he had already learned that Honghuang Cultivators harbored deep hatred for him, the one who taught the Wu Clan ancient martial arts and Protective Aura.

Soon after, Li Yun arrived before the red-robed Cultivator. Floating down to land, he clasped his fists in salute and said, "Loose Cultivator Li Yun greets Fellow Daoist!"

"May I ask why Fellow Daoist called out to me?"

As he spoke, Li Yun remained highly vigilant internally.

If this Cultivator made any move to attack him, he would definitely counterattack and retreat immediately.

Don't underestimate his current cultivation of only True Immortal Realm Perfection; his Physical Body Realm was also at the Taiyi Golden Immortal level. In close combat, an average Grand Unity Golden Immortal Cultivator truly couldn't do much to him.

"This humble Daoist is Hongyun. Greetings, Fellow Daoist Li Yun!"

With a hearty laugh, Hongyun said with a beaming smile, "I didn't expect Fellow Daoist's name also contains the character 'Yun' (cloud). Could it be that Fellow Daoist is also transformed from a cloud?"

"Hongyun!"

Li Yun's pupils contracted, and his breath hitched.

He never expected to encounter this number one 'nice guy' and great fool of the Honghuang here.

Hongyun!

One of the top-tier Innate Deities, transformed from the first red cloud in the world.

However, because his transformation originated from a cloud, a rootless existence, even as a top-tier Innate Deity, he wasn't considered particularly outstanding.

But that didn't stop this 'nice guy' from having a wide circle of friends, basically claiming friends everywhere in the Honghuang.

Unfortunately, this nice guy met a tragic end.

When Hongjun gave his sermon and bestowed the foundations for attaining the Dao—the primordial violet qi—Sanqing, Nüwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti were all taken in as Disciples and received protection. Only Hongyun, who did not, became the target of all, leading to his eventual death, his form and spirit utterly annihilated in a siege.

And the root cause of all this was because Hongyun disrupted Hongjun's plans.

Originally, those six seats belonged to Sanqing, Nüwa, Hongyun, and Kunpeng.

These six were all Disciples of the Profound Gate. One could say that once formed, the Profound Gate would truly rule the Honghuang, and Hongjun, as the master of the Profound Gate, would also enjoy the faith and empowerment of all living beings.

Unfortunately, Hongyun gave up his seat.

He disrupted Hongjun's plan, and even caused Kunpeng to lose his saint position as well.

Among the Six Saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, these two from the West, appeared. The future Western Sect, the future Buddhist Sect—these were all opponents of the Profound Gate, directly disrupting the Profound Gate's plan for dominance. Naturally, they also faced Hongjun's retaliation and schemes.

The seventh wisp of primordial violet qi.

It wasn't a complete primordial violet qi to begin with, but rather a shell left behind after Hongjun attained the Dao, containing Hongjun's will within. Unless Hongjun acknowledged it, it was impossible to refine it in a lifetime and use it to Attain the Dao and become a Saint.

Precisely because of this, this seventh wisp of primordial violet qi became the fuse for Hongyun's demise, making him pay the price of his Life for disrupting Hongjun's schemes.