53: Leaving the West Pool Forbidden Area, the Innate Earth Spirit Orb

It wasn't until Tongtian and Li Yun had completely departed.

Only then did the crowd of Great Divine Power Holders present snap out of their daze as if waking from a dream.

Especially the Queen Mother of the West; she couldn't help but frown at this moment, extremely dissatisfied with Tongtian's answer.

After all, without the Three Pure Ones joining them, the danger of their trip to the Demon God Palace would be much greater.

Unfortunately, even if they felt somewhat uncomfortable, they didn't dare to act out in front of Tongtian. The majesty of the Three Pure Ones was not to be provoked!

After exchanging glances, the Queen Mother of the West spoke: "Let us go!"

"Yes!"

"Alright!"

"..."

With a chorus of responses, none of the Cultivators present refused.

Including Bai Ze, who was no exception.

However, his gaze was thoughtful at this moment, staring at Li Yun's departing back while thinking to himself: 'Li Yun? The same name and surname?'

'Back then, Emperor Xi and Empress Wa made such a fuss with Lord Dijun because of this person. He actually didn't die?'

'He even appeared in West Kunlun and is even walking together with Tongtian, one of the Three Pure Ones. What on earth is going on?'

...Li Yun was completely unaware of all this.

At this moment, he had already followed Tongtian out of the Xichi Forbidden Land, and before long, they returned to the canyon area where he resided.

"Fellow Daoist Li Yun, then I shall take my leave first."

Cupping his hands in a salute to Li Yun, Tongtian did not linger any longer. He turned and directly left the place, flying back toward Kunlun Mountain. His hurried appearance clearly showed that his heart was not at peace.

In fact, Tongtian was not indifferent to the matters at Mount Buzhou; he had a strong desire and impulse to go and investigate.

Regarding this, Li Yun shook his head.

To be honest, Tongtian's behavior left him extremely dissatisfied; he was too unable to distinguish between primary and secondary matters, and too incapable of hiding his thoughts.

An innate supreme treasure was indeed tempting, but compared to one's own Breakthrough in cultivation, the priority was clear at a glance.

Even if that innate supreme treasure truly existed, if you Three Pure Ones advanced to the Quasi-Saint realm before going to investigate, would the Ancestral Witches really fight you to the death?

Conversely, getting involved in this matter now means truly falling out with the Witch Race and the Ancestral Witches. At that time, there would be no room for reconciliation, which would be a true case of the losses outweighing the gains.

Of course, this was Tongtian's own choice, and Li Yun couldn't influence it. Looking in the direction he left, Li Yun murmured: "I hope all Three Pure Ones don't go together!"

"Otherwise, the variables in this matter would be too great."

"The possibility of Yuanshi going is very high, but Laozi~"

Speaking to this point, Li Yun did not continue. He turned and flew directly into the canyon.

Upon returning to the area of the grand array set up by Tongtian, Li Yun took out the core to open it and stepped inside.

After doing all this, Li Yun immediately activated the grand array's operation, while also setting up several innate restrictions within it himself.

After ensuring his own safety, Li Yun stepped forward and arrived at the location of the Black Water Pool.

Looking down from above, cold Qi slowly emerged within the entire Black Water Pool, but even more so, there was a surge of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

Although it was an excellent place for cultivation, he didn't care about that at the moment. Instead, he activated his Purple Gold Divine Pupils and began to scan.

"Found it!"

Before long, Li Yun once again locked onto the area he had detected before.

Feeling the power obstructing the vision of his Purple Gold Divine Pupils, he immediately pinched a hand seal and activated the Earth Escape Technique. His feet began to sink rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, his body had merged into the earth, swiftly tunneling toward a certain spot at the bottom of the pool.

With his Purple Gold Divine Pupils locking the position, Li Yun didn't waste much time before reaching his destination.

As far as his eyes could see, the area in front of him was a massive black rock. There were a few cracks on it, and the fluctuations of the Law of Earth were faintly transmitted from within.

"Is this it?"

After observing it for a few moments, Li Yun reached out to touch it and used the System's ability to investigate.

In the next second, a piece of information appeared before his eyes: [Earth Spirit Pearl: high-grade innate spirit treasure, contains 28 innate restrictions, formed from a fragment of the Chaos Pearl, contains the Law of Earth!]

"Good heavens, it's actually one of the Five Spirit Pearls, and likewise formed from a fragment of the Chaos Pearl!"

After reading the information, Li Yun was instantly filled with joy.

Formed from a fragment of the Chaos Pearl!

What he needed most were treasures of this kind. Even if they didn't have much value in the early stages, in the future, he could completely melt them together to restore the glory of the Chaos Supreme Treasure, the Chaos Pearl.

Most importantly, the information on the Earth Spirit Pearl implied that the Innate Five Spirit Pearls, and even those special Innate Spirit Pearls, might all be formed from fragments of the Chaos Pearl.

Since that was the case, when collecting Innate Spirit Treasures in the future, he could specifically search for and plunder them based on this direction.

Thinking of this, Li Yun no longer hesitated. He sat down cross-legged and immediately began to mobilize his magic power and Divine Sense to pour into the interior of the black rock, planning to refine the Innate Earth Spirit Pearl first before breaking the shackles of the outer shell to ensure it wouldn't escape from under his nose... As Li Yun began refining the Innate Earth Spirit Pearl, Tongtian on the other end had already returned to the Three Pure Ones Palace.

Looking at Laozi's residence, who had not yet returned, Tongtian hesitated for a moment before walking toward where Yuanshi was in secluded meditation.

"Thump, thump, thump~"

Gently knocking on the door, Tongtian called out toward the room: "Second Brother, I'm back, but I have something to discuss with you!"

Creak—

The door opened, and Yuanshi walked out with a none-too-pleasant expression: "Tongtian, what is so urgent that it must be said? Our current priority is to improve our cultivation and advance to the Quasi-Saint realm!"

Speaking to this point, Yuanshi was somewhat annoyed.

After all, he had made some gains in his secluded cultivation, but now they had all been disrupted by Tongtian's interference.

"Second Brother, please calm your anger!"

Seeing Yuanshi's discomfort, Tongtian scratched his head somewhat awkwardly and then explained: "I came here because..."

Immediately, Tongtian recounted the events that had occurred within the Xichi Forbidden Land.

The focus was on Bai Ze representing the Demon God Palace to seek help and leaking the information that an innate supreme treasure was about to be born within Mount Buzhou.

"innate supreme treasure!"

"Are you sure you didn't hear wrong?"

"Are you certain that Bai Ze's words weren't false?"

Frowning, Yuanshi's breathing also quickened slightly at this moment, and a look of greed slowly emerged in the depths of his eyes.

After all, it was an innate supreme treasure.

The temptation of this thing was immense for any Cultivator, and they, being formed from Pangu's primordial spirit, were no exception.

"Yes, Second Brother!"

Nodding, Tongtian didn't hide anything and said: "I am certain I didn't hear wrong. Bai Ze was able to swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao, which shows that this matter cannot be faked."

"Most importantly, this matter has already spread. The Demon God Palace used this as an excuse to invite many Great Divine Power Holders to go. If it were fake, even if they could block the Witch Race, they wouldn't be able to block the countless enraged Cultivators."

"Therefore, I believe this matter is true. An innate supreme treasure really might be born within Mount Buzhou. We~"