185: Chapter 185 Using you is such a waste!

Yinxian Village, Back Mountain.

A quiet bamboo building was nestled within a verdant bamboo forest. A gentle breeze brushed past, causing the bamboo leaves to rustle, and the air was filled with a faint scent of bamboo.

In the clearing in front of the bamboo building stood a stone table and two bamboo chairs.

Saint Xutian sat cross-legged on a bamboo chair. He wore a green Daoist robe, his hair and beard were completely white, and his face was lean and refined. His eyes were slightly closed, and a faint layer of light swirled around his body, making him appear one with the bamboo forest.

He had been in seclusion on this back mountain for several months, ignoring worldly affairs and external matters.

It was not that he wanted to cultivate in peace, but rather that the events outside were truly troubling him.

The Old Ancestor of the Tiangang Sect was about to undergo his Saint Tribulation, and this event had suddenly thrown the originally peaceful Southern Region into turmoil.

The Three Great Holy Lands appeared calm on the surface, but were secretly plotting behind the scenes.

It was said that Saint Yiyan from the Burning Flame Ancient Land had already sent people to the Central Plains to contact old acquaintances, hoping to borrow external strength to advance further.

Saint Lingyuan of the Tianxuan Sect had even gone so far as to order her Disciple to enter the Kudao Cliff for a life-or-death seclusion, staking everything in a desperate attempt to secure another Saint for the Tianxuan Sect.

And what about him?

Saint Xutian had cultivated for three thousand years and had been trapped at the Saint Realm for over a millennium. Seeing the Tiangang Sect, an up-and-coming power, about to catch up, how could he not be anxious?

But what good would anxiety do?

The path to becoming a Saint was a step for each heaven.

Above the Saint Realm was the Great Saint Realm, above the Great Saint Realm was the Saint King, and only above the Saint King was the Quasi-Emperor.

He hadn't even touched the threshold of the Great Saint Realm; what could he use to compete with those forces with such deep Foundations?

"Sigh—" Saint Xutian let out a long sigh and picked up the teacup on the stone table to take a sip.

The tea was good tea, ninth-grade spiritual tea Qingxuan Biye, brewed with spiritual spring water from the mountains. It was refreshing and enlightening, with Spiritual Qi swirling about.

But at this moment, he felt it was tasteless.

Just then— "Old Ancestor! Old Ancestor!" A voice full of vigor came from outside the bamboo forest, carrying irrepressible excitement.

Saint Xutian frowned. Who was so ignorant of the rules? This was the Forbidden Ground of the back mountain; how could there be such clamor?

Just as he was about to speak and reprimand them, a figure rushed in from outside the bamboo forest.

With white hair and a thin face, wearing a simple green Daoist robe, a faint layer of light swirled around his body, and his aura was as deep as an abyss. It was Great Elder Yun Zhongzi.

"Great Elder Yun Zhongzi?" Saint Xutian raised an eyebrow, about to ask why he was so uncomposed, but the words stopped abruptly on his lips. He widened his eyes, staring fixedly at Great Elder Yun Zhongzi. No! Great Elder Yun Zhongzi's aura...

Saint Xutian stood up with a start, not even caring that his bamboo chair tipped over backward.

His Divine Thought surged out like a tide, scanning Great Elder Yun Zhongzi repeatedly. The more he scanned, the more shocked he became, and the more solemn his expression grew.

"You... you..." Saint Xutian's voice trembled, his cloudy old eyes filled with disbelief. Saint Realm! Great Elder Yun Zhongzi was actually in the Saint Realm! "You have become a Saint?!" Saint Xutian practically roared.

Great Elder Yun Zhongzi grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and bowed, saying, "Old Ancestor, this Disciple has not failed the mission; I successfully Underwent Tribulation and became a Saint yesterday."

Saint Xutian's whole body shook. A Saint! Great Elder Yun Zhongzi had become a Saint! He had been stuck at the Peak of the Asking Dao Realm for three hundred years, and he had actually broken through!

"Good! Good! Good!" Saint Xutian said the word 'good' three times in a row, his eyes slightly red. He walked quickly to Great Elder Yun Zhongzi and looked him up and down.

"The Foundation is solid, the aura is thick, even stronger than an ordinary Saint! Good! Good!"

He was so excited he was incoherent, his hands trembling. Yinxian Village had a Legacy spanning tens of thousands of years, yet had never had more than three ancestors in the Saint Realm. In this generation, he was the only Saint struggling to support it. He was afraid that when his Lifespan was exhausted, Yinxian Village would not be able to produce a new Saint. By then, the title of Yinxian Village as a Holy Land would be gone!

But now— Great Elder Yun Zhongzi had become a Saint! Yinxian Village now had two Saints!

"How did you break through?" Saint Xutian suppressed the excitement in his heart, pulled Great Elder Yun Zhongzi to sit by the stone table, and personally poured him a cup of tea. "Quickly tell me, how did you break through?"

Great Elder Yun Zhongzi picked up the teacup, took a sip, smacked his lips, and a complex look flashed in his eyes. "Old Ancestor, this matter is a long story." "Then make a long story short!"

Great Elder Yun Zhongzi put down the teacup, took a deep breath, and told the whole story from beginning to end. From meeting Shen Qingyuan by chance in Tiangang City, to Shen Qingyuan going to the Tiangang Sect, to Ancestor Li Jue of the Tiangang Sect triggering the Saint Tribulation, and then to Shen Qingyuan stepping into the thunderclouds, casually erasing Ancestor Li Jue's Saint Tribulation, and with one finger summoning Chaos Divine Lightning to strike Ancestor Li Jue until his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering...

Hearing this, the teacup in Saint Xutian's hand fell to the ground with a clatter, shattering into pieces, and he was completely stunned. "What did you say?! Ancestor Li Jue was struck to death by Chaos Divine Lightning summoned by that Senior with one finger?!" His voice was trembling.

Ancestor Li Jue, the Old Ancestor of the Tiangang Sect, was at the Peak of the ninth level of the Asking Dao Realm, only one step away from the Saint Realm! Such an existence was actually struck to death by a bolt of lightning?!

"That's not all," Great Elder Yun Zhongzi continued, "That Senior also gave me a wisp of the primordial qi of huangchu to help me stabilize my Foundation and pass the Saint Tribulation."

"The primordial qi of huangchu?!" Saint Xutian exclaimed again, springing up from his chair, his eyes wide as copper bells. "The Innate Qi from when the heavens and earth were first opened?! That legendary divine object?!"

Great Elder Yun Zhongzi nodded, his eyes filled with emotion: "Correct. It is indeed the primordial qi of huangchu. This Disciple was only able to become a Saint thanks to the gift from that Senior."

Saint Xutian stood frozen in place, his mouth opening and closing, opening and closing again, unable to say a word. The primordial qi of huangchu! That was a supreme treasure that even Saints would flock to! In the entire Cangxuan Great World, for tens of thousands of years, there had only been a few words recorded in ancient books! That Senior actually gave Great Elder Yun Zhongzi a wisp just like that?!

"A waste... what a waste of heavenly treasures! Such a precious divine object, actually used to break through to the Saint Realm!" Saint Xutian's voice was filled with regret.

If he could have a wisp of the primordial qi of huangchu, perhaps he might be able to touch the threshold of the Great Saint Realm.

Great Elder Yun Zhongzi, standing on the side, heard this and his expression stiffened. Although... using that thing on him was indeed a bit of a waste, was it really necessary to say it directly to his face?

Great Elder Yun Zhongzi complained inwardly, then continued: "That's not all. That Senior also casually refined the relic of the Tiangang Sect's Ancestral Master—an evil sword at the Great Saint Realm level—purified it, and then bestowed it upon this Disciple."

Saint Xutian's pupils shrank. A Great Saint Weapon! That was a divine weapon tempered by a powerhouse of the Great Saint Realm! In the entire Southern Region, the Three Great Holy Lands and the seven top Sects combined did not have many Great Saint Weapons. That Senior just casually gave one to Great Elder Yun Zhongzi?!

"Where is the sword? Where is the sword?" Saint Xutian asked impatiently.

Great Elder Yun Zhongzi waved his hand. A long sword, silvery-white throughout and glistening with cold light, appeared out of thin air in his hand. The sword was three feet and three inches long, the blade as clear as autumn water, with frosty patterns faintly flowing along the edge, its coldness restrained yet without losing its sharpness.

Deep within the sword, a brilliant light was pulsing slightly, emitting a heart-stopping pressure. That pressure was more terrifying than any ordinary Saint Weapon Saint Xutian had ever seen!

"A Great Saint Weapon... it really is a Great Saint Weapon..."

Great Elder Yun Zhongzi looked at the Old Ancestor's uncontrollable excitement and felt quite proud. Those few chickens he spent were not wasted!

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