People in Conferred Gods: Rising from humble beginnings, I am the God of Wealth

Chapter 300 The Dao Ancestor bestows a treasure; the matter is beyond his control! (12)

"All three flowers are of the ninth grade, which is extremely rare in the primordial world. Severing the corpse is no problem for you!"

Dao Ancestor Hongjun looked at the three flowers in the auspicious cloud above Yang Xuan's head and nodded in satisfaction.

Even with the Dao Ancestor's knowledge, beings like Yang Xuan, whose three flowers on their heads are all of the ninth grade, are extremely rare.

Only a small group of beings, including the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and the Styx, could accomplish this.

However, people like the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa have extraordinary backgrounds, being born as Great Luo Golden Immortals, while Yang Xuan has grown to his current level step by step through his own efforts.

There is no difference between the two, but it is clear that it will be much more difficult for Yang Xuan to accomplish this.

Moreover, Yang Xuan spent even less time, which shows how profound his blessings were and how extraordinary his comprehension was. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was the only one of his kind in the primordial world!
"It's all thanks to the Dao Ancestor's guidance!"

Yang Xuan hurriedly stood up and bowed, showing no arrogance despite his breakthrough in cultivation.

Undeniably, his ability to bloom the Supreme Divine Flower so quickly, achieving the late stage of the Great Luo Realm, and even blooming the most top-tier ninth-grade divine flower, was largely due to the Dao Ancestor's sermon.

Without the Dao Ancestor's teachings, it would have taken him at least several dozen eons to comprehend 43% of the Great Dao of Destiny, 33% of the Great Dao of Cause and Effect, and more than 20% of the other Great Daos.

After all, the more one understands the Great Dao, the more difficult it becomes to gain further insights.

For example, it is much more difficult to increase one's mastery of the Great Dao of Destiny from 43% to 45% than to increase it from 10% to 20% or even 30%!
Moreover, the Great Dao of Destiny, Cause and Effect, and Rules are among the most difficult Great Daos to comprehend in the primordial world. Yang Xuan's ability to achieve such a breakthrough during a single period of seclusion can be considered truly astonishing.

Although this trip to Zixiao Palace was Haotian's way of settling karma and repaying Yang Xuan for his contributions to the Heavenly Court.

Regardless of the circumstances, the Dao Ancestor's sermon was a great favor to me, and I should pay my respects.

However, Yang Xuan had just stood up, and before he could even clasp his hands in a gesture of respect, the Dao Ancestor waved his hand, making it difficult for him to complete the bow.

"No need for thanks. Your success is due to your exceptional comprehension. If other beings were here, they might not have achieved such results, let alone blossomed a ninth-grade divine flower."

"Moreover, you helped Haotian improve the Heavenly Court and proposed the theory of the balance of the three paths, which gave me some new ideas about the evolution of the primordial world. This is what you deserve, so why should I say thank you?"

The Dao Ancestor remained calm, paused for a moment, and then continued:

"Since you proposed the theory of the balance of the three paths, would you be willing to help the old Taoist preside over the next stage of the primordial evolution? It would be a good opportunity for you."

Yang Xuan: ? !!! !

What the hell?
If I were to preside over the next stage of the primordial world's evolution at this point, wouldn't that be like having the Investiture of the Gods in my hands, and presiding over the next great calamity of the Investiture of the Gods?
How incredibly stupid would I have to be to agree to something like this?!

An opportunity? Perhaps they think I have too much merit, too much luck, and have lived too long, and want me to die quickly!

Yang Xuan didn't dare to think too much and quickly bowed again.

"This humble god's cultivation is shallow, and he is not capable of shouldering such a great responsibility. This matter concerns the evolution of the primordial world, and it is only safe to have a sage preside over it!"

If anyone else had heard the Dao Ancestor mention this, they would have been overjoyed and agreed without a second thought.

However, Yang Xuan was a time traveler, so he had some understanding of the upcoming Investiture of the Gods calamity.

According to the original timeline, the person who held the Investiture of the Gods and presided over the great calamity of the Investiture of the Gods was Jiang Shang, Jiang Ziya.

If, as the Daoist Ancestor said, presiding over the Investiture of the Gods was a great opportunity, then Jiang Ziya should have held a high position and his cultivation level should have soared after the investiture.

However, after the Investiture of the Gods, Jiang Ziya himself did not become a god, nor could he even achieve immortality. He eventually died peacefully in the State of Qi.

How can such an ending be considered a stroke of luck?

As Yang Xuan's cultivation level gradually increased and his understanding of the prehistoric world deepened, he began to have some guesses about why Jiang Ziya had such an ending.

Jiang Ziya was born in response to the times, possessing immense fortune from birth, which is why he became the one to preside over the Investiture of the Gods.

But it is precisely because of this that his ending seems somewhat tragic.

The Great Tribulation is a necessary process in the evolution of the primordial world, but it is also the most dangerous calamity in the primordial world. Presiding over the Great Tribulation may seem glorious, but how could it be without any cost?
In fact, presiding over a great calamity means using one's own fortune to resist the negative effects of the calamity. No matter how strong one's fortune is, how can one resist the great calamity of the primordial world?

If it weren't for the mandate of heaven and the scheming of the Dao Ancestor, Jiang Ziya would probably have died and disappeared before the Investiture of the Gods calamity was over.

After presiding over the Investiture of the Gods, he was able to enjoy his later years in the State of Qi and have a good reputation in later generations. For an ordinary person like him, this was a pretty good ending, at least he had his moment of glory.

But for Yang Xuan, this kind of glory is nothing at all. I am now a great sage of the human race, the emperor of the heavenly court, the ghost emperor of the underworld, and a distinguished guest of the dragon, phoenix and witch races. Isn't this glorious enough?

To ruin one's entire path for such a little bit of empty fame—that's just crazy!

Yang Xuan's current pursuit is to sever his own corpse and become a saint, not to be a short-lived ghost!

Not only was he unlikely to accept the Dao Ancestor's proposal, he even became more wary of him.

Given Dao Zu's cultivation level, it's impossible that he didn't know about this matter, yet he told Yang Xuan that it was an opportunity. No matter how you look at it, it seems like he had ulterior motives.

These thoughts, though spoken at length, actually only flashed through Yang Xuan's mind before he focused his attention and circulated his profound energy.

Furthermore, when Yang Xuan left the Heavenly Court, he activated the Heavenly Mystery Pearl with all his might and did not slacken in the slightest.

After all, it was the Dao Ancestor in front of him, so even if the Heavenly Mystery Pearl was miraculous, he dared not think any further.

The Dao Ancestor looked at Yang Xuan bowing and making obeisance, his expression unchanged. After a moment of silence, he simply nodded slightly and said no more about the matter.

"Since you are unwilling, then this old Taoist will not force you."

"But I still owe you a debt of karma. Since you are unwilling to accept this opportunity, I will use this item to settle this debt."

As he spoke, the Dao Ancestor gently waved his sleeve, and a black gourd appeared out of thin air, hovering in front of Yang Xuan.

"This object is called the Chaos Gourd, which is the seventh gourd that grows from the primordial gourd vine."

"Although this gourd was the last to be created and is not as miraculous as the other six, it is still a top-grade innate spiritual treasure and retains a trace of life."

"If you can obtain the gourd vine from Nuwa, it may be able to regrow."

"When it is truly mature, it can be used to create a complete world."

"The path you seek will likely require the use of this item."

Upon hearing this, Yang Xuan instinctively reached out and caught the black gourd.

The Primordial Gourd Vine is one of the few top-grade primordial spiritual roots in the primordial world, and its name is known to everyone.

However, unlike other top-grade innate spiritual roots, the innate gourd vine cannot be consumed or used for cultivation; instead, it is used to nurture spiritual treasures.

It is precisely for this reason that the innate gourd vine became the only top-grade innate spiritual root that was completely divided up.

Among them, the red gourd is called the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd, which was obtained by the Old Ancestor Hongyun and is now missing. The purple-gold gourd is called the Purple-Gold Gourd, which was obtained by the Sage Taiqing and is now on the body of the Supreme Lord Laozi, used to store elixirs.

The blue gourd, named the Water and Fire Gourd, was obtained by Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, also known as Tongtian Jiaozhu, and a Water and Fire Qilin was born inside it.

The white gourd, named the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, originally belonged to Donghuang Taiyi, but now belongs to Lu Ya. It contains the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife, which can behead a Great Luo Primordial Spirit.

The golden gourd, named the Demon-Summoning Gourd, was obtained by the goddess Nuwa and is said to be able to command all the demons in the world.

The green gourd, named the Heavenly Emperor's Gourd, was originally obtained by Hongjun and later given to Haotian. It is said to have the mysterious power to repair and nurture spiritual objects.

Many years ago, Yang Xuan had suspected that the spiritual objects in the Heavenly Treasury were not only things that Haotian and the Queen Mother had taken from the ancient starry sky, but should also be related to this Heavenly Emperor's Gourd.

Otherwise, these spiritual objects should not be in such good condition. In fact, the spiritual objects in the Heavenly Treasury in recent years have been of significantly higher quality.

Regardless of anything else, these six gourds are all very famous in the prehistoric world, belonging to the top-tier innate spiritual treasures.

Even the gourd vine that nurtured these six gourds is itself a powerful spiritual treasure.

This is how the goddess Nuwa created humans.

After Nuwa became a saint, this item also gained a massive amount of merit, becoming one of the few top-grade innate merit spiritual treasures in the prehistoric world—the Creation Whip, which contains the Great Dao of Creation and is said to have the ability to enlighten all things in the world.

The seventh gourd is unknown to anyone, and no one knows how it was taken out.

Unexpectedly, this gourd was in the hands of the Dao Ancestor.

What was even more unexpected was that this Chaos Gourd did not retain a trace of life like the other six gourds, such as the Purple Gold Gourd and the Immortal-Slaying Gourd.

Although this single glimmer of life is insufficient to allow it to continue growing, it preserves the characteristics of a top-grade innate spiritual root.

If the opportunity is right, it may have a chance to continue growing and truly mature in the future. Once it is fully mature, the wonders of this Chaos Gourd may still surpass those of the other six gourds.

It's definitely impossible to find a supreme innate treasure, but it's not impossible to find a top-grade innate spiritual treasure containing forty-seven or forty-eight innate restrictions.

As for what kind of opportunity would be needed for it to grow again, the Dao Ancestor has already made it clear: it is by borrowing the Human Creation Whip from Nuwa, only then will there be hope for it to grow again.

The problem is that Nuwa is a saint, not someone you can just see whenever you want. Even a quasi-saint, if Nuwa doesn't want to, probably wouldn't be able to find where Nuwa Palace is.

Moreover, the Creation Whip is a top-grade innate merit spiritual treasure. Even if one were fortunate enough to meet Nuwa, how could one borrow such a spiritual treasure so easily?

Even if Yang Xuan were fortunate enough to meet Nuwa and borrow the Creation Whip, he wouldn't dare use it to nurture the Chaos Gourd.

The reason is simple: he has no way of guaranteeing that using the Creation Whip to nurture the Chaos Gourd will not affect the Creation Whip itself.

If the Creation Whip is ruined, wouldn't the Sage Nuwa slap him to death?

Yang Xuan is not Styx, and without the Blood Sea as a safety net, how could he dare to be so reckless?

Clearly, restoring the Chaos Gourd to its former glory will not be a simple matter.

Otherwise, how could the Dao Ancestor have kept this Chaos Gourd by his side for so many years without it maturing?
However, the Dao Ancestor was right about one thing: this Chaos Gourd was indeed what he needed.

He wanted to promote business practices, and he did indeed need to utilize the most advanced universe; otherwise, many of his plans would be difficult to implement.

If the Chaos Gourd can truly create a world once it matures, Yang Xuan has no reason to refuse.

However, the fact that Dao Zu had previously entrusted him with the task of overseeing the Investiture of the Gods made him more wary.

Moreover, Yang Xuan felt something was amiss with what the Dao Ancestor had just said.

The Dao Ancestor said that he gave Yang Xuan the Chaos Gourd in order to settle the karmic debts.

The problem is, what right does Yang Xuan have to make the Dao Ancestor incur karmic debt?
Even if it was because of helping Haotian improve the Heavenly Court, the Dao Ancestor could have settled this cause and effect after giving his sermon, so why give away this Chaos Gourd?
Yang Xuan has always been known for his cautious approach to things, even though the Chaos Gourd was very good and had been of great help to him.

However, something unusual must be going on. Yang Xuan would rather not have this Chaos Gourd than be put in a passive position.

Without much hesitation, Yang Xuan immediately shook his head.

"The Dao Ancestor's teachings to me are already a great favor; how could a lowly deity possibly accept this item?"

With a resolute expression, Yang Xuan released the Chaos Gourd from his hand, causing it to float in mid-air once more.

Regardless of what the Dao Ancestor meant by cause and effect, or what profound meaning lay behind it, as long as I did not accept this Chaos Gourd, I would not fall into the Dao Ancestor's scheme.

Surely the Dao Ancestor, the strongest being in the primordial world, couldn't possibly force this Chaos Gourd onto me; that doesn't make sense!

However, what the Dao Ancestor said next was completely unexpected by Yang Xuan.

A slightly meaningful smile appeared on the face of the Dao Ancestor.

“One thing at a time. My teachings to you are not enough to resolve this matter. You should just accept this item.”

Having said that, Daozu, without waiting for Yang Xuan's agreement, gently waved his sleeve.

next moment.

Yang Xuan felt as if the space around him had been distorted. When he could see his surroundings again, he was already outside the Zixiao Palace.

Immediately afterwards, the gates of Zixiao Palace slowly closed and disappeared into the chaos, leaving only Yang Xuan and the Chaos Gourd beside him.

Seeing this, Yang Xuan knew perfectly well that the Dao Ancestor had issued an order to leave, and as for the Chaos Gourd...

The Dao Ancestor gave him absolutely no room for negotiation; whether you wanted it or not, you had to have it!

This is the Dao Ancestor. If he is willing to reason with you, you should listen carefully. If he is not willing to reason with you, then you'd better choose to cooperate!

Even though Yang Xuan felt extremely uncomfortable, he could only accept it and tacitly agree that the Dao Ancestor would use this to settle that unknown cause and effect.

If they still refuse to accept it, it means they are disrespecting the Dao Ancestor, and it's hard to say whether they can leave the chaos and return to the primordial world.

If you die in the chaos, there is no chance of resurrection.

Yang Xuan never thought that the Dao Ancestor was a kind person, and the still broken West was the best proof of that.

According to later records, Rahu fought to the death against Daozu in order to destroy the primordial world, which ultimately led to the destruction of the West.

But who knows the truth? History is always written by the victors, and the victor now is none other than Dao Ancestor Hongjun!

"Thank you, Dao Ancestor, for bestowing this treasure!"

Despite his immense reluctance, Yang Xuan's expression remained unchanged. He bowed in the direction where Zixiao Palace had once existed, and then, following the beacon given by Haotian, flew towards the prehistoric world.

(End of this chapter)