Put away your magical powers now!.

Chapter 245 [Those with Brains]

(I intended to update this last night, but I didn't finish it. I've been staying up all night writing this until now...)

My update today will definitely be released tonight, it won't be past midnight.

Chapter 239 [Those with Brains]

Although he knew that Donghai was cunning and shameless, Chen Yan already believed some of his words.

It was all because of that line: "[I was once a sword cultivator. Years ago, I died in an accident. Afterwards, a saint took pity on me and collected my soul...]".

This account matches the story of the "Eastern Sea" who was released from the Li Huo Zhu.

The person from the East Sea who helped him break free from the Seven-Day Tribulation had said that he was a sword cultivator who died during his tribulation, but was saved by the old lady and became a ghost cultivator...

And what followed was entrusted to the benevolent saint, whose soul was nurtured in the lamp before the saint's seat, nourishing the power of the soul...

This is a bit interesting.

Because Chen Yan has seen two Donghai!
If the East Sea before me is placed before the Sage of Benevolence, then... who is the East Sea that I summoned from the Li Huo Zhu during the Seven-Day Tribulation?

Chen Yan had carefully examined the appearance of these two seas of lights.

It cannot be described as similar; it is more accurately described as completely identical.

They look exactly like they were copied and pasted – even twins don't look this alike.

As Chen Yan was pondering this, Donghai continued speaking.

"Senior, do you know that among the myriad beings in the realm, there are over forty saints sitting atop the clouds, from the Heavenly Venerable down to the various Venerables? The number of saints is fixed."

Chen Yan frowned, feeling the energy suppressing him fluctuate slightly again. He didn't bother to ask further, but listened to the content of Donghai's words. Suddenly, an idea struck him, and he asked, "Destiny, where does it come from?"

Donghai shrank back and whispered, "This..."

Chen Yan sneered: "If you don't talk, I can throw you out."

Donghai sighed: "It's destiny. To talk about destiny, we must first talk about how the Heavenly Dao came about... Before the formation of the Heavenly Dao of the Realms, this world was still in a state of chaos."

At that time, the Heavenly Dao had not yet been formed, but this world already had many spiritual treasures of heaven and earth.

For example, this Beauty Cloud Tree of the senior is a piece of spiritual root that existed in this world before the formation of heaven and earth.

However, at that time, the Heavenly Dao did not exist, let alone these spiritual roots or heavenly treasures, which naturally had no Heavenly Dao power to suppress their nature.

This batch of things, in the earliest days, were all without fate or fortune.

However, suddenly heaven and earth were created, and this realm became the current domain.

The earliest prototype of the Heavenly Dao was before the creation of heaven and earth, when those ownerless spiritual treasures protected the spiritual roots. Among them, more than forty awakened their consciousness and huddled together for warmth.

These things are all treasures of heaven and earth.

The earliest and most powerful treasures were integrated into the newly born Heavenly Dao of the Realm.

He Tiandao fused together more than forty treasures.

Just like... just like...

...Like founding shareholders? Chen Yan immediately came up with a fitting analogy.

The problem is that what first merged to form the Heavenly Dao were all the spiritual treasures and spiritual roots of this world—and these were the most powerful ones chosen in ancient times.

Therefore, because of the fusion of these forty-odd spiritual treasures, it was destined that the Heavenly Dao could only have forty-odd saintly positions in this world.

In other words, when the Heavenly Dao was first formed, those forty-odd magical treasures, drawn like moths to a flame, became the highest rule for attaining sainthood within the Heavenly Dao.
Therefore, if the number of holy positions in the realm is fixed, the positions of ordinary saints actually correspond to the spiritual treasures at the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth.

One item corresponds to one position of saint.

Like... a company's shareholder seats?
However, after the earliest forty-odd treasures of heaven and earth formed the initial domain of heaven and earth... there were still some treasures of heaven and earth left behind.

For example, this 'Beauty's Glow' tree.

However, these kinds of spiritual treasures of heaven and earth that have not been integrated with the Heavenly Dao are what the East Sea refers to as being without fate or fortune, and therefore countless.

To have a destiny, fortune, and fate, one must align oneself with the Way of Heaven.

And if another celestial treasure were to merge with the Heavenly Dao, it would be equivalent to...

Chen Yan's heart skipped a beat!
Sainthood +1?
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"In the beginning, it was unknown which of the celestial treasures awakened and became a primordial consciousness. Subsequently, many more celestial treasures awakened and became new consciousnesses."

These consciousnesses devoured each other, and merged with each other. In the end, more than forty consciousnesses merged to form a huge consciousness, which is the Heavenly Dao we know today.

However, the existence of such a senior is extremely rare—at this time, finding another celestial treasure that hadn't yet merged with the Heavenly Dao is virtually impossible. But if one were to find one…

Chen Yan sighed and slowly said, "Tell me, what do you want?"

Donghai's facial features were all squeezed together, clearly showing his eagerness and excitement, and his mouth was dry. He stammered, "I dare not hide it from you, senior... If you want to generate things like destiny, fortune, and fate, you must integrate into the Heavenly Dao. But now, it is no longer the time when heaven and earth were first created—at that time, you only needed to transform into a mass of consciousness to devour others, or wait for others to devour you."

But now the world is stable, and the Heavenly Dao is also nearly complete and stable. It will not easily devour or integrate new things, so…

Chen Yan sneered: "You have a way to make me merge with the Heavenly Dao?"

“…Exactly.” Donghai’s eyes gleamed, his tone still managing to maintain restraint and respect, though the corners of his mouth couldn’t be suppressed and turned up slightly: “I can hand over this method, but… let me think…”

"You want the newly created Saintly position that corresponds to my merging with the Heavenly Dao!"

Chen Yan sighed.

We've finally figured out what the East China Sea is after.

Sure enough, this guy has big ambitions.

I aspire to become a new Saintly Venerable in this realm!
Thinking of this, Chen Yan continued to ask, "Specifically..."

"Reporting to senior, this is my trump card, but I cannot reveal it so easily. I sincerely beg senior to have mercy on me. If senior grants my request, I will then offer up the method of integrating with the Heavenly Dao."

Donghai gritted his teeth, but boldly raised his head to answer.

He was clearly nervous and scared, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered, his eyes gleaming, and his features even looked somewhat ferocious.

Chen Yan was pondering something, about to say something...

Suddenly, *smack!*

A surge of powerful energy suddenly pressed down, and Donghai, who was kneeling there with his head held high and neck outstretched, was crushed by this energy, his whole body like a soda can thrown under a hammer...

With a bang, it was crushed flat by the energy!
Then, Donghai let out a painful and panicked scream, but the sound was extremely short, and before he could finish screaming, his body flattened!

Chen Yan was startled!
This flower demon, suddenly started killing people?!

"Senior, you..." Chen Yan exclaimed.

The flower fairy coldly replied, "This man is treacherous and cunning. He is clearly a wicked villain who is scheming and audacious. Now that we know his thoughts and origins, why keep him alive?"

Chen Yan smiled wryly, "But, Senior, haven't you always wanted to see the Sage Shanxiang..."

"I want to see him, but that doesn't mean I'm stupid."

The flower demon scoffed, "To merge with the Heavenly Dao means to have my own consciousness devoured by it. If my consciousness is devoured, I won't be myself anymore. What will I have to show for it when I face Shanxiang?"

After a pause, the flower fairy sighed softly: "Moreover, this person is definitely lying to me! If Shanxiang wanted me to integrate into the Heavenly Dao, he would have done so when he planted me."

He left me here, deliberately refusing to come see me.

According to this person, the Venerable Sage has already merged with the Heavenly Dao, and if he were to come to see me, the Heavenly Dao would discover me...

His refusal to see me means he doesn't want Heaven to accept me, and he doesn't want me to merge with Heaven!

Chen Yan fell silent.

This flower fairy, though mad, is actually quite intelligent.

However, the flower fairy said fiercely, "This villain is cunning. He actually misjudged me. He's despicable!"

Chen Yan was taken aback and looked at Dong Hai, whose body had been flattened, and couldn't help but be stunned.

Donghai was crushed to death by the primordial energy, but where was the corpse? It was clearly a crushed and shattered... substitute puppet!
I rub!

He actually has this thing!
Just then, the pressure of the Yuan Qi sealing Chen Yan suddenly dissipated, and the feeling of being held down and unable to move disappeared.

Chen Yan said awkwardly, "Senior, since there's no hope of seeing the Sage Shanxiang, then..."

"Since it's difficult to meet, let's try another way," the flower fairy said calmly. "Even if we can't meet, it's good to be able to talk to each other."

You are the only person I've met besides Shanxiang who can hear my words.

No one else can help me except you, so don't worry, little thief, I won't kill you.

Um……"

The flower fairy thought for a moment, then suddenly exclaimed with delight, "I've got an idea! Go see Shanxiang and tell him what I said. Then come back and tell me what he said."

"If you relay the message, won't I be able to speak to him directly?"

Chen Yan smiled wryly and said, "It's easier said than done!"

He dared not provoke this mad flower demon who was prone to killing, and cautiously said, "Senior may not know, but the Sage of Good Fortune has already reached the position of Venerable One—in this world, he is like an existence sitting on a cloud."

Compared to a sage, someone like me is like an ant.

How could a lowly cultivator like myself possibly have the chance to meet a sage? To witness even a few glimpses of the Daoist essence left behind by a sage in this lifetime would be a tremendous stroke of luck.

The flower fairy was silent for a while, then sighed and agreed with Chen Yan's statement: "That's right, you are indeed too weak."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Yan immediately felt himself enveloped by an omnipresent power, scrutinizing and examining her.

After a while, the flower fairy said softly, "You little thief are a bit strange. Your vital energy is not too weak, and... the circulation of your vital energy is also quite good."

But... your primordial spirit is quite strange.

"what?"

“I have met the disciples and cultivators here. Some of them have similar Yuan Qi cultivation as you, but their Yuan Shen are all different from yours.”

Those people's primordial spirits are much larger than yours, but they are loose.

Your primordial spirit is small, dense, and firm.

Yes, others' spirits are like palm-leaf fans, but yours are like embroidery needles.

Although an embroidery needle is harder than a palm-leaf fan, a needle is still a needle; no matter how hard it is, it is still just a needle.

"You little thief, how did you cultivate like this? Your primordial spirit is so dense and solid, yet so insignificant."

After a pause, the flower fairy whispered, "I have seen Shanxiang when he was young. His cultivation was stronger than yours, and his vital energy was much greater than yours. His primordial spirit was also as dense and hard as yours—but it was not as small as a needle like yours."

This amount of divine sense can't cover much area, so what's the use of it being so solid?

If you wish to increase your power, your primordial spirit is simply insufficient.

As he spoke, the man seemed to be lost in thought.

Chen Yan didn't know what the flower fairy was thinking. He hesitated for a moment and then tentatively asked, "Senior, are you saying... the Sage, um, when the Sage Shanxiang was young, the density of his primordial spirit was about the same as mine?"

"Well, in terms of density, you are following the same path as him, only much weaker. In my earliest memory, I saw his primordial spirit as a hammer, while you were just a needle."

At that time, he probably wasn't yet a saint or a venerable being.

Chen Yan's heart stirred: "Then, what about the other cultivators?"

“I have been awake for more than ten years and have seen many cultivators here, but none of them have a primordial spirit as dense and solid as Shanxiang’s. It seems that… those cultivators’ primordial spirits are all huge but loose.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Yan had a vague guess.

The path I've taken in cultivating my primordial spirit should be correct!
He had never cultivated any primordial spirit techniques; he only occasionally used the method of sharpening a knife to hone his primordial spirit.

However... sharpening a knife can hone one's primordial spirit, making it more solid.

However, the total amount will not increase—not only will it not increase, but it will also wear down and consume the primordial spirit.

"If you want to improve your strength, you can break through the realm of Yuan Qi cultivation, but your Yuan Shen is holding you back."

The flower fairy sighed, "Fine, I have something for you to do, and besides... no one else can do this except you."

Before she finished speaking, three fist-sized fruit seeds detached from the purple flower plate and slowly floated up, landing in front of Chen Yan!
"This fruit actually contains my primordial spirit power—the purest kind of primordial spirit power. I'm giving it to you so you can replenish your primordial spirit."

补？
Chen Yan blinked, looking at the three greenish-blue fruit seeds floating in front of him: "How do I replenish this? Are you telling me to eat it?"

"Otherwise what? Should I let you throw it around for fun?" the flower fairy replied irritably.

Chen Yan frowned: "The primordial spirit is formed by the condensation of one's own spiritual power. How can it be replenished by external forces? Devouring external primordial spirit power will only make one's primordial spirit more and more impure. At best, it will cause injury; at worst, it will cause the primordial spirit to collapse and shatter, directly turning one into a cripple!"

"Eat what I tell you to eat, and I'll make sure nothing happens." The flower demon sneered, "Didn't you hear what that villain said? I am a spiritual treasure of heaven and earth that existed before the creation of the world and before the formation of the Heavenly Dao."

I am a person without fate, without luck, and without end!

I am not among the attributes set by the Heavenly Dao.

In other words, my power is the purest primordial power in this world!
It contains no attributes; consuming it will only benefit you and will not impure your primordial spirit.

Chen Yan was overjoyed!

His strength has been stuck at the Great Perfection of the Returning Origin Realm, and he has been unable to enter the Ascending Stage Realm for a long time because his primordial spirit is not enough!

He had already reached the maximum level of his Yuan Qi cultivation.

However, fearing he would fall into the trap identified in the analysis, he hesitated to cultivate the primordial spirit technique.

This resulted in the primordial spirit remaining weak and unable to break through the realm.

Originally, I planned that after arriving in the realm, if I could meet the old lady this time, I would ask her to point me in the right direction.

And now, this flower fairy has actually given me a way to replenish my primordial spirit!
Surely the primordial spiritual power that Lao Tzu ingested won't fall into the trap of the cultivation path predetermined by Heaven!

Looking at the three lush green fruits in front of me.

Damn, it looks a bit like an avocado.

"Um, senior, how should I eat this? Should I eat it all at once? Or eat one piece? Or should I take a bite first to try it?"

This time, the flower fairy remained silent for even longer before saying irritably, "You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? Figure it out yourself. Try it first and see the effect, lest you overdo it and burst your mind!"
You little thief, you're stupid too.

You ask me, how would I know?

I've never eaten myself!

Chen Yan was overjoyed. With a surge of energy, he transformed into human form and jumped onto the shore. He waved his hand, and three avocados flew to him, which he picked.

He first put two into the storage jade pendant, and then held the remaining one in his hand to examine it carefully.

The skin is smooth and feels hard when pinched.

It also has a rich floral fragrance.

However, he still put the item away—he needed to find a safe place to take it, in case it required some digestion.

"Senior, you trust me that much? Giving me these three fruits directly? Aren't you afraid that after I leave..."

The flower fairy laughed heartily upon hearing this!
"You heard what that villain said just now!"

I am a divine treasure from before the creation of heaven and earth!
I am equivalent to a new saint who may appear in the future!
Little thief, I'm not afraid you'll break the contract and run away.

If you're not completely out of your mind, and you know I might become the next saint, you'd be begging me for help in the future. You're so smart, do you dare offend me?

Chen Yan fell silent!

Still, this flower fairy, though mad, is not without brains!

(End of this chapter)