God of Pets

Chapter 826 The Formless Celestial Master
Chen Guan and the mysterious spirits waited in the main hall until the morning of the next day, when celestial soldiers came to take them up the mountain.

Six more spirits were brought in during this time, all of which had activated the "Emperor" attribute.

The group of spirits followed the celestial soldiers up the mountain. As they walked on the stone steps of the mountain path, gazing up at the light of the nine heavens, they felt increasingly insignificant.

The steps of the sacred mountain are like ascending to heaven. When the group of secret spirits arrived at the palace at the summit, they could see all around them and look down on everything.

Chen Guan observed that while most of the palaces here were very old, some were quite new, clearly having been built not long ago.

The group of spirits were led into the palace, where a person sat high on a throne.

Those spirits who knew proper etiquette immediately bowed, while those who did not were all watching the person on the throne.

Chen Guan was also looking at the person on the throne. It was indeed a person, not a quantifier.

Chen Guan had long suspected that the Formless Celestial Master was not a mysterious spirit, but a human being, and now that he saw it, he was right.

The white-haired old man sitting on the throne was clearly a human being.

"Can a human live for tens of thousands of generations?" Chen Guan wondered to himself.

Human lifespan increases with the level of cultivation. It is not difficult for a cultivator of the ninth level to live for tens of thousands of years.

But tens of thousands of generations—that's not as simple as just tens of thousands of years.

Chen Guan didn't know exactly how many years a generation was, but for the current generation, it was probably in the millions of years.

Human evolution and development, bit by bit, was very time-consuming in its early stages. The truly rapid development has only occurred in the last ten thousand years.

In the meantime, although human development was slow, it was indeed part of this generation.

Even if other generations develop faster than this one, it would still take an incredible amount of time over tens of thousands of generations.

The Celestial Master had a kind and gentle gaze, looking like a benevolent old man. He looked at the group of spirits and Chen Guan.

After observing all the spirits and Chen Guan, he casually waved his hand, and an oil lamp appeared out of thin air in front of each spirit.

"Listen to my teachings. If the oil lamps in front of you are still lit before I finish speaking, it means you are destined to be my disciples. If the lamps go out before that, it means you are not destined to be my disciples, but you can still become disciples of the Wuxiang Divine Palace." The Wuxiang Celestial Master spoke just like an ordinary old man.

"Will the oil in this lamp last until you finish your sermon?" the Golden Lion asked bluntly.

“Of course it’s enough.” The Celestial Master Wuxiang wasn’t annoyed and said with a smile, “This is the lamp of the heart. If you can listen attentively to my teachings, this lamp will not go out. If you are distracted, this lamp will go out immediately.”

"So-called fate is about people who walk the same path. If you share the same path, you can walk together. If you cannot hear my teachings, then you cannot walk together, and naturally there is no fate between you."

Everyone then realized that it wasn't as simple as protecting the light from going out.

"Now that you all understand, I will begin my sermon. Listen carefully, as much as you can. Even if you don't hear it all, it will still benefit you in the future." The Formless Celestial Master became serious and began his sermon: "The Way of Heaven..."

Chen Guan thought to himself, "The snake woman's 'no affinity' must mean that she didn't finish listening to Master Wuxiang's sermon."

All the spirits were listening intently to the sermon by the Formless Celestial Master, and Chen Guan also wanted to hear what he was talking about.

After listening for a while, Chen Guan couldn't help but be somewhat surprised. The Dao spoken by this Wuxiang Celestial Master did indeed contain some truth.

Contrary to his previous expectations, the Master Wuxiang was not talking about the ethereal Tao, but about the true methods of cultivation.

However, this method of cultivation is somewhat different from the secret methods of the Mystic Spirit itself.

This method of cultivation is more like a training method to develop one's own potential. If what he said is true, then this method of cultivation itself is an extremely powerful secret technique that can assist in one's own secret cultivation.

The key is that this thing is too compatible. According to the Wuxiang Celestial Master, everyone can cultivate it, and you can cultivate any kind of secret spirit. As long as you cultivate it, there will be benefits and no harm.

Chen Guan had only heard part of it and couldn't determine whether this cultivation method was real or fake, so he could only continue listening.

Not long after they started listening, a mysterious spirit became distracted, and the oil lamp in front of it went out. A celestial soldier then took it away.

As time went by, more and more Mystic Spirits were taken away.

After the Celestial Master Wuxiang finished his sermon, only Chen Guan and another mysterious spirit resembling a silver skeleton remained in the palace.

Chen glanced at the silver skull spirit and thought to himself, "This spirit is the one that made the stone tablet display the word 'sacred' before. It must be extraordinary. If I have the chance, it would be perfect to make it my pet."

Just as he was thinking this, he heard the Celestial Master Wuxiang speak to the silver skeleton: "You have exceptional talent and a steadfast will. You can be my personal disciple. I will name you Silver Bone. From now on, you will live in the Biluo Academy and cultivate with me."

The silver skull was overjoyed: "Thank you for bestowing this name upon me, Master. I will certainly cultivate diligently and not disappoint you."

"Go." The Celestial Master Wuxiang instructed the celestial soldiers to take the Silver Bone to the Biluo Courtyard.

His gaze fell on Chen Guan's face, and Chen Guan looked back at him.

"It's been a long time since I've seen any humans. It's rather strange that someone with only seven senses could get here. There are no humans in this vast territory. How did you get here?" Wuxiang Celestial Master asked Chen Guan.

"I was in this vicinity when I teleported into the Great Cave Heaven," Chen Guan said.

Upon hearing this, the Celestial Master Wuxiang felt even more puzzled: "Then that's even more wrong. This Holy Mountain area is one of the most dangerous forbidden zones in the Great Cave Heaven. You shouldn't be here after you teleported into the secret realm."

“Many spatial rifts have appeared between Shenzhou and the Secret Realm, and I was teleported in through those spatial rifts,” Chen Guan explained.

"Such a thing actually happened?" The Celestial Master Wuxiang was somewhat moved: "Who could have cracked the barrier? Has such a powerful figure emerged from among our human race?"

"I don't know. I only recently discovered those spatial rifts. They weren't there before, and I don't know why they appeared," Chen Guan said honestly.

“If that’s the case, there will definitely be many more humans teleporting here in the future, which is a problem,” said the Celestial Master Wuxiang.

Seeing Chen Guan frown, the Celestial Master Wuxiang laughed and said, "You don't really think that the talent of the character 'Human' is superior to other talents, do you?"

"Isn't that right?" Chen Guan asked, somewhat surprised.

"Of course not. The talent of the character 'Human' is the worst of all, even worse than 'Soldier'. Humans are inherently less talented than spirits, but the talents of spirits are fixed, while humans are full of uncertainties." The Formless Celestial Master said, "I took in humans who accidentally came here as disciples and provided them with protection because I am also human. But if more people come, I can't possibly take them all as disciples, can I?"

(End of this chapter)