Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 340 Mount
The Celestial Venerable of Morality was slightly taken aback upon hearing this. He said, "What immortal? I am but a mortal, and I am not worthy of such a title."

The black ox said, "Yesterday, in my dream, I saw a purple aura carrying my body straight up to the sky. This place is exactly like what I saw in my dream. Now, only you, Immortal, are here, so you are the purple aura I saw in my dream that could carry me straight up to the sky!"

The Supreme Lord of Morality spread his arms and said, “I am but a mortal. You have probably mistaken me for someone else.”

The black ox knelt for a long time and did not get up: "Immortal, this disciple is full of sincerity, please give me guidance."

The Celestial Venerable of Morality sighed softly, "Then, even if I don't impart any scriptures or secret techniques to you, would you still be willing to carry this old man on his journey westward?"

The black ox immediately shrunk in size, becoming only the size of an ordinary ox, and lay down before the Celestial Venerable of Morality. He loudly proclaimed, "This disciple is willing."

The Celestial Venerable of Morality turned around and rode the black ox backwards, saying, "Then let's go. Remember to go slowly, my body can't withstand the bumps."

The black ox responded and began to walk slowly. Although the mountain path was extremely rugged and bumpy, it walked as if it were flat ground.

Recalling the day's events, Black Ox himself felt a strong sense of unreality. He also found it difficult to explain why he had so firmly believed in a dream, and why he had crossed five or six mountains to come here, bowing down to an old Taoist priest with no cultivation whatsoever, and even willingly becoming his mount.

In short, he did it on instinct.

However, after meeting the Celestial Venerable of Morality, his anxiety finally subsided. This old Taoist priest was definitely no ordinary person. His every move perfectly aligned with the laws of heaven and earth and the workings of the Great Dao.

It was only thanks to Black Ox's high level of comprehension that he was able to see through this. The vast majority of cultivators would be unable to discern any difference from the actions of the Celestial Venerable of Morality.

Therefore, he was very glad that he chose to trust his intuition. That dream was probably going to come true.

For some reason, riding on this black ox, the Celestial Venerable of Morality felt a strange sense of nostalgia. Before he attained enlightenment, his mount was also an ox, but a blue ox with flat horns.

But as his cultivation deepened, the green ox found it increasingly difficult to keep up with him. After he attained enlightenment, the green ox became completely useless.

However, with the help of the Celestial Venerable of Morality, the green ox's cultivation level continued to rise, eventually becoming a rare great cultivator in the universe.

Even so, his lifespan is still far inferior to that of the Moral Celestial Venerable. Not to mention that the Moral Celestial Venerable possesses the elixir of immortality and the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, and has lived a fourth life due to the acquired Supreme Immortal Body.

In this situation, even though the Celestial Venerable of Morality fed the green ox the elixir of immortality and the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, it still died of old age in the later years of the Celestial Venerable of Morality's second life and was buried by the Celestial Venerable of Morality himself.

Although the cows are not the same, they still feel somewhat similar. This similarity stems from the fact that their bloodline power is somewhat alike.

After being resurrected and living out his fifth incarnation, the Celestial Venerable Morality paid special attention to the descendants left by his mount, but over the long years, they had basically disappeared and become extinct, and were no longer easy to find.

After all, the bloodline power of that green ox wasn't particularly strong, and its final cultivation level was only at the ninth level of the Quasi-Saint realm; it never achieved enlightenment through any other means. Therefore, it was indeed difficult for its descendants to continue its lineage for a long time.

Moreover, during these millions of years, there have been more than one dark upheaval, during which even a considerable portion of the forces of those who have attained enlightenment have been completely wiped out, let alone this race, which can hardly be considered particularly strong. In short, the Celestial Venerable of Morality did not find the descendants of his mount.

But as the saying goes, "You can search high and low without finding it, but then it comes to you effortlessly." The black bull that had come to him on its own was actually a descendant of his mount.

Of course, although this black bull's bloodline comes from his green bull mount, and it is a return to its ancestral form after countless millennia, it is still quite different from the previous bull.

This is because the black ox's bloodline underwent a certain mutation during its ancestral return due to the unique laws of heaven and earth in this era that enhance the power of various bloodlines.

However, this is also a good thing, because compared to the blue ox, this black ox has a stronger and more stable bloodline.

This special bloodline power not only made this black bull incredibly strong, but also endowed it with extraordinary talent for cultivation. If it achieves sufficient cultivation, there's a high probability it could establish its own clan. In other words, it's practically an enhanced version of the mount of the Celestial Venerable of Morality from back then.

That's why the Celestial Venerable of Morality agreed to give him some guidance. After all, he was highly talented and had a deep connection with the Celestial Venerable. Of course, it was also because he genuinely needed a mount for transportation.

The Celestial Venerable Morality was fully aware of why this black bull had such a dream. This bull possessed exceptionally keen spiritual senses, and also had a special connection to the Celestial Venerable Morality due to its bloodline.

Therefore, even though the current Celestial Venerable of Morality has no cultivation whatsoever, this ox still sensed that special connection in the dark and was drawn here.

However, while the opportunity has presented itself, whether one can seize it depends on their own efforts. Although this black ox was unclear about his dream and intuition, it was able to directly abandon everything and humble itself to become his mount. This decisiveness naturally moved the Celestial Venerable of Morality, who then gave him this opportunity.

After all, they were indeed destined to be together.

There's another thing they don't know: this black bull is actually the ancestor of the Mighty Bull Demon Clan in later generations. In the original timeline, he would have achieved great success in his cultivation and founded the Mighty Bull Demon Clan on another ancient star.

In later generations, Lao Tzu's mount, which was transformed from the corpse of the Supreme Lord of Morality after his failed transformation, came from the Mighty Bull Demon Clan. Even Yin Xi, who was instructed by Lao Tzu, had a mount from this clan.

Therefore, there is indeed a special and inextricable bond between them.

Of course, the Mighty Bull Demons of later generations also found the whereabouts of the Hengyu Furnace and were promised by Ye Fan that as long as he lived and they did not commit any major mistakes, he would ensure their continued prosperity. Thus, the Mighty Bull Demon Clan enjoyed the protection of the Heavenly Emperor for hundreds of thousands of years.

Perhaps the reason this black bull is so decisive is because he also has such superb investment talent.

Of course, the Celestial Venerable of Morality did not intend for him to remain his mount indefinitely. Instead, after guiding him to achieve mastery of cultivation, he planned to have this black ox establish a new race, just like his former mounts. This would also serve as a consolation to his old blue ox.

After all, once he could no longer follow him, the blue ox focused on managing its own race. Now that its descendants have reappeared, the goal is to rebuild this extinct race.

(End of this chapter)