Primordial Era: I, Huanglong, have refined all the heavens, and will not join the Chan Sect.

Chapter 95 The Gathering of a Hundred Fruits, Merit and Spiritual Treasures

Purple Prefecture.

News of the Sun God Temple's defeat and retreat at Buzhou Mountain quickly reached the ears of the Eastern King Duke.

"Hahaha! Those barbarians from the Witch Clan actually did something good!"

Throughout, the Eastern King Duke did not regard the Witch Clan as his main adversary. In his view, the Witch Clan was merely a nuisance; his true adversary was the Temple of the Sun.

After all, the Wu tribe only cultivates the physical body, worships Pangu, but does not cultivate the primordial spirit, nor do they respect heaven and earth.

How could such a race possibly rule over all the races of the primordial world?

However, the Temple of the Sun is different. Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi, like him, were listeners in the Zixiao Palace. They had received the favor of the Sage Hongjun and had the strength to compete with him.

If he had not been personally appointed by a sage and recognized by Heaven and Earth, the Celestial Court would probably have already been overshadowed by the Temple of the Sun.

Now that the Temple of the Sun has suffered a setback at the hands of the Witch Clan, the Eastern King's Palace is naturally overjoyed.

After some deliberation, he decided to take advantage of the Sun God Temple's defeat to hold a Hundred Fruits Immortal Gathering to increase the Immortal Court's prestige in the prehistoric world.

He then flew out of Zifu Prefecture to Xikunlun to discuss the matter with the Queen Mother of the West.

It was less of a discussion and more of a request for financial assistance from the Queen Mother of the West.

After hearing the request from the King Father of the East, the Queen Mother of the West shook her head expressionlessly.

"If the Eastern King needs ordinary peaches, he can have as many as he wants without any problem."

"However, the innate Ren water peaches take 64,800 years to ripen, and I don't have many on hand, so I can't give them to the Eastern King Duke."

Although the Queen Mother of the West appeared calm and showed no emotion, she held the King of the East in utter contempt.

Are we that close? You want to host the Hundred Fruits Immortal Gathering and entertain the great beings of the primordial world, but you expect me to use the Primordial Ren Water Peaches as a treat? Can't you have some shame?

The innate Ren water peach tree takes a full 64,800 years to mature, and only nine innate Ren water peaches can be harvested at a time.

You're asking me to come up with thirty-five pills right off the bat? That's practically emptying my savings. Do you think that's even possible?

The differences between people are truly vast; the actions of that fellow Daoist Huanglong were much more reassuring.

Upon hearing the Queen Mother of the West's refusal, the King Father of the East narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze becoming somewhat gloomy.

How ungrateful!

However, he also knew that the Queen Mother of the West was the head of all female immortals in the Celestial Court. If he were to fall out with her, it would lead to a significant loss of female immortals, and he himself might not be able to remain the ruler of the Celestial Court for long.

"call--!"

The Eastern King Duke let out a soft breath and quickly adjusted his mindset. Without the Queen Mother of the West's peaches of immortality, his Hundred Fruits Immortal Gathering would not have been able to take place.

"Queen Mother of the West is overthinking it. How could I not know the preciousness of the Primordial Ren Water Peaches? I certainly have no intention of taking them for nothing."

"After the appearance of Penglai Immortal Island, I found a top-grade innate spiritual root, the Yellow Plum, on it."

"In terms of efficacy, the Huangzhong Plum is no less effective than the Innate Ren Water Peaches. I am willing to exchange twenty Huangzhong Plums for thirty-five Innate Ren Water Peaches and one thousand ordinary peaches."

"Among these twenty yellow plums, two are from the first batch of fruit, the oldest, and the most effective. Fellow Daoist, just taking one will help you stabilize your Quasi-Saint realm."

As they spoke, the Eastern King Duke took out twenty spiritual fruits that resembled plums but exuded a mysterious Daoist charm and placed them on the table.

Although exchanging twenty yellow plums for thirty-five innate Ren water peaches was not a very worthwhile deal for the Queen Mother of the West.

However, the drop of life essence that Huanglong gave more than 20,000 years ago, under the manipulation of the Queen Mother of the West, caused the Primordial Water Peach Tree to bear two additional batches of fruit in the following five thousand years.

With this extra gain, even if it were used to trade for twenty yellow plums, it wouldn't be a huge loss.

Moreover, among this batch of Huangzhong plums, there are two that were the first to bear fruit, which are as old as heaven and earth. Consuming them will stabilize one's cultivation as a quasi-saint.

As for a thousand ordinary peaches, it was nothing to the Queen Mother of the West; she wouldn't mind if they were given to her for free.

With this in mind, the Queen Mother of the West nodded and said softly:

"Since the Eastern King is so sincere, it would seem impolite of me to refuse. However, I have one condition: you need to give me a few invitations to this banquet."

"That's no problem at all. As the head of the female immortals in the Celestial Court, you naturally have a quota for invitations. The Queen Mother of the Taiyi Golden Immortals can invite as many as she wants, and the Queen Mother of the Daluo Golden Immortals can also invite ten as she wants."

Seeing that the Queen Mother of the West nodded in agreement, the King Duke of the East breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the matter was settled and that the prestige of the Celestial Court would surely rise to a new level.

As for the Queen Mother of the West's request, even if she didn't say it, the King Father of the East would bring it up himself.

If no female immortals attend the Celestial Court banquet, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among many female immortals in the prehistoric world.

However, the quantity of top-grade spiritual fruits is limited, and he cannot give up too many invitation slots.

"Can."

The Queen Mother of the West had no intention of bargaining. Originally, she only wanted to invite a few powerful figures, and ten slots were more than enough.

Then, with a wave of her sleeves, the twenty yellow plums on the table disappeared and were replaced by thirty-five innate Ren water peaches and a thousand ordinary peaches.

Now that the important matters have been settled, the Eastern King Duke still needs to continue preparing for the Hundred Fruits Immortal Gathering, so he will not stay in Xikunlun any longer.

He left behind a message: "Three thousand years later, after the Hundred Fruits Immortal Gathering is held in the Celestial Court," and then took his leave.

Why be so fixated on these empty titles?

Watching the departing figure of the Eastern King Duke, the Western Queen Mother shook her head with a hint of disdain.

She naturally understood the purpose of the Hundred Fruits Fairy Gathering hosted by the Eastern King Duke: to take advantage of the Sun God Temple's setback at the hands of the Witch Clan and strike at their prestige.

But now the Temple of the Sun has three quasi-saints: Donghuang Taiyi, Dijun, and Kunpeng. Donghuang Taiyi also has a supreme innate treasure. What can the Celestial Court use to fight against them?

Instead of wasting time on such matters, it would be better to take advantage of the Celestial Court's fortune and improve one's cultivation.

The Queen Mother of the West stopped thinking about it and, after considering the ten candidates, instructed Qingyu and the others to take her invitations to these people to attend the Hundred Fruits Immortal Gathering at the Celestial Court three thousand years later.

……

A thousand years later.

Yunyin Taoist Temple.

With a loud bang, the lid of the Spirit Forging Cauldron in front of Huanglong opened automatically, and three golden, glittering acquired merit treasures flew out and hovered in mid-air.

These three acquired merit treasures are a nine-story golden pagoda—the Golden Light Pagoda.

A precious jade piece that is entirely golden and has seven dots on it—the Seven Star Jade.

A sheet of paper, gleaming with gold, depicting a precious bell—the Golden Bell Picture.

These three treasures of merit are not particularly strong offensively, but they possess extremely powerful defensive capabilities.

Furthermore, it can release dazzling golden light of merit to an area of ​​tens of thousands of kilometers around, making it an excellent spiritual treasure for saving one's life.

"These three top-grade acquired merit-based spiritual treasures are enough!"

Huang Long nodded in satisfaction, then glanced at Bai Mi, who was still in seclusion, before continuing his own seclusion to refine the Ancestral Dragon's essence blood.

According to his estimate, in about a thousand years, this drop of ancestral dragon blood essence will be refined into a drop of source liquid.

After refining and consuming the source liquid, one's cultivation will be greatly enhanced. If the effect is good enough, one might even be able to advance to the late stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm!

(End of this chapter)