Primordial Era: Starting with the repair of Penglai Immortal Island

"This is... a large tung tree!"

Huang Long stared in disbelief at the spiritual root before him, which exuded the charm of time!

"A great cedar tree that takes eight thousand years for spring and eight thousand years for autumn! I never imagined that Emperor Jun would be willing to take out this spiritual root containing the laws of time?"

After the initial shock, Huang Long was immediately filled with questions.

However, this single plant far exceeded Huanglong's expectations!

Suppressing his doubts, he turned his gaze to the other two plants.

Under the influence of the time-law mysteries emanating from the Great Spring Tree, the divine will of the other two spiritual roots was suppressed, making them appear much more "ordinary".

One of the trees was several meters tall, with lush green leaves that exuded a pure wood spirit aura. Huang Long could only tell from the few unripe green fruits remaining among the branches that it was a citrus tree of inferior quality.

Huanglong glanced at Kunpeng and said, "Senior, this spiritual root looks like it was just picked."

Kunpeng kept urging Huanglong to quickly take out the Pure World White Lotus.

The other plant was quite peculiar, with a dark purple color all over, branches that snaked like a dragon, but with bony thorns on the back, and small, dense leaves.

What is most striking is that its branches are covered with clusters of green fruits the size of longans, and tiny silver sparks occasionally dance on the surface of the fruits, emitting extremely faint crackling sounds.

Upon closer sniffing, a faint aroma of numbing spiciness lingers around the nose.

"This is... Sichuan peppercorns?"

Huang Long recognized the extremely familiar shape and characteristics of the fruit immediately. This low-grade innate spiritual root was actually a Sichuan pepper tree.

Judging from the lightning flashing on its surface, it is clearly a low-grade innate spiritual root with lightning attribute. However, given the ill-intentioned Kunpeng, it is likely that ordinary creatures cannot withstand the pepper produced by this spiritual root.

Of the three spiritual roots—one superior spiritual root containing the law of time, one inferior spiritual root of a citrus tree, and one inferior spiritual root of a pepper tree containing the law of lightning—in terms of grade alone, Di Jun has indeed suffered a great loss this time.

Finally, Huanglong's gaze fell on the heavily sealed source of the sun.

Although the golden sphere was sealed, one could still sense the terrifying power and the purest, most yang primordial aura contained within it.

With a slight examination, the primordial spirit was able to confirm that this object was indeed a genuine and sufficient amount of solar essence, and that Di Jun had not tampered with it.

"Young friend, what His Majesty promised you has been delivered. It's your turn now."

Kunpeng's urging voice rang out again, interrupting his investigation.

Huanglong looked at the anxious Kunpeng and the somewhat unnatural-looking Fuxi, especially Kunpeng. While urging him on, a hint of tension flashed in his eyes.

However, having already accepted the gifts, Huanglong no longer paid any attention to Kunpeng and Fuxi's strange behavior.

Urged on by Kunpeng once again, a lotus flower appeared in his palm as he flipped his hand over.

The lotus flower was carved entirely from white jade, pure and holy. Its petals were layered and unfolded naturally. Within its white halo, there was a Taoist charm that was pure, holy, and could cleanse the soul and purify impurities.

It is indeed the Pure White Lotus!

The moment they saw the Pure White Lotus, golden light flashed in the eyes of both Fuxi and Kunpeng!

Kunpeng, in particular, relaxed a bit, his tense expression softening.

With this lotus present, the billions of demons who cultivate the Demon Core Technique will continuously increase their strength, becoming an incredibly solid foundation for the demon race. The fortunes of the demon race and the Heavenly Court are expected to grow rapidly once again!

And he, a demon master who enjoys the fortune of the demon race, is expected to make further progress in the near future with the blessing of the Heavenly Court's fortune.

However, the next moment, Kunpeng and Fuxi frowned almost simultaneously.

Something's not right!

The spiritual energy fluctuations and Daoist charm emitted by this Pure World White Lotus are not at all top-grade innate spiritual roots, and are even inferior to high-grade innate spiritual roots!

Fuxi reached out and beckoned, and the white lotus floated lightly into his hand.

He and Kunpeng simultaneously used their primordial spirit power to carefully investigate, and in that instant, their expressions suddenly became extremely interesting.

Fuxi was stunned, yet also somewhat enlightened and bewildered.

Kunpeng was first enraged and then shocked. His face darkened at a visible speed, and his aura as a quasi-saint suddenly erupted, causing the sky and earth in this area to change color and the sun and moon to lose their light.

The ground beneath their feet, which had just been repaired by the Yellow Dragon and regained a sliver of life, was once again shattered by the eruption of Kunpeng's quasi-saint aura!

"Inferior Grade of Innate Talent?!"

Kunpeng's voice became sharp, filled with a mixture of anger and coldness, as if he had been deceived.

"Huanglong! You dare to deceive my Heavenly Court into giving me three innate spiritual roots, one of which is even a high-grade innate one, with just a low-grade innate spiritual root?! And you even have a portion of the Sun's Origin?!"

Fuxi also raised his head, looking at Huanglong with a complex expression, and slowly said, "Young friend Huanglong, you truly deserve to be a disciple of a sage; your 'spirit is extraordinary'!"

He emphasized the phrase "extraordinary courage," whether in praise or admiration was unclear.

Ultimately, this matter boils down to a transaction between Di Jun and Huang Long. Although he is the Emperor Xi, he is more of a guest minister, and those three spiritual roots have no direct relationship with him. At this moment, his mood is somewhat complicated.

Huanglong ignored Kunpeng's almost fiery gaze and drank the slightly cooled tea in one gulp.

"A lie!" Huang Long's voice suddenly turned low and solemn.

"Since Senior Kunpeng has mentioned deception, then please explain it to me, Senior Kunpeng," Huanglong said, pointing to the large ailanthus tree.

"Why does the 'Spring and Autumn Landscape' of this great Chinese toon tree only cover a few miles? Why does it contain a time-related Daoist energy that doesn't match the legends? It's probably only one-tenth or one-twelfth of the original!"

Then Huang Long pointed to the pepper plant and continued, "And this spiritual root that contains the laws of lightning, I'm sure the two seniors have eaten the fruit that grows on it. The 'poison' contained in it is probably something that even a Great Luo Golden Immortal would find difficult to withstand."

"If it cannot be ingested, I wonder how effective it would be to absorb and refine the lightning power within it for tempering the body and comprehending the laws of lightning!"

Finally, Huang Long pointed to the citrus tree: "As for it, it is indeed a genuine low-grade innate spiritual root, but the first batch of fruit has already been harvested, and it will probably take no less than a thousand years for the next batch to ripen!"

As Huanglong pointed out the problems with the three innate spiritual roots one by one, the anger on Fuxi and Kunpeng's faces gradually disappeared, replaced by a faint sense of shame!

"So, you two seniors, tell me, what exactly does 'deception' mean?"

"If it weren't for the relatively abundant essence of the sun, the Heavenly Court might not have been able to take this Pure White Lotus away today!"

Fuxi and Kunpeng were somewhat embarrassed by Huanglong's indignant rant, since what Huanglong said was absolutely true!

The Heavenly Court's actions were indeed somewhat unkind; however, when their gaze fell upon that low-grade Pure World White Lotus, their unease vanished instantly.

The same thought simultaneously flashed through their minds: "This kid isn't any better!"

"If you two seniors are unwilling, these three spiritual roots and the essence of the sun are here. Just return the Pure World White Lotus to me!"

When Kunpeng heard Huanglong say he wanted to terminate the deal, he was startled and quickly put away the Pure White Lotus in Fuxi's hand.

Fuxi, seeing Huanglong's still resentful expression, shook his head helplessly, raised his teacup, gestured to Huanglong from afar, and drank the cold tea in the cup.