Primordial Era: I really don't want to be the Heavenly Emperor!

Chapter 56 Mount Gouchen (Seeking first subscription)

Upon hearing Donghua's words, Gouchen was speechless for a moment, staring blankly at Donghua, lost in thought.

Donghua had no interest in paying attention to him. Instead, he was analyzing the location of the dragon's head, searching for a place where the Kongtong Seal might appear.

However, the calculations regarding the Kongtong Seal yielded no feedback whatsoever; it remained shrouded in darkness, as if it did not exist in the world.

Even with the ability to see through walls, no trace of the Kongtong Seal could be observed on Shouyang Mountain.

"Your Majesty, are you looking for a magical treasure?"

Donghua turned and stared at Gou Chen, his eyes flashing with a sharp light. An invisible aura emanated from him, making Gou Chen feel extremely uncomfortable.

Finally, he withstood the pressure and said with difficulty, "I have seen that magical treasure."

Donghua asked in a stiff, emotionless tone, "What are the conditions?"

Upon hearing this, Gou Chen immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this humble immortal admires the Great Dao and reveres the strong, and wishes to become your disciple!"

Upon hearing this, Donghua looked at Gouchen and gently shook his head: "We have no master-disciple relationship. Let's change the terms!"

"But I yearn for the path of immortality and wish to achieve great things. I also want to become a figure like the Emperor. I beg the Emperor to have mercy on me."

"We have no master-disciple relationship. Forcing you to become my disciple would only harm you. You cannot bear the identity of my disciple."

Donghua was absolutely right. Although the young man before him was exceptionally talented, his luck was mediocre and his fortune scarce. His greatest achievement in this life was probably only that of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, and even that might not be enough to break through.

Don't assume that there's only one realm difference between a Taiyi Golden Immortal and a Daluo Golden Immortal; that one realm is like the difference between heaven and earth.

The Great Luo Golden Immortal, "Great" means vast and boundless, and "Luo" means net and all-encompassing. The Great Luo is boundless, encompassing all existence, transcending the river of time and space, and eternally free in all time and space.

Upon hearing this, Gou Chen's expression darkened, losing its previous youthful radiance. However, he suddenly became resolute and said, "This humble immortal admires Your Majesty. Since we have no master-disciple relationship, I am willing to become Your Majesty's mount and serve by your side."

Donghua agreed, and becoming his mount was no problem. Originally, if Gouchen insisted, he planned to take him as a disciple.

There are no specific requirements regarding the identity of a disciple who is registered under the name of the master.

In later generations, when the Jie Sect had thousands of immortals paying homage, there were only four true disciples of Tongtian. Those with slightly higher status were the Seven Immortals who served him. The rest were all outer disciples who were not true disciples. This was a matter of fate.

Because the outer disciples of the Jie Sect were simply not capable of bearing the identity of a sage's personal disciple. If they were truly accepted as personal disciples, the end result would be a violent death.

Fate, amazing.

Aside from that unpredictable "fate," it all depends on luck, fortune, and so on.

"Master, the magical treasure you are looking for is inside this cave."

Donghua sighed inwardly, "The cave dwelling? I just examined it with my divine eye, and there were no spiritual treasures there."

"You lead the way."

Once the two entered the cave world, Gouchen led them to a place where a stone platform stood before them, where all kinds of energy converged, the fortune of heaven and earth was abundant, and various auspicious energies permeated the air.

At the confluence of all energies, a circular jade seal rises into the air, absorbing the various energies flowing between heaven and earth, and occasionally emitting the power of fortune. The power of fortune circulates and eventually dissipates between heaven and earth.

"Kongtong Seal!"

Donghua exclaimed excitedly.

As the sound was emitted, the jade seal trembled, as if responding to Donghua's call.

Innate spiritual treasures are born famous, bestowed by the Great Dao and Heaven and Earth. The Kongtong Seal is a top-tier innate spiritual treasure, containing the Qi and fortune of Heaven and Earth, truly an unparalleled treasure.

However, the Kongtong Seal was not yet fully formed and was still absorbing the energy of heaven and earth. Donghua didn't know whether he should take it or not.

"Master, be careful. This treasure is extraordinary, but there is a barrier in front of it that isolates everything and has extremely strong defense. I tried to take it before, but I was knocked to the ground by the barrier and was seriously injured."

Donghua stared at the Kongtong Seal and slowly explained, "It's alright. This is the indestructible spiritual light that a spiritual treasure possesses before it is born. It can never be broken unless one becomes a Great Luo Immortal."

The innate, indestructible spiritual light is unique to innate spiritual treasures. Before a spiritual treasure is conceived and born, it can protect the spiritual treasure.

After the spiritual treasure is conceived, it absorbs the undying spiritual light, and finally the spiritual treasure is fully formed, possessing the meaning of immortality.

A Grand Luo Golden Immortal cannot cause any damage to the Undying Spiritual Light. Only after reaching the Grand Luo level can one possibly break the Undying Spiritual Light, but the specifics depend on the level of Grand Luo.

Even a Great Luo Immortal capable of breaking through the undying spiritual light would not attempt to break through the barrier, as it would be a pointless endeavor that would damage the spiritual treasure and incur the wrath of the Great Dao and the Heavenly Dao.

"Gou Chen, you don't need to call me 'Master' anymore. I don't like that title."

Donghua felt that any address sounded better than "Master," making him sound like a feudal landlord.

Gou Chen said with difficulty, "But in the primordial world, mounts all call their masters that."

Donghua patted Gouchen on the shoulder and said, "You're different. You're my mount, so naturally you have to be different from others."

Upon hearing Donghua's words, Gouchen was overjoyed, looking as if he were ready to brave any danger, and excitedly asked, "Master, is it true? Am I really different? But then how should I address you?"

"Call me Your Majesty, Emperor, or Boss, it's all fine. The point is to show that you're different from others."

"Boss? That's a good title. In heaven and on earth, only the master is supreme, only the master is the greatest."

Donghua sighed inwardly, thinking how simple and honest the youths of the prehistoric world were. A little encouragement would make them risk their lives for you. Now, even if the opponent was a Great Luo Immortal, Gou Chen would go up and fight to the death.

"Boss!"

"Um!"

"Boss!!"

"Um!"

"Boss!!!"

"Snapped!"

With a loud bang, Gou Chen was sent flying by Dong Hua's palm, crashing into the stone wall. He then got up and started grinning foolishly.

Donghua sighed helplessly, rubbing his forehead, unable to bear to look.

"Does becoming a mount come with a built-in brain-damaging aura?"

He used to be a heroic young man, but now he looks like a simple-minded kid; it's truly indescribable.

"Alright, this treasure is not yet fully formed, so we cannot take it for now. I'll take this opportunity to teach you a few supernatural abilities so that you won't embarrass me when you go out."

"Yes, sir."

The two went outside, where Donghua taught them the Pure Yang Mystic Art.

Although the Pure Yang Profound Technique is a body-refining method of the Purple Mansion Immortal Path, it is also a method of Qi cultivation, but its main focus is on the physical body.

It's not that Donghua is stingy and unwilling to teach the complete Purple Mansion Immortal Dao method, but rather that it's not suitable.

Even if Gouchen spent his entire life trying to understand the complete Purple Mansion Immortal Path, he might as well focus on one direction and specialize in training his physical body, just like Yang Jian, the Xuanmen protector, and Sun Wukong, the Buddhist protector, in later generations.

One practices the Nine Revolutions Mystic Technique of the Xuanmen School, and the other practices the Eight-Nine Mystic Technique of the Buddhist School.

Donghua imparted the complete Purple Mansion Immortal Dao Technique to Qianyu not because Qianyu was superior to Gouchen, but because Qianyu had already achieved the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, and the complete Purple Mansion Technique could verify his own Great Dao.

Afterwards, Donghua taught him some combat and flight techniques, because how could a mount be bad at fighting and slow at flying?

(End of this chapter)