Hermit in the Mountains

Gu Changsheng's divine sense returned to the Longevity Palace. He summoned Dahuang and Qingxuan, and sent the two guardian spirit beasts out in shifts to search for treasures on their own.

They might find the right opportunity or treasure to suit their individual circumstances if they go out on their own.

Having finished explaining what needed to be explained, Gu Changsheng sat quietly for half the night. At dawn, he refined the Primordial Purple Qi and then quietly left alone.

The snow scene on the ground was beautiful, but Gu Changsheng had no time to appreciate it. He used his Earth Escape Technique to sneak ten meters underground.

He activated the divine power of the Root of Heaven and Earth, carefully sensing the various spiritual energy fluctuations around him.

His ears twitched every now and then, and he could clearly hear the muffled breathing of various demonic beasts and spirit beasts above him.

The Innate Breath Concealment Technique operates automatically!

He was protected by an invisible halo, and not a trace of his breath or sound leaked out.

After searching for thousands of kilometers, Gu Changsheng still couldn't find a single spiritual energy node.

He returned from underground to the surface, standing atop a three-thousand-foot-high snow-capped mountain, gazing at the snow-covered peaks.

Everywhere you look is a blanket of white, with snow falling for miles.

The moment the snowflakes landed on Gu Changsheng's shoulder, it was as if there was an invisible wall, and the snowflakes slid down his clothes.

Gu Changsheng closed his eyes, spreading his divine sense to perceive the spiritual imprint left behind.

Suddenly, a faint, familiar mental force responded.

Gu Changsheng transformed into a streak of silver-blue light and fled towards the northwest.

A muffled thunderclap resounded from the mountaintop.

"Buzz—"

A powerful blast of air shook the thick snow around them.

For a moment, the snow on the mountaintop was as beautiful as fireworks exploding.

A few hundred meters away, the trees were blown by the strong wind, their trunks swayed, and snowflakes fell down in a soft rustling sound.

Wherever the silvery-blue starlight trail passed, a sonic boom resounded, and the powerful shockwave caused nearby snow and wind to swirl.

In the blink of an eye, Gu Changsheng's figure landed in a valley.

As soon as his feet touched the ground, a pale yellow ripple appeared on the ground, and his body sank into the ground.

A hundred meters away, a lush clump of grass suddenly swayed, and a huge, black snake head emerged from the grass.

It shook its head from side to side, flicking its tongue to sense the surrounding atmosphere. After not smelling anything, it retreated back into the haystack.

Gu Changsheng descended a hundred meters deep and stopped in front of a large gray rock.

He could vaguely sense that a faint spiritual force remained within the gray stone before him.

He stretched out his right hand and placed it on the stone, probing it with his divine sense. Suddenly, his brow furrowed.

"Hmm~"

An unknown force gently dissolved Gu Changsheng's divine sense without causing any backlash.

"A protective array???"

Gu Changsheng sat cross-legged and stepped into the formation with his divine sense.

Instead of forcing his way through the formation, he studied its principles.

Each protective array is a rare opportunity; exposing and breaking it is the most wasteful approach, while spending time comprehending it is the way to maximize benefits.

Gu Changsheng sat there for a month before his tightly closed eyes suddenly opened.

His eyes were filled with surprise; he had deciphered a formation from the protective array.

[Primordial Purification Array: A prototype of a primordial array, possessing the ability to purify negative energy.]

The formation possesses less than one ten-millionth of the power of a primordial grand formation; otherwise, it wouldn't be something a mere cultivator like him could comprehend.

Another reason is that this formation is relatively friendly, not an offensive formation;

Otherwise... he wouldn't be able to concentrate on his studies.

Gu Changsheng got up and walked towards the gray stone. There seemed to be a door in front of him, and he walked in gracefully.

He followed the nodes of the array forward, passed through the white array, and entered a bright space.

Gu Changsheng scanned the space with his divine sense; it was approximately ten thousand square meters in area.

He also unexpectedly discovered that this space possessed a faint world power.

Upon further reflection, he understood the reason.

This place is evolving into a hidden paradise.

He possessed a supreme treasure from a celestial cave and was very familiar with the faint power of the world that permeated the surroundings.

He strode towards the center, where a pool of water came into view.

The pool was ten feet wide and filled to the brim with spiritual liquid.

In the center of the pond grows a top-grade white lotus, the size of a washbasin.

The white lotus bud is about to bloom and consists of nine petals.

A gentle, purifying force emanated from the surrounding environment.

Gu Changsheng probed the white lotus with his divine sense, and a surge of information about the white lotus flooded into his sea of ​​consciousness.

[First-Grade Purifying White Lotus: The nascent form of innate spiritual essence, possessing inherent purifying power, capable of purifying turbid energy, resisting inner demons, impervious to all magic, and suppressing destiny.]

This white lotus is the spiritual lotus that Gu Changsheng transplanted two years ago. After a year of nurturing and the transformation of spiritual energy tides, it has become even more beautiful.

The white lotus absorbed the innate, indestructible spiritual light of the water element and evolved into the innate source of purification.

Water itself has healing and purifying effects; the purification system is simply purer and has a more pronounced purifying effect.

Perhaps in the future, the white lotus may rival the twelve-grade pure white lotus of the primordial world.

The legendary twelve-grade Pure White Lotus originated from a single lotus seed of the Chaos Green Lotus, containing the laws of purification.

In many fantasy novels, there are various versions of the whereabouts of the Twelve-Petaled Pure White Lotus, with many emphasizing its mystery by stating that its whereabouts are unknown.

Legend has it that if the Tongtian Sect Leader had found the Twelve-Petaled Pure White Lotus to suppress the Jie Sect's fortune, he wouldn't have suffered such a crushing defeat in the Investiture of the Gods.

Gu Changsheng had always been puzzled. With the strength of the Tongtian Sect Master, a saint, finding a person to suppress one's destiny should not have been difficult.

But why is it that in most ancient fantasy novels, there are very few stories about the Jie Sect suppressing the treasures of destiny?

The most reasonable explanation is that not just any treasure capable of suppressing destiny can suppress the destiny of the Jie Sect.

Either your rank isn't high enough!

Either the rules of the Supreme Treasure are not met!!

Either the Intercepting Sect has been set up!

After all, the ultimate boss in the primordial world, who merged with the Heavenly Dao and held the power over the primordial world, was unavoidable.

Gu Changsheng shook his head, clearing his mind of distracting thoughts.

He suddenly realized that he possessed four magical treasures that could suppress his luck.

No, there should be three now. The Zhenkong Tower was swallowed by the Kurong Pearl.

After careful consideration, he realized that the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls and the Investiture of the Gods were indeed not suitable for suppressing his own destiny.

However, there is no problem in suppressing the fortunes of the ghost and god realms.

Of all the beads in this array, only the World of Withering and Flourishing is most suitable for suppressing his own destiny.

Now, of course, we must include the white lotus in front of us.

If he can cultivate the white lotus to the same grade as the twelfth-grade Pure World White Lotus, he will have another supreme treasure to suppress destiny.

The Purification Law is a universal type of law that can suppress any lineage or destiny without any conflict.

Gu Changsheng also knew one method for cultivating white lotus: feeding it a non-attribute or water-based innate, indestructible source.

It's that straightforward and simple!

The sooner you nurture your innate, indestructible essence, the better; first, lay a solid foundation and build up your potential.

He was truly afraid that when the Great Dao manifested in the world that day, there would be limitations.

An innate treasure-level embryo can be used up to the level of a Primordial Golden Immortal and can be used for a very, very long time.

Gu Changsheng sat cross-legged by the pool, his mind entering the white lotus, guiding it to devour the origin of the innate grand formation.

The innate, indestructible spiritual light origin, the innate protective array origin, and the rudimentary form of the innate spiritual source.

The perfect combination is when all three are combined.

In this way, transplanting the white lotus to another location will not affect its development.

With the World of Withering and Flourishing atop Gu Changsheng's head, a large amount of spiritual energy was drawn to nourish the white lotus, while at the same time, a wisp of his own fortune was transferred to the white lotus.

He infused the white lotus with dozens of strands of merit he had accumulated over the past month, helping it to quickly absorb the essence of the great formation.

Time is the least valuable thing, and it took Gu Changsheng another month to help Bai Lian absorb the essence of the great formation.

"receive--"

As the word "collect" fell, the essence of the surrounding array was absorbed into the white lotus's body.

Gu Changsheng manipulated the earth element power within the World Pearl of Withering and Flourishing to cut the location of the Spirit Pool into earthen blocks.

The entire spirit pool, along with the white lotus, was transplanted into the grotto world.

The white lotus and the spirit pool are located a hundred meters away from the spirit spring.

Gu Changsheng observed for a week, and only after the white lotus adapted to the laws of the cave world and began to breathe on its own did he feel relieved.