novelapdf Chapter 26 The Test by the Ancestral Witch Houtu
Chapter 26 The Test by the Ancestral Witch Houtu
The earth veins of Buzhou Mountain are stable and immortal, and a vast amount of auspicious energy surges from within it.
They transformed into a series of images that appeared before Mo Yuan, including countless members of the Qilin clan looking down at the mountains and rivers, and strange celestial phenomena appearing out of nowhere.
As the auspicious aura evolved, the scene suddenly vanished, and a divine seal that had slumbered for millions of years within the veins of Buzhou Mountain was revealed, hovering above this space.
The Qilin Seal doesn't resemble a carved object; rather, it's like a naturally formed, chaotic black stone. Its outline carries the weight of a rock, and its entire body exudes a texture that is neither gold nor jade nor stone.
The rules of the earth's order are transformed into gilded runes, which are engraved on the Qilin Seal. The earth's Daoist principles and the heavenly Dao's fortune are intertwined, giving the Qilin Seal a vast, ancient, and supremely sacred aura.
The seal's knob is a Primordial Qilin, its scales covered with the veins of ancient mountains and rivers. Its eyes are filled with the surging laws of the Earth and the primordial energy. Its four hooves tread on the top of the seal, and seven-colored auspicious clouds rise from its feet. Within the auspicious clouds, the phantom images of countless ancient creatures pay homage.
The divine energy transformed into true fire, hanging atop the head of the Primordial Qilin, further enhancing its supreme auspiciousness.
The seal is engraved with the earth veins and water systems of the primordial world, with the towering Buzhou Mountain and the winding and intersecting seas and wilderness, drawing on the power of the primordial earth veins to suppress evil demons and heretics.
The bottom of the seal is composed of eight ancient characters formed from the divine patterns of the Heavenly Dao. With just one glance, Mo Yuan felt as if he were in the vast universe, with immeasurable power of heaven and earth imprisoning him from all directions.
"Heaven and earth bear witness, all paths lead to the heart."
"The Qilin Seal is indeed the Qilin Clan's most precious treasure, and a killing weapon once wielded by the Ancestor. It possesses forty-eight innate restrictions, placing it at the very top of the pyramid among many top-grade innate spiritual treasures."
"I will activate the Qilin True Fire and circulate the Earth Dao Ancestral Qi Scripture to initially leave my primordial spirit imprint in the Qilin Seal."
Mo Yuan looked at the three-inch-long Qilin Seal, his eyes filled with excitement, as if all his efforts and hardships had been rewarded, and he felt a sense of bittersweet relief.
In the primordial world, only those with great fortune and supernatural powers can wield top-grade innate spiritual treasures.
If he hadn't been a pure-blooded variant of the Qilin clan and hadn't inherited the legacy of the Primordial Qilin, he wouldn't have known the location of the Qilin Seal, nor would he have been able to find it himself and attempt to refine it.
As the Qilin True Fire at the top of the two Wind and Cloud Horns roared and enveloped the Qilin Seal, Mo Yuan also fully circulated the Earthly Dao Ancestral Qi Scripture, and then drew out the pure Earthly Dao Ancestral Qi from his heart, lungs and kidneys to make contact with the Qilin Seal.
The Qilin True Fire, magic power, and divine sense were all being rapidly depleted. Mo Yuan almost thought that his life force would also be devoured by the Qilin Seal. However, he vaguely sensed that the connection between himself and the Qilin Seal was being continuously built.
Time passed, and decades went by.
Mo Yuan's energy and spirit were greatly diminished. He had consumed all the Tongxuan Pill, Huiyuan Pill, and Longxiang Pill to replenish the energy he had used to refine the Qilin Seal.
"It's done!"
"Not only did it leave my primordial spirit imprint in the Qilin Seal, but it also refined three innate restrictions, and the Heavenly Dao fortune possessed by the Qilin Clan was also bestowed upon me."
Mo Yuan's eyes flashed with brilliance as he exhaled a breath of stale air.
With a slight thought, the Qilin Seal transformed into a stream of light that rushed into his brow, then hovered within his primordial spirit, emanating a sacred and inviolable rule and Daoist charm.
With the Qilin Seal suppressing his primordial spirit, he will be immune to almost all soul attacks and curse techniques below the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, which greatly ensures his safety.
The Qilin clan's Heavenly Fortune is naturally not as good as it was at its peak, but it still benefits him greatly.
With the blessing of abundant fortune, he will encounter more opportunities while traveling through the prehistoric world. Perhaps, as he travels, rare and precious treasures will fall from the sky.
Mo Yuan couldn't imagine how smooth his cultivation would be after all the karmic ties and the shackles of the Heavenly Dao were dissolved, plus the blessings of the Heavenly Dao.
"The Primordial Mirror, the Five Virtues Brush!"
"The relevant information about the Qilin clan, the progenitor, and the Qilin seal should be recorded in the Primordial Mirror. At the same time, my adventure at the Buzhou Mountain ley line can also be included in it."
"In a sense, I've also become a legend in the Secret Chronicles..."
Mo Yuan's eyes gleamed with a profound light, and his aura was vast. The Primordial Mirror and the Five Virtues Brush floated in front of him, both radiating a Daoist charm that resonated with him.
Both the inheritance of the Primordial Qilin and this top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Qilin Seal, were obtained by Mo Yuan from others.
However, the Primordial Mirror and the Five Virtues Brush are different.
These treasures were created by Mo Yuan during his travels through the primordial world, when he gained profound insights. They are treasures that are truly integrated with his Dao and perfectly suited to his own being.
In particular, the Primordial Mirror can even bear the will of Pangu, and seems to have a kind of rule and order that embraces all things and contains all rivers, so its potential must be extraordinary.
Mo Yuan has an inexplicable connection with the Primordial Mirror and the Five Virtues Brush, a connection that is far beyond what the Water Element Pearl, the Enlightenment Futon, and the Qilin Seal can match.
Driven by his divine sense, Mo Yuan began to write in the Primordial Mirror.
The Book of Ten Thousand Spirits, the Genealogy of the Myriad Races of the Primordial Era, the Qilin
The Book of Ten Thousand Spirits, the Record of Sages, the Ancestor of the Qilin Clan, the Emperor of the Beast Clan, the Primordial Divine Beast Qilin.
The Spiritual Objects Chapter: The Compendium of Spiritual Treasures of the Three Realms, the Qilin Clan's most treasured artifact, the supreme innate spiritual treasure, the Qilin Seal.
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After he started writing, Mo Yuan found himself writing more and more fluently, and he wanted to write even more. So when he finally stopped, several years had passed.
"Show me the Primordial Mirror!"
Just as Mo Yuan's divine sense was withdrawing into his body and he was about to relax a little, a calm and gentle voice appeared in his ears, carrying a power that could shake mountains and overturn galaxies.
Mo Yuan instinctively looked up, only to find a figure standing not far away.
In a daze, he saw a giant whose body was as tall as Mount Buzhou standing between heaven and earth.
He had a human body and a snake's tail, seven arms growing from his back, and two hands holding a flying serpent in front of his chest. The power of the earth and the laws of soil swirled around him, and the primordial earth veins vibrated with his breath.
"It's the Ancestral Witch Houtu!"
"I should have thought of that long ago. She is the Mother of the Earth and the future Lord of the Earth's Path. How could she not have sensed the unusual activity at the Buzhou Mountain's ley lines? Moreover, the Primordial Mirror had even alarmed the will of Pangu."
Mo Yuan's pupils contracted sharply, and he immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
The Ancestral Witch Houtu was a true quasi-saint, and he was nothing more than an ant in front of her. If he hadn't shaken Pangu's will, he wouldn't have appeared here.
"Mo Yuan, a junior member of the Qilin Clan, pays respects to the Goddess Houtu!"
They were respectful and dared not slack off in the slightest.
The Primordial Mirror flew out on its own and landed in Houtu's hands.
"To receive the Enlightenment Futon bestowed by Fellow Daoist Yuanshi and to have caught the eye of Fellow Daoist Taiqing, you are not just a junior of the Qilin Clan. Moreover, the will of Father God Pangu has actually been integrated into a mere mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure."
"Young friend Mo Yuan, what secrets are you hiding?"
Houtu looked down at Mo Yuan and spoke calmly.
Mo Yuan dared not get up. Cold sweat streamed down his back, but he felt a little more at ease. After all, Hou Tu had pointed out his connection with the Chan Sect, so she probably wouldn't easily break off the mask and kill him.
However, the idea that he had entered the eyes of the Supreme Sage was puzzling to him.
Could it be because of the alchemical texts?
Just as Mo Yuan was pondering, Hou Tu gently waved her jade hand, and a peaceful force helped him up. He stood on the ground again, and his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down.
Looking at Houtu again, Mo Yuan noticed that she was wearing a robe evolved from the primordial energy and the rules and order of the earth, embroidered with patterns of mountains, rivers, geography, and the state of the nation. Her hair was casually tied up with a jade hairpin, simple and natural.
Judging from her appearance, she is not delicate and beautiful, but rather possesses the weight of the earth, the compassion of motherhood, and the majesty and heroism of an ancestral shaman.
Mo Yuan then realized that what he had seen before was Hou Tu's true form as an ancestral witch, while the current Hou Tu was in her innate Dao body form.
But regardless of the type, they all possess a sublime beauty that inspires awe.
"Empress Houtu, how could I dare to harbor any secrets? When my will was born, the Qilin clan had already declined for countless years. Therefore, I can only be cautious and seek a place to settle down in this primordial world."
"My way is to follow the way of heaven and act in accordance with the trend, and it is also a way to contribute my meager strength to the three realms of the primordial world and to seek some blessings for all living beings."
"Of course, with my current level of cultivation, these words may seem unrealistic and presumptuous, but I will never go against my conscience."
Mo Yuan regained his usual composure and responded solemnly.
Perhaps the biggest secret is that he is a time traveler, who came from the river of time, from a future that is already in the end times.
Mo Yuan naturally wouldn't mention this secret to anyone else, and he wasn't even sure whether the all-knowing and all-powerful Heavenly Dao Lord knew about it.
If the Lord of Heaven asks, he will not hide anything and will simply tell the truth.
With the mercy and magnanimity of Heaven, surely it cannot be unable to tolerate a junior who is respectful, obedient, and filial to him?
"Young friend Mo Yuan, are you aware that my Wu Clan disrespects the Heavenly Way and reveres only the Father God Pangu? To speak presumptuously of following the Heavenly Way and acting in accordance with the natural order before me—aren't you afraid I will annihilate you?"
Houtu remained calm and spoke slowly.
The pressure of a quasi-saint and the vast Daoist principles all transformed into a gale that pressed down on Mo Yuan.
It contained murderous intent, as if it wanted to plunge Mo Yuan into an abyss of no return.
But in the next instant, a dark purple light appeared on Mo Yuan's body, and strands of earthly virtue enveloped him, while the pressure and laws that were enough to crush time and space all stopped in front of him.
"You really do have a secret!"
"Bearing the virtues of the earth and recognized by its rules, I cannot harm you."
Houtu stared intently at Mo Yuan, her tone filled with surprise.
That's right, she was just testing Mo Yuan.
As a quasi-saint and the only one among the twelve ancestral witches to have given birth to a primordial spirit, how could she possibly kill a junior?
By deducing the secrets of heaven and the general trend, she discerned that Mo Yuan possessed boundless potential, and that his future destiny was closely related to the primordial world, and even had a mysterious karmic connection with her.
Therefore, she was even less able to harm Mo Yuan.
"In my humble opinion, every force and every being in the primordial world has its own way of survival, and there is no distinction between high and low, noble and base among these ways of survival."
"I am merely stating the path I aspire to and my way of survival in the primordial world. I have not committed any heinous crimes, nor have I been reduced to the point of complete annihilation."
Mo Yuan's gaze was firm, and he spoke with a resounding voice.
He was not angry at the provocation of the Ancestral Witch Houtu, but he was still a member of the Qilin Clan and had received the inheritance of the First Qilin. He was highly regarded by the Heavenly Lord, and his Dao heart would not waver in the slightest.
"Appearing obedient and polite, but in reality possessing an unyielding and proud spirit!"
"Unfortunately, they're just too cautious, or rather... afraid of dying!"
Houtu looked Mo Yuan up and down, and spoke softly with her red lips slightly parted.
moment.
Mo Yuan was struck dumb; the muscles on his face trembled slightly, and complex emotions welled up in his heart.
This ancestral witch Houtu is so good at understanding people's hearts!