The Spiritual Attainment of Minghe-Chapter 4: Conscience in Untainted Land
Chapter 4: Conscience in Untainted Land
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Leaving Blood Sea, Minghe wandered around Untainted Land, riding on a piece of cloud. He had never really basked in the beautiful mountains and hills since he came here. He had only seen a corner of Untainted Land when the Clones of Blood God were searching for experimental materials.
Several days had passed since he left Blood Sea. The scenery that Minghe saw had only improved as he got further away from Blood Sea. In his previous life, Minghe had often heard the saying "Guilin's scenery is the best in the world." However, that was nothing compared to Untainted Land.
Mountains stretched tall into the clouds, with peculiar peaks and weird stones, clear water and white sand, making them look like a utopian land. Yet, this was only one corner of Untainted Land. Minghe couldn't imagine how beautiful the actual home of immortals would be. Never mind Mount Buzhou, which was formed by Pangu's backbone.
As he travelled further away from Blood Sea, Minghe saw more creatures living in Untainted Land. They bore strange appearances and belonged to different tribes, but they all lived as a form of their own state being and usually fought physically.
This was no surprise as the ones with the ability to learn cultivation techniques from the Way of Heaven's spiritual inheritance in Untainted Land were people like Minghe, who were Primordial Mazingers. Other Postcelestial Creatures could only rely on their own ability to cultivate by taking in Spiritual Air, as they did not have any systematic techniques.
Throughout his journey, huge exotic beasts could be seen everywhere, fighting for Spiritual Roots, Spiritual Fruits, Spiritual Medicine, and lands concentrated with Spiritual Air. The strong preyed on the weak. That was the way of life and the most primitive law of survival.
Mortality refined one's heart, seeing what the world had to show and experiencing life processed through aging and death as well as emotional attachment of happiness, anger, sorrows and joy. These were all things that Minghe had not experienced in his previous life. While traveling, Minghe had seen enough killing and deaths to understand the vulnerability of life. This sowed a seed of strong being and will in him.
Throughout his journey, Minghe had seen all types of fights among the Hundred Tribes of Untainted Land. Death could be seen nearly everywhere. Why was it so? Being weak was a sin on its own. Minghe was now a native on Untainted Land. Thinking about the danger he would face in Cultivation Tribulation of his life, there were only two paths in Minghe's future.
The first path was to stand aloof from the rest of the world; to simply rely on his identity as the Lord of Blood Sea and his future identity as Lord of the Way of Shura Six Path of Reincarnation, to hide in a corner. While this might make him a Carefree Immortal, living to be as old as Heaven and Earth, but was that really being carefree? Minghe had no idea.
The other road was to rely on his own intuition, to defy the Heavens while cultivating to create a Great Way of Tongtian. Especially the few sages he might have a match with, so this would be a road of no return. Once he stepped on this road, there would be no turning back.
Still carrying some of his modern mentality, Minghe was at a loss when it came to choosing between the two roads in front of him. If he had been the otaku he used to be, he would have definitely chosen the first path and become a lofty immortal.
However, he was familiar with many mythical stories. As a child, he was particularly fond of Journey to the West and Monkey King. But now, these mythical stories would likely be real events happening near him. His heart was filled with an indescribable feeling.
Minghe instantly lost the mood to sightsee and rode the clouds aimlessly. A sudden noise startled him and he landed the cloud atop a tree, watching the place where the noise came from.
It was a fight between two tribes. Minghe thought for a while and understood the reason. They were fighting over territory. The weaker party occupied a part of the land that the stronger party disagreed with, inevitably leading to the current fight.
These were common scenes in Untainted Land. But Minghe never really cared for it. He stood atop of the tip of the tree and watched for several days until it ended. Then, he rode the clouds back to heaven with a heavy heart.
All in the world lived and fought for their own interests. To stand aloof from the world did not mean that one could live in peace. Think about the invasion of China in the 20th century. The answer was a brutal no. Only supreme strength could guarantee a good life.
The most valuable things in Untainted Land were mainly Luck, Merit, and Spiritual Treasure. Minghe had them all. Even if he wanted to stand aloof from the world, but was that possible? When sages did not die, thieves shall rise. Considering the birth of sages in the future, Minghe would be targeted sooner or later.
Since he could not escape his destiny, he decided to face it. After all, he had already died once. Moreover, he had a better starting point than others, such as Eternal Spiritual Treasures he owned, which was more than what others could wish for in their lifetime. With that thought, Minghe became more relaxed.
With a clear mind, his cultivation improved rapidly till the late stage of Primordial Unity Golden Immortal. To his surprise, his realm of Original Spirit broke through to the pinnacle of Primordial Unity Golden Immortal. This came as a great surprise. Any slight enlightenment would be enough for him to breakthrough to Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm.
Once the troubles that bothered him dissipated, his mood returned and he began his carefree journey again while collecting Spiritual Roots, Spiritual Medicines, and Spiritual Treasures at the same time. As long as it was something that he liked, he would do whatever it took to get it. He had even refined a Spiritual Map of the Living, which was a top grade Postcelestial Spiritual Treasures, to contain Spiritual Roots and Spiritual Medicines.
He chose Mount Buzhou as his destination for two reasons. One was to enjoy the majesty of Pangu. The other was to search for treasures. The main characters in the novels he had read in his previous life always owned treasures. Minghe did not want to miss out.
Minghe had a good harvest of Spiritual Roots and Spiritual Medicine particularly. Though many were common plants, planting them on Sacred Island seemed like a good idea. There were also other good items useful for Minghe's cultivation.
Among all the Spiritual Roots Minghe collected, one of the best ones was the first tea plant of Untainted Land. The tree was a Mid Grade Primordial Spiritual Roots. It had the special function of calming one's mind, which was effective to Sage-to-be and below in all realms.
The other was a Top Grade Primordial Spiritual Root of an Enlightenment Fruit tree. This tree blossomed one millennium after planting, bore fruits after the second millennium, and ripened after the third. Only nine Enlightenment Fruits was produced, which would give those below the level of Sage-to-be the rare inspiration after eating them. It was a pity that one could only eat three during his lifetime.
Magic Weapons in Untainted Land were classified into five classes from the highest to the lowest: Spiritual Treasure of Chaos, Primordial Supreme Treasure, Primordial Spiritual Treasure, Postcelestial Supreme Treasure, and Postcelestial Spiritual Treasure. Every grade could be classified into four smaller grades, namely the highest grade, top grade, mid grade, and low grade. However, Spiritual Roots only had two classes: primordial and postcelestial. They were also categorized into four grades: highest grade, top grade, mid grade, and low grade.
Other than the two Primordial Spiritual Roots, Minghe found three more Primordial Spiritual Treasures, among which he felt a little strange about the two. The two Primordial Spiritual Treasures were a set and among the highest grade ones, which were popular in the place he came from. However, they did not seem to belong to him.
Book of Life and Death, Primordial Spiritual Treasure of the highest grade, and the legendary Book of Mortal among the Three Books of Heaven, Earth and Mortal; it records the birth, death, and lifespan of all living creatures on the earth. Even Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals were included and only Sage-to-be can be removed from it.
The Judge Pen, a Primordial Spiritual Treasure of the highest grade, had weak attacking power with the aura of death and a sharp end. But it had a special ability to revise Book of Life and Death. That alone was enough to attract the attention of others. Even the sage was no exception.
The Six Path of Reincarnation was not born yet, so Book of Life and Death and the Judge Pen were both useless. All one could do was to make use of the death aura of these two spiritual treasures. However, the effect of the death aura was no small issue. It was not easy to remove it.
Minghe had plenty of spiritual treasures with the ability to attack and defend. Though these two spiritual treasures were useless, it seemed that using them to attain enlightenment of the Way of Reincarnation was a good idea. Moreover, they were great tools to gain merit in the future.
The third Primordial Spiritual Treasure was named Zhenyue, a top grade item, which looked like a small mountain model. However, it had the power to move mountains. It was basically like a heavy brick, which could do great harm to those hit by it.
Of course, Minghe did not waste any time aside from collecting treasures. He was predicting all types of magic skills of different techniques. While they might not be top-notch techniques, as those could only be cultivated till the Veridical Immortal realm, a number of techniques that were predicted were vast.
As of now the Hundred Tribes of Untainted Land were ignorant of the way of cultivation. Only some leaders of the clan may receive the Spiritual Inheritance of The Way of Heaven. Even so, they might not announce it to the world. At most they would pass them down to their close ones. Hence, most creatures could only rely on their will and ability to cultivate.
This was a good chance for Minghe to gain merit to give the first sermon after the creation of heaven and earth. Even if it was not in depth, it still warranted plenty of merits. For this purpose, Minghe refined 3,600 Enlightenment Tablets.
The Enlightenment Tablets recorded simple exercise methods, such as magical skills and tactical formations predicted by Minghe. Though they were not in-depth, it could be said to be great fortunes for the creatures living in Untainted Land.
Even though Minghe did this out of good will to lead creatures onto the road of cultivation, he had unwittingly increased the number of fights among the Hundred Tribes of Untainted Land. It was hard to say whether this was a good or bad outcome.
Hundred years later, 3,600 Enlightenment Tablets were refined, with thousands of cultivating techniques as well as numerous simple magic skills and tactical formations written on it. Minghe was satisfied with his work. This made him feel like he had returned to the days where he was an otaku who could work on something tirelessly.
Arriving at his destination of Mount Buzhou, Minghe stared at the sight before him and felt overwhelmed by how insignificant he was. Yet at the same time, he felt his body trembling with energy. Though millions of years had passed, Mount Buzhou still emitted the mightiness of Pangu.
That was the reason there were no creatures living near Mount Buzhou. Creatures could not even cultivate under such mightiness, with the exception of Primordial Mazingers. Thus, Mount Buzhou remained a peaceful land.
