Chapter 56 Another Enlightenment Tea Tree

Guided by the Earth Book, Bai Jing flew using the White Lotus Evasion Technique for several years, finally reaching his destination.

"Mount Wuyi has finally been reached. I will not stand on ceremony for the Innate Spiritual Root here," Bai Jing said with some excitement.

Bai Jing had sought out Mount Wuyi following the guidance of the Earth Book, and his objective was precisely the Innate Spiritual Root located there.

Initially, Bai Jing had assumed the Innate Spiritual Root of Mount Wuyi was the Enlightenment Tea Tree. However, he had already found the Enlightenment Tea Tree on the Immortal Island of Penglai. Back then, Bai Jing had already grown deeply interested in the one on Mount Wuyi. Now that he had acquired the Earth Book, naturally, he would not give up on the Innate Spiritual Root of Mount Wuyi.

As for the Falling Treasure Money, Bai Jing held no interest in such an item.

The Falling Treasure Money was an Innate Special Treasure capable of bringing down any treasure below the tier of the Innate Supreme Treasures, and it could also divine the heavenly secrets of heaven and earth.

Yet, using the Falling Treasure Money simultaneously consumed one's own karmic luck. Moreover, the Falling Treasure Money was ineffective against Innate Supreme Treasures, nor could it strike down weapons held in hand. Being unable to suppress Supreme Treasures or weapons made it somewhat mediocre and tasteless in Bai Jing's eyes.

Its only useful feature was perhaps the ability to deduce heavenly secrets.

However, since he had already made the trip to Mount Wuyi, gathering the Falling Treasure Money was a matter of convenience; it would be a waste not to take it.

Bai Jing swept his divine sense across Mount Wuyi, but found no Innate Restrictions whatsoever within the mountain.

"Could someone have beaten me to it?" Thinking this, a thought flickered in Bai Jing's mind, and he summoned the Earth Book.

Bai Jing channeled his divine power into the Earth Book, connecting it with the spiritual veins of Mount Wuyi. The Earth Book, which previously looked utterly ordinary, now became wreathed in mysterious yellow Qi after linking with the earth veins of Mount Wuyi, exuding an archaic and profound weight.

Bai Jing extended his divine sense into the Earth Book, utilizing its connection with Mount Wuyi's spiritual veins to search for the hidden Innate Restrictions within the mountain.

A moment later, Bai Jing's eyes lit up, and his entire body transformed into a streak of white escaping light, plunging deep into Mount Wuyi.

Bai Jing landed in a valley on Mount Wuyi. At first glance, this valley looked thoroughly ordinary, devoid of any miraculous properties, and even surrounded by a lingering baleful aura. Any Innate Deity would normally give such a place a wide berth.

Yet, as Bai Jing communicated with the earth veins, the energy of the veins surged; the baleful aura sank while the Innate Spiritual Qi rose. The spiritual energy within the valley grew increasingly dense. With a flash of golden light, an Innate Restriction stretching for a thousand miles, brimming with astonishing Daoist rhymes, revealed itself.

"It worked! This Innate Restriction actually possesses the property of absorbing baleful aura to conceal itself. No wonder it was so difficult to detect with divine sense." With these words, Bai Jing took a step forward, arriving directly at the edge of the restriction.

Bai Jing placed his hand directly upon the Innate Restriction and immediately unleashed the Great Dao of Devouring. In merely half a year, the Innate Restriction was completely cracked by Bai Jing.

As the restriction shattered, the first thing that met his eyes was a giant tree leaning against a steep cliff. The tree was dark brown throughout, enveloped in endless Daoist rhymes. Sitting cross-legged beneath this tree would actually grant the effect of rapidly achieving enlightenment on the Dao.

"Why are the characteristics of this tree so similar to the Enlightenment Tea Tree?" Bai Jing furrowed his brows and began to calculate with his fingers.

A moment later, Bai Jing looked at this tea tree with a face full of shock.

This tea tree was also an Enlightenment Tea Tree—or to be precise, a part of the Enlightenment Tea Tree. The Enlightenment Tea Tree that Bai Jing had previously harvested on the Immortal Island of Penglai was likewise only a fragment of the complete tree.

A complete Enlightenment Tea Tree possessed effects that defied the heavens to such an extent that the Way of Heaven could not tolerate it. Consequently, it had sent down divine tribulations, attempting to make it perish completely just like the Twenty-Fourth Grade Creation Green Lotus.

However, the Enlightenment Tea Tree was not struck to death; instead, its origin split into two. One part of the origin fell upon the Immortal Island of Penglai, while the other fell upon Mount Wuyi.

Having calculated the cause and effect of the Enlightenment Tea Tree, Bai Jing sighed. To avoid destruction by the Way of Heaven, the tree had split its origin, but once divided, it was exceedingly difficult to reunite. It was truly a pity that one Supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Root had been reduced to two Superior-grade Innate Spiritual Roots!

Bai Jing summoned the Primordial Sun Cauldron, intending to store this Enlightenment Tea Tree within it as well.

Yet, at that moment, an unexpected change suddenly occurred. A golden light abruptly flared up from behind the Enlightenment Tea Tree, instantly transforming into a golden rainbow that streaked past Bai Jing's eyes with a whistle, shooting straight out of the valley!

Seeing this, Bai Jing understood immediately that this golden light must be the Falling Treasure Money. Although he had little interest in the item, since he had encountered it, how could he let it escape so easily?

Bai Jing opened his palm, and the power of the Laws condensed into a massive hand, grabbing hold of the fleeing Falling Treasure Money with lightning speed.

The Falling Treasure Money was naturally an ownerless object; it had never been refined, nor had it given birth to spiritual intelligence. The reason it attempted to fly away was merely because it sensed its time of birth had not yet arrived. As a divine object that conceals its own brilliance, it did not wish to manifest in the world yet.

Had the one breaking the array been a mere Da Luo cultivator, it truly might have escaped. Unfortunately, it met Bai Jing.

With a thought from Bai Jing, the Falling Treasure Money appeared in his palm. Bai Jing examined this Innate Special Treasure: it was a round, square-hole copper coin with wings on the left and right sides, upon which Heavenly Dao inscriptions faintly manifested, and Great Dao laws circulated within.

"Is this an Innate Special Treasure? Devoid of Innate Restrictions within, yet bearing Heavenly Dao inscriptions. Truly fascinating." With that, Bai Jing put away the Falling Treasure Money and then stored the Enlightenment Tea Tree into the Primordial Sun Cauldron.

No sooner had Bai Jing finished collecting the treasures than he sensed a fluctuation in the surrounding space. Doubtless, the golden light emitted by the Falling Treasure Money as it tried to flee earlier had been spotted by someone.

Bai Jing had no intention of hiding. Having finished collecting the Enlightenment Tea Tree, he stood with his hands behind his back, waiting for the newcomer to arrive.

A moment later, a remarkably beautiful female cultivator dressed in a moon-white Daoist robe and wearing a cold expression appeared before Bai Jing.

Bai Jing glanced at the newcomer and instantly recognized her identity.

To speak of it, after the primordial ancestor Pangu cleaved open the heavens and earth, his eyes transformed into the Sun Star and the Lunar Star.

The Lunar Star, formed from Pangu's right eye, harbored the ultimate Yin Qi. Upon this celestial body, two lunar fairies were born: the elder sister named Xihe and the younger sister named Changxi. Equal in status to the brothers Emperor Jun and Taiyi, they were among the most supreme Innate Deities.

However, the temperament of this pair of sisters was diametrically opposed to that of Emperor Jun and Taiyi. If one had to compare, they were rather similar to the Queen Mother of the West—uninterested in contending for hegemony over the Primordial World, and devoted single-mindedly to the Great Dao.

Consequently, ever since their birth, the two sisters rarely left the Lunar Star. Aside from traveling to the Purple Qi Palace to listen to the sermons, they were almost entirely untainted by any karma within the Primordial World.

And the person before Bai Jing's eyes was precisely Changxi, one of the two fairies of the Lunar Star.

Changxi clearly had not expected to encounter Bai Jing in this place. Compared to her and her sister, Bai Jing was a supremely renowned powerhouse in the Primordial World. On the Treasure-Dividing Cliff, he had effortlessly defeated the heaven-appointed sage Zhunti, shattering half of Zhunti's body with a single blow. Facing such a fierce and terrifying figure, Changxi already regretted coming to this place.