“Ah-choo!”
“Ah... choo!”
“Who's talking about me??”
Strange. Yuan Heng had actually sneezed several times in a row.
She rubbed her itchy nose, her tone somewhat uncertain. They say one sneeze means someone's thinking of you, two means someone's scolding you, three means someone's missing you... But if she sneezed several times in a row... could a Daluo Golden Immortal catch a cold?
Mm... Someone was definitely talking about her behind her back. Yuan Heng inexplicably felt a sudden chill run down her spine.
Could someone be plotting against me?!
Yuan Heng trembled, shuddering in fear. Waaa, she hadn't even stepped foot outside her home, and people were already plotting against her?
The Primordial World really was treacherous.
Mm, to give herself a bit more security for the future—and to kill some time—Yuan Heng decided to take Ah-Lian, who had been quiet for quite a while, on a tour to explore Fangzhang Island.
It was time to take inventory of her delicious asset reserves.
Picking a direction at random, Yuan Heng headed east with Ah-Lian.
She walked for a long time, accompanied by gentle breezes, with the grass and trees singing for her... She could feel that everything on Fangzhang Island harbored the most instinctive goodwill toward her.
The only downside was that along the way, she didn't encounter a single sentient being capable of communicating with her.
She really wanted to talk to a sentient “person.” Yuan Heng asked her good buddy, “Lotus, how come we haven't seen a single enlightened being along this entire path?”
Lotus drifted by her side, unfolding its petals. “Master, if you really want to talk to someone, why don't you enlighten a creature right on the spot?”
“Currently, Master is the only sentient being on this island~”
Yuan Heng: ???
Wait, really? What kind of logic was that?
Yuan Heng's brow knitted and relaxed, unable to figure it out after pondering for a long time, so she gave up.
“Alright, Lotus, I get it.”
Yuan Heng was quite open-minded about it. If there weren't any, then so be it. As for enlightening a creature, she would wait until she found one that caught her fancy.
After adapting to her Daluo realm, Yuan Heng realized that channeling her power seemed to require nothing more than a single thought.
As for those flashy, pretty (pretentious) moves, she might need to practice those later.
Take it step by step.
Yuan Heng let go of her worries. The entire island belonged to her, and the Fangzhang Seal rested within her mind. As long as she willed it, nothing on the island could escape her gaze.
As she kept walking, her purpose turned into simply taking a leisurely stroll.
However, unbeknownst to her, more and more birds and beasts were being drawn to her Dao charm of life, flocking toward her.
By the time she noticed, she was already surrounded by a vast multitude of creatures.
Birds of the forest, spirit sparrows with iridescent plumage, immortal cranes soaring through the clouds, emerald spirit birds... all hovered nearby, chirping and singing softly.
Elk, black bears, spirit deer... hid behind trees wave after wave.
Yuan Heng looked at a big bear poking its head out from behind a tree in an endearing, goofy manner, falling into deep thought.
You're huge, sweetheart. If you can't fit, maybe just don't hide?
She didn't feel offended or displeased in the slightest. Looking at them, a soft smile touched the corners of Yuan Heng's lips. “So many of you... I can't let you come all this way for nothing.”
The Primordial World was rich in spiritual energy, and even un-enlightened creatures harbored an instinctive yearning for the pursuit of the Dao. Not to mention, the unobscured Dao charm of life radiating from Yuan Heng was irresistibly attractive to all living beings.
Turning her palm upward, Yuan Heng gathered radiant spiritual light and completely unleashed her Great Dao of Life, letting gentle spiritual aura sweep across the area like a rising tide.
All living creatures instinctively greedily absorbed it... leaving only soft, peaceful calls of birds and beasts in a scene of serene tranquility.
Yuan Heng watched quietly for a moment, then turned and departed.
The creatures of her home really loved her way too much~
After flying for a while longer, she naturally collected some scattered spirit flowers and herbs that drifted with no one to tend them, intending to build a little garden later to plant them in.
Basking in the sun and watering the flowers back then would surely be wonderful.
How delightful.
After flying a bit further, Yuan Heng felt a sudden impulse and landed on the ground.
She thought to herself that the web novels from her past life really hadn't lied to her. Sometimes, encountering something predestined truly took only a split second of a “spark.”
She happened to land atop a steep cliff, and looking down, she saw an ancient, gnarled divine tree rooted right in the rock.
Its trunk was twisted and vigorous, the patterns on its bark swirling with profound, ancient charm. Though sparse, every single leaf glowed with lustrous light. Even more conveniently, nine golden, fist-sized fruits hung from its branches.
Inscribed upon the fruits were Great Dao runes spelling out the words “Huangzhong.”
Yuan Heng: !!?
Oh my, oh my! The Huangzhong Plum!
Heavenly Dao, don't be like this, seriously. Don't use this to test a cadre's integrity.
Yuan Heng practically executed a power slide—My Lord, if you do not disdain me, I am willing to recognize you as my adoptive father!
She flew down right before this top-grade innate spiritual root, wearing a smile like the Big Bad Wolf disguised as Grandma. “Little spiritual root, do you want to come home with me?”
The flower language of wild spiritual roots was “first come, first served.”
As Yuan Heng spoke, she displayed her Dao charm of life to it without reservation. Sure enough, the Huangzhong Plum was overjoyed, rustling its leaves and practically itching to throw its roots, fruits, and all into Yuan Heng's arms.
“Hehehe~”
Thoroughly satisfied, she departed.
Yuan Heng continued on her way, picking up more “flowers, plants, and trees,” as well as several strangely shaped materials along the road, carrying them all back to the pool where she and Lotus had spent so much time.
Looking at the sparkling pool of water before her, Yuan Heng summoned the “flowers and plants” she had gathered, letting them grow freely within the area.
Lotus was still drifting in the pool. Yuan Heng sat by the edge, swinging her legs as she spoke to it. “Lotus.”
“My cultivation probably isn't very high. If I go out and run into someone I can't beat, can you carry me away and run?”
Before her voice fully faded, the white lotus rose from the pool, spraying tiny droplets of water. “Rest assured, Master, Lotus runs away super fast~”
Then, as if remembering something, the White Lotus of World Cleansing handed over all the merit it had accumulated over so many chaos cycles by purifying misfortune and washing away evil spirits to Yuan Heng without reservation. “Don't be afraid, Master. All of Lotus's merit belongs to Master.”
Woah!
“Lotus, I love you so much~”
She had wondered why Lotus occasionally gleamed with golden light—it was because Lotus had so much merit!
Yuan Heng looked at the tiny smidgen of golden merit light she had earned by nourishing the island's spirit veins and fell into deep thought.
If she had a huge golden halo of merit that shimmered wherever she went, she wouldn't have to fear anyone coming after her!
Her Lotus was just too wonderful!
White Lotus of World Cleansing: Sweet-smelling Master, falling in love with this Lotus is only natural for an immortal~
Yuan Heng condensed all the merit passed to her by Lotus into a golden halo. With a gleaming golden ring floating behind her head, she felt an overwhelming sense of security.
She secretly resolved that sooner or later, she would become the brightest kid in the entire Primordial World.
When that time came, let others be as strong as they willed; anyone wanting to move against her would have to think twice~
Health points up, up~
However, what Yuan Heng didn't know was that her copied special origin had naturally bound her to the tens of thousands of living beings and spirit veins on the island the moment she refined the Fangzhang Seal.
If she was injured or died, all creatures on the island would suffer or perish with her.
How could the Mother of Life be harmed with impunity?
And whoever injured or killed her would bear the karmic hindrance and retribution of destroying an entire immortal island.
She had long since become an untouchable “human bomb.”
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