Chapter 245: Tianpeng

After Lady Luan Erjie finished listening to Su Chen's instructions, she took her leave.

Su Chen did not stay idle after Lady Luan Erjie left, but met with some Demon Generals remaining in Flower Fruit Mountain to handle some of the Demon Alliance's backlogged affairs.

After everything was handled properly, he decided to go see that Marshal Tianpeng who was cultivating bitterly.

On the first peak of Flower Fruit Mountain, Tianpeng had built a residence here; compared to the immortal style of the Water Curtain Cave, this place appeared quite simple.

When Su Chen arrived, Tianpeng was half-leaning on a blue stone, drinking monkey wine into his mouth one gulp after another, the aura radiating from his whole body having already recovered to the Mystic Immortal realm.

"Marshal, why are you drinking gloomy wine alone?" Su Chen's figure appeared silently beside him.

"So it's you, you brat, haven't seen you for years, where did you run off to be carefree..." Tianpeng didn't even lift his head, grabbed the wine gourd, and took another big gulp.

He saw clearly that the person who came was Su Chen, just wanted to continue complaining for two sentences, then his movements stiffened, and he turned his head abruptly.

Tianpeng's small eyes widened into circles; he subconsciously probed with his spiritual sense, carefully touching toward Su Chen.

The next instant, he was struck by lightning, and his whole body bounced off the blue stone.

"Clatter!"

The wine gourd in his hand slipped accidentally, fell to the ground, and the mellow wine spilled all over the floor.

"You... you..." Tianpeng pointed at Su Chen, his tongue even a bit tied, the fat on his face trembling wildly, "Taiyi... Taiyi Jin Xian?! How is this possible!"

Fifty-five years! A mere fifty-five years, from the peak of Mystic Immortal, directly jumping to Taiyi Jin Xian?

What kind of cultivation speed is this? Even if he reincarnated and re-cultivated, it wouldn't be this outrageous!

Think of him, Tianpeng, in his past life was a Semi-Sage powerhouse presiding over the Tianhe Water Navy, reincarnated and re-cultivated, and had the Dao Ancestor Taishang's cultivation method, having cultivated for so many years, he was only barely recovered to the Mystic Immortal realm.

But this guy in front of him had actually thrown him far behind!

"Old Pig worked hard for decades, only to cultivate into a Mystic Immortal realm pig head." Tianpeng touched his pig face with grief and indignation, "You are good, only cultivated for fifty years and became a Taiyi Jin Xian; comparing people to people, it really makes people angry to death!"

Su Chen saw his appearance and couldn't help but laugh: "Just a coincidence. Marshal, please set your heart at ease; I believe that one day, you will restore your original appearance."

"Restore original appearance?" Tianpeng heard this and sighed even more, "Don't mention it, I don't know what kind of tricks that Heavenly Court immortal official did when I was reincarnated; I am now at the Mystic Immortal cultivation base, still this appearance, I fear I will never be able to change back in this life!"

Looking at Tianpeng's heartbroken appearance, Su Chen patted his shoulder to show comfort, then called the monkey demons in the mountain to bring fine wine to drink with Tianpeng.

Not long after, the depressed Tianpeng drank himself into a stupor, while Su Chen was very clear-headed, his heart beginning to ponder his own affairs.

His Dao foundation hidden danger was now clear, and he must find innate Gold and Water objects as soon as possible to complete the Five Elements before he could truly be perfected.

The Three Realms are vast, where should he go to find them?

Su Chen subconsciously thought of his golden finger.

"Heavenly Secret Tianji Baojian, consume Heavenly Secret Points to deduce for me the whereabouts of a Water-attribute spiritual object suitable for my cultivation and obtainable."

The treasure mirror's light flickered slightly, and the runes on it began to jump rapidly.

【Heavenly Secret deduction in progress...】

【Searching for a Water-attribute spiritual object that meets the conditions requires consuming two hundred Heavenly Secret Points. Confirm?】

【Remaining Heavenly Secret Points: 400】

"Four hundred Heavenly Secret Points?"

Seeing the Heavenly Secret Tianji Baojian's prompt, Su Chen's brows furrowed tightly; he didn't expect that he would only have four hundred Heavenly Secret Points left without knowing it.

Not right! Su Chen thought of something.

A serious problem instantly surged into Su Chen's heart.

Last time he helped Monkey Brother expose the Fomen's fake and true Monkey King scam, it directly led to the Fomen's current Buddha Tathagata being cast into reincarnation, the future Buddha Maitreya rushing to take the position, and the entire Journey to the West kalpa pattern undergoing earth-shaking changes because of this!

Such a karmic change sufficient to shake the Three Realms, logically speaking, the rewarded Heavenly Secret Points should definitely be an astronomical figure.

But why was there none at all?

"What kind of plane is this?" Su Chen complained internally.

"Tathagata has been crippled by me, Maitreya took the position, the Fomen pattern changed greatly; does this not count as changing the Journey to the West karma? Does it have to be me lifting Lingshan to count as KPI reaching the standard?"

Su Chen tried to communicate with the Heavenly Secret Tianji Baojian to ask for the reason.

But the treasure mirror was still in that cold, high-and-mighty appearance, without any reaction, as if it were a dead object that only knew how to follow procedures.

A bad feeling rose from the bottom of Su Chen's heart.

This was the first time since he crossed over that he had doubts and uncertainty about his golden finger.

Was there a problem with the Heavenly Secret Tianji Baojian's judgment criteria?

Or was there some higher-level power shielding this karmic settlement?

Or was Dao Ancestor Hongjun's layout so deep that it far exceeded imagination, and his little tossing had never truly shaken the foundation of the Journey to the West kalpa?

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, but none could be confirmed.

"It seems that this golden finger is not omnipotent." Su Chen's heart sounded an alarm.

He looked at the remaining 400 Heavenly Secret Points and decided to seal them for the time being.

This little family fortune must be used on the blade to prepare for unexpected needs.

So Su Chen could only cancel the idea of using Heavenly Secret Points to find Water-attribute spiritual objects.

As Su Chen's heart stirred, canceling the deduction, the Heavenly Secret Tianji Baojian fell silent again.

Su Chen thought, since the golden finger couldn't be relied on, he could only rely on friends.

Su Chen collected his mind and looked at Tianpeng who was still sleeping soundly beside him; he used magic to wake Tianpeng and said: "Marshal, stop sleeping. I came to find you because I have something to ask for your help."

He briefly and concisely explained his need to find innate Gold and Water objects to complete his Dao foundation.

Tianpeng heard this, stretched and yawned, touched his pig nose, pondered for a moment, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Gold and Water spiritual objects... Heh, you really asked the right person!"

Tianpeng slapped his thigh and said with some pride: "Within the Three Realms, if we talk about where there are many Water-attribute treasures, how can it compare to the Tianhe I presided over back then?"

"Tianhe?" Su Chen's heart stirred.

"Not bad!" Tianpeng's tone carried a trace of reminiscence, "The water of the Tianhe is formed by the intersection of the Nine Heavens Clear Energy and the Zhou Tian Star Power, with weak water mixed in. And in the source of the weak water deep in the Tianhe, after billions of years of gestation, a strange treasure will be born, named 'Flawless Heavenly Crystal'!"

"This crystal is condensed from the essence of innate weak water, pure and flawless, containing the most original Water-attribute Dao laws. If one can obtain and refine it, it can not only help people comprehend the Water-attribute Dao but also wash and refine the Primordial Spirit and physical body, with infinite wonderful uses!"

Su Chen heard this, and a flash of brilliance appeared in his eyes.

Flawless Heavenly Crystal, just hearing the name, one knew it was not an ordinary item.

"Is this item still in the Tianhe now?" Su Chen pursued.

"It should still be there." Tianpeng nodded, then his expression became a bit strange, "However... the Tianhe now is not up to me to decide. Since I was demoted to the mortal world, the Heavenly Court sent the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King to replace me as the Water Navy Marshal, guarding the Tianhe with strict defenses. If you want to go and take the treasure, I fear it won't be that easy."

He looked at Su Chen, his tone carrying a trace of worry and sighing: "And, that place is my place of sadness after all; don't think about letting me take you there." ===== CHAPTER 246 =====