Chapter 19: The End of Hongjun's Sermon, the Saint Spirit Queen

"Alright, we shall rest here for a while!" Cangtian Laozu stood on the coastline, eyes closed as he gazed into the distance.

"Right here? No, are we waiting for someone here?" Jinpeng wrinkled his nose and asked with clear disdain.

"Hmm!"

Having said that, Cangtian Laozu sat down cross-legged.

Seeing this, the bored Jinpeng could not help but look at the taciturn Kong Xuan to the side.

"Hey! Shall we go out and race to see who flies faster?"

Jinpeng's tone was indifferent, but the anticipation in his eyes betrayed him.

"Call me brother!" Kong Xuan's face was indifferent.

"You... Hmph! Don't even think about it!" Jinpeng felt offended, so he glared at Kong Xuan resentfully.

Then he leaped up, transformed into a golden-winged Dapeng bird several miles in size, and dove into the high sky in the distance.

"Heh, what a boring guy!" After saying this, he looked at the seated Cangtian Laozu, hesitated for a moment, and then gritted his teeth to ask.

"Tell me more about the deeds of the Divine Court and the Innate Divine Rice!"

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"Mas... ter!"

"What is it?"

"Please tell this disciple more about the deeds of the Divine Court and the Innate Divine Rice?" Kong Xuan said, enunciating every word clearly.

His tone was filled with helplessness and gritted teeth.

In secret, Cangtian Laozu could not help but reveal a faint smile.

In fact, back on the road to the South Sea, he had already roughly introduced the Divine Court and the Innate Divine Rice to both Kong Xuan and Jinpeng.

After they had a preliminary understanding of the Divine Court.

Cangtian Laozu then began to let the two of them switch to cultivating the Innate Divine Rice.

It just so happened that Kong Xuan, who possessed the Five Elements Source Law, could cultivate the Innate Divine Rice using the Five Elements Law Great Rice.

And Jinpeng, who possessed the Yin-Yang Source Law, could also happen to cultivate the Innate Divine Rice using the Yin-Yang Law Great Rice.

Time passed.

Time quickly arrived at the end of Hongjun's third sermon.

Inside the Chaos Purple Heaven Palace.

As Hongjun Daozu finished his third sermon, he closed his mouth and spoke no more.

The boundless visions also ended accordingly.

The three thousand guests of Zixiao Palace felt an unbearable itch in their hearts for a moment, but upon thinking of the Saint's might of Hongjun Daozu, they could only sigh in disappointment.

"My third sermon has concluded; do you still have any questions?" Hongjun Daozu, who had been silent for a while, asked with an expressionless face.

At this time, among the three thousand guests of Zixiao Palace, dozens had already used Innate Spiritual Treasures to slay their corpses and break through to the Quasi-Saint realm after the second sermon.

They also knew the requirements for proving the Rice to become a Saint and proving the Rice to become a Hunyuan Daluo.

They were no longer seeking to prove the Rice to become a Hunyuan Daluo, but only seeking to know which of them could become a Saint!

After all, the Rice Ancestor had made it very clear.

Under the Heavenly Rice, there should be nine Saints; Hongjun Daozu took one, which meant there were still eight existences who could prove the Rice and become Saints.

Thinking of this, Laozi, who was sitting in the first Puan, asked first: "May I ask the Rice Ancestor, the number of Saints is fixed; which of us can become a Saint?"

Hongjun was silent for a moment, then said indifferently: "Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, you three were transformed from the primordial spirit of Pangu and inherited the legacy of Pangu. Under the Heavenly Rice, the three of you shall be Saints. Are you willing to take me as your master?"

Upon hearing this, the three of them were overjoyed and hurriedly knelt, saying: "Having received the Master's teachings three times, we three brothers have long had this wish. This disciple pays respects to the Master!"

Hongjun finally smiled, then took out three wisps of Hongmeng Purple Qi and said to the three: "This is the opportunity to prove the Rice. I hope you will contemplate it well and attain the Saint Fruit Position!"

The three of them excitedly received the Hongmeng Purple Qi and then knelt again to thank him.

Subsequently, Hongjun continued to speak to Nuwa, who was sitting in the fourth position.

"Nuwa, you will have a heaven-ordained great opportunity and great merit in the future. You may be my closing disciple; are you willing?"

Perhaps the surprise came too suddenly, or perhaps she had been prepared for a long time.

Nuwa was both excited and forcefully suppressing the joy in her heart, so under the reminder of Fuxi, she carefully received the Hongmeng Purple Qi.

Finally, she excitedly kowtowed and thanked him: "Disciple Nuwa thanks the Master!"

After bestowing the four wisps of Hongmeng Purple Qi, Hongjun Daozu closed his mouth again under the eager gazes of the others.

This made everyone anxious, especially Jieyin and Zhunti, who were sitting on the Puans.

Thinking that this was a rare opportunity, the two could no longer care about restraint and, rushing ahead of the others, cried out in sorrow.

"Please, Rice Ancestor, have pity on our two brothers. We two brothers have struggled all the way from the West to reach the Quasi-Saint realm. We hope the Rice Ancestor will also accept us as disciples; we will surely bring prosperity to the Primordial Continent!"

Hongjun let out a long sigh and then said calmly: "The affinity between you two brothers and me as master and disciple is shallow, but because of me, the West has become barren. Very well, I shall accept you two as nominal disciples!"

Upon hearing this, Jieyin and Zhunti did not care about the difference between direct disciples and nominal disciples.

They immediately kowtowed respectfully to thank him.

Afterward, they also received the Hongmeng Purple Qi sent by Hongjun with unconcealable excitement.

At this time, seven of the nine Saints of heaven and earth were gone, with two remaining.

But because the ninth could not appear, and to avoid the arrival of the Great Calamity of heaven and earth, there was actually only one Saint position left at this time.

When everyone thought of this, they could not bear it for a moment and one after another cried out to the Rice Ancestor.

However, all of this vanished without a trace in an instant under the pressure of the Saint.

Next, Hongjun Daozu said indifferently: "The Heavenly Rice Saint holds the authority of the world's education; while resolving doubts for all living beings of the world, they also simultaneously attend to the growth and evolution of the Honghuang world."

"However, the Heavenly Rice is a path of balance, fair and selfless, so it still retains a glimmer of life. Since the number of Heavenly Rice Saints is fixed, you all need only strive to pursue the Immortal Rice Hunyuan Daluo."

Having said this, Hongjun took out the Hongmeng Purple Qi of the eighth Saint position, "This is the last strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi from this poor Daoist; it will depend on your own individual opportunities!"

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the Hongmeng Purple Qi vanished from the void.

It suddenly flashed into existence within Zixiao Palace, until it reached the head of Hongyun Laozu, fell into his mind, and subsequently gradually calmed down.

Originally, Hongyun Laozu was still regretting giving up his Puan before the first lecture, thereby losing the Saint position.

So when the final opportunity for a Saint appeared in his own mind, he was completely stunned.

The feeling of recovering what was lost left him unable to believe it for a time.

However, this scene caused an uproar in the eyes of the others.

Especially for Kunpeng Laozu, who had also lost the Saint position, as well as the scheming Minghe Laozu, the Demon Race brothers Di Jun, and Dong Wanggong of the Zifu Continent Immortal Court.

This Hongyun Laozu is neither the master of a great power nor a disciple of the Rice Ancestor; by what virtue or ability does he possess the opportunity to prove the Rice?

For a time, everyone had different thoughts, their eyes flickering in silence.

However, regardless of what they thought, Hongjun Daozu continued: "My three lectures are concluded, and I am about to merge with the Heavenly Rice. I shall bestow upon you some spiritual treasures I collected in my early years."

Subsequently, Hongjun began distributing the treasures.

The head disciple of the Mysterious Gate and head of the Pangu Three Pure Ones, Laozi, obtained the Supreme Treasure Taiji Diagram.

This Taiji Diagram was a Supreme Treasure that Hongjun Daozu inherited from Yinyang Laozu during the Rice-Demon Great Tribulation.

Subsequently, Yuanshi obtained the Pangu Banner, and Tongtian obtained the Immortal Execution Four Swords and the Immortal Execution Formation Map.

Nuwa obtained the Mountain and River State Map, the Red Embroidered Ball, and the Qiankun Cauldron, all of which were top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.

And after more weeping and pleading from Jieyin and Zhunti, they respectively obtained the Twelve-Rank Golden Lotus and the Vajra Pestle!

Next was the scramble for the various Innate Spiritual Treasures within the Huntun Fenbao Yan.

It can be said that the Three Thousand Zixiao Guests, through this lecture,

not only learned the methods of the Immortal Rice and the fruits of proving the Rice, but also harvested a batch of Innate Spiritual Treasures.

It can be said that if they cultivated normally, these people could actually all exist as Quasi-Saints who have proven the Rice.

The Three Thousand Zixiao Guests were the three thousand Quasi-Saints.

This was Hongjun's expectation for his Immortal Rice.

Just as the three thousand guests in Zixiao Palace were dividing the treasures, a joyous event indeed occurred within the Yuanyi World.

The first Holy Spirit of the Holy Spirit Race, an Innate Divine being in gestation, was finally born!

This represented the birth of another powerful race for the Innate Divine Rice.

And the first Innate Divine Holy Spirit to be born was precisely the Holy Spirit Nüwang, in whom Gu Zhangqing placed high hopes.

And the birth of the Holy Spirit God Race caused a series of reactions.

For example, the sudden growth of Divine Rice Qi Luck, the changes in the Will of the Gods, and the changes in the strength of the Shengling Huang avatar.

The Shengling Huang avatar not only represented the Innate Divine Rice but also represented the Holy Spirit God Race.

Living up to its name, this caused the Innate Divine Rice, which had been suppressed by the Immortal Rice, to actually show signs of a rebound.

And this change was precisely sensed by Hongjun of the Immortal Rice in Zixiao Palace.

One could see his cold eyes peering through layers of void, deducing the changes within alongside the Heavenly Rice.

Beneath his calm gaze, it was unknown what he was thinking.

(End of this chapter)