"Ding, you have touched one of the Nine Cauldrons."
Upon hearing the prompt appear in the system, Lu Ren’s expression changed slightly, with an exceedingly subtle look on his face.
Legend has it that King Yu established Great Xia, using the gold contributed by the Nine Shepherds of the land to cast the Nine Cauldrons to consolidate the nine provinces.
But Lu Ren was somewhat perplexed, wondering if this round top, rust-covered with three legs and two ears, was truly one of the Nine Cauldrons?
The style and the pattern of flowers, birds, and fish differed greatly from that of the Great Xia Dynasty. Even the inscriptions of Daoist patterns on it, Lu Ren was sure, only appeared after the rise of Taoism during the late Great Xia era.
Though during that dynasty, it still belonged to the mythical era’s timeframe, the cultural transmission still used the oracle bone script sequence.
Then, the small bronze cauldron trembled slightly, and a ray of clear light overflowed from it, like a blade, like a sword, seemingly able to slice through everything.
The sharpness that made the scalp tingle caused Lu Ren to jerk his hand back as if electrified. The clear light brushed past, subtly twisting space, and even when it struck Lu Ren’s arm, it produced a clanging sound.
Am I supposed to believe that a mere true immortal level Taoist artifact is beyond my ability to handle? Has my body trained all for nothing?
The Three Lives True Scripture operated instantly within his body, accompanied by the Tenth Dharma Cloud Land, the Bodhisattva Dharma Body emerged, and with his True Power pushed to its limits, unusual phenomena began to manifest around him.
The Buddha overlooking the world!
A giant Buddha rising from the ground was faintly forming behind Lu Ren, conveying a sense of infinity, myriad, and encompassing existence, further delivering the message of Vajra indestructibility and eternal immortality!
Where there is neither birth nor extinction, there lies no death nor aging.
Lu Ren tightly grabbed hold, seemingly enraging the small bronze cauldron, which vibrated violently, leaking streams of clear light from its mouth, flowing like water over Lu Ren’s arm.
The patterns of flowers, birds, and fish on the small cauldron seemed to come alive at this moment, with the carved splendid landscapes within exuding infinite vitality, manifesting what seemed like a living world evolving.
The pervasive clear light made Lu Ren extremely perceptive, as the air itself dissolved into nothingness under this clear light.
And Lu Ren’s arm, upon the clear light washing over, became enveloped with a layer of golden Buddha Light, dense like oil, firmly holding the clear light at bay.
Underneath his black fish scale combat suit, what should have been skin like mutton fat jade rippled and shimmered like waves. Magnifying it ten times, one would see that every inch of Lu Ren’s skin was comprised of fine, dense scales, and beneath the scales, the skin was truly soft, like cowhide.
These tiny scales, as small as ants, incredibly endowed Lu Ren’s body surface with unimaginable toughness.
Given his current super-strong physique comparable to the True Immortal Realm, one of the Nine Provinces Cauldrons didn’t seem so intimidating.
But in the Immortal God cultivation system, a Taoist artifact of equal rank wielded far more powerful than a cultivator of the same tier.
Especially like the Nine Provinces Cauldron, a composite Taoist artifact treasure, once the nine cauldrons gathered, it might be a spiritual treasure at the Earth Immortal level.
Such true immortal level Taoist artifacts, even during the mythical cultivation era, were unattainable for ordinary immortal gods, only something to be longingly gazed upon.
As a composite Taoist artifact, the Nine Provinces Cauldron was an unparalleled treasure. If the nine cauldrons converged into an Earth Immortal spiritual treasure, it would possess astonishing power.
No matter how much the small bronze cauldron trembled, Lu Ren did not let go. He frantically circulated his True Power, with his cultivated Horizontal Refinement Body rapidly integrating into the Ten Lands True Scripture, the Bodhisattva Fruit Position at the back of his head exuding boundless light, and furthermore, the Hundred Forms Merging, with the Three-Headed Six-Armed Skill fully unleashed at this moment.
Seeming to perceive its dignity severely challenged, the bronze cauldron trembled more intensely, causing the space around to resonate and boom in strange harmony.
The rust on the small bronze cauldron began to fall off in a rustling manner, with something mysterious inside slowly awakening.
The divine artifact contained itself, but with Lu Ren’s persistent interference, this small cauldron, one of the Nine Provinces, seemed unable to bear it anymore, showing signs of fully reviving its power for one final counterattack.
Lu Ren, with three heads and nine eyes, eyes shot with divine light, stared fixedly at the small cauldron in front, while the two heads on either side appeared and disappeared suddenly.
This was to keep an eye constantly on whether the small cauldron existed in the Seeking Truth Realm, as, being an unprecedented treasure-level true immortal Taoist artifact, it was his first encounter.
In theory, Sun Wukong, because of being forbidden and suppressed, possessed dual existence; both in the present world and the Seeking Truth Realm. However, while these Nine Cauldrons might not match the once Earth Immortal Realm Sun Wukong, they were certainly not to be underestimated.
Even with his current strength and realm, they were exceedingly troublesome.
Ultimately, it was because he had not truly stepped into the True Immortal Realm or achieved the Human Immortal Path Fruit. If he had achieved the Human Immortal Path Fruit, he wouldn’t need to be so cautious.
He could have easily subdued the cauldron with sheer brute force, refining it for his use.
Lu Ren’s thoughts raced as he looked at the cauldron gradually awakening, exuding a frightening aura, the penetrating clear light growing increasingly terrifying, with indescribable Dao Rhymes concealed within. As the bronze cauldron continued to awaken, the clear light became increasingly terrifying.
Suddenly, Lu Ren let out a light sigh and loosened his tight grip on the small bronze cauldron, swiftly retreating.
Retreating all the way ten miles outside, Lu Ren hovered in mid-air, thinking that if the gradually calming small bronze cauldron were to awaken completely, his Martial Arts Intuition warned him clearly it would cause major trouble, and the small cauldron must not fully awaken, for it would bring immense trouble.
Without any external control, the bronze cauldron, lacking any stimuli, completely calmed down, then fell beside the ruins of a ruined palace on Jade Capital Mountain, blending seamlessly with the buried debris around it without appearing out of place.
Simply an abandoned small cauldron.
Not the right time yet.
Lu Ren’s eyes flickered with myriad thoughts, ultimately considering the Wang City on the Original Path, realizing that to bypass the Human Immortal Path Fruit and directly step into the True Immortal Realm, he had to venture into Wang City. The source of this content ɪs novel•fire.net
Lu Ren landed on the ground, circled around the small bronze cauldron, and attempted to pick it up again. Apparently, it had developed a grudge against Lu Ren, starting to vibrate and hum before being touched, seemingly preparing for another head-on encounter.