At this moment, Lu Yan seemed to feel that the treasure pavilions manifested in Mu Chunqiu's palm were not treasures, but segments of history buried within countless secret realms and tombs.
"These are the treasures I've excavated from dozens of secret realms and tombs over the past hundred years.
Some of them have already been successfully analyzed, and the value of these treasures has been confirmed. The effects of the treasures are recorded in detail at the corresponding locations, and you can choose freely."
"There are also others that even I cannot identify. Among them are several peculiar treasures suspected to be Divinity Transformation Spirit Treasures, but without the corresponding cultivation technique formulas, they are difficult to drive.
You can also choose to bet on your luck, selecting from these unconfirmed treasures, whether it leads you to soar to the skies in a single step or face a total loss depends on a single thought."
As he spoke, Mu Chunqiu looked at Lu Yan with interest, waiting for Lu Yan's decision.
Lu Yan's gaze swept over the more than a thousand treasures present, each at least equivalent to a Top-Grade Magical Artifact, and some even had an aura surpassing the Nascent Soul level.
With so many treasures gathered before him, even Lu Yan, who could transcend various versions, could not ignore such an abundance of treasures.
His gaze turned to a damaged treasure pavilion, within which an unfinished gold-bodied statue remained, from which Lu Yan could sense a trace of incense and divine aura that had not dissipated.
This was an incense divine mud-gold statue, representing the authority of an Incense Fire True God, requiring the convergence of Incense Soil and Merit Gold to sculpt.
For some reason, this statue had not completed the final sculpting stage and remained a semi-finished product.
However, being a semi-finished product did not mean the value of this gold statue was low; on the contrary, its unfinished state gave it malleability, enhancing its value.
If the statue were carved into an Underworld deity and a large amount of incense was offered, it could use this mud-gold body to complete the divinity of the Underworld deity, assisting it to become a god of the netherworld.
In another treasure pavilion, Lu Yan detected a trace of human merit from a broken ruyi, indicating that this seemingly damaged ruyi was a genuine Merit Treasure.
The Merit Treasure had already been cast, and though broken, its essence remained unaffected. Lu Yan could infuse a great deal of Celestial Dao merit to complete it.
If he exchanged for this artifact, Lu Yan could gain an additional Merit Treasure.
Naturally, a Merit Treasure completed in this manner could not compare to a Heavenly Dao Merit Treasure, much less the Heavenly Dao Merit Artifact like the Human Emperor Banner that transcends the boundaries of heaven and earth, but it was still a rare treasure.
With just a cursory glance, Lu Yan felt a surge of desire.
Were he to study it in detail, Lu Yan might find it hard to suppress his impulse to choose one of them as a reward.
Forcing himself to quell this urge, Lu Yan took a deep breath, shook his head, and pushed the treasures from his mind.
Though the treasures were tempting, they were not as important as the crisis that needed solving at the moment.
With this thought, Lu Yan offered a respectful bow to Mu Chunqiu on the Lotus Platform and said,
"Reporting to Mu True Monarch, this junior does not wish to choose a treasure, but rather seeks a promise from Mu True Monarch for assistance."
"Oh?" Mu Chunqiu's eyes flashed with surprise.
He had managed to advance to Peak of Nascent Soul in just a hundred years, exploring countless great tombs in the process. Though these treasures were not his most guarded, in the outside world, even a Divinity Transformation Daoist Monarch might find them compelling.
For Lu Yan, an early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, to resist such temptation was truly impressive to Mu Chunqiu.
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Understanding that Mu Chunqiu had agreed, Lu Yan bowed again and said earnestly,
"This junior wishes to meet the Taiyi True Immortal and seeks guidance from Mu True Monarch!"
Upon hearing Lu Yan's words, Mu Chunqiu fell into a prolonged silence.
After quite some time, Mu Chunqiu looked deeply at Lu Yan, speaking with a tone full of emotion,
"You have quite the ambition, speaking of meeting the Taiyi Immortal. Do you know what kind of existence an Immortal truly is?"
"This junior does not know."
Mu Chunqiu gazed toward the sky above the Suspended Island; night had already fallen.
Above the sky, the stars shone brightly, with the moonlight and starlight intertwining. Mu Chunqiu's gaze grew even more profound under the stars and moon.
"The ignorant world believes that an Immortal is merely a cultivation realm, but in reality, even those who ascend through tribulation or reach Mahayana, if they do not grasp the true essence of Immortality, it is all in vain.
The world and Immortals are no longer of the same concept.
They are beings whose mere thoughts can create or destroy all things, existing eternally with heaven and earth!"
At this point, Mu Chunqiu's voice carried a hint of melancholy.
"Though I am the Vessel Leader of the Four Seasons Vessel, one of the thirteen major vessels of the Taiyi Sect, I have only met the Taiyi Immortal once, and it was that meeting that resolved me to seek the Immortal Dao.
Yet after wasting a hundred years, I found that as my cultivation grew, my distance from the Immortal seemed only to lengthen."
Mu Chunqiu, blending with the heavens and earth, his changing emotions clearly affected all the living beings on the Suspended Island.
The lotus flowers in the Spirit Pool drooped as if in sighs, spirit fish wept as though sharing the world's sorrow.
Even He Dongsheng was affected, with tears trickling down his face, while only Lu Yan could barely maintain his composure under the emotional influence of heaven and earth, though his eyes reddened and a nameless sorrow surged within his heart.
He Dongsheng, while "sobbing," quickly spoke up to dissuade,