As the soothing voice rose, countless bamboo leaves fluttered up and down in the void, stirring up waves of fresh wind. When the bamboo leaves dissipated, a middle-aged man who looked more like a gentle schoolteacher appeared before the crowd.
The man appeared to be in his early thirties, with long hair casually draped over his shoulders, his features soft yet composed, holding a thick book in his hand.
To Liang Yi, this person felt as if he had just been reading somewhere, and in the next second, he directly broke through the void to appear in front of them.
As the newcomer was curiously observing Mr. Ju, Mr. Ju stared back with an even more peculiar gaze, as if trying to confirm something very interesting happening before his eyes.
"Master!"
Feng Yuyou knew who the visitor was as soon as he heard the voice, put away his surprise, and hurriedly paid his respects.
"Mmm, how is the cultivation of the Heavenly Expansion Algorithm I asked you to practice last time?"
Although puzzled by Mr. Ju's gaze, the Tower Master of Little Bamboo House didn't say much, allowing Mr. Ju to keep staring back and forth.
"I have roughly mastered it, and can now basically deploy it," Feng Yuyou replied respectfully.
"That's good."
The Tower Master of Little Bamboo House smiled, a purple bamboo leaf appearing at his fingertips and handed it to Feng Yuyou.
"Give this to Uncle Tu and tell him to take a trip to the Desert North, come back later."
"Oh, okay."
Although a bit reluctant, Feng Yuyou obediently took the purple bamboo leaf from his master's hand and soared into the air, heading towards the distance.
"Junior of the Taoist Sect, Liang Yi, this is my junior sister Su Youyi, we pay our respects to Elder Bamboo."
Liang Yi felt somewhat unable to see through the Tower Master of Little Bamboo House, who gave him a strange feeling since his appearance, but he still remembered to follow proper etiquette.
Su Youyi also suppressed the weird feeling in her heart and paid her respects alongside her brother.
Ever since Elder Bamboo appeared, she had the same feeling as her brother, just unsure where this feeling came from.
Only Mr. Ju remained unmoved, just staring at the Tower Master of Little Bamboo House continually, his face showing an increasingly intense interest.
"I am an old acquaintance of your master Chen Hua; no need for such formalities," Zhu Shigu said with a light laugh, and with a gentle wave of his left hand, Liang Yi and Su Youyi were lifted by a gentle breeze.
"Is there something strange on my face, Young Master Ju?"
Clearly to any observer, Ju appeared only as a descendant of the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits, but those green vertical pupils seemed as if they could see right through him.
Liang Yi also found it odd; usually, Mr. Ju did not take an active interest in people, but today's behavior was indeed strange.
"No wonder you wanted to invite young Liang Yi here, meow."
Mr. Ju, connecting Liang Yi's studied cultivation technique with the current status of the Eight Desolate Spirit Realm Bamboo nearby, suddenly realized something.
"You've noticed?"
Zhu Shigu, having not experienced this feeling of surprise for many years—the last time was with Chen Hua—did not expect this overlooked Demon Clan Young Master to bring back this long-lost sensation.
"What's the matter?"
Thinking of the Qinglian, thunder, and Purple Mist that stirred in his Divine Sense, Liang Yi roughly guessed there must be some issues with Elder Bamboo.
Su Youyi's keen sword sense also vaguely perceived something, quietly observing the situation in the field.
"Can I speak, meow?" Old Orange wasn't sure about the Tower Master's attitude. If he said something he shouldn't and angered the other party, exposing their secrets on their own territory could make it difficult to escape.
"No harm, I have never had anything to hide, it's just that no one has ever noticed it."
Zhu Shigu waved his hand nonchalantly, indicating to Old Orange to speak freely. He too was curious to see how much this exceptional Young Master of the Demon Clan had figured out.
In principle, his identity should be unrecognizable, could it be that this is a unique talent of the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits?
Having never dealt with the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits, Zhu Shigu did not know whether this race indeed possessed any special bloodline talents.
"This Tower Master Zhu, is actually the transfigured form of the Eight Desolate Spirit Realm Bamboo, meow." Old Orange, carefree as ever, spared no hesitation. Since Zhu Shigu had said so, what else was there to consider.
"Senior Zhu is... the Eight Desolate Spirit Realm Bamboo?"
Upon hearing this, not only Su Youyi, even Liang Yi was plunged into a state of shock.
"That's right, there must have been some astonishing encounter that allowed him during the transformation from Acquired to Innate state to split and form a human body, catching the original power and smoothly cultivating up to this point where he encountered his first bottleneck, meow."
"I can't believe you even noticed this."
Zhu Shigu blinked, his tone filled with awe.
He completely didn't understand how such a secret, long buried by the sands of history, could be discerned. Could it be that the unique talent of the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits pertains to time?
"Just a small trick, meow." Old Orange waved dismissively, implying that all of these were basics; why not quickly take a seat?
Since the beginning of the world, which Innate Divine Object wasn't formed under close watch? He himself is one of the most formidable amongst the Innate Spiritual Objects, let alone the Acquired Spiritual Objects. Even though his memory isn't complete now, his vision remains.
But it was precisely because of this, he knew best what incredible opportunities Tower Master Zhu had seized and the efforts he had put in to reach this stage today.
If he wasn't mistaken, the Eight Desolate Spirit Realm Bamboo initially would at most be an Acquired Divine Artifact. It is impressive, but compared to Innate Divine Objects, it falls far short, let alone being able to transfigure, something Innate Spiritual Objects were not qualified to do.
But this bamboo not only broke the barrier between Acquired and Innate, returning to the Innate state from the Acquired, it even caught that opportunity to achieve transformation, something not just anyone could accomplish.
Just like everyone hopes to strike it rich overnight, but if a ton of gold really falls from the sky, how many could catch it intact instead of being smashed into a pancake?
Opportunities are just like this, without enough capability and fortune, even a heaven-sent opportunity cannot be fully seized by just anyone.
And Zhu Shigu not only caught this ton of gold intact but also produced even more wealth, which surprised Old Orange.
In his remaining memories, no Acquired Divine Artifact had ever achieved this feat.
Not to mention, this Acquired Divine Artifact didn't slacken after reaching the Innate state. Now it has even reached the border line between Innate Spiritual Object and Innate Divine Object; just a step over this threshold and it would become a Divine Artifact on the same level as the Void Green Lotus.
From the division of cultivation realms, becoming an Innate Divine Object is equal to advancing to a cultivator of the Ninth Realm, and furthermore, being among the best!
The bundle of Purple Mist within Liang Yi is at the level of an Innate Spiritual Object, which is why it could help the cultivator achieve the Innate Purple Mist Body. Unfortunately, slightly lacking in fortune, otherwise with a decent opportunity, over this length of time, he could have approached this level too.
After listening to Old Orange's explanation, Liang Yi and Su Youyi also understood the strange sensation they had been feeling; they both faintly sensed that Tower Master Zhu might not be human!
Unlike Su Youyi's unusually profound sword sense, akin to foresight, Liang Yi entirely because his body involved too many Innate objects.
The body's Qinglian is essentially a split entity from the Void Green Lotus, tightly connected to it, almost counting as an Innate Spiritual Object. The bundle of thunder is from the first Primordial Thunder between heaven and earth, although just a seed, it is almost an Innate object. Later on, as Liang Yi's realm improves, he can fully push it to the Innate Realm.
Last of all, the Purple Mist, a standard Innate Spiritual Object, naturally reacted to Zhu Shigu, who is of the same Innate classification.
Perhaps even Zhu Shigu himself never expected that his identity, hidden for thousands of years and never discovered, would be seen through by a remarkable sword sense, the Heavenly Dao Spirit reincarnated, and one hanger-on.
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