Traveling through the Immortal Realm: Starting from Becoming a Top-Level Furnace Cauldron

chapter Five

"So you don't know how you got here."

"Correct."

“I just arrived and I ran into an orangutan.”

"hold head high."

“Then I realized I couldn’t win.”

"Can we not talk about this for now?"

After half an hour of communication, Lu Yuguan became quite familiar with Gongsun Xuanyuan.

Lu Yuguan looked Gongsun Xuanyuan up and down, and judging from the content of their conversation, Huangdi had not yet inherited the position of leader of the tribe and was still only the young master.

"Xiao Linzi, what magic did you just talk about? Is it the same as the magic that the great wizard uses to summon wind and rain?" Gongsun Xuanyuan looked at Lu Yuguan's face and asked curiously.

"That's about right." Lu Yuguan muttered to evade the question.

"Then can you help me find where the Jianmu Seed is?"

"The seed of Jianmu?"

This was the second time Lu Yuguan had heard this term.

Gongsun Xuanyuan leaned close to Lu Yuguan's face, as if revealing some shocking secret, and whispered in a very low voice: "The high priest said that this is a sacred tree that can connect heaven and earth -"

"If I can find Jianmu seeds, I can plant them in the ground."

"When the Jianmu tree grows up, I will climb to the sky!"

Lu Yuguan asked with great interest, "Do you want to go up there and become a god?"

"I don't want to be a god. Being a god isn't good at all," Gongsun Xuanyuan said, shaking his head. "I want to ask them why they bring disaster upon the world."

"Why is the earth cracking?"

"Why do rivers and lakes flood?"

"Why would there be a plague that kills people?"

Gongsun Xuanyuan became more and more angry as he spoke, but his bright eyes flashed with a clear and determined light.

Lu Yuguan looked at the old ancestor in front of him and could feel the extraordinary aura emanating from him.

"Xiao Linzi, have you ever thought that if we really find the Jianmu seed, we can change all this?" Gongsun Xuanyuan continued excitedly.

Lu Yuguan pondered for a moment and then slowly said, "Brother Xuanyuan, have you ever thought about what would happen if there were no gods in heaven? What would we do then?"

Gongsun Xuanyuan was slightly startled. He had never considered such a question before. However, after a pause, he said with certainty, "There are gods in heaven."

"You are so sure, could it be that you have really seen a god?" Lu Yuguan asked in surprise.

"Never seen it," Gongsun Xuanyuan shook his head and looked towards the sky with a melancholy look on his face.

"If there are no gods, then I will become the first one."

"Oh?"

Lu Yuguan couldn't help but turn his head to look at him.

"I want to be a good immortal," Gongsun Xuanyuan said, turning to look at Lu Yuguan, vowing, "I want to make all the people in the world live happy lives, never to suffer from hunger again."

Lu Yuguan looked at Gongsun Xuanyuan's determined eyes, and a sense of respect surged in his heart.

[Ding! Please help Gongsun Xuanyuan find the [Jianmu Seed]——]

[Mission Reward: 88 Civilization Points]

[Time limit: None]

[Failure penalty: none]

The system's prompt sound suddenly came, and Lu Yuguan couldn't help but look happy.

"Oh my god, there's finally something to look forward to!"

Lu Yuguan was almost crying. Without the system's company, he was unwilling to face the unknown world alone.

"Brother Xuanyuan, let me help you find the [Jianmu Seed]!" Lu Yuguan calmed down, held Gongsun Xuanyuan's hand, and said solemnly.

"Xiao Linzi, are you really willing to help me?" A hint of surprise flashed in Gongsun Xuanyuan's eyes. He didn't expect that the strange young man in front of him would actually offer to help.

"Of course," Lu Yuguan nodded firmly, "Since you have this wish, I will naturally lend you a hand."

"Thank you, Xiao Linzi, your words are enough!" Gongsun Xuanyuan patted Lu Yuguan's shoulder gratefully.

"No need to thank me. I never leave my name behind when I do good things." Lu Yuguan patted his chest and said.

"Xiao Linzi, have you left your name?" Gongsun Xuanyuan asked doubtfully.

"……It does not matter."

Lu Yuguan was speechless for a moment. Looking at the sincere young man, he always felt that he looked a bit like someone.

who?

Lu Yuguan thought carefully, but couldn't find a matching face.

But there is an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

"So how do we find the Jianmu seeds?" Lu Yuguan asked.

"The great wizard said that the Jianmu seed will appear here, but when and where it will appear is impossible to guess." Gongsun Xuanyuan sighed.

"Don't you have any other tips?"

Lu Yuguan looked at the desolate ground and felt a splitting headache.

They can't just rely on their own hands to dig three feet deep here, right?

"Hey, Xiao Linzi, you reminded me," Gongsun Xuanyuan frowned, "The Great Wizard also said that if you can't find the Jianmu seed, then close your eyes."

"Close your eyes?"

Lu Yuguan raised his eyebrows and watched Gongsun Xuanyuan close his eyes obediently.

"What kind of hint is this? And then?"

"Then open your eyes," Gongsun Xuanyuan said seriously as he opened his eyes, "Once you open your eyes, you will be able to see the Jianmu seed."

The two looked at each other and stared at each other for more than ten seconds.

Lu Yuguan said quietly, "Do you think I look like a Jianmu seed?"

"I don't know..." Gongsun Xuanyuan scratched his hair and said in a low voice embarrassedly.

"Don't count on the high priest, I don't think he's credible," Lu Yuguan said helplessly, patting Gongsun Xuanyuan's shoulder. "I think we should just take our time."

Gongsun Xuanyuan lowered his eyes in despair. The long search had completely eroded his confidence. And Xiao Linzi's words were undoubtedly another heavy blow to him.

Seeing Gongsun Xuanyuan's disappointed expression, Lu Yuguan couldn't help but console him, "Alright, alright, don't just stay here anymore. We have to go look for him."

"You're right, Xiao Linzi," Gongsun Xuanyuan immediately became excited again, "More talk than action, I'll start digging now!——"

"Oh, no, you, buddy?"

Before Lu Yuguan could finish his words, Gongsun Xuanyuan pulled out his palm and slammed it fiercely against the ground. After a few palm prints, the earth was almost turned into an abstract painting by Gongsun Xuanyuan.

"Was Huangdi so easy to coax when he was young..."

The corners of Lu Yuguan's mouth twitched. He didn't expect that Gongsun Xuanyuan would be such a passionate person.

Looking at Gongsun Xuanyuan's hard-working back, Lu Yuguan couldn't bear it anymore.

"Brother Xuanyuan, let me do it."

When Gongsun Xuanyuan heard Lu Yuguan's words, he turned around and asked in confusion, "Xiao Linzi, aren't you unable to defeat even the orangutan?"

"...Shut up." Lu Yuguan crossed his arms speechlessly.

"Oh? Xiao Linzi, can you also use witchcraft like the great wizard?" Gongsun Xuanyuan looked at Lu Yuguan curiously.

Lu Yuguan approached Gongsun Xuanyuan proudly, took out his right hand, and slowly said, "Hmph, just wait and see!"

Since the Jianmu seed is a spiritual object with wood attributes, it can definitely be detected by its own wood attribute spiritual roots.

Thinking this, Lu Yuguan sank his consciousness into the spiritual sea, where his true wood spiritual roots were slowly lingering.

"Huh? Why is this spiritual root growing tentacles on its own?"

Lu Yuguan looked at his spiritual roots in confusion.

The originally vertical seedling began to branch out, forming nine curved nodes, like a ground-to-ground coatpost.

"Mother!"

A sweet voice sounded, frightening Lu Yuguan so much that he shuddered.

Little Yuyu floated to the side of the real wood spirit root at some point and sat on one of its outstretched branches with a smile on her face.

"My dear daughter, come down quickly. Mother wants to use her spiritual roots."

As soon as Lu Yuguan saw Xiao Yuyu, his heart softened and he quickly coaxed her.

"Hmm? Spiritual roots?" Xiao Yuyu asked doubtfully, "But Mr. Dashu said it's not a spiritual root?"

"What?"

After listening to Xiao Yuyu's words, Lu Yuguan was completely confused.

Xiao Yuyu sucked her fingers seriously and tilted her ear, as if she was really listening to what the spiritual root was saying.

"Mr. Big Tree said it has a name—"

“It’s called Jianmu.”