Hong Huang: I am the cowherd

Chapter 45 The Four Saints Drooling with Envy

The four great Saints—Taiqing Laotzu, Yuanshi Tianzun, Jieyin, and Zhunti—were shocked and deeply curious when Su Chen bowed to them. Earlier, when they had locked onto Su Chen’s aura, they were unable to calculate his origins at all. How was this possible?

Could it be that Tongtian had deliberately concealed it?

In the next moment, the Saints finally managed to faintly sense the karmic connection between Su Chen and Tongtian and vaguely deduced Su Chen’s background. Thus, they became certain that it was Tongtian who had deliberately used divine powers to obscure Su Chen’s information.

However, Why would Tongtian do this?

In truth, they had no idea that this had nothing to do with Tongtian. It was actually because Su Chen had refined the Chaos Pearl, and the Chaos Bell concealed his aura, making it impossible for them to deduce anything about him.

The reason they could now faintly sense something was simply because Su Chen had allowed it. Seeing the shocked expressions of his two elder brothers, Tongtian couldn’t help but feel even more secretly pleased.

“Second Brother, Su Chen is a disciple I took in over 10,000 years ago as my final disciple. In the future, it will be up to him to carry forward the legacy of my Jie Sect!”

Swoosh!

Hearing Tongtian’s words, the four Saints were momentarily stunned before they once again turned their gazes toward Su Chen.

Who exactly was this human named Su Chen to be valued so highly by Tongtian?

“Congratulations, Third Brother, on finding such a fine disciple!”

“Congratulations, Third Senior Brother, on acquiring such a talented disciple!”

Taiqing Laotzu and Jieyin both smiled as they congratulated Tongtian. Since Su Chen had already obtained Yingzhou Immortal Island, as senior uncles, they naturally wouldn’t lower themselves to compete with their juniors for a younger generation’s possession.

Zhunti, on the other hand, was still longing for Yingzhou Immortal Island, but with Tongtian present, he dared not make any reckless moves. If he angered Tongtian, the consequences would be unbearable.

“Disciple, I never expected you to have such fortune! You actually obtained the most mysterious Yingzhou Immortal Island—what a deep blessing!”

Tongtian looked immensely proud as he turned toward his elder brothers, who were preparing to leave.

“Big Brother, Second Brother, and my two junior brothers, why don’t we go take a look at my disciple’s Yingzhou Immortal Island?”

Swoosh!

Seeing Tongtian flaunt so openly, thnv ine others became even more envious and jealous, but they had no choice but to endure it.

“Fine, let’s go see what’s so mysterious about this Yingzhou Immortal Island that it has only now emerged!”

When the five great Saints—Taiqing Laotzu, Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian Jiaozhu, Jieyin, and Zhunti—stepped into Yingzhou Immortal Island for the first time, they were instantly stunned by the overwhelming innate spiritual energy.

“As expected of the most mysterious Yingzhou Immortal Island! The innate spiritual energy here is incredibly dense, even containing traces of Chaos Spiritual Energy. Such a top-tier blessed land was already rare even before the great changes of the world. Third Brother, your disciple’s fortune is truly extraordinary!”

Taiqing Laotzu marveled.

Even his own dojo, Shouyang Mountain, couldn’t compare to Yingzhou Immortal Island. After the great transformation of the world following the calamity of the Lich Tribes, innate spiritual energy had already transformed into acquired spiritual energy. The fact that Shouyang Mountain still retained innate spiritual energy was already impressive, let alone something this dense.

Not to mention that the innate spiritual energy here even contained traces of Chaos Spiritual Energy—this was beyond comprehension!

Yuanshi Tianzun, Jieyin, and Zhunti also sensed everything clearly. Despite their cultivated mental states, they couldn’t help but let a trace of envy flash across their eyes.

Had Yingzhou Immortal Island not already belonged to Su Chen, they might have been unable to resist competing for it themselves.

“Haha! Big Brother, my disciple’s fortune is indeed quite good!”

Hearing his elder brother’s praise and noticing the envy in his second brother’s and junior brothers’ eyes, Tongtian was extremely pleased.

“That… That’s the Dao Comprehension Divine Tea Tree, one of the top ten supreme innate spiritual roots!”

When Yuanshi Tianzun extended his divine sense, he immediately detected a tree on the southern side of Yingzhou Immortal Island, radiating an incomparably profound Dao rhythm. He instantly recognized the origin of this innate spiritual root.

“It really is the Dao Comprehension Divine Tea Tree!”

Jieyin and Zhunti’s eyes shrank, and they could barely suppress their urge to seize it. After all, the effects of Dao Comprehension Divine Tea were unbelievably miraculous. Just chewing a single leaf or brewing it into tea could put a cultivator into a state of ‘Dao Comprehension’, greatly accelerating their understanding of the Dao. It was an unparalleled treasure for cultivation.

Most importantly, Dao Comprehension Divine Tea was even beneficial to Saints, making it priceless. It was well known that ‘epiphany’ was already an incredibly rare opportunity, but ‘Dao Comprehension’ was a state even beyond that. Many cultivators spent their entire lives without ever experiencing it once. One could only imagine how tempting Dao Comprehension Divine Tea was for Saints.

If they obtained it, not only could they use it themselves, but they could also cultivate countless outstanding disciples!

At this moment, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Yuanshi Tianzun all had the same thought flash through their minds.

“Haha! It truly is the supreme innate spiritual root, the Dao Comprehension Divine Tea Tree! My disciple is truly fortunate!”

Tongtian laughed heartily before turning to Su Chen.

“Disciple, when you obtained Yingzhou Immortal Island, did you manage to harvest any Dao Comprehension Divine Tea? Quickly, serve some tea to your two senior uncles and junior uncles!”

“Teacher, Dao Comprehension Divine Tea takes 9,000 years to gestate, another 9,000 years to sprout branches, and another 9,000 years to produce tea buds. It takes a total of 27,000 years to grow 99 tea buds. When I acquired Yingzhou Immortal Island, the harvesting period had already passed.”

Su Chen spread his hands, expressing regret. In reality, he had indeed harvested the 99 Dao Comprehension Divine Tea buds, but there was no way he would take them out to serve the Saints.

Because, as senior uncles and junior uncles, they had met him, their junior nephew, for the first time and hadn’t even bothered to give him a greeting gift. Yet they expected him to serve them such a precious treasure?

They must be dreaming!

Not to mention that the calamity of the Investiture of the Gods was approaching, and these four Saints would soon join forces to oppress the Jie Sect. Giving them Dao Comprehension Divine Tea would be a bigger waste than feeding it to dogs!