I have 99 innate treasures

Chapter 288: Strange Sky Phenomena
Qin Mu was staring at Mingshui at this time, and a quarter of an hour ago, Mingshui had already completed the practice of the Mahayana part of the 'Four Spirits Atlas - Beiyin Sihan'.

At this time, it had already begun to practice the celestial immortal techniques. Perhaps because the content of the celestial immortal realm already involved some kind of mystery, strange phenomena gradually began to occur in the cave.

Auspicious music sounded without being played, and starlight came from nowhere, falling into the cave and enveloping it.

About half an hour later, the mysterious aura on Mingshui gradually subsided, and it opened its eyes the next moment.

Qin Mu noticed a flash of doubt in its dark and deep eyes.

But before he could ask, Mingshui closed his eyes again, and some mysterious visions appeared around him again.

After a while, the strange vision disappeared, Mingshui slowly opened his eyes, and a look of confusion appeared on his face.

Seeing this, Qin Mu asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Mingshui frowned deeply and said in a deep voice: "The Xinghai... seems to be different."

Qin Mu was stunned when he heard this.

"Is there something different in the star sea?"

Mingshui nodded gently and said in a deep voice: "When I cultivated to the celestial immortal stage of the Four Spirits Atlas, my consciousness could enter the sea of ​​stars. Normally, I can sense the nine stars of Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, Yaoguang, Dongming and Yinyuan, and then guide the starlight through the nine orifices to initially obtain the authority of Beiyin."

When it said this, its brows furrowed even deeper and its tone was full of confusion.

“But when my consciousness entered the sea of ​​stars, I found that I could only see starlight in the deep space, but not the stars themselves.”

It raised its head, looked into Qin Mu's eyes seriously, and said in a serious tone: "This means that the starlight we see every day has no entity. They are all stars condensed from starlight and created by humans!"

"Including the sun and the moon, everything is fake!"

These words caused a storm in Qin Mu's heart. He even felt that this matter was a bit unbelievable. A thought flashed through his mind: "Maybe Mingshui has gone astray and started talking nonsense?" But he quickly discarded this thought.

Then, he remembered something Captain Wang had once told him.

"Taoist: The beginning of eternity is nothing, so it has no form."

"At that time, there was no sky, no earth, no stars, and no living beings."

"The Tiancheng has not yet taken shape, it is full of wind and waves, and the caves are dim, so it is called Dazhao."

"Tao begins to give birth to the void, the void gives rise to the universe, and the universe is alive."

"At that time, it was called 'Hongmeng', and there were gods born here. They spread out to explore the vastness of the world. When they died of exhaustion, they turned into stars."

"The fall of the gods caused the Hongmeng to tremble. During this period, the clear sun was weak and became the sky, and the heavy and turbid ones were stagnant and became the earth."

"The combination of pure and wonderful is easy, but the condensation of heavy and turbid is difficult. Therefore, heaven is formed first and earth is determined later. The essence of heaven and earth is yin and yang, the essence of yin and yang is the four seasons, and the essence of the four seasons is the essence of all things."

"The heat accumulated in the Yang generates fire, and the essence of the fire becomes the sun."

"The cold air that accumulates yin is water, and the essence of water air is the moon."

"When the sun and the moon meet, the five elements are born."

"At this point, heaven and earth are settled."

He recalled this passage in his mind, his expression became solemn, and he asked in confusion: "It is said that the stars evolved from the gods who scattered in the primordial period to explore the vastness of the world and eventually died of exhaustion. How could they disappear?"

All the information Mingshui had learned came from Qin Mu. After hearing his words, he said softly with a thoughtful look in his eyes: "Maybe someone took away the bodies of those gods and stripped them of their brilliance, turning them into fake stars?"

Qin Mu subconsciously asked: "Do you have such ability?"

Mingshui nodded and said, "Although I have the ability to catch the moon and the stars, I don't have the ability to deprive them of their starlight."

"Besides, there are billions of stars in the starry sea. Even if we have been doing this since the Hongmeng period and have continued until today, it is impossible to take away all of them."

After hearing what he said, Qin Mu said thoughtfully: "The immortals have the ability to catch the moon and the stars, but they cannot deprive them of their starlight, let alone take them all away. In other words, there is a being above the immortals who took these stars away?"

Mingshui nodded slightly.

Qin Mu let out a breath. He didn't expect to get such a secret unexpectedly.

He pondered this matter in his mind and asked, "Since there are no stars, is it impossible to continue practicing the Four Spirits Atlas?"

Mingshui shook his head slowly and said, "The technique can continue to be practiced, but the authority cannot be stolen, unless the corpse of the god is used to create nine more stars and move them to the position of the Big Dipper."

Qin Mu shook his head helplessly, "Let alone that we can't find the bodies of the gods, even if we find them and send them to the galaxy, we can't make them turn into the Big Dipper stars."

"The real Big Dipper stars have all been taken, let alone the fake ones."

Mingshui knew that Qin Mu wanted to practice the "Star Official Treasure Refining Record" by visualizing him. After hearing his words, he pondered and said, "I can try to attract the light of the Big Dipper and use my own magical powers to transform for a short period of time, but such an incarnation cannot last too long."

"Moreover, the image of a star official that you obtain through visualization of me will not last long."

"If the stars were taken away by immortals above the heavenly immortals, it means that they may have obtained the authority of the stars. If the image of the star official you visualized exists for too long, it will attract their attention."

Qin Mu shook his head and said, "We are outnumbered and cannot participate in such a thing. Let's not take the risk. I will let the Jade Disc of Fortune deduce a new treasure refining technique."

After saying that, he looked at Mingshui and asked curiously, "Have you recovered your strength as a celestial being now?"

Mingshui shook his head slowly and said, "The Four Spirits Atlas only records a few magical powers. I can only use my cultivation to suppress cultivators below the level of immortals. If I encounter a celestial immortal with the same cultivation level, I can only guarantee that I will not die."

Qin Mu nodded and said, "It's enough to be able to defeat a Mahayana cultivator. There is only one Yao Yuqing in the world, so slowly accumulate your strength."

After he finished speaking, he remembered that today was the day of the White Cloud Fairy Meeting, so he said, "I will leave the Jade Disc of Creation here, and you can ask it to create a few magical powers tailored for you. After all... one more magical power means one more method."

Mingshui nodded slightly.

Qin Mu immediately led the strange owl out of the cave.

He did not return to Baiyun City immediately, but returned the strange owl first, then left here through the teleportation array in the dark pavilion and appeared directly in the study.

I saw that Butler Liu opened the door and windows of the study for ventilation, and he was standing by the window watering the flowers, humming an unknown tune, and seemed to be in a good mood.

Qin Mu smiled and patted his shoulder, which frightened Butler Liu, who was immersed in his own world, so much that his hands started shaking and he almost dropped the gourd ladle in his hand.

After turning around and seeing that the person who scared him was Qin Mu, he patted his chest and said with a smile: "My young master, please don't scare me like this next time. Old Liu is old and can't stand your jokes like this." Qin Mu smiled and nodded, then touched him with his elbow and winked, saying: "I haven't seen you in such a good mood for a long time. Did you pick up some silver?"

Butler Liu glanced at him sideways and said unhappily, "Since we moved to Baiyun City, Uncle Cang and I have been cleaning up at home every day, so we don't have time to go out."

Qin Mu asked curiously: "Then why are you in such a good mood?"

"hey-hey."

Butler Liu grinned, took out a letter from his arms, and said, "You will know when you read it."

Qin Mu took the letter, unfolded it, and found that it contained the updated content of the Human Character List.

He recited softly, "In June of the 247th year of Daxing, in Guanhai City, Donghai Prefecture, Yangzhou, there was a genius named Qin Mu, 6 years old at the time. It is reported that he was the former flag master of the Guanhai Town Demon Division, and had 21 gold spiritual roots. Recently, he killed a late foundation building cultivator in his prime in Guanhai City with the cultivation of the fifth level of Qi Refining, and he himself was not injured."

"Considering his outstanding achievements, he will be ranked 100th on the Human Character List from today onwards."

When he finished reading this, Butler Liu smiled and said, "This letter was delivered by a flying sword last night and nailed directly outside your study. After Cang Bo took it down with fear, he discovered that it actually recorded this great event!"

"He was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night. He went out early this morning before dawn to buy offerings, and came back to offer them in front of the spirit tablets of the master and the mistress. He cried for most of the day. Because you were not at home at that time, he placed incense on the altar and waited for you to come back to burn incense."

Qin Mu tightened his grip on the envelope and said, "I'll go burn incense now."

Steward Liu added, "By the way, the leader of the Demon Suppression Division, Nalan Fusheng, sent several congratulatory messages this morning. There are letters from the city lord, the ten leaders and centurions of the Demon Suppression Division, and the leader of the Tianji Pavilion, Li. He also said that he would set up a table of good wine and food in the Juxian Building at noon to congratulate you."

Qin Mu said with a smile: "It's just the 100th place, not the first place, there's really no need to make such a big fuss."

Steward Liu snorted and said, "There are countless young talents in the land of Shenzhou. The fact that you are on the Human Character List means that you have surpassed them all, doesn't it?"

"Even if they don't congratulate you, we will still hold one at home."

"I heard that being on the Human Character Ranking is harder than being the top scholar!"

"If His Majesty had not been away for a few days and it was not appropriate to put up lights and decorations, the gate would have been decorated with lights and firecrackers!"

"And we need to hire a group of lion dancers. The whole city will know about this!"

As Qin Mu heard him talk more and more outrageous, he quickly left the study and went to a side room, where he respectfully burned three incense sticks to Qin Jia (Qin's father) and Qin Zhao (Qin's mother).

Then he received the congratulatory cards and invitations sent by Nalan Fusheng from Cangbo. Only then did he discover that the owners of these congratulatory cards had also sent him gifts.

The gifts sent by the leader of the Demon Suppression Bureau were mostly "spiritual rice", "spiritual plants" and other items full of beautiful meanings. Captain Bai Yiyi sent a jade slip that recorded simple information about the world of immortal cultivation and the major sects.

Li Quanzong of Tianji Pavilion sent a letter with detailed information about each cultivator on the Human List.

The Lord of Baiyun City, Zhao Feng, sent a storage ring. The space inside the ring was ten feet in radius and was filled with all kinds of treasure-making materials.

Qin Mu felt grateful but also had a headache.

"I'll buy some interesting items at the Baiyun Fairy Fair this afternoon and put them in the Xinghai Bottle to sublimate. When I leave Baiyun City, I'll give them back as a return gift."

Thinking this, he left home and went to the street.

The street where the Qin Mansion is located is not only close to the City Lord's Mansion and the Demon Suppression Bureau, but is also one of the more prosperous streets in Baiyun City.

But when he walked on the street, he found that the vendors who usually set up stalls on the street had already been cleared out by the captains, and the stalls on both sides of the street were all of unified specifications and appearance.

The shops on both sides also hung fluttering flags of different colors.

The North Street at this moment has long lost the tranquility and simplicity of the ancient town. It seems to have been endowed with the fantasy color of immortals overnight, and every corner is filled with a mysterious and solemn atmosphere.

The common people who usually walked on the streets were nowhere to be seen, and all that could be seen were monks in elegant attire.

They were either walking alone, or in groups of three or five, or chatting and laughing, all talking with great anticipation about the Baiyun Fairy Meeting that would be held at dusk, wondering what good things Baiyun City would come up with, and whether they could compare to the fairy meetings held by Zen Master Baiyun in the past.

From time to time, monks would fly through the air on swords, with flashing sword lights and clear and pleasant sounding swords.

Qin Mu looked at the scene in front of him and realized for the first time that there were so many cultivators hidden in Baiyun City.

At the same time, Qi Haiquan, who was in the palace of Wanbao Pavilion, also received a letter from the earth immortal Li Tang. The letter stated that he agreed to recommend Qin Mu as the worshiper of Dayu, and also brought the worship order.

Qi Haiquan first informed the great elder Qi Delon who had returned to the clan about this matter through a sound transmission note, and then carefully instructed the servants to prepare two gifts for Qin Mu.

One congratulations to Qin Mu for being on the human list, and one congratulations to Qin Mu for becoming Dayu's worshiper.

Thinking of the fact that Qin Mu mentioned that he currently lived in Baiyun City when they chatted last time, he informed Zhao Feng, the mayor of Baiyun City, that Qin Mu had become Dayu's worshiper.

Finally, he sent a message to Qin Mu.

In the City Lord's Mansion of Baiyun City, Zhao Feng was enjoying the flowers and killing time in the backyard when he suddenly noticed that the sound transmission notes on his body began to vibrate one after another.

He took out the sound transmission talisman from his arms and input his spiritual power into it. Immediately, Song Rentu's childish and lazy voice rang in his ears.

"I heard that Qin Mu settled in Baiyun City. I hope that City Lord Zhao will prepare two gifts for Qin Mu on my behalf. One is to congratulate him for being on the list of people, and the other is to congratulate him for becoming a worshiper of Dayu."

"I am currently busy with court affairs and have no time to go. The city lord has to do it for me. When I am free, I will go to Baiyun City in person and have a drink with the city lord."

After Zhao Feng heard Song Rentu's message, a look of surprise immediately appeared on his face.

"How did Envoy Qin suddenly become a tribute?"

"It seems that I have to give him another gift."

Just as he thought of this, the sound transmission note vibrated again.

As soon as Zhao Feng input his spiritual power, he heard the voice of the Earth Immortal Li Tang coming from the sound transmission talisman.

"City Lord Zhao, please prepare two gifts for Qin Mu on my behalf. I am busy with government affairs and cannot come in person..."

As soon as the voice transmission ended, the sound transmission note began to vibrate.

When he input the spiritual power again, the bright laughter of the Flame King Qi Haiquan was immediately heard.

Zhao Feng's eyes widened immediately.

(End of this chapter)