Chapter 1: Great Sun Golden Crow
"The legends are true, Wu Chengen did not deceive me, the remains of the Great Sun Golden Crow are indeed here."
Jiang Chen, excited, spoke these words as he stared at the Lishan hot spring in front of him, which was constantly giving off the aura of the Innate Sun.
While he did suspect this, the confirmation of his suspicion still brought great excitement to his heart.
Having been in the world of Journey to the West for twenty years, this was the first time Jiang Chen felt such an opportune moment so close to him.
The hot spring, one of the Nine Yang Springs.
According to the accounts in Journey to the West, the Nine Yang Springs are the result of the Great Ancient Heavenly Court's crown prince, Great Sun Golden Crow, falling and transforming into the prehistoric world after his death.
The original text says: Since the beginning of creation, the Sun Star originally had ten, but later one was shot down and fallen to the earth, leaving the only one, which is the Sun True Fire.
The heavens and earth have nine hot springs, which are all transformed from the crows. The Nine Yang Springs are the Fragrant Cold Spring, Accompanying Mountain Spring, Hot Spring, East Union Spring, Full Mountain Spring, Xiao'an Spring, Wide Fen Spring, Soup Spring, and the Washing Filth Spring.
These Nine Yang Springs, contain great opportunities!
After confirming that the world he was in was the world of Journey to the West, Jiang Chen had been looking for the whereabouts of these Nine Yang Springs. Because, this was one of the few opportunities in the world of Journey to the West that he knew he could obtain.
Since then, Jiang Chen had kept an eye out for the whereabouts of the Nine Yang Springs, and after several readings, he finally confirmed that the hot spring on Li Mountain was the Hot Spring among the Nine Yang Springs.
However, after confirming this, Jiang Chen didn't feel much excitement. Because, he couldn't get into the Li Mountain hot spring.
Being a hot spring transformed from the remains of the Great Sun Golden Crow, the Li Mountain hot spring naturally possesses various wonderful effects. People may not know its origin, but it doesn't stop them from enjoying the benefits of the hot spring.
Since its discovery, the Li Mountain Hot Spring had always been under the control of the court and was exclusively used by the royal family.
And now, the one ruling the world was none other than Emperor Qin Shihuang, Ying Zheng. Naturally, the Li Mountain hot spring belonged to him and was for his exclusive use.
On Li Mountain, there were guards of Great Qin in charge, and with Jiang Chen's strength, it was impossible for him to sneak in. Therefore, he gave up the idea of going to Li Mountain hot spring and started thinking about other ideas.
However, changes often occur unexpectedly. Just when Jiang Chen decided to venture to the Pansidong to find the Washing Filth Spring, his opportunity came.
Not long ago, the First Emperor suddenly summoned all the cultivators in the world to gather in Xianyang to study the inheritance of the Emperor and to restore the glory of the human race in the Xia and Shang dynasties.
Emperor Fuxi, was the undisputed number one expert of the human race, an existence comparable to a saint.
His inheritance was undoubtedly shocking to the world.
Therefore, as soon as the news was released, the entire human race was boiling. Experts from all over came out in full force, all rushing to enter Xianyang.
With so many people, incidents were likely to occur.
In order to maintain order, the First Emperor had to mobilize all his forces to Xianyang to prevent unrest.
The guards on Li Mountain were also enlisted.
And this gave Jiang Chen, who had come to Xianyang with his elders, a chance to sneak into the Li Mountain hot spring.
While everyone was eagerly waiting, hoping to study the inheritance of the Emperor, he secretly slipped to Li Mountain, where the hot spring was located.
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With a splash, Jiang Chen, almost without any hesitation, jumped into the hot spring.
After swimming for a while, he found a melt hole at the bottom of the hot spring, big enough for a person to pass through. The scorching hot spring water was gushing out from there.
Soon, Jiang Chen was there, bracing against the gush of the water flow, he dived directly into it and swam inward.
The melt hole was deep, and the further in you go, the larger the space became. At the same time, the higher the temperature of the spring water. By the end, the spring water was boiling, bubbling and gurgling.
It was only because Jiang Chen had accomplished his practice and stepped into the Post-heaven Realm, was able to shield his entire body with his manifested Qi and blood. Otherwise, the spring water around would have boiled him.
It would have been a delicious soup, based on the fragrant smell.
Unkown how much time had passed, Jiang Chen felt a sudden void within his body and began to fall. The temperature of the place had unexpectedly evaporated the spring water.
With a thud, Jiang Chen's body ruthlessly smashed into the ground.
Sizzle!
As he watched, the place where Jiang Chen's body made contact with the ground suddenly started to produce black smoke and a burnt smell pervaded the air.
"This is scorching hot!"
Jiang Chen swiftly jumped up from the ground, the surface had indeed been too hot. Merely from brief contact alone, his clothes were burnt and his butt was also slightly scalded.
Ouch!!
"Where am I?"
He quickly pulled out a set of clothes from his storage magic treasure to cover the exposed areas, and only then did Jiang Chen have the leisure to look around.
But this glance truly made him jump.
All he could see before his eyes was a dark-red magma, bubbling and flowing.
A stream of it was even right next to him. Had his landing been a little off, he would have been in a dire situation.
Rumble~~
In such high-temperature environments, the space was distorting, and sweat ran down Jiang Chen's face ceaselessly, even his blood qi showed signs of evaporating.
"Indeed it is the place where the Great Sun Golden Crow fell. Just the surrounding aura has me barely able to withstand it. If I were to reach the core of this place, even an immortal might be turned into ashes."
Retreating a few steps silently, Jiang Chen sighed.
At this moment, he had somewhat understood why no one dared to disturb the Great Sun Golden Crow which had been lying here dead for many years.
As a Sun Spirit, the Golden Crow commands respect even in death. Ordinary immortals likely hadn't even gotten closed to its body when they were turned into ashes by the Sun True Fire.
As for being of higher power, they wouldn't lay their hands on the crow's body due to their regard for the Great Sun.
As for those more powerful than the Great Sun, they wouldn't even bother. The body of the Golden Crow is not worth their time. If it was the body of Di Jun Taiyi, now that would be another story.
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In this world, cultivation realms are generally divided into Qi Refining, Human Immortal, Earth Immortal, Heaven Immortal, Mysterious Immortal, Golden Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, Great Luo Golden Immortal, Quasi-Saint, and Saint, these ten realm.
Although, different cultivation systems have different names for them, but all fall within this range.
Jiang Chen practiced the Martial Dao, the path unique to the Human Race. His realm was post-heaven, also known as the Qi Refining Realm, the first stage of cultivation.
Yes,
That's right,
Jiang Chen is a newbie,
Who has just stepped into the threshold of the cultivation world.
While even an Immortal couldn't get close to the Golden Crow's body, Jiang Chen was confident he could take it away. That was indeed because he had an unfair advantage.
How could a traverser not have a golden finger?
"Rise!"
Upon activating the mysterious Dao mirror in his Sea of Consciousness, Jiang Chen focused his mind.
The Dao mirror seemed plain without any hint of the profound, and looked like an ordinary object. However, it played a mysterious role.
The reason Jiang Chen could come to this world was because of it.
It is an Innate Treasure that was created by the fusion of the fragments of Pangu's Axe and the Chaos Pearl.