Chapter 79: He Is the Son of Providence
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Senior Brother, bring our Spirit Mountains’ map over!”
The Sacred Leader’s words shocked the old Taoist priest.
What? You’d rather give me a Spirit Mountain than let me have a disciple?
He said helplessly, “Seriously? Junior Brother, why are you doing this to me? I just want to have a disciple.”
The Sacred Leader replied emotionlessly, “Senior Brother, although I have forgone all the emotions and feelings of a normal person, my wisdom is still here. This man is very special!”
The Sacred Leader said calmly, “I heard from Yunxi that this Master Celestial Aotian is very... mystical. He’s still a teenager, but he has an amazing skill.”
The old Taoist priest snorted. “So what? What makes him so special?”
The Sacred Leader continued. “See, that’s the reason why I’ve forgone all my emotions. These human feelings will prevent you from thinking and blind you when the truth is just right before you. When all these feelings are gone, I can be the Exalted One and be more efficient in solving problems and cultivation.”
The old Taoist priest shook his head and said, “Come on, what’s your point?”
“Still haven’t figured it out? I really wonder if you are intellectually sound sometimes.”
The old Taoist priest clenched his fist. “Are you trying to pick a fight?”
“You can’t beat me in a fight, forget it.”
The old Taoist priest was rendered speechless. He took out the Divine Firmament Drager Pendant slowly and threatened, “Come on, just spit it out already. Also, I know you are saying that I’m stupid and weak. I’ll break these pendants if you make me angry!”
“Senior Brother, relax!” The Sacred Leader had no choice but to explain, “Senior Brother, do you know any Spirit Ore Appraiser below the age of 20?”
The old Taoist priest scoffed. “Spirit Ore Appraiser below the age of 20? Not possible.”
Spirit Ore Appraisers were required to have the power of at least Nascent Soul stage on top of the sophisticated Spirit Technique they had to learn. It was the requirement of the Spirit Technique’s more advanced skills. It would be impossible for young people to cultivate and learn the techniques at the same time with such a learning rate. In other words, learning the Spirit Technique was way harder than cultivation!
In fact, a Spirit Ore Appraiser below the age of 20 was rarer than a Supremacy who mastered both Body Tempering and Qi Refinement at the same age.
Thus, the entire Eastern Wilderness had never had such a person before.
As far as the old Taoist priest was aware, the youngest Spirit Ore Appraiser was 36 years old when he had reached Nascent Soul and became a Spirit Ore Appraiser.
The Sacred Leader smiled. “See, you think it’s impossible too, right? However, Yunxi told me that this Master Celestial Shen Aotian is not even 20 years old!”
The old Taoist priest was shocked and asked cautiously, “So you are saying...?”
The Sacred Leader slowly stood up and walked down the throne.
“He is very special. Although cultivators can maintain their young looks, it’s hard to change their aura. Yunxi knows how to read people’s aura, and guess what? This boy is only 16-17 years old.” The Sacred Leader added, “Senior Brother, do you think a boy at such a young age could really master an ore-assessing skill?”
The old Taoist priest laughed. “What if he is a genius like me?”
The Sacred Leader shook his head and said, “Senior Brother, you should study more... It is not possible for a 16-year-old boy to be a Spirit Ore Appraiser.
“However, according to Yunxi, this boy had been very active in the Myriad Spirit Garden these few days. He had been choosing more than 100 ores, with a 100% success rate.
“What’s more important, he is the one who found the Seven-Treasure Fairy Calabash Seed and the Divine Firmament Drager Pendant.
“Such treasures usually show only two behaviors when they have been hidden away for too long. Their ores will either be extremely attractive or look like a useless normal stone. Yet, this boy found these two treasures among a bunch of low-grade Spirit Ores.
“That is extremely hard. Not even a real Spirit Ore Appraiser could do that.”
The old Taoist priest was shocked.
At first, he had only been under the impression that Shen Tian knew how to assess ores. If Shen Tian became his disciple, he could make use of him as he pleased. He had no idea that his Junior Brother had so much insight.
The old Taoist priest then asked, “So, what do you think about him?”
The Sacred Leader replied, “There are only two possibilities. First, this Master Celestial is a fraud; merely an actor staged to scam the customers. He only managed to find the calabash and the pendants by luck.”
The Old Taoist priest asked, “So you mean this guy is a liar and cannot be our Saint?”
The Sacred Leader shook his head. “Nope, it is exactly the opposite. Let’s assume this guy is a liar, and he prepared all the Spirit Ores beforehand. Why would such treasures appear in their Spirit Ores?”
The old Taoist priest was stunned for a moment before replying, “They prepared these treasures too?”
The Sacred Leader almost choked on his own saliva after hearing that comment. He looked at his Junior Brother as though he was mentally ill. “If you had a Spirit Ore shop, would you give away the Seven-Treasure Fairy Calabash and the Divine Firmament Drager Pendant to attract more customers?”
The old Taoist priest immediately realized how stupid the answer was, and his face blushed. “Erm, could it just be a coincidence?”
The Sacred Leader shook his head again. “Senior Brother, have you stopped using your brain after you started to follow the Body Tempering path?”
“Think about it. He prepared some normal Spirit Ores and then found two such treasures. What does this show? It means that this boy is blessed with providence! Do you remember how that Saint from the Purple Mansion found the Nirvana Sutra?”
The old Taoist priest started to recall.
“That’s right! He just entered the shop and chose three Spirit Ores without even looking at them! The first one was a Golden Fruit, and the second was Heaven’s Halberd. As for the last one, it was the long-lost Nirvana Sutra. Many Spirit Ore Appraisers were present at that time and suffered a Qi Deviation because they were driven mad!”
The old Taoist priest was shocked and asked, “So, Junior Brother, you mean...?”
Finally, the Sacred Leader nodded. “There is only one truth. This boy is the same as the Purple Mansion’s Saint. He is destined to become this era’s Son of Providence!”