FVN Chapter 1246 - 611: Not Quite an Object
Chapter 1246 - 611: Not Quite an Object
Luckily Ah Xiong grasped the main point,
"So what happened to that pot?"
The Cloud Deer spread his hands,
"Who knows? The dishes cooked in that pot can instantly defeat a Feather Transformation Immortal, of course it caused a sensation. Perhaps someone snatched it."
Ah Xiong was drooling,
"Eh... I don’t know if the dishes cooked in that pot are delicious..."
The Cloud Deer shook his head,
"That’s not the point. The point is that pot isn’t some magic treasure; it looks no different from an ordinary iron pot, and no one can figure out its principle. But anyone can use it to cook, meaning even an ordinary chef could instantly defeat an Immortal Lord. How could that be? How many Immortal Lords are there in the world nowadays? So now, in the mountains, even if there are Immortal Elders, they don’t dare light stoves to cook anymore."
Ah Xiong was shocked,
"Eh, how could it be like this? Does it mean that after becoming immortal, people will stop eating stir-fried dishes? Then I don’t want to become immortal."
The Cloud Deer touched his forehead,
"Is becoming immortal and enlightened more important, or is cooking more important? Besides, you can boil instead of stir-frying. See, everyone is eating Dry Food Pills now, isn’t it the same?"
"Eh... Is it really like this? I thought mountain folks were all into alchemy and pill popping simply because they were too lazy to cook and wash dishes..."
"There may be some of that too."
Huqian Mountain Man also sighed,
"Back then, that pot really made everyone in the world uneasy. One couldn’t really see anything wrong with that pot, yet that Immortal Lord indeed fell in realm after eating a dish from it.
So on one hand, people were worried about being schemed against by the pot, and on the other hand, they wanted to obtain this fascinating item to study its secrets. A few of my uncle-masters were also killed because of this pot.
It seems this incident also triggered the first Xuan Demon War of the Mystic Sect Divine Sect, and after many deaths, the pot became untraceable. No one could find it again, after all... sigh, it was just a pot..."
The Cloud Deer and Huqian Mountain Man seemed interested, reminiscing and restoring the past events, uncovering the story.
Chen Xuantian remained silent, listening, calculating, investigating, poring over the Daoist Collection and gossip, gradually reconstructing the full picture of those days.
The incident occurred roughly three thousand years ago, at the time of the Xiaoyao upheaval, when demons were rampant, Netherworld Spring attained enlightenment, and the Divine Lord rose, marking the end of a tumultuous millennium.
At that time, the Divine Lord had already led the Divine Sect, taking control of the Central Plains, seeking revenge. They crushed the Immortal Palace, annihilated the Guardian Immortal Army, slaughtered the Imperial Capital, and then easily defeated the Sword Sect and Netherworld Spring, shattering the void with a BANG, neatly ascending to Outer Heaven.
Unfortunately, the Divine Lord was like a storm sweeping the world, coming and going as quickly. The Divine Sect’s foundation wasn’t enough to change dynasties or unify the land, and even internal strife broke out among the Four Great Dharma Kings and the Four Great Venerables for the position of Sect Hierarch.
Thus, the Central Plains once again experienced a vacuum of cultivation forces. For a while, heroes rose, and calculating that the great calamity was over, the Mystic Sect, after a millennium of seclusion and revitalization, reopened its mountains, determined to reclaim what was once theirs!
Nevertheless, the decision by Lingxu to have the Mystic Sect cultivate in seclusion for a thousand years was quite wise.
After all, the Xiaoyao upheaval had already occurred, a catastrophic disaster for the Mystic Sect, akin to extinction. The young disciples back then, each and every one of them, went for the quick path of dual cultivation, then were wiped out by Nan Hua. Small and medium Mystic Sects were on the brink of extinction, with only the old folks in remote mountains, guarding demon seals, surviving. Truly, it could be said that the true inheritance of the Mystic Sect was nearly lost.
If there were just so few people left, and they got involved in the later major calamity of meddling demons, they might have been wiped out by the Divine Lord just like what happened with the other demons. The best outcome might have been being banished to the ends of the earth, Returning Ruins Kunlun.
And after executing the policy of retreating into seclusion and avoiding catastrophe for a thousand years, old Mystic Sects like Hu Temple calmed themselves, honing the Five Arts, accumulating quietly, passing on the Daoist Collection, focusing on teaching disciples, and correcting the unhealthy practices of the Xiaoyao Sect.
Meanwhile, the carefully selected closed-door disciples before the seclusion period, after a millennium of accumulation, mostly reached at least the realm starting with three lightning tribulations. It could be said that today’s nine major sects, dominating the world, owe their sect foundations to those times.
In contrast, at that time, the Immortal Palace fell, and there was internal chaos within the Divine Sect. Therefore, when the Mystic Sect reopened its mountains and resurged, it was inevitably going to clash with the Divine Sect for the world’s dominance. Naturally, anything could become an excuse for war, let alone a pot?
But Chen Xuantian really didn’t expect that at first, it was indeed about fighting over that pot...
"But if no abnormalities could be seen, how did people first suspect the pot? Merely because of eating the food? Then maybe it was the food that had a problem? Or maybe something in the food?"
The Cloud Deer said,
"I heard that it was the Divine Sect that noticed it. At that time, their Blood God’s Son was searching and killing across the world, following the Investiture of the Gods, vowing to execute all remaining members of the Immortal Palace, thus discovering that an Immortal Lord from the Immortal Palace seemed to have lost all cultivation. So they took the opportunity to launch an attack, destroying mountains and sects.
Then they investigated the matter and found it seemed related to the Immortal Lord’s last meal, so they rounded up all the kitchen staff for soul searching. Then, using the Primordial Spirit Method, they recreated the scene and finally discovered the pot mysteriously appeared from somewhere, and reportedly, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t destroy or refine it.
So in the end, the Divine Sect attempted to recreate the scene, capturing people from various sects to try the food, driving many people mad in the process. Only then did they confirm that the Feather Transformation Immortal indeed ate the food cooked in that pot, causing them to lose all cultivation, their Daoist Heart to collapse, go insane, and suffer from the Heavenly Person Five Decays."