I Fuse All Things and Become the Strongest Cultivator

Chapter 220: Map, Memories, and Conditions

He could now face everyone openly without any lingering shadow.

Tushan Qiqi rested his chin on his hand and thought for a moment. "Ah, so those things were treasures. If you had not mentioned it, I would have forgotten. Those were things from when I was very young. If I do not deliberately think about them, I really cannot remember."

"Mm, same here. I have basically forgotten everything from childhood, so could I trouble you to draw me a map? Those places are too hidden. Without a map, it is really hard to find them."

Xiao Shou pressed his palms together and gave Tushan Qiqi a flattering smile.

Tushan Qiqi sighed and looked at him helplessly. "You are an adult. Is it really appropriate to act like this toward a child?"

"Huh? You are not really a child, right? Your mental age should be older than mine."

Only probably, he thought with a grin.

Before transmigrating, he had already been a few years older than the original body.

After transmigrating, time flowed the same, so he was still a few years older.

And if he counted the time inside Yao Heng’s space, then he would be hundreds of years older.

That part was better left unsaid.

Thinking of Yao Heng’s space, Xiao Shou suddenly remembered that since waking up, he had not checked on the little fellow at all.

As his spirit pet, what had it done when he lost consciousness?

Had it tried to stop other people approaching him?

It should have tried to protect him loyally, though with such a fragile body, it probably could not do much.

With these thoughts, Xiao Shou split his attention and poked at the little flower pretending to be dead in his hair with his divine sense. "Yaoyao, why are you not saying anything?"

"Master? Your cute and delicate spirit pet is currently playing dead. Please do not talk to me... sob..." Yao Heng’s pitiful and cautious mental voice echoed in his mind.

Xiao Shou asked in surprise, "What is wrong? Why do you sound so scared?"

"Master, sob... can you not feel it? The person in front of you is surrounded by a glow of merit. There is also a powerful pressure in his soul. His aura is terrifying. I swear, small creatures would never dare approach him. It is instinct... sob... it is so scary. Ever since he appeared, I have not dared to move at all. If he touched me, I feel like I would die instantly," Yao Heng complained tearfully.

Merit? Pressure?

Xiao Shou felt none of that.

To him, Tushan Qiqi seemed like an ordinary person.

Feeling puzzled, he used his divine sense to distract the little fellow and stop the crying. "So you just abandoned your fragile master and let this terrifying person handle me however he wanted?"

"Uh... that is because I did not sense any hostility from them... sob... Master, I was wrong. Please forgive me this time. I will not dare to do it again," Yao Heng said guiltily, his explanation only making him feel more ashamed as he quickly apologized.

Finally, the crying stopped.

Xiao Shou sighed inwardly, then snorted through his divine sense. "Fine, I will let it go this time. I will see how you behave in the future."

"Thank you for forgiving me, Master. I definitely will not make the same mistake again," Yao Heng said, quietly letting out a sigh of relief.

Xiao Shou also relaxed.

Children really were easy to fool.

His disciple had only become harder and harder to appease as he grew older.

"Mental age? Is there such a way of calculating lifespan in the cultivation world? This is my first time hearing of it," Tushan Qiqi remarked, unaware that Xiao Shou had just finished scolding his spirit pet. He absentmindedly twirled a strand of his hair around his fingers before continuing, "I can draw the map for you, but I have one condition."

"A condition? What condition? Ah, if it is related to whatever we find, then aside from things that cannot be divided, I can share half of everything I obtain with you," Xiao Shou said generously.

Tushan Qiqi shook his head. "Those are just external items. I have no use for them. The condition I mean is something else. In fact, the memories you obtained are not complete. You should have noticed that there are many inconsistencies and gaps."

"Now that you mention it, that is true. Although I do not remember the exact details anymore, my own memories are still intact, so I recall some things I once said. It feels like there were always a few days each month where your memories were missing," Xiao Shou said after thinking for a moment and nodding.

Tushan Qiqi smiled. "Those missing memories actually followed me through reincarnation. It was only after I met you a few days ago that my memories fully returned and my vitality and soul became balanced again. As for my condition, within those memories that reincarnated with me, I once encountered a Spiritual Root Shaping Flower. I would like you to give it to me."

"A flower that can create a spiritual root? You do not have a spiritual root in this life? You should be well aware of the drawbacks of the Spiritual Root Shaping Flower," Xiao Shou said in surprise.

The Spiritual Root Shaping Flower was a well known heavenly treasure in the cultivation world.

It could grant a spiritual root to a mortal who had none.

However, a flower less than a thousand years old could only create a pseudo spiritual root.

One that had grown for over a thousand years could form a four element spiritual root.

A ten thousand year old one would be slightly better, it was capable of forming a three element spiritual root.

It was said that those aged one hundred thousand or even a million years could produce dual or even single spiritual roots, but such specimens had never been seen in the outside world.