The Flaw in Severing the Three Corpses
Yet now Hongjun had devised the Method of Severing the Three Corpses himself, creating a third path to Sainthood. His talent truly surpassed all others in the Primordial World.
This was also what Hongjun took the greatest pride in.
Thus, although he had spoken of offering guidance, he had also meant to show off a little.
Although his strength was not among the very strongest in the present Primordial World, with Great Immortal Yang Mei and Luohu both above him,
and neither of them was inferior to him in the slightest, whether in Magic Treasures or innate foundation,
Hongjun prided himself on having a talent that surpassed everyone else's. Even Fuxi, whom he could not see through, might be won over by his Way of Severing the Three Corpses.
Hongjun had previously met other reincarnated Chaos Demon Gods, and every one of them had praised it to the skies.
"Fellow Daoist, what do you think?"
He looked at Fuxi, brimming with confidence.
In his view, Fuxi would surely agree as well.
As long as he offered the Method of Severing the Three Corpses as an incentive,
inviting Fuxi to deal with Luohu would naturally be no problem.
However, Fuxi's expression remained as calm as ever.
His expression was unchanged, as though he were pondering, or perhaps contemplating the method.
But in his mind, the Chaotic Bagua was furiously deducing this Dao method of attaining Sainthood.
Though the Method of Severing the Three Corpses was ingenious, the Chaotic Bagua was a supreme art Fuxi had comprehended only after using the Creation Great Dao as its foundation, breaking through illusion with the system's help, and spending more than a hundred Yuanhui on it.
This method had countless transformations and endless mysteries. It was a supreme divine ability for analyzing the three thousand Great Daos.
Analyzing the Way of Severing the Three Corpses was naturally no problem.
Sure enough, the Chaotic Bagua swiftly analyzed Hongjun's Method of Severing the Three Corpses.
Its subtleties became clear at a glance.
And a flaw in the method naturally sprang to Fuxi's mind as well.
"Your method is quite marvelous, Fellow Daoist, but it has one flaw," Fuxi said abruptly after a moment's thought.
Hongjun's face darkened, and he felt somewhat annoyed.
Fuxi was the first person to say that his Method of Severing the Three Corpses had a flaw.
Although the Method of Severing the Three Corpses might not have been flawless,
after Hongjun had refined it over hundreds and thousands of Yuanhui, it had come close to perfection.
Besides, the method had also won the approval of Chaos Demon Gods such as Yang Mei and Qiankun.
Yet Fuxi claimed to have found a flaw in it in the time it took to drink a cup of tea.
It was sheer nonsense!
"And what might this flaw be?"
Suppressing his displeasure, Hongjun asked in a deep voice.
He wanted to see what brilliant insight Fuxi could possibly offer!
If Fuxi could not give him a proper explanation,
then Hongjun would not mind putting Fuxi in his place.
Fuxi saw straight through Hongjun's little scheme. He laughed and said,
"Though the Way of Severing the Three Corpses can lead one to Sainthood, it is a shortcut."
"Though attaining the Dao by this method may appear to offer freedom and ease, in truth one will inevitably be greatly constrained by the Heavenly Dao."
"The Heavenly Dao?"
Hongjun's heart trembled, and he was somewhat shocked.
His greatest fortuitous opportunity was naturally the Fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation. It was thanks to this Magic Treasures that he could communicate with the Heavenly Dao and comprehend the Way of Severing the Three Corpses.
Come to think of it, it was also with the Heavenly Dao's support that Hongjun had come so smoothly to where he was today.
When Fuxi mentioned the Heavenly Dao, Hongjun could not help believing him a little.
His expression grew even uglier, and he took out his supreme treasure, the Fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation.
Hongjun's eyes were like lightning, their flickering light like points of cold radiance, condensed almost into substance.
His presence surged, Dao methods and divine laws unfolding around him, while Boundless Xuan Guang illuminated heaven and earth.
Holding the Jade Disc of Creation in his right hand, he continuously formed hand seals with his left and began calculating with all his might.
In an instant, the presence of a Quasi-Sage swept through heaven and earth, suppressing an area of untold trillions of miles at the foot of Buzhou Mountain.
Every living being of the Witch Clan trembled with fear at that moment, looking in Hongjun and Fuxi's direction with horror.
The Twelve Ancestral Witches were all astonished.
"This man is actually so formidable. He must be a match for that bird-beast Ancestral Qilin, right? No, perhaps he's even stronger!"
"No wonder Big Brother Fuxi is willing to talk with him. He's a mighty expert too!"
But the expert they saw and spoke of wore an increasingly ugly expression, his face flushed red, as though he could not accept the truth his calculations had revealed.
Time passed second by second, each moment an agony for Hongjun.
After trying tens of thousands of times, he found that every result was exactly the same. In the end, utterly stunned and bewildered, he could only give up, his mind reeling.
I never expected that the Method of Severing the Three Corpses truly had such a grave hidden danger, just as Fuxi said!
At that moment, his pride and self-satisfaction seemed to have become a joke. With Fuxi having exposed the flaw, he felt somewhat ashamed.
Though Fuxi still looked like a mortal,
Hongjun unconsciously felt a head shorter than him.
Hongjun was wary. The various inconceivable abilities Fuxi had displayed before him gave him a faint sense of danger.
Whether it was concealing his cultivation from him or deducing the defects and omissions in the Method of Severing the Three Corpses in the time it took to drink a cup of tea,
both left Hongjun, a Quasi-Sage who prided himself on his considerable experience in the Primordial World, amazed.
Few things in the Primordial World lay beyond Hongjun's control. Even Yang Mei, Luohu, and the other reincarnations of the Three Thousand Chaos Gods had remained within his grasp.
Yet Fuxi, who had appeared from who knew where, gave the impression of being unfathomable and impossible to read.
His many extraordinary qualities made Hongjun curious and eager to investigate further.
"Fellow Daoist Fuxi, how exactly did you come to know these things?"
Fuxi appeared calm, but he was fully aware of every shift in Hongjun's thoughts.
This innate divine being had given up his identity as one of the Three Thousand Chaos Gods and reincarnated as a mighty figure of the Primordial World.
When it came to scheming and calculation, he could be called the foremost in the Primordial World!
During the Dragon-Han Calamity, Yang Mei, Qiankun, Yin-Yang, Luohu, and the others who had been in the same realm as Hongjun had ultimately either died or fled.
Only Hongjun had become the greatest winner of the Dragon-Han Calamity, attaining Sainthood.
Fuxi did not believe there had been no plots or schemes involved.
Thus, although Fuxi held the upper hand at this moment, he did not underestimate Hongjun.
He considered briefly, then said with great modesty, "It is a minor art, not worth mentioning."
"You are too modest, Fellow Daoist. Your divine ability is so profound and marvelous that I admire it greatly."
Seeing that Fuxi had no intention of explaining, Hongjun asked no more.
After his earlier probing, Hongjun had ascertained that Fuxi's Dao methods were masterful and his divine abilities unfathomable.
He was not only an excellent candidate to deal with Luohu, but also a hidden danger; unless absolutely necessary, Hongjun must never make an enemy of him.
I must draw him to my side!
Although he had already invited several powerful figures of the Primordial World, it was still not enough to be sure against someone like Luohu.
Therefore, he was determined to secure Fuxi's help.
Of course, the friendship between the two went no further than that.
If he could trap and kill Fuxi, this unpredictable factor, during the Dragon-Han Calamity, it would naturally be greatly beneficial to his future plans.
However, Hongjun would not reveal such a little scheme.