Watching Nuwa step aside.
Tongtian scratched his head, unable to figure out what was going on.
Laozi and Yuanshi, however, showed no reaction and remained expressionless.
Nuwa also noticed the difference between the Three Pure Ones.
Tongtian was quite enthusiastic. Regardless of anything else, he was far better than those two with their deadpan faces.
As they stood before the gates of the Purple Firmament Palace and saw that they were tightly shut, they could only slowly sit down and wait.
Nuwa, however, curiously wandered around the Purple Firmament Palace.
The Purple Firmament Palace was grand and imposing, covering an enormous area. Calling it merely a palace was somewhat inappropriate; in terms of size, it was hardly any different from a Lesser World.
When she wandered to a cliff face and saw thousands of Postnatal Spiritual Treasures and even a few Innate Spiritual Treasures displayed upon it,
Nuwa froze where she stood.
"This old man is pretty impressive. He just leaves Divine Treasures sitting on a cliff face—is this some kind of wealth flex?"
Then she thought of her own Master. She had been his disciple for so long, yet he had never given her even a single Divine Treasure to use.
But then she thought of the pile of Wooden Tokens in her arms.
That made her feel much better. Her Master's strike should have quite a bit of power, right?
It did not seem impossible for it to beat the current Hongjun. It should be able to suppress him, right?
When she looked back at the cliff face before her, her heart stirred again.
"This old man is showing off his wealth. Should I just take the whole cliff?"
With that thought, Nuwa pondered for a moment.
Though she was pondering, her hand honestly reached toward the cliff face.
By the time she came back to her senses, she was already holding two Divine Treasures.
Seeing the Divine Treasures in her hands, she instinctively looked around and found that no one had come out to stop her.
Her courage immediately grew.
With a sweep of her sleeve, the countless Divine Treasures on the cliff were all stored away in it.
Nuwa nearly jumped up in excitement.
"Success! Old man, let that teach you a lesson for showing off your wealth."
Just as she finished speaking and was about to turn around, a figure was already standing behind her.
When their eyes met, Nuwa instantly became somewhat flustered.
Hongjun had originally been gathering his thoughts and preparing to preach the Dao, but he had not expected to sense a disturbance at the Treasure Distribution Cliff he had created.
He had never imagined that someone would dare to steal things within his Purple Firmament Palace.
Looking at Nuwa, Hongjun calculated with his fingers and discovered that the two of them shared karmic ties.
She possessed immense providence and could later attain the Dao through great merit. She was a Heavenly Dao Saint destined by fate.
She also had the nominal relationship of master and disciple with him.
Yet that master-disciple relationship had been severed.
Hongjun did not understand why that had happened.
But after thinking carefully, it seemed that before attaining the Dao, he had lost a fateful opportunity. This must have been it.
Seeing Hongjun's grim expression, Nuwa inwardly panicked. She had been caught stealing.
What should she do?
Waiting for answers online.
Urgent.
"Um, I thought the scenery here was pretty nice, so I came over to take a look."
Hongjun was somewhat speechless. Nice scenery? Did she mean the scenery of all those Divine Treasures?
She had directly cleaned out the Treasure Distribution Cliff. Why had she not simply carried the entire cliff away?
"Return the Divine Treasures, and this matter will be settled."
Nuwa scratched her head, an awkward smile on her face, but she still said,
"Divine Treasures? What Divine Treasures? I didn't see any."
"Oh, right. I have an elder brother, and he should have arrived. I need to go find my elder brother."
After saying that, she prepared to leave. But just as she was about to take a step, she discovered that she could not move.
Nuwa tightly gripped a Wooden Token in her hand, thinking that if he dared to make a move, she would let him know the fear of the past.
She remembered that battle as clearly as if it had happened yesterday.
Hongjun had nearly died there.
"If you do not wish to return them, you may become my disciple instead."
At those words, the hand gripping Nuwa's Wooden Token trembled.
But upon hearing that proposal, she answered without even thinking.
"Sorry, Sage, but I already have a Master—and you've met him before."
Hongjun had long known that Nuwa already had a master, but he did not know whom she had taken as her Master.
After thinking about it, there seemed to be only two people in the Primordial World who could take Nuwa as a disciple.
One was Yangmei, and the other was that person above the South Sea.
But after thinking about it, he seemed unable to defeat either of them.
His mood instantly soured. First, he had lost to the one from the South Sea, and afterward, he had directly lost to Yangmei.
"Then return the Divine Treasures."
After thinking for a moment, Nuwa directly poured a stream of spiritual energy into the Wooden Token in her hand.
A flash of golden light shot from the Wooden Token and flew straight toward Hongjun.
Seeing that familiar golden light, Hongjun's face changed in horror, and the scene from that day resurfaced in his mind.
Countless rays of light gathered in his hand, finally forming a barrier-like screen of light.
The golden light struck the light screen, and Hongjun had thought it would block the incoming attack.
Yet he suddenly saw the barrier he had raised shatter instantly.
The golden light flew toward him as though it met no resistance.
In an instant, Hongjun could only split off an incarnation and shift himself backward.
When the golden light struck the incarnation,
it finally slowly dissipated.
Hongjun's face flushed red as he instantly vanished from where he stood.
Watching Hongjun retreat, Nuwa felt every restraint on her body disappear, and she could move again.
The Wooden Token clenched in her hand had long since turned to ash.
After giving it a glance, Nuwa's eyes were full of amusement.
"Hmph, he still can't beat my Master. Master's Wooden Tokens really are useful."
After saying that, she prepared to leave the Purple Firmament Palace, but the disturbance here had drawn some cultivators over.
When they saw Nuwa, each of them curiously wondered what had just happened.
They had only seen a flash of golden light.
Just as Nuwa was about to leave, a familiar voice sounded beside her ear.
"Little sister, where have you been all these years? You didn't even leave a message. Your elder brother was very worried!"
Looking at Fuxi, who had appeared before her, Nuwa was somewhat speechless.
It seemed she would not be able to leave this time.
Still, she explained.
"Elder brother, back then I found a Great Power and became his disciple. Later, I followed my master in cultivation. Then I suddenly saw someone become a Sage, so I slipped out."
A Great Power?
Became a disciple?
Hearing this, Fuxi thought for a moment and became somewhat suspicious.
"Could it be that you became the disciple of Sage Hongjun?"
Nuwa rolled her eyes and spoke with a face full of disdain.
"What is Hongjun? He isn't worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as my Master. He's just a... mmph..."
Before she could finish, Fuxi stepped forward and covered her mouth.
"Little sister, do not speak nonsense! This is a Sage's Dao field!"
As soon as he finished speaking, three figures emerged.
"What arrogance. This is a Sage's Dao field, yet you speak nonsense here, saying he cannot be compared to your Master. You are in such a hurry to leave—could it be that you fear the Sage will drive you away?"
Hearing that, Nuwa directly pulled away Fuxi's hand and looked at Yuanshi before her.
"Then I'll stay. My Master is stronger than Hongjun, so what? I would dare say it with him standing before me. I would dare say it right to his face!"
"And you, what are you acting so smug for? Hongjun himself hasn't come out to say anything, yet you rushed out instead. What, are you Hongjun's pet dog? So loyal!"
The countless cultivators around them immediately wore expressions of eager anticipation.
Yuanshi's face darkened at those words, and just as he was about to make a move,
a man dressed in red robes walked out as well, smiling.
"Everyone, please stop arguing. This is a Sage's Dao field. If we make a commotion here, we may provoke the Sage's displeasure."
Hearing that, Yuanshi said nothing more. He merely glared furiously at Nuwa and snorted coldly.
"When the Sage preaches the Dao, I will certainly report this matter to him. Let us see what means you will have left to act so arrogantly then."
Nuwa also snorted coldly as she looked at Yuanshi.
At some point, a Wooden Token had appeared in her hand.
She had nearly been unable to stop herself from activating it and letting this fellow know what it meant to lick boots until he had nothing left.
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