Hearing the voice by his ear, Cheng Yue could not help but frown.
Hadn't she just gone back? Why was she here again?
As he pondered this and prepared to glance outside, the voice came again.
"Senior, please grant me an audience. This junior has an important matter to ask!"
Cheng Yue simply opened the formation and let her in.
"What important matter could there be? Hadn't I already given that little girl what she wanted?"
With that method, even if it could not help them attain the Dao, merely using Divine Treasures should be sustainable.
The melee berserkers would be able to use spells.
That alone would greatly increase the Witch Clan's combat strength. What else could she possibly need to ask?
Unable to make sense of it, he watched as Dirt Block Daoist entered.
Wanting to find out what she wished to know, Cheng Yue directly activated his Mind-Reading Ability.
[Senior, I wonder whether you can calculate the future of my Witch Clan.]
[If I do not ask this, my mind will remain unsettled. I hope Senior is willing to tell me.]
[But why is Senior so fearful of the identity of our Witch Clan?]
[Could this great catastrophe truly be so terrifying?]
Cheng Yue was speechless. This little girl might have underestimated just how dreadful a Tribulation was.
He sat there and watched Dirt Block Daoist walk in.
"I already know why you have come, but I will not tell you anything. The Witch-Demon Tribulation is far more dangerous than you imagine. You should leave. Even if you ask, I will not answer."
With a wave of his hand, he sent Houtu directly out of the Island.
Standing on the sea outside the Island, Houtu was completely stunned.
She had not even asked anything, yet he had directly sent her out.
Was the Witch-Demon Tribulation truly that dangerous?
A Tribulation.
Anything bearing those two words was certainly no good thing. In the previous Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation, all three clans had declined.
Could it be that in the current Witch-Demon Tribulation, the Witch and Demon Clans would likewise decline?
She did not ask those questions aloud. Seeing how firm his tone was, she knew she probably would not get any answers.
Feeling deeply dejected, she prepared to return, yet she remained worried.
But worrying was useless. On this trip, she had not even met Nuwa.
Who knew how long it would be before they met again.
Though she was worried, she could only accept it helplessly.
She could only return to the Witch Clan.
She had not held much hope for this matter to begin with. Now, she could only wait until her next meeting with Nuwa to discuss it.
Cheng Yue sat there and sighed.
The Witch-Demon Cataclysm truly affected all living beings in the Primordial World.
He had hidden himself so far away, yet he had still been dragged into it.
From now on, he absolutely could not let this disciple of his go out and play.
Who knew what kind of beings she might bring back next time?
If that happened, he would truly suffer for it.
After rising, he casually summoned a teapot, poured himself a cup, and took a sip. Then he seemed to think of a solution.
The Great Concealment Array.
It was a grand formation recorded in the Daoist Canon, capable of perfectly concealing an area.
Once this formation was set up, anyone arriving here afterward would see nothing but the sea.
A tranquil, windless stretch of sea. Then he would have nothing to worry about.
At that time, even someone a full realm above him might not be able to see through this formation.
If someone above the Grand Unity Immortal realm came, then he could only consider himself unlucky.
With that, he walked out of the great hall and began setting it up.
His fingers traced formation runes through the air. Streams of spiritual energy gathered from heaven and earth, gradually spreading through the air. More and more runes appeared, forming a Formation Diagram.
The Formation Diagram then descended directly onto the Island.
After the Island shook for an instant, the entire formation took shape.
After flying away from the Island and seeing nothing before him but a stretch of sea, he finally relaxed.
When he returned to the Island, he casually found two stones. Two formation runes lit up at his fingertips and merged into them.
The stones slowly transformed into two stone plaques.
Each bore the character Cheng.
Only then did he feel at ease. He looked toward the side hall and walked over.
After entering, he saw two figures cultivating.
He then woke them both.
"Xifu and Xiao Wa, wake up."
The two opened their eyes. Xiao Wa looked at her master curiously.
Her master generally did not call for her. Yet today, he had taken the initiative to summon them.
But once she opened her eyes, she saw a stone plaque floating before each of them.
"Master, what is this?"
Even Fuxi looked at the stone plaques curiously, unsure why their master had given them these.
Moreover, he could not sense what the plaques were for, nor did they possess anything extraordinary.
They did not seem to be Divine Treasures either, lacking that sort of aura.
They appeared to be ordinary objects, merely two plain stone plaques.
Cheng Yue looked at the plaques and said,
"I set up another great formation on the Island, completely concealing it. These two stone plaques will allow you to know the Island's location and see it. You must keep them safe. If you lose them, you will no longer be able to see this Island."
"When the time comes, if you cannot find the way home, do not blame me."
Both of them froze upon hearing that, then nodded and could not help saying,
"Master, we understand."
"Master, this disciple will remember."
After speaking, they put away the stone plaques in their hands.
Seeing this, Cheng Yue turned and left.
After returning to the great hall, he prepared to cultivate.
After all, he wanted to become a Grand Unity Immortal as soon as possible.
After sitting down and regulating his breath for a while, he began cultivating.
On her way back, Houtu kept letting her thoughts run wild. Finally, after exhaling, she tried to stop thinking about it.
Yet her mind only became more and more chaotic.
Though she could not understand it, the matter continued to echo through her mind.
Only after she returned to Mount Buzhou and saw Di Jiang and the others did she temporarily cast those chaotic thoughts aside.
Di Jiang, standing nearby, noticed the faintly dejected look on his sister's face.
He could not help stepping forward to ask,
"Little sister, what is wrong? Tell your brother. Did that little sweetheart of yours do something to you? Or did he hurt you? Tell your brother, and I'll vent your anger for you!"
Houtu froze at those words.
A little sweetheart?
What little sweetheart?
Senior?
After thinking of Cheng Yue, Houtu hurriedly shook her head.
Then, with a frightened expression, she said,
"Elder Brother, do not spout nonsense. I do not have any little sweetheart. I was merely troubled by a few questions, but it is nothing now."
Di Jiang saw how decisively his sister denied it, yet she still wore that dejected expression while claiming nothing was wrong.
He became even more convinced that the family's little cabbage had apparently been rooted up by someone else.
For a moment, complicated thoughts surged through his heart.
The little cabbage belonged to someone else now. Her elder brother was no longer favored, and she had even learned to lie to deceive him.
"Alas!"
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