Western Sect Disciples as Hosts, Zhao Gongming as the God of Wealth!

The instant Li Yuan turned around, he saw four gleaming bald heads.

"You are... disciples of the Western Sect?"

This was his first encounter with the Western Sect since arriving in the Primordial World.

He had not really gossiped about the Two Sages of the West or the Western Sect's disciples in the Diary before.

The Witch-Demon Calamity had already developed to this extent.

He had nearly forgotten all about the Western Sect, which loved stirring up calamities.

The bald man at the front had a composed bearing. Smiling, he pressed his palms together and said, "Amitabha. This poor monk is Yaoshi, disciple of Saint Jie Yin. These three are This Daoist's junior brothers."

The remaining three Western Sect disciples introduced themselves as well.

"Amitabha. This poor monk is Maitreya, disciple of Zhunti Saint."

"Amitabha. This poor monk is Da Shizhi, disciple of Zhunti Saint."

"Amitabha. This poor monk is Dizang, disciple of Saint Jie Yin."

Li Yuan nodded slightly and introduced himself as well. "This Daoist is Li Yuan, one of the only two direct disciples under Taiqing Saint of the Humanity Sect."

The brows of the four Western Sect disciples twitched upward.

Come on, man, why did he put so much emphasis on the words "only two"?

Li Yuan, however, did not concern himself with what the four would do in the future.

He could not deny the present just because they would turn out badly later.

"Oh, right—Senior Ran Deng went to the Western Sect. How is he doing now?"

He had not forgotten that Yuanshi had previously persuaded Ran Deng to leave, after which Ran Deng had gone to join the Western Sect.

He seemed to recall his master mentioning that Ran Deng had become the Western Sect's Vice Sect Leader.

If Li Yuan remembered correctly, in the original Primordial World, Ran Deng had not held such a lofty position after joining the Western Sect.

He had directly become one of the Three Buddhas of the Buddhist Sect, equivalent to one of a subsidiary company's three largest shareholders.

That was absolutely nowhere near as high as the position of Vice Sect Leader—the vice chairman.

Yet the moment Ran Deng was mentioned, Yaoshi and the other three had worshipful light in their eyes and began talking over one another.

"The Vice Sect Leader is simply the goal we aspire to! He has truly given everything for the Western Sect."

"This poor monk was brought back by the Vice Sect Leader. He is kind and approachable, and whenever there is something we do not understand, he patiently explains it to us."

"And the Vice Sect Leader keeps every matter, great and small, within the Western Sect in perfect order."

"It is said that Master and Martial Uncle directly entrusted the Western Sect to the Vice Sect Leader back then. The Vice Sect Leader was deeply moved, and that gave rise to today's fine tale."

"..."

Li Yuan furrowed his brows tightly and sucked in a sharp breath.

"Hiss... why is this completely different from what I imagined?"

Wasn't the original Ran Deng supposed to be a petty man who would stop at nothing for his own selfish gain?

How had he transformed into a pillar of the Western Sect instead?

Could the flutter of his little butterfly wings really have such a tremendous impact on the Primordial World?

Li Yuan came back to his senses. Forget it, forget it—who cared? For now, he first had to settle the matters of the Eight Great Arenas.

His gaze instantly focused on the four before him, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"If This Daoist remembers correctly, Grand Tutor said that Sages and Sage disciples were to descend the mountain and resolve the conflict between the witches and demons."

"We disciples of the Three Teachings have done so much. Why have none of you Western Sect fellow Daoists shown yourselves?"

The moment those words were spoken, guilty blushes spread across the faces of Yaoshi Buddha and the other three, who had been rather excited moments ago.

Yaoshi Buddha stammered, "We... we did not descend the mountain mainly because the Western Sect is simply too barren. Developing the Western Sect already consumes a great deal of our energy."

"We truly could not spare the effort to mediate the conflict between the witches and demons. Only now do we have a little energy to descend the mountain."

Before his words had even faded, Li Yuan shouted mercilessly.

"You lay-back-and-win leeches!"

Yaoshi Buddha and the other three: "(´･_･`)???"

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Li Yuan continued in an exaggerated tone.

"Ah, we disciples of the Three Teachings descended the mountain and ran all over the place, resolving witch-demon conflicts everywhere. We're practically about to succeed now."

"When the calamity ends and the accounts are tallied—oh my, the disciples of the Three Teachings get the MVP!"

"The moment I saw that you Western Sect disciples had stayed up on the mountain without ever coming down or joining the group, I knew it—freeloading dogs!"

"You Western Sect disciples are freeloading dogs! I give you Western Sect disciples a rating of three~point~zero!"

Yaoshi Buddha and the other three wished they could find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

Stop scolding us, stop scolding us—we're freeloading dogs.

Li Yuan suddenly cried out in an impassioned tone.

"Do you want to do your part to resolve the conflict between the witches and demons?"

"Do you want the Western Sect to shine brilliantly in the Witch-Demon Calamity as well?"

"Do you want the two Sages of the West to look at you in a new light?!"

Under Li Yuan's barrage of eloquence, Yaoshi Buddha and the other three were overcome with guilt.

After all, just as Li Yuan had said, they truly had not contributed much.

Freeloading dogs!

Even the reputation of the Two Sages of the West had been dragged down along with them.

If they had a chance to change all that, would that not also improve the Western Sect's public image?

A fervent expression surfaced on Yaoshi Buddha's face.

"By seniority, we should call you Senior Brother, Fellow Daoist."

"Senior Brother Li, we are willing to do our part to resolve the witch-demon conflict. Please help us, Senior Brother!"

Maitreya, Dizang, and Da Shizhi nodded in succession as well.

"Please help us, Senior Brother!"

Li Yuan nodded in satisfaction and said cheerfully.

"Very good, very spirited. You have to be this loud to be a host."

"When the time comes, our Eight Great Arenas will have eight hosts. You four have reserved four of those spots."

"Here are the scripts. Take a look at them for now and see whether you can adapt."

Yaoshi Buddha and the other three accepted the scripts and declared loudly.

"Thank you, Senior Brother, for being willing to give us this opportunity!"

Zhao Gongming, who had watched the entire process, shook his head with deep emotion.

"Senior Brother truly has a knack for bewitching people's hearts."

Who would have thought that his words would make Yaoshi Buddha and the other three reveal chilling glints in their eyes?

Their cold gazes instantly locked onto Zhao Gongming.

"How dare you speak ill of Senior Brother Li?!"

"Did you see that we got host positions and become unwilling to accept it?!"

"It seems this man is deeply prejudiced against Senior Brother Li!"

"Though we are Western Sect disciples and our temperaments are peaceful, we can still hit people!"

Even Zhao Gongming was left somewhat helpless.

"What a joke. I'm prejudiced against Senior Brother Li?"

"Let me tell you, I am the God of Wealth personally appointed by Senior Brother Li, in charge of all fee collection. How am I any worse than you hosts?!"

Yaoshi Buddha and the other three snorted coldly, then began studying the hosts' lines on their own.

"Coming up next is an outstanding graduate of Purple Cloud Palace's first class, the Demon Emperor of the Demon Court, the mastermind of the witch-demon war, an outstanding figure at the peak of Quasi-Sage realm, a Three-legged Golden Crow among the innate Gods and Devils, a supreme great power standing atop the Primordial World with an exalted bearing—Di~~Jun~~!!"

"..."

Noticing the passionate tone of the four, Zhao Gongming rolled his eyes, walked away, and muttered.

"Idiot*"

Li Yuan, meanwhile, recalled the performance of the four Western Sect disciples earlier and began writing in the Diary.

He had not expected that the Western Sect disciples who would place such importance on profit in the future had once been young and reckless, filled with lofty ambition.