Houtu Arrives at Kunlun! Sister, You're So Beautiful!
When the incredibly catchy song "The Most Dazzling National Style" played with its unique metallic timbre, the entire entrance to Kunlun Market was enveloped in an indescribable atmosphere of fervor.
Lin Shen stood still, filled with anticipation for the "baby food".
He stared at the cracked stone tablet, at the group of "stone men" inside, swaying their heads and playing their instruments with great effort, his little head filled with questions.
Huh?
This tune sounds familiar, like I've heard it somewhere before.
Oh, I remember now!
It's the song that my Second Master's Big House Friend who can dance loves to sing the most!
This Big Stone Friend amazing! It can even do that!
"Wow, you're amazing, Big Stone Friend!"
Lin Shen clapped his hands happily, feeling that the market had given him a big surprise right from the entrance.
The Artifact Spirit of the stone tablet, having received praise from its Little Ancestor, trembled violently and conducted the orchestra to play with even greater intensity!
"You are the most beautiful cloud in my sky, let me keep you with my heart!"
The high-pitched metallic harmonies soared into the Yunxiao.
Some beings with weaker cultivation were shaken and their Dao Heart wavered.
"Keep up! Everyone, keep up with the rhythm of the Holy Monument even if you're crying!"
Not far away, the Toad Spirit Leader, who was about to croak, shouted orders to his people who were already moved to tears.
It had barely let out a roar when it saw a pair of eyes.
A pair of eyes that seemed to emanate from the clouds, filled with murderous intent.
The Qiankun Food Sage, who had just arrived at the scene, nearly spat out a mouthful of holy blood upon seeing the chaotic scene of the demons dancing wildly.
What a tragedy!
He just asked these idiots to come up with some ideas, not to do any cult rituals!
If this frightens the junior disciple, the three teachers might turn him into a "Sage's Feast"!
"Shut up, Laozi!"
The roar of the Qiankun Food Sage, carrying the might of Sage, crashed down like a world-destroying thunderbolt.
The mesmerizing music and the wailing that had just begun abruptly stopped.
The whole world was deathly silent.
All living beings lay prostrate on the ground, trembling, not understanding what they had done wrong.
Could it be... that my Little Ancestor doesn't like this song?
"Brother Qiankun!"
Lin Shen saw the Qiankun Food Sage, his eyes lit up, and he ran over with his short legs and hugged his leg.
"You're here! Where's that yummy doll-shaped treat?"
He tilted his little face up, his bright black eyes sparkling with the purest longing for delicious food.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!"
The Qiankun Food Sage hurriedly and shakily pulled out the Ten-Thousand-Year He Shou Wu) from his nearly bursting sack.
He presented the exquisite Innate Spiritual Root to Lin Shen with utmost respect using both hands.
"Junior brother, look, this is it."
"Wow!"
When Lin Shen saw the He Shou Wu multiflorum root that looked like a chubby white baby and emitted an enticing medicinal aroma, his mouth instantly watered.
He snatched it away, not caring whether it was clean or not, opened his little mouth, and took a big bite, nibbling on the "doll's" head.
Click!
A crisp sound rang out.
A richer, more Divine Soul energy than strawberry candy exploded in my mouth.
Mmm... delicious!
Lin Shen squinted his eyes happily, his two little feet swinging joyfully.
"It tastes like Ginseng Fruit!"
He mumbled his professional assessment as he ate.
Seeing his satisfied expression, the Qiankun Food Sage finally calmed down, his Sage's Heart, which had been pounding in his chest.
Thankfully, we've gotten through this hurdle.
However, he hadn't completely breathed a sigh of relief yet.
Above Kunlun Mountain, the sky that had been locked by the Space Laws of the Yang Mei the Great Immortal suddenly cracked open with a pitch-black gash.
An aura completely different from the Primordial World, one of profoundness, vastness, and compassion, seeped out from the crack.
This aura was unlike Hongjun's indifferent Heavenly Dao, nor like Qiankun's carefree ease.
It is the earth.
It is the will that carries all things, the source of virtue that sustains all things, and the end of the cycle of all things.
"Um?"
At the Kunlun Mountain Peak, the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and Fuxi opened their eyes at the same moment.
Their gazes instantly pierced through the void, locking onto the crack in the sky.
"The aura of the Witch Clan?" The Tongtian Jiaozhu Leader frowned slightly. "No, it's purer and more profound than any of the Twelve Ancestral Witches!"
"It's Houtu." Yuanshi Tianzun's tone was solemn. "What is she doing in Kunlun?"
The Witch Clan does not cultivate the primordial spirit, thus their path diverges from that of the Immortal Dao.
Houtu, in particular, governs the Earth Law and has the most peaceful temperament. She sits in the center of the Primordial Land year-round, Regulate Earth Veins, and rarely ventures out.
Why did you suddenly arrive today?
Just as the saints were filled with astonishment and doubt.
A graceful figure slowly emerged from the crack.
She wore a simple, earth-yellow long dress, with no embroidery on the hem, only the natural flow of mountain and river patterns.
Her appearance was not stunningly beautiful.
Rather, it possesses a gentle and dignified grace, like that of Mother Earth, bringing peace to all things.
She simply stood there quietly, and the spiritual energy of the entire Kungao Mountain seemed to become gentle and approachable, as if it were worshipping its own mother.
She is Houtu, one of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, the Earth Ancestral Witch Houtu.
The appearance of Houtu plunged the area around Kunlun Mountain into deathly silence once again.
Countless living beings, faced with this compassionate yet majestic aura, were involuntarily moved to kneel and worship.
It was as if I were facing the source of my bloodline, the womb of creation.
Houtu ignored the ants below.
Her gaze pierced through the Sea of Clouds and landed directly on the Kunlun Mountain Peak, on those beings of the same level as her.
Finally, her gaze settled on Nuwa.
The gazes of two of the most maternal goddesses in the Primordial World met in the void.
There was no hostility, only a sense of mutual exploration and understanding among kindred spirits.
However, just as they were about to speak...
A childish, surprised cry shattered the solemnity.
"Wow!"
Lin Shen was happily munching on his "doll snack" when he looked up and saw Houtu floating in mid- Houtu.
His big, dark eyes lit up instantly.
It's even brighter than when you see candy!
This new lady is so pretty!
She doesn't possess the radiant, captivating beauty of Sister Nuwa, the kind that makes you want to cuddle with her.
This woman's beauty has a comforting warmth that makes you feel at ease, like being softly wrapped in a quilt that smells of sunshine.
"Sister! You're so beautiful!"
Without a second thought, Lin Shen shouted it out in his most sincere and resounding voice.
"As beautiful as Sister Nuwa!"
This heartfelt praise, like a spring breeze at the dawn of creation, dispelled all the solemnity and confrontation Kunlun Mountain Peak.
In mid-air, Houtu's face, which had remained unchanged for billions of years and was as calm as the earth, paused slightly.
Then, a very faint yet incredibly real blush quietly appeared.
She lived through countless ages, heard the worship of all spirits, and heard the praise of Sage.
But never before had any sentence been as direct and pure as the innocent words of this little child.
Especially the line, "As beautiful as Sister Nuwa."
That was absolutely... a compliment that touched her heart!
She subconsciously glanced again at Nuwa not far away.
They discovered that Nuwa had a complex smile on her face, a smile that was both amusing and slightly smug.
Houtu's mood inexplicably improved a lot.
She had sensed an anomaly in the Primordial World fortune and the laws of the Great Dao in Kunlun, which is why she made an exception and came to investigate.
In hindsight, this trip was worthwhile.
With a swift movement, she landed silently atop Kunlun Mountain Peak.
She walked up to Lin Shen, squatted down, and looked at the adorable little guy with her gentle eyes that seemed to hold all things.
"What's your name?" Her voice was so gentle it could make even the hardest stone bloom.
"My name is Lin Shen!" Lin Shen answered indistinctly, holding a half-eaten He Shou Wu). "Sister, what's your name? Are you here to play with Lin Shen too?"
"My name is Houtu." Houtu smiled gently, reaching out to pat Lin Shen's little head.
Just as her fingertips were about to touch Lin Shen's hair.
An aura she had never felt before, filled with primordial, original, and supreme affinity, emanated from Lin Shen.
Houtu's body shuddered violently!
Deep within her primordial spirit, the innate imprint of the laws belonging to the Earth Ancestral Witch was, under the pull of this aura, boiling and evolving wildly and uncontrollably!
Before her eyes, the Kunlun Mountain vanished.
The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and Lin Shen have all disappeared.
Instead, there was only an endless void.
In the heart of nothingness, a speck of dust is being born.
That speck of dust is the source of her great path, the earliest form of the concept of "earth"!
It is... the seed of the entire Primordial Land!