The Three Pure Ones Vie for Favor: Empress Nuwa's Powerful Intervention!

Inside Lin Shen's little head, a battle between heaven and man was raging.

On the left was a soft, sweet, and impossibly beautiful big sister, whose embrace was so warm, so comfortable, and carried a fragrance of grass and flowers that made one want to fall asleep just by smelling it.

On the right was his third master, full of heroic spirit, scruffy-bearded but (one of) the best to him. He held a small, glowing, color-changing toy sword and promised to take him to a place a hundred times bigger than the "Tongtian Amusement Park," where there would be fire-breathing dragons and rivers flowing with honey!

How... how could he choose?

Why did a three-year-old baby like him have to bear such an unbearable weight in his life?

Lin Shen's small face scrunched up in distress. He looked at Nuwa, then at Tongtian, his two chubby hands scratching aimlessly in the air, making "yi ya yi ya" sounds of difficulty.

His adorable predicament, however, was interpreted in completely different ways by Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones.

Nuwa held Lin Shen, feeling the squirming of his small body, her heart filled with even greater affection. She spoke softly, like a spring breeze brushing willow branches, "Little Lin Shen, what's wrong? Is Third Master's toy too scary? It's okay, big sister is here, big sister will protect you."

As she spoke, she cast a provocative glance at Tongtian Jiaozhu, her eyes seeming to say: See? You scared the child!

Tongtian Jiaozhu's heart felt as cold as ice.

He looked at the "Seven-Colored Flowing Light Sword Balloon" he had painstakingly crafted, then at his own face, which was practically screaming "Come play with me!" He felt deeply insulted.

Scary? How was his toy scary? This was clearly filled with childlike fun and care!

He roared in the minds of his two elder brothers with his divine sense: "Big Brother! Second Brother! Did you hear that? This woman is slandering me!"

"She actually called my lovingly made toy scary! This is blatant provocation! It's a trampling of my aesthetic taste!"

Yuanshi Tianzun's divine sense replied coldly, "Isn't your aesthetic about making things bigger and brighter?"

"What's the difference between that and a nouveau riche? Tasteless!"

"The disciple's hesitation means he is struggling between beauty and ugliness. This is a good thing, proving that my usual teachings have had an effect."

The Grand Pure One Laozi maintained a calm demeanor, his divine sense placidly advising, "Third Brother, do not be anxious. Second Brother, speak less."

"Our little disciple has a pure heart. He is merely contemplating whether to choose spiritual pleasure or material satisfaction."

"This is a struggle of the Great Dao. We should simply observe the situation."

The Grand Pure One Laozi spoke profoundly, but in reality, he was also hatching a little plan.

Let the two of them fight. The fiercer the fight, the better. When they are both wounded, the little disciple will naturally realize that it is safest here with me, his tranquil and non-interfering senior master.

Just as the three brothers were bickering with their divine senses, Tongtian Jiaozhu decided to take the initiative to break the stalemate!

He couldn't lose! Especially not to an outsider who had just arrived!

He shook the "Seven-Colored Flowing Light Sword Balloon" even more vigorously. The light emanating from it became more brilliant, and it even produced pleasant "ding ding dong dong" sounds.

"Good disciple! Come! Come to Third Master!"

"Third Master promises you, that river flowing with honey also has fruit trees that bear roasted chicken wings!"

Tongtian Jiaozhu was beginning to speak without restraint, making things up, just to lure his disciple over.

Fruit trees that bore roasted chicken wings?

Lin Shen's eyes lit up instantly!

This temptation was too great!

While the beautiful sister's embrace was comfortable, it couldn't be eaten!

Roasted chicken wings... that was one of his favorite junk foods from his past life!

With difficulty, and with great reluctance, he poked his little head out of Nuwa's warm embrace.

His chubby little hand trembled as he reached out towards Tongtian Jiaozhu.

Seeing this, Tongtian Jiaozhu was overjoyed!

I won! I won!

I knew it, there's nothing that can't be solved with a serving of roasted chicken wings! If there is, then two servings!

He proudly tilted his chin at Nuwa and his two elder brothers, his expression as if to say: See? This is true "catering to one's tastes"! Your superficial nonsense can't compare to a single chicken wing of mine!

However, just as he was about to reach out and take his "repentant" precious disciple.

Nuwa moved.

She did not try to tempt him with material things like the Three Pure Ones.

She merely lowered her head and looked at Lin Shen with her beautiful eyes, which contained infinite creation and compassion.

Then, her delicate lips parted, her voice as soft as if it could melt ancient glaciers.

"Little Lin Shen, if you stay with big sister..."

"Big sister will tell you stories every day and play with clay figures with you, okay?"

As she spoke, she extended a slender jade finger. At the tip of her finger, a wisp of the Qi of Creation, filled with the breath of life, flowed slowly.

That wisp of energy condensed and transformed rapidly at her fingertip.

In the blink of an eye, it became a lifelike, palm-sized, fluffy... kitten?

The kitten was pure white, without a single stray hair. Its sapphire-like eyes blinked curiously. It extended its pink little tongue, licked its paw, and then let out a soft "meow~" sound.

This little kitten, condensed from pure Qi of Creation, just leaped in front of Lin Shen and gently nuzzled his cheek with its fluffy little head.

Lin Shen's hand, which had been reaching out to Tongtian Jiaozhu, froze mid-air.

His eyes were fixed, locked, glued onto the little kitten.

A cat!

It was alive! It could move! It could meow! It could nuzzle people!

As a corporate slave who could only "virtually pet cats" online in his previous life, surrounded by concrete and steel in the city.

Creatures like cats held a fatal attraction for him!

What were grilled chicken wings? They were edible!

But what was a cat? It was spiritual sustenance!

In the face of spiritual sustenance, all carnal desires were but fleeting clouds!

Without hesitation, Lin Shen lightning-fast retracted the hand he had extended to Tongtian Jiaozhu.

Then, he scooped the little kitten into his arms.

"Meow~"

The kitten purred comfortably in his embrace, rolling around and making "purring" sounds.

Lin Shen's eyes narrowed blissfully, his small face rubbing back and forth against the kitten's soft fur.

"Ee-yah! Cat! Cat!"

He let out an excited cry, his voice filled with boundless joy.

At this moment, grilled chicken wings, the grand amusement park, everything was forgotten.

Meanwhile, Tongtian Jiaozhu was completely petrified.

He remained in the pose of extending his hand, his smile frozen on his face, but his eyes had become vacant.

The "Seven-Colored Flowing Light Sword Balloon" in his hand also lost its luster and fell to the ground with a "snap," shattering into several wisps of scattered sword energy.

He had lost.

Lost utterly and completely.

Lost without a shred of dignity.

His proud "Gourmet Temptation Method" was as fragile as a paper shield against Empress Nuwa's unreasonable "Cute Pet Attack"!

"Pfft--"

Tongtian Jiaozhu felt as if his heart had been pierced by a sword once more.

This time, it was the Immortal Slaying Sword, quenched with a potent poison.

He staggered back two steps, glaring fiercely at Empress Nuwa with the look one would give a class enemy.

This woman! She was too insidious!

To resort to such underhanded tactics!

She had no martial ethics!

Yuanshi Tianzun and The Grand Pure One Laozi watched this scene, exchanging bewildered glances.

They too were stunned by Empress Nuwa's move.

To use the Qi of Creation to conjure a living Spirit Beast out of thin air as a toy?

This... what a lavish display of power!

And what a precise strike!

They suddenly realized that on the "competition for favor" track, Empress Nuwa possessed a natural advantage that their three brothers could never match.

She was a woman, naturally more adept at pleasing children than they, these rough men.

She wielded the Dao of Creation, capable of creating all sorts of novel and adorable new lives at will.

How could they possibly compete?

This wasn't even a contest between equals!

For the first time, a feeling known as "crisis" welled up in the hearts of the Three Pure Ones.

They felt that their status as Kunlun Mountain's number one "favorite disciples" was facing an unprecedented and severe challenge!