Li Er fell silent at his words.
"What's wrong? Is that not possible?" Sect Master Tongtian asked curiously, a trace of confusion appearing in his eyes.
This was a very good arrangement for him. He could send Li Er away and hide him somewhere, keeping him off Golden Turtle Island. Otherwise, there was a risk of him being discovered.
One should always leave oneself a way out, so they would not end up like the dragon and phoenix clans, without even the capital to rise again.
The Interception Sect had to develop steadily. Its current momentum was far too reckless.
Li Er asked seriously, "Third Brother Pan, what realm is your cultivation at now?"
Ever since learning that Third Brother Pan had a hobby of robbing people, he had given him the Steadiness Sutra. It was not meant to stop him from robbing others, but to make him take every possible precaution before doing so and become more prudent.
He could no longer tell what realm Third Brother Pan was at. His aura concealment was absurdly slippery; whatever realm his opponent expected to see was the realm they saw.
The whole idea was that whatever realm you thought he was in, that was the realm he appeared to be in. What one saw depended entirely on one's own strength.
Besides, being able to leave the Interception Sect was a good thing. It meant he would not have to mingle with those people from the sect and form karmic ties with them, only to be forced to intervene during the Investiture of the Gods War.
He was someone who valued loyalty and sentiment. If he truly formed bonds with those fellow disciples, then when that day came, he knew he would definitely step in. It would be better not to have contact with them from the very beginning.
But in the current Primordial World, Great Luo Golden Immortals were everywhere, while he was only at the Golden Core Stage. If he went outside and ran into even a Celestial Immortal demon, he would be dead.
Sect Master Tongtian said in confusion, "Peak late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal. In a few years, I'll attempt to break through to Quasi-Sage."
Li Er: ...
Li Er instantly shut down.
Good grief. When he had first met him, he had only been a Celestial Immortal. Had he been eating rocket monkeys or something? How had he shot straight up to peak late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal?
Was this how every genius had an incompetent friend by their side, and was Li Er that incompetent friend?
"Don't worry. We can go anywhere in this Primordial World.
"If you're worried that I'm not strong enough, give me ten years and I'll break through to Quasi-Sage.
"Of course, we must not go to the sacred forbidden zones. Those are places inhabited by ancient undying beings left behind from the creation of the world, as well as some experts who fled there during the Dragon-Han Calamity." Sect Master Tongtian reminded him, lest Li Er accidentally wander into a forbidden zone and expose himself.
The Primordial World was vast, and there were indeed places they could not enter. Even Saints would find them troublesome.
"What is the situation at Mount Buzhou now?" Li Er asked curiously. Mount Buzhou was far too famous in the Primordial World.
Having come to the Primordial World, could he really say he had been here if he did not visit Mount Buzhou?
"Mount Buzhou is currently the territory of the witch clan. Their Witch God Hall is there, but they're all a bunch of brutes. As long as we don't provoke them, we'll be fine.
"Our Human Race also lives near Mount Buzhou," Sect Master Tongtian said seriously. He somewhat disliked the witch clan.
Because they went around all day claiming to be Pangu's true orthodox lineage and did not take the Three Pure Ones seriously at all. It was simply outrageous.
Li Er was silent for a while. He still felt Mount Buzhou was better, because with the witch clan there, it would be relatively safer.
The witch clan was currently at the height of its power. Few dared to cause trouble on their territory.
"Let's go to Mount Buzhou. What do you think?"
"Sure, no problem," Sect Master Tongtian said indifferently. For him, going out and leaving behind a spark of survival while hiding Li Er was all that mattered.
Mount Buzhou was indeed not bad. It was not far from Kunlun Mountain, where his second brother Yuanshi Tianzun was. Li Er's safety would not be a concern.
"How far away is Mount Buzhou?" Li Er asked worriedly. It could not be helped; he was only a tiny Golden Core Stage nobody.
If he flew himself to death and still could not reach Mount Buzhou, would that not be laughable?
"I can open spatial passages. We'll get there quickly. At most, three openings will do," Sect Master Tongtian said confidently, relief flashing through his eyes.
Luckily, he had exaggerated his realm a little. Next time, he would simply say he had broken through to Quasi-Sage. Otherwise, this kid judged everything by strength and always preached that one should only do things within one's capabilities.
He could tell as much from the Steadiness Sutra Li Er had explained. Still, that so-called Steadiness Sutra did make some sense. He would have to be more careful too.
"That would be perfect. But if you leave, will it affect your position in the Interception Sect?" Li Er asked worriedly.
After all, a monstrous genius like Third Brother Pan was surely highly valued by Sect Master Tongtian. Would leaving cause any uncontrollable problems?
"It's fine. I'm not a personal disciple right now. Following your advice, I've kept a very low profile in the Interception Sect.
"Leaving the Interception Sect won't cause any problems. At most, they'll think I went out to gain experience. It's not like I'm never coming back," Sect Master Tongtian said indifferently, silently thinking, Should I announce that I'm entering seclusion later?
No, he should let Supreme Pure Treasure Celestial come out and hold things down, in case those two shameless ones from the west tried anything.
"Let's leave immediately."
Yuxu Palace.
Primal Celestial Lord looked worriedly toward Golden Turtle Island. Unfortunately, his third brother had concealed the island with an array. Since his third brother founded the Interception Sect a hundred years ago, a small stream of merit had descended almost every day.
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This was merit from enlightenment, originating from his third brother's Interception Sect on Golden Turtle Island.
He did not think much of such a small amount of merit, but it came continuously and had lasted a full hundred years. More importantly, the merit was still growing.
In the Primordial World, time was the cheapest thing of all. A hundred years were no more than the time it took him to frown.
But this continuously arriving merit was real. If this continued for another thousand years or so, he suspected the accumulated merit could forge a Merit Golden Body.
"Third brother, what exactly have you done? Why does it make one feel so alarmed?"
For even a Saint like Yuanshi Tianzun to feel so alarmed, one could imagine how terrifying this matter was. The problem was that he could not calculate anything now.
Instead, all he could calculate was that the witches and demons would eventually fight.
"No, I have to ask eldest brother. If this keeps up, third brother will get himself killed by his recklessness."
Shouyang Mountain.
Grand Pure Saint furrowed his brows and stopped refining pills. He sensed that the path of alchemy had suddenly reached a higher level, yet he could not comprehend it no matter what.
When had all this merit accumulated?
"Eldest brother, are you there?"
Yuanshi Tianzun's voice came from outside.
"Come in."
Yuanshi Tianzun entered and immediately asked, "Eldest brother, when you went to third brother's Interception Sect last time, what exactly did you do?"
Grand Pure Saint asked in some confusion, "What's wrong? He only asked me to reinforce his pill furnace and pill-refining hall."
"Didn't you sense the merit?"
Grand Pure Saint frowned at those words, his heart skipping a beat as he asked in confusion, "Merit? What about it? I've been refining pills lately and haven't paid attention."
He began calculating inwardly, trying to determine what exactly had happened with the merit that had accumulated recently.
Seeing this, Yuanshi Tianzun said flatly, "So? You calculated it, didn't you?
"This merit has been continuously flowing from third brother's Interception Sect for a full hundred years. And judging by its trend, there will only be more and more of it.
"So, eldest brother, what exactly did you make for third brother?"
Grand Pure Saint was immediately displeased. His second brother thought far too highly of him. Did he have that kind of ability?
In this situation, cultivation alone could not possibly accomplish it.
"Why don't you go directly to the Interception Sect and ask him clearly?"
Yuanshi Tianzun said with slight disappointment, "With our third brother's stubborn temperament, would he tell us if we asked him directly?"
He understood that his eldest brother was probably not lying. But could this really be something his third brother had created? They had known each other for so long, yet he truly could not see his third brother having such ability.
"We'll know once we take a look."
Yuanshi Tianzun advised, "Then let's ask him properly. We can't force him."
"You're the one who always spoils him. We should have beaten him up long ago and taught him a lesson."
Golden Turtle Island.
At that moment, Supreme Pure Treasure Celestial stroked his chin. Was it because he was kind that he had awakened from secluded cultivation?
And what exactly had Tongtian done? The current Interception Sect was a ticking time bomb, yet he had even sealed away the relevant memories.
Was it because he was kind?
And Tongtian even said nonsense like, "You and I are one body," trying to fool him. Why would he not let him see what had happened to cause things to become like this?
The Interception Sect's current development had gone completely beyond the script, had it not?
"Greetings, eldest brother, second brother. Why have you come?" Supreme Pure Treasure Celestial asked curiously, a trace of wariness in his eyes.
Not good. His two elder brothers had come to hold him accountable.
Although he did not know what Tongtian had done, it did not stop him from seeing that the Interception Sect's current situation was about to explode.
So Tongtian had directly dragged eldest brother and second brother into this?
No wonder that fellow Tongtian had run away. So this was why. He was truly a bastard! Though it seemed he had always been a bastard.
Was it because I'm kind?
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