Di Jiang Was Stunned—The Malevolent Qi Had Been Completely Absorbed?

Strange!

This was far too strange!

At this moment, Xuan Yang racked his brains but still could not understand why Di Jun and Taiyi had obtained so much Merit.

Because, as Taiyi and Di Jun had said before, they were willing to change their way of thinking and stop fighting for supremacy over heaven and earth...

Xuan Yang could understand that.

That was thanks to his silver tongue.

After his persuasion, his two elder brothers had changed their minds. That was perfectly reasonable.

But this Merit did not seem right, did it?

Where had all this Merit come from?

Thus, as Xuan Yang stared at that mass of Merit, his heart was filled with confusion.

He could not help asking Di Jun before him:

"Eldest Brother, where did all this Merit come from?"

Di Jun had long since prepared an explanation.

He smiled and replied to Xuan Yang:

"This? Taiyi and I obtained it by purifying the malevolent qi between heaven and earth."

Xuan Yang's face immediately filled with question marks.

Wasn't that my method?

How had Eldest Brother and Second Brother started using it too?

Could they have thought of such a method themselves?

That couldn't be right, could it?

Could it be because of the Butterfly Effect?

Eldest Brother and Second Brother had originally been wholeheartedly focused on fighting for supremacy, so they had never thought of this method.

Now, because of me, they had changed their minds, and an idea suddenly came to them?

That was a little absurd!

No matter how Xuan Yang thought about it, he found it incredibly strange, because the coincidence was simply too perfect!

Di Jun and Taiyi had directly used his method to earn Merit.

If Di Jun and Taiyi had not been away from the Sun Star all these Years, Xuan Yang would have suspected that they had secretly read his diary.

He asked Di Jun and Taiyi again:

"Eldest Brother, Second Brother, how did you think of this method?"

Di Jun answered with a smile:

"Speaking of which, it was just a coincidence."

"After we saw the fates of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans, didn't we change our minds?"

"So, we planned to return to the Sun Star."

"But on the way back, we sensed that the area around the Sun Star was filled with malevolent qi."

"At first, we merely thought that this was our home, so we should clean it up..."

"Who would have thought that cleaning it up would earn us Merit?"

"From then on, we understood that helping the Primordial Wilderness clear away malevolent qi could earn Merit."

"After that, Second Brother and I simply traveled to places throughout the Primordial Wilderness where malevolent qi was rampant and specifically cleared it away."

"Before we knew it, we had gained a huge amount of Merit."

Di Jun continuously explained to Xuan Yang.

Moreover, he had discussed this explanation with Taiyi beforehand.

To make their story as convincing as possible, they had to emphasize to Xuan Yang that they had discovered it by chance after changing their minds.

Otherwise, Xuan Yang would definitely find it hard to believe.

And now, just as expected, after hearing Di Jun's explanation, although Xuan Yang still found it somewhat absurd...

He believed it, more or less.

He stroked his chin and secretly pondered:

"Was it really the Butterfly Effect?"

"What a terrifying coincidence..."

But after thinking for a long time, he could not come up with any other suitable explanation.

Other than coincidence and the Butterfly Effect, no explanation for this made sense.

Could it be that Di Jun and Taiyi had systems too?

That would be far too absurd.

A system should have been standard equipment for transmigrators.

Xuan Yang finally believed Di Jun's explanation.

But in that case, he felt he had no reason to accept this Merit.

Even blood brothers should settle accounts clearly.

He had not contributed the slightest bit to this matter, so Xuan Yang felt too embarrassed to accept so much Merit.

Thus, he began declining Di Jun's offer:

"But, Eldest Brother, this has nothing to do with me."

"You and Second Brother worked in the Primordial Wilderness for so many Years to obtain this Merit. I

didn't contribute anything at all, so how could I possibly accept it? You should take it back!"

Taiyi, standing to the side, was immediately displeased:

"Brothers share blessings and hardships alike! Why keep such careful accounts?"

"Third Brother, this is a token of goodwill from Eldest Brother and me. Take it when we tell you to."

Di Jun, standing beside him, also said with a smile:

"Second Brother is right. There is no need for formality between brothers. If we had to distinguish everything so clearly, would we still be brothers?"

Xuan Yang was immediately deeply moved.

He spoke again:

"Since that is the case, then this little brother will shamelessly accept the gifts of my two elder brothers."

Then Xuan Yang looked toward the Sun Essence Wheel on the other side:

"But what about this? It is the accompanying supreme treasure of our Golden Crow Clan. It would not be appropriate to give it to me, would it?"

Di Jun still waved his hand. "Third Brother, accept it."

"During this trip through the Primordial Wilderness, Second Brother and I came to deeply understand the importance of Magic Artifacts."

"But when it comes to Magic Artifacts, Second Brother has the Chaos Bell, and I have the River Diagram and Luo Book."

"Only Third Brother has nothing at all and lacks a suitable Magic Artifact to use."

"To me, this Sun Essence Wheel is merely icing on the cake."

"But for you, Third Brother, it is aid in a time of need."

"So accept it."

Hearing this, Xuan Yang could only thank Di Jun once more.

The three brothers continued drinking and reminiscing.

Once they had reminisced enough, Di Jun and Taiyi each went off to cultivate using the Merit they had stored earlier.

Time passed in the blink of an eye.

Five hundred years later.

Di Jun and Taiyi emerged from seclusion together.

The two brothers' strength had greatly increased. Both had raised their cultivation from the early stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm to the middle stage, and they were extremely satisfied.

They remained on the Sun Star for a short while longer.

Then, to continue earning Merit, they set out on another long journey.

Xuan Yang, meanwhile, was in no hurry to use this Merit. He stored it away and continued cultivating as always, writing in his diary whenever he had the chance each day.

The Sun Star became somewhat quiet once more.

Meanwhile, in the Primordial Wilderness.

At the foot of Buzhou Mountain.

Zhu Rong, one of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, hurried into Pangu Hall. The other Eleven Ancestral Witches all turned their gazes toward him.

Di Jiang raised an eyebrow slightly and asked the somewhat agitated Zhu Rong:

"What is it, Zhu Rong? You're in such a hurry... Did something happen?"

Zhu Rong did not delay in the slightest and repeatedly answered Di Jiang:

"Eldest Brother, this is bad. The malevolent qi between heaven and earth has almost all been devoured by our Witch Tribe."

"With so little malevolent qi left, our tribesmen cannot use devouring malevolent qi to cultivate. Their growth has slowed considerably."

Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches all looked astonished upon hearing this.

"The malevolent qi near Buzhou Mountain was once enough to support our cultivation for several million years."

"The Primordial Wilderness is so vast, and malevolent qi is everywhere. Logically, this should not be the case..."

Zhu Rong replied, "Eldest Brother, you do not know this, but the malevolent qi around Buzhou Mountain is actually the densest in the Primordial Wilderness."

"In many other regions, the malevolent qi is not dense at all."

"Some of our Witch Tribe's tribesmen even said they had once seen two Golden Crows from afar."

"They activated Magic Artifacts and burned their mana to devour the malevolent qi between heaven and earth as well!"

Di Jiang's expression immediately became grave:

"Such a thing happened?"

Houtu, the Ancestral Witch, was equally astonished.

But compared to the other Ancestral Witches, there was an additional trace of worry and shock deep within her eyes.

Silently checking the golden diary in her Sea of Consciousness, she murmured to herself:

"Golden Crows devouring malevolent qi? Are they Xuan Yang's two elder brothers, Di Jun and Taiyi?"

"Could everything written in the diary be true?"