Honghuang Fuxi: Nuwa, I Want You to Help Me Cultivate — Section 48

But when Eastern Prince Gong saw the Dragon Clan's prestige over the seas, and saw that they still had the foundation to deploy such a powerful formation, the thought of bringing the Dragon Clan into the Immortal Court arose in his heart.

There were countless Opportunities on Three Immortal Island. No matter how extravagantly Eastern Prince Gong indulged himself, he alone could not use up even twenty percent of them.

Rather than use the remaining Opportunities to win over unfamiliar Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals, it would be better to gift them to the Dragon Clan, laying the groundwork for subduing them.

As long as he could bring the Dragon Clan into the Immortal Court, the Immortal Court's strength would soar by leaps and bounds, becoming a true major power.

And as the lord of the Immortal Court, his own status would rise with the tide, making him one of the few great figures of the Honghuang Continent.

Thus, although Eastern Prince Gong appeared to be giving up part of the gains, he was actually casting a long line to catch a big fish.

Upon hearing that Eastern Prince Gong intended to share the Opportunities, Ao Qing was deeply moved. He stepped forward, clasped Eastern Prince Gong's hand, and said, "Many thanks to Eastern Prince Gong for taking pity on my Dragon Clan. With an enlightened and righteous leader like Eastern Prince Gong, the Immortal Court will surely become the foremost power on the Honghuang Continent."

Beaming, Eastern Prince Gong said, "Not at all, not at all. Clan Chief Ao Qing overpraises me. I trust that under Clan Chief Ao Qing's leadership, the Dragon Clan will surely soar once more across the Honghuang Continent."

Yet after the two praised each other outside Three Immortal Island for quite some time, not a single person flew out from the island.

Eastern Prince Gong frowned slightly and asked Ao Qing, "Could that Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal who entered Three Immortal Island have seen the Prison Heaven Great Formation and become too afraid to come out?"

Ao Qing somewhat agreed with Eastern Prince Gong's words. "It seems this Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal is a coward, not even daring to face us."

"Eastern Prince Gong, since that is the case, let us go onto the island together and drag him out!"

Eastern Prince Gong produced the Nine Dragon Golden Staff Hongjun had given him and replied, "That is exactly what I had in mind!"

"Three Immortal Island is already surrounded by a net cast over heaven and earth. Let us see where this little thief who stole the Opportunities can hide!"

Suppressing Eastern Prince Gong and Ao Qing

Though the Opportunities of Three Immortal Island were creations of heaven and earth, Eastern Prince Gong had long regarded Three Immortal Island as his own exclusive Opportunity. In his eyes, anyone who dared seize the island's treasures was a thief.

In truth, according to the course of Honghuang History, Three Immortal Island really was an Opportunity exclusive to Eastern Prince Gong.

Unfortunately, he had encountered his destined nemesis—Fuxi.

All the treasures he had yearned for had already been taken by Fuxi. The only thing awaiting him on Three Immortal Island was Fuxi's surprise gift.

Eastern Prince Gong and Ao Qing flew toward Three Immortal Island in a show of force. Their Divine Senses continuously searched every corner of the island, attempting to find the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal hiding upon it.

Yet after circling Three Immortal Island several times, they did not find a trace of anyone.

Eastern Prince Gong and Ao Qing hovered high above Three Immortal Island, utterly bewildered.

Ao Qing stroked his long beard and said, "Could it be that the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal who entered the vortex failed to hold on in its depths and died within it?"

Eastern Prince Gong replied, "That possibility cannot be ruled out. Perhaps that person never managed to enter Three Immortal Island at all. We may have been overly cautious."

Just as the two believed Fuxi had died within the vortex, a patch of space in midair suddenly shattered, and a mysterious white-robed Daoist enveloped in immortal light stepped out.

The appearance of the white-robed Daoist gave Eastern Prince Gong and Ao Qing quite a fright.

Eastern Prince Gong had only ever seen such a method of concealing one's body within space when Dijiang, foremost among the Twelve Ancestral Witches, made a move.

If this white-robed Daoist had taken advantage of their unpreparedness to launch a sneak attack, they truly would not have been able to guard against it. They might even have suffered severe injuries.

Yet the white-robed Daoist did not seem to intend to attack.

After stepping out of the shattered space, he stood in the air before them and shouted, "Why have you trespassed into my Daoist Sanctuary?"

Eastern Prince Gong and Ao Qing exchanged glances, both looking thoroughly confused.

Eastern Prince Gong transmitted to Ao Qing through Divine Sense, "Could Three Immortal Island be the Daoist Sanctuary of some reclusive master?"

Ao Qing shook his head slightly and replied, "There has never been any record of such a thing."

Eastern Prince Gong discreetly sized up the mysterious white-robed Daoist, then said to Ao Qing, "Could this white-robed Daoist be the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal who entered Three Immortal Island through the vortex, disguised to frighten us?"

"That is indeed possible."

Ao Qing was somewhat suspicious as well, and he began studying the white-robed Daoist.

Yet no matter how the two examined him, there was no trace of cultivation aura on the white-robed Daoist. They could not discern either his identity or his cultivation.

"Since no ancient text has ever recorded Three Immortal Island as having an owner, this person is highly likely to be that Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal in disguise. For a mere Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal to dare frighten the two of us, he truly has the audacity to defy heaven."

Eastern Prince Gong's gaze toward the white-robed Daoist gradually turned icy.

Seeing that the two intruders remained silent, the white-robed Daoist grew somewhat angry.

He said, "You two trespassed into my cave abode. Do you not intend to give me an explanation?"

"Keep pretending. Go on, keep pretending."

Eastern Prince Gong folded his arms and looked at the white-robed Daoist with disdain.

Ao Qing also smiled, his gaze toward the white-robed Daoist filled with mockery.

Ao Qing said to the white-robed Daoist, "Fellow Daoist, Three Immortal Island has never had any owner from ancient times until now. This is recorded in ancient texts. Of all things to pretend to be, you chose to pretend to be the master of Three Immortal Island. That is what they call trying to be clever and ending up making a fool of yourself!"

"Pretending? Trying to be clever and making a fool of myself?"

The white-robed Daoist trembled slightly with rage. Pointing at Eastern Prince Gong and Ao Qing, he said, "Could it be that you two have come here to seek death?"

Eastern Prince Gong raised the Nine Dragon Golden Staff and pointed it at the white-robed Daoist. "We have come to send you on your way."

"Hm? Could this be Hongjun's Nine Dragon Golden Staff?"

The white-robed Daoist looked at the Nine Dragon Golden Staff in Eastern Prince Gong's hand and spoke with some surprise.

Eastern Prince Gong said, "Oh? Not bad, little thief—you've got sharp eyes to recognize this treasure. But is Saint Hongjun's name something trash like you can casually invoke?"

"Bow three times to the Nine Dragon Golden Staff, and I'll forgive you on Saint Hongjun's behalf."

"What? Bow?"

The white-robed Daoist was so furious that his sleeves fluttered wildly. Laughing in extreme anger, he said, "Two ignorant fools! Even if Hongjun himself came, he couldn't make me kneel!"

"Do you know who I am?"

Ao Qing sneered. "Who cares who you are? Right now, you're nothing but a thief caught stealing an Opportunity!"

"That's right! Once the two of us capture you, I'll give you a chance to beg for mercy and introduce yourself."

At those words, the white-robed Daoist was so enraged that his hair nearly stood on end.

A frigid aura rose from his body, and traces of frost appeared in the surrounding air.

The white-robed Daoist said in a vicious voice, "You are courting death!"

Eastern Prince Gong raised the Nine Dragon Golden Staff high, and radiant light burst forth from it.

He aimed the Nine Dragon Golden Staff at the white-robed Daoist and gave a low shout:

"Beg for mercy now and hand over your storage treasure, and I may yet spare your life!"

"Is that so?"

Sensing Eastern Prince Gong's peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal aura, the white-robed Daoist suddenly calmed down.

He extended one palm toward Eastern Prince Gong and Ao Qing.

Boom!

The pressure of a Quasi-Saint erupted from the white-robed Daoist's hand, instantly enveloping them both.

Eastern Prince Gong and Ao Qing were startled, and the pressure forced them straight out of the sky and down to the ground.

That pressure also contained a thread of Heavenly Dao Aura, crushing Eastern Prince Gong and Ao Qing until they bent over, nearly unable to breathe.

Facing that pressure, Eastern Prince Gong and Ao Qing looked at each other in astonishment.

Eastern Prince Gong stared at Ao Qing with a confused gaze, as though asking, Didn't you say he was a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal?

Ao Qing looked even more bewildered, his eyes full of innocence.

The Dragon Clan's scouts had said that a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal had entered the vortex, but who could have imagined that this man was actually a mysterious Quasi-Saint?

The mysterious white-robed Daoist slowly walked over to Eastern Prince Gong and Ao Qing, then softly asked, "And now, do you still want me to kneel and beg for mercy?"

Eastern Prince Gong and Ao Qing's knees went weak, and they dropped straight to the ground, shouting in unison, "Spare us, Senior!"

What the two of them had said to the white-robed Daoist earlier had been utterly disrespectful; they had probably nearly angered him to death.

Even if the white-robed Daoist wished to kill them, they would not think him excessive.

After all, two Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals daring to provoke a Quasi-Saint was itself an act of courting death.

Yet the white-robed Daoist did not strike them down. Instead, he stood before them and said loftily, "If not for Hongjun's sake, I would certainly have killed the likes of you!"

Hearing the white-robed Daoist directly call Hongjun by name, Eastern Prince Gong no longer dared to teach him a lesson on the Saint's behalf.

Eastern Prince Gong asked softly, "Could Senior perhaps be an old friend of Saint Hongjun?"

The white-robed Daoist replied, "I am Daoist Yang Mei, the Good Corpse of Great Immortal Yang Mei. Hongjun and I are both Innate God-Demons."

Extorting Eastern Prince Gong

"Great Immortal Yang Mei?"

Ao Qing suddenly cried out, "Could Senior be the Great Immortal Yang Mei who joined Saint Hongjun in dealing with Demon Ancestor Luohu back then?"

As the Dragon Clan's patriarch, Ao Qing knew far more about the Dragon-Han Great Tribulation than Eastern Prince Gong did.

After all, that tribulation had been nothing less than a catastrophic calamity for the Dragon Clan.

And the one manipulating that great disaster, which had swept across the entire Honghuang Continent, had been Demon Ancestor Luohu.

Thus, in the eyes of the Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, and Kirin Clan alike, Demon Ancestor Luohu was an enemy for all eternity!

Naturally, the Dragon Clan also had corresponding records concerning Demon Ancestor Luohu's death.

And in those records, aside from Hongjun, who had slain Demon Ancestor Luohu, there was also an Innate God-Demon skilled in Space Law—Great Immortal Yang Mei.

According to the Dragon Clan's records, Great Immortal Yang Mei and Hongjun were both Innate God-Demons.

It was only that after the Dao-Demon War, Great Immortal Yang Mei vanished into the river of history, becoming a figure of legend.

When Ao Qing discovered that the white-robed Daoist's manner of speaking carried the flavor of ancient times, that he dared to call Hongjun by his true name, and that he could wield Space Law, he believed the white-robed Daoist's words.

Hearing Ao Qing's cry, the white-robed Daoist said with deep emotion, "I never thought that after so many years, there would still be someone in Honghuang who remembered me."

The white-robed Daoist's voice sounded profoundly weathered.

"Great Immortal Yang Mei?"