Tremendous Gains, Increased Strength

But honestly.

Wu Tian had never intended to do anything to them. Blocking the two of them after the lecture always felt a bit like, "Don't leave after school..."

Why bother?

Jieyin and Zhunti also possessed immense Fortune.

Even if the Ancestral Witches acted now, they could not kill them. Better to remember all this and wait until their Karma had piled up...

Then hit them hard in one go!

Even if they did not die.

They would still have to shed a layer of skin!

At that moment, Dijiang spoke up, glancing toward the gates of Zixiao Palace as he snorted.

"Run?"

"Can they really run?"

"If we really want to teach them a lesson, we can just chase them to the Western World. Can they avoid returning to the Western World forever?"

Then he raised an eyebrow at Wu Tian.

"Going?"

"Shall we settle accounts with them now?"

Dijiang's voice was loud.

Everyone who had yet to leave Zixiao Palace heard him, and their expressions immediately changed. The more timid ones lowered their heads and hurried toward the gates.

They were terrified of being remembered by the Ancestral Witches!

So vengeful...

And so utterly unreasonable!

They truly could not afford to provoke them.

Wu Tian immediately smiled bitterly.

"Forget it..."

"Put this on their tab for now. We'll spare them this time and settle the score together in the future... We should hurry back and see how the lads are doing!"

"We've been gone for so long..."

Once Wu Tian said that.

The Ancestral Witches immediately grew anxious as well!

"Yes, yes, yes..."

"We need to get back and take a look!"

They had set out three thousand years before the lecture began, and the lecture itself had lasted another ten thousand years. Although they had left behind many instructions before departing, the Ancestral Witches still worried about things at home.

They immediately lost any desire to go looking for trouble.

Their steps hastened as they headed outside...

Wu Tian was also somewhat anxious. Before coming here, he had instructed Jiufeng and Hou Yi to wander around Mount Buzhou and search for traces of the Innate Calabash Vine.

He wondered whether they had found it...

At that moment, Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun hurriedly rose and came before Wu Tian, speaking with cheerful smiles.

"Fellow Daoist Wu Tian!"

"Thank you all for helping us earlier. My brother and I are deeply grateful. Zhen Yuanzi has nothing else worthy of offering, only some Ginseng Fruit. Why not visit my Five Villages Temple, sit and discuss the Dao, and have a taste?"

The Ancestral Witches had stood up for them this time.

The two felt they owed an enormous Karma, yet did not know how to repay it. The only thing they could offer was naturally Ginseng Fruit!

So they immediately extended the invitation.

Wu Tian was also very interested in Ginseng Fruit. It was one of the Ten Innate Spiritual Roots, flowering once every three thousand years, bearing fruit once every three thousand years, and ripening once every three thousand years. Each cycle produced only thirty Ginseng Fruit!

But he did not agree immediately.

Instead, he said with a smile.

"Next time..."

"Definitely next time!"

Dijiang and the others had long been eager to return home.

Wu Tian felt the same. Moreover, only three thousand years separated the two lectures, and that did not even include the time spent traveling through Chaos...

So Wu Tian politely declined.

Ginseng Fruit was not going anywhere, after all!

It would be fine to visit after the next lecture.

Zhen Yuanzi had heard what they said earlier, so he immediately smiled.

"That works too!"

"Fellow Daoists are unlike the two of us. You have great households and great responsibilities. My brother and I will remember this Karma in our hearts. We shall meet again at the next lecture... Whenever you have leisure, we will sweep our couches and await you at Five Villages Temple..."

With that, he cupped his hands toward Wu Tian.

Then he bid farewell to Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches.

Though the Ancestral Witches had poor tempers, they were not ignorant of kindness. They accepted the goodwill of Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun, smiling and nodding in return.

After the two departed.

Dijiang even chuckled.

"Those two are alright..."

"Other than being a little soft-hearted, there's nothing much wrong with them!"

Wu Tian also smiled and nodded.

As for the Ancestral Witches looking down on the two for their "soft temperaments," it was simply because they had not yet been pushed far enough. Once they truly reached that point, everyone would know that they were not like that at all...

In the original course of events.

Hongyun directly detonated his own soul, intending to perish alongside Kunpeng and the others. Even the Primordial Violet Qi was blown apart... Was that not fierce enough?

And there was also Zhen Yuanzi's Earth Book barrier connected to the land of the Primordial Wilderness...

Thus, it could only be said that the two were still very innocent. They had not yet seen through the most fundamental rules by which the Primordial Wilderness operated. Human relationships and worldly conduct were one thing, but they had to be built upon sufficient strength!

Wu Tian looked toward the others again.

At this moment, the Three Pure Ones, Fuxi, Nüwa, and the others had also risen. When Wu Tian's gaze swept over them, Yuanshi snorted and turned his head away, while Fuxi and Nüwa both smiled and nodded.

There was a faint curiosity in their eyes...

After nodding to Fuxi and Nüwa.

"Brothers..."

"Let's go too!"

Wu Tian then followed behind the Ancestral Witches toward the gates of Zixiao Palace. When he passed Haotian, he deliberately stopped and examined the current Haotian for a moment.

Haotian was somewhat surprised!

But he still bowed to Wu Tian.

"Farewell, Fellow Daoist!"

Wu Tian smiled and nodded.

A mischievous impulse suddenly rose within him.

He raised a hand and ruffled Haotian's topknot, messing it up in just a few strokes as he said with a chuckle.

"Little fellow, work hard..."

"I have high hopes for you!"

Haotian immediately puffed up in anger.

He was just about to berate Wu Tian for his rudeness when a flash of blood-red light appeared before his eyes, and two drops of Ferocious Beast essence blood fell before him!

"Hm?"

"Essence blood from Ferocious Beasts at the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm?"

Haotian hurriedly looked up.

But all he could see was Wu Tian's rapidly departing figure, turning into a streak of mysterious light and shooting into Chaos...

"That Witch Clan fellow is so strange..."

Haotian muttered to himself.

Then, swaying his head, he looked deeper into Zixiao Palace. Seeing that Hongjun had not come out to stop him, a smile appeared in his eyes, and he hurriedly put away the two drops of essence blood.

He even found the time to gesture to Yaochi across from him.

"Don't worry!"

"One drop each for us..."

Within Chaos.

It was still Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin who supported a barrier as they swiftly traveled through Chaos toward the Primordial World!

Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin both looked over with bright eyes.

"There were too many people earlier..."

"We held back from asking. What did you gain from this lecture? Did you make any progress?"

The Ancestral Witches' gazes first fell upon Wu Tian, then shifted to Xuan Ming and Houtu!

Wu Tian smiled at the sight.

"I'll go first, then..."

"Hongjun's lecture this time concerned cultivation along the Path of Immortality. Though it differs from our own paths, it is tremendously useful as a reference for cultivation!"

"..."

Every path of cultivation had its own mysteries.

Yet their fundamental nature was actually the same!

Through Hongjun's explanation of the Path of Immortality, Wu Tian confirmed this once more. It was nothing more than first refining qi and absorbing the vital energy between Heaven and Earth as one's own power.

Then comprehending laws and inscribing laws...

Once the laws reached completion.

They intertwined into the Dao!

All of it was seizing the opportunities of Heaven and Earth to forge one's own creation.

Though Wu Tian's cultivation method differed from the Path of Immortality, there were still many aspects he could draw from. In addition, when the Dao was lectured upon within Zixiao Palace, it was bolstered by Heavenly Dao Power, so he naturally gained enormously!

Originally, after refining the Essence Blood of the Primordial Dragon and receiving assistance from the Ancestral Witches within Chaos, Wu Tian's law inscription had reached twenty percent.

After listening to the lecture this time.

The progress of his law inscription directly doubled!

It had already reached forty percent...

The strength of his physical body had also directly reached the middle stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, while his primordial spirit had reached the initial stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

After hearing this, Dijiang wore a thoughtful expression as he silently estimated Wu Tian's current strength.

Zhurong, however, impatiently said.

"Forget that vague stuff. Realm does not completely represent strength... Just tell us, with the Pangu True Form empowering you, how long can you hold out now?"

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