Queen Mother of the West hurriedly changed her tune. "Would six peaches be enough to let this matter go?"
Yun Ting chuckled. "Do we lack the spiritual energy of a few peaches?" With that, he signaled Di Jun and Taiyi. The three attacked together and thoroughly killed East King Duke. Seeing this, Queen Mother of the West turned into a streak of light and fled.
Yun Ting looked at Tong Tian in confusion. "Father, do you know something? What was Queen Mother of the West thinking? What the hell did East King Duke's life or death have to do with her? Why did she come running over to forge karma?"
Tong Tian coughed. "Ahem, I don't know either... You know your father. Apart from cultivation and taking disciples, I'm not good at anything else."
Yun Ting nodded. "Mm, that's true. I remember Junior Brother Chang Er saying that although you've lived through who knows how many epochs, your intelligence is only a little better than the Wu Clan's..."
Tong Tian rubbed his hands together. "Your Junior Brother Chang Er really said that?"
Yun Ting grinned. "Mm, of course he did. I'm your biological son—how could I lie to you? Besides, if I really had a grudge against that bastard Chang Er, wouldn't it be better to just beat him up? After all, I'm your own son. If I beat up Chang Er, you'd at most scold me a few times. Why would I need to frame him like this?"
Tong Tian nodded. "You do have a point. Indeed, you shouldn't have gone so far just to deal with Chang Er." Yet he thought, That Chang Er really needs to be taught a lesson. How dare he speak ill of me behind my back? When we return, I'll punish him with three thousand years of closed-door cultivation.
Then Yun Ting looked at Yuanshi. "Senior Brother Duo Bao said that among the three elders, Second Uncle is the smartest. You must know what's going on."
Yuanshi burst into laughter. "It's simple. East King Duke was the Head of Male Immortals, while Queen Mother of the West is the Head of Female Immortals. By killing East King Duke, you proved that the Head of Male Immortals could be killed... Naturally, Queen Mother of the West would feel some sense of danger."
Yun Ting nodded. "I understand. Queen Mother of the West is afraid some female immortal might find her position as Head of Female Immortals irritating and come after her, right? Then she's overthinking it. Among the female cultivators of the Primordial Wilderness, there aren't many with overwhelming strength, and there are even fewer who could kill a peak Quasi-Saint like her." Then Yun Ting looked at Yuanshi and grinned. "Second Uncle, give me an idea. What does Queen Mother of the West treasure most? I want to make her suffer a little."
Yuanshi pondered for a moment. "Mm... Queen Mother of the West treasures only two things most: the Mother Peach Tree and her eldest disciple, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden. I've met that Mystic Maiden before. She's fairly pretty. Why not go snatch Xuan Nu and bring her back to the Heavenly Court?"
Yun Ting grinned. "I'm not lustful, Second Uncle. I think stealing all her peaches would be more reliable..."
...After chatting idly for a while, Laozi retrieved the Taiji Diagram and returned to Mount Kunlun with Yuanshi and Tong Tian. Yun Ting, meanwhile, led Di Jun, Taiyi, and the Demon Court's experts to the Immortal Court, intending to loot its treasury and completely dismantle the Immortal Court.
The moment they arrived at the Immortal Court's treasury, Yun Ting flew into a rage and cursed, "Jieyin, Zhunti, you two bastards! We were the ones who killed East King Duke, yet you two looted so much from the treasury! Don't run..."
Taiyi sneered. "Rest assured, Western Emperor. They can't escape." As he spoke, he used the Chaos Bell to seal off space. "Two against three, and we have more than eight hundred peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal experts on our side. You have no chance of winning. Hurry up and hand over every treasure from the Immortal Court's treasury."
Zhunti chuckled as the Twenty-Four-Headed, Eighteen-Armed Dharma Body manifested behind him. "I worked hard to steal these. Why should I hand them over to you?"
The Power of Stars flickered across Di Jun's Heavenly Emperor Sword. "If you won't hand them over, then we'll settle this with our fists." With a loud shout, he yelled, "Form the formation!" Although the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation had yet to be fully completed, the Demon Court had already figured out how to draw the Power of Stars from the Thirty-Three Heavens. Thus, Jieyin and Zhunti became the first Late Quasi-Saint targets for the Demon Court to test its formation on.
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