Who is the Master, You or Me?

"Elder Brother, do you know what happened at Mount Buzhou?"

"I do not. Heaven's Secrets are utterly chaotic. However, you must have sensed it too—the laws there are dense and potent now. It is likely a mighty treasure emerging into the world." Taiqing spoke slowly, his gaze fixed on the main peak of Mount Buzhou.

"Elder Brother, Second Brother, should we go take a look?" Tongtian asked urgently.

"We should indeed go, but I fear there will be no gain." Taiqing's tone carried a hint of ambiguity.

Though he had not divined what exactly happened at Mount Buzhou, he knew that whatever was there was not meant for them.

Thus, even if they went, it would only be a wasted trip.

Still, they had to see it. Even if they could not claim it, they needed to know what had occurred. Perhaps they might stumble upon some opportunity or something beneficial.

The Three Pure Ones thought as much.

Others did too. Minghe, Zhenyuanzi, Hongyun... they had already set out.

Especially the Queen Mother of the West at Western Kunlun. When she looked in that direction, she felt a strong sense of familiarity. Upon closer inspection, she realized it was the site of her old friend Nuwa's Dao field. She had not seen Nuwa in years—this was a perfect chance to meet.

That recluse of a woman. It had been so long, and she had not thought to visit. And here she was, saving several Ren Shui Immortal Peaches for her, waiting year after year with no sign of her. The second batch of Ren Shui Immortal Peaches was nearly ripe. What was she doing holed up in her Dao field all day?

The Queen Mother of the West shook her head helplessly as she watched her disciples bustling around her.

After activating the formations of Western Kunlun, her figure vanished from the Dao field.

Dijun and Taiyi would not let this pass either.

Not just because of the tremendous tremor.

But because it happened at Mount Buzhou—they had to go see.

For one simple reason.

Even if the treasure was not meant for them, they could not let the Witch Clan claim it.

The friction between the Wu Yao was growing, battles more frequent. They could not allow the Witch Clan to grow stronger. So they would do everything to stop them.

"Elder Brother, let's hurry! The Witch Clan is close to that place. If we're late, they might take the treasure!"

"Mm, let's go. Even if it's not for us, we can't let the Witch Clan have it cheaply!"

"Agreed!"

As for the Witch Clan, the area around Mount Buzhou's main peak was already their territory. Naturally, they believed the phenomenon on Mount Buzhou belonged to them.

They could not let others take it!

But when the Twelve Ancestral Witches saw the source of the disturbance, their expressions shifted.

"Elder Brother, what do we do? Should we still go?" Zhu Jiuyin asked Dijiang with a dark look.

"Why not? We must go. Consider it avenging Sister Houtu for the disciple she was robbed of!"

"Exactly. We should go. Nuwa used underhanded tricks to steal that disciple back then. Now that her Dao field has such a phenomenon, we naturally ought to check it out—consider it 'helping,' heh." Gou Mang added with a grin.

The other Ancestral Witches looked at him. Are you sure you mean helping?

Xuan Ming glanced at Houtu, wanting to know her thoughts.

But Houtu sensed a familiar aura within the massive light pillar.

It was that little fellow's aura.

What had he done to cause such a commotion?

And did Nuwa not care? Is this how you teach a disciple? If you cannot teach, why take him in? Why not let me have him?

"Elder Brothers, calm yourselves. I sense a familiar aura in that light pillar—it's that little fellow's. I doubt it's a treasure at all, but something he caused. I don't know what he did, but I think we should treat this as an early investment. I plan to help him—block the approaching investigators. What do you all think?"

The Ancestral Witches: ???

Sister, are you alright?

He abandoned you back then, and now you're helping him? That's not what you said before. Weren't you going to settle the score?

Now you're helping him? We'd be doing well not to kick him while he's down. Dream on if you think we'll help!

The rest of the Ancestral Witches felt the same—no help.

But Houtu said nothing, just stared at them with her watery eyes.

And so, all the Ancestral Witches gave in. What could they do? She was their youngest sister. Who else would they spoil?

"Fine, but if he proves useless to the Witch Clan in the future, don't blame us for showing no mercy. Then we'll settle old and new scores together."

"Hehe, thank you, Elder Brothers. If he really is useless to the Witch Clan, I won't need your help—I'll collect everything with interest myself!"

The Ancestral Witches thought to themselves, Let's hope you mean it.

Then, all Twelve Ancestral Witches mobilized. They even ordered the Great Witches of their tribes to stand ready, allowing no one near Mount Buzhou. Violators would be killed outright.

As for the many great powers on their way, the Ancestral Witches would personally intercept them.

Liu Feng knew none of this. He was still immersed in cultivation.

But Nuwa and Fuxi had long since awakened and come to his side.

"Sister, what exactly did you preach to your Nephew Disciple? How did he cause such a commotion?" Fuxi stared at the Seven-Colored Light Pillar piercing the heavens, asking in disbelief.

Nuwa rolled her eyes at that.

"Brother, you must be joking. We've cultivated together for so many years—you know all my insights. How could I possibly produce a disciple like this? Besides, I've been riding on my disciple's coattails these past few times. I can't even tell anymore whether I'm the master or he is."

"This is probably the result of what he calls breaking through the Refining Essence into Qi realm. It seems my understanding of those four realms was rather shallow before."

"I never imagined that merely breaking through the first realm could cause such an omen. This is far more terrifying than our Heavenly Dao Inheritance Memories. I have no idea where he got this technique."

Nuwa truly didn't know what to say. Earlier, Liu Feng had only briefly described those four realms, and she had assumed her insights came from a new realm. Now it was clear it went far beyond that.

As his master, she had truly failed—not only had she not added to her disciple's techniques, but she had to take advantage of him, gaining enlightenment from his breakthroughs.

If word got out, the rest of the Primordial World would surely mock her.

To be a master reduced to this—it was probably the first time since the world was created.

"But this is too absurd. Even when you and I broke through to Grand Golden Immortal, we didn't cause such a stir!" Fuxi still found it hard to believe.

What exactly did those four realms represent, that merely breaking through could cause such an omen?

His sister cultivating Primordial Qi using this method had already shocked him enough.

Now his nephew disciple was even more monstrous—this was simply terrifying.

Should he, from now on, frequently seek advice from his nephew disciple?

But as a Martial Uncle, didn't he have face to maintain?

Fuxi's heart was torn—he wanted to explore this powerful technique, yet he also wanted to save face. Such good fortune didn't come easily in this world.

Did you think you were my master?

If Liu Feng knew what Fuxi was thinking, he would definitely have something to say about it.

Just as the two were watching Liu Feng, they sensed numerous powerful auras outside the dojo. They exchanged a glance, and Nuwa activated the dojo's formation before leaving with Fuxi.

What they saw was the Ancestral Witch confronting the others.