The Wealthy Dao Ancestor Hongjun

All cultivators in the Primordial Wilderness maintained the circulation of their mana at all times, firstly to cultivate, and secondly to protect themselves with mana and prevent attacks from others.

The Primordial Wilderness operated by the law of the jungle, and even the Heavenly Dao was incomplete.

With karma unclear, cases of people ambushing others for their own selfish interests were everywhere.

Hong Yun had voluntarily dispersed the circulation of mana throughout his body, clearly entrusting his safety entirely to Hongjun.

Just think, cultivators accustomed to all the deception and treachery in the Primordial Wilderness—Hong Yun had merely trespassed into his Daoist sanctuary, yet was willing to leave himself at his mercy. How could Hongjun not be moved by such conduct?

Even ants clung to life. If Hongjun himself were in Hong Yun's place, no matter how low his cultivation was, he would never entrust his safety to someone else's hands.

At this thought, the look in Hongjun's eyes as he gazed at Hong Yun grew gentler.

"How could this be necessary? How could this be necessary?"

Clearly, Hong Yun's strategy of retreating in order to advance had won Hongjun's approval.

"Quickly, get up, Little Friend. A sincere person like you must have trespassed into this old Daoist's sanctuary unintentionally. How could this old Daoist blame you?" As Hongjun spoke, he moved to help Hong Yun up.

Sincerity was always the ultimate weapon!

What Hongjun did not know was that the deepest path in the Primordial Wilderness was Hong Yun's scheme.

After learning that the person before him was none other than Dao Ancestor Hongjun, Hong Yun had made up his mind to cling to this golden thigh.

To cling to this powerful backer, Hong Yun had not hesitated to turn himself into a scheming boy.

First came a shameless round of praise, establishing himself as Hongjun's devoted fanboy. Next came an emotionally charged self-criticism, and finally, he used the ultimate weapon that had never failed him.

The small triple-combo struck directly at the softest place in Hongjun's heart.

"Senior's heart is as broad as the Four Seas, but that is no excuse for Hong Yun to escape punishment. I ask Senior to punish me; otherwise, forgive Hong Yun for being unable to rise!"

Hong Yun kept his neck rigid and refused to get up. Hongjun had not used much strength either, so he failed to pull him up.

Seeing how stubborn Hong Yun was, Hongjun helplessly patted him on the shoulder, inwardly marveling once again at this little fanboy's respect for him.

"Little Friend Hong Yun, you really are..."

"Forget it, forget it! Since you insist, how about I punish you by having you tell this old Daoist about the developments and changes in the Primordial Wilderness over the past few years?"

"This... isn't that a little too light?"

Hong Yun still wanted to say something, but Hongjun hauled him up in one motion.

"Get up! This old Daoist is merely punishing you according to your own request, so you need not blame yourself anymore!"

With Hong Yun behaving this way, Hongjun's experience naturally allowed him to see that there was some deliberate flattery involved.

But just as with Hong Yun's final move, sincerity was always the ultimate weapon!

Hong Yun's admiration for Dao Ancestor Hongjun was genuine to begin with.

At the very least, the fact that Hongjun had foiled Rahu's scheme and saved the Primordial Beings was indisputable.

Even if Hongjun's original motive had been to follow the Heavenly Dao and attain the Dao to become a Saint.

One should judge deeds, not intentions. Whether it was for personal gain, because of Hongjun's power, or because Hong Yun had trespassed into Hongjun's Daoist sanctuary today, Hongjun deserved such praise from him.

Perhaps that praise was just a tiny bit exaggerated.

But Hong Yun dared swear to the Great Dao that everything had come from the bottom of his heart—for the sake of the rewards!

"Today, fate has allowed me to meet Little Friend. Why don't you come sit in this old Daoist's sanctuary for a while?"

"Of course, Senior!"

Faced with Hongjun's invitation, Hong Yun naturally would not refuse. He was counting on farming more System Rewards.

As soon as he finished speaking, Hong Yun suddenly found his vision blurring.

Before he could react, he discovered that he was already standing atop Jade Capital Mountain, surrounded by swirling clouds and mist.

"Dao Ancestor Hongjun truly lives up to his reputation!"

Hong Yun was shocked inwardly. Dao Ancestor truly was Dao Ancestor. The use of the Law of Space alone was like an antelope hanging its horn on a tree branch—leaving no trace to follow.

Even with Hong Yun's cultivation at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Initial Stage, he could not discern the slightest clue.

This made Hong Yun glad that he had not shown the slightest disrespect earlier. Otherwise, Hongjun crushing a tiny Grand Unity Golden Immortal like him would have been no more difficult than crushing an ant.

"Please, Little Friend, take a seat. This old Daoist has not left his mountain in many years. I wonder what major changes have occurred in the Primordial Wilderness? Are the conflicts among the various clans still continuing?"

Hongjun waved his hand grandly, and a stone table and a meditation cushion immediately appeared before Hong Yun. A plate of Spirit Fruits sat on the table to entertain him.

Hongjun sat directly at the opposite end of the stone table and gestured for Hong Yun to sit.

Hong Yun also sat upright on the meditation cushion.

"Reporting to Senior Hongjun, this junior has only been transformed in the East Sea for nearly a thousand years, and it has been only a few hundred years since I entered the Primordial Continent."

"However, based on what Hong Yun has seen and heard while traveling through the Primordial Wilderness over these few hundred years, the various clans have become quite well-behaved after experiencing the Three Clans Tribulation. They have all been recuperating and developing their clans..."

"Speaking of which, all of this is thanks to Senior. Senior's great virtue fills Hong Yun with admiration!"

Hong Yun recounted what he had seen and heard while traveling through the Primordial Wilderness, not forgetting to flatter Hongjun along the way.

Yet his gaze was firmly glued to the fragrant plate of Spirit Fruits, and his heart was pounding wildly.

"My goodness! The Creation treasure Flat Peach, the Mysterious Yellow Spirit Essence Yellow Middle Plum, the Great Sun Essence Fusang Fruit, the Thunder Spirit Fruit nurtured by Innate Thunder Plasma..."

Although he had long known that Hongjun was incredibly wealthy, poverty had still limited Hong Yun's imagination.

Had Hongjun plundered the entire Primordial Wilderness?

Hong Yun had no idea that several Great Powers of the same level as Hongjun—Qiankun, Wuxing, Yinyang, and others—had perished while besieging Rahu. Hongjun had subsequently taken all their accumulated resources and inheritances.

Hong Yun wanted to reach into the plate, but he was afraid that acting too rashly would displease Hongjun.

Hongjun naturally saw what Hong Yun was thinking and smiled. "There is no need to be so polite, Little Friend. These are all things this old Daoist acquired while traveling through the Primordial Wilderness!"

"These worldly possessions have long since become useless to this old Daoist. They can only satisfy my appetite, but for Little Friend, they should provide some modest assistance on your path of cultivation!"

Only then did Hong Yun let go of his reservations, and his admiration for Hongjun grew even stronger.

Hongjun's realm was already transcendent. Aside from his own Great Dao, all external possessions were mere illusions.

No wonder that after merging with the Heavenly Dao, Hongjun had distributed all the Spirit Treasures on his person among his disciples.

If Hong Yun were in his place, he definitely would not have been willing to do that.

"Since Senior is offering such kindness, Hong Yun will gratefully accept it!"

Hong Yun no longer held back. He reached out, took a Flat Peach, and stuffed it into his mouth in one big bite.

"Delicious!"

When the Flat Peach was bitten open, its flesh turned into liquid as it entered his mouth. Its sweet, fragrant flavor was so delicious that one could not help but become intoxicated by it.

The Innate Kui Water Qi within the Flat Peach was rapidly refined as well, nourishing his limbs and organs.

While swallowing the Spirit Fruits and refining their essence, Hong Yun continued telling Hongjun about what he had seen and heard while traveling after his transformation.

Hongjun's punishment had merely been a pretext.

Instead, Hong Yun benefited immensely from their exchange.

With Hongjun's current cultivation at the Primordial Golden Immortal Grand Completion, teaching Hong Yun was more than easy.

As the saying went, "A true teaching takes only one sentence; a false one fills ten thousand books."

Even one or two pointers from Hongjun were enough to give Hong Yun a clearer understanding of his path.

In the end, it turned into Hongjun lecturing on the Dao while Hong Yun listened.

As various sounds of the Great Dao emerged from Hongjun's mouth, the already-dense spiritual energy on Jade Capital Mountain seemed to be drawn by certain Dao laws, forming a vortex of spiritual energy between the two.

The exotic flowers and strange grasses on the ground also seemed to come alive.

They swayed their bodies one after another, frantically absorbing the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth and the Dao charm left behind by Hongjun's lecture.

Hongjun had long since completely severed and merged his Three Corpses, and now only one step remained before he could attain the Dao and reach the Hunyuan Realm.

In terms of understanding the Great Dao, Hongjun had not pushed any single Dao to its ultimate limit or mastered it completely.

However, he had studied all three thousand Great Daos and had grasped every one of them to an extremely profound level.

The Jade Disk of Creation truly deserved its reputation as a Dao-Enlightenment Treasure among Chaos Treasures.

Even after being smashed into countless pieces by Pangu's axe, having gathered most of them together was still enough to let Hongjun study so many Great Daos.

For Hong Yun, Hongjun's lecture was undoubtedly a tremendous opportunity.

Gradually.

Hongjun answered Hong Yun's many doubts about the Dao and helped him clarify the path ahead of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.