Jieyin Emerges from Seclusion, the Western Duo Arrive

Hong Yun hadn't been fooling Zhurong.

One purpose of this scheme to obtain merit was to help the Ancestral Witches raise their cultivation.

Purple Cloud Palace's second lecture was a tremendous opportunity for other Great Powers, yet it brought little benefit to the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

In order to let the Twelve Ancestral Witches catch up to—or even surpass—their fellow cultivators, Hong Yun had set his sights on merit.

Otherwise, as someone who could coast to victory in cultivation entirely on his own (with the system), there was no need for him to travel all the way to this barren western land and serve as a supervisor.

Wasn't drinking tea on Floating Island much more pleasant?

Back then, Hongjun and that bunch of old fossils had nearly destroyed the entire western continent in their battle against Rahu.

Repairing the western Earth Veins now would bring enormous benefits to the development of the Primordial Wilderness. Once the repairs were complete, the Heavenly Dao presumably would not be stingy.

Even if the Heavenly Dao was stingy, wasn't there still that Old Deng, Hongjun?

Damn it, as Old Deng's only disciple at present, what was wrong with asking for a tiny bit of Heavenly Dao Merit?

Originally, the Twelve Ancestral Witches and Zhen Yuanzi had wanted to give the merit to Hong Yun. After all, Hong Yun had come up with the idea; if he did not take it, the others would feel even more embarrassed accepting it.

Hong Yun told them that such a small amount of merit was useless for his current cultivation. At first, they did not believe him, thinking Hong Yun was trying to deceive them.

But after Hong Yun casually released a trace of a Primordial Golden Immortal's aura, every last one of them wilted like frostbitten eggplants.

Damn it all!

They had never seen anyone who slacked off every day yet improved their cultivation so quickly!

Since when had the Quasi-Saint realm become so easy?

A hundred years later.

The group completely repaired the Earth Veins in this area.

Wisps of spiritual qi began to emanate from the Earth Veins, while the Sha Qi that had once been there vanished entirely due to the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

Zhen Yuanzi communicated with the Earth Book and entered these Earth Veins into it.

On one of the Earth Book's opened pages, the lay of the mountains and rivers here was fully recorded. At the same time, these Earth Veins formed an extremely close connection with the innate spiritual treasure, the Earth Book.

One corner of the "Moral Kidnapping" Formation, using the Earth Book as its foundation and mountain ranges and Earth Veins as its formation, was initially completed.

"Virtuous Younger Brother, you were right after all! I really succeeded in setting up this formation!"

The dust-covered Zhen Yuanzi was tremendously excited. This was the first time he had learned that the Earth Book possessed such an effect.

He had always thought that the Earth Book was merely a defensive spiritual treasure. Who could have expected it to connect with the Earth Veins and form a grand formation, linking all Earth Veins together to guard the entire Primordial Wilderness?

Hong Yun gave him a look of utter disdain. "This counts as success? We're still far from bringing all the Earth Veins of the Primordial Wilderness into the Earth Book Formation! Daoist Brother Zhen Yuan, you'd better keep working hard!"

"Haha, no matter, no matter! Now that this corner of the formation has taken shape, the rest will be much easier."

Zhen Yuanzi was grinning like a fool.

He was naturally an honest and kind man. When it came to benefiting the Primordial Wilderness, he truly spared no effort; it was not all for Hong Yun's scheme.

"You deserve this merit."

Hong Yun shook his head, suddenly thinking of those two fellows on Mount Sumeru.

If they had not repaired the Earth Veins this time, then in the future, this merit should have been obtained by Zhunti and Jieyin after they became Saints and used great divine abilities to repair the west.

Unfortunately, there were no ifs!

"I just wonder what those two bastards are doing right now."

On Mount Sumeru.

After Jieyin had cultivated in seclusion for ten thousand years, he finally raised his cultivation to Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Perfection. He was only one step away from severing his corpse.

"Senior Brother, you've emerged from seclusion?"

Zhunti, whose cultivation was at the peak of the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm, hurried to the Cave dwelling where Jieyin was staying.

"Junior Brother, are you about to break through to Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Perfection as well?"

Rare delight appeared on Jieyin's sorrowful face, but Zhunti was not as joyful as Jieyin. His thin face was filled with gravity.

Seeing this, Jieyin also withdrew his smile and asked solemnly, "What is it, Junior Brother? Has something happened?"

"Senior Brother, when I emerged from seclusion some days ago, I heard Medicine Master mention something strange."

Medicine Master was Zhunti's eldest disciple, and later became Buddhism's Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Light King Buddha.

Jieyin frowned and pressed, "What strange matter?"

"Medicine Master said that over the past ten thousand years, strange sounds have occasionally come from beneath our western land. I had intended to investigate first, but then I suddenly thought of those two who bear us a grudge. Senior Brother, could it be...?"

Jieyin said, "Junior Brother, you mean Kunpeng and Minghe?"

Zhunti nodded, but Jieyin said in a deep voice, "Surely not? You and I swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao and now owe them a great Karma. At this time, they should be cultivating bitterly, just as we are."

Zhunti shook his head in rebuttal. "Senior Brother, one must guard against others. If I went alone and they surrounded and killed me, I fear you alone would be hard-pressed to hold them off. That is why I endured and waited for you to emerge from seclusion, so that the two of us could investigate together."

Upon hearing this, Jieyin nodded slightly and patted Zhunti on the shoulder. "It was your Senior Brother who was at fault. Junior Brother, you considered everything thoroughly. Fortunately, I have now emerged from seclusion. Come, it is not too late for us to go now."

An hour later, two streaks of golden light tore across the sky above Mount Sumeru and flew westward.

Naturally, Hong Yun had no idea that Zhunti and Jieyin had pinned their speculations on Minghe and Kunpeng.

By now, they had moved to another earth vein and begun patching it up again. Even Zhurong had unusually fallen silent, wanting to finish this plan as quickly as possible.

"Bang! Bang! Bang..."

Two hundred years later, the golden lights transformed from Zhunti and Jieyin arrived, following the sounds.

They happened to run straight into Hong Yun as he emerged from the earth vein.

"This poor Daoist is Zhunti. May I ask which lofty expert has come to our Western territory? Why did you not first pay a visit to Mount Sumeru and inform us... You... Hong... Hong Yun!"

Zhunti recognized the handsome young man in crimson Daoist robes at a single glance.

Wasn't this the very Hong Yun he had gritted his teeth over and hated for more than two hundred thousand years?

"Senior Brother, this time, you must help me deal with him!"

When enemies met, their eyes burned all the fiercer. Zhunti's face darkened as he spoke in a low voice to Jieyin.

"Junior Brother, wait. Let us first assess the situation! If he is alone, then you and I, brothers, can make our move!" Jieyin remained calm, tugging on Zhunti's sleeve for fear that he would act rashly.

Just then, the Twelve Ancestral Witches and Zhen Yuanzi, who had finished repairing the earth vein, also emerged.

Jieyin was glad that he had held his Junior Brother back just now; otherwise, they might have suffered badly.

"So it is Fellow Daoists Jieyin and Zhunti. It has been many years since we last met. The cultivation of you two Fellow Daoists has improved greatly—you are positively radiant!"

Spotting two new sheep to shear, Hong Yun's eyes lit up, and the words came tumbling out.

[ Ding, the host has praised Jieyin. Congratulations, the host has randomly obtained: Dream Enlightenment Method Fragment x2 ]

[ Ding, the host has praised Zhunti. Congratulations, the host has randomly obtained: Bodhi Seed x1 ]

The system rewards made Hong Yun even happier. The Dream Enlightenment Method was Jieyin's exclusive divine ability, and the Bodhi Seed was not bad either. If used for brewing wine, its effects should not be inferior to Enlightenment Tea.

Zhunti forcibly suppressed the urge to attack, turned his face away, and gave a cold snort.

Jieyin, however, politely saluted Hong Yun and the others before asking, "Greetings, Fellow Daoists. May I ask what brings you all to our Western lands?"