After Zhunti and Jieyin vanished without a trace.
Houtu could no longer hold back her silver bell-like laughter. As if it were contagious, everyone immediately burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! Elder brother Hong Yun, you're truly too wicked!"
Houtu laughed until she was out of breath, pointing at Hong Yun as she spoke.
Hong Yun could not help laughing as well and shot her an annoyed glare.
You, Empress Houtu, a scheming green-tea vixen, have the nerve to call this poor Daoist wicked?
Zhu Jiu Yin gave Hong Yun a thumbs-up and praised him. "Brother, that move of yours was absolutely brilliant. Those two shameless bastards were scared shitless by your 'Moral Cudgel,' but aren't you afraid they'll really agree?"
Hong Yun gave a disdainful smile and said confidently, "Brother Zhu Jiu Yin, you think too highly of those two!"
"Something so thankless and strenuous to them—unless there are sufficient benefits, how could people so skilled at calculating be willing to put in the effort?"
"Besides, this poor Daoist was simply doing the opposite! And even if they agreed, they would not receive much Merit from the remaining Earth Veins."
Zhu Jiu Yin fell into thought upon hearing this. After a long while, he cupped his fists toward Hong Yun in salute. "I have learned much, brother!"
The other Ancestor Witches also looked thoughtful after hearing this. Only the kindhearted Zhen Yuanzi felt that Brother Hong Yun had been somewhat unscrupulous toward Zhunti and Jieyin.
But Hong Yun was his closest friend, after all.
Blind support was the right answer!
Hong Yun was not wrong either. In his previous life, the two from the Western Lands had only used great Divine Ability Realms to restore the Western Earth Veins after becoming Saints, and there had been plenty of calculations involved.
First,