Zhunti's eyes lit up at once, and he immediately echoed, "We ask Senior Brother Taiqing to decide this matter. We have no objections whatsoever."
The great powers present could not hide their disappointment. The Western Two Sages' evasion had ruined the spectacle, but the ball had been kicked back to the Three Pure Ones. They wanted to see how they would respond.
Laozi smiled calmly, glanced at the Western Two Sages, then turned to Tai Cang. "Since Fellow Daoists Jieyin and Zhunti have no objections, go summon Di Jun and the Ancestral Witches at once. If they refuse to come explain themselves, we sages shall severely punish the Witch Clan."
I'm supposed to go find the Ancestral Witches?
Tai Cang's mouth twitched, and he groaned inwardly. This was clearly a thankless task that would offend people, but Laozi's order could not be defied. He could only cup his hands and reply, "As you command."
He immediately activated the Chaos Heavenly Eye, locked onto the locations of Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches, and rode a beam of light straight toward the Hundred Thousand Mountains in the south of the primordial world.
Tai Cang arrived swiftly atop the clouds.
A vast number of Witch Clan members had gathered around the outskirts of the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Using the mountains as a defensive line, they resisted the surging heavenly waters. Countless Witch Clan warriors were setting up camps, clearly having migrated here from the former site of Buzhou Mountain.
Yet the situation in the Hundred Thousand Mountains was no better. Corpses lay piled into mounds at the foot of the mountains. Those living beings who had tried to seek refuge here had all become souls beneath the Witch Clan's blades and food to fill their bellies.
"Tai Cang!"
A Great Witch suddenly