Daoist Yang Mei

Within the grand formation lay a lotus pool, with a green lotus resting quietly at its center.

This was the mature lotus seed left behind after the Chaos Green Lotus split apart.

It was called the Creation Green Lotus.

It had been specially sent to bestow treasures upon the Three Pure Ones. When the Three Pure Ones underwent Form Transformation, the Creation Green Lotus would also transform into a treasure.

Above the Lotus Platform of the Creation Green Lotus floated three tiny Primordial Spirits.

The instant these three tiny Primordial Spirits sensed Hong Yuan's appearance, they immediately flew to his side and kept rubbing against him.

It was not because they had developed intelligence.

Rather, it was because they sensed a feeling of familiarity from Hong Yuan.

Hong Yuan and Pangu shared the same origin.

Their auras were fundamentally not all that different.

That was why the three tiny Primordial Spirits had run over to rub against Hong Yuan as soon as he appeared.

Watching the Three Pure Ones continuously rub against him, Hong Yuan's expression gradually became rather strange.

He had raised a dog in his previous life too...

It seemed to act like this as well.

After thinking for a moment, Hong Yuan directly activated the Law of Mirror and preserved this scene.

Once the Three Pure Ones were born, he could tell them,

"Look, your Second Uncle came to see you when you were little too. You were so clingy back then, always rubbing yourselves against me."

He wondered whether the Three Pure Ones' expressions would look very good then.

Still, seeing how clingy the three little fellows were, Hong Yuan naturally had to take care of them as their Second Uncle.

Thus, he sent several wisps of Chaos Qi purified by himself into each of the three little fellows.

With this Chaos Qi, the Three Pure Ones would presumably be born a little earlier.

After receiving the Chaos Qi Hong Yuan had given them, the three tiny Primordial Spirits hurriedly returned to the Lotus Platform of the Creation Green Lotus and began absorbing the wisps of Chaos Qi.

Hong Yuan nodded at the sight.

After looking around for a while, he turned and left.

Hong Yuan then went next door to take a look at the Queen Mother of the West.

Unlike the Three Pure Ones, the Queen Mother of the West did not feel close to him. Instead, she began trembling the moment she saw him.

It made Hong Yuan feel a little embarrassed.

It felt as though he were bullying a child.

Uh... she probably did not count as a child yet. More like... a sperm?

Over the course of the next Kalpa, Hong Yuan traveled throughout the entire Primordial Wilderness.

Whenever he encountered a place protected by a formation, he went in for a look regardless.

What?

You said that was impolite?

Come on, this was his home. Did he, the owner, need to worry about so much just because he was taking a stroll?

None of them had paid him rent anyway.

It was already good enough that Hong Yuan was not kicking them out, okay?

Whenever he came across someone pleasing to the eye, Hong Yuan gave them a little benefit.

As for anyone he disliked, there had not been any so far.

After all, the great beings he encountered had not even developed intelligence yet. No one would give him a sour look.

What could a sperm possibly understand?

His days were quite relaxing.

One day, Hong Yuan suddenly felt a premonition. His gaze slowly turned in a certain direction, and the corners of his lips lifted into a smile.

He had not expected another old friend to be born.

He could only say that it was indeed him.

The moment Yang Mei felt Hong Yuan's gaze fall upon him,

his heart abruptly tightened.

"This is bad. Why has that bastard Hong Yuan suddenly appeared here? This old Daoist is afraid he is in trouble today!"

"No, this old Daoist has to run immediately!"

Just as Yang Mei was preparing to move away and leave at once,

a palm landed directly on his shoulder.

"Don't leave, Yang Mei. Are you not welcoming me?"

Yang Mei's pupils suddenly contracted as he stared in disbelief at Hong Yuan's hand on his shoulder.

How was that possible?

As someone who controlled the Space Law,

although he currently possessed only peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation, he had once been a Primordial Tai Chi Golden Immortal.

Combined with his familiarity with the Space Law,

even a Primordial Golden Immortal should not have been able to approach him without him detecting the slightest trace.

Yet after sensing a trace of something around him, the expression on his face became even more horrified.

"My Space Law? You actually cultivate the Space Law as your primary path?!"

Wasn't the Hong Yuan before him Pangu's younger brother?!

Why did he cultivate the Space Law?

Moreover, judging from the degree of his Space Law, it far surpassed Yang Mei's current level of control.

With his eyesight, Yang Mei could naturally see Hong Yuan's current strength.

At most, he was only at the second or third level of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.

Hong Yuan smiled. "What? Are you, Yang Mei, worried that I'll steal your title of Space Demon God?"

Yang Mei calmed down at that point. Seeing that Hong Yuan did not seem to intend to attack him, he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In response to Hong Yuan's teasing, Yang Mei merely shook his head bitterly. "Not at all. This old Daoist merely thought that you would cultivate the Law of Strength as your primary path, Fellow Daoist. After all, Fellow Daoist Pangu used that Law to destroy us before. Had this old Daoist not swallowed his pride and begged Fellow Daoist Pangu to spare us, this old Daoist would likely have long since perished."

Hong Yuan looked slightly surprised. "Oh? I thought someone like you, Yang Mei, would always hold a grudge against my elder brother. You're taking it rather well, aren't you? That doesn't seem like you, Space Demon God."

Hearing this, Yang Mei's expression became even more bitter. "Please stop teasing this old Daoist, Fellow Daoist. What Space Demon God is there now? There is only Daoist Yang Mei."

"As for Fellow Daoist Pangu, all of us understood that this calamity was destined. He was not to blame. If anyone was to blame, it was only ourselves for being inferior in skill."

At this point, Yang Mei paused and looked at Hong Yuan curiously.

"I wonder if I may ask Fellow Daoist to resolve one question for this old Daoist?"

He was very curious why Hong Yuan had been able to remain uninvolved in the previous calamity.

Although Hong Yuan was Pangu's younger brother, he was still a Chaos Demon God.

Before the Immeasurable Calamity, there was no reason Hong Yuan should have been able to escape.

Even if Pangu could not bring himself to act, were there not other Chaos Demon Gods?

Faced with Yang Mei's question, Hong Yuan simply smiled and said decisively, "No!"

He knew what Yang Mei wanted to ask, but he could hardly say that he had originally been an outsider inserted into this world.

Not to mention that he had not even undergone Form Transformation and been born at the time; his name had never been part of that calamity in the first place.

Only an idiot would have chosen to join in.

Yang Mei: "..."

Hong Yuan patted Yang Mei's shoulder and said thoughtfully, "Old Yang, regarding this matter, I'll briefly say a few words. It's enough if you understand. In short, this is the situation right now. As for the specifics, I believe all of you can see them and say a thing or two about them. Perhaps you don't quite understand what you're hearing, but that's roughly what it means."

"You don't need to guess about what you don't know. Guessing too much is useless. All I want to say is, those who understand, understand. I won't explain more to those who don't, because it's enough for me to know."

"Don't ask me what happened either. The Causality involved is too great, and saying it would do neither you nor me any good. So all I can say is, those who understand, understand. Those who understand will naturally comprehend it, while those who don't will never understand no matter what. But the most crucial point is that the people who understand it all realized it by themselves. Do you understand?!"

Hearing this, Yang Mei's brows immediately rose, then gradually twisted together.

How should he put it? Hong Yuan's words sounded like nonsense at first, but upon careful listening, they seemed to contain a wealth of meaning.

After thinking about them more carefully, he actually gained some insight.

At that moment, Yang Mei's state of mind actually improved slightly.

After a long while, Yang Mei finally let out a deep breath and solemnly bowed to Hong Yuan.

"Yang Mei has been taught. Thank you, Fellow Daoist!"

Hong Yuan: "???"

No, what had he comprehended?

I was just talking bullshit.

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