When the two arrived before Hong Yuan Hall, over a hundred young attendants were tending to the ten Chaos Spiritual Roots outside the hall.
The moment they saw Hong Yuan, overwhelming joy appeared on their faces.
Their bodies even trembled violently.
"Master, Master has returned!!"
The attendants' cries immediately drew the other attendants who had been busy with other tasks.
In an instant, all three thousand male and female attendants rushed over in a swarm.
They joyfully welcomed Hong Yuan back.
"The attendants of Hong Yuan Mountain welcome Master's return!"
Seeing these red-lipped, white-toothed young attendants, all brimming with excitement, Yang Mei was once again greatly shocked.
Good heavens, there had not been a single living being in the Primordial Wilderness outside, aside from Chaos Demon Gods like them.
Yet Fellow Daoist Hong Yuan already had more than three thousand here.
Though their cultivation and Root Foundations were somewhat low, this was still astonishing.
It was not as though he had never tried enlightening some young attendants to serve as his servants before.
But the instant he enlightened them, they died and vanished.
The reason was the baleful aura permeating the Primordial Wilderness, as well as the Primordial Wilderness itself refusing to permit it.
After several Kalpas, the baleful aura filling heaven and earth had indeed dissipated considerably, but it was still far beyond what beings below the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm could endure.
Yang Mei said with some emotion, "Fellow Daoist, you truly are generous."
Facing Yang Mei's remark, Hong Yuan explained, "Fellow Daoist, you misunderstand. This was not my doing, but the Great Dao's!"
"Uh..."
What else could Yang Mei say? He could only marvel that Hong Yuan truly deserved to be called the Great Dao's biological son.
His treatment was completely different from theirs, those little strays the Great Dao had picked up from who knew where.
Looking at the attendants before him, each of whom had reached the Golden Immortal realm, Hong Yuan's face gained a few traces of satisfaction.
It seemed they had not wasted their time these past days.
Though he had not bestowed any particular blessings upon them, merely allowing them to tend to those ten Spiritual Roots every day was already quite a boon.
After all, these were ten Ultimate Chaos Spiritual Roots.
Even taking a whiff of them could allow one's cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds.
Though all these attendants had advanced to the Golden Immortal realm, their appearances remained unchanged. Each was still red-lipped and white-toothed, like a porcelain doll.
This made Hong Yuan breathe a sigh of relief.
He did not want his mountain to suddenly be filled with hulking brutes.
"All of you, rise."
"Thank you, Master."
Once the attendants had all stood, Hong Yuan introduced Yang Mei. "This is Yang Mei Daoist, a friend of mine. You may address him as Ancestor Yang Mei."
"We pay respects to Ancestor Yang Mei!"
Hearing those childish voices call out to him, Yang Mei's face filled with delight.
With a wave of his hand, three thousand streams of spiritual light appeared in his palm.
They descended one by one upon the attendants.
They were some Innate Spiritual Treasures he had collected over the years, along with some of his insights into the Dao of Space.
Most of them were High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
It was an exceedingly lavish gift.
Upon seeing the meeting gifts Yang Mei had given them, the attendants became somewhat flustered. Unsure whether they should accept them, they looked up at Hong Yuan.
Yang Mei felt a wave of envy at the sight.
He wanted such obedient attendants too.
Facing their questioning gazes, Hong Yuan smiled.
"Accept them all. They are Fellow Daoist Yang Mei's meeting gifts for you."
After hearing Hong Yuan's words, the attendants beamed with joy and respectfully bowed to Yang Mei.
"Thank you, Ancestor Yang Mei~"
Seeing this, Yang Mei stroked his long beard with a kindly expression.
He rather liked these polite attendants.
Hong Yuan then instructed them, "Go pick some Spiritual Fruits from those ten Spiritual Roots. I wish to entertain Fellow Daoist Yang Mei."
"Yes!"
"Come, Fellow Daoist. Let us enter the hall and talk."
"Good!"
Thus, Yang Mei and Hong Yuan walked side by side toward Hong Yuan Hall.
But when Yang Mei passed by the ten spiritual plants, his expression suddenly changed drastically. With a flash, he instantly appeared before one of them.
His voice trembled slightly as he spoke.
"This... this is an Ultimate Chaos Spiritual Root?"
He had noticed the ten Spiritual Roots the moment he appeared in the square.
But because those ten spiritual plants had not revealed any aura, Yang Mei had not paid them much attention at the time, assuming they were merely Innate Spiritual Roots Hong Yuan had casually planted.
Yet when he drew closer, he realized something was wrong.
The feeling these ten Spiritual Roots gave him was far too familiar.
They did not resemble Innate Spiritual Roots at all.
Only when he moved even closer did he realize it.
These were not Innate Spiritual Roots.
They were clearly Chaos Spiritual Roots.
And every one of them was of no low grade.
All of them belonged among the ranks of Ultimate Chaos Spiritual Roots.
The shock these ten Spiritual Roots brought Yang Mei was beyond words.
Even in the Chaos before heaven and earth had been opened, Ultimate Chaos Spiritual Roots had been extraordinarily difficult to encounter.
Most had transformed into Chaos Demon Gods over the endless years.
For example, he himself had transformed from a Hollow Willow within Chaos.
Though the ten Spiritual Roots before him were far inferior to his former true body.
Their Root Foundations were absolutely superior to his current one.
Yang Mei could not help feeling envious as he looked at them.
How wonderful it would be if they were his.
Fellow Daoist Hong Yuan, that filthy rich bastard, truly deserved to die.
Hong Yuan was also somewhat surprised by Yang Mei's reaction. "Old Yang, they're only ten Ultimate Chaos Spiritual Roots. Is that really necessary? Your true body far surpassed these ten spiritual plants."
Yang Mei was nearly in tears. What did he mean, only ten Ultimate Chaos Spiritual Roots?
Only a filthy rich bastard like Hong Yuan could treat them as nothing.
His former true body had indeed far surpassed these ten spiritual plants.
But that had been in his previous life.
In this life, he was simply inferior to these ten Chaos Spiritual Roots.
If he possessed the Root Foundation of these ten Chaos Spiritual Roots, he could completely recover to the peak of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm at the fastest possible speed, perhaps even reach the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
He dearly wanted to ask whether Hong Yuan could give him one.
But when the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back.
He did not have the nerve to open his mouth and ask for a Chaos Spiritual Root.
Unless he were willing to bow his head and acknowledge Hong Yuan as his master, there might be a slight possibility.
But Yang Mei could not bring himself to lose that much face.
So he could only force the words back down.
Suppressing the agitation in his heart, he struggled toward Hong Yuan.
"Fellow Daoist, quickly, let's leave at once!"
If he did not leave soon, he feared he would be unable to restrain himself.
Hong Yuan could not help laughing at his words.
Who would have thought that the dignified Space Demon God could show such an expression?
Thus, the two headed toward the hall.
But the instant Yang Mei stepped into the great hall, he was stunned once again.
The dense aura of Great Dao Law made Yang Mei unable to stop himself from blurting out,
"Fuck!"
Its density far surpassed every place he had ever seen within Chaos.
Here, it felt as though the Great Dao itself had personally brought every law right to his lips.
Though Great Dao Law was abundant in Chaos, it was also violently turbulent to the extreme.
Even for Chaos Demon Gods like them, comprehending it was no easy task.
But here...
All the Great Dao Laws were active, yet they contained not the slightest hint of violence.
He had never seen the Great Dao display such gentleness.
It was as if the Great Dao were personally feeding him.
And it even feared he might burn himself while absorbing it, so it thoughtfully blew on it first.
Truly, seeing this scene made Yang Mei feel deeply aggrieved.
Being the Great Dao's biological son is something special, huh?
The Great Dao really was unfair!
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