Mm, Really Beautiful

But Luohu was Luohu, after all.

Though he was afraid, his face remained utterly calm.

"Hong Yuan, I don't think you'll kill me!"

"Oh?" A hint of amusement appeared on Hong Yuan's face.

"Why would you, Luohu, think that? Because of the measures you've just begun laying within the western Earth Veins?"

The moment Hong Yuan said this, Luohu's body trembled involuntarily.

A brief flash of panic crossed his face as well.

But he quickly regained his composure.

"As expected of you, Hong Yuan. This patriarch thought my methods could deceive you."

It was precisely because of Hong Yuan's existence that Luohu had made arrangements within the western Earth Veins in advance.

Though he had promised Hong Yuan that he would not cause excessive damage to the Primordial Wilderness.

That was only under the condition that his life was not threatened.

If he was about to die, who would care about any of that then?

What Luohu had not expected was that even with the aid of a fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation, Hong Yuan had still discovered his scheme.

Faced with Luohu's candor, Hong Yuan could not help but chuckle, his face carrying a trace of disdain. "Give it up. You think one or two fragments in your hand are enough to hide things from me? I don't know whether to say that you, Luohu, still underestimate me too much."

"Do you not know that it belonged to my elder brother?"

Hong Yuan's words were astonishing, striking Luohu's heart like a bolt of thunder.

Hong Yuan knew that he possessed a fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation?

How was that possible?

This fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation had only been in his hands for several tens of thousands of years, and he had never once revealed it before outsiders.

Causality and the group of minor lackeys beside him were also somewhat dazed upon hearing this.

Unlike those lackeys, they did not yet know Hong Yuan's true identity.

After all, before the Primordial Wilderness came into being, they had not even possessed consciousness.

But Causality and the other two knew exactly who Hong Yuan's elder brother was.

They had not expected Luohu to possess a treasure left behind by Pangu.

No wonder Luohu's cultivation had advanced so quickly.

"Hong Yuan, tell me. What conditions do you need to let me go?"

"Oh? When did I ever say I would let you go?"

Luohu smiled. "With your cultivation, Hong Yuan, if you truly wished to kill me, you would have acted from the very beginning instead of explaining so much to me!"

Seeing Luohu's confident expression, Hong Yuan's lips curled slightly.

"You got that right, Luohu. I truly did not plan to kill you. After all, you still have some use to the Primordial Wilderness. But... I never said I wouldn't beat you up!"

The instant Hong Yuan spoke those words, the smile on Luohu's face froze.

Before he could react—

Hong Yuan simply waved one hand and suspended Luohu in the air.

Then, a long whip that Luohu found all too familiar appeared in his hand.

Luohu's face immediately turned pale at the sight.

"Hong Yuan, stop using such methods to humiliate me! If you have the guts, kill me outright!"

"That won't do!"

Hong Yuan muttered softly.

With that, he lashed Luohu directly with the whip.

"Hngh!!"

That strike instantly made Luohu's face flush crimson. Even though he forcibly endured the excruciating pain, he could not help releasing a muffled roar.

After all, a group of his subordinates was watching from the side.

Luohu would rather die than suffer such humiliation.

It was not as though he had not considered self-detonating on the spot.

But Hong Yuan had anticipated it long ago. His Primordial Origin Golden Immortal cultivation suppressed Luohu completely, leaving him utterly unable to detonate himself.

As for Luohu's subordinates in the distance—

When they saw their patriarch being humiliated like this, not only did they not dare offer the slightest resistance, they did not even dare feel anger.

They merely kept their heads lowered, staring at the formation patterns beneath their feet.

Mm, truly beautiful.

They looked as though they wished they could bury their heads in the ground.

Meanwhile, Hong Yuan held the long whip formed from the Law of Strength.

Whip after whip lashed across Luohu's body.

This beating continued for a full three years.

Though such a length of time was insignificant to someone like Hong Yuan.

To Luohu, every day felt like a year. It was a living hell.

It was even more humiliating than being hacked to death by Pangu back then.

"Luohu, tell me, why insist on opposing me? I never hindered you in any way. Aren't you just looking for trouble?"

Yet Luohu remained silent in the face of Hong Yuan's mockery.

Only when the whip struck his body would he let out a miserable howl.

"Enough. I'll spare you this time, but you, Luohu, must help me do something. Are you willing?"

Only then did Luohu finally raise his head.

"Speak!"

"I need you to find a way to set up some defensive formations throughout the Primordial Wilderness, covering the entire Primordial Wilderness within them!"

Luohu had been listening carefully to Hong Yuan's request, but after Hong Yuan finished speaking, he immediately blurted out:

"That is impossible. I cannot do it!"

Given the vastness of the Primordial Wilderness, even as a Primordial Origin Golden Immortal, he could not possibly use a single formation to cover the entire Primordial Wilderness.

Hong Yuan thought about it and realized that this was indeed making things difficult for Luohu.

After pondering for a moment, he changed his wording. "How about this? Gather everyone within the Primordial Wilderness and have them set it up with you. Just do your best. Whether you succeed or not, I will write off the matter of you trying to attack me this time. And I will also have Fellow Daoist Yang Mei assist you!"

"Luohu, what do you think?"

Luohu considered it for a moment before finally agreeing.

"Fine."

After all, he did not want Hong Yuan to hang him up and beat him again.

That truly hurt.

And it was far too humiliating.

Seeing Luohu agree, Hong Yuan turned to Causality and the other two. "I wonder whether Fellow Daoist Causality and the others would be willing to help me with this? After all, this matter will also benefit all of you greatly!"

Causality and the other two agreed at once.

"Fellow Daoist Hong Yuan is too courteous. From the day we came into being, we have already been part of the Primordial Wilderness. It is only right that we do this!"

Hong Yuan nodded. "Excellent."

With that, he lowered Luohu back down.

With a casual wave of his hand, the formation Luohu had previously set up was obliterated in an instant.

Everyone then appeared directly within the Dojo on Mount Sumeru.

After thinking for a moment, Hong Yuan took out several Spiritual Fruits and handed them to Causality and the other two.

After hesitating for a moment, he tossed one to Luohu as well.

The moment everyone saw the Spiritual Fruits Hong Yuan handed over—

Their hearts were immediately shaken.

"These are... fruits from a Chaos Spiritual Root?!"

"Moreover, judging from their grade, this is no ordinary Chaos Spiritual Root. It is at least a high-grade Chaos Spiritual Root. Such a spiritual root is exceedingly rare even within Chaos. Who would have thought that one would still exist in the newly opened Primordial Wilderness?"

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