However, it could also be said that the Western Religion cultivators had extremely bad luck.
After all, following the Dao-Devil War, Demon Ancestor Luohu detonated the Western ancestral leyline. As a result, the Western Religion was not only lacking in spiritual treasures and resources, but had barely any people with decent innate talent. It could be said to be the poorest place in the Primordial World.
Even with two Saints preaching together, the cultivators listening below were completely lost. Some were even nodding off and openly snoring!
It was not difficult to see just how poor the Western Religion cultivators' foundations were.
"Did you understand?"
Suddenly, Zhunti and Jieyin stopped preaching and looked down at their disciples hopefully. As if afraid they lacked motivation, Zhunti added, "Anyone who understood can directly become an outer disciple of my Western Religion!"
That was right. In the east of the Primordial World, countless people struggled to become outer disciples of a Saint. In the Western Religion, anyone who understood the lecture could join!
It was practically as if there were no requirements.
This was also a helpless measure on Zhunti and Jieyin's part. There was nothing they could do—the west was simply in this state. Most of its people had extremely poor innate talent. Being able to recruit good disciples from among those with terrible talent was already incredibly fortunate.
This was the current situation of the Western Religion.
Compared to the Three Pure Ones at this time, it was simply the difference between heaven and earth.
However, even after Zhunti and Jieyin drastically lowered the requirements, no one agreed. Everyone merely shook their heads in confusion.
Seeing this, the wrinkles on Zhunti's forehead multiplied layer after layer. Jieyin's expression of suffering grew even more bitter, and the two tacitly looked toward the east of the Primordial World. Their eyes filled with endless envy!
The east was different from the west. Countless Great Powers had been born there, and people with exceptional innate talent could be found everywhere. If not for the Three Pure Ones guarding it, they probably would have been unable to resist snatching them by force long ago!
However, just as they were practicing the technique of "quenching their thirst by thinking of plums," something different from usual happened. On this day, an immeasurable mass of merit appeared in their eyes!
"With merit this immense, what happened in the east?"
The two men's expressions changed. Then Zhunti swept out his sleeve, and an image appeared in the void!
The image showed none other than the moment when Jiang Chen had previously expounded on the Human Race's spirit of striving ceaselessly for self-improvement and obtained immeasurable merit!
"A perfected Grand Unity Golden Immortal could actually draw down such immense merit. What exactly did this person do?"
The moment the image appeared, a disciple below cried out in shock.
As soon as those words fell, the corners of Zhunti and Jieyin's eyes twitched. They had originally been troubled by their disciples' innate talent, but now that they saw someone in the east drawing down such immense merit, their envy immediately increased by thirty percent!
"Senior Brother, this person merely got lucky. Drawing down such immense merit must have exhausted quite a bit of his providence. He probably has no hope of receiving merit again next time. Besides, our Western Religion will be able to accomplish the same in the future!"
Zhunti spoke indifferently, as if comforting his senior brother—or perhaps himself. As Saints, they kept their emotions hidden. Though they were intensely envious inside, their expressions did not change at all.
"Master, can we really do it in the future?"
Before Jieyin could reply, a disciple below hurriedly cut in with a question.
It nearly choked Zhunti and Jieyin to death. Damn it, you weren't this enthusiastic when listening to the lecture, but now you've even learned to answer first?
And he could not even understand their words of consolation. Could it be that their disciples not only had terrible innate talent, but were also missing a screw?
Fortunately, their embarrassment was soon diverted.
Because.
In the image, Jiang Chen had just obtained another mass of merit through drilling wood to make fire!
Zhunti: "..."
Seeing this, it was not only the Western Religion disciples who cried out in shock. Even Zhunti and Jieyin were dumbfounded!
No one had expected the slap in the face to come so quickly!
Zhunti: "Ahem, next time. He definitely won't receive merit next time!"
But at that moment, the image shifted again, arriving precisely at the moment when Jiang Chen was frantically farming merit!
Western Religion disciple: "Master, is this what you meant by exhausting his providence?"
Zhunti: "...That's right. This time for sure!"
Western Religion disciple: "Master, he's drawn down merit again!"
Zhunti: "I—I..."
Western Religion disciple: "This is bad, Master! More merit has fallen!"
Zhunti: "...Tsk. So that's how it is. He actually possesses the wisdom-root of our Western Religion!"
Western Religion disciple: "It's coming again, it's coming again!"
Zhunti: "...Mm, I was wrong again. This child is fated to be connected with our West!!"
Western Religion disciple: "It's here, it's here! The merit is floating over on auspicious clouds!"
Zhunti: "MMP... All right, I'm not watching anymore!!!"
Crash!
After that angry declaration, Zhunti waved his hand, directly retracting the image. His figure also vanished from before the disciples and appeared inside a Western Religion palace.
What he could not see would not bother him. Zhunti was finally at peace.
Even so, the wrinkles on his forehead had diminished considerably, while a strange gleam appeared in his eyes!
As Zhunti's good friend, Jieyin immediately understood his current mood.
To be honest, when he saw Jiang Chen frantically drawing down merit, he had also been tempted. The suffering had vanished from his face, as if he had found a second spring in life. However, after making a divination, he discovered that Jiang Chen's entire person was obscured by the Heavenly Secrets. Even after paying a tremendous price, he had only managed to calculate that Jiang Chen was Tongtian's disciple, and nothing else!
Yet even so, Jieyin's face stiffened, and he once again returned to endless sorrow.
"Junior Brother, that person is Tongtian's disciple."
After thinking for a long while, Jieyin still told his junior brother the result.
Sure enough.
Upon hearing this answer, Zhunti's face stiffened as well. Endless desolation surged from his heart. "Senior Brother, I understand."
Seeing his junior brother like this, how could Jieyin not feel the same? He merely sighed, patted Zhunti on the shoulder, and then left.
They had finally encountered such a genius, only to discover that he was Tongtian's disciple. This feeling was like being told one day before your wedding that your fiancée was someone else's wife. Whoever experienced it would understand the bitterness!
However, after Jieyin left, Zhunti's expression kept changing. At times he was conflicted, at times he frowned, and a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.
Within the Thirty-Three Heavens, in the Heavenly Court.
Countless figures had gathered there, standing on either side. Anyone present would have recognized their identities. Not a single one of the figures there was weak. They were at least Grand Unity Golden Immortals, all famous and powerful Great Powers of the Demon Race!
However, despite being Great Powers, they were all kneeling below at this moment. The Heavenly Court was silent.
The reason for all this was the two figures above them, whose bodies radiated boundless majesty. Their auras were immense, and limitless light blossomed behind them, like two blazing suns suspended in the sky. No one dared contend with them!
They were none other than the Demon Emperors of the Demon Race's Heavenly Court, Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi!
"Nuwa still refuses to aid our Demon Race?"
After a long while, Di Jun's voice rang through the Heavenly Court.
Before the Heavenly Court had been established, Nuwa had been a member of the Demon Race. Yet after becoming a Saint, she was unwilling to assist the Demon Race instead. Now that the Witch-Demon conflict had begun, they were precisely in need of manpower. How could Di Jun possibly let go of such a powerful aid as Nuwa? Naturally, he had tried to persuade her for a long time.
But this time, he was disappointed once again.
"Reporting to the Heavenly Emperor, my younger sister will not even see me, her elder brother, anymore. I ask the Heavenly Emperor to calm his anger!"
No one spoke. Fuxi could only step forward and report the truth.
The moment his words fell, the atmosphere in the Heavenly Court instantly fell silent. Although Di Jun said nothing, it was easy to imagine how ugly his expression had become.
However, Nuwa was a Saint, so there was nothing he could do.
"Has anything unusual happened recently?"
Di Jun snorted coldly and turned to look at the others, asking about the Heavenly Court's recent situation.
"Reporting to the Heavenly Emperor, some time ago, two tiger generals at the perfected Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm disappeared in the Human Race's territory. This subordinate suspects that they likely met with disaster."
Someone spoke.
The tiger generals had met with disaster?
As soon as he finished speaking, the other members of the Demon Race were instantly puzzled. In their memories, the Human Race was an incomparably weak clan, at most food for them. Yet two Tiger Demons at the perfected Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm had disappeared among the Human Race. This could not help but make them ponder.
"The Human Race? Wasn't that the clan created by Nuwa?"
Not only did they think this way, Di Jun seemed to have thought of something as well. He then laughed in extreme anger. "Good, good, good! No one is taking me or the Heavenly Court seriously anymore. First, Nuwa refused to aid the Heavenly Court. Then, Dong Wang Gong established the ancient Heavenly Court on Penglai Island. And now, even the Human Race created by Nuwa dares to offend me!"
"The Human Race must be annihilated!!!"
As he spoke, an angry roar filled with boundless killing intent came from Di Jun's mouth. Boundless might erupted from his body, and the aura of a Quasi-Saint Perfection swept across the universe. Every Great Power in the Heavenly Court instantly fell silent in fear!
The Heavenly Emperor's might was unrivaled for a time!
"I am willing to serve the Heavenly Emperor and go forth to annihilate the Human Race!"
Seeing Di Jun lose his temper, Ji Meng, one of the Ten Great Demon Sages, stepped forward and requested the command.
The other Demon Sages followed close behind.
"Your subject Shang Yang awaits the Heavenly Emperor's orders!"
"Gui Che requests permission to act. I am willing to sweep away everything for the Heavenly Emperor!"
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