Taiqing Poaches Someone! (Continued)

Fuxi, that great traitor, is under house arrest in the Daoist temple, and is still desperately cultivating.

Meanwhile, Taiqing Laozi is frantically recruiting disciples.

Anyone who isn't extremely talented or of poor character can join the Human Religion.

During this period, Taiqing Laozi has already taken in over a hundred formal and outer disciples.

As for his Direct Disciple, he still only has one Xuan Du.

The reason why Laozi of Taiqing took on so many disciples was mainly because he was forced to.

One reason is that Nuwa and Bai Chen pulled a big stunt, expelling Xuan Du from the human realm.

Secondly, Bai Chen's advice to Dao Ancestor Hongjun back then left Taiqing Laozi with a psychological shadow.

Previously, Taiqing Laozi thought that it was enough for the Human Religion to have only one disciple Xuan Du, to inherit the mantle. Now, Taiqing Laozi thinks it would be better to take in more disciples.

Even if one account is unusable, there's still a backup account, so it won't be that awkward.

Moreover, the Human Religion has many disciples. If Bai Chen and his people say that the Human Religion only has a few big cats and small cats, there is no need to suppress the Innate Supreme Treasure Taiji Diagram to suppress its fortune.

Now that the number of disciples of the Human Religion has increased, it's unlikely that Dao Ancestor Hongjun would confiscate his Innate Supreme Treasure, the Taiji Diagram, and give it to the Interception Sect to suppress its fortune.

Taiqing Laozi accepted many disciples in order to preserve the lineage of the Human Religion and also to protect his Innate Supreme Treasure, the Taiji Diagram.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun: Taiqing Laozi, it would be good if you took on more disciples.

When the Investiture of the Gods Calamity and the Investiture of the Gods is signed, your master will take better care of you and allocate more places to you in the Human Religion.

Taiqing Laozi looked at his more than one hundred disciples, but he still only had Xuan Du Direct Disciple.

Taiqing Laozi felt that he still needed to take on another Direct Disciple to inherit his mantle.

If Xuan Du hadn't been expelled from the human realm by Nuwa, Taiqing Laozi felt that having Xuan Du as a Direct Disciple wouldn't have mattered much about passing on the mantle of the Human Religion to him.

Now that Xuan Du has been stripped of his human status by Nuwa, he can no longer be considered a true human being. Naturally, Laozi Taiqing would not pass on the mantle of the Human Religion to him.

As for the choice of Direct Disciple to inherit his mantle, Taiqing Laozi believed that only three people in the human race were qualified, namely the Three Ancestors of the Human Race.

Taiqing Laozi felt that if he accepted the Three Ancestors of the Human Race as his Direct Disciple, he didn't believe Nuwa would have any excuse to expel them from the Three Ancestors of the Human Race.

Without hesitation, Taiqing Laozi broke through the void and left the Eight Views Palace, arriving at the mine on Shouyang Mountain.

At the Shouyang Mountain mine, the ancestor Ziyishi was still supervising the work as usual to prevent the miners from slacking off.

"The Ziyishi greets the Saint Taiqing!"

When the ancestor Ziyishi saw the suddenly appearing Taiqing Laozi, he quickly bowed and paid his respects.

Ziyishi felt somewhat uneasy about the sudden arrival of Taiqing Laozi.

Not long ago, when Taiqing Laozi preached at the Eight Views Palace, she not only did not go, but she also forbade the human race to listen to his teachings.

Now that Laozi Taiqing suddenly appeared, it's no wonder she's afraid.

"No need for formalities!"

After gesturing for Ziyishi Laozi dispense with the formalities, Taiqing Ziyishi looked at her and said:

"Ziyishi, there is currently no one among my disciples to inherit my mantle. You have good aptitude; would you be willing to become my Human Religion, Direct Disciple of the Human Sect, Human Religion its mantle?"

Taiqing Laozi's meaning is very clear: as long as the ancestor of humanity Ziyishi, acknowledges him as her master, he will make her the successor of the Human Religion.

Taiqing Laozi had considered this before saying so. First, the Ziyishi was one of the Three Ancestors of the Human Race. Second, the Ziyishi's cultivation had reached the level of a half-step Quasi-Saint, far surpassing that of Xuan Du.

These two factors combined qualified Ziyishi to become the successor of the Renjiao (Human Religion).

Bai Chen: Taiqing Laozi, you shameless bastard!

You're renting my Shouyang Mountain, and you still dare to undermine me? You're unworthy of being Heavenly Dao Saint.

Although the conditions offered by Laozi Taiqing very tempting, the ancestor Ziyishi did not hesitate for long. Instead, he bowed and said:

"The Saint Taiqing, Ziyishi, had already become a disciple of the Holy Fire Meow Meow Cult of the Great God Bai Chen in his early years."

Ziyishi's meaning was self-evident: he was politely declining the offer.

After being politely refused by the Ziyishi, Taiqing Laozi suppressed his anger and said:

"The Ziyishi and Bai Chen's Holy Fire Meow Meow Cult are merely sects established to accumulate Merit and Fortune; they cannot be considered true sects."

You have exceptional talent; why waste your time in a religious order that exists in name only?

If you were to join the Human Religion and be taught by me, your future achievements would far exceed your wildest imagination."

Taiqing Laozi thought the Ziyishi was somewhat foolish; what was Bai Chen's Holy Fire Meow Meow Cult anyway? It was just a joke.

It not only lacks an object to suppress the sect's destiny, but it also lacks a true sect's doctrines and methods.

Taiqing Laozi felt that even Bai Chen Holy Fire Meow Meow Cult was not as reliable as the Nether River of the Sea of Blood Styx Cult.

Taiqing Laozi thought it was incredibly foolish that the Ziyishi would reject him for Bai Chen's worthless, lousy sect.

"The teachings of the Saint Taiqing and the Great God Bai Chen may not be as powerful as those of the Human Religion."

"But in my early years, when my cultivation was weak, only the Great God Bai Chen was willing to accept me as a disciple."

"Later, the Great God Bai Chen also bestowed some treasures upon me to enhance my cultivation. The Great God Bai Chen has been kind to me, and if I were to switch allegiance to another sect, I would be ungrateful."

Out of gratitude for Bai Chen's kindness, Ziyishi once again refused Taiqing Laozi.

Having been rejected by the ancestor Ziyishi, Taiqing Laozi was enraged and shouted:

"Utterly foolish!"

Taiqing Laozi has given up on the idea of taking the ancestor Ziyishi as his disciple. After all, he has already been rejected twice, and he does not want to be rejected a third time.

Taiqing Laozi truly couldn't understand what kind of bewitching potion Bai Chen had given to the ancestor Ziyishi, making him become like Nuwa and Houtu.

"Ziyishi, you don't actually think Bai Chen is anything good, do you?"

Bai Chen: Taiqing Laozi, you have the guts to say that to my face.

"Think about it carefully!"

After uttering those harsh words, Taiqing Laozi immediately broke through the void and fled.

The Three Ancestors of the Human Race were not limited to the Ziyishi alone. He simply did not believe that he, as a sage, could not have a single Direct Disciple.

After Taiqing Laozi broke through the void and arrived in the land of the human race, he almost thought he had come to the wrong place and arrived in the Witch Clan.

This is because there are more Witch Clan than humans in the human territory. There are many Witch Clan stationed outside the human territory alone, and the patrolmen are all Witch Clan.

Humans: We also want to work hard; we don't want to be raised into useless people by the Witch Clan.

But the Witch Clan said that we humans were powerless to protect ourselves because of the demons' massacre of humans, and we couldn't refute that. We could only let the Witch Clan take over the security work.

All we humans can do now is strive to cultivate and hope to produce a few Quasi-Saint to prove that we humans are not useless!

Laozi Taiqing upon the human race, Suirenshi and Youchaoshi hurriedly led the human race to welcome him, after all, it was important to maintain appearances.

Taiqing Laozi directly stated his purpose: to take Suirenshi and Youchaoshi as his disciples and let them Human Religion.

Taiqing Laozi felt that he was not familiar with Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and Bai Chen, so it wouldn't be a big problem for him to take them in.

But something unexpected happened to Taiqing Laozi: Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and Ziyishi, just like before, rejected Taiqing Laozi.

Suirenshi and Youchaoshi weren't stupid. Why didn't Taiqing Laozi come to take them as disciples earlier? Why did he only come after they were expelled from the human realm in Xuan Du? Did he really think they didn't know Taiqing Laozi's intentions?

Moreover, what if they joined the Human Religion and ended up like Xuan Du, being expelled from human status by Nuwa?

More importantly, the human race now has the protection of the Mother Goddess Nuwa and has also established connections with the Witch Clan.

Moreover, the Witch Clan has promised that as long as humans and Witch Clan intermarry, the Human Realm Path reincarnation process in the Six Paths of Reincarnation will be more lenient.

Nowadays, Suirenshi and Youchaoshi no longer need to join the Human Religion or curry Laozi with Taiqing for the sake of humanity.

"Presumptuous!"

After being rejected by the Three Ancestors of the Human Race, Taiqing Laozi was furious.

When Suirenshi and Youchaoshi saw that Taiqing Laozi was angry, they were about to pray to Nuwa for help when the ancestral witch Dijiang tore through space and arrived.

When Taiqing Laozi upon the human race, the Great Shaman stationed among them contacted the Ancestral Witch through a secret method of the Witch Clan.

The Ancestral Witch Emperor Jiang smiled obsequiously at Taiqing Laozi and said:

"Saint Taiqing, why are you so angry?"

The Ancestral Witch Emperor Jiang had already learned through Houtu that Taiqing Laozi had been removed from his position as acting head of the Xuanmen sect by Dao Ancestor Hongjun and had lost the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda.

"Dijiang, aren't you Witch Clan meddling a bit too much?"

Taiqing Laozi glared fiercely at Dijiang. If Houtu hadn't called out to Houtu Dao Ancestor Hongjun, he would have ended up in such a miserable state.

Because of Houtu, he now also hates the Witch Clan.

Before Dijiang could speak, Xuanming spoke first:

"Saint Taiqing is mistaken. We remember that Dao Ancestor divided Heaven and Earth, he said that demons would rule Heaven and witches would rule Earth."

Humans live on the Primordial World land, and they intermarry with my Witch Clan. It's reasonable for my Witch Clan to take charge of the humans, isn't it?

Xuanming was so brave today mainly because he was provoked by Bai Chen.

Bai Chen dared to mess with Taiqing Laozi, so Xuanming felt he couldn't be weaker than that cat.

That Bad Cat has powerful backers, but doesn't Xuanming himself have powerful backers?

As soon as Xuanming spoke, he immediately gained the approval of the other Ancestral Witch.

"Sister Xuanming is absolutely right. It is perfectly reasonable for our Witch Clan to take charge of the human race."

"It seems a bit unreasonable that the Saint Taiqing would get angry here after being rejected for a disciple?"

"..."

The Ancestral Witch talked amongst themselves, their main point being that they were not giving Taiqing Laozi any face.