After Fuxi and Nuwa left, Xuanming took Houtu's hand and said:
"Little sister, let's go find that little beast too."
"Once we find it, we'll make it our Pet Beast and anger Nuwa to death!"
Ancestral Witch Xuanming was not exactly even-tempered. After Nuwa had unjustly blamed her for no reason, she could not swallow her anger.
Nuwa had said that the two siblings and their group had stolen her Pet Beast, so Xuanming would catch one and show it to her.
"Big sister, isn't that a little inappropriate?"
Houtu was somewhat resistant to Ancestral Witch Xuanming's idea. After all, it was Nuwa's Pet Beast, and going after someone else's Pet Beast now did seem somewhat improper.
"Little sister, Nuwa was the one who wronged us first!"
"Besides, that furry, chubby little beast—don't you want it?"
As the saying went, no one knew a younger sister better than her elder sister. How could Xuanming, as Houtu's elder sister, not know her temperament?
"This~"
Houtu was still somewhat hesitant, but compared with her previous attitude, she had already begun to waver.
"Little sister, once we catch~find that little beast, as long as it agrees to become our sisters' Pet Beast, then it won't be us stealing Nuwa's Pet Beast. It'll be doing so of its own accord."
While brainwashing Houtu, Ancestral Witch Xuanming almost let the truth slip.
Could anything Ancestral Witch Xuanming did be called catching? It was called finding!
"What if it refuses?"
Houtu was very tempted, but she was still a little worried.
"Don't worry, little sister. I guarantee it will agree."
Ancestral Witch Xuanming made her guarantee. As for what would happen after they found Bai Chen—if he refused to listen and refused to behave, then he could not blame her.
Ancestral Witch Xuanming was no delicate female immortal. She had plenty of means and strength.
"Two little sisters, you've forgotten something very important.
"We Ancestral Witches are Pangu's Orthodox Lineage. Buzhou Mountain was transformed from Father God's spine, so it belongs to us Ancestral Witches.
"Since that little beast appeared on Buzhou Mountain, it belongs to us Ancestral Witches too!"
Once Ancestral Witch Dijiang said this, all the other Ancestral Witches except Houtu felt that he made perfect sense.
To them, anything on Buzhou Mountain, whether living being or object, belonged to their Ancestral Witch clan.
They did not care how Bai Chen had come to Buzhou Mountain. From this moment onward, he was the Pet Beast of their two younger sisters.
Fuxi and Nuwa: You mean that the two of us siblings also belong under your Ancestral Witches' control?
"Brothers, we're going to find that little beast!"
Xuanming called out to Ancestral Witch Dijiang and the others while pulling Houtu along, then immediately began searching for Bai Chen's whereabouts.
"You four, go help the two little sisters find that little beast. Remember, take it alive."
Ancestral Witch Dijiang instructed Ru Shou, Gou Mang, Gonggong, and Zhurong. Since Xuanming and Houtu wanted a Pet Beast, their elder brothers naturally had to help fulfill their wishes.
"Rest assured, Big Brother."
The four Ancestral Witches bowed, then dispersed and left.
Ancestral Witch Dijiang led the other Ancestral Witches back to Pangu Hall to cultivate.
In a Secret Realm somewhere on Buzhou Mountain, Bai Chen held a fragment of the Jade Disk of Creation in one claw and a newly acquired Innate Spiritual Root in the other.
Its shape resembled a Chinese hawthorn pear, but its leaves were round, and the fruits it bore were red.
"There was a tree whose shape was like a Chinese hawthorn, with round leaves and red fruits. Its fruits were as large as a papaya. It was called the Huai Wood, and eating it granted great strength!"
The Innate Spiritual Root in Bai Chen's hand was the Innate Huai Wood, which he had just found.
The effects of the Innate Huai Wood were far better than those of the Innate Xun Grass. Bai Chen had tested it: every time he ate a Huai Wood Fruit, his strength surged considerably.
Bai Chen believed that one day, he would be able to eat the fruits of the Innate Huai Wood until he gained strength capable of supporting the heavens and standing upon the earth.
When that time came, if Great God Bai Chen lashed out at an enemy with one claw, it would carry the weight of all the heavens of the prehistoric world. Who below the Dao-Proving realm could withstand it?
Bai Chen stored away the Innate Huai Wood, then headed toward the next Secret Realm while gnawing on several fruits.
Bai Chen was so dazzled by the treasures that he had not even considered that Fuxi and Nuwa, along with the six Ancestral Witches including Houtu and Xuanming, were all searching for him.
The wonders of the fragments of the Jade Disk of Creation truly seemed endless. Bai Chen soon found another Secret Realm and began deciphering its restrictions.
Just as Bai Chen was about to break through the restrictions, a jade hand suddenly reached toward him. The other party had thought this attempt was certain to succeed.
But then a shocking scene unfolded. Just as Bai Chen was about to be caught, he easily dodged away at the very last moment.
"Do you not know that Great God's agility is seven times that of an ordinary Innate Deity?"
"If you want to catch Great God, you're still tens of thousands of epochs too early!"
Bai Chen looked smugly at the woman whose sneak attack had missed.
Did she really think Great God Bai Chen had no means of surviving in the prehistoric world? How laughable!
"Take Great God's Ancestor Fei's Shadowless Divine Claw!"
Bai Chen waved his little claws, and countless claw shadows materialized and attacked the other party.
Since she had dared to ambush Great God Bai Chen, she had to pay the price.
Facing Bai Chen's assault, the woman did not defend herself. She effortlessly took Bai Chen's attack with her physical body.
"Ancestor Fei's Flying Kick!"
Seeing that his previous move had failed to affect her, Bai Chen suddenly leaped up and launched a flying kick at her.
The woman easily caught Bai Chen's flying kick with one hand. Taking advantage of the momentum, she seized Bai Chen by the lower leg and lifted him up.
"Bai Chen, you're even weaker than I expected."
The woman had originally thought Bai Chen's strength should be considerable, but this was all he had. As expected, a Pet Beast was still a Pet Beast.
She had been foolish to expect a Pet Beast to possess much combat power.
"You're Xuanming or Houtu?"
Bai Chen stared at the woman before him and asked. As far as he knew, there were only three female living beings on Buzhou Mountain: Nuwa and the sisters Xuanming and Houtu.
Bai Chen had already exchanged blows with the other party several times and confirmed that her physical abilities were formidable. She was undoubtedly an Ancestral Witch who cultivated physical abilities and the power of laws. She was either Xuanming or Houtu.
"Bai Chen, who do you want me to be?"
The woman dangled Bai Chen by his lower leg and shook him a few times before asking teasingly.
The woman was not particularly surprised that Bai Chen knew the name of the sisters.
After all, he was Nuwa's Pet Beast. It was hardly strange for him to have learned their names from Nuwa.
Just as she had learned Bai Chen's name from Nuwa.
"Fei Style Death Roll!"
Bai Chen performed a death roll, breaking free from the woman's restraint. At the same time as he regained his freedom, he put some distance between them.
Bai Chen had already made up his mind. If the other party was Ancestral Witch Xuanming, he would flee.
If she was Ancestral Witch Houtu, he could try to befriend her.
"Trying to run? Dream on!"
"Law of Ice!"
The woman saw that Bai Chen wanted to flee and immediately activated the power of her law.
As soon as the Law of Ice appeared, a cage of ice materialized out of thin air and descended toward Bai Chen.
Bai Chen blurred and dodged the ice cage.
"Good grief!"
Looking at the cage condensed from the Law of Ice, Bai Chen could not help patting his chest. Fortunately, his agility was high. Otherwise, if he had truly been locked inside, he would have been finished.
"You're Ancestral Witch Xuanming!"
Bai Chen identified Xuanming directly. The moment she used the Law of Ice, her identity had been completely exposed: the Ancestral Witch of rain and ice—Xuanming!
The Law of Ice had caused the surrounding world to become abnormally cold, making Bai Chen shiver.
Bai Chen had never expected that, as an Innate Divine Beast, he would one day be shivering from the cold.
Bai Chen felt that this was not because he was weak, but because Xuanming's Law of Ice was too powerful.
Her Law of Ice had been inherited from Great God Pangu.
Bai Chen felt that if even he was shivering from the cold, then Fuxi would be doing the same if he were here.
Bai Chen estimated that if Xuanming one day proved the Dao through the Law of Ice, her Law of Ice might even freeze a Dao-Proving expert into a whimpering mess.
"Your strength is nothing special, but you do dodge quickly."
After Xuanming mocked Bai Chen, Bai Chen did not let her off. He immediately retorted:
"Xuanming, all you have going for you is your bloodline. You inherited Great God Pangu's bloodline, as well as Great God Pangu's power of laws and Innate Divine Ability!"
Bai Chen looked down on the Twelve Ancestor Witches and the Three Pure Ones, those so-called "second-generation gods" of the prehistoric world. They all relied on the blessings left behind by Great God Pangu to dominate their respective regions.
What were you so proud of, Xuanming? Wasn't it simply because you had a good father?
The main reason Bai Chen looked down on them was that he did not have what they had. Jealousy had twisted his face beyond recognition.
"We are Pangu's Orthodox Lineage. What is wrong with enjoying Father God's grace?"
Faced with Bai Chen's mockery, Xuanming accepted it proudly.
I am Pangu's Orthodox Lineage, and I am proud of it!
Just then, Houtu sensed Xuanming using her power of laws in the distance and hurried over.
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