Although Bai Chen's Method of Breaking Restrictions was profound, Jieyin still noticed something amiss.
The Method of Unlocking Restrictions and the Method of Breaking Restrictions were vastly different. One used a key to open a lock, while the other picked the lock.
Who returned to their own dojo and destroyed its restrictions? Who picked their own lock?
Bai Chen was not the master of this dojo, and these restrictions had not been set up by it. How could it know the Method of Unlocking Restrictions? Thus, it could only use the Method of Breaking Restrictions.
It was precisely because of this that Jieyin noticed the problem.
"Ha ha ha!"
After Zhunti learned that Bai Chen was a fellow cultivator, he burst out laughing:
"So Fellow Daoist Bai Ze is just like the two of us brothers, also here to seek opportunities!"
Zhunti had initially thought he would return empty-handed this time, but now that everyone was a like-minded fellow cultivator, things were different.
"Since that is the case, how about the three of us share the opportunity?"
Zhunti and Jieyin immediately made their stance clear. Since they had discovered it together, everyone who saw it had a share.
If Bai Chen refused, they could not be blamed for driving it away. In any case, the two of them had the advantage of outnumbering it two to one.
"Fine!"
In the end, Bai Chen agreed. There was nothing it could do. As a single fei, it could not beat Zhunti and Jieyin together!
Although Zhunti and Jieyin did not have many battle achievements before proving the Dao, their origins alone were enough to prove that their strength was definitely extraordinary.
Bai Chen estimated that if it fought the two of them at once, it might well be pinned to the ground by Zhunti and Jieyin.
After Bai Chen entered the place with Zhunti and Jieyin, they began looting and dividing the spoils~
No, they began dividing the opportunities, stripping them clean.
After dividing the opportunities, Bai Chen was just about to leave when Zhunti and Jieyin called out to it:
"Fellow Daoist Bai Ze, wait. We can be considered fated to meet. How about traveling together?"
At this moment, Zhunti and Jieyin could already be certain that the dojos they had seen earlier, the ones that had been robbed, had most likely been looted by this 'Bai Ze' before them.
"That would not be appropriate, would it?"
Bai Chen politely refused Zhunti and Jieyin. It really did not want to travel with them. After all, these two fellows had no morals.
The great god Bai Chen was an Innate Divine Beast of noble character. It absolutely could not associate with such immoral fellows.
"Fellow Daoist Bai Ze's cultivation is inferior to that of our brothers. If you encounter something with an owner while searching for opportunities, you may be in danger!"
Zhunti and Jieyin had witnessed Bai Chen's methods of breaking restrictions. Even the two of them together could not match one-tenth of its lock-picking skills.
Thus, Zhunti and Jieyin wanted to team up with Bai Chen and go to other people's dojos to 'search for opportunities.'
"Sigh!"
"Forget it. Then let us travel together."
Bai Chen sighed and reluctantly agreed to travel with them.
After all, even if it refused, these two shameless fellows definitely would not let it go. There was an eighty-to-ninety percent chance they would follow behind it.
Besides, what Zhunti and Jieyin said made some sense. If it happened to encounter some powerful figure who had not gone to listen to the Dao, it would be in trouble.
Bai Chen had now transformed its body and could not display its full strength. Once it revealed its complete strength, its identity would inevitably be exposed.
With Zhunti and Jieyin to help, it could have them handle any trouble they encountered.
Moreover, traveling with Zhunti and Jieyin had another benefit: it could drag these two future Heavenly Dao Saints completely into the mess.
Once the matter came to light, if the Innate Divine Beasts and Innate Deities wanted to raise a fuss, it would mean offending not only their own Nuwa, but also Zhunti and Jieyin.
Offending three Saints in one go—even the Three Pure Ones would have to take that into consideration.
Even if those Innate Deities and Innate Divine Beasts had ten times the courage, they would never dare offend three Saints at once.
When Zhunti saw that Bai Chen had agreed to travel together, his heart filled with delight.
With Bai Chen, who excelled at breaking restrictions, they were like fish in water and tigers with wings!
"How about this? The three of us meeting is fate. Why don't we become sworn brothers?"
Although Zhunti had not seen through Bai Chen's true identity, he had recognized that Bai Chen was extraordinary. Thus, he proposed that they become sworn brothers.
"This..."
Bai Chen was embarrassed. It did not want to become sworn brothers with Zhunti and Jieyin!
Although Zhunti and Jieyin would become Heavenly Dao Saints in the future, the reputations of these two fellows would be terribly poor. They would cheat, swindle, deceive, and brainwash Saints.
If the great god Bai Chen became sworn brothers with Zhunti and Jieyin, it would not dare go outside in the future, for fear of being cursed at until it died.
"Big Brother, Third Brother!"
"Second Brother, Third Brother!"
Zhunti was the first to declare his position, and Jieyin followed right after.
The two of them directly took the positions of eldest and second brother, leaving the third position for Bai Chen.
They had long since seen that although Bai Chen was an Innate existence, its cultivation was not high. Thus, they left the position of third brother to Bai Chen.
"Uh!"
Bai Chen was embarrassed. It had never intended to become sworn brothers with Zhunti and Jieyin.
How had these two fellows even forced a sworn brotherhood on it, going so far as to address each other as brothers?
More importantly, these two fellows were taking advantage of the great god Bai Chen. Why should the great god Bai Chen be the third brother?
Today, the great god Bai Chen had truly witnessed the height of these two fellows' shamelessness!
Although Zhunti and Jieyin had not seen through Bai Chen's true identity, Bai Chen possessed Innate qi, which was enough to show that it was either an Innate Divine Beast or an Innate Deity.
The Western Primordial Era was suffering calamity, and Bai Chen possessed a secret art for breaking restrictions. Zhunti and Jieyin planned to lure Bai Chen back to the Western Primordial Era.
At that time, the three brothers would work together to revitalize the Western Primordial Era.
Bai Chen: I must be insane, right?
It was living perfectly well on Phoenix Perch Mountain. Why would it move to the Western Primordial Era, that great barren wasteland, to suffer?
Of course, it was not impossible!
If Ancestor Hongjun gave the great god Bai Chen relocation compensation for the Western Primordial Era, it would not mind moving there for a while to pocket some of the relocation subsidy.
To reap more opportunities within the limited time, Zhunti directly proposed dividing the work:
"Third Brother, you will be responsible for breaking the restrictions. Jieyin and I will scout ahead and search for places containing opportunities. We will notify you as soon as we find one."
"As for the opportunities, the three of us brothers will divide them equally, with the Great Dao Oath as our pact."
Zhunti calculated the time. There was not much time left before they had to go to Purple Firmament Palace.
He felt they had to find more opportunities within the limited time.
"Fine!"
Bai Chen and Jieyin agreed with Zhunti's proposal. This would indeed improve their efficiency considerably.
And so, the three brothers, Bai Chen and the others, divided up the work.
Zhunti and Jieyin split up and went scouting.
For example, when Zhunti found a place containing an opportunity, he would immediately send a voice transmission to Bai Chen from where he stood, wait for it to come pick the lock, and protect it while it did so.
After Bai Chen picked open the restrictions at the place containing the opportunity, they would divide the opportunity according to their oath.
Zhunti would then go scout for the next place containing an opportunity, while Bai Chen would turn around and head to the place where Jieyin had found an opportunity, pick the lock, and divide the opportunity.
Each time Bai Chen arrived at a place containing an opportunity, it did not have to do anything except pick the lock.
That was because Zhunti and Jieyin had already taken care of everything that could be handled in advance.
Because Zhunti, Jieyin, and Bai Chen had divided the work clearly, their efficiency soared all the way, and they were far faster than Bai Chen working alone.
Because of the Great Dao Oath, they divided the opportunities relatively fairly and impartially.
Although two more fellows were taking a share of the opportunities, their efficiency made up for the increased number of people dividing the spoils.
Bai Chen's gains were no less than when it worked alone. In fact, they were somewhat greater.
In the blink of an eye, several hundred more years passed, and the time for the lecture at Purple Firmament Palace drew near.
"Third Brother, it is about time."
"Let us go to Purple Firmament Palace together to listen to the Saint's lecture."
Zhunti and Jieyin wanted to stop. They knew perfectly well which was more important, listening to the lecture at Purple Firmament Palace or searching for opportunities. It was time to go listen to the lecture.
"You two go ahead. I am not going!"
Bai Chen politely declined the idea of listening to the lecture together with Zhunti and Jieyin, waving to indicate that the two of them could get lost.
Putting aside the content of the first lecture at Purple Firmament Palace, which consisted of basic knowledge that was not very useful—
given the current situation, could it even go listen to the lecture?
During this period, it had picked the locks of no fewer than eight hundred dojos, if not a thousand.
If it went to listen to the lecture now, it would definitely be late.
After the first lecture at Purple Firmament Palace ended, once those unlucky fellows discovered that their dojos had been looted, they would definitely suspect those who had arrived late to listen to the lecture.
Not being enthusiastic about listening to the lecture and even arriving late—such suspicion would be far too great.
Even those who did not attend the lecture would not be suspected.
But anyone who arrived late would definitely be suspected.
Given this situation, how could Bai Chen possibly go listen to the lecture?
As for listening to the lecture?
It would be enough to let Zhunti and Jieyin go. They could draw the fire perfectly.
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