The First Qilin Falls; Ancestral Dragon Subdues the Sea's Eye! (Continued)
"You damned beast! How dare you steal my sacred site and kill my servants and descendants!"
"Damn beast, you better not let me catch you, or I'll skin you alive!"
After venting his anger, Bai Ze immediately used his divine powers to deduce the identity of the bandits.
The Queen Mother of the West was still happy on her way back to West Kunlun because she had been named the Head of Female Immortals.
But when she returned to West Kunlun and saw the Gold Qilin and the servants of West Kunlun rebuilding the Kunlun Immortal Realm, she immediately sensed that something terrible was about to happen.
The Queen Mother of the West had no time to inquire about the situation and quickly fled to a certain place.
When the Queen Mother of the West arrived at this place, she found that the Innate Spiritual Root, the Yellow Middle Plum, which had been hidden there, had disappeared.
"Shameless thief, return my Yellow Middle Plum!"
Now that things have come to this, the Queen Mother of the West doesn't need to ask the Gold Qilin or the other attendants; she knows that her sacred site has been robbed.
In fact, the Queen Mother of the West's situation was much better than that of the other Innate Great God.
At least the servants of the Kunlun Immortal Realm Kunlun Immortal Realm already begun rebuilding it long ago.
Now that the Queen Mother of the West has returned, at least she has a place to stay and won't be homeless.
In fact, the Queen Mother of the West should be grateful to Bai Chen. If it weren't for Bai Chen deliberately sparing the lives of the Queen Mother of the West's attendants to avoid suspicion, she would have been in a better position.
Otherwise, when the Queen Mother of the West returned, she wouldn't have seen the Gold Qilin and his companions rebuilding the Kunlun Immortal Realm, but rather a scene of ruins.
Similar cases to those of the Queen Mother of the West and Bai Ze were common throughout the Primordial World.
The Innate Great God roared to the heavens one by one, and then began to deduce the whereabouts of the thieves.
There was nothing that could be done about it; Bai Chen and Zhunti had Jieyin too many Innate Great God.
When the Three Pure Ones returned to Kunlun Ruins, they found their old neighbor Queen Mother of the West, already waiting for them.
"Fellow Daoist Queen Mother of the West, what are you doing outside our brother's Daoist temple?"
Although Taiqing 'Laozi cultivation surpassed that of the Queen Mother of the West, he still gave her some face, considering that she was the Head of Female Immortals appointed by the sage Hongjun.
"Fellow Daoist Queen Mother of the West, the Sage only bestowed upon you the Head of Female Immortals the Primordial World Female Immortals. We are not female immortals, and you have no right to govern us."
Yuqing Yuanshi is the most arrogant of the Three Pure Ones; he is not as easy to talk to as Taiqing Laozi.
Ever since the sage Hongjun appointed the Queen Mother of the West as the Head of Female Immortals, he had been somewhat displeased with his neighbor Queen Mother of the West.
The main reason is that the East Prince Gong and the Queen Mother of the West, who Head of Male Immortals, have an extremely good relationship.
Yuqing Yuanshi was very dissatisfied with the East Prince Gong, the Head of Male Immortals, and therefore did not have a good impression of his neighbor, the Queen Mother of the West.
"Fellow Yuqing Yuanshi, you have misunderstood."
Although the Queen Mother of the West is the Head of Female Immortals, she is only a half-step Quasi-Saint.
She didn't dare to put on airs too much when facing three neighbors who were at the early stages of Quasi-Saint.
"Fellow Daoists, my Daoist temple has been stolen by that Disgrace to Innates."
"I've come to inquire about the situation of your Daoist temples, fellow Daoists."
The Queen Mother of the West had previously tried to deduce the thief's situation, but ultimately could not.
There are only two possibilities: either the thief's cultivation level is higher than one's own, or the thief has a powerful means to conceal the secrets of heaven.
However, the Queen Mother of the West had already obtained a clue about the thief from the Gold Qilin.
The thief possessed innate energy; he was either Innate Deity or Innate Divine Beast.
In fact, the Queen Mother of the West initially suspected Bai Chen, but later ruled him out as a suspect.
After all, if Bai Chen had stolen his dojo, given the grudge between Bai Chen and the Qilin Clan, could the Gold Qilin have saved his life?
Another reason is Bai Chen's strength. Bai Chen is only at the peak of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, which is one small realm lower than me, a half-step Quasi-Saint.
If the other party were truly a thief, it would be impossible for me not to have deduced it given my cultivation level.
Bai Chen: Queen Mother of the West, I deliberately spared the life of the Gold Qilin to deceive you.
My cultivation level is slightly lower than yours, but I have Fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation protecting me, which can conceal my true nature.
If this great deity so desires, even Nuwa cannot predict my fate.
You think you can predict the fate of this great god? You'd better cultivate for several Tribulation!
Unable to deduce the thief, the Queen Mother of the West decided to consult the Three Pure Ones Three Pure Ones (Sanqing) for more clues and to ask for their help in making a deduction.
After the Queen Mother of the West recounted what had happened at her sacred site, the Three Pure Ones Ones' expressions changed drastically.
The Three Pure Ones quickly checked the situation in Kunlun Ruins Wonderland to see if their three brothers' Daoist temples had been robbed.
After the Three Pure Ones investigated the temple, they breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that it had not been robbed.
The Three Pure Ones claim to be the Pangu's Orthodox Lineage, so if their sacred site were stolen by someone else...
It's like having one's dignity trampled on; how can one live up to the name of the Pangu's Orthodox Lineage?
"Fellow Daoist Queen Mother of the West, our Daoist temple is unharmed and has not been robbed."
Taiqing Laozi told the Queen Mother of the West about the Kunlun Ruins, and the Queen Mother of the West felt somewhat saddened upon hearing this.
To be honest, if the temples of the Three Pure Ones had also been robbed, the Queen Mother of the West would have felt better, but unfortunately, they weren't.
Everyone's sacred sites are in the Kunlun Mountain, so why does this thief only rob the Western Kunlun Immortal Realm in the west and not the Kunlun Ruins in the east?
Can't all thieves be treated equally?
There's absolutely no sense of honor in stealing!
Bai Chen: This great god also wants to treat everyone equally, but you, the Queen Mother of the West, are not worthy.
Who told you to fail to attain enlightenment and yet covet the Yuanfeng legacy that rightfully belongs to this great god?
"How strange! My temple and the temples of the three of you are not far apart. Why was my temple robbed, but the temples of the three of you were not?"
The Queen Mother of the West confided her confusion to the Three Pure Ones Three Pure Ones, hoping they could help her resolve it.
You should know that your own Kunlun Immortal Realm is not far from the Kunlun Ruins Wonderland of the Three Pure Ones. It's just that the other party couldn't discover the Kunlun Ruins.
The other party only stole from the Kunlun Immortal Realm, not the Kunlun Ruins Wonderland; there's something wrong here.
It's possible that the thief is connected to the Three Pure Ones, either knowing Three Pure Ones or being Three Pure Ones.
The Queen Mother of the West has now turned her suspicions to the Three Pure Ones; there's no way around it given the current situation, the Three Pure Ones are indeed suspects.
Furthermore, the Queen Mother of the West suspected that it might be her own Daoist temple, which was too close to the Daoist temples of the Three Pure Ones, causing the thieves to discover the Innate Spiritual Root, Yellow Middle Plum.
Yuqing Yuanshi's expression changed drastically, and he coldly shouted:
"How?"
"Does the Head of Female Immortals suspect that the three of us brothers stole your sacred site?"
Yuqing Yuanshi was quick-witted and immediately realized that the Queen Mother of the West suspected her three brothers.
Even Yuqing Yuanshi didn't address Queen Mother of the West as a fellow Daoist, but rather as the Head of Female Immortals, which shows how much anger he had towards his neighbor, Queen Mother of the West.
"Why is it that others steal from your Kunlun Immortal Realm, but not from my Kunlun Void Immortal Realm, you, the Head of Female Immortals?"
"Perhaps you offended that fellow Daoist, or perhaps that fellow Daoist gave me, the Pangu's Orthodox Lineage, face but didn't want to give you, the Head of Female Immortals, face."
Yuqing Yuanshi mercilessly mocked Queen Mother of the West, since she had been the one to doubt his three brothers first.
Compared to Yuqing Yuanshi, Shangqing Tongtian, who was the most straightforward, took out the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, Green Duckweed Sword, when he saw that his three brothers had been falsely accused and suspected.
If it weren't for Laozi of Taiqing stopping Shangqing Tongtian, Shangqing Tongtian's Green Duckweed Sword might have struck the Queen Mother of the West.
In the eyes of the Queen Mother of the West, Shangqing Tongtian's act of taking out the Green Duckweed Sword was an attempt to commit violence and kill a god to silence him.
"Fellow Daoist Queen Mother of the West, I swear that the theft of your Daoist temple was not the work of my three brothers."
To prove the innocence of his three brothers, Taiqing Laozi made a vow.
Taiqing Laozi's act of swearing an oath to prove his innocence greatly displeased Yuqing Yuanshi.
"Elder brother, why did you make this vow?"
"Even the Queen Mother of the West, the Head of Female Immortals, is merely a half-step Quasi-Saint. Do my three brothers, as the Pangu's Orthodox Lineage, need to give her face?"
Yuqing Yuanshi felt that Taiqing Laozi's act of yielding was damaging to their reputation Pangu's Orthodox Lineage.
He should have let his third brother, Shangqing Tongtian, cleave the Queen Mother of the West in two with a single sword strike, so that she would understand that the Pangu's Orthodox Lineage cannot be insulted.
Laozi Taiqing has already sworn to prove his innocence, the Queen Mother of the West can no longer doubt that the thief is one of the Three Pure Ones.
After the Three Pure Ones were ruled out, the Queen Mother of the West had only one suspect left: the thief was a fellow Daoist whom the Three Pure Ones Three Pure Ones knew and had a relationship with.
"Fellow Daoists, do any of you have any close friends among yourselves?"
The Queen Mother of the West probed the Three Pure Ones Three Pure Ones, hoping to obtain a list of suspicious individuals from them.
"Snort!"
"None of your business!"
Yuqing Yuanshi snorted coldly, waved his robe to signal the Queen Mother of the West to get lost, showing no cooperation whatsoever and giving her no face whatsoever.
"Fellow Yuqing Yuanshi, do you perhaps know the identity of the thief?"
Seeing that Yuqing Yuanshi was not cooperating, the Queen Mother of the West seriously suspected that Yuqing Yuanshi knew the identity of the thief.
"Presumptuous!"
The Queen Mother of the West of the Queen Mother of the West's increasingly demanding behavior enraged Yuqing Yuanshi, who, wielding the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, angrily rebuked her:
"Queen Mother of the West, what is your status? And what is the status of us three brothers?"
"We three brothers are the Pangu's Orthodox Lineage. You have repeatedly offended us. Do you really think we are easy to bully?"
"Don't think that just because you're the Head of Female Immortals appointed by the sages, the three of us brothers won't dare to touch you."
If you anger me, I will make you perish and your soul be extinguished.