Venerable Lord Yuanshi slowly turned around, facing Nuwa from afar.
"It is time to settle this."
His answer was crisp and clean, without the slightest dragging of mud and water.
Beside him, Saint Taiqing understood perfectly.
The reason the two brothers had not immediately parted ways after the matter at Spirit Mountain was settled, but had instead traveled together, was because what they were waiting for was precisely this moment.
During the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, Yuanshi had joined hands with Jieyin and Zhunti to scheme against Nuwa, and the karma of this matter was enormous.
During the Investiture of the Gods, he had joined hands with Jieyin and Zhunti to scheme against Nuwa, and afterward, he had already promised to repay her with merit.
Today, the merit from the Journey to the West had descended, the reckoning of the Three Realms was complete, and all accounts had reached the time when they ought to be collected.
Nuwa looked at him. In those phoenix eyes, there was no extra emotion, only pure businesslike impartiality.
"Then may Fellow Daoist Yuanshi hand over the merit you promised me back then."
Venerable Lord Yuanshi nodded. Then he turned to Saint Taiqing beside him and spoke frankly.
"Elder Brother, my merit is insufficient. Could I borrow some from you?"
Hearing this, Taiqing did not hesitate in the slightest.
"You may."
He raised a hand and waved, and a cluster of even purer Golden Light of Merit flew out from his sleeve, landing steadily before Yuanshi.
Just now on Spirit Mountain, when Zhunti had lowered his voice and swallowed his pride to borrow merit from everyone, Taiqing had shaken his head and refused.
Yuanshi had also said nothing, turning his head away with a cold face.
It was not that they did not want