"Fellow Daoists, you know how barren my Western Lands are, and how difficult our journey has been. Our clothes are tattered now, how can you bear to embezzle our gourds!"
Zhunti once again put on his act of suffering.
"What gourds? This Emperor never took any!"
Dijun frowned, denying it with some impatience.
Right now, he still had to lead hundreds of millions of demons and fight a great war with the Witch Clan.
He had no time to listen to these two cry poor.
"Fellow Daoists, you should leave quickly and not hinder our Demon Clan's great undertaking here!"
Eastern Emperor Taiyi also said with annoyance.
This time, they were absolutely confident they could flatten the Witch Clan, slay the Ancestor Witches, unify the Great Desolation, and seize great fortune.
Now, they were arguing over seven gourds, which was simply ridiculous.
"You two only think of the Demon Clan's great undertaking, don't you think about the revitalization of my Western Lands?"
"If we don't have these seven gourds, my Western Lands will lose a great treasure. When will we be able to revitalize?"
"Yes, my Western Lands are truly miserable. Not only are we remote and barren, but our treasures are also stolen. It's truly too tragic..."
Jieyin and Zhunti, wiping away tears, looked as if they wouldn't leave unless Dijun returned the gourds.
This time, the two of them intended to cling to the Demon Clan.
"Noisy!"
Hearing their incessant chatter, Dijun became enraged.
Immediately, he waved his hand and slapped them both.
Slap, slap!
After two crisp sounds, Jieyin and Zhunti were sent flying like two swatted flies, turning into two streams of light and instantly flying out of the Solar Star.
"Finally, it's quiet!"
Dijun clapped his hands, feeling refreshed after hitting Jieyin and Zhunti.
"Ouch!"
"Ouch!"
Jieyin and Zhunti, who had been sent flying, clutched their swollen faces and wailed.
"Senior Brother, this Dijun is too inhuman, to actually hit us!"
Zhunti cried.
"He has no sympathy at all! He embezzled our Western Lands' magic treasures, bullied the weak, shameless, truly too shameless!"
Jieyin also lamented.
"But he has already reached the early stage of Quasi-Saint. Our strength is inferior to his!"
"Alas, our Western Lands are truly too miserable..."
The two covered their faces and wept, crying bitterly.
After crying for a while, they felt they couldn't let it go like this.
"Senior Brother, they won't kill us anyway, so why don't we just wear them down!"
Zhunti suggested.
"What does Junior Brother mean...?"
"Senior Brother, let's go back to the Solar Star. At worst, we'll get beaten again... As long as they don't return our seven gourds, we'll just pester them! Let's see who can last!"
Zhunti said.
"Good idea!"
Jieyin nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.
In terms of shamelessness, who in the Great Desolation could compare to them?
They might as well just wear down the Demon Clan.
It was just getting beaten up! As long as they got their seven gourds back, it would all be worth it.
Buzz!
The two circulated the spiritual energy in their bodies, quickly healing their swollen faces.
In just a moment, the injuries on their cheeks had already recovered, truly worthy of being peak Grand Unity experts.
After healing their injuries, the two felt refreshed.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Immediately, Jieyin and Zhunti turned into two streams of light and headed towards the Demon Clan's Solar Star once more.
On the Solar Star.
Dijun and Taiyi gathered all the Demon Kings and Great Demons from the Thirty-Three Heavens here.
Dijun was giving a pre-war mobilization speech.
"Sons of the Demon Clan, next is the time for our Demon Clan to flatten the Witch Clan's lands and unify the Great Desolation..."
"Hm?"
Just as he was getting into his speech, Demon Emperor Dijun suddenly stopped.
Within his divine sense, two figures had once again descended upon the Solar Star. It was Jieyin and Zhunti.
Dijun's expression immediately turned grim.
Eastern Emperor Taiyi, standing beside him, also detected the presence of Jieyin and Zhunti, his face equally gloomy.
"Fellow Daoists Dijun and Taiyi..."
Jieyin and Zhunti acted as if nothing had happened, as if they hadn't been beaten before.
Slap, slap!
Moments later, two loud slapping sounds echoed across the Solar Star, reverberating in everyone's ears.
The two figures, like flies, turned into two streaks of light and flew out of the Solar Star.
The faces of the Demon Kings and Great Demons were filled with astonishment.
But it wasn't over.
Less than half an hour later, the two figures returned to the Solar Star.
Slap, slap!
The astonishment on the faces of the Demon Kings and Great Demons deepened.
Again!
Slap, slap!
Again!
Several months later.
"This Emperor really doesn't have those seven gourds! Ahhhhh!"
Dijun collapsed, wailing.
These two from the Western Lands were like sticky plasters, clinging to him, Dijun.
They insisted on asking him for seven gourds.
Where would he get seven gourds? If he had them, he would have long since sent these two away.
But Jieyin and Zhunti refused to believe him.
They were convinced that the seven gourds were definitely on Dijun, and even if not seven, at least one or two. It was impossible that he had none.
However, Dijun and Taiyi were eager to attack the Witch Clan, and they had been driven to despair several times by these two.
Meanwhile.
Hongyun, who was traveling in the Great Desolation, also heard a cold, mechanical voice in his ear.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully causing trouble. You have received a system reward..."
"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully causing trouble. You have received a system reward: Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique!"
The System's voice sounded.
"Oh? It's done so quickly!"
Hongyun was somewhat surprised to hear the System's voice.
He had thought that tricking Jieyin and Zhunti into demanding the seven gourds would take at least several decades to yield results.
He hadn't expected that in less than a year, the scheme had succeeded, and he had even received a system reward.
Immediately...
Hongyun checked the reward given by the System through his divine sense.
Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique!
There were many archery techniques in the Great Desolation, among which the archery of the Witch Clan's Great Witch Da Yi was the most famous.
It was said that Da Yi possessed two treasures: one was the Sun-Shooting Divine Arrow, and the other was the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow.
And the Sun-Shooting Divine Arrow was actually a set, containing dozens of arrows.
With the Sun-Shooting Divine Arrow and the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow, Da Yi could stand on the Witch Clan's lands and shoot down any Great Desolation creature flying in the starry sky with a single arrow.
Of course, the prerequisite was that the Great Desolation creature's strength couldn't be too great.
At least, it couldn't be much stronger than Da Yi.
If they reached the Quasi-Saint realm, even if Da Yi possessed these two treasures, he wouldn't be able to shoot them down.
But from this, it could also be seen that Da Yi's archery skills were absolutely top-tier and outstanding in the Great Desolation.
Now, the System had rewarded Hongyun with 'archery skills'.
However, this wasn't ordinary archery; it was the Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique.
Simply put, it was powerful!
As for just how powerful, Hongyun didn't know yet.
"This Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique isn't too complicated to cultivate!"
After examining the cultivation technique for the Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique, Hongyun nodded.
Then, he took out the Great Dao Cushion.
Sitting on the cushion to cultivate could increase speed by a hundredfold.
Three days later.
Hongyun had already cultivated the Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique to the introductory level.
Half a month later, he reached minor completion.
Half a year later.
Hongyun finally cultivated the Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique to the perfect level.
At this moment, Hongyun waved his hand and put away the Great Dao Cushion.
Buzz!
Hongyun's aura surged, and he activated the Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique.
The Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique, at the perfect level, allowed Hongyun's eyesight to reach hundreds of millions of miles, even far exceeding the range covered by his divine sense.
Furthermore, his two arms instantly grew much stronger, as if they were two Qilin arms.
A terrifying divine shooting power flowed through his arms.
"This is the Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique! So powerful!"
Hongyun felt that if he had a bow and arrow now, he could stand on the Great Desolation and shoot through the stars in the sky.
"Looks like I need to find a place to try it out..."
Hongyun thought to himself.
With the Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique, he was eager to know how strong his power had become.
Whoosh!
The first person Hongyun thought of was Da Yi of the Witch Clan. He had the Sun-Shooting Bow and the Sun-Shooting Arrow, so he could be a test subject.
Meanwhile.
On the Solar Star.
"Fine, fine, consider me Dijun unlucky to have you two extort some treasures from me!"
Demon Emperor Dijun said to Jieyin and Zhunti with a look of despair.
During this period, he had been driven to the brink of collapse by these two several times.
Even his great undertaking of ruling over billions of demons and dominating the Great Desolation had been delayed.
In the end... he had no choice.
He could only negotiate with Jieyin and Zhunti, compensate them with a few treasures, and send them away.
Jieyin and the other had also been beaten hundreds of times. Although they were persistent and resolute each time, no one wanted to be beaten repeatedly.
Moreover, they seemed to have realized that Dijun probably didn't have any gourds on him.
Let alone seven, perhaps not even one.
Fortunately, they could still get some treasures now, so they agreed.
Thus...
Under the pained expressions of Dijun and Taiyi, Jieyin and Zhunti selected three spiritual treasures, including a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, and happily left the Solar Star.
Outside the Solar Star.
"Senior Brother, this beating wasn't in vain!"
Zhunti said, holding the three spiritual treasures.
"Yeah, I knew it. Meeting Fellow Daoist Hongyun is bound to bring good fortune!"
"This time, we've managed to secure three treasures for the Western Lands!"
Jieyin nodded in agreement.
Especially since one of these three treasures was a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, which was quite rare.
After all, Zhunti and Jieyin themselves only possessed two top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures combined.
One was the Blessing Divine Pestle, and the other was the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.
"Fellow Daoist Hongyun is truly a good person!"
The two sighed, marveling.
Then, they exchanged a look.
"Senior Brother, since Dijun doesn't have the seven gourds, they must be with Old Ancestor Minghe!" Zhunti said.
"Exactly, let's go find Old Ancestor Minghe..."
The two figures flashed, turning into streaks of light as they headed towards the Underworld.
After seeing off Jieyin and Zhunti, Dijun, Taiyi, and the others rallied the Demon Clan's warriors once more.
They were preparing for a great battle in the Great Desolation.
On the Witch Clan's lands.
"Greetings, Divine Son!"
"We pay respects to the Divine Son!"
Upon seeing Hongyun arrive, all twelve Ancestor Witches stepped forward to pay their respects.
In their hearts, Hongyun was second only to the Father God Pangu, so they were naturally extremely respectful.
Hongyun nodded upon seeing everyone.
The strength of the twelve Ancestor Witches was now considerable.
It was likely due to him imparting the complete Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique to them. Even though the twelve Ancestor Witches didn't practice the Severing the Three Corpses method, they had still entered the Quasi-Saint realm.
Ancestor Witch Dijiang was in the early Quasi-Saint stage.
Moreover, his aura was powerful, seemingly not far from the mid-Quasi-Saint stage.
Zhu Jiuyin, Gonggong, Zhurong, and Houtu were all in the early Quasi-Saint stage.
However, their auras were not as strong as Ancestor Witch Dijiang's, suggesting they had only recently entered the early Quasi-Saint stage.
As for Qiangliang, Xuanming, and the other Ancestor Witches, they were still at the peak of Grand Unity.
But they had already reached the limit of peak Grand Unity, and were not far from breaking through to Quasi-Saint.
This was the power of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique. If one continued to cultivate it, it was a technique that could directly lead to becoming a Saint.
However, the further one progressed, the harder it became to cultivate.
Even Hongyun himself had only cultivated the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique to the seventh revolution.
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