"Fellow Daoists, you both know how impoverished the Western Lands are and how difficult things have been for the two of us. Even the clothes we're wearing are tattered. How could you bear to keep our gourds?"
Zhunti put on another pitiful act.
"What gourds? I, the Demon Emperor, didn't take any!"
Dijun frowned and denied it impatiently.
He still had to lead billions of demons into battle against the Witch Clan.
He had no time to listen to these two lamenting their misfortunes.
"Fellow Daoists, you should leave at once. Don't hinder our Demon Clan's great undertaking here!"
Eastern Emperor Taiyi wore the same look of annoyance.
This time, they were absolutely confident that they could flatten the Witch Clan, slay the Ancestor Witches, unify the Great Desolation, and seize its great fortune.
Yet here they were, arguing over seven gourds. It was utterly ridiculous.
"You two only care about the Demon Clan's great undertaking. Don't you think about how the Western Lands also need to prosper?"
"Without these seven gourds, the Western Lands will lose a supreme treasure. When will we ever be able to prosper?"
"That's right. The Western Lands are truly miserable. Not only are we remote and impoverished, even our treasures are snatched away. We're truly miserable..."
Jieyin and Zhunti wiped away their tears, looking as though they would refuse to leave unless Dijun handed over the gourds.
This time, the two of them intended to cling to the Demon Clan.
"Annoying!"
Hearing their endless chatter, Dijun grew furious as well.
He immediately waved his hand and slapped the two of them.
Smack! Smack!
After two crisp slaps, Jieyin and Zhunti were sent flying like two flies, transforming into two streaks of light that shot out of the Solar Star.
"Finally, some peace!"
Dijun dusted off his hands. After beating Jieyin and Zhunti, he felt completely refreshed.
"Ow!"
"Ow!"
Jieyin and Zhunti, who had been sent flying, clutched their severely swollen faces and began to wail.
"Senior Brother, Dijun is too inhuman! He actually hit us!"
Zhunti sobbed.
"He has not the slightest compassion! He kept our Western Lands' treasures and even bullied the weak. Shameless! Truly shameless!"
Jieyin also began to denounce him bitterly.
"But he has already reached the early stage of the Quasi-Saint realm. We're weaker than him!"
"Sigh, the Western Lands are truly miserable..."
The two covered their faces and wept bitterly.
After crying for a while, they felt they could not let the matter end like this.
"Senior Brother, they won't go so far as to kill us. Why don't we wear them down to the end?"
Zhunti suggested.
"You mean...?"
"Senior Brother, let's go back to the Solar Star. At worst, they'll beat us again... As long as they refuse to return our seven gourds, we'll keep dragging this out with them! Let's see who can hold out longer!"
Zhunti explained.
"Good idea!"
Jieyin nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.
When it came to shamelessness, who in the Great Desolation could compare with them?
They might as well wear the Demon Clan down.
Wasn't it just one beating? As long as they returned the seven gourds, it would all be worth it.
Buzz!
The two circulated the spiritual energy within their bodies, rapidly repairing their swollen faces.
In only a moment, the injuries on their cheeks had recovered completely. They truly deserved their status as peak Great Overminds.
Once their injuries had healed, the two felt refreshed and energetic.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Jieyin and Zhunti then transformed into two streaks of light and once again headed toward the Demon Clan's Solar Star.
On the Solar Star.
Dijun and Taiyi had gathered all the Demon Kings and great demons within the Thirty-Three Heavens.
Dijun was giving a pre-battle mobilization speech.
"Demon Clan warriors, next, our Demon Clan will flatten the Witch Clan's lands and unify the Great Desolation..."
"Hmm?"
Just as he was speaking enthusiastically, Demon Emperor Dijun suddenly stopped.
Within his divine sense, two figures had once again descended upon the Solar Star.
They were none other than Jieyin and Zhunti.
Dijun's expression instantly darkened.
Beside him, Eastern Emperor Taiyi also noticed Jieyin and Zhunti's figures, his face equally gloomy.
"Fellow Daoists Dijun and Taiyi..."
Jieyin and Zhunti acted as if nothing had happened. It was as though being beaten earlier had never happened at all.
Smack! Smack!
A moment later, two enormous slapping sounds rang out across the Solar Star, echoing in everyone's ears.
The two figures transformed into two streaks of light like flies and flew out of the Solar Star.
The Demon Kings and great demons all wore stunned expressions.
But it wasn't over.
In less than half an hour, the two figures returned to the Solar Star.
Smack! Smack!
The Demon Kings and great demons looked even more bewildered.
Again!
Smack! Smack!
Again!
Several months later.
"I really didn't take those seven gourds! Ahhh!"
Dijun broke down and wailed.
The two men from the Western Lands were like strips of dog-skin plaster, clinging to him, Dijun.
They insisted on demanding seven gourds from him.
Where would he get seven gourds? If he had them, he would have given them to the two men long ago and sent them packing.
But Jieyin and Zhunti refused to believe him no matter what.
They were convinced that the seven gourds had to be on Dijun. Even if there weren't seven, he must have at least one or two.
It was impossible for him to have none at all.
Yet Dijun and Taiyi were in a hurry to attack the Witch Clan. Being worn down by these two had driven them to the verge of collapse several times.
At the same time.
As Hong Yun traveled through the Great Desolation, a cold, mechanical voice also rang in his ears.
"Ding! Congratulations, Host, on successfully causing trouble. You have received a system reward..."
Ding! Congratulations, Host, on successfully causing trouble. You have received a system reward: Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique!
The system's voice rang out.
"Oh? It succeeded so quickly!"
Hong Yun was pleasantly surprised upon hearing the system's voice.
He had thought that tricking Jieyin and Zhunti into demanding the return of the seven gourds would take at least several decades to bear fruit.
He had not expected it to succeed in less than a year, and he had even obtained a system reward.
Then...
Hong Yun examined the reward the system had given him this time through his divine sense.
Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique!
There were many archery techniques in the Great Desolation, among which Great Witch Da Yi of the Witch Clan was the most renowned.
It was said that Da Yi possessed two treasures: the Sun-Shooting Divine Arrow and the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow.
The Sun-Shooting Divine Arrows were even a complete set, containing dozens of arrows.
With the Sun-Shooting Divine Arrows and the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow, Da Yi could stand on the Witch Clan's lands and shoot an arrow at a Great Desolation life-form flying through the starry sky.
Of course, that life-form's strength could not be too great.
At the very least, it could not be much stronger than Da Yi.
If it had reached the Quasi-Saint realm, then even if Da Yi possessed these two treasures, he still could not shoot it down.
Even so, this showed that Da Yi's archery was absolutely an outstanding, top-tier level within the Great Desolation.
The reward the system had given Hong Yun was an archery technique.
But this was not an ordinary archery technique. It was the Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique.
In one simple phrase, it was powerful!
As for how powerful it was, Hong Yun did not know yet.
"This Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique isn't too complicated to cultivate!"
After examining the cultivation method of the Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique, Hong Yun nodded.
He then took out the Great Dao Cushion.
Cultivating while seated on the cushion could increase his speed a hundredfold.
Three days later.
Hong Yun had already cultivated the Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique to the entry level.
Half a month later, he reached minor mastery.
Half a year later.
Hong Yun finally cultivated the Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique to the perfected level.
At this moment, Hong Yun waved his hand and put away the Great Dao Cushion.
Buzz!
The aura around Hong Yun surged explosively as he activated the Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique.
The perfected Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique could raise Hong Yun's eyesight to hundreds of millions of miles, even far beyond the range covered by his divine sense.
In addition, both his arms instantly grew much stronger, as though they had become two Qilin arms.
A terrifying force of divine archery flowed through his arms.
"So this is the Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique? It's so powerful!"
Hong Yun felt that if he had a bow and arrow now, he could stand on the land of the Great Desolation and shoot through the stars in the starry sky.
"Looks like I need to find somewhere to test it..."
Hong Yun thought to himself.
Having obtained the Mythical Great Sky Archery Technique without knowing how powerful he truly was left him unbearably eager to try it.
Whoosh!
The first person Hong Yun thought of was Great Witch Da Yi of the Witch Clan. Da Yi had the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow and Sun-Shooting Divine Arrows, so he could use them for a test.
At the same time.
On the Solar Star.
"Enough, enough. I suppose I, Dijun, am simply unlucky. I'll let you two extort some treasures from me!"
Demon Emperor Dijun spoke to Jieyin and Zhunti with a thoroughly defeated expression.
During this period, the two men had driven him to the verge of collapse several times.
Even his great undertaking of ruling billions of demons and competing for supremacy in the Great Desolation had been delayed.
In the end... there was no other way.
He could only negotiate with Jieyin and Zhunti, compensate them with several treasures, and make them leave.
Jieyin and Zhunti had also been beaten hundreds of times. Although they remained persistent and determined each time, no one wanted to be beaten over and over again.
Moreover, they seemed to have realized that Dijun probably did not have any gourds.
Forget seven—even one was likely absent.
Fortunately, they could still obtain several treasures, 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 trip was worth all those beatings!"
Holding the three spiritual treasures, Zhunti spoke.
"Yes, I knew it. Whenever we encountered Fellow Daoist Hong Yun, good things would always happen in the end!"
"This time, we managed to obtain three treasures for the Western Lands!"
Jieyin nodded as well.
Especially since one of these three treasures was a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. Such a treasure was truly rare.
One had to know that, between Jieyin and Zhunti, they only possessed two Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures in total.
One was the Blessing Divine Pestle, and the other was the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.
"Fellow Daoist Hong Yun really is a good person!"
The two sighed, marveling at this.
Then they exchanged a glance.
"Senior Brother, since Dijun doesn't have the seven gourds, they must be with Ancestor Minghe!"
Zhunti spoke again.
"Indeed. Let's go find Ancestor Minghe..."
The two figures flashed, transforming into two streaks of light as they headed toward the Netherworld.
After sending Jieyin and Zhunti away, Dijun, Taiyi, and the others once again began mobilizing the Demon Clan warriors before the battle.
They prepared for a great battle in the Great Desolation.
On the Witch Clan's land.
"Greetings, Divine Son!"
"Greetings, Divine Son!"
When they saw Hong Yun arrive, all twelve Ancestral Witches stepped forward to pay their respects.
In their hearts, Hong Yun was an existence second only to Father God Pangu, so they naturally treated him with the utmost respect.
Hong Yun nodded as he looked at everyone.
The strength of the Twelve Ancestral Witches was now extraordinary.
It was probably because he had imparted the complete Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique to them. Although the Twelve Ancestral Witches did not cultivate the Severing the Three Corpses method, they had still entered the Quasi-Sage realm.
Ancestral Witch Dijiang was at the early Quasi-Sage stage.
Moreover, the aura emanating from him was powerful. He seemed to be not far from the mid Quasi-Sage stage.
Zhu Jiuyin, Gonggong, Zhurong, and Houtu were all at the early Quasi-Sage stage.
However, the auras around them were not as powerful as Ancestral Witch Dijiang's. They had probably only recently entered the early Quasi-Sage stage.
As for Qiangliang, Xuanming, and the other Ancestral Witches, they were still only at the peak of the Great Overarching realm.
However, they had already reached the limit of the Great Overarching realm. They were probably not far from breaking through to the Quasi-Sage realm.
This was the power of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique. If one continued cultivating it, it was also a technique that could allow one to directly attain sainthood.
However, the further one went, the more difficult it became to cultivate.
Even Hong Yun himself had only cultivated the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique to the seventh revolution.
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