The Treasure Had Actually Benefited Him

Especially Kunpeng. When he spread his enormous wings and cast the Kunpeng Wing-Shaking Art, his speed instantly reached several times what it had been before.

"Damn it!"

"Kunpeng, Dijun, Taiyi, don't divide all the treasures among yourselves! Leave some for us in the Western Lands!"

Jieyin and Zhunti roared.

In less than ten days.

Taishang Laojun had already broken through the seals on most of the treasures. By the time Yuanshi arrived, only a scant few mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures remained.

Yuanshi hurriedly broke through the seals as well, obtaining several mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.

After the two obtained their treasures, Nuwa, Tongtian, Kunpeng, Dijun, Taiyi, Jieyin, and Zhunti also arrived one after another.

However, by the time everyone arrived, Treasure-Splitting Rock was already completely empty. Nothing remained.

"Taishang, Yuanshi, this isn't very proper of you, is it? You took all the treasures Dao Ancestor Hongjun accumulated over countless ages?"

Nuwa's expression was grim.

They were all disciples of Dao Ancestor Hongjun, yet she had not received even a single treasure.

"That's right, Big Brother and Second Brother. At the very least, you should have left some for me!"

Tongtian was also visibly unwilling to accept this.

By the time Nuwa arrived, there were no treasures left on Treasure-Splitting Rock. Tongtian had arrived even later than she had, so there was naturally even less left for him.

"Taishang, Yuanshi, take out the treasures and redistribute them!"

"We in the Western Lands should be receiving more treasures. Just look at how impoverished we are—even the clothes on our bodies are tattered!"

Jieyin and Zhunti began to complain bitterly.

Dijun, Taiyi, Kunpeng, Minghe, and the others also wore cold expressions as they stared at Taishang and Yuanshi.

They had come all the way to Treasure-Splitting Rock, yet everyone else had left empty-handed while only Taishang and Yuanshi had obtained treasures. Whoever it was would find this unacceptable.

Moreover, Dao Ancestor Hongjun had said earlier that he intended to distribute all the treasures he had accumulated over countless ages among everyone.

This showed just how many treasures there were. Among them were even many powerful Innate Supreme Treasures.

In everyone's hearts, they had already concluded that all those treasures had been obtained by Taishang and Yuanshi.

1. This poison was prepared for Hongjun; Kunpeng and Minghe came to kill him.

"Fellow Daoists, this isn't what you think!"

"When the two of us arrived, there were only a small number of treasures left on Treasure-Splitting Rock. We only took a few."

"Besides, these treasures weren't anything powerful."

Seeing everyone demanding treasures from him and Yuanshi, Taishang hurriedly explained.

"That's right. I only took a few mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures in total!"

Yuanshi nodded and quickly added.

"Taishang, Yuanshi, are you taking us for fools?"

"Dao Ancestor said that the treasures on Treasure-Splitting Rock were the treasures he had accumulated over countless ages!"

"Judging by this Emperor's estimation, there may not have been thousands, but there were definitely hundreds. There were even quite a few Innate Supreme Treasures among them!"

Demon Emperor Dijun immediately raised his voice.

"The Demon Emperor is right. Earlier, we all sensed the pull of powerful treasures. Now, apart from the two of you, there's no one else here! You definitely took them!"

"With so many treasures, the two of you can't possibly swallow them all. Hurry and take them out for redistribution!"

Nuwa also chimed in repeatedly.

"That's right! Take them out and redistribute them!"

"Redistribute them!"

Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Fuxi, Kunpeng, and even Tongtian now stood on everyone's side, joining in the condemnation of Taishang and Yuanshi.

"We didn't take any Innate Supreme Treasures!"

"There were only a few top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures on Treasure-Splitting Rock, and none of them were particularly powerful!"

"I only obtained a few mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures!"

Taishang and Yuanshi desperately tried to explain themselves.

However, they could not possibly convince everyone. After all, they had been the first to arrive at Treasure-Splitting Rock.

Those who came later had only seen an empty Treasure-Splitting Rock. If they had not taken all the treasures, what other explanation could there be?

"Third Brother, you should believe me and your Second Brother, shouldn't you?"

Taishang Laojun hurriedly looked toward Tongtian in the crowd.

The red flower, white lotus root, and green lotus leaves—the Three Pure Ones had originally been one family.

Taishang Laojun felt that Tongtian ought to believe him.

"That's right, that's right. Third Brother, you know what Big Brother and I are like. We didn't lie to you!"

Yuanshi also quickly spoke up.

Under normal circumstances, Taishang and Yuanshi would not have cared about any Great Desolation expert.

But now... they had provoked the wrath of everyone.

It was not one or two Great Desolation experts. Every Great Desolation expert, including Nuwa and Dijun, suspected them.

The two could only continue explaining desperately.

"Second Brother, did you really only take a few mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures?"

Tongtian now looked toward Yuanshi and asked again.

The others watched the scene as well.

After all, Tongtian had not received even a single treasure either. Besides, he was one of Taishang and Yuanshi's own people. Surely they would not even deceive one of their own!

"Third Brother, I truly only took a few mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures!"

Yuanshi spoke again.

He felt terribly wronged. When he arrived at Treasure-Splitting Rock, only a few mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures remained. He hurriedly broke through their seals, and just after he collected them, Nuwa, Kunpeng, and the others arrived.

"Before you arrived, Big Brother should have been the only one on Treasure-Splitting Rock, right?"

Tongtian asked again.

"When I arrived, only Big Brother was there."

Yuanshi nodded.

"Then Big Brother must have deceived you! It seems the teacher's treasures were all secretly taken by Big Brother!"

Tongtian stated with certainty.

"That's right. Taishang must have secretly taken all the treasures!"

"Taishang, hand over the treasures!"

"Taishang, if you don't hand over the treasures today, don't even think about leaving!"

"Even if you flee to Kunlun Mountain, we'll flatten your Daoist temple!"

Dijun, Taiyi, Kunpeng, Fuxi, Nuwa, Zhenyuanzi, and the others roared again.

In their eyes, even Tongtian believed that Taishang had secretly taken the treasures. How could that possibly be false?

"Taishang, you wretch, quickly return our Western Lands' treasures!"

"Shameless Taishang! You secretly took the teacher's treasures. We in the Western Lands will never let this go!"

Jieyin and Zhunti also shouted furiously.

At this moment, Yuanshi looked at Taishang with suspicion as well.

Could my Big Brother really have secretly taken all the treasures?

That thought arose in Yuanshi's mind.

After all, he had arrived at Treasure-Splitting Rock long after Taishang.

And when he reached Treasure-Splitting Rock, only a few mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures remained.

"Second Brother, even you think I secretly took the teacher's treasures?"

Seeing the suspicion in Yuanshi's eyes, Taishang Laojun grew even more frantic.

"Big Brother... if you really took them, why not take them out and let everyone redistribute them?"

Yuanshi spoke to Taishang Laojun.

Pfft!

Taishang Laojun was so enraged that he spat out a mouthful of blood.

He had never expected that, after everyone else suspected him, even his Second Brother and Third Brother would now suspect him.

"I really didn't take them!"

Taishang Laojun was so aggrieved that he could not even cry.

He had truly been wronged this time.

"Taishang, hand over the treasures!"

"Taishang, hurry and take out all the teacher's treasures!"

"Taishang, stop hiding them. We all know you took the treasures!"

"Big Brother, take out the treasures!"

Everyone began condemning Taishang.

At this point, Yuanshi had practically been forgotten by the crowd.

Seeing this, Yuanshi felt the heart he had been holding in suspense finally settle.

What would I do if they condemned me like this too?

With that thought, Yuanshi's gaze once again fell on Taishang Laojun. Like everyone else, he shouted, "Big Brother, hand over the treasures!"

At this moment.

Countless billions of li away, Hong Yun watched the scene and smiled inwardly.

"Taishang Laojun is in for it this time!"

Hong Yun muttered inwardly.

At the same time.

"Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have successfully caused trouble and obtained the system reward: Mythical Great Heavenly Poison Scripture!"

The system's cold, mechanical voice rang beside Hong Yun's ear.

"The reward has arrived!"

Hong Yun was delighted.

On this trip, he had obtained countless treasures, including quite a few Innate Supreme Treasures.

He had obtained dozens of top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures alone.

Now he had even received a system reward.

Regardless of what this Mythical Great Heavenly Poison Scripture was, system rewards had never been poor.

Whoosh!

Hong Yun's figure transformed into a streak of light and flew toward the Great Desolation.

As for the argument at Treasure-Splitting Rock, he no longer wanted to watch it.

Returning to Fire Cloud Cave and cultivating diligently to improve his strength was what mattered.

Moreover, he would soon have to face Dao Ancestor Hongjun's schemes.

The strand of Primordial Violet Qi was currently in his personal space, though Hong Yun had isolated it in a small corner.

He did not know when this strand of Primordial Violet Qi would display its effect and become the key to the contest between him and Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

After Hong Yun left.

At Treasure-Splitting Rock, everyone continued arguing with Taishang, and it even looked as though a fight might break out.

The argument continued for several decades.

In the end, Taishang had no choice but to take out all the treasures he had obtained from Treasure-Splitting Rock this time.

He even added his own original treasures and borrowed some from Yuanshi and Tongtian before finally calming everyone's anger.

Nuwa, Dijun, Taiyi, Kunpeng, Zhenyuanzi, and the others had indeed received some treasures from Taishang.

However, not one of those treasures was an Innate Supreme Treasure.

This left everyone extremely dissatisfied.

Even though Taishang had been stripped down to the bone, that merely calmed everyone's anger.

It did not satisfy them.

But things had already reached this point, so they could only let the matter drop.

After the group of Great Desolation experts left Treasure-Splitting Rock, they headed toward the Great Desolation.

"Huh? Hong Yun's figure didn't appear at all!"

After obtaining two treasures from Taishang, Kunpeng finally remembered Hong Yun.

Earlier, he had not caused trouble for Hong Yun because even if he found him, he could at most kill him. He had no way to retrieve the Purple Cushion that belonged to him.

But now...

Hong Yun had obtained a strand of Primordial Violet Qi from Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

Find Hong Yun, kill him, and seize the Primordial Violet Qi.

That was Kunpeng's plan.

At the same time, Ancestor Minghe was also beginning to stir.

The two immediately hit it off and became partners in crime.

Although Ancestor Minghe was currently only at the peak of the Great Principle Golden Immortal realm, he was not far from becoming a Quasi-Saint.

Kunpeng, meanwhile, had already reached the early Quasi-Saint stage.

As for Hong Yun, he was merely at the peak of the Great Principle Golden Immortal realm.

The two even felt that, given Hong Yun's aptitude, he had remained at the peak of the Great Principle Golden Immortal realm for ten thousand years without breaking through to the Quasi-Saint realm. He had probably reached the limit of his potential.

Thus, the two felt completely confident in dealing with Hong Yun.

As for the Blood Mosquito Daoist, he no longer pursued Ancestor Minghe.

Because Ancestor Minghe had always stayed together with Kunpeng, Dijun, Taiyi, and the others, he had no opportunity at all.

If he forcibly went after Ancestor Minghe, he would likely be beaten to death by Dijun, Taiyi, and the others working together.

Likewise, after receiving a treasure from Tai Shang as compensation, Great Immortal Zhenyuanzi remembered his closest friend.

Originally, he had planned to invite Hong Yun to Wuzhuang Temple to discuss the Dao and enjoy Ginseng Fruit after Dao Ancestor Hongjun's third lecture.

He had not expected the matter of the Treasure-Splitting Rock to delay him for several decades.

Now, his old friend Hong Yun's figure had still not appeared.

"Forget it. Hong Yun must have returned to his Fire Cloud Cave!"

Zhenyuanzi thought to himself.