Yang Mei looked curious as he turned to Xuanxiao. "Daoist friend, there is something that has been circling in my mind for a long time, but I truly can't figure it out. I wonder if you could enlighten me?"
Xuanxiao raised his eyebrows slightly and looked back at Yang Mei with equal curiosity. "Oh? What has Daoist friend Yang Mei puzzled?"
Yang Mei stared intently at Xuanxiao, his eyes filled with seriousness. "I've always wanted to know whether your elder brother, Daoist friend Pangu, truly perished."
After hearing this question, Xuanxiao's face took on a thoughtful expression, and he secretly pondered:
"Yang Mei suddenly asked about my elder brother. It seems that although he has no intention of destroying the Primordial Wilderness, he still covets this tempting Dao Fruit. Now that he's asking me directly, he's clearly expressing his intentions. I'm afraid it isn't only Yang Mei. Those fellows like Shichen probably also harbor designs on the Primordial Wilderness."
"The reason they haven't acted against the Primordial Wilderness yet is probably because they fear me and are also worried that Pangu, who might not have perished, is still behind me. Once they confirm that my elder brother has truly perished, they'll certainly be unable to hold themselves back, even with me guarding the Primordial Wilderness. Thinking about it this way, the Primordial Wilderness in my memories was destroyed by the Calamity Cycle time and time again. I'm afraid their covert interference was indispensable. They probably intend to weaken the Primordial Wilderness's origin first, then seize the opportunity to steal the Primordial Wilderness and take my elder brother's Dao Fruit."
At this thought, Xuanxiao couldn't help shaking his head slightly, secretly sighing at these people's overestimation of themselves.
"Unfortunately, they've truly miscalculated. In the end, all that awaits them will probably be my elder brother's axe. What a pity that the person in my memories is merely an ordinary mortal without any cultivation. Otherwise, I'd really like to see the utterly spectacular expressions on Shichen and the others' faces when, after all their careful plotting, they finally face my elder brother's axe."
"Xuanxiao has remained silent. Is he unaware of Pangu's true circumstances, or does he simply refuse to tell me the truth?" Watching Xuanxiao fall into thought, Yang Mei pondered inwardly.
After a while, Xuanxiao came back to himself and looked at Yang Mei with a faint smile. "Daoist friend, think about it. Since you and I were both able to reincarnate into this Primordial Wilderness, could my elder brother really have had no way to preserve himself?"
Hearing this, Yang Mei felt a surge of doubt. His originally certain conclusion began to waver, and he thought, "Does Daoist friend Xuanxiao mean that Daoist friend Pangu didn't perish? But how is that possible? This Primordial Wilderness clearly formed from Pangu's Dao Fruit. If he hasn't perished, why would he expose his Dao Fruit to the outside world without reservation?"
In truth, Yang Mei hadn't asked this question because he genuinely hoped to learn Pangu's condition from Xuanxiao. He merely wanted to use it to openly send Xuanxiao a signal—that he coveted Pangu's Dao Fruit.
However, after hearing Xuanxiao's words, his heart was now filled with hesitation as well.
Yang Mei looked at Xuanxiao solemnly once more and pressed, "Daoist friend Xuanxiao, since this Primordial Wilderness is Daoist friend Pangu's Dao Fruit manifested in the world, if Daoist friend Pangu truly hasn't perished, why would he manifest his Dao Fruit?"
"How do you know this wasn't done intentionally by my elder brother? Besides, given the current state of the Primordial Wilderness, do you really think that with me here, you still have a chance to lay your hands on it?" Xuanxiao shook his head with a smile, his tone carrying a hint of confidence and teasing.
"So it seems I thought of the matter too simply." Seeing this, Poor Daoist Yang Mei stopped pressing the issue, and the topic was temporarily set aside.
"It seems that although Yang Mei's attitude has wavered, he clearly hasn't completely abandoned his plans. But it doesn't matter. Having one more person makes little difference to me." Hearing Yang Mei's words, Xuanxiao understood the thoughts in his heart, but didn't take them seriously.
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"Daoist friend, have some of my tea. Although it can't compare to the preciousness of your Chaos Great Dao Fruit, it's still quite nice as a pastime during leisure. And there are these spirit fruits. Although they have no substantial effect on cultivators of our level, they taste fairly good. Daoist friend, have some of these as well." As he spoke, Yang Mei waved his hand, and an exquisite cup and several plates of brightly colored spirit fruits appeared before Xuanxiao.
Yang Mei then looked at Gou Chen behind Xuanxiao and said with a smile, "Nephew Gou Chen, don't stand there the whole time. Sit down and discuss the Dao with us."
After hearing Yang Mei's words, Gou Chen first looked at Xuanxiao. Only after seeing Xuanxiao nod did he respectfully say to Yang Mei, "Then thank you, Uncle-Master Yang Mei."
Yang Mei nodded with a smile, then placed another cup beside Xuanxiao.
Seeing the tea being offered, Gou Chen slowly sat down beside Xuanxiao.
"What excellent tea!" Xuanxiao inhaled the tea's fragrance and couldn't help praising it.
"I didn't expect this to be Enlightenment Tea. Daoist friend Yang Mei, you truly have one stroke of luck after another." Xuanxiao instantly identified from the tea's fragrance that it was the Primordial Wilderness's top-tier Innate Spirit Root, Enlightenment Tea.
Sensing the surprise in Xuanxiao's words, Yang Mei immediately straightened his back, as though he had finally managed to regain some dignity before Xuanxiao. His heart was filled with smugness.
"It's only an Enlightenment Tea tree. Look how precious this fellow thinks it is." Looking at Yang Mei's smug appearance, Xuanxiao was speechless inside.
"This tea is indeed quite good, but in terms of cultivation effects, it's not much different from cultivating in the Primordial Hall. Even so, Enlightenment Tea is still a rare spirit root." Xuanxiao drained the tea in his cup and muttered inwardly.
One had to understand that the Primordial Realm had been bestowed upon Xuanxiao, the Great Dao's youngest son.
Now that the Great Dao's biological son, Pangu, had transformed into the Primordial Wilderness, Xuanxiao was currently the only "son" acknowledged by the Great Dao. Even if the Great Dao seemed to have punished Xuanxiao several times, not just anyone could make the Great Dao pay such close attention. Clearly, the Great Dao still doted on Xuanxiao, its youngest son. And within the Primordial Hall in the Primordial Realm, the aura of the Great Dao's laws permeated the place, making it the cultivation Holy Land closest to the Great Dao.
This was naturally something the Great Dao had prepared especially for Xuanxiao.
After drinking the Enlightenment Tea, Gou Chen wore a strange expression and secretly thought while looking at Yang Mei, "The effects of this tea are actually so similar to cultivating in my master's Primordial Hall. Since Uncle-Master Yang Mei values this tea so highly, it must be an extremely precious treasure in the Primordial Wilderness. But with Master, something like this seems commonplace. I wonder whether Uncle-Master Yang Mei would be furious if he found out."
Yang Mei naturally had no idea what Xuanxiao and Gou Chen were thinking.
After the three of them sampled the spirit fruits for a while, Yang Mei enthusiastically suggested, "Daoist friend Xuanxiao, it's rare for us to gather today. Why don't we discuss the Dao together?"
"That is exactly what I had in mind." Xuanxiao nodded with a smile.
Before long, the two men's profound and philosophical Dao voices drifted through Yang Mei's Daoist arena. Although Gou Chen's strength and cultivation were inferior to theirs, he joined the discussion from time to time as well. For a while, the relationship among the three became extraordinarily harmonious.
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