Truly Profound

Chapter 25: Truly Profound

Wang Yuan nodded. "That makes sense. Great nephew, since we're talking about the Jie Sect, we have to mention that idiot Master Tongtian. He trusted people far too easily, and he also underestimated his enemies! That's absolutely unacceptable!"

Do Bao turned his face away, afraid Tongtian would hold a grudge against him.

After all, he had heard something he should not have heard.

Tongtian braced himself and said, "I think Master Tongtian is quite good. He has the spirit of a hero."

Thump!

Wang Yuan rapped Tongtian on the head again. Tongtian rubbed his head. "Uncle, stop hitting me on the head all the time! It'll make me stupid!"

"You're already stupid enough. I'm just trying to knock some sense into you! Remember this: despise the enemy strategically, but take the enemy seriously tactically. Tongtian got it backward. He's just a reckless brute. He must have looked down on Nüwa, right? Yet the beginning of the Investiture of the Gods was caused by Nüwa."

Those words stunned Tongtian. "Caused by Nüwa? That mere woman? A hen among hens?"

Wang Yuan rolled his eyes. "You look down on her too? Sigh, it seems your intelligence is on the same level as Tongtian's. My dear nephew... boohoo... How could our Wang Family be so unlucky? My poor family estate will actually be handed over to a foolish son someday. Can you protect it?"

"I can!"

Tongtian's brows shot up. With so many supreme treasures, he had to protect them! Who would dare snatch them? Even if it were the Dao Ancestor... Tongtian felt he would dare give him a slash!

"Fine, fine! Good boy."

Tongtian thought for a moment. "Uncle, then what should the Jie Sect do now? I can tell them. This is all Uncle's flawless guidance. Uncle is truly wise!"

The Tongtian who once only knew how to hack at people had even learned to flatter Wang Yuan.

"Mm... it's actually simple. If Hu Jiu Mei and the other two go, they'll only make Zhou Wang become tyrannical and immoral. The Jie Sect can take advantage of this opportunity. Send a few female demons too, but have them assist Zhou Wang and make him even more sagacious. Wouldn't that solve everything?"

Tongtian's eyes lit up. "Brilliant!"

"Enough. Drink your tea."

Pipa and Zhi Zhi massaged Wang Yuan's arms and pounded his legs, dutifully doing what maidservants were supposed to do.

Wang Yuan lay back comfortably in a rocking chair made from the Chaos Divine Wood, humming in contentment.

"Uncle... I want to go out for a while..."

Wang Yuan frowned. "Going out to play again? Sigh, young people really lack self-control. Look at your uncle..."

He was so timid and afraid of death that he never went outside.

Tongtian hurriedly flattered him. "Yes, yes, Uncle has unparalleled self-control..."

"Fine, go. Go early and return early. Don't neglect your cultivation."

This time, Tongtian did not even bring Do Bao. He took off running, while Do Bao watched his retreating back with resentment.

Master has plenty of connections. I only have his back...

For some time to come, he would have to face Grandpa alone... Grandpa loved lecturing far too much.

"Little Mouse! What are you doing? Why aren't you cultivating?"

"What level of Stellar Transformations have you cultivated to?"

"Has your external cultivation reached the Innate Realm yet?"

"If your external cultivation hasn't reached the Innate Realm, you can't cultivate Stellar Transformations!"

In truth, Do Bao had been hesitating lately. To cultivate Stellar Transformations, he would have to discard his current realm. Were tens of thousands of years of cultivation simply to be thrown away?

He was a Quasi-Sage!

A Quasi-Sage! It was a realm countless people dreamed of, yet now he had to abandon his Quasi-Sage cultivation for an unknown cultivation technique? He truly felt unwilling.

"Grandpa, I've read Stellar Transformations, but there are still some things I don't understand. What realm is that controller at the end?"

Stellar Transformations was actually one of the many cultivation techniques rewarded by the system. Wang Yuan could not cultivate it due to the system's restrictions, so he had not studied it closely. Still, he knew the general idea.

"It's... a controller, you know? Chaos—you know about that, right? The book says that in the end, you'll have a Chaos of your own."

"Oh?" Do Bao's eyes lit up. This... this seemed even more powerful than Great God Pangu!

Great God Pangu had merely opened heaven within Chaos, yet this cultivation technique could actually grant him a Chaos of his own?

He gritted his teeth. "Fine! Grandpa, I'll cultivate it!"

"Cultivate it? Then what have you been doing these past few days? You little brat, you actually dared to slack off!"

Wang Yuan picked up a vine from the ground and gave Do Bao a fierce whipping. That vine was no ordinary object; it was naturally a supreme treasure. Fortunately, Wang Yuan had no magical power. Otherwise, he could have beaten Do Bao back into his original form. Even so, Do Bao kept begging for mercy as he was whipped. "Grandpa, I was wrong..."

When Hu Jiu Mei and the other two demons saw Do Bao being beaten so harshly, they were so frightened that they did not dare move.

When the three demons faced Wang Yuan and the others, they instead felt that Do Bao was the strongest. The other two seemed like ordinary mortals, but from Do Bao, they could sense an invisible pressure.

That was the difference between the three of them.

Tongtian was too strong, while Wang Yuan was too weak.

Do Bao was a Quasi-Sage, the strongest person beneath a Sage who had cultivated by his own ability under the Heavenly Dao. How could the three demons fail to sense that?

Yet even such a powerful being was being whipped by this... youthful great expert. Just how powerful was this great expert?

Wang Yuan stopped after a few strikes. "Enough, Little Mouse. Don't hold a grudge against Grandpa. It's all for your own good!"

"Yes... I wouldn't dare hold a grudge against Grandpa..."

Countless years later, after Do Bao took control of an entire universe, he would still reminisce about Wang Yuan's beatings.

If not for Grandpa's strict education back then, how could I have had my Baomeng Universe?

After returning to his room, Do Bao was still somewhat hesitant... Being a Quasi-Sage doesn't matter... it's just... sigh.

Now, at Biyou Palace on Golden Turtle Island.

"Wudang, how many female immortals in our Jie Sect possess Heavenly Immortal cultivation?"

Wudang was in charge of the female immortals among the four great disciples. She immediately replied, "Master, there are more than nine hundred female immortals in our Jie Sect with Heavenly Immortal cultivation."

"Choose two with profound foundations. I have important arrangements for them."

"Yes, Master."

Wudang agreed, but she was somewhat troubled. What kind of female immortals did Master want? Those with profound foundations?

What counted as profound?

Profound...

Just then, Holy Mother Turtle Spirit approached from the side. "Senior Sister, why did Master summon you?"

Our Lady of Wudang shook her head. "Sigh, what counts as someone with profound foundations?"

"Profound foundations?" In truth, no one understood that question.

People always said that during the Killing Tribulation, those with profound foundations could become Sages in the flesh. But what exactly counted as profound?

"I heard mortals say that a broad heart and a plump body bring good fortune, and that being able to eat is a blessing. Then... could we think of it that way as well?" Holy Mother Turtle Spirit's words made Our Lady of Wudang's eyes light up.

"I have candidates! Junior Sister, among the Third Generation Disciples are our two junior nieces, Zhu Wushuang and Xiang Wuchen. Summon them."

"Yes, Senior Sister!"

Although Turtle Spirit did not know why her senior sister said that, she assumed her senior sister had decided that those two possessed profound blessings.

When Turtle Spirit found the two of them, her little mouth fell open.

"Truly... profound!"

Although Zhu Wushuang and Xiang Wuchen had taken human form, their figures were simply far too robust!

Looking at the two, who stood two heads taller than herself, Turtle Spirit secretly praised her senior sister's wisdom.

The two of them together were as large as eight Senior Brother Do Baos!