Fuxi Plays Taiji, Turtle Taoist Pushes His Luck, Nüwa's Choice

"How so?"

"If you siblings don't give us fellow Daoists an explanation today, then don't even think about leaving!"

"If we can't go to the Chaotic Purple Cloud Palace to comprehend the Sage's opportunity, then neither can you two!"

The middle-aged Taoist transformed from that ancient divine turtle stared at the Heaven Refining Furnace trembling endlessly in Nüwa's hand. Greed and apprehension filled his eyes, but with the arrow already on the string, he had no choice but to let it fly. He straightened his back and forcibly tied the Primordial Wilderness's innate living beings present to his side.

Seeking a ride on Fuxi and Nüwa's Innate Spiritual Treasures, those innate beings of the Primordial Wilderness all had flickering gazes. Avoiding Nüwa's icy eyes, they fell silent.

"Very well. It seems you are determined to block the path of my sister and me?"

The incense burner in Nüwa's hand began gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Boundless mana poured from her body into the Heaven Refining Furnace, preparing a thunderous strike.

"You can't argue against us, so now you want to kill us to silence us? What kind of reason is that?"

"If you've got the guts, then kill me! Right now, immediately, this instant!"

"I refuse to believe that, with so many fellow Daoists here today, they'll simply stand by and watch!"

As Turtle Taoist watched Nüwa activate the power of her Innate Spiritual Treasure, the terrifying aura leaking out in wisps had yet to target him, but it already made him feel as though thorns were pressing against his back. His pupils contracted violently.

Even so, he could only steel himself and continue his impassioned speech. With an aggrieved, indignant expression, he spoke as though he were on the verge of smashing his head against the ground.

As he spoke, he turned toward the Primordial Powerhouses in every direction at the edge of Beyond the Heavens, rousing and inciting them.

"Fellow Daoists, look at this! Just because this God Turtle exposed the sinister intentions of these siblings—"

"They're ready to attack at the slightest disagreement, intending to destroy the evidence."

"Where is the heavens? Where is the earth? Where is justice?"

"Today, Nüwa can kill someone to silence them over a single remark from this God Turtle. Tomorrow, she can destroy your Dao paths just because you fellow Daoists looked at her one time too many."

"Is such domineering and vicious conduct truly the way of us Daoists?"

Driven by the threat of death, Turtle Taoist unleashed the sharpest eloquence of his life. He tirelessly laid out the stakes to the Primordial Powerhouses around him, appealing to both emotion and reason. Many of the Primordial Powerhouses present began looking at Fuxi and Nüwa differently.

Noticing the gradually changing expressions of the nearby Primordial Powerhouses, Nüwa's expression shifted. Her beautiful eyes turned slightly cold as anger rose in her heart.

They were trying to utterly destroy the foundation upon which she and her brother stood in the Primordial Wilderness!

To make the two of them cut themselves off from the world from now on.

So long as she and her brother had not attained the Dao and become Sages, had not become Supreme Existences like Sage Hongjun who could awe the Primordial Wilderness and rule the universe, they could not leave the Primordial World.

If they incurred the hostility of fellow Daoists across the entire Primordial Continent because of this, then she and her brother would find every step difficult within the Primordial Era from now on.

Thinking of such terrifying consequences, Nüwa grew angrier and angrier, unable to stop herself from wanting to strike directly.

When had she, Nüwa, ever suffered such humiliation?

Usually, if she could fight, she never wasted breath.

Today, she had endured for so long only because she had accommodated her brother Fuxi's soft-hearted nature. That alone was already a rare sight.

But at that moment, Fuxi hurriedly stepped out and grabbed Nüwa's arm.

"Sister Nüwa, do not be rude!"

Fuxi first tugged at Nüwa's arm, making her withdraw her divine power.

Then he hurriedly cupped his hands toward the Primordial Powerhouses around them and repeatedly apologized.

"Fellow Daoists, my younger sister is immature and has disturbed you all. Fuxi apologizes on her behalf and hopes that you will not hold it against her."

"As for this fellow Daoist's proposal to provide a ride, that can be discussed. It can be discussed."

Fuxi lowered his stance, first dispelling everyone's resentment and hostility toward himself and his sister.

Immediately after, he changed the subject and returned to the matter everyone had sought earlier.

"However, you fellow Daoists should also know that chaos is dangerous. My sister and I have shallow cultivation and cannot carry everyone."

"Our Precious Lotus Lamp can carry at most three people. Fellow Daoists, why not discuss it among yourselves?"

"Who, exactly, should ride on this journey through chaos?"

Have to say, Fuxi's Taiji skill had already reached perfection. Silently and effortlessly, he dispelled the objections the many Primordial Powerhouses had toward him and Nüwa.

They instead fell into contemplation, seriously considering Fuxi's proposal.

At the same time, some clever people began sizing up the cultivation of the fellow Daoists around them, secretly analyzing who deserved one of those spots.

It could only be said that, as expected of a great deity proficient in innate divination, he silently eliminated the disaster and divided the other side's attempt to bully them through sheer numbers.

Such methods were far more brilliant than hot-tempered Nüwa starting a fight the moment words failed.

However, this method had both advantages and drawbacks. It could not uproot the problem entirely; when the spring breeze blew, it would grow again.

Most intelligent beings feared power but did not cherish virtue.

Give them an inch, and they would take a mile.

They always thought that others' politeness meant they were weak and easy to bully.

Some people simply loved pushing their luck, unaware of just how formidable their opponent was.

Sensing the atmosphere around them turn strange, Turtle Taoist's complexion changed at once. He looked at Fuxi with a measure of apprehension.

He had thought Fuxi was merely a soft-hearted fool. He had never expected him to possess such terrifying means, capable of reversing the situation with a casual gesture.

He admitted that he had been careless before, mistaking a king-tier Fuxi for a bronze-tier Fuxi.

But don't panic. The problem isn't serious. There's still hope.

One thousand against two—the advantage is mine.

Even if only a hundred people stand with me, victory will still belong to me.

For cultivators, the process was unimportant. The result was what mattered.

"Clap!"

Turtle Taoist clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention.

When everyone turned to look at him, he smiled at Fuxi, who was putting on a humble posture beside him.

"Fellow Daoist Fuxi, look, doesn't Fellow Daoist Nüwa have another Innate Spiritual Treasure—a furnace—in her hand?"

"Why not offer it up and let one of us fellow Daoists control it?"

"Once we cross through chaos and arrive at the Sage's Dao grounds in the Purple Cloud Palace, we can return it to you siblings."

"Wouldn't that make everyone happy?"

"If you siblings have any other Innate Spiritual Treasures on you, contribute those as well."

"After all, borrowing one is borrowing. Would borrowing two or three be any different?"

"As the saying goes, if you're going to be a good person, see it through; if you're sending Buddha west, send him all the way."

"I'm sure the many fellow Daoists present will remember the kindness of you siblings in the future."

Everyone was stunned.

That could work too?

They truly had not expected this!

The way the Primordial Powerhouses looked at Turtle Taoist completely changed.

I was still too young!

As expected of an ancient divine turtle that had lived for who knew how many years.

Could you be any more shameless?

But I love it!

Smiles appeared across the crowd.

The more opportunities to profit at another's expense, the better.

After all, Turtle Taoist had already done all the offending.

They only needed to stand at the side and echo his words.

Now, how would Fuxi and Nüwa resolve this?

Would they be willing to lend out their supreme treasures? Or would they offend all these fellow Daoists?

Hehe, this is truly something to look forward to.

Everyone's gaze gathered on Nüwa.

Or rather, on the incense burner she held.

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