Houtu Seeks Enlightenment, Minghe Tries to Stop Her? Qingyuan Battles Minghe! Will an Ancestral Witch Benefit the Primordial Wilderness?

"Was there truly a way to have it both ways?"

Houtu froze in shock when she heard this and murmured to herself.

A long silence followed.

She said nothing more.

She simply sat with Qingyuan, quietly drinking tea.

They drank one pot after another.

Only when the tea had grown as pale as water did Houtu speak. "Fellow Daoist Fang, I'm afraid this is the last time we'll drink tea together. I'd like to ask you a favor."

"What is it?"

Qingyuan lifted his cup and took a sip.

"After I die, please take my Ancestral Witch Blood Essence back to the Witch Clan and give it to my elder brothers. Take as much as you like, then give them the rest."

Houtu's face was pleading.

Great God Pangu had died when his body became the Primordial Wilderness.

If she completed the Earthly Dao and transformed herself into Reincarnation, she likely could not escape the same fate.

There would be no Ancestral Witch Houtu left in the world.

"All right."

Qingyuan asked no further questions.

When they had finished that pot of tea, now so weak it could grow no weaker, Qingyuan asked, "Shall I make another pot?"

"To drink a pot of your tea today is enough for me."

Houtu shook her head. "Besides, I've drunk your Great Dao Spirit Tea nine times already. I'm the one who has taken far too much from you. And now I'm asking you to visit the Witch Clan after my death. I should be the one feeling guilty."

"We're friends. Why keep count of what we owe each other?"

Qingyuan shook his head and conjured a cup of wine. "Drink one more cup before you go. Come, Fellow Daoist Houtu. Take care!"

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Fang!"

Houtu accepted the cup and