Sage Zhunti nodded, looking at the destroyed Spiritual Mountain, growing even angrier and utterly heartbroken!
"Western Cattle-Heaven Province was already barren. Now that Spiritual Mountain has been destroyed, the Spirit Vein and Earth Vein have been severed, and more than half of our followers have been killed or wounded. Why must our Western Teachings suffer such a disaster?"
"Heavenly Dao is unfair! Waaaahhh~"
Sage Jieyin also pounded his chest and stamped his feet, weeping bitterly. "I must go to Teacher Hongjun and make a complaint!"
Sage Zhunti began sobbing and wailing.
For a time, Sage Jieyin and Sage Zhunti embraced each other and wept loudly.
Did they still look like Saints at all?
The human realm.
Kirin Ancestor, Dragon Ancestor, and the Nine Ten-Legged Golden Crows had already returned to the courtyard.
"How was it? How was it?" Yang Jian hurried over to ask.
"I dug Spiritual Mountain flat with just a few swings of my hoe!"
"Damn, that fierce? You even uprooted their lair! Hahaha, good! Good! Let that old bastard Zhunti strut around!"
"It wasn't merely dug flat. The Spirit Vein and Earth Vein of Spiritual Mountain were both severed and shattered! More than a hundred thousand bodhisattvas and arhats were reduced to ashes. The blessed cave-heavens instantly became dead lands. Hehehe." Dragon Ancestor also laughed excitedly.
"That feels amazing!"
Yang Jian slapped his thigh and jumped up excitedly. "Back to square one overnight, hahaha! Let's see how the Western Teachings expand from now on!"
"And you think that's all? There's something even better!" Kirin Ancestor looked at Yang Jian disdainfully.
"Oh? There's something even better?"
Yang Jian was stunned. Spiritual Mountain had been destroyed, and countless followers of the Western Teachings had been slaughtered. Wasn't that satisfying enough?
There was something even better?
"That old bastard Zhunti had his head dug off by a single swing of my hoe! Hahaha!" Kirin Ancestor roared with laughter.
"Holy crap! Holy crap, holy crap! Is that for real?!"
"Of course it's real!"
"Old Black, you're awesome!!"
Yang Jian leaped up in shock, then laughed heartily. "Hahahaha! That old bastard got what was coming to him! Serves him right! He actually dared bully Brother Tong. He deserved to be beaten to death!"
Old Black?
Kirin Ancestor's expression turned strange for a moment, but he didn't take it to heart.
"Hahahahaha, that's right, he deserved to be beaten to death! What a relief! What a relief! Hahahahaha!"
Dragon Ancestor and the Nine Golden Crows all burst into laughter!
How long had it been? How long?
For ten million years, they had never felt this exhilarated!
They had never fought so freely before!
Chasing a Saint and beating him like a stray dog—how could that not feel good?
It was simply too satisfying!
Western Teachings, Spiritual Mountain.
"Senior Brothers and Senior Sister, please help the two of us."
Sage Jieyin sobbed as he walked up to Grand Pure Sage, Nuwa, and Primordial Lord of Heaven, asking them for help.
Nuwa nodded. "Junior Brother, you're being too serious. Our Western Teachings have suffered such a calamity. Naturally, we won't stand by and do nothing."
"Mm." Grand Pure Sage did not refuse. At the same time, he asked, "Who exactly were those people just now? When did you provoke such figures?"
"We don't know either!"
Sage Zhunti was close to tears. "After the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, we went into seclusion and never came out. If Teacher hadn't appeared, we would still be in seclusion."
"Two of those people possessed Saint-level strength!" Primordial Lord of Heaven said with a grim expression.
This was frightening news.
Someone actually possessed the strength of a Saint!
Working together, they had even slain Sage Zhunti!
Faced with this unknown power, Primordial Lord of Heaven was secretly alarmed.
Today, they could attack Sage Zhunti and Sage Jieyin. Who knew whether they would attack him, Primordial Lord of Heaven, in the future?
Grand Pure Sage, meanwhile, furrowed his brows.
There were other Saints on the Primordial Continent.
Grand Pure Sage recalled what Sect Master Tongtian had told him in the chaos.
Could the mastermind who had attacked Sage Zhunti and destroyed Spiritual Mountain be the Saint Sect Master Tongtian had mentioned?
Grand Pure Sage was certain that this had to be the case.
"That's right. Those two possessed at least the strength of the Saint Fifth Heaven." Sage Zhunti nodded grimly as well.
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Grand Pure Sage: "..."
Primordial Lord of Heaven: "..."
Saintess Nuwa: "..."
The three of them fell speechless.
If they possessed the strength of the Saint Fifth Heaven, you would have truly died long ago!
Could you still be here sobbing and wailing?
You old bastard Zhunti really had no shame!
"Regardless, we must inform Teacher of this matter."
Sage Jieyin stepped in to smooth things over. "For now, Senior Brothers and Senior Sister, please lend us a hand and restore Spiritual Mountain's Earth Vein and Spirit Vein."
"The Spirit Vein can be restored, but the Earth Vein probably cannot. At most, it can be pieced back together, but it will be far from its original state." Grand Pure Sage shook his head.
Sage Jieyin sighed. "As long as it can be pieced back together. After nurturing it for ten million years, it will certainly recover."
"Please lend us a hand." Sage Zhunti also bowed and pleaded.
"Very well." Saintess Nuwa nodded again in agreement.
Immediately afterward, the five Saints joined forces, unleashed their divine powers, set up the Saint Grand Formation, and began restoring Spiritual Mountain.
A Saint was indeed a Saint. Before long, Spiritual Mountain's Spirit Vein had been restored.
The Earth Vein of Spiritual Mountain was also pieced back together, once more radiating an ancient and weighty aura of the earth.
"Thank you!"
Sage Jieyin and Sage Zhunti clasped their hands in thanks.
Grand Pure Sage and the other two nodded.
This favor had established a karmic connection. If they ever needed help in the future, the Western Teachings could not stand by and do nothing.
Afterward, Nuwa and the other two left.
"Third Brother, Third Brother, what exactly is the secret behind you? When will that Grandpa of yours finally be revealed?"
Recalling what Tongtian had said, Grand Pure Sage muttered to himself.
Chapter 34: Tongtian: San Xiao, Take Them to Meet My Grandpa
Western Teachings, Spiritual Mountain.
"Leader!"
Tathagata Buddha arrived, dragging his heavily wounded and battered body behind him.
He fell to his knees before Sage Zhunti and Sage Jieyin, unable to hold back his pain and grief.
"Sigh, it's good that you're still alive."
"Didn't Dao Ancestor say that the next Saint would definitely be me, and that the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal should also be me? Why did those others get ahead of us?"
Tathagata Buddha was unwilling to accept it. So he had been worried about his position as a Saint all along!
"This Eminence doesn't know either."
Sage Jieyin shook his head. "Our teachings originally could have produced three Saints from a single school. Once the Western Teachings flourished, we would certainly have dominated the Primordial World. Who could have expected such a variable?"
"Don't worry. Dao Ancestor promised that you would definitely become a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal."
Sage Zhunti comforted Tathagata Buddha. "Come, follow the two of us to Zixiao Palace!"
"Yes, Leader." Tathagata Buddha nodded.
The three of them then arrived at Zixiao Palace beyond the heavens.
The moment they saw Dao Ancestor Hongjun, the three of them burst into tears.
Sage Zhunti even dropped to his knees before Hongjun, hugged his leg, and wailed loudly!
"Dao Ancestor, you must uphold justice for us! Spiritual Mountain was destroyed, more than a hundred thousand followers were slaughtered, and the Western Teachings are finished! We can no longer help Dao Ancestor with anything!"
"I already know about this matter."
Dao Ancestor Hongjun slightly furrowed his brows. "Stop sobbing and wailing. You're dignified Saints, yet you look like three-year-old children. What are you doing?"
Upon hearing this, Sage Zhunti immediately released Dao Ancestor Hongjun's leg and wiped his tears. Feeling wronged, he said, "Teacher, more than a hundred thousand elite followers were slaughtered. We were simply too devastated."
"Is the Primordial World short of people? The one thing it has no shortage of is people."
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