"System."
Xuan Qing asked inwardly with a dark tone, "What's going on with these two natives? What do they want?"
The Devouring System was silent for a moment before analyzing, "They might be here to monitor the host."
"Monitor?"
Xuan Qing's eyes turned cold, "With just the two of them at Late Grand Unity?"
Although he was injured, he was currently at Grand Unity Perfection and had the System by his side. How could he fear these two "famous paupers"?
Even though the Western world of this Great Desolation had not been destroyed by Luohu for some unknown reason, the strength of Jieyin and Zhunti would certainly not be greater than his.
But he immediately thought of the Heavenly Dao, and of Hongjun… Could it be that the Heavenly Dao was behind this?
The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed, and his resentment towards the Heavenly Dao deepened.
Were they sending such trash to monitor him? Were they looking down on him?
In the following days.
Every time Xuan Qing went out, he would "accidentally" run into Jieyin or Zhunti.
Sometimes it was not far from his dojo, where Zhunti would be sighing at a withered blade of grass, "Alas, life is not easy. This grass withering is also a tribulation…"
Sometimes it was when he returned after devouring some unlucky cultivator, Jieyin would be sitting on a rock, lamenting at a murky spring, "The sea of suffering is boundless, turn back and reach the shore. Benefactor, your karma from killing is too heavy…"
Each time, Xuan Qing's face would darken, and he would quicken his pace, complaining wildly in his heart:
"The sea of suffering is boundless? That murky pool outside your cave is the sea of suffering!"
"Turn back and reach the shore, where is the shore? Your shabby cave? Can that hole be called a shore!"
"Sighing at a withered grass? Why don't you sigh at your few tattered Bodhi leaves!"
What made Xuan Qing even more unbearable was that although the two of them had shabby dojos, they seemed to possess a strange "infectious quality."
After they settled down, the already thin spiritual energy in the vicinity seemed to take on a hint of "sorrow" and "exhortation to do good."
It made his devouring process feel somewhat sluggish, as if he had eaten something unclean.
Finally, after being "accidentally" encountered by Zhunti one day and hearing the words, "Fellow Daoist, this path is perilous. Why not join us in contemplating the wonderful method of annihilation?" Xuan Qing completely broke down.
He returned to his Azure Lotus dwelling and roared at the System:
"System! I want to move! Immediately! Now! I can't stay in this damned place!"
"To the left are two poor ghosts who chant scriptures and cry poverty while monitoring me!"
"To the right is the chaotic turbulent energy of the primordial chaos!"
"Is this a place for humans to stay!"
Devouring System: [……Searching for a suitable location. Warning: Moving away from areas heavily monitored by the Heavenly Dao requires a large amount of energy and may delay the 'resurrection of the dao companion' progress.]
Xuan Qing looked at the dimming lotus leaf in his arms, clenched his fists, and finally sat down with hatred.
"Damn it… You got me!"
He stared in the direction of Jieyin and Zhunti's cave, his eyes flashing with red light.
"When I've devoured enough and break through to Quasi-Saint, I'll raze your shabby cave first! And I'll devour the two of you along with it!"
Meanwhile, a hundred miles away, in a dilapidated cave.
Jieyin and Zhunti sat opposite each other, their calm faces reflected in the murky spring before them.
Zhunti: "Senior Brother, his killing intent is very strong. I fear he has come to resent us."
Jieyin: "It matters not. I observe his actions to be paranoid and irritable. Though his power is great, he lacks wisdom and is easily led astray."
"We are here, firstly, on the Heavenly Dao's orders to monitor, and secondly… perhaps we can seize the opportunity to convert him and guide him towards goodness. This would also be a meritorious deed."
Zhunti nodded, a glint flashing in his eyes:
"Senior Brother's insight is profound. However, before we can convert him, we must let him experience more 'suffering' so that he may truly know the preciousness of our Western wonderful methods."
The two fell silent.
Only the low chanting of scriptures remained in the cave, and the resentment that had almost solidified in Xuan Qing's cave a hundred miles away, confronting each other across the distance.
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"Congratulations to the host for successfully surviving the first sermon. Reward obtained: Early Quasi-Saint cultivation."
The Survival System's voice chimed in.
Di Jun nodded with satisfaction.
With one corpse severed, there were many more things he could do.
Now that the first sermon had just ended, apart from the Ancestor Witches, it was highly unlikely that anyone else had broken through to the Quasi-Saint realm.
In other words, he was now the foremost person, second only to Hongjun.
However, even so, he would not leave the Solar Star.
The Great Desolation's waters are too deep. No matter what, I have to lay low until the Journey to the West Great Tribulation. By then, the risk of falling won't be as high.
I, Di Jun, will lay low from the Great Desolation all the way to the Journey to the West!
After achieving a cultivation base of Early Quasi-Saint, Di Jun didn't inform anyone. To outsiders, he still appeared to be at Grand Unity Perfection.
As for Tai Yi.
He hadn't stayed on the Solar Star much since returning from Zixiao Palace, constantly visiting the dojos of various powerful beings.
Is he planning to establish the Demon Clan?
It seems the Heavenly Dao has corrected the storyline. After all, it was supposed to be him, Di Jun, who established the Demon Clan.
What Di Jun didn't know was.
Tai Yi's visits to the dojos of those powerful beings weren't to establish the Demon Clan, but to complete tasks for the "Many Sons, Much Fortune" System.
His "cultivation" efforts across the Great Desolation had been quite fruitful.
The task progress of the "Many Sons, Much Fortune" System was steadily advancing.
Although he hadn't truly "blossomed and borne fruit" yet, with his meticulously crafted appearance, enthusiastic demeanor, and the novel items he occasionally redeemed from the System Mall.
He had indeed gotten closer to many female Immortals who favored romance.
In the Great Desolation, the moniker "Flirtatious Crow Tai Yi" grew increasingly prominent, but Tai Yi paid it no mind.
What is reputation? Once my Golden Crow offspring are spread throughout the Great Desolation, each with extraordinary origins, who will dare mock me!
Meanwhile, in a certain blessed land somewhere on the Great Desolation continent, a small "Dao Discussion Gathering" had ended unpleasantly.
"Outrageous! This is simply too much bullying!"
A Daoist clad in a crimson robe, with a face like a ripe date, known as "True Lord Li Huo," was so furious he was hopping, crushing the teacup in his hand to powder.
Opposite him, a female Immortal with deer antlers and a gentle demeanor, "Lady Lingrui," had a pale face and remained silent, her fingers twisting tightly within her sleeves.
Several friendly fellow Daoists nearby also shook their heads and sighed, their faces showing disdain.
"That Tai Yi, relying on his Solar Star origins and Golden Crow physique, is glib-tongued all day, flaunting those bizarre trinkets everywhere!"
Another, "Hermit Qing Mu," said indignantly, "Just the other day, he actually set his sights on fellow Daoist Lingrui!"
"Who doesn't know that fellow Daoist Lingrui has been companions with fellow Daoist Li Huo for dozens of Yuan Hui? Although nothing was explicitly stated, they've long had a tacit understanding!"
"It's not just fellow Daoist Lingrui!"
A well-informed cultivator resembling "Bai Xiao Sheng" lowered his voice.
"The direct descendant of the Northern Darkness Black Tortoise clan, Jade Rinse Fairy of the Western Kunlun, and even... I heard that even a Rakshasa Princess near the Sea of Blood received his greetings!"
"Utterly shameless!"
"A creature with fur and horns, truly ignorant of propriety!"
"I heard his elder brother Di Jun stays holed up on the Solar Star all day, perhaps he also finds this younger brother an embarrassment!"
True Lord Li Huo suddenly stood up, the Li Fire energy around him surging, illuminating the cave dwelling a deep red:
"This matter cannot be let go! If Tai Yi dares to provoke Lingrui today, tomorrow he will dare to bully your Dao companions, your sisters!"
"If we don't teach him a lesson, what will become of the reputation of the female Immortals of the Great Desolation? What will become of our faces as male Immortals?!"
"Fellow Daoist Li Huo speaks the truth!" someone immediately agreed.
"Let's go together! We'll go ask him for an explanation!"
"Yes, let's go together! It just so happens he seems to frequent the East Sea coast recently!"
A group of cultivators, the lowest being Early Grand Unity and the highest, like True Lord Li Huo, already at Late Grand Unity, flew into a rage and took to their escape lights, heading straight for the East Sea coast.
Among them, there were indeed a few who were the "aggrieved parties," either Dao companions or those whose admired ones had been "greeted" by Tai Yi. Now, united in their righteous anger, their momentum was considerable.
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