"Please forgive me, you two," Ye Jun said softly.
As soon as the words left his mouth, the Nine Revolutions Profound Art surged into motion within him. In an instant, a faint aura of Dao Rhyme enveloped his body.
As time passed, the Dao Rhyme grew increasingly dense. Ye Jun swept his Divine Sense over the two women, found the source of the problem, then placed both hands on the tops of their heads.
"Condense!"
Ye Jun gave a low shout. The power of the laws throughout the cave converged from every direction, transforming into two streams of light that poured into the two women.
At that moment, Ye Jun also recognized their identities: the goddesses of the Taiyin Star, Changxi and Xihe!
No wonder. In a place like the Taiyin Star, the only ones around were either cultivators who belonged there or people who had come hoping to seize treasures.
As the dense power of the laws poured into them, the turmoil raging within the two women began to ease.
The task was a hardship for Ye Jun, though. His entire body was enveloped in the power of the laws, and he could not afford even the slightest misstep.
Otherwise, the forces of destruction and creation, which had only just stabilized, would immediately repel each other, with unimaginable consequences!
Gradually, Changxi and Xihe regained consciousness. Feeling the power of the laws that had appeared within them out of nowhere, they were both astonished.
"Fairies, please don't be alarmed. I was merely passing by when I noticed that something had gone wrong with the cultivation arts within you. I only lent a hand to help. I mean you no harm!" Ye Jun's ethereal voice rang in Changxi and Xihe's ears.
Some of their wariness faded. If he truly had ill intentions, there would have been no need for him to go to such trouble to keep them stable.
Besides, few in the entire Primordial World possessed the cultivation needed to command such dense power of the laws.
They were no fools. They immediately focused their minds and circulated their cultivation arts to recover.
Time flowed on. Ye Jun had no idea how long he kept this up, but at last, Changxi and Xihe, who sat before him, returned to normal.
The cultivation arts within them had stabilized. As for when they would wake, Ye Jun had no way of knowing.
He could only sit cross-legged where he was. He needed to recover as well.
"Ah!"
Ye Jun had only just entered a meditative state when a startled cry woke him.
He opened his eyes and looked at the two women before him, their faces flushed. For a moment, he had no idea what to say.
The two women were completely naked, their bodies like pieces of white jade. Even Ye Jun, thick-skinned as he was, couldn't help silently admonishing himself: A gentleman should not look!
"Fairies, I didn't see a thing!" Ye Jun hurriedly waved his hands.
Having been through something like this before, Ye Jun immediately felt that this was bad. He had barely managed to handle Houtu alone back then.
Now there were two of them. He was probably going to have to run!
This had nothing to do with him. The two women had been wearing robes earlier, but he had removed them so the power of the laws could flow into their bodies without obstruction.
At the time, Ye Jun had been pushing his cultivation to the limit and had no attention to spare for such things.
He was truly innocent!
Why did he always get caught up in situations where he couldn't explain himself, even when he was in the right?
Changxi and Xihe hurriedly put on their robes. With their faces flushed, they looked at Ye Jun and spoke gently. "Daoist friend, please don't take it to heart. Though our cultivation is modest, my sister and I can still tell right from wrong."
"Indeed. Daoist friend went to such trouble to stabilize our cultivation arts. My sister and I are deeply grateful. As for..." Xihe's gentle voice suddenly trailed off.
Her face flushed even more.
How alluring!
Ye Jun took a deep breath and said, "Regardless, I was presumptuous."
"By the way, may I ask your name, Immortal? That way, my sister and I will have a chance to repay you someday," Changxi asked.
"This Daoist is Ye Jun," he replied with a smile.
"Immortal Ye Jun? You're the Immortal Ye Jun?" Changxi cried, covering her mouth.
Ye Jun raised an eyebrow. Was he really that famous already?
Did even the Taiyin Star have legends about him?
Sigh. I'd better keep a low profile on my travels from now on.
Ye Jun immediately struck the pose of a great expert, clasped his hands behind his back, and said, "That's right. This Daoist is Ye Jun. Have you two fairies heard of me?"
Changxi and Xihe nodded repeatedly. They had done more than hear of him. Who in the entire Primordial World didn't know about Ye Jun, who had slept through the Sage's sermon at Zixiao Palace?
Even the Three Pure Ones and the Two Sages of the West had repeatedly suffered at his hands, as had Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, the rulers of the Demon Heavenly Court who currently held immense sway throughout the Primordial World!
And now, this legendary figure had come to their Taiyin Star!
"Immortal, have you come to the Taiyin Star for something important?" Changxi asked cautiously.
"Nothing important. I just wanted to admire the scenery of the Primordial World," Ye Jun replied with a smile.
"I see. In that case, why don't my sister and I show Brother Ye Jun around the Taiyin Star?" The shy Changxi spoke in an especially gentle voice.
Ye Jun's heart gave a jolt. Had he already become "Brother"?
That had happened fast!
He glanced at the two beauties, Changxi and Xihe. Having younger sisters like them didn't sound bad at all!
Not bad, not bad!
Ye Jun smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you two fairies."
Then, seeing the disappointment on Changxi and Xihe's faces, Ye Jun realized he had said the wrong thing.
He quickly corrected himself. "Then I'll trouble you two younger sisters."
Only then did smiles spread across Changxi and Xihe's faces.
The days that followed flew by. With the two beauties showing him around the Taiyin Star, Ye Jun spent each day living in the lap of luxury.
Whenever he grew tired, he rested in the palace of the Taiyin Goddess. Life couldn't have been sweeter.
At last, Ye Jun understood the joys of being a Great Being.
The Thirty-six Heavens!
The Demon Heavenly Court!
Ever since Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi had discovered the Thirty-six Heavens on Buzhou Mountain, the demon race's influence across the Primordial World had grown ever stronger.
At that moment, a grand, golden hall was shrouded in mist that never seemed to lift. Mysterious markings adorned the thirty-six gilded pillars inside.
Golden light shone everywhere in the palace. Dao Rhyme flowed, and Spiritual Energy filled the air!
It truly seemed like a heavenly palace in an immortal realm!
Many demon sages and generals stood throughout the Demon Heavenly Court. Atop a staircase of thirty-six golden tiers, a middle-aged man sat upon a throne carved with a coiling golden dragon.
The Heavenly Emperor, Di Jun!
"Greetings, Heavenly Emperor!"
The demon sages and generals' voices resounded through the palace and into the clouds.
"You've all worked hard. Our demon race has grown rapidly of late, and each of you here has played an indispensable part!" Di Jun said slowly.
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