The Three Pure Ones Depart

"Don't mind them. Light incense for me first. If you do, I have something for you," Qin Yun said.

Laozi and Yuanshi had already gone outside, while Tongtian remained within the temple. Yuanshi could not help frowning deeply as he spoke coldly, "Tongtian! What are you still doing in there? Aren't you coming out?"

Yuanshi's voice was brimming with anger.

"What exactly is your relationship with that Mountain God?" Yuanshi demanded furiously.

Hearing Yuanshi's voice, Tongtian did not know what to do. He was caught between two sides.

"Tongtian... light incense for me first..." Qin Yun said.

Qin Yun also knew that asking Tongtian to offer him incense was truly putting him in a difficult position.

After all, Laozi and Yuanshi had both gone outside.

"Tongtian! Aren't you coming out yet? What benefits did that Mountain God give you?" Yuanshi said coldly.

"That Mountain God treated me like that, and you still want to stay in there? Do you even still have me, your second brother, in your eyes?" Yuanshi said wrathfully.

Hearing Yuanshi say this, Tongtian looked at the temple and softly said, "I'm sorry, Mountain God. I... I'll be leaving first..." His voice was full of apology.

Seeing this, Qin Yun looked at him, not knowing what to say.

He could hardly drag Tongtian over by force and make him offer incense here...

Forget it, forget it. If he wanted to leave, then let him leave...

Tongtian bowed once toward the wooden memorial tablet, then turned and walked out.

"Hmph! What an ungrateful wretch! His own second brother was bullied like that, yet he still sided with outsiders!" Yuanshi cursed viciously.

Laozi looked at him and said, "Enough. Stop cursing..."

"Hmph!" Yuanshi was still extremely angry and let out a cold snort.

By this time, Tongtian had already come out and caught up with Laozi and Yuanshi.

Seeing Tongtian arrive, Yuanshi did nothing, but his expression remained awful, and the fury around him had not faded in the slightest.

"What are you coming out for? Why don't you stay in there with your Mountain God?" Yuanshi said viciously.

"Enough, say no more!" Laozi said.

Tongtian looked at Yuanshi, not knowing what to say.

"Hmph!" Yuanshi snorted coldly.

"That Mountain God! Today's grudge—one day, I will make him repay it tenfold!" Yuanshi said viciously, his eyes filled with icy killing intent.

Tongtian looked at Yuanshi and said, "Second Brother, what you did really was wrong..."

The instant Tongtian said that, Yuanshi exploded on the spot—exploded with utterly violent fury!

Yuanshi turned to look at Tongtian, the anger in his eyes surging like blazing fire. "You're saying I was wrong?"

"Second Brother..." Tongtian looked at Yuanshi. He also knew that Yuanshi was extremely, extremely angry right now...

But what Yuanshi had done truly was wrong!

"I think... you should... go and... apologize... to that... Mountain God..." Tongtian slowly spoke, one word at a time.

Tongtian also knew that his second brother cared greatly about his pride. Asking him to apologize to that Mountain God was probably harder than asking for his life...

"What did you say?" Yuanshi glared at Tongtian with wide, vicious eyes.

At this moment, Yuanshi even wanted to slap Tongtian to death with one palm.

"You want me to apologize to him?" Yuanshi's eyes remained wide, his face looking utterly ferocious.

"He bullied me like that! My magical treasure was shattered by him, and my arm was broken by him, yet you want me to apologize to him?"

"Do you still have me, your second brother, in your eyes?"

"You... you ungrateful wretch!"

Yuanshi cursed viciously.

Tongtian, however, did not know what to say.

Laozi looked at Yuanshi and said, "Enough, stop talking..."

Yuanshi withdrew his gaze. The fury around him still did not lessen. He gritted his teeth and said nothing more.

Tongtian did not know what to say either.

The three of them said nothing more and simply walked on in silence.

Qin Yun remained within the temple's Inner Space. As Tongtian left, he unconsciously shook his head in regret.

After a hundred years, Tongtian had finally come to the temple again, yet he had left without even offering incense...

What a pity!

Who knew whether Tongtian would come again in the future?

Yuanshi had caused such a scene in the temple today and had also suffered serious injuries. After all, Yuanshi was Tongtian's second brother...

Sigh...

Qin Yun let out an unconscious sigh, thinking, A believer I finally managed to gain... is he really going to be gone just like that?

Th-This... this is far too regrettable, isn't it?!

Such an excellent believer as Tongtian—was he really going to be gone just like that?

Although Tongtian had become Qin Yun's believer after offering incense to him, if he stopped offering incense to Qin Yun in the future, would he still remain Qin Yun's believer?

Qin Yun was not very clear about this question either.

Moreover, if Tongtian did not offer incense to Qin Yun, Qin Yun seemingly would not receive any rewards. Without rewards, he would have nothing to give Tongtian...

With nothing to give Tongtian, Tongtian would not be able to obtain any resources from Qin Yun. Without resources, his cultivation progress would naturally be rather slow...

If Tongtian improved slowly, then the benefits Qin Yun could ride along on would naturally be few as well.

Thinking about this, Qin Yun unconsciously shook his head, feeling a slight headache.

After a while, Qin Yun stopped thinking about it.

He would let these matters take their natural course. As for the future, he would talk about it when it came.

Time slowly passed, and a day went by.

Hongyun had cultivated his Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique to the fourth revolution, and he was immensely delighted.

After calculating the time, he realized that a hundred years had passed. Hongyun thought it over again and again, then decided to go to the Mountain God Temple to offer incense and pay his respects to Qingyi Mountain God.

Thus, he left the cave dwelling where he had been cultivating in seclusion and headed toward the Mountain God Temple.

At this moment, a figure flew over from the distance, flying in Hongyun's direction.

"Fellow Daoist Hongyun!" The figure saw Hongyun and called out loudly to him.

Upon hearing the voice, Hongyun looked toward the figure. It soon flew before him.

When he saw the person, a smile unconsciously appeared on Hongyun's face.

"Fellow Daoist Zhenyuan!" Hongyun called out.

The newcomer was none other than Zhenyuanzi.

Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun were friends, and their relationship was exceptionally good.

"Fellow Daoist! You were truly hard to find!" Zhenyuanzi arrived before Hongyun, a smile on his face as well.

"Fellow Daoist, where have you been all this time?" Zhenyuanzi asked.

"To be honest, Fellow Daoist, I have been traveling abroad all this time. A hundred years ago, I came here to cultivate in seclusion. Once I entered seclusion, I remained there until now," Hongyun answered truthfully.

Hearing this, Zhenyuanzi did not press for details. He said, "Fellow Daoist, let us go."

"Go where?" Hongyun asked.

"Of course, to Purple Cloud Palace to listen to the Dao!" Zhenyuanzi replied with a smile.