Seeing the Ancestral Shamans fired up for battle, Hong Yun didn't want to say anything discouraging.
He simply pushed aside his worries and joined the Ancestral Shamans for a banquet.
Once everyone had eaten and drunk their fill and had enjoyed themselves, he sent the Ancestral Shamans back to their tribes.
Seeing Hou Tu and Xuanming sitting motionless,
Zhen Yuan Zi tactfully took Huluwa, Wu Tian, and the others to inspect the human tribes.
Looking at the gentle Hou Tu and the somewhat embarrassed Xuanming,
Hong Yun smiled and said, "Taiqing has become a Saint. Have either of you made any recent breakthroughs in your cultivation?"
"By the time Yuan Shi and Zhun Ti become Saints, if your cultivation is still at this level, I'm going to get humiliated by Saints..."
Seeing Hong Yun grinning cheekily, Xuanming gave a cold snort and said with an unfriendly expression:
"Then you can just hide in Empress Wa's Palace."
"Do you think Yuan Shi and Zhun Ti would come knocking just to get revenge?"
Watching Hong Yun get cut off by Xuanming, Hou Tu felt much more at ease.
Seeing how awkwardly Hong Yun stood there, not knowing what to do, she felt a little sorry for him and smoothly took over the conversation. "Xuanming and I separated our law aspects long ago, following your guidance."
"Our cultivation has indeed advanced extremely quickly since then."
"Xuanming especially—she's been tempering her body while cultivating martial arts."
"Her cultivation is now even more profound than mine. She's every bit as powerful as Daoist Zhen Yuan."
Hearing Hou Tu say this, Hong Yun's heart filled with bitterness and remorse.
He had helped Xuanming develop an external martial cultivation method and helped Zhen Yuan Zi establish the Way of the Earth Immortal.
After that, he had helped