Even Saints couldn't interfere with the Great Dao of Time!
Otherwise, since Sect Master Tong Tian knew his disciples had suffered heavy casualties, why hadn't he turned back time and fought another battle?
Why make threats to destroy the world and start over?
Zhu Jiuyin smiled bitterly.
"I know that too. I just can't accept it!"
"Time is a river, and I'm a fish! I just want to leap out of the water and take one look downstream..."
Seeing Zhu Jiuyin like this, Dijiang sighed as well.
It was all for the Witch Clan!
"Alas, think it over some more..."
"And whatever you do, don't try it before you reach Grand Unity Perfection."
"When the time comes, I'll help you and give you a hand!"
Dijiang could only agree.
After that, he gazed into the distance, his thoughts impossible to read.
With the Witch Clan's warriors hard at work,
a grand feast was soon prepared!
Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi were invited to another spot in the heart of the Witch Tribe.
It was a spacious plaza!
Zhen Yuan Zi sat beside Hong Yun, while Hou Tu and the other Ancestral Shamans gathered around them.
Watching the Witch Clan members revel in the lively celebration, Hong Yun felt thoroughly at ease.
He took a bite of freshly roasted demon-beast meat, still sizzling with oil.
Hong Yun closed his eyes in satisfaction!
"Now this is the life!"
"What's the point of sitting around all day, discussing the Dao? Where's the warmth of everyday life in that?"
For a moment, Hong Yun was stirred by memories of his past life.
As he mused, Dijiang raised a huge wine cup made from a demon beast's bones.
He gestured to Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi from afar.
After draining his cup, Dijiang set it down and stood up.
He smiled at Hong Yun.
"Little Brother Hong Yun, you've helped the Witch Clan time and again. Though we're all on the same side now, we don't let our own people go unrewarded!"
"Please accept this token of our gratitude!"
As he spoke, a ball of light appeared in his hand and slowly drifted toward Hong Yun.
Inside the light were two drops of Ancestral Shaman blood essence, one from Dijiang and one from Zhu Jiuyin.
The two drops of blood essence radiated powerful fluctuations of the laws.
They looked like a pair of blood-red dragons,
circling and weaving around each other within the ball of light!
Seeing that Hong Yun was about to say something, Dijiang cut him off.
"Little Brother Hong Yun, don't refuse just yet!"
"These two drops of blood essence contain the laws of time and space, and will be of great help to you!"
"Besides, since you and Little Sister Hou Tu have become Dao Companions, you can refine this blood essence into a Witch Clan clone!"
"That would honor the bond between you."
Hong Yun turned to look at Hou Tu. Her beautiful eyes were full of amusement.
She hadn't known beforehand that her elder brother had arranged this, but now that he'd made up his mind, she certainly wouldn't object.
She smiled and nodded at Hong Yun.
I was overthinking it. A favor goes both ways—that's what makes it a favor.
There's no need to feel like I'm taking advantage of the Witch Clan. I can do more to help them when the time comes, and that will repay this kindness.
Hong Yun no longer hesitated and reached out to accept the two drops of blood essence.
As soon as they touched his hand, he felt the immense power of the Ancestral Shaman blood essence,
along with its dense vitality and baleful energy.
Hong Yun didn't refine the blood essence right away. The baleful energy within it was too strong.
It clashed with his own clear, pure nature!
Even if he made it into a clone, it would be best to wear away the excess first and preserve only its essence.
Hong Yun clasped his hands toward the Ancestral Shamans in thanks, then placed the two drops of blood essence inside the Profound Origin Water Control Banner.
With a thought,
he dispelled the barrier around the blood essence. In an instant, its boundless baleful energy burst forth inside the banner's treasure space!
The banner, which had originally been a hazy gray, was tinged with a faint red!
Primordial Heavy Water, stored within the Profound Origin Water Control Banner for countless years, surged against the two drops of blood essence in wave after wave.
It was like an endless ocean!
Primordial Heavy Water was distilled from places where the essence of water was exceptionally concentrated and the pressure immense.
A single drop weighed one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred jin!
That was why it was called Primordial Heavy Water.
The Profound Origin Water Control Banner had spent countless years deep beneath the Northern Darkness Sea. As a spirit treasure with a spirit of its own, it had gathered a vast quantity of Primordial Heavy Water on its own.
It was just right for washing away the baleful energy in the Ancestral Shaman blood essence!
Hong Yun thanked the Ancestral Shamans again.
Dijiang was just about to continue when he was suddenly interrupted by Zhurong's loud laughter.
"Ha ha ha..."
Dijiang rolled his eyes at Zhurong in exasperation!
He muttered,
"That blockhead!"
Zhu Jiuyin smiled at Dijiang, turned toward him, and quietly said a few words.
Then the two of them sat upright again and looked at Zhurong.
After laughing a few times, Zhurong stepped forward with his burly frame.
Still laughing, he beckoned to someone in the crowd of Witch Clan members behind him.
"Come on over! Didn't you say you wanted to test Fellow Daoist Hong Yun's strength?"
As he called out, a mischievous smile crept across his face.
At Zhurong's words, a man as burly as he was stood up among the Witch Clan members.
His chest was bare, his long hair fell over his shoulders, and his eyes were as round as bells!
"Thud, thud, thud..."
In just a few strides, he was at Zhurong's side.
Zhurong smiled and introduced him to Hong Yun.
"This is the Great Shaman of our clan, Xing Tian. He loves a fight more than anyone!"
"He heard that you and Little Sister Hou Tu had become Dao Companions, and he wasn't convinced. He insisted on fighting you."
"Little Brother Hong Yun, give this kid a good lesson so he'll admit defeat."
Xing Tian stood beside Zhurong and heard him introduce him that way.
He immediately turned to stare at Zhurong!
His eyes were full of disbelief as he silently signaled to him:
"Ancestral Witch Zhurong, that's not what I said!"
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