Honghuang: I Am Red Cloud, Trading the Saint Seat for a Wife at the Start
Chapter 7

Primordial Wilderness: I Am Hong Yun, Starting With a Saint Position to Exchange for a Wife Section 7

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Originally, Kun Peng was ranked alongside them, which already irked Yuan Shi in his heart!

But when it came to Hou Tu, they truly had nothing to say.

The Three Pure Ones were formed from three parts of Pan Gu's Primordial Spirit, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches were still Pan Gu's blood descendants!

Everyone was an orthodox descendant of Pan Gu—who looked down on whom?

Over here, Zhun Ti took the opening Little Brother Hong Yun offered and sat down, and the Ancestral Witches also backed off.

The tension instantly eased.

But that "hmph" he directed at Hong Yun even made Zhen Yuan Zi a bit angry.

He was about to say something, but Hong Yun tugged at his sleeve.

"You gave this Zhun Ti a way out, and not only does he not appreciate it, he even gives you attitude?"

Though Zhen Yuan Zi was also mild-tempered, the way Jieyin and Zhun Ti acted really rubbed him the wrong way.

He glanced at his Little Brother Hong Yun, who showed no sign of anger at all.

A simple, grinning, honest look!

He wondered to himself, you weren't the type to take a loss and still smile at people before!

"Little Brother Hong Yun, what's gotten into you?"

Hong Yun comforted him:

"Listening to the sermon is what matters!"

"We'll talk about this later."

Hong Yun could keep a smile on his face, not because he was broad-minded and unwilling to squabble with Zhun Ti.

On the contrary, Hong Yun felt he was quite petty!

He wasn't the original Hong Yun, the true goody-two-shoes.

It was just that when Zhun Ti and Kun Peng sat on his Prayer Mat, it conveniently broke the deadlock.

Two sounds rang out in Hong Yun's mind.

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

After Hong Yun calmed Zhen Yuan Zi down, he quickly checked the system notifications—sure enough, two more draw chances.

He first looked at the draw chance from helping Zhun Ti.

"Resolving Zhun Ti's predicament, preventing him from battling the Ancestral Witches, grants one draw chance!"

Hong Yun was puzzled. He had tossed out the Prayer Mat, and Zhun Ti took the seat.

Shouldn't that mean both Zhun Ti and Jieyin got a way out?

If Zhun Ti had fought the Ancestral Witches, could Jieyin have stayed steady in his seat?

Wouldn't that mean Jieyin also indirectly benefited from him?

But the system only gave one chance.

As soon as this doubt arose in Hong Yun's mind, the system immediately explained.

"Cause and effect is like a net—pull one thread, and the whole moves."

"Chain reactions are not within the system's reward consideration."

Hong Yun shook his head slightly, looking regretful.

"Tsk tsk!"

"I thought there was a bug here!"

"If I helped Nu Wa create humans, wouldn't every human have a karmic link to me? That'd mean endless draws!"

But then again, those rewards wouldn't be as generous.

Hong Yun set that thought aside and focused on studying the prizes included in Zhun Ti's feedback:

Cultivation method—Golden Body Dharma Appearance;

Opportunity for the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus;

Bodhi Tree Branch;

One hundred thousand merit points;

"Start drawing?"

After seeing these options, Hong Yun was stunned for a moment—was that all Zhun Ti had?

But then he let out a bitter laugh.

Given his current situation, how could he still look down on anyone?

He had always thought the Two Sages of the West were penniless and the Western lands barren.

But in truth, he, Hong Yun, was the real pauper!

Aside from a Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd, he had no treasures worth showing off!

And even that—he hadn't gotten his hands on the gourd yet!

So now, Hong Yun truly had nothing in his hands.

Take Zhen Yuan Zi, for example—at least he had the Earth Book, born from the Earth Fetal Membrane, to rely on.

Still, it couldn't be said that Hong Yun's fortune was inferior to Zhen Yuan Zi's.

After all, of the Four Symbols of Heaven OpeningEarth, Water, Fire, Wind—he was born with three of them!

If he could obtain the Earth's origin, he could complete the Four Symbols of Heaven Opening.

That was precisely why Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi were naturally close!

It was because the laws they governed complemented each other.

Hong Yun couldn't afford to be picky, so he silently recited:

"Begin the lottery!"

The system's lottery wheel spun, and after a moment, it slowly came to a stop.

"Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus—an opportunity?"

Then, a mysterious aura descended from the void, merging into Hong Yun's Primordial Spirit.

Hong Yun immediately felt as if he had gained something.

A faint hint stirred in his heart, but here in the Purple Cloud Palace, chaos sealed everything off.

This sensation flickered like a flash of insight, then vanished!

"Another empty promise!"

"Hey system, can't you give me something real for once?"

Hong Yun grumbled in frustration.

But in truth, this Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus belonged to Luohu.

When Hongjun fought Luohu, he shattered the Western earth veins.

That created a karmic debt with Jieyin and Zhun Ti, yet the black lotus had never belonged to them.

So only gaining a sliver of opportunity was reasonable!

Then he began the lottery for Kun Peng.

As for Kun Peng, according to the original course of events, he would have clashed with Hong Yun over the seat-offering.

But now, he had lost his seat on his own, with no connection to Hong Yun.

In fact, Hong Yun had even helped him out!

He gave him a way to save face, so he wouldn't end up in a direct confrontation with the two Westerners.

If Yuan Shi then couldn't keep his mouth shut and blurted out something like "beasts with fur and horns," he'd lose even more face!

As for getting revenge?

If Kun Peng were that stubborn, would he have quietly swallowed his pride and endured Jieyin and Zhun Ti's scheming?

"I suppose this counts as repaying enmity with kindness. System, this time you'd better give me something solid!"

As if hearing Hong Yun's wish.

After he silently recited the lottery, the wheel spun, and finally, it slowly stopped on a section.

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