Under the connection of their auras, he couldn't resist at all. Just as he was about to despair—
Three sweet shouts suddenly rang out.
"Who are you? How dare you commit violence here!"
"Senior Brother, we're here to help!"
Zhao Gongming was not pleased but alarmed, and cried out,
"No! Retreat, quickly!"
But his warning came too late. Three Golden Immortals, as lovely as divine consorts and celestial maidens, with clouds of rosy light filling the sky, had just charged in.
Chu Xuan turned his hand and pressed them down with the dim Sea Calming Divine Beads. Layer upon layer of Great Earth Law bore down on them. He hadn't even tried to refine the Sea Calming Divine Beads; instead, he relied mostly on the beads' own sturdiness to bear the Great Earth Law.
Rumble—
The Great Earth Law descended like a waterfall.
The three immortals were instantly suppressed.
In the blink of an eye, like stars drawing in satellites, they were pulled straight onto the Sea Calming Divine Beads.
Chu Xuan's True Body, tens of thousands of feet tall, smiled as he explored the "planet." The Sea Calming Divine Beads trembled,
spinning the three immortals atop them until they were dizzy and disoriented.
The Great Earth Law crushed down on them, nearly forcing their rosy-cloud True Bodies to manifest.
Amidst the sky-filling rosy light, Chu Xuan's great hand drew the three immortals toward him. He pinched their True Bodies between his fingers,
like three tiny cloth dolls with looks of terror on their faces.
Mm, soft—like the material of Queen Mother of the West's Cloud Bed from not long ago.
A thought flashed through Chu Xuan's mind.
Just then, Zhao Gongming hurriedly spoke up.
"Fellow Daoist, please stop!"
"These are my three junior sisters. They didn't know we were discussing the Dao!"
Seeing this, Chu Xuan went along with the opportunity. He withdrew the Great Earth Law and released the three women.
His True Body shrank steadily, returning to normal.
Looking at the three women, whose clothes were slightly disheveled and faces flushed with embarrassment beneath the rosy light of the laws—a light only he could see through—he kept his gaze straight ahead and laughed.
"I naturally knew that. That's why I didn't use my full strength!"
But as soon as he finished speaking, one of the green-robed immortals snapped,
"What do you mean, you didn't use your full strength? You actually dared to squeeze—"
Before she could finish, Yunxiao and Qiongxiao interrupted her in unison.
"Third Sister!"
Chu Xuan pretended not to understand.
"What do you mean, fellow Daoists? My True Body is enormous. Of course, catching you was like playing with toys!"
"Ah, I see. You cultivators of the Primordial Spirit value your dignity. But there's no need to worry. I'm only one realm above you, still a Lesser Shaman, at the level of a Taiyi Golden Immortal. I couldn't see through the rosy light of the laws around you, so it shouldn't have seemed disrespectful."
He truly hadn't done it on purpose. After all, it wasn't as if he'd become aroused the moment they met. The real issue was that his cultivation and insight were both too high.
Under the amplification of his cultivation, even ordinary actions seemed extraordinary, producing unintended consequences.
Besides, given the persona he'd adopted at his current level, he certainly couldn't admit to anything.
At his words, the Three Firmaments exchanged glances and gradually understood.
They felt that they'd been overthinking it before.
At the pressure of the Great Earth Law, as it rubbed against the "planet," their True Bodies had been left in all sorts of embarrassing positions. His fingertip had even pressed against their True Bodies, making their faces burn with shame and nearly causing them to lose the forms of their innate Dao bodies. In their panic, they'd subconsciously overlooked that point.
Thinking about it now, the other party was only a Taiyi Golden Immortal. Unless they cultivated the same Dao, how could he so easily see through the rosy light of their laws?
Only Great Luo Golden Immortals could use the Dao to master the Dao and understand all laws. (Great Luo Golden Immortals were all on the same level, and even they found it difficult to see through one another. Ordinary Quasi-Saints couldn't do it either.)
At this thought, the three women finally relaxed.
Yunxiao stepped forward and bowed in greeting.
"I am Yunxiao of the Three Firmaments. Greetings, fellow Daoist. We were rash earlier!"
"We saw our senior brother in dire straits and instinctively stepped in to help. Please forgive us!"
Chu Xuan waved a hand magnanimously.
"Think nothing of it!"
"I was simply delighted to meet a worthy opponent!"
"Fellow Daoist Gongming's Twelve Sea Calming Divine Beads are as mighty as mountains and oceans, like twelve heavens descending!"
"My emotions ran high, and I attacked you all at the same time!"
"I should have explained myself sooner!"
Zhao Gongming's face lit up. Praise from a cultivator of the same realm who'd just defeated him was especially gratifying.
After all, it mattered who was praising him. If Chu Xuan was the one complimenting him, then he naturally felt that he really was that impressive.
He immediately insisted that Chu Xuan was too kind, and began exchanging compliments, praising the Wu Clan True Body as worthy of its renown throughout the Primordial Wilderness.
Seeing this, Yunxiao and Qiongxiao thought even more highly of the Wu Clan cultivator before them. He was humble and courteous, despite the misunderstanding earlier.
But now that they considered him a member of the Wu Clan, his behavior reflected all the more favorably on him. The Wu Clan could be like this? In comparison, they were the ones at fault.
Only Bixiao, who'd had doubts from the start, remained uncertain, still muttering to herself.
"Even though the rosy light of the laws was all around us, it seemed like the laws were being crushed earlier. His touch should have been real!"
Though she still felt a little suspicious, she saw that no one else was dwelling on the matter, so she didn't speak up again.
"That's right. A Taiyi Golden Immortal shouldn't be able to suppress our laws to that extent!"
At the same time, Daoist Duobao came over as well. He sat down with the others to discuss the Dao, and they chatted happily.
"Fellow Daoist Chu Xuan, your power is astonishing! You actually managed to suppress Junior Brother Gongming's Twelve Sea Calming Divine Beads. Even though my cultivation is a little higher than his, I'd never dare to take his beads head-on. It's practically as if Great God Pangu himself had returned!"
"One can almost catch a glimpse of Great God Pangu's bearing from you!"
With a few words, he praised two people at once, delighting all the guests.
Only Chu Xuan, though smiling on the surface, felt a little rueful inside.
"Sure enough, Daoist Duobao isn't as simple as he seems!"
"I'd originally planned to fight him, but I unexpectedly ran into Zhao Gongming, and he redirected me toward Zhao Gongming instead!"
"But that makes sense. I'm a guest, after all, and I came to discuss offering aid. And the other party is Shangqing's Grand Disciple. No matter who won, it wouldn't look good!"
"Too bad. I'd originally wanted to suppress Duobao and let Guangchengzi mock him, then add a little fuel to the Three Pure Ones' split!"
That's right. Chu Xuan had hidden his cultivation and claimed that he wanted to exchange blows as a pretext. Naturally, he had his own little schemes.
Though he was investing in the Three Pure Ones now, it was for the Wu Clan's future.
He didn't genuinely intend to befriend them.
Naturally, he had to plan ahead.
One-off Karma couldn't reach very far into the future. More schemes were needed to bind them together.
If the Three Pure Ones remained united, they'd have far less need for the Wu Clan in the future.
The Three Pure Ones were better off split apart.
Once the Three Pure Ones split, even if they became Saints, they wouldn't feel nearly as confident in the Wu Clan's strength.
To keep the butterfly effect in check—or perhaps out of some instinctive desire to make the first move—Chu Xuan had made this calculation on the spot.
But judging by how things had gone, part of his plan had fallen through.
Guangchengzi didn't have much sense, but Duobao didn't seem like a fool.
Future Buddha?
Chu Xuan's gaze shifted slightly.
He was just about to say something,
when, at that very moment, far off in the sky, beyond the Three Pure Ones Secret Realm, a terrifying clash of Great Daos stirred countless laws of heaven and earth.
It drew everyone present's attention—and even that of the entire Primordial Wilderness.
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