The Primordial Era: Before the Dao Was Finished, the Ancestor Witches Had All Become Saints - Section 48

Heh... this last one wasn't anything special.

It wasn't just those few Ancestor Witches—even Li Hao and Dijiang felt rather regretful.

The reason was simple: Ru Shou, the Ancestor Witch of Metal, hadn't come.

He had missed out on such a tremendous opportunity.

That was what Dijiang thought.

Li Hao felt the same way. Before this operation...

To be honest, he had indeed considered whether he should have brought Ru Shou along instead.

After all, he had known from the start that there would be Geng Metal Qi in the Western Lands.

But it had only been a thought.

To put it plainly, he hadn't believed that the so-called Geng Metal Qi could be all that powerful.

How could Li Hao have known that not only had Zhunti failed to absorb this Geng Metal Qi,

but its scale was actually quite substantial?

There was such an extremely dense amount of Geng Metal Qi here.

Once this strand of Geng Metal Qi was fully absorbed and taken back for refinement, Ru Shou's Law of Gold would certainly advance another step.

It might even reach the level of perfection. That wasn't impossible.

Even without refining it, cultivating the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Origin Technique based on this enormous amount of Geng Metal Qi

would probably be enough to smoothly enter the Fifth Revolution.

Having missed such a tremendous opportunity, how could Li Hao not regret it deeply?

The Ancestor Witches stared at one another, gathering together and discussing animatedly.

Qiang Liang looked at the extremely dense golden radiance flowing above the tree crown and once again beat his chest in lament.

"Fourth Brother really had bad luck. He was fated to miss out on this."

"Exactly! Exactly! This is an immense opportunity. Fourth Brother just doesn't have that kind of fate!"

Zhu Rong chimed in repeatedly from the side, his face full of dejection.

This wasn't an act. He genuinely felt it was a pity.

Ru Shou usually had a good relationship with him.

Speaking of which... among the twelve—or thirteen—Ancestor Witches, only Gong Gong and Zhu Rong were at odds with each other on a daily basis.

Aside from that, Zhu Rong got along fairly well with all of them.

Ru Shou was simply a little closer to him.

Of course, Houtu was the exception.

The Ancestor Witches looked at the Bodhi Treasure Tree before them.

It truly lived up to its name as a treasure tree.

It didn't merely contain an enormous amount of Geng Metal Qi. Beneath the tree were also numerous Magic Treasures and all kinds of natural treasures.

Qiang Liang thought for a moment before looking at the other Ancestor Witches.

"How about we pull this tree out and move it back to the Ancestral Land?"

The Ancestor Witches' eyes immediately lit up. This was a great idea.

They all nodded, expressing their agreement.

Li Hao, however, shook his head.

"That's not appropriate!"

"This Geng Metal Qi is Western Yang Metal."

"It is naturally closely connected to the Western Lands. Let's not even discuss whether this Bodhi Tree can hold out until we return to the Ancestral Land."

"Even setting that aside, once this Geng Metal Qi leaves the Western Lands, I'm afraid it will quickly dissipate."

"Besides, once we pull out the Bodhi Tree, Zhunti will certainly notice."

After hearing this, Dijiang nodded as well.

Zhu Rong, however, began shouting.

"So what if he notices? At worst, we just fight him. What are you afraid of?"

"There are so many good things here. We can't just watch them and not take them, can we?"

Li Hao shook his head with a bitter smile. "Naturally, we're not afraid of him. It's just that once we fall out with him, it won't be easy to interact with him again in the future!"

"Besides, who said we can only look and not take anything? We'll take everything we should and can take. This is Father God's legacy. We're only not pulling out the tree."

Zhu Rong immediately beamed, nodding repeatedly.

"Right! Right! Father God's legacy!"

"Exactly! It's Father God's legacy. If we, his descendants, don't take it, who else is worthy of it?"

With a solemn expression, Zhu Rong delivered his argument with utmost seriousness.

The Ancestor Witches all clapped in agreement, as though everything here ought to bear the surname Witch.

Afterward, without waiting for Li Hao to explain further, the Ancestor Witches rolled up their sleeves and rushed forward of their own accord.

They prepared to take whatever should be taken and move whatever should be moved.

Qiang Liang even called out to everyone.

"Come, come, come! Don't be shy! Take whatever catches your eye!"

"Wasn't that fatty saying the same thing back then?"

Zhu Rong glanced at Qiang Liang and spat.

"Sixth Brother, what nonsense are you talking about? Do we need their permission?"

"These are all Father God's legacy left for our Witch Tribe. The way you put it makes them sound like they belong to someone else!"

Qiang Liang froze, then suddenly understood.

"Yes, yes, yes! Look at me and this mouth of mine. Third Brother is right!"

"These are ownerless things, Father God's legacy!"

The two chimed in together.

Beside them, the more Dijiang listened, the more annoyed he became. He roared, "Shut up! Get to work!"

This couldn't be blamed on Dijiang. Think about it.

They were already acting suspiciously enough, as if they were sneaking around.

And yet they kept bringing it up again and again, as if they were afraid others might forget what they were doing.

After Dijiang's roar, the Ancestor Witches also reined in their emotions and honestly got to work.

They took whatever they liked and whatever was easy to carry.

In short, they went on a grand moving spree.

Fortunately, their physical bodies were powerful, so they weren't worried about being unable to move anything.

Let alone these few items—even if they really had to pull out the tree and carry it away, they would have no problem doing so.

While the Ancestor Witches were busy, Li Hao rested his chin on his hand and carefully observed the Geng Metal Qi flowing above the tree crown.

To be honest, with such a delicious feast delivered right to his mouth, he could never be satisfied without taking a bite.

But Ru Shou wasn't here, and no one else could absorb this stuff.

[The host has been detected to have discovered the Innate Geng Metal Origin.]

He was worrying over this when the system's prompt suddenly sounded.

Li Hao's face immediately lit up. Since it could say this, there would naturally be a solution.

He just didn't know how many Points it would require.

Hopefully, it wouldn't be too many.

The system seemed to have seen through his thoughts and cooperatively replied.

[Not many! The system can help preserve it for one thousand years. It only requires ten thousand Points.]

At these words, Li Hao's heart filled with indescribable strangeness.

Are you sure the Smart Component was removed?

How could anyone fail to see how intelligent this thing is?

Holy crap!

It can even answer questions!

And you tell me this thing isn't intelligent?

However, the next line made Li Hao completely abandon that thought.

[With ten thousand Points, you can't buy a loss! With ten thousand Points, you can't be cheated! With ten thousand Points, you'll stay full while I won't go hungry!]

It was precisely this line that made him feel that this thing really wasn't intelligent. It was obviously just a preset response.

What happened earlier had merely been a coincidence.

With his thoughts cleared, Li Hao didn't delay any longer. He chose to deduct the Points and preserve the Geng Metal Qi.

As the Points were deducted, a strong gust of wind rose.

In no time,

the Geng Metal essence above the tree crown vanished completely.

At the same time,

Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, at Purple Heaven Palace.