Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens...
Having concluded his visit to the Zixiao Palace, Yuanshi Tianzun was slowly making his way back alongside his elder brother and fellow disciple, Laojun. Each of them was lost in his own thoughts... At that moment, Laojun, who cherished tranquility and inaction, still wore his usual calm expression, neither sorrowful nor joyful. No one knew what he was thinking. It was as though their visit to the Zixiao Palace had ended in complete success—or as though the person whose treasures and mount had been stolen outside Xiqi City's gates had not been Laojun at all.
Compared to Laojun, who favored tranquility and inaction, Yuanshi Tianzun's expression was far more animated.
Because right now, he was furious!
Clearly, he was utterly dissatisfied with the outcome of their visit to the Zixiao Palace. Even though their teacher, Daoist Hongjun, had hinted at certain things and kindly offered them a warning, Yuanshi still wore a gloomy expression.
"Senior Brother!"
"Why did you barely say a word just now in front of our teacher's Zixiao Palace? You even stopped me from saying more and wouldn't let me plead with him a little longer! Now that our teacher refuses to act, how can we possibly defeat that evil fiend from beyond the heavens?!"
At last,
After holding it in for a good while, Yuanshi could no longer restrain himself. He directly questioned his senior brother, wanting to know why the other man had kept quiet just now and even signaled him with his eyes, preventing him from saying more to their teacher and begging him more fervently.
After all, in his view, pleading with their teacher to intervene really was the only good way to deal with that fiend from beyond the heavens, whose methods were bizarre and who could casually