Fuxi and Nuwa

Bai Jing flew to the vicinity of Mount Buzhou. Just as he was about to head for the Witch Clan, someone behind him called out, "Fellow Daoist, please stay!"

Those five words startled Bai Jing into a cold sweat. Those words were not to be shouted lightly!

Still, Bai Jing halted, because the voice sounded somewhat familiar.

Turning around, Bai Jing discovered that the one calling him was actually Fuxi. "So it was Fellow Daoist Fuxi. More than forty thousand years have passed since we parted at Zixiao Palace. Your cultivation has improved considerably, Fellow Daoist!"

"You flatter me, Fellow Daoist Bai Jing. My cultivation is still treading water at the early stage of the Quasi-Saint realm, while you have gone a step further and broken through to the middle stage ahead of me. I am inferior to you."

Bai Jing smiled but said nothing. At the same time, a trace of doubt crossed his mind. By all rights, Fuxi was among the foremost innate divine beings and had joined the Demon Race, thereby enjoying the Demon Race's providence.

Now that the Demon Race was constantly expanding and standing at the height of its power like the blazing midday sun, Fuxi should have broken through to the middle stage of the Quasi-Saint realm no matter how one looked at it. Yet he remained at the early stage. It was truly rather strange.

Seeing that Bai Jing did not respond, Fuxi changed the subject. "Is Fellow Daoist Bai Jing headed to the Witch Clan?"

"Yes. I am on good terms with Ancestral Witch Di Jiang and Ancestral Witch Houtu. I spent some time in seclusion before this, and missing old friends, I came to visit."

"I see. Then what does Fellow Daoist Bai Jing think of the Witch Clan?"

"The Witch Clan, like the Three Pure Ones, is of Pangu's orthodox lineage. They bear the duty of absorbing Sha Qi and clearing the earth veins. Over these years, the Witch Clan has worked diligently and conscientiously, repairing the western earth veins and contributing to the Primordial World. They are worthy of their status as Pangu's orthodox lineage."

Fuxi's heart sank at those words. Bai Jing's words essentially represented how all living beings of the Primordial World viewed the Witch Clan.

The Witch Clan, especially the Twelve Ancestral Witches, had continually absorbed the Sha Qi beneath the Primordial World even before taking form. After transforming, they had hunted and killed some living beings, but after learning to cultivate Millet, they rarely committed slaughter.

After the third lecture at Zixiao Palace, they had continued absorbing Sha Qi, repairing and clearing the earth veins. By now, the Witch Clan had repaired one-third of the shattered earth veins across the western lands.

The Witch Clan had thus gained considerable merit. Their clan providence had grown even more stable, and the overall strength of their people had risen by a great margin.

Naturally, the Demon Race did not wish to watch the Witch Clan continuously earn merit. Not long ago, they had sent people to the west to stir up trouble, hoping to slow the Witch Clan's pace of earning merit.

Before the Witch Clan could even respond, the two heaven-ordained Saints of the west made their move first. Everyone the Demon Race had sent was driven out of the western lands by those two, and Zhunti even personally went to the Demon Race's Heavenly Court to issue them a warning.

Zhunti possessed the Primordial Violet Qi, yet his cultivation had only just reached the middle stage of the Quasi-Saint realm. Dijun and Taiyi held him in extreme contempt, but they still did not dare truly do anything to him.

After all, Zhunti was the Dao Ancestor's registered disciple. With that status, who would dare show him disrespect?

In truth, Jieyin and Zhunti were not trying to protect the Witch Clan. Rather, the Witch Clan was currently repairing the western earth veins, which was an immensely good thing for the two who had made reviving the west their mission.

Once the western earth veins were restored, setting aside everything else, the density of spiritual qi would certainly rise first. More and more living beings would benefit from it and gain spiritual intelligence. These were all the future hope of their west!

Thus, when the Demon Race sent people to interfere with the restoration of the earth veins, Jieyin and Zhunti saw it as interference with the revival of their west. How could the two not be anxious?

Unable to send people to interfere in the west, yet unwilling to watch the Witch Clan earn merit and strengthen their clan so easily, the Demon Race could only attack some Witch Clan tribes and force the Witch Clan to divert their attention to rescue them.

Yet the Witch Clan seemed unaware of it and simply ignored them.

Fuxi also found this strange, which was why he had intended to visit the Witch Clan's ancestral land at the foot of Mount Buzhou and probe them a little. Unexpectedly, he encountered Bai Jing along the way first, leading to their conversation just now.

"Since Fellow Daoist Bai Jing is going to the Witch Clan, it so happens that I, too, wish to visit Ancestral Witch Di Jiang. How about we travel together?"

"Brother, you returned from the Heavenly Court and, instead of seeing your little sister first, you want to go to the Witch Clan? What kind of reasoning is that?" Nuwa's voice rang out behind them the moment Fuxi finished speaking.

Bai Jing turned and saw that Nuwa had already reached the middle stage of the Quasi-Saint realm. The Dao resonance around her was nearing completion; it appeared that she would soon break through to the late stage of the Quasi-Saint realm.

Her speed was not the least bit slower than Yuanshi Tianzun's or Tongtian's.

"Fellow Daoist Bai Jing, my brother will not be going to the Witch Clan. You may go by yourself." With that, Nuwa grabbed Fuxi and forcibly dragged him away.

Only after the two returned to their dojo on Mount Buzhou did Nuwa release Fuxi.

"Brother, what were you going to the Witch Clan for?"

Fuxi hid nothing from his younger sister. He laid out everything: the Demon Race's wariness toward the Witch Clan, as well as his plan to visit them and see what they had been doing lately.

Nuwa sighed upon hearing this. "Brother, you care far too much about the Demon Race's affairs. For us, cultivation is more important than anything. Ever since you decided to join the Demon Race's Heavenly Court, you have poured all your energy into it.

"I thought you joined the Demon Race to cultivate with the help of their providence, but you are actually devoting yourself heart and soul to planning for the Demon Race's Heavenly Court. As a result, your own cultivation has not broken through in a very long time. Brother, you are putting the cart before the horse!"

Nuwa's words exploded beside Fuxi's ears like thunder.

That was right! He truly had been too distracted lately. After joining the Demon Race and obtaining their providence, he should have prepared to sever his second corpse and break through to the middle stage of the Quasi-Saint realm. Instead, he had spent far too much time on other matters.

At that thought, Fuxi awoke as if from a dream.

"Sister, I will not go to the Witch Clan. Next, I will enter seclusion until I sever my second corpse and break through to the middle stage of the Quasi-Saint realm." With that, Fuxi transformed into a streak of escaping light and flew back to his cave abode to begin secluded cultivation.

Meanwhile, Bai Jing had already arrived at the Witch Clan's ancestral land.

More than twenty thousand years had passed since his last visit to the Witch Clan's ancestral land.

Compared with Bai Jing's previous visit, the atmosphere in the Witch Clan's ancestral land was noticeably more solemn.

Bai Jing greeted Jiufeng, the Great Witch left behind to guard the place, and asked her to inform the Ancestral Witches.

A short while later, Di Jiang personally came out to receive him and led Bai Jing into Pangu Hall.

"Brother Bai Jing, it has been a long time!" Di Jiang said with a hearty laugh, patting Bai Jing on the shoulder.

"I spent twenty thousand years in seclusion this time. Has anything happened to the Witch Clan during this period, Fellow Daoist Di Jiang?"

"No major events, but there have been quite a few minor ones. First, Jieyin and Zhunti of the west wish to win us over.

"Second, as the Demon Race expands, more and more small clans want to join our Witch Clan and receive our protection.

"Last, and most troublesome of all, the Demon Race has recently been harassing our other tribes with increasing frequency. I have already sent the Great Witches from the ancestral land to help. If we Ancestral Witches did not need to comprehend the Twelve Capitals Divine Fiend Formation and attempt to reunite a strand of true spiritual essence, we would likely have gone to help as well."