"Senior Brother, after you understand the Human Race, I want to hear your opinion on them before making a decision."
A glimmer of light flashed in Laozi's cloudy eyes. He didn't speak, just nodded indifferently.
Then, he drifted away.
Qing Xuanzi sighed, "I hope the Human Race welcomes a great help."
He had already made up his mind: if the Humanity Sect established by Laozi was still like in his previous life, sucking the blood of the Human Race.
And at the critical moment, abandoning them like worn-out shoes.
In that case, he would have to find Hongjun. It would be better not to establish this Humanity Sect.
He had the confidence now.
Five hundred years later, Laozi, with a radiant face, sought out Qing Xuanzi.
"Junior Brother Qing Xuanzi, I, your Senior Brother, have already understood my opportunity for becoming a saint," Laozi said, staring intently at Qing Xuanzi with his cloudy eyes.
"Senior Brother hasn't answered my question yet. How do you view the Human Race?"
Laozi was silent for a moment before saying, "I can ensure the Human Race is not extinguished."
Qing Xuanzi shook his head and said lightly, "In that case, Senior Brother, it's better for you to go back where you came from. I will not agree."
Laozi's eyes widened, his cloudy eyes filled with red veins. His aura surged to its peak, as if he was about to strike in the next moment.
Qing Xuanzi, not to be outdone, released the aura of a peak Hunyuan Golden Immortal. Its power was not inferior to Laozi's in the slightest.
The entire room rustled without wind, the tension reaching an extreme.
After a moment, Laozi's aura deflated like a punctured balloon, returning to the image of an old man about to enter the grave.
Qing Xuanzi also took the opportunity to withdraw his aura.
Laozi stomped his foot resentfully and said word by word, "Junior Brother Qing Xuanzi."
Qing Xuanzi sighed slightly.
"Thanks to Master's regard for taking me as his last disciple, I can be considered half a Heavenly Dao disciple. Senior Brother is different. You received the Hongmeng Purple Qi and are completely a Heavenly Dao disciple. Am I right?"
Qing Xuanzi's words contained a hidden meaning. He didn't say it explicitly because the Heavenly Dao was definitely watching. There was no need to create a tense situation with the Heavenly Dao.
Laozi, however, understood: Qing Xuanzi was a genuine Congenital Human Race, a child of Human Dao's destiny. Being half a Heavenly Dao disciple was merely to ease his relationship with the Heavenly Dao.
He himself was completely a Heavenly Dao disciple, and his future actions would definitely be dictated by the Heavenly Dao.
The Hongmeng Purple Qi was a wondrous thing. The destiny it possessed varied from person to person.
If one's heart was towards the Heavenly Dao, it was Heavenly Dao destiny.
If one's heart was towards the Human Dao, it was Human Dao destiny.
If one's heart was towards the Earth Dao, it was Earth Dao destiny.
Laozi had already figured out this characteristic of the Hongmeng Purple Qi over the years.
Therefore, Qing Xuanzi was dissatisfied with his answer because he wanted him to turn his heart towards the Human Dao.
At the very least, he couldn't abandon the Human Race; this was Qing Xuanzi's bottom line.
Qing Xuanzi also mentioned Hongjun. It was clear that if he wasn't satisfied, he would go directly to Hongjun and make things clear.
"Alright, alright. If I establish the Humanity Sect, Junior Brother can be the Vice Sect Master and control the destiny of the Human Race." Laozi finally sighed and compromised.
He also stated directly: I will not participate in the conflict between the Heavenly Dao and the Human Dao. This is also my bottom line.
Of course, if the situation became clear in the future, he could still side with the dominant party.
This was the clever use of the Vice Sect Master position he offered.
Qing Xuanzi smiled. He was satisfied. It was already very rare for Laozi to concede to this extent.
"Agreed." Qing Xuanzi also readily agreed.
"Heh heh, Junior Brother, Junior Brother, you really are someone who won't act without seeing the rabbit." Laozi's expression relaxed at this point. Since both sides had made concessions and the matter was resolved, it was good. He was in the mood to joke.
"You jest. Qing Xuanzi bears the heavy responsibility of the Human Race and had no choice but to do so. I hope Senior Brother doesn't mind."
"Forget it, I should go busy myself with my own matters. Oh, right, since you are the Vice Sect Master, any future items that suppress destiny will be yours to take."
Laozi wasn't completely without sentiment. Although he knew that his concession came at a certain cost.
He also knew that Qing Xuanzi still valued their relationship as senior and junior brothers, otherwise, things wouldn't have been so easy.
After all, Qing Xuanzi held the initiative.
What about someone else, like those two from the West? Try it?
They might have been directly beaten out.
Therefore, he simply promised and gave away the Kongtong Seal. Anyway, it was an item of the Human Race. Controlling it was for better contention for destiny.
Now that Qing Xuanzi was here, was he still afraid of not being able to suppress destiny?
The most important point was: Laozi also thought that when the Kongtong Seal appeared, it might directly recognize Qing Xuanzi as its master.
Giving it away directly, heh heh, how generous it seemed: giving him something that was originally his. This deal could be made.
"Thank you, Senior Brother." Although Qing Xuanzi knew what was going on in his heart, he still had to thank Laozi on the surface.
There was nothing he could do, this pretense could only be put on by Laozi.
Ten years later.
"Above the Heavenly Dao, I, Grand Pure Laozi, the eldest disciple of Dao Ancestor Hongjun, now establish the Humanity Sect. Junior Brother Qing Xuanzi shall be the Vice Sect Master, educating the Human Race, and the Taiji Diagram shall suppress the destiny of the Humanity Sect."
As soon as Laozi's declaration of establishing the sect fell, boundless merit descended from the nine heavens, golden and dazzling.
The merit from establishing the sect entered his body, instantly drawing out Laozi's legacy from the creation of the world: the merit of creation bestowed by the Great Dao.
Laozi became a Saint.
Unlike the Humanity Sect that Qing Xuanzi knew, he became the Vice Sect Master of the Humanity Sect, holding control over the development of the Human Race.
At the same time, Laozi passed down the Golden Core Great Dao.
Qing Xuanzi made some modifications to the Golden Core Great Dao and bestowed it upon the Congenital Human Race, saying, "This is my revised version of the Golden Core Great Dao, which can directly reach the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm."
The original Golden Core Great Dao could at most reach the Golden Immortal realm.
After being revised by Qing Xuanzi, it could directly reach the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
This could be considered paving a direct path to the Great Luo for the Human Race with poor foundations.
It was bound to raise the overall strength of the Human Race to a new level.
After Laozi attained sainthood, Yuanshi and Tongtian also established their sects and attained sainthood without much fuss.
These would be the future Elucidating Sect and Intercepting Sect.
When it came to the two from the Western Sect, they got stuck.
Zhunti looked at the meager amount of Merit above his head and almost jumped up to curse the Heavenly Dao for being unfair.
Fortunately, the Heavenly Tribulation from last time left a deep impression, so he held back.
"Senior Brother, what should we do? There isn't enough Merit. Let alone for two people, there isn't even enough Merit for one person to attain sainthood," Zhunti was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
The Three Pure Ones had all successfully attained sainthood. If the two of them couldn't attain sainthood,
Not only would they lose face, but losing face was one thing.
The problem was that their lives would also be in danger.
Didn't they see Ancestor Red Cloud? If the Demon Clan knew that the two of them couldn't attain sainthood,
They would probably just kill them directly.
Getting rid of Red Cloud before was done secretly, but if things didn't go well this time,
People would openly beat them up.
Jie Yin ignored the extremely anxious Zhunti, closed his eyes, and thought silently.
After a while, he opened his eyes and said, "When I become a Buddha..."
Seeing Jie Yin making vows to the Heavenly Dao on his own, Zhunti's eyes lit up, and he followed suit, saying, "When I become a Buddha..."
In any case, the two of them made all the vows they could think of, a total of forty-eight great vows.
Each vow, without great perseverance and great opportunity, would be impossible to succeed.
But in order to attain sainthood, Jie Yin and Zhunti gritted their teeth: They gambled.
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