Tongtian, Are You Really Not Going to Try?

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"I am Lu Xuan, merely a Rogue Cultivator. However, there is a question in my heart. I wonder whether Sage Nuwa could clear up this confusion for me?"

Under ordinary circumstances, Nuwa would likely not even have bothered to acknowledge Lu Xuan. But things were different now. Leaving aside Lu Xuan's status as the elder brother of the Three Pure Ones, the fact that he could beat Taiyi senseless alone was enough to earn Nuwa's respect.

She immediately nodded to Lu Xuan and said, "Fellow Daoist Lu Xuan, speak freely. So long as I know the answer, I will tell you everything without reserve."

Lu Xuan nodded. "Just now, Sage Nuwa said that you are the Nuwa Sovereign of the Demon Race. At the same time, you are also the Holy Mother who created the Human Race."

Nuwa nodded. "That is correct. This is something everyone in the Primordial World knows."

Lu Xuan turned to look at Taiyi before speaking. "If one day the Demon Race and the Human Race went to war, how would Sage Nuwa conduct herself?"

Lu Xuan's question instantly left Nuwa rooted to the spot, because she had never considered that such a thing could happen.

The Human Race was born weak. Though they possessed Innate Dao Bodies, only a pitiful few could embark upon the path of cultivation.

How could such a weak race possibly go to war with the Demon Race? That would be no different from seeking their own destruction.

As for the Demon Race going to war with the Human Race, that was even less conceivable. In the eyes of the Demon Race, humans were no different from ants.

After a brief daze, she asked Lu Xuan in confusion, "Fellow Daoist Lu Xuan, why do you ask such a question?"

Lu Xuan did not answer Nuwa. Instead, he continued with his original question. "I truly wish to know: when that time comes, will Your Ladyship aid the Demon Race, aid the Human Race, or stand by and watch from the wall?"

Nuwa still did not wish to answer the question directly, because she felt that such baseless nonsense was not worth answering at all.

At the same time, she had already sensed that Lu Xuan was being truly rude. The smile on her face vanished as she turned toward the Three Pure Ones and gave them a Daoist salute.

"Three Pure Ones, since matters here have concluded, your junior sister shall return to Nuwa Palace. Should you three have leisure another day, you may come to Nuwa Palace as guests."

After saying this, she directly summoned her mount, Golden Phoenix, left Wuyi Mountain, and headed for Nuwa Palace beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Before departing, however, she shot Lu Xuan a fierce glare, making her deep displeasure with him abundantly clear.

Just after Nuwa left, Dijun returned from the Demon Court. In his hands, he held a book—the Book of the Seven Nail-Headed Arrows.

Dijun stepped forward and handed the Book of the Seven Nail-Headed Arrows to Lu Xuan. Then he struck his chest with a fist and forced three drops of his essence blood from within his body.

Each drop of essence blood took ten thousand years or even longer to condense. These three drops thus represented at least thirty thousand years of cultivation.

Why had Dijun willingly taken out three drops of his own essence blood rather than have Taiyi share even a little of the burden? The reason was that Taiyi was the Heavenly Court's primary fighting force.

Though Dijun was the Demon Emperor of the Demon Race, he did not excel in battle. Thus, having him provide the three drops of essence blood was most beneficial to the Demon Race.

Lu Xuan did not care whose essence blood these three drops were. So long as they belonged to a Three-Legged Golden Crow, that was enough. He immediately stored two drops in the Pangu World-Opening Map and directly fused the remaining drop into his fleshly body.

At the same time, Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters had already brought Ghost Chariot to Lu Xuan's side. Only after seeing Lu Xuan nod did they hand Ghost Chariot over to Dijun.

With matters having reached this point, Dijun naturally had no desire to remain any longer. Staying would only mean continuing to lose face. He immediately bade farewell to the Three Pure Ones and led his people back to the Demon Court.

Dijun even regretted sending Demon Master Kunpeng and the others over. Now, he and his brother had lost face before the entire Demon Race.

Just after Dijun and the others departed, Solar True Fire suddenly ignited across Lu Xuan's body. The Three Pure Ones were startled, thinking that Dijun had left some sort of hidden trump card behind.

By then, Lu Xuan had already transformed into a Three-Legged Golden Crow. He hung above Wuyi Mountain like a blazing sun.

With a thought, Lu Xuan transformed into a rainbow and streaked into the distance. Then he became a rainbow once more and returned to the skies above Wuyi Mountain.

Lu Xuan had also returned to his original form. Smiling broadly, he said to Tongtian, "Tongtian, this is the transformation art that comes with the Heaven and Earth Mystical Technique. Do you really not want to give it a try?"

"So long as you obtain the essence blood of the living being you wish to transform into, once you assume their form, you will possess all of their strength."

"Even if their cultivation is higher than yours, you can still wield at least seventy percent of their combat power. So I think you should give it a try."

Tongtian was indeed somewhat tempted, but when he recalled the agony of having his fleshly body reconstructed, he still firmly shook his head.

Seeing that Tongtian had set his heart against suffering through such pain, Lu Xuan could not help turning his gaze toward Zhao Gongming. "Gongming, do you want to learn it?"

Zhao Gongming sighed. "Martial Uncle, it is not that Gongming does not wish to learn. It is simply that I cannot even master the Eight-Nine Mystical Technique passed down by my master, much less Martial Uncle's even more profound Heaven and Earth Mystical Technique."

How could Lu Xuan not know that Zhao Gongming could not learn the Eight-Nine Mystical Technique? After all, throughout the entire Primordial World, even by the time of the Journey to the West Calamity, fewer than one hand's worth of people had cultivated the Eight-Nine Mystical Technique.

To be precise, there were only Yang Jian, Yuan Hong, Sun Wukong, Six-Eared Macaque, and Yang Jian's nephew, Liu Chenxiang. Moreover, Liu Chenxiang had only learned it halfway.

As for Yang Jian's master, Jade Cauldron True Person, he had not learned the Eight-Nine Mystical Technique either. If there was anyone else capable of cultivating it, Lu Xuan reckoned it could only be Wuzhiqi, the God of the Huai River.

After all, that fellow was also one of the Four Monstrous Monkeys—the Red-Butt Macaque. Naturally, he had the qualifications to learn the Eight-Nine Mystical Technique.

To be precise, aside from those four monkeys, only Yang Jian and his nephew had cultivated it. No one else had ever been heard of cultivating the Eight-Nine Mystical Technique.

Yet Lu Xuan believed that the reason most people did not cultivate the Eight-Nine Mystical Technique was not because it was so complicated. Rather, they were unwilling to endure the hardship.

Thus, Lu Xuan could only sigh helplessly. "I think you simply cannot endure hardship. Do you not understand that only by eating the bitterest bitterness can one rise above all others?"

Just then, two Daoists stepped forward and knelt directly before Lu Xuan and the Three Pure Ones.

"Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao pay respects to the Three Pure Ones, and to Immortal Elder Lu Xuan. Today, when we brothers took form, it was thanks to Immortal Elder Lu Xuan's guidance that we were able to use the heavenly lightning to wash away the karmic sins upon us."

"If Immortal Elder Lu Xuan does not disdain our low cultivation, we brothers are willing to remain at Immortal Elder Lu Xuan's side and serve as boys who carry messages and gather news."

Lu Xuan looked at Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao, then directly asked Xiao Sheng, "Xiao Sheng, do you know the origin of that copper coin in your hand?"