Zhu Jiuyin said with a smile, "It's normal for her to act a little differently. After all, Xuan Ming has a Dao Companion now. It's understandable that she'd be a bit different."
"She really is different. She hits even harder than before," Zhu Rong said with a wronged expression.
The ancestral witches burst into laughter. Zhu Rong had truly been the unluckiest one today, getting beaten twice in a row without even having anyone to complain to. Of course he felt wronged.
Meanwhile, Xuan Ming and Houtu had brought Ling Wudao to the Witch Race's treasure vault.
"This is where our treasure vault is. Wudao, step aside for a moment. Sister Xuan Ming and I will open the door together."
After saying that, the two women exchanged a glance, then walked to either side of the door. They exerted their strength at the same time and slowly pushed open the vault doors.
Creak, creak, creak! As the vault doors slowly opened, beams of divine light shone out from within. The dazzling, multicolored light made Ling Wudao unconsciously raise a hand to shield his eyes.
Only after a while, when the light no longer seemed so blinding, did he slowly lower his hand.
The instant he lowered his arm, the sight before him left him utterly stunned. Holy shit!
There were way too many treasures here. With all these treasures, let alone allowing all twelve of them to attain the Dao at once, there would be enough even if another one or two joined them!
"Houtu, Xuan Ming, do you have no concept of what treasures are? These treasures are already enough for all of you to attain the Dao. Why did you think they wouldn't be enough?"
Houtu smiled faintly. "We truly don't have much of a concept of treasures. In the past, we couldn't use magic treasures or spiritual roots, so we never paid much attention to such things."
All right! I'd still underestimated just how extravagant the Witch Race was. With these treasures, there was no need at all to raid the treasure vaults of the various demon race branches.
But I still had to raid Hongjun's treasures on Jade Capital Mountain. Hongjun was currently imprisoned in Zixiao Palace, so this was the best opportunity to loot his vault. Once he got free, it wouldn't be so easy to rob him.
All right! You truly couldn't use magic treasures in the past, so these things really were useless to you. But things are different now. You can use magic treasures now. Come on, let's go in and pick out a few treasures.
With that, Ling Wudao headed straight into the treasure vault.
Seeing this, Houtu and Xuan Ming immediately followed him inside. Once they entered the vault, they began searching for magic treasures that suited them.
Ling Wudao looked around as he walked, but after searching for a long time, he still could not find the treasure he wanted.
Just as he was about to give up, a gray pearl in the distance caught his attention. Could that be the Chaos Pearl?
At that thought, Ling Wudao immediately walked over and picked up the gray pearl for inspection.
Its weight was clearly wrong. An ordinary magic treasure could never possibly be this heavy.
With that in mind, Ling Wudao immediately sent his Divine Sense into the pearl.
Buzz!
After his Divine Sense entered the pearl, what appeared before him was a hazy gray world. Aside from Chaos Qi, nothing else existed within it.
"It really is chaos, hahaha!"
"Now I'm rich. With this Chaos Pearl, it'll be much more convenient to steal treasures or set people up in the future."
Ling Wudao withdrew from the Chaos Pearl and asked Houtu and Xuan Ming, "Have you found any magic treasures that suit you?"
The two women shook their heads. "No!"
"With so many treasures here, is there really not a single one you like?"
Xuan Ming said, "It's not that we dislike them. They just don't feel suitable for us."
"How about this? You choose a few magic treasures for us."
Hearing Xuan Ming's words, Ling Wudao slowly nodded. "That works. Come search with me, then."
With that, he led the two women around the vault. Before long, a magic treasure caught Ling Wudao's attention.
Ling Wudao walked over and picked it up.
Then he called out inwardly, System, scan this magic treasure for me.
Ding! Scanning... Ding! Scan complete! Magic Treasure: Frost Ice Dragon Whip. A Top Grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure formed from the origin of the Chaos Ice Dragon. It contains the complete Law of Ice. With a single whip strike, it can freeze the heavens and earth and freeze the primordial spirit.
"Xuan Ming, this treasure suits you. Its attribute is the same as yours, so you should find it very handy to use."
Upon hearing that, Xuan Ming immediately walked over to Ling Wudao and took the Frost Ice Dragon Whip into her hand. "It feels pretty good. I'll use this magic treasure, then."
At that moment, Houtu, who stood nearby, asked, "Husband, what about me?"
Ling Wudao glanced at Houtu before looking over the surrounding treasures. He searched for a long time without finding anything suitable for her. Just as he was about to give up, a purple lotus platform caught his attention.
This was the Reincarnation Purple Lotus. Well, well, I never expected this thing to be in the Witch Race's treasure vault. Now Houtu had her treasure for attaining the Dao.
With that thought, Ling Wudao immediately walked over and picked up the Reincarnation Purple Lotus.
"Houtu, this is the Reincarnation Purple Lotus. This treasure will become your supreme treasure for attaining the Dao in the future. You must refine it properly."
Upon hearing that, Houtu took the Reincarnation Purple Lotus into her hands. Instantly, a faint and indistinct thought appeared in her sea of consciousness, as though it were guiding her to do something.
"Husband, the moment I touched this purple lotus, a thought appeared in my sea of consciousness. What is going on?"
The Reincarnation Purple Lotus was guiding Houtu to establish the underworld. It seemed I couldn't let Houtu come into contact with the Reincarnation Purple Lotus so soon. If she established the underworld too early, I didn't have the strength to block Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao.
Thinking this, Ling Wudao said to Houtu, "Give me the Reincarnation Purple Lotus for now. You still can't control it yet. When the time comes, I'll naturally give it back to you."
Hearing this, Houtu immediately handed the Reincarnation Purple Lotus to Ling Wudao.
The three of them continued searching the vault, but in the end, they could not find any other useful treasures. "It looks like there's nothing else we need. Let's go."
However, just as Ling Wudao finished speaking, Xuan Ming said from the side, "Wait. It wasn't easy for us to get in here, and no one else ever comes here anyway. Why don't we...?"
As she spoke, a trace of blush appeared on Xuan Ming's face. The moment Houtu saw her expression, she understood what Xuan Ming meant.
After all, the sisters had spent countless years together. They could tell what the other was thinking with a single glance.
"Sister Xuan Ming, don't tell me you want to do it here...?"
"Hehe! Little sister Houtu, no one will come in here anyway. Why don't we make our Dao companionship real here?"
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