Hongjun, Driven Faint with Rage: This Heaven-Earth Daoist Is So Greedy!

Beneath the pavilion, Hongjun lifted his cup and took a small sip. After letting out a sigh, he slowly spoke.

"Not long after the Beast Calamity Tribulation ended, a Great Supernatural Being in the West made a grand vow and established the Demon Sect. The one who founded it was Demon Ancestor Luohou!"

"Do you know the method by which he established his Dao, Fellow Daoist?"

Li Yi naturally knew, but he did not state it outright. Instead, he feigned ignorance and looked at Hongjun as he asked.

"Since he established the Demon Sect, was he following the Heavenly Dao and attaining the Dao through enlightenment?"

Hongjun shook his head slightly.

"If that were the case, I would not have come to seek your help today, Fellow Daoist! The Dao he seeks is the Killing Dao!"

"He was behind the Tribal Tribulation, fanning the flames from the shadows and using the calamity to accumulate killing karma!"

"A few days ago, I sensed that his Demon Dao Spirit Treasure had reached completion. He will certainly unleash a killing calamity upon the Primordial World, defy Heaven through slaughter, and seek to attain Primordial Unity Great Firmament!"

"If he attains the Great Dao, I fear few living beings will remain in the Primordial World!"

"Thus, I have come today to invite you to the West, Fellow Daoist, so that we may destroy the Demon Sect together!"

"This matter cannot be delayed. For every step later we act, the Demon Dao's momentum will grow stronger, and the living beings of the Primordial World will suffer more slaughter!"

Li Yi listened to Hongjun's words, nodded slightly, and suddenly asked him a question.

"You already knew that Luohou was secretly behind the Tribal Tribulation, Fellow Daoist?"

Hongjun's expression stiffened slightly. Only then did an awkward smile appear on his face.

"I only deduced this after the Calamity Cycle ended and the veil over heavenly secrets dissipated."

"If I had known earlier that Luohou had arranged such a great calamity, I would have stopped him even at the cost of my life!"

Li Yi sneered inwardly at those words.

This Dao Ancestor was not honest.

The two sides of the Dao-Devil War were bound by immense Karma. Moreover, Hongjun possessed a Fragment of the Creation Jade Butterfly and was proficient in the Dao of Karma. How could he possibly have noticed nothing at all?

Clearly, he wanted Luohou to accumulate the power of the Demon Dao, so that when the time came for him to eradicate demons and defend the Dao, he would gain enough Merit and Fortune to become a Sage!

Though Li Yi thought this, nothing showed on his face. He merely smiled and offered a compliment.

"Brother Dao possesses great compassion. I admire you."

"That Luohou acts against Heaven, seeking to massacre the Primordial World and perfect the Killing Dao. Naturally, cultivators like us cannot stand by and watch."

"However, what kind of Spirit Treasure did Luohou refine that someone of your realm, Brother Dao, lacks confidence in certain victory?"

Seeing Li Yi ask this, Hongjun was delighted. After only a moment, he spoke the words he had long prepared.

"I do not know the matter in detail either. I can only vaguely deduce that it is a supreme Demon Dao treasure, with killing intent unmatched in the Primordial World. It cannot be broken without the strength of four Sages!"

Li Yi nodded slightly. After pondering for a moment, he put forward his condition.

"Such an evil fiend should naturally be slain by cultivators like us. However, I am ashamed to say that my origins cannot compare to yours, Brother Dao. My Spirit Treasures are weak, and I fear I may not be able to assist you in killing that devil when the time comes..."

Li Yi naturally did not wish to miss the Dao-Devil War, since it represented a great deal of Merit.

But since old Hongjun had come to him of his own accord, and the matter concerned his future struggle to attain the Dao, it would not be like Li Yi not to squeeze something out of him.

Hearing Li Yi's words, Hongjun's expression froze. Recalling everything he had seen on his way into the island, he cursed inwardly several times.

This Heaven-Earth Daoist was truly shameless!

He lived alone, with only a few maidservants under him, yet he occupied such a vast immortal island out of nowhere. The island held countless innate spiritual roots and Spiritual Veins, making it wealthier than his Purple Cloud Palace in the Thirty-Three Heavens by an unknown amount!

More importantly, during the Beast Calamity Tribulation, he had revealed a Supreme-grade Innate Spirit Treasure Lotus Platform and a Dao cauldron suspected to be an Innate Supreme Treasure! Even compared with Yin Yang and Yang Mei, such foundations were not inferior in the slightest!

And now he actually had the nerve to cry poverty before him?

Though he cursed inwardly a few times, Hongjun was asking for Li Yi's help after all, so he could not fuss over it. He forced a smile onto his face.

"Since Fellow Daoist possesses the intention to eradicate demons and defend the Dao, I naturally cannot be stingy!"

As he spoke, Hongjun brought forth a Dao Diagram. It floated in the air, engraved with scenes of mountains and rivers. Its Dao resonance was naturally formed, and it contained a world of its own.

"This is the Shanhe Sheji Diagram, a Supreme-grade Innate Spirit Treasure. It can trap enemies and possesses defensive power as well. If you cannot defeat your foe, you may hide within the diagram. Nothing short of a killing-type Innate Supreme Treasure can break it!"

Li Yi's eyes brightened slightly. Without the slightest hesitation, his mana swept across the sky and collected the Shanhe Sheji Diagram from the air.

"Thank you, Brother Dao!"

"Ahem, however, I have one more request. I hope Brother Dao can agree to it!"

Hongjun was furious. In his mind, he had already pointed at Li Yi's nose and cursed him thousands of times. Yet because the matter concerned his future attainment of the Dao, he could not fall out with him. He could only force out another smile, uglier than tears.

"What other request does Fellow Daoist have? If it is within my power, I naturally will not disappoint you!"

Li Yi did not stand on ceremony and went straight to the point.

"Just now, Fellow Daoist said that Luohou used the power of the Calamity Cycle of Heaven and Earth to refine a Demon Dao Spirit Treasure!"

"After we destroy the demons this time, I wish to personally safeguard that Demon Dao Spirit Treasure. As you know, I, Qiankun, am alone and without ambition. The Dao I cultivate is also one of peace, so I will not stir up slaughter in the Primordial World!"

"I am precisely the best candidate to safeguard this item for all living beings!"

Hongjun's expression went blank for an instant as he listened to Li Yi.

He had known this Heaven-Earth Daoist was shameless, but he had never imagined he could be this shameless! That was a Spirit Treasure even more terrifying than the Innate Supreme Treasure God-Slaying Spear. How could he say such words aloud?

Moreover, according to his deductions, that Spirit Treasure would share a karmic connection with him in the future. If he agreed now, the heavenly secrets would likely be thrown into chaos later...

Irritated, Hongjun cursed Li Yi several more times in his heart. Then, as if he had thought of something, a cold smile rose within him.