Zhu Bajie, Sun Wukong, Fat Tiger, White Bone Demon, Daoist Duobao, and Holy Mother Wudang exchanged glances, then settled onto the meditation cushions to watch Hongjun put on his show.
"All right, everyone, sit down. Our Purple Heaven Palace is about to entertain us."
At Sun Wukong's announcement, the allied forces of the Three Realms, who had seized the initiative in the Purple Heaven Palace, promptly divided up its meditation cushions, especially the six at the front.
Zhu Bajie claimed the first meditation cushion outright. Nothing wrong with that-after all, his master was Saint Laozi.
Then Nezha took the second meditation cushion without yielding it to anyone.
Nothing wrong with that either, since Nezha's teacher was True Person Taiyi.
Daoist Duobao sat straight down on the third. He represented Cult Leader Tongtian, so there was even less to object to.
Sun Wukong took the fourth without hesitation, refusing to yield his rightful place.
Kunpeng sat straight down on the fifth.
For the sixth, Zhen Yuanzi represented Red Cloud, directly taking on that share of karma.
So when Hongjun emerged with Haotian and Yaochi and saw the arrangement of the six meditation cushions, his heart gave a jolt. He performed Finger-Counting Divination, and discovered that the six people before him actually aligned with heaven's ordained numbers!
They fit his plans remarkably well. What was going on here?
Hongjun continued issuing instructions without betraying anything.
At last, rare and exotic fruits and delicacies seldom seen in the Primordial World were laid out, finally stopping these people's mouths.
Hongjun began his performance.
"Your arrival from afar brings splendor to my humble Purple Heaven Palace. If our hospitality falls short in any way, I hope our honored guests will forgive us... You may call me Hongmeng. My master is in seclusion, consolidating his cultivation