Jieyin and Zhunti, the two fellow disciples, had abducted members of the Witch Clan to convert them in the Western Land, only to fail and lose face when the Twelve Ancestral Witches came knocking at their door.
Word soon spread throughout the Primordial World, drawing ridicule from many of its mighty figures.
Jieyin and Zhunti really were a pair of geniuses. Of all the people they could have abducted, they chose the Witch Clan?
Hadn't the Twelve Ancestral Witches snored like thunder through the Dao Ancestor's sermons?
Did Jieyin and Zhunti really think they could convert those witches?
They were dreaming of eating farts!
In the end, they had gained nothing, while their prestige among the Western Land's many cultivators had plummeted.
On Mount Kunlun, the Three Pure Ones, who had only just recovered in seclusion, frowned upon hearing the news.
They had barely finished fighting the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and Jieyin and Zhunti had already gone and provoked the Witch Clan.
This really was...
"Jieyin and Zhunti committed such a despicable act. I truly don't understand why Master accepted those two as disciples."
Yuanshi spoke disdainfully.
Back during the first sermon at the Purple Heavens Palace, Jieyin and Zhunti had shamelessly wailed and begged Hongjun to accept them as disciples before three thousand mighty figures of the Primordial World. Even then, Yuanshi had looked down on the pair.
He had never imagined that, now that Hongjun had merged with the Heavenly Dao, they would abduct members of the Witch Clan and commit such a despicable act.
But none of that was really why Yuanshi was displeased.
The main reason was that only three Ancestral Witches-Goumang, Rushou, and Tianwu-had come knocking, yet Jieyin and Zhunti had actually cowered?
They had utterly disgraced the disciples of a Sage!
*I, Yuanshi, fought