"Senior brother, now that the Three Pure Ones have the Twelve Ancestral Witches tied down, why don't the two of us go take a look around Mount Buzhou?"
Zhunti cared little about the Three Pure Ones or the Twelve Ancestral Witches. His mind was set entirely on developing the West.
So when he saw the Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches poised to fight, he immediately thought of making a round of Mount Buzhou to plunder it.
Mount Buzhou had formed from the spine of the great god Pangu. Known as the pillar of heaven, it held countless spiritual roots and opportunities, making it the richest place in the entire Primordial World.
Jieyin and Zhunti had long eyed it with envy. If the Twelve Ancestral Witches had not kept them in check, they would have scraped off a whole layer of Mount Buzhou's soil long ago.
Now they had finally seized their chance.
"That is precisely what I had in mind."
Jieyin and Zhunti hit it off at once. Their figures shifted, turning into two faint streaks of light as they slipped silently toward Mount Buzhou.
"Fellow Daoists, please hold a moment!"
Jieyin and Zhunti had just reached Mount Buzhou when two figures suddenly appeared ahead of them.
They were none other than Daochen and Dijun.
Eastern Emperor Taiyi, meanwhile, had stayed in the canyon where the Gourd Vine grew.
Besides, with Eastern Emperor Taiyi's martial-arts-obsessed temperament, he really had little interest in getting involved in the affairs of the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones.
"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Daochen, Senior Brother Dijun."
They had already experienced Daochen's prowess at the Purple Heavens Palace three thousand years ago. They could hardly fail to greet him. Hadn't they seen him take on all Three Pure Ones single-handedly back then?
They had no desire to offend Daochen.
As for Dijun, he was a disciple of the same Sage as they were, and ranked above them.
Not greeting him would have been inexcusable!
"We brothers were just heading over to watch the show. To think we would run into you two fellow Daoists-what a fated meeting!"
Daochen spoke with a cheerful smile.
What else could Jieyin and Zhunti have come to Mount Buzhou for? To snatch opportunities, of course.
The Gourd Vine was about to emerge, and Daochen had no intention of letting these two go up there and interfere with his plans.
"Huh? Watch the show?"
At those words, Jieyin and Zhunti were so startled that their jaws nearly dropped off.
The Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones were about to go at it.
And he was going over to watch?
Did he have to be so reckless?
But now that Daochen had said it, did they dare refuse him and make him lose face?
They did not!
Not unless they wanted a beating!
"Since you have invited us, Fellow Daoist, the two of us will accompany you."
Zhunti's face twisted into a smile uglier than crying.
Jieyin also wore a bitter expression. Granted, he had been born looking that way, but now he looked even more weighed down by bitterness and resentment.
They had agreed to go to Mount Buzhou to reap opportunities, yet they had not even made it up the mountain.
Instead, someone had dragged them off to watch other people fight.
Who could possibly feel good about that?
Most importantly, if Daochen went to watch, the Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches might not dare provoke him.
But the two of them were another matter.
If one side lost and took its anger out on them, who could they turn to for justice????
"After you, then."
Daochen spoke with a smile.
He could not care less about Jieyin and Zhunti's little schemes.
It came down to one thing: trying to steal his opportunities?
Not a chance!
When Jieyin and Zhunti saw Daochen smiling cheerfully as he brought out the Heaven Measuring Ruler, their hearts grew even more bitter.
They did not dare utter a single word. They turned around and headed toward the Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
"Brilliant!"
Seeing Jieyin and Zhunti suffering in silence, Dijun's heart blossomed with delight.
While Jieyin and Zhunti were not looking, he quietly gave Daochen a thumbs-up.
"Go play somewhere else."
Daochen shot Dijun an exasperated glare.
Quite a few people seemed to have sensed the impending battle between the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones. More and more mighty figures of the Primordial World gathered at Mount Buzhou. Even the siblings Fuxi and Nüwa, who had searched the mountain for ages without finding a single lead, came over.
"Daoist brother, what are you doing here?"
Fuxi froze briefly when he saw Daochen, but when he noticed Jieyin and Zhunti behind him, their expressions uglier than if they had swallowed bitter melons, he nearly burst into goose-like honking laughter.
It took no thought to work out that Jieyin and Zhunti had surely intended to scour Mount Buzhou for opportunities while the Twelve Ancestral Witches fought the Three Pure Ones.
Instead, Daochen had forced them to come here.
"Fellow Daoist, what a marvelous move. Truly, words cannot do it justice!"
Fuxi secretly sent Daochen a voice transmission.
If Jieyin and Zhunti had made it up Mount Buzhou, the mountain would truly have been finished. Having a layer of soil scraped off would have been the least of its worries.
They might not even have spared the spiritual roots that had yet to mature.
"What are you even talking about?"
Daochen looked utterly baffled. He had forced Jieyin and Zhunti to come here simply to keep them from getting in his way later, all right?
How had that turned into saving all of Mount Buzhou in Fuxi's eyes?
Has this kid cultivated himself stupid?
After exchanging a few casual words with Fuxi, Daochen turned his gaze toward the Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
As for Nüwa?
She might as well have been invisible.
Daochen could not even be bothered to acknowledge her.
That infuriated Nüwa!
Am I, Nüwa, really so unworthy of your attention!!!!!
At once, the urge to crush Daochen to death grew even stronger in her heart!!
Just you wait, Daochen. Once I attain primordial unity, I'll beat you until you cry for your mother!
Nüwa inwardly swore through gritted teeth.
But inward threats were all she could manage.
For she still did not know that something crucial to her becoming a Sage was about to fall into Daochen's hands.
"Eldest brother, more and more people are coming."
Watching the growing number of mighty figures gathering at Mount Buzhou, Houtu spoke with some concern.
"It's fine. The more, the better."
Dijiang waved a hand, looking utterly unconcerned.
The more people came, the more the Primordial World would learn who the true orthodox heirs of Pangu were!
As for the Three Pure Ones, they were nothing but shoddy counterfeits!
He and Xuanming had already reached the late stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. Even Houtu, the youngest of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, had reached the middle stage.
With so many Great Luo Golden Immortals, they could crush the Three Pure Ones by sheer weight alone!
Daochen swept a hand through the air, and three jade tables appeared before Dijiang and Fuxi, laden with all manner of fine wines and delicacies from the Sun Star.
As for Nüwa, there was still nothing for her!
Jieyin and Zhunti were even more out of the question.
They were there purely to stand around as company.
"Daoist brother, won't this anger the Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches?"
Fuxi spoke with some concern.
Watching the show was one thing, but did he have to make it so obvious?
"It's fine, it's fine. The Twelve Ancestral Witches won't trouble us. As for the Three Pure Ones, just let them come."
Daochen waved a hand, looking utterly unconcerned.
The feud between the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones had already been cemented. As for whether they would fight to the death, that certainly would not happen.
Never mind Hongjun-even the Heavenly Dao would not allow it.
One side was a protagonist of the Witch-Demon Calamity, while the other consisted of future Sages ordained by heaven.
If anyone on either side died, the joke would have gone far too far.
So, since neither side would fight to the death, there would surely be more good shows to watch in the future.
As for the Three Pure Ones?
It was not as though he had never beaten them before.
What was there to panic about??
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