After receiving the tip, the fellow disciples Jieyin and Zhunti happily bid farewell to Great Master Xuandu, then hurried to the Heavenly Court to ask Nüwa for those Seven-Colored Divine Stones.
"I hope Daochen doesn't fleece you too badly. He isn't so easy to deal with."
Shaking his head on Shouyang Mountain, Laozi closed his eyes and returned to refining pills, leaving the matter alone. This concerned the Buddhist Sect's fortune. Helping them sever the karmic ties was already generous enough; he could not possibly help them with anything else.
How Jieyin and Zhunti obtained the item from Daochen was none of Laozi's concern, nor was it something he could control.
Still, severing the karmic ties of the Three Pure Ones was a good thing.
"Eldest brother..."
At the same time, inside the Jade Void Palace on Golden Turtle Island, Tongtian sat cross-legged with a slight furrow in his brow, gazing toward Shouyang Mountain with a trace of complicated emotion in his eyes.
He had not expected Laozi to sever all the karmic ties of the Three Pure Ones while casually lending Jieyin and Zhunti a hand.
Was that really necessary?
Tongtian sighed, then closed his eyes.
He stopped dwelling on it.
The War of the Liches had only just ended, and the Human Race was poised to flourish. Severing the karmic ties of the Three Pure Ones now might not be a bad thing for him.
Outside Shouyang Mountain, however, Primordial Heavenly Venerable looked toward Laozi with gratitude in his heart.
After all, Yuanshi was the one who owed that karmic debt, and now Laozi had helped him repay his debt to the Western Land.
Naturally, Yuanshi ought to return the peach with a plum.
His figure flickered as he prepared to head toward the Netherworld Sea of Blood.