With Pingxin's appearance, even Ancestor Minghe, who had always loved stirring up trouble, became much better behaved.
He had no choice. Pingxin was a Sage now, after all-and a Sage right on his doorstep.
Jieyin and Zhunti feared the karmic retribution within the Netherworld Sea of Blood and might not dare venture deep into it to trouble Ancestor Minghe, but Pingxin had no such concerns.
She had transformed herself into reincarnation and opened the Earthly Dao. Heaven only knew how much power Pingxin wielded within the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
Even though this was merely a phantom manifestation of her, Ancestor Minghe, Jieyin, and Zhunti were all deeply wary.
Thus, until they understood Pingxin's true purpose in projecting her manifestation out of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, they had better behave themselves.
Almost simultaneously, Ancestor Minghe and the two fellow disciples, Jieyin and Zhunti, reached an unspoken understanding.
"I am Pingxin. Greetings, fellow Daoists."
Houtu had always been one of the gentler members of the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Now that she had opened the Earthly Dao and transformed herself into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, that was even more true.
"Mm."
Seeing Pingxin greet them politely, rather than charging straight into a fight like those brutes Dijiang and Xuanming, Jieyin and Zhunti breathed sighs of relief.
Jieyin looked at Pingxin and asked, "Fellow Daoist Pingxin, what do you think of our proposal?"
"Although we inadvertently disrupted the Six Paths of Reincarnation, causing countless vengeful ghosts to become novices of our Buddhist Sect, their essential nature remains unchanged. They can still enter the Six Paths of Reincarnation and be reborn."
Compassion shone in Jieyin's eyes as he spoke, his face aged and weathered.
Having said this, Jieyin added, "Moreover, we helped you deliver many vengeful ghosts entangled in karmic retribution, purging