Chapter 67
Whether they had fought over it was one thing; whether they wanted it was another.
The instant the primordial purple qi entered his body, Old Ancestor Hongyun released the Innate Purple Cloud Shield to protect himself, watching everyone warily.
Now that he had obtained a chance to become a Sage, only a fool would give it away!
Zhen Yuanzi looked equally wary, releasing the Earth Book to shelter them both within it.
Old Ancestor Hongyun obtaining the primordial purple qi was a good thing, but it was also a bad thing!
To the two of them, this primordial purple qi was a hot potato that everyone wanted to take a bite out of.
The Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Nüwa were all disciples of a Sage. Others might covet what they had, but no one dared strike to kill. After all, Hongjun was still sitting up there.
But no one felt that same apprehension toward Old Ancestor Hongyun.
He was neither a Sage's disciple nor a top-tier mighty figure of the Primordial World. Even his cultivation was merely at the late Great Luo Golden Immortal stage.
In the Primordial World, he could count as a formidable figure in his own domain, but in the Purple Heavens Palace, he was only middling.
Who would care?
No one would care!
Had Hongjun not been present, someone would probably have already attacked.
What a pleasant surprise! What an unexpected turn!
Seeing Old Ancestor Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi looking so nervous, Daochen nearly laughed hard enough to snort like a pig.
He could not understand what Hongjun meant by this bizarre maneuver either.
When they had claimed seats in the Purple Heavens Palace, Hongyun had failed to secure a Sage's seat, so there had been no karmic debt from giving one