"Once you've thought it through, I'll appear at your side and help you become one of the new Five Emperors."
With that, Zhunti vanished.
"One of the Five Emperors..."
Chi You stood silently for a long while, then sneered and stopped dwelling on it.
These matters were too complicated. He should not think so much about them.
Whatever happened in the future could wait until then.
"Chi You, come have some meat! It's ready!"
A shout came from outside, interrupting Chi You's thoughts.
"Coming!"
Chi You called back and went straight outside.
In the Underworld, Houtu had also witnessed the entire exchange when Zhunti came to see Chi You.
Houtu attached extraordinary importance to the Jiuli Tribe.
They were the continuation of the Witch Clan's bloodline.
Houtu sighed. She understood what Chi You was thinking.
Chi You did have some desire for a place among the Five Emperors.
Yet his identity truly put him in an awkward position.
No matter how one looked at it, the people of the Jiuli Tribe were not pure members of the Human Race.
Houtu once again visited Xu Tong's Dao Field.
"Daoist Companion, Zhunti has now approached someone from my Witch Clan's Jiuli Tribe, hoping to support him in becoming one of the Five Emperors. What should I do?"
Utterly bewildered, Houtu posed the question to Xu Tong.
By rights, even if Houtu did not support this, she certainly should not stop it.
But after witnessing so many schemes, Houtu always found herself thinking further ahead.
She feared that this matter would bring consequences upon the Jiuli Tribe.
The matter of the Five Emperors was far too important to the Human Race!
Countless tribes had been destroyed over the position of Human Emperor. Even the Jiuli Tribe could be no exception.
"Zhunti? Hah, let