Primordial World: I'm an Iron-Eating Beast, and Houtu Can Hear My Thoughts
Chapter 159

Two Saints bestowed treasures, and Yuanshi accepted disciples (two chapters combined into one)

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In the end, Gungun decided to put his counter-questioning plan into action.

"Ancestral Witch, why would you... ask me about something this important?" Gungun asked Houtu, then took a long suck of the dragon milk he was holding.

"Because you're a Witch Scribe. None of my brothers or sisters are here with me. If I don't discuss it with you, who else can I discuss it with? Gungun, speak freely. Merit for saving the world is no small matter. If we obtain it, our Witch Race will grow stronger, and our chances of winning the War of the Liches will be greater." Houtu smiled at Gungun.

"But..." Gungun was deeply conflicted.

It was not that he refused to tell Houtu about the future. Rather, telling her would serve no purpose. Some things could not be changed simply because you knew about them beforehand.

Take Tongtian, a mighty Saint. At the very beginning of the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, he already knew his disciples would suffer terrible misfortune, so he warned the immortals of Jiejiao: "Keep your names concealed, and exercise due caution."

Then, fearing that his disciples with shallow foundations would fail to grasp his meaning, he revealed heaven's secrets, posting two lines outside Biyou Palace: "Keep your cave doors tightly shut, and quietly recite two or three scrolls of the Yellow Court; venture into the western lands, and your name shall appear upon the Investiture of the Gods List."

Yet even with his warning spelled out so clearly, those disciples still accepted Grand Preceptor Wen's invitations, fell for Shen Gongbao's incitement, and set off down the road to their

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