Chapter 563: A Miniature War of Saints, Retirement to the Netherworld
How could a being like the old Daoist of Mount Yu not know whether Houtu could recognize him?
That girl must already know who I am. Yet she still followed the Ancestral Bear's lead and branded me an otherworldly demon, even using the good of all beings in the Primordial World as a pretext to attack me. This is simply... outrageous!
Boom! The old Daoist immediately swept the fly-whisk in his hand. Pure white saintly light that illuminated the ages flashed forth, holding the six enormous black holes thirty feet away from him and preventing them from advancing even an inch. He told Houtu coolly, "Knowing the truth yet feigning ignorance is not the conduct of a Saint!"
"I was never a Saint to begin with. You, on the other hand, recline high above the ninefold clouds, realizing the truth of the Dao upon your meditation cushion, yet you cast aside your standing to bully a junior and plot against the Heavenly Emperor. Such conduct hardly befits your status," Houtu retorted.
Then she called to Jieyin and Zhunti, "If you won't act now, what are you waiting for?"
At Houtu's urging, Jieyin and Zhunti exchanged a glance and finally made up their minds. They brought forth the Jieyin Treasure Canopy and the Seven-Treasure Wonderful Tree respectively, vanished from where they stood, and appeared on either side of the old Daoist to attack him. At the same time, Zhunti shouted, "Otherworldly demon, with this monk here, how dare you run wild!"
Boom!
Whoosh!
As the impact of the Jieyin Treasure Canopy and the sweeping suction of the Seven-Treasure Wonderful Tree struck him simultaneously, the old Daoist of Mount Yu frowned. Those two traitors!
"Sister Houtu, let your elder sister lend