As Tongtian continued onward, Ao Li could not suppress her confusion any longer.
She asked directly, "Why do I feel like you treat that brother and sister especially well? Even the way you look at them is different."
"Could it be that there is something special about them?"
Tongtian chuckled. "Your insight is not bad."
"That's right. I do think very highly of those two."
Ao Li's eyes filled with confusion at his words.
Tongtian's response only made her understand even less.
How could she not see anything special about those two siblings?
Were they not simply two Taiyi Golden Immortals?!
Their origins did not seem remarkable in any way either.
Tongtian would not explain things directly to Ao Li. Doing so would mean revealing the secrets of Heaven.
One had to know that Fuxi and Nüwa were siblings.
One would become one of humanity's future Sovereigns, while the other was one of the six Saints ordained by the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World!
It could be said that both of them possessed immense blessings.
Seeing that Tongtian had no intention of explaining, Ao Li secretly rolled her eyes.
She always felt that this fellow definitely knew something.
Unfortunately, he was unwilling to say anything. As his mount, could she really force him to answer?
How infuriating! she muttered under her breath.
Tongtian did not continue his secluded cultivation either. He had already completed the initial refinement of the Reincarnation Seal.
Continuing to cultivate in seclusion would not increase his combat strength by much.
He might as well wander around the vicinity of Buzhou Mountain and see if he could find some other opportunity!
Of course, his main purpose was still to search for traces of the Witch Race.
Whether he acquired essence blood from the Twelve Ancestral Witches or exchanged something with them for the Nine Revolutions Primordial Skill,
either one would allow Tongtian's strength to rise once more.
"There are quite a few powerful members of the Qilin Clan."
"We've sensed quite a few of them along the way."
Ao Li suddenly spoke.
Tongtian nodded slightly, but none of those Qilin Clan experts showed any intention of approaching to disturb him.
It seemed this was related to the attitude Ink Qilin had displayed.
He must have given the order, which was why those Qilin Clan experts avoided them.
Since they did not take the initiative to cause trouble, Tongtian naturally had it much easier.
"Now do you understand why I said the Qilin Clan is smarter than the Dragon Clan?"
Tongtian said calmly.
Ao Li said indignantly, "What is so impressive about that? The Qilin Clan is clearly just lacking confidence."
Tongtian laughed. "By your logic, your Dragon Clan is simply too confident."
"You've even become arrogant fools."
Ao Li said nothing, though she was certainly unconvinced inside.
Tongtian did not say much more. Once the Dragon Clan was defeated in the war among the Three Clans, she would naturally understand what he meant.
The Dragon Clan certainly had the capital to be arrogant. No one could deny that.
But with the way the Dragon Clan conducted itself, it could never become the supreme ruler of the Primordial World.
That was also a fact.
As they spoke, the two traveled another stretch of distance.
Yet to Tongtian's disappointment, they still found no trace of the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
Forget the Twelve Ancestral Witches—even a single Witch Race being was nowhere to be seen.
"Could it be that I truly cannot find any trace of the Twelve Ancestral Witches?"
"Where exactly have those Witch Race fellows hidden themselves?"
"The Qilin Clan probably does not know either. Otherwise, no matter how friendly their attitude was, they would not have carved out part of their territory for the Witch Race."
Tongtian could not help sighing inwardly.
All things considered, he had already gained tremendously from this journey.
But although he knew the Witch Race was somewhere near Buzhou Mountain, he could not find them no matter what.
That still left him somewhat disappointed.
If it truly came to that, he could only return directly to Kunlun Mountain.
He had been away for quite a long time this trip.
The Three Pure Ones had not yet gone their separate ways, so Laozi and Yuanshi would probably be worried about him as well.
At the same time, he wanted to see how those two were doing now.
Just as he was pondering this, he suddenly sensed endless baleful energy gathering in one place between Heaven and Earth.
The disturbance instantly caught his attention.
Such vast baleful energy was not something an ordinary being could stir.
And it was definitely not a Qilin Clan expert.
The Qilin Clan was an auspicious race of Heaven and Earth, true divine beasts of good fortune.
They could never possibly summon such immense baleful energy.
"Come, let's go take a look."
With a thought, Tongtian immediately brought Ao Li rushing over.
Once they drew near, Tongtian's expression instantly turned to wild delight.
After searching throughout Buzhou Mountain for so long, he had finally found traces of the Twelve Ancestral Witches!
Just as he had guessed, it was not that the Witch Race had hidden too deeply.
Rather, the Twelve Ancestral Witches had currently moved far away from Buzhou Mountain.
They were probably wary of the Qilin Clan's immense power as well.
No wonder he had searched for so long without finding even the slightest clue.
In the distance, boundless baleful energy shot into the clouds, forming an enormous vortex across the heavens.
Beneath the massive vortex, endless baleful energy and blood vitality intertwined and spiraled around one another.
At the center of those two forces, twelve phantom figures appeared.
They were clearly the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
At that moment, they were crazily absorbing the vast baleful energy between Heaven and Earth.
Such pure baleful energy was excellent material for the Twelve Ancestral Witches to temper their bodies with.
Every figure contained incomparably powerful blood vitality.
Rumble!
As thunderous roars echoed through the void, terrifying baleful energy wrapped around every Ancestral Witch's body.
Yet beneath the erosion of their astonishing blood vitality, that baleful energy vanished like flowing water.
The more abundant and mixed the baleful energy they devoured became, the more solid their forms grew.
They even began to grow taller!
"What a stroke of luck!"
"I never expected these fellows to be hiding in a place like this."
"If we had not happened to catch them using baleful energy to temper their bodies, this trip might truly have ended with nothing to show for it."
Tongtian was delighted. His luck truly was not bad.
This way, he would be able to obtain the Nine Revolutions Primordial Skill without issue.
"Who are these twelve people?"
"Why do they all seem so fierce and vicious?"
Ao Li asked nervously.
Tongtian looked surprised as he teased, "You are a princess of the Dragon Clan."
"You're frightened by a scene like this too?"
Ao Li snapped, "It's not that I'm scared. They just look far too fierce and vicious."
"Could they be the ones you have been searching for all this time?"
Tongtian chuckled. "Who else would they be?"
"Let's wait here for now."
Neither of them concealed their aura. With the Twelve Ancestral Witches' abilities, they should discover them soon enough.
Although the Twelve Ancestral Witches had no primordial spirits and could not use divine sense,
their perception was not weak in the slightest.
After all, each of them was born with mastery over one Great Dao law.
Sure enough, the two had not watched from the side for long.
A furious voice exploded through the void.
"Where did these ants come from?!"
"You dare spy on our cultivation in secret!"
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