After hearing this, Holy Mother Gui Ling also felt that Mother Wu Dang's analysis made perfect sense, and she immediately spoke.
"If things are really as Senior Sister Wu Dang said, then Senior Brother Duo Bao and the others are truly going to be disappointed.
No one knows better than I do what magic treasures Eldest Senior Brother has by his side.
Aside from the Water Fire Daoist Robe that Master bestowed upon him, I'm afraid he can't even produce a decent magic treasure.
Besides, you all know perfectly well what Eldest Senior Brother's cultivation is like, don't you?"
Although Holy Mother Gui Ling's analysis was logical and well-founded, Mother Wu Dang still felt that something was off.
She said, "I think we should still give Eldest Senior Brother a warning, so he won't be completely unprepared."
The others also felt it was necessary to let Hong Ze know. They immediately rose and headed straight for his residence.
Hong Ze's residence was now extraordinarily imposing.
A plaque hung above the Daoist palace, bearing the three large characters: Hong Ze Palace.
However, the characters were not particularly attractive, because they had not been written by Hong Ze himself.
That girl Holy Mother Gui Ling had studied calligraphy with Hong Ze for several years and felt she had already mastered enough to graduate.
So she volunteered to write those three characters herself, and after finishing, she could not help feeling quite pleased with herself.
Hong Ze had not cared much about it and simply let Holy Mother Gui Ling do as she pleased.
Moreover, Hong Ze Palace was no longer occupied by Hong Ze alone. Two Daoist Attendants now waited on him as well.
Mother Wu Dang had forcibly sent those two Daoist Attendants to him a few days ago. They were transformed from Bai Xi and Teng She.
Mother Wu Dang had even given them names: Xiao Bai and Xiao She.
When Hong Ze learned that the two little ones were transformed from Bai Xi and Teng She, he was utterly stunned.
Hong Ze clearly remembered that these two were supposed to be at Nüwa Niangniang's side. In the future, they would even have a daughter, who seemed to be the thousand-year-old snake demon Bai Suzhen.
So how had they ended up by Mother Wu Dang's side, only to be sent directly to him?
To get to the bottom of it, Hong Ze had tried more than once to pry information from the two little ones.
Unfortunately, what left Hong Ze helpless was that neither Bai Xi nor Teng She possessed more than a few hundred years of memories.
As for being ancient divine beasts or following Nüwa Niangniang, they knew absolutely nothing.
In the end, Hong Ze could only plan to find an opportunity to ask Mother Wu Dang properly.
He did not want his butterfly effect to ruin a love story that had been passed down through the ages.
But before Hong Ze could go looking for Mother Wu Dang, she and the others came to visit him themselves.
Seeing a whole group of beautiful women streaming in made Hong Ze's head throb.
Damn it, the few treasures in my vegetable garden just ripened. How did they all find out?
And they came as a group. Looks like they're planning to wipe out my vegetable garden.
Hong Ze was not the only one grumbling inwardly. Even the hens in the Chicken Coop had begun gossiping excitedly.
"Sisters, this is the first time these six girls have gathered together. Now it'll be easy for us to compare them."
"You really don't know until you compare them. See? Golden Spirit Mother is still the most valiant and heroic. She's qualified to be our mistress."
"I still think Holy Mother Gui Ling is adorably silly. We'd be happy with a mistress like her."
"If I weren't afraid of being stewed into chicken soup, I'd prefer Bi Xiao. That girl is definitely pure-hearted."
"Can't you hens settle down for a moment? Even if you pick a mistress, would you dare tell the master? Why don't you undergo your tribulation and take human form right now, then tell the master exactly what you think? When that happens, this old donkey will give you a thumbs-up."
The donkey beside them looked at the hens disdainfully and teased them.
For a moment, the hens were rendered speechless by the donkey's retort. The donkey could not help feeling smug and let out a series of brays.
Just then, a large wolfhound Hong Ze had recently raised suddenly spoke.
"I really don't know what Master was thinking. Other people's mounts are all tall and mighty divine beasts or exotic beasts, yet our master rides a donkey."
At once, the hens found themselves an ally and a point from which to attack the donkey. The commotion became even livelier.
"Can you all quiet down? Why are you more excited than I am at the sight of beautiful women?" Hong Ze said irritably as he walked outside.
Before long, Hong Ze welcomed the six women into Hong Ze Palace.
Inside the main hall of Hong Ze Palace, Hong Ze and Golden Spirit Mother's group took their seats around a large table that could accommodate more than a dozen people.
"Why did you girls all come together today? Did someone smell something delicious again?"
If he had said that in the past, the girls would surely have nodded wildly while drooling.
But this time was different. None of them showed the slightest look of longing. Instead, there was even a trace of solemnity on their faces.
This left Hong Ze puzzled. "What is it? Did something happen somewhere, or did someone make you unhappy?"
Although Hong Ze said this, he did not truly believe that anyone could provoke these formidable women.
Thus, he still wore a smile, without the slightest trace of worry or urgency.
Golden Spirit Mother could not help glaring fiercely at him and said,
"Eldest Senior Brother, you're still smiling? Do you know that Senior Brother Duo Bao and the others are digging a trap for you and plotting against you?"
When he heard that Duobao Daoren wanted to plot against him, Hong Ze was not shocked in the slightest.
His trademark smile remained on his face. "I thought it was something serious. It would be stranger if Duobao Daoren weren't plotting against me.
"After all, I took his position as the eldest senior brother of the Jie Sect. Only by making me slink away from the Jie Sect in disgrace can he get what he wants, right?"
Seeing that Hong Ze did not care at all, Mother Wu Dang hurriedly spoke.
"Senior Brother Duo Bao just had Fire Spirit Mother come to see Senior Sister Jin Ling and say that he conceded defeat in the wager from back then..."
Mother Wu Dang then recounted Fire Spirit Mother's visit to Hong Ze in detail. At the same time, she did not forget to tell him about their analysis.
After hearing this, Hong Ze's brows instantly furrowed, and the smile on his face vanished.
However, Hong Ze was not angry because they intended to plot against him, but because of their unscrupulous methods.
"As Direct Disciples of the Jie Sect, they actually placed personal grudges above the Jie Sect's honor. If something major happened, wouldn't they betray the Jie Sect outright?"
The last time Hong Ze had revealed such an expression was five hundred years ago, when he crippled Pi Lu Xian's cultivation.
Now that they saw Hong Ze reveal that expression again, Golden Spirit Mother and the others could not help being greatly shocked.
They even suspected that what was about to happen would far exceed what they had feared.
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