Falling Asleep While a Sage Preached the Great Dao!?

"How strange!"

Looking at Nüwa's smiling face, Lin Yunji couldn't help muttering.

But he didn't give it much thought.

As for him deliberately giving up the seat for her, Nüwa was probably just imagining things.

He had been doing everything he could to stay away from that round seat. How would he dare sit on it?

Clang-

Suddenly, two Daoists burst in through the door.

The two were in a sorry state. Seeing the hall packed full of powerful figures and all six lotus seats at the front occupied, they immediately looked distressed and flustered.

These two were Jieyin and Zhunti from the barren West.

"Senior brother, we traveled tens of thousands of miles to listen to the Great Dao, yet we couldn't even get a seat. We might as well be dead!" Zhunti suddenly burst into loud sobs.

Seeing a pillar right before him, he sprang up and was about to smash his head against it.

"Junior brother, junior brother, you mustn't!"

Jieyin hurriedly grabbed Zhunti and let out a long sigh. "This is a Sage's Daoist sanctum. How can the two of us make such an ugly scene and spill blood in the Sage's presence? We'd only be defiling the sanctum for no reason! We might as well go outside, in front of the hall. We can still listen to the Great Dao there!"

What a pitiful speech that was.

It was as though the vast Purple Treasure Firmament Hall truly had no room for them.

Unfortunately for them, though they put their hearts into their performance, the powerful figures in the hall watched coldly, with no intention of paying them any attention.

"Little Jade Bamboo, look, there are clearly plenty of empty places in the hall! Why are they acting like this?"

Lin Yunji was also watching Jieyin and Zhunti when Nüwa's voice suddenly reached his ears. She sounded quite puzzled.

"Those two are hypocrites to the extreme. They're only putting on a show for us!"

Lin Yunji thought little of it and spoke bluntly. "Their acting is truly awful!"

"Ah! So that's how it is!" Nüwa sighed softly. "Well, I'm not giving up my seat."

"Fellow Daoist! You mustn't!"

Unexpectedly, Daoist Hongyun stood up from nearby and flew over to grab Zhunti.

Whoosh!

Just as Daoist Hongyun rose, Zhunti raised a hand and shoved Jieyin into the vacant lotus seat.

Only after seeing Jieyin seated did Zhunti cup his hands to Hongyun and smile. "Many thanks for your help, fellow Daoist!"

"..."

Seeing Jieyin already settled in his own seat, Hongyun's face flushed red. Not knowing what else to say, he opened his mouth, only to close it again. At that moment, he too knew further words would be useless, so he awkwardly moved aside and sat cross-legged on the floor.

Zhunti swept his gaze over the hall again. Seeing that the presences of the first three seats were connected, and that the three mighty figures possessed boundless Law Power and fearsome cultivation, he naturally didn't dare provoke them. He then turned his gaze to the fourth seat.

He also saw Daoist Fuxi standing behind Nüwa, and a trace of wariness appeared in his eyes.

So he looked toward Kunpeng in the sixth lotus seat. His eyes flickered, and he immediately formed a plan.

"Hey! What sort of creature are you, to dare sit as an equal among us honored ones?" he suddenly shouted, picking a fight with Kunpeng.

"Quite right. You hairy, horned creature, why haven't you given up your seat yet?" Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi had never been able to stand creatures like this, and he too couldn't help snorting coldly in agreement.

The hall was filled with powerful figures, and everyone had a taste for gossip. Besides, a spectacle was not to be missed, and there were also troublemakers who liked to fan the flames and stir up a commotion. Hidden among the crowd, they loudly called for Kunpeng to give up his seat.

Seeing that he had incurred everyone's wrath, Kunpeng's expression turned as dark as water, his face black, his sinister gaze flickering incessantly.

In the end, he rose to his feet with considerable reluctance and chose to give way!

As he walked away, however, he shot Hongyun a vicious glare.

From the look of it, he seemed to have taken a grudge against Hongyun.

"Silence! No clamor in the hall. The teacher is about to begin his discourse! Everyone, please be quiet!" Seeing that all the powerful figures had taken their places, Haotian suddenly spoke, his voice spreading throughout the hall.

Boom!

At that moment, Hongjun's figure appeared soundlessly on the Dao platform suspended above.

It was as though he had always been there, and yet as though he had appeared there by chance.

Hongjun's eyes, filled with chaos, suddenly opened. The moment they did, the powerful figures felt as though a single glance had seen right through them.

His gaze swept over the hall and finally lingered on Lin Yunji for a moment, as though he had thought of something.

Lin Yunji felt terrible. He felt as though Hongjun had discovered his little secret.

Damn it, what the hell are you looking at?! As if making my cultivation rise and forcing me to break through early weren't enough, now you want to pry into my secrets too! Faced with Hongjun's sweeping gaze, Lin Yunji couldn't contain his indignation and grumbled inwardly.

In any case, he had "Divine Might" protecting him, so he wasn't afraid of a Sage's might in the slightest.

"From now on, these will be your seats. There will be no more disputes over them!"

Daoist Hongjun gave his instruction, and everyone voiced their agreement.

Naturally, he had no idea what Lin Yunji was thinking, and he began to preach the Dao.

"There was something formed in chaos, born before heaven and earth. Silent and void, it stands alone and does not change, moves in a cycle and never wearies. It may be regarded as the mother of heaven and earth. I do not know its name, so I give it the designation Dao. Forced to name it, I call it great..."

The power of a Sage expounding the Dao was extraordinary indeed. Heavenly flowers appeared, golden lotuses sprang from the ground, and wondrous phenomena abounded.

For a time, Dao resonance arose constantly throughout the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall. Endless threads of Principles transformed into mist and spread through the air, unfathomably profound.

The powerful figures listened as though entranced. Following Hongjun's words, at one moment they shook their heads, at another they beat their chests and stamped their feet; now they seemed mad, now they burst out laughing, displaying every manner of expression.

Yet within the hall, there was one who stood entirely apart from the rest.

It was Lin Yunji.

When Dao Ancestor Hongjun's gaze had swept over him just now, he had felt uneasy.

He couldn't help worrying: if Hongjun preached the Dao and he got to listen, might he suddenly experience enlightenment, then have his cultivation soar and break through to the next realm?

After all, this was a Sage expounding the Dao. He had to be on guard!

Besides, all the powerful figures were gathered here and influenced one another. If one of them broke through first, it would surely stir up the surrounding Spiritual Qi...

The more Lin Yunji thought about it, the more frightened he became.

Damn it, that almost ruined everything for me!

With a thought, he promptly sealed off his five senses and cut off all six consciousnesses, then fell asleep sitting on the floor.

And so, a scene like this appeared in the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun held his discourse, speaking so wonderfully that heavenly flowers fell in profusion and golden lotuses spilled from his mouth.

Within the hall, the countless listeners were entranced, displaying all manner of expressions. They were all immersed in the Great Dao, and their comprehension of the Heavenly Dao was advancing by leaps and bounds.

Lin Yunji alone had truly fallen fast asleep, even snoring softly.