Chapter 27: The Witch's War Begins

  Yun Zhongzi stared blankly at the island in front of him, and he even wondered if this was still the Wuxing Island he had seen before. It had completely changed beyond recognition.

  Only at the entrance of the Wuxing Island Great Array was a large gate erected, dozens of feet high, with three large characters written on it: Wuxing Gate.

  Then there are nine bridges, each of which is hundreds of meters long. The nine bridges form a ring shape, extending from the Five Lines Gate to distant places. Under the nine bridges, where there was originally no river, now appears an extra river with clear water, sometimes flowing rapidly and sometimes calm as a young lady.

  Yun Zhongzi understood that the change in the river water was due to several turtles practicing Taoism in the river, obviously brought back by Zhong Ling, which left Yun Zhongzi speechless.

  Moreover, when Yun Zhongzi appeared on the bridge, a large number of clouds suddenly rose from the river water, condensed from the yuanqi. With a sweep of his divine consciousness, there were tens of thousands of clouds. He said in a low voice, "He is indeed a prodigal son, recklessly wasting heavenly treasures."

  Clouds drifted above and below the nine bridges, making the nine bridges seem as if they were in the sky. Yun Zhongzi stood on the bridge, and he couldn't help but feel that he was flying among the clouds. This feeling made Yun Zhongzi quite enjoy himself, after all, his own true form was also a cloud.

  After the Nine Bridges lies a large expanse of palaces, and incredibly, the entire palace is floating in mid-air. Although it can't compare to the Jade Void Palace or the Azure Traveling Palace in terms of scale, its appearance surpasses them in every way.

  Originally, all the palaces were built with precious materials that were rare in the vast wilderness. It was clear that Zhong Ling had not infrequently ventured deep into the wilderness over the years. Otherwise, how could he have constructed such a palace with just the materials he had previously searched for?

  The entire palace shone with a radiant glow, and the five-colored light beams were emitted from the palace in an orderly manner, making the entire palace look extremely sacred. Among them, one palace stood out from the rest, but there was no inscription on the plaque above it, apparently waiting for Yun Zhongzi to return and write something on it.

  Below the palace, it was filled with spiritual medicine and immortal grass by Zhong Ling, even without a single gap. As for the roads between the palaces, they were designed by Zhong Ling as a series of sky bridges, all made of white jade, emitting a soft and beautiful glow under the sunlight.

  At this time, Zhong Ling rushed out of a palace and saw Yun Zhongzi, hurriedly bowing to say, "Zhong Ling pays respects to Master."

  Yun Zhongzi didn't know what expression to have, as Zhong Ling had actually designed the Five Elements Island like this. Although due to the small size of the island, these palaces were all very small in scale, but weren't they also too luxurious? When Yun Zhongzi first saw this palace, he thought he had arrived at the Heavenly Court, although he had never been there before.

  Looking at Zhong Ling, he said, "Are these all your doing?"

  There was no blame in his tone, but rather some praise. Although he is now a mid-term Da Luo Golden Immortal, his heart is still that of a modern person. Under the circumstances, it's not excessive to make his residence a bit better, especially in the Honghuang world. The materials used for these palaces are precious, but even Zhong Ling can find them with some time spent searching, let alone Yun Zhongzi.

  Zhong Ling said with some embarrassment, "It is, without Grandfather's permission, the palace was renovated to this extent, I hope Grandfather will forgive me."

  Yun Zhongzi couldn't help but laugh. This guy's cultivation had improved so much, yet he was still so shy, truly worthy of being a giant panda.

  "You little guy, but it must have taken a lot of time to find these materials, right?"

  Yun Zhongzi casually asked, although he could guess for himself, but since Zhong Ling had a heart, he also cared about it, and he was not as ruthless as Wu Shi.

  Zhong Ling scratched his head and said, "No, there are a lot of these materials at the bottom of the sea. These were just picked up by me and Jintong from the seabed."

  Yun Zhongzi was taken aback, clearly he hadn't expected that there would be so many precious materials at the bottom of the sea. But thinking about it, it's normal. The Eastern Sea is vast, although not as big as the Desolate Continent, but its precious materials absolutely won't be less than those of the Desolate Continent. Of course, for Yun Zhongzi now, these precious materials didn't hold much importance, they were precious, but to him, they weren't any different from ordinary stones.

  At this time, Jintong, Mutong and Huotong were returning from outside the island. Seeing Yun Zhongzi, they immediately bowed and said, "The children pay their respects to the old master."

  Yun Zhongzi nodded slightly, and didn't care how these guys planned the entire Wuxing Island. With a sweep of his divine sense, he understood the layout of the entire island.

  Behind the palace, there is another large piece of medicine garden floating in the air, where all kinds of precious spiritual herbs are planted. These medicinal materials are all the best spiritual herbs picked by Zhong Ling himself, but compared with the spiritual herbs in Yun Zhongzi's gourd, they are inferior by several grades.

  The entire Medicine Department was covered with large arrays, of course, how could Zhong Ling's array skills be compared to Yun Zhongzi?

  Behind the pharmacy at the bottom of the palace is a lake, where various aquatic medicinal materials are planted in the lake. The entire lake is also planted with lotus flowers. Yun Zhongzi even thinks that this lake is similar to the legendary Western Gantang Pool, and secretly praises Zhong Ling's cleverness.

  Behind that was a large forest, with various towering ancient trees. However, on the entire Wuxing Island, apart from Yun Zhongzi, Zhong Ling and three unformed Tongzi, as well as those Daoist turtles caught by Zhong Ling and others, there were no other living beings. Yun Zhongzi thought to himself, "Should I take in a few disciples?" Thinking of this, Yun Zhongzi had some plans in mind.

  Yun Zhongzi stepped into the first palace and said, "This palace will not be named for the time being. You all come to the main hall, where Master will preach to you."

  Now the three children have not yet transformed, and it's also inconvenient to go out. Recently, there is nothing to do anyway, so I can preach to a few people on one hand, and also contemplate the great Tao myself on the other hand. Occasionally, I can still return to Jin Ao Island to listen to Tongtian Jiao Shou preaching the Tao, which is not bad either.

  Thousands of years later, in the midst of the Desolate Era, the two tribes of witches and demons finally had new movements.

  For so many years, the demon tribe had a disastrous defeat last time and learned a lesson. Now, as long as the witch tribe provokes them, they will retreat directly. At first, except for Hou Tu, the other eleven ancestral witches thought that this was because the demon tribe was afraid. Hou Tu repeatedly warned the other ancestral witches to be careful of the demon tribe's conspiracy, but the eleven ancestral witches didn't take it seriously. Hou Tu had no choice but to stop advising them.

  But later, as time passed, now thousands of years have passed, the Emperor Jiang in Zu Wu finally found something wrong, too abnormal. If it was just the first thousand years, it could be said that it was because of the last defeat, the witch tribe intimidated the demon tribe.

  But after so many years have passed, the demon clan still yielded, which is completely different from their usual way of doing things. Something strange must be going on.

  So Di Jiang secretly gathered the Wu tribe's forces, without resorting to any sinister plots, and wanted to use the Wu tribe's absolute strength to overthrow the Heavenly Court, exterminate the demon tribe, and from then on, the Wu tribe would truly dominate the vast wilderness.

  Without warning, the Wu tribe, led by the 12 Ancestors of Wu, directly attacked the Heavenly Court, causing a great commotion among the demon tribes. It wasn't until the Wu tribe reached the South Heaven Gate that the demon tribes finally reacted.

  Di Jun and Tai Yi were both furious and shocked, never expecting the Wu tribe to come knocking on their door at this time. All the You tribe people felt suffocated, the Wu tribe had actually reached the South Heavenly Gate, wasn't this a blow to their own doorstep? What face did the You tribe have left?

  The demon clan rose up and fought a great war with the witch clan, this battle was fought until the sky cracked and the earth split, almost shattering the entire heavenly court.

  The Wu tribe has too many masters, all twelve ancestral witches have quasi-saint cultivation, while the entire demon clan only has Emperor Jun, Taiyi, Fuxi and Kunpeng with quasi-saint cultivation. Emperor Jiang led Gongliang, Nazhi, and Xuanming to fight against Emperor Jun. Zhonghou, Jumang, Gonggong, Zhurong, Tianwu, and Shebi six ancestral witches surrounded Taiyi because Taiyi had the Donghuang Bell, any one of the ancestral witches was no match for him. Houtu matched up with Fuxi, while Zhujiuyin matched up with Kunpeng.

  The ten great witches of the Wu tribe versus the ten great demon saints of the Yao tribe.

  The battlefield was ablaze with intense fighting, and the most brilliant of all was the Taiyi war group.

  The Eastern Emperor Taiyi held the Eastern Emperor Bell, and fought a great battle against the six Great Ancestral Witches without falling behind in the slightest. Instead, he forced the six Great Ancestral Witches into a state of panic, with their hands and feet moving wildly. Originally, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi's cultivation was only slightly higher than that of the six Great Ancestral Witches, but because the Eastern Emperor Bell in his hand had extremely strong attacking and defensive powers, he was able to fight against the six without being defeated. This result not only shocked the entire Witch clan, but even the great gods of the Honghuang world were secretly astonished. This Taiyi is indeed a fierce man!

  The six great sages are also paying attention to this war, and each of them has their own thoughts on the Donghuang Zhong, a pre-heavenly treasure. As for Nüwa, it's natural that she doesn't care who possesses the Donghuang Zhong as long as it remains in the hands of the demon clan.

  Laozi has the Taiji diagram and the Xuanhuang Linglong pagoda in his hand, but he will not peep at the Dong Huang bell.

  Yuanshi Tianzun has a Pangu fan in his hand, with extremely strong attacking power, and can also suppress the flow of air. As for Donghuang Zhong, although he has some thoughts in his heart, he will not go to fight.

  Tongtian Sect Master, although the Xianjian Sword Array's attack power is unparalleled in the vast expanse of the universe, and can only be broken by the Four Saints, its sole shortcoming lies in its inability to suppress the aura of destiny. As for the Eastern Emperor Bell, he merely thought about it briefly.

  His Heavenly Sword Formation was already heaven-defying enough, if he were to obtain the Eastern Emperor's Bell as well, it would be no surprise that the other Saints would take action to seal him away. At that time, not only would he fail to obtain the Eastern Emperor's Bell, but he would also bring suffering to the disciples of the Intercepting Sect.

  Moreover, his great disciple Yun Zhongzi still had the Twelve-Piece Destruction Black Lotus, a treasure that suppressed the aura of heaven and earth. The few saints would not let him obtain the Eastern Emperor Bell either, so he didn't have any thoughts about it.

  He had twelve kinds of merits and virtues in his hands, and he was also not good at competing for these treasures.

  It's just that Zunti had nothing good in his hands, the best was only the Demon-subduing Pestle and the Seven Treasures Mysterious Tree. As for the Eastern Emperor Bell, this pre-heavenly treasure, he naturally itched in his heart.

  Yun Zhongzi was also secretly watching the entire battle, seeing Dong Huang Taiyi's ferocity made him eager to get his hands on Dong Huang Zhong as well. Dong Huang Zhong combined attack and defense in one body, whoever got it would be unbeatable, at least that's how Yun Zhongzi saw it.