Chapter 26 Everyone's Reaction

  Zhenyuanzi furrowed his brow and said, "Yunzhongzi, you just said that you sent a transmission talisman to me?"

  Yun Zhongzi was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly understood something. "What? Didn't fellow Daoist receive it?"

  Hongyun was also staring at Zhenyuanzi, earlier when fighting against Kunpeng and Minghe, Yunzhongzi had said that Zhenyuanzi would soon arrive, apparently because Yunzhongzi had already sent a message to Zhenyuanzi, but now Zhenyuanzi says this...

  Zhenyuanzi's face turned somewhat unsightly, and he said, "I didn't receive the transmission from fellow daoist. It seems that someone must have secretly destroyed the transmission talisman."

  Yun Zhongzi and Hong Yun's faces changed suddenly, wanting to put Hong Yun to death was not just Kunpeng and Minghe.

  Yun Zhongzi asked, "How did you know that Hong Yun had encountered difficulties?"

  Zhenyuanzi let out a sigh and said, "I was in seclusion for some days, cultivating my skills. Today I just came out of seclusion and intended to look for Hongyun Daoist friend to pay him a visit. However, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't calculate his whereabouts because someone had obscured the heavenly mechanism. Later, I flew towards Hongyun Daoist friend's cave mansion and unexpectedly encountered what happened earlier, so I rescued Hongyun."

  The three of them exchanged a glance, and they all saw the shock in each other's eyes. Even Zhenyuanzi couldn't figure out Hongyun's whereabouts, obviously someone with saintly powers had intervened. Neither Hongyun nor Zhenyuanzi knew which saint it was, but Yunzhongzi had a pretty good guess.

  Zhun Ti, the most shameless person in the vast wilderness, is the only one who can do such a thing. Although Zhun Ti is shameless, Yun Zhongzi admires him very much. As a great sage, he travels extensively for the development of Western teachings, even lowering his status and forcibly taking some disciples from the Cut-off Teachings to the Western Teachings, transforming them into his own disciples. No other saint can do such a thing.

  The three of them chatted for a while, and after Hong Yun's injuries had recovered somewhat, they all returned to the Wudang Temple together.

  At this moment, many powerful beings in the vast expanse of the universe are all paying attention to this matter.

  On the Western Spiritual Mountain, Zhunti's face turned liver-colored with rage, looking extremely ugly as he glared at Mount Buzhou and gritted his teeth in anger, "That Cloudy Boy has ruined my good deed!"

  What's the reason for this? It turned out that when the founder of Taoism was preaching, Juan Ti and Jie Yin came from the West and were too far away from the Purple Cloud Palace. As a result, after they arrived at the palace, the first six seats had already been taken by San Qing, Nü Wa, Hong Yun, and Kun Peng.

  Finally, Zhuanti burst into tears in the Zi Xiang Palace and cried. Hongyun, who was kind by nature, yielded his seat to Zhuanti, who was overjoyed and asked Jieyin to sit down. Then he pushed Kunpeng onto the last cushion and sat down himself.

  This is also why later on, Daozu let Red Cloud have the last Hongmeng Purple Qi instead of Kunpeng.

  Because of this, Kunpeng hated Hongyun so much that he gritted his teeth, which led to the incident where Kunpeng killed Hongyun. The reason why Zhunti was blinded by Tianji was also because Hongyun gave him a seat, equivalent to giving the two Westerners a sacred position. With such great karma, Zhunti naturally wanted it to disappear.

  The only way was to let Hongyun die, so after Kunpeng and Minghe successively deceived Tianji, they also added a layer by the way. Unexpectedly, in the end, it was destroyed by Yun Zhongzi, who saved Hongyun. As a result, not only did the cause and effect not disappear, but some cause and effect were even added. How can one not be angry?

  Jie Yin's face turned even more gloomy, the Western Pure Land was already barren to begin with, and now these two had such a huge karmic debt with Hong Yun, this time it was like trying to steal a chicken but ending up losing the rice instead, Jie Yin's face completely turned into a bitter melon color.

  Inside the Ba Jing Palace, Laozi was explaining the art of alchemy to Xuandu when he suddenly gazed towards Mount Buzhou. After a glance, he continued his lecture to Xuandu, who felt puzzled but didn't dare ask questions and kept listening to what Laozi had to say.

  Inside the Jade Void Palace, the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign was expounding on his teachings to the twelve Golden Immortals he had recently accepted. As he spoke, he occasionally glanced towards Mount Buzhou, but this matter was unrelated to his teachings, so he naturally wouldn't pay too much attention to it. The only thing that caught his notice was Yun Zhongzi, and even then, it was just a slight furrowing of his brow as he took a glance before continuing his lecture.

  Inside Biyou Palace, Tongtian Sect Master was meditating to comprehend the Great Dao. Suddenly, he raised his head and gazed at Mount Bu Zhou, saying, "Always sticking one's nose in, what a troublesome spirit."

  After finishing speaking, he continued to immerse himself in contemplating the Great Way.

  In the palace, Nüwa stared at Mount Buzhou, seemingly lost in thought. Her expression was one of surprise, and after a long while, she murmured, "Zhunti is indeed well-intentioned, but as a saint, his heart is too ruthless; it's not right."

  Nüwa secretly added a careful thought.

  If Zhunti knew that because of this matter, Nüwa had an opinion about him, I wonder what he would think? His intestines must have regretted it early on. Originally, the two saints of the Western world were one less than the Three Pure Ones, and there was still a possibility of pulling Nüwa into their ranks. Now that they haven't gone to pull her in yet, this matter has become impossible. If Zhunti finds out, Yunzhongzi will be finished.

  In the heavenly court, Emperor Jun and Taiyi glanced at Kunpeng who had just returned, but in their hearts, they were secretly laughing to themselves. Today's matter was a secret gain for Emperor Jun and Taiyi.

  Kunpeng is intelligent, has a strategy and ambition, and is also arrogant. At the beginning, Emperor Jun and Taiyi offered him the position of demon master to persuade him to join the heavenly court. As a result, Kunpeng directly refused. In the end, the two had no choice but to use force to suppress him, binding him to the war chariot of the heavenly court.

  Although that's the case, Kunpeng is unwilling to go all out for the Heavenly Court, only putting in effort but not using his full strength. Now everything has changed, Kunpeng has offended both Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi, although Kunpeng's cultivation is high, he doesn't have any particularly powerful magical artifacts, in a fair fight, he can't even match up to Hongyun, let alone with Zhenyuanzi added to the mix, defeat is certain.

  Thus, Kunpeng can only hide among the demon tribe and use the power of the demon tribe to counter Red Cloud. Of course, with Emperor Jun, Taiyi, Fuxi, and Zhenyuanzi in the demon tribe, Red Cloud will not come looking for trouble with Kunpeng for the time being.

  Although that's the case, Kun Peng had no choice but to go all out for the demon clan against the witch clan. Otherwise, without the protection of the demon clan, Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi would not hunt down Kunpeng until he was left with nowhere to turn.

  Don't mention Menghe, Menghe has a precious treasure in his hand and is not afraid of Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi at all. Moreover, he lives in the Blood Sea, where there is a rumor that "the Blood Sea will not dry up, and Menghe will not die". Therefore, even if Menghe cannot defeat Hongyun and the other two, as long as he hides in the Blood Sea, Hongyun and the other two will have no way to catch him. So Kunpeng can only place his hopes on the demon clan, or more accurately, on Emperor Jun and Taiyi.

  The witch tribe is also paying attention to this matter. Emperor Jiang saw Kunpeng offend Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi, but in his heart, he had an idea, hoping to pull Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi into his own camp. However, the witch tribe is proud and confident, and now the witch tribe's strength is stronger than that of the demon tribe. Emperor Jiang just put this matter in his heart.

  After the three of them returned to Wuzhuangguan, Hongyun went into seclusion to heal his wounds, and Yun Zhongzi also stayed at Wuzhuangguan with nothing else to do.

  "If the Red Cloud falls, all the powerful beings in the Desolate Continent will definitely take action to seize the Hongmeng Purple Qi. At that time, there will be heavy casualties, and finally, the two tribes of witches and demons will engage in a great war again, almost exterminating each other. In this way, except for those powerful beings who do not appear in the world, all the other gods and immortals can be said to have died. This makes it easier for humans to take the stage in the Desolate Continent... Is this really the will of heaven?"

  Yun Zhongzi was alone in the Wu Zhuang Guan, contemplating his conjecture. Although he somewhat believed it, it was too difficult for humans to produce a saint, after all, the human race had only recently emerged. At this moment, he vaguely understood what Hong Yun meant by "leaving". Presumably, Zhen Yuanzi should have also figured it out by now!

  Yun Zhongzi let out a wry smile, shook his head and cast these speculations to the back of his mind. Since Hongyun had not fallen, he decided to leave as well. Although the details were broken by himself, he estimated that it would still continue. At this moment, he understood: The grand trend of heaven cannot be changed, but small trends can be changed. This also gave him confidence in the future.

  Yun Zhongzi put these things down and began to retreat and cultivate.

  After dozens of years, Hongyun finally recovered and then thanked Yun Zhongzi and Zhenyuanzi again. The three of them got together in Wuzhuangguan to drink and make merry, taste fruit and discuss the Tao, without mentioning Kunpeng and Minghe at all.

  A hundred years later, Yun Zhongzi planned to return to Jin Ao Island. His own Five Elements Island had been managed by Zhong Ling for many years, and he didn't know how it was doing now. He indeed needed to go back and take a look, so he bid farewell to the two of them.

  Unexpectedly, Hongyun also bid farewell to Zhenyuanzi, and then flew straight into the Chaos outside the Thirty-Three Heavens under the puzzled eyes of all the great masters. From then on, Hongyun disappeared from the Honghuang Continent, and gradually, people forgot about Hongyun.

  Yun Zhongzi returned to Jin Ao Island, after meeting the Tongtian Sect Master, the Tongtian Sect Master didn't say much, only reminding Yun Zhongzi to be more careful when going out in the future, and not to be deceived by others, hinting at the Zhunti Daoist from the Western region.

  Yun Zhongzi is a clever person, and after some thought, he understood that he possessed the Twelve Products of Destruction Black Lotus and the God-Slaying Gun, two treasures that any Da Luo Golden Immortal would covet. If he weren't the eldest disciple of the Intercepting Sect, he believed that with his current cultivation level as a mid-stage Da Luo Golden Immortal, someone would have already made a move against him on the road back from Wanshou Mountain.

  Thinking of this, Yun Zhongzi also secretly sighed that having a good backer can indeed save a lot of trouble and even increase the chances of survival. However, for the improvement of his cultivation, Yun Zhongzi felt some pressure.

  After seeing Tongtian Jiaozhu, Yun Zhongzi left Jin Ao Island and went to his own residence, Wuxing Island!

  As soon as he returned to Wuxing Island, Yun Zhongzi saw that the entire Wuxing Island had been completely renovated. The design and layout of the entire island were so amazing that they almost made Yun Zhongzi's jaw drop!