Chapter 8: What's with the rice? The Merits of the Underworld and the Three Xiao Sisters?

  And regardless of the despicable gains, Yu Long Tong Xie ran back to Kunlun Mountain to retreat.

  At the moment Zhang Zilong left, a vast and powerful aura enveloped the bloody sea. First to appear was Taichu, the Lord of the Supreme Purity Heaven, who sat high above the nine heavens, his energy transforming into the Three Pure Ones. He held a staff in hand and rode a green cow with an air of carefree elegance, exuding a subtle and ethereal aura of Taoism.

  Close behind him was Tongtian, the Master of the Supreme Clarity Sect, who was unlike Taichu in that he embodied a primal and overbearing power. His entire being was like an unsheathed sharp sword, his hand grasping the Qingpingsword which let out a constant hum, his face stern and unyielding at around thirty years old.

  Then the Western Buddha's chant resounded, and after a burst of golden light, an old Taoist with a face full of bitterness appeared, one foot stepping on a golden lotus, holding a seven-treasured wonderful tree in his hand. A young man with extraordinary demeanor also emerged, who was actually the two masters of the Western Pure Land. Finally, the phoenix's cry echoed, and the fragrance of flowers that made people dizzy filled the sky. A beauty who could make any woman in the world feel ashamed appeared, sitting on a golden phoenix and floating over. It turned out to be the Holy Mother Nuwa of the human race, the sacred person of the demon tribe.

  The host of the Wheel of Rebirth, Ping Xin, saw six saints arrive together and did not dare to be slow. Unable to leave the land of reincarnation, he could only pay his respects to the six saints from afar.

  At this time, the three purities have separated, but their feelings are still there, so they gather together. The Tianxian Jiao master can't help but ask: "Yuanshi Shixiong, you were the first to arrive here, did you know why this reincarnation place is not perfect?" Other saints also looked at Yuanshi Tianzun.

  The Heavenly Lord pondered for a moment, then said: "This place seems to be in harmony with the Heavenly Way. The ancestral witch of the Wu tribe, Hou Tu, transformed into a reincarnation, guiding the souls of all living things in the world to reincarnate, which is a great merit. Moreover, we saints cannot calculate the cause and effect of reincarnation, so I think we can only wait for the teacher's decision."

  The six saints were silent, the saint did not die or perish, in a moment they could see through the past and future, the cause and effect of the world, without being stained or dusty, countless kalpas were indestructible, but now an unexpected reincarnation site appeared outside their control, which made everyone uneasy.

  Indeed, after the arrival of the six saints, the Purple Mansion that had been hidden in the void for many years reopened. An old Daoist in a hemp robe came forth with a poem: "Highly seated on the ninefold clouds, The lotus throne has realized the truth. Outside the mysterious and yellow heavens, I shall hold the revered teaching. Pangu gave birth to Taiji, The two instruments and four images follow. One Dao transmitted to the three friends, Two teachings expounded, distinguishing the divisions. The mysterious gate leads all, One energy transforms into the grand harmony!

  The six saints saw the old man and all bowed down, calling out "Master Wan An!"

  Hong Jun bowed slightly to Ping Xin Niang Niang: "Niang Niang's noble deed, the old Taoist is deeply respectful!" How could Ping Xin dare to accept it? It must be known that Hong Jun was the spokesperson of the Heavenly Way, with his body in harmony with the Way and complete with the number of Qi. He was the first person in the Honghuang world who was not allowed to yield. Hurriedly returning the courtesy, he said: "Teacher is overpraising, Ping Xin does not dare to accept." His voice was soft and gentle, without a hint of the violent and tyrannical air of the ancestral witch.

  Hong Jun smiled and helped the six saints up, saying: "Now that the witch tribe's Hou Tu has been transformed into a reincarnation, perfecting the Heavenly Way, it should have fallen, but under the Heavenly Way, all things have a thread of life. Due to the help of Gong De's transformation, Ping Xin is on an equal footing with Wu Sheng Ren, and you must not be slow." As soon as this was said, all the saints present were shocked, and Hong Jun's words were similar to those of the Dao Zu? Especially Nü Wa, who felt a chill in her heart when she heard these words. The great war between the witches and demons was imminent, but at this moment, Ping Xin appeared, how could she be at ease?

  "However, Ping Xin is restricted by the cycle of reincarnation and cannot escape the land of reincarnation. Although he has been through countless calamities without being destroyed, he has no power to perfect the underworld. You saints should establish your own underworld and assist the reincarnation of all living beings." Hong Jun's words made the hearts of the saints feel greatly at ease. If they couldn't even escape the cycle of reincarnation, what did it matter if they had a high status? Moreover, Ping Xin was at most just a quasi-saint at this moment, and he posed no threat to the plans of the saints.

  Hongjun then left behind the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Brush, two Pre-Heavenly Spiritual Treasures, to let the various saints deliberate on the establishment of the underworld.

  Everyone first used the Great Law to open up a realm under the Blood Sea, called Netherworld. Afterwards, they joined hands to refine a palace, inscribed with "Underworld". The Wheel of Reincarnation appeared in the Netherworld and slowly merged into this world. Ping Xin also bid farewell to everyone, and as the Wheel of Reincarnation disappeared into the Netherworld.

  The arrangement of the underworld's personnel, however, left everyone speechless. Everyone knew the importance of this underworld and wanted to get a foot in the door, plotting benefits for their own sects within it.

  Yuanshu Tianzun, a powerful and overbearing saint, was the first to speak up: "The underworld is our domain in the East, so you two from the West should not interfere!" The two saints from the West were immediately excluded, but they had no power to refute. Looking at the three Pure Ones and Nüwa, who all wore expressions of approval, the two Western saints left in a huff, feeling humiliated.

  Then Laozi spoke, the demon clan had already occupied the heavenly court and slaughtered the human clan with no merit. The vital energy was about to be exhausted, not enough to enter the underworld, but after all, Nüwa was their junior fellow apprentice and also a direct disciple of Hongjun. It's not good to bully too much, so in the end, Laozi agreed to let Nüwa choose some demons to enter the underworld as ox-headed horse-faced spirits. Nüwa gladly agreed.

  Then it was a competition between the three brothers. The Original Heavenly Lord spoke first: "The Tongtian Sect is nothing but a group of people who are born from eggs and transformed from moisture, their virtues are not enough, I think the position of the Emperor of the Underworld should still be held by someone from my sect!"

  Why did Tongtian fall out with Yuanshi? It was because he always looked down on his own disciples. At first, Yuanshi was indeed doing it for the good of his fellow disciple. As the leader of the Tongtian sect held the Four Swords of Extermination in his hands, which had strong attacking power but couldn't suppress the aura, he feared that his fellow disciple's many brutal followers would ruin the sect's aura. However, Tongtian always ignored Yuanshi's words and instead became more and more overbearing, defying his elder brother. This was why Yuanshi came to deeply despise his demonic disciples, and the relationship between the two brothers grew increasingly strained.

  Indeed, Tongtian was furious upon hearing this: "Then what virtues and abilities do you have to occupy this position?!" Laozi saw the two arguing again. Although he agreed with Yuanshi Tianzun's words, he also didn't want to openly suppress his own brother.

  I thought the original Tianzun would be speechless after being refuted by his own words, but unexpectedly he laughed and said: "My humble disciple is indeed a rare talent, with a deep aura of fortune and virtue, worthy of becoming the Emperor of Ye Du!"

  A sudden shock, and then silently calculating, Laozi and Nüwa were also stirred up by the original words, and after a moment, the two of them had an astonishing expression. What they said was not someone else, but that Jade Dragon Daojun Zhang Zilong who flew to Kunlun with all his might.

  But it's said that this guy has accumulated a large amount of karma and merit, which he has merged into his Nine Turns Profound Technique, making him seem like a golden person. Not to mention the two saints, even an ordinary divine being can calculate that he possesses great merit. As for how this merit came about, however, it's unknown. Because the cycle of reincarnation is absolutely impossible to calculate down to the smallest detail, everyone has come to regard him as someone with innate and boundless merit.

  Tongtian remained silent for a long time, then let out a deep sigh: "Brother is really lucky, I have nothing to say." And so, the position of the ruler of the underworld was abandoned and given to Zhang Zilong, who had run back to Kunlun Mountain. It's hard not to say that this guy is really lucky, of course, it's mainly because he has a good master!

  The multitude of saints, seeing that the matter was already settled, handed over the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Pen to the Primordial Heavenly Lord. They each returned to their own Daoist temples. The Primordial Heavenly Lord looked at the spiritual treasure in his hand, and a smile spread across his face, which he couldn't conceal. From now on, most of the underworld would be under the control of the Orthodox Church! What a good disciple I have! It was not in vain that I cherished you so much!

  In mid-air, Zhang Zilong, who was playing with the twelve industry fire red lotus in his hand, suddenly sneezed a few times. He muttered to himself in confusion: "I'm already a great Luo Jinxian, how can I still be infected with a virus and get sick? Is someone cursing me?" After thinking about it, he pretended to calculate with his fingers, but unfortunately, the saint was not something he could calculate, and after half a day, there was no sign of anything, so he didn't think about it anymore.

  Now he has more important things to do, reality needs to refine this industry's red lotus first, and then go to Hou Yi's side to see his beautiful sister Chang'e, and by the way, wait for the nine cute little golden crows (this is your purpose, right...). Ga ga, life is really wonderful! Humming a little tune, Zhang Tongxue feels that his goal of becoming the number one young master in the vast wilderness is now closer!

  Two flowers bloomed, each representing a branch. The ancestral dragon that left the bloody sea split its body, relying on the quasi-sage mid-term, cutting off the strong cultivation of a corpse, and no one found out.

  They say that the dragon returns to the great sea. When the three clans ruled over the vast expanse of Honghuang, the dragon clan's territory was mostly above the endless ocean. The ancestral dragon split his body and flew quickly in one direction, finally seeing the Eastern Sea! According to his thinking, returning to the dragon clan now would not be good for him, let alone causing a huge stir and attracting old enemies. Not to mention whether the dragon clan would still obey this ancestor whose power had greatly diminished - after all, Honghuang is a place where might makes right!

  In Zhang Zilong's memory, the East China Sea had many sacred mountains and blessed lands, such as those elusive overseas Penglai fairy islands. Although he said that his ancestor dragon had not discovered these good places in countless years of life, there were still quite a few, but it was unknown whether they had been occupied by people now.

  Before long, they saw three islands connected together, which happened to be in the shape of San Cai, with a strong aura and abundant spiritual energy. It was the famous Qian Jiao Three Immortals Island in Feng Shen Yan Yi. Zu Long had also discovered this island back then, but for the wealthy and arrogant dragon clan at that time, it wasn't even considered a good place. Who would have thought that they would come back now?

  "Hmm, it seems that there is no master here yet, and the legendary Three Xiang Sisters have not appeared either? But wait, Zhao Gongming has already become a disciple of Tongtian Shifu, so why haven't the Three Xiang Sisters shown up?... Zulong's split personality clearly inherited Zhang Zilong's temperament... Alas, poor Zulong! A person who was once so wise and powerful, now reduced to this state (Zhang Zilong: Do you want to taste the explosive plum blossom needle of the crown prince? Author: ...)"

  It seems that my own little wings have stirred up a big storm! Familiarly, I walked into the Three Immortals Island's Three Talents Array and saw three clusters of gas practicing on the island. The ancestral dragon's clone sighed. This is clearly the three Xiao sisters who haven't transformed yet! After investigating for half a day, he finally understood that it was because when he (the ancestral dragon) self-destructed back then, he injured the spiritual vein of the Three Immortals Island, which originally supplied abundant spiritual energy to the three Xiao sisters. The Three Immortals Island could only stop supplying and repair itself first. Now, after countless years have passed, the Three Immortals Island has finally repaired its own spiritual vein and is once again supplying energy for the three poor sisters to transform.

  "Alright, I'll admit it. Although I'm not myself now (it's really awkward), the karma I owed your sister back then still needs to be repaid. Since that's the case, I'll teach you the way and help you transform into a human form. Afterwards, you can just join my sect. It's better than what happened in history where you became an apprentice of Tongtian and ended up getting killed by my master."

  Thus, the ancestral dragon's incarnation remained on the Three Immortals' Island to preach to the three sisters. Far away on the road back to Kunlun Mountain, Zhang Zilong also sighed: This has allowed me to pick up the three sister flowers, and the prince's life is really good! (Aren't they your disciples... beast!)