Wu Tribe, Yu Department

  A white cloud floated slowly in the air, and on it lay a man in a moon-white robe, Xun Daozi, who was lying lazily on the cloud, basking in the sun. Next to him was a small lion with a pure white body, no other colors, also basking in the sun with its eyes closed.

  This made Xun Daozi, who was lying down comfortably, feel even more pleased with himself, and he couldn't help but let out a sly smile as he thought about how the ignorant young man had been deceived. As for the three-eyed lion cub beside him, Xun Daozi couldn't help but let out a burst of sinister laughter in his heart when he thought about how it would be tied up on his pirate ship from now on.

  At that time, Xun Daozi saw the three-eyed little lion and was very curious about its ability to kill the heavenly snake with its earthly immortal cultivation. He even tried it out himself, using his own body to test the three-eyed little lion's sonic attack. However, due to the protection of the Heart Cleansing Dust in his mind, he couldn't figure out what was going on, so he used a gourd vine belt to capture the three-eyed little lion and prepare to study it further. What could he possibly discover from studying it?

  Xun Daozi spent half a day researching but couldn't come up with any results, so he had to resort to using the "Hong Huang See Hear Record" given by Yuan Shi Sanren when he left Kunlun Mountain to check what kind of creature this three-eyed small lion was and why it was so powerful. The "Hong Huang See Hear Record" was a collection of things seen and heard by Yuan Shi Sanren during their travels in Hong Huang, which they had specially organized and input into Xun Daozi's recognition sea when he left Kunlun Mountain, for him to refer to when encountering unknown objects.

  Xun Daozi found this sentence in the "Huanghuang Strange Beast Chapter" of "Huanghuang See Hear Record": Three-eyed Snow Lion, a mysterious and powerful species of Huanghuang, rarely seen.

  Xun Daozi looked at the three-eyed snow-white lion cub in front of him, wasn't this the Three-Eyed Snow Lion Beast? A mysterious and powerful primitive species. What kind of primitive species could be evaluated by Laozi as mysterious and powerful?

  Xun Daozi had made up his mind to take the three-eyed little lion back, and after going through a round of intimidation and temptation, especially when Xun Daozi took out an elixir refined by Laozi and waved it in front of the three-eyed little lion, the poor creature was lured away by Xun Daozi.

  White clouds drifted lazily, the wind was gentle and the sun was beautiful. The Seeker of the Way, who had brought three small lions with him, was not in a hurry to rush along the road. He rode on the cloud's head, leisurely and carefree, flying towards the southeast.

  Back on the road, he returned to his life of searching for mountains and asking Taoist priests for directions. Every night, he would sit in meditation and cultivate his primordial energy at the time of the change of yin and yang. What left Xun Daozi speechless was that the three-eyed little lion would also sit cross-legged beside him, breathing and cultivating its energy whenever Xun Daozi sat in meditation.

  During the day, when they encountered mountains on their journey, it was the time when San Yan Xiao Shi Zi was most active. For Xun Dao Zi's searching action along the way, San Yan Xiao Shi Zi became the most enthusiastic supporter. However, every time they searched for spiritual fruits and herbs, most of them ended up in its belly, which was probably the real reason for its enthusiasm.

  Time has passed unintentionally, Xun Daozi and San Yan Xiao Shi have been walking towards the southeast for many years. Half of the time was spent floating in the clouds, and Xun Daozi also used his shrinking technique to hurry along with San Yan Xiao Shi for a considerable amount of time. The rest of the time was mostly spent searching. However, even after these many years, they still couldn't find the correct path to Mount Bu Zhou, so they could only continue heading southeast.

  On this day, Xun Daozi and San Yan Xiao Shi Zi floated to a vast plain on the clouds, far away seeing a massive rock-built dwelling place, with people moving around everywhere.

  Xun Daozi saw such a large dwelling place in the air, and his heart was delighted. Whether it's the demon tribe or the witch tribe, as long as they can build such a vast dwelling place, they must not be ordinary people. Such people should know the path to Mount Buzhou, and he went to take a look, both to gain experience and to ask for directions.

  Xun Daozi descended from a cloud dozens of miles away from his residence, accompanied by three small lions with one eye each, and walked towards the vast residence.

  Xun Daozi brought the three-eyed little lion and headed towards the residence, without concealing his Taiyi True Immortal aura, and rushed straight to the main gate of the residence. Along the way, he encountered some busy crowds, but no one paid attention to him. These busy people were obviously from the Wu tribe, it seemed that this was a residential area of the Wu tribe, but which ancestral witch's tribe it belonged to was unknown.

  Xun Daozi quickly brought the three-eyed little lion to a place hundreds of feet outside the gate of their residence, where several robust men with weapons in hand came to meet them.

  Before they could reach Daozi, a group of people blocked their way. The leader, a tall and sturdy man, looked at Daozi and asked with his fists clenched: "May I ask where the Daoist master is from?"

  Xun Daozi made a bow and said: "I am Xun Daozi, a Taoist cultivator from Xun Dao Mountain. I want to visit Bu Zhou Mountain, but on the way here, I lost my direction. Seeing that there are cultivators living in this area, I came to ask for directions. Could you please tell me where this place is?"

  The big man who led the way replied: "This is where the Zuxu sentence Mangbu lower sentence Yu tribe lives. What the Taoist priest asked, I don't know either. The Taoist priest can follow our tribe for a while, and our elderly people have seen a lot, or they can point out the path to the Taoist priest."

  Xun Daozi bowed again: "If so, then I'll bother you."

  The leading shaman made a welcoming gesture, and led Xun Daozi to proceed first, with the three small lions closely following behind him, while several other shamans followed at the back.

  Xun Daozi followed the leading Wu tribe's strong man into the residence gate, walking towards the center of the residence. In Xun Daozi's view, this leading Wu tribe's strong man had at least a cultivation level equivalent to that of a Tianxian realm cultivator. The several strong men following behind him also had a cultivation level equivalent to that of a Dixian realm cultivator. It was unknown what kind of cultivation level the elders of their tribe possessed. Along the way, many Wu people were seen with considerable strength, possessing cultivation levels above the Tianxian realm, and several such individuals were encountered on this journey.

  Xun Daozi followed the leader of the Wu tribe to a temple built with huge rocks, where the leader turned around and bowed his fist: "Please wait for a moment, Master, I will inform the elder and then invite you in, please forgive me."

  Xun Daozi bowed his head and said: "Thanks for your trouble, fellow Taoist!"

  The big Han of the Nuo ethnic group turned around and entered the hall, while Daozi and several other big Hans stood outside waiting.

  Xun Daozi raised his head and looked around the vast Witch tribe's residence, seeing that all around were huge rocks built in a simple and rough manner. Except for the central giant temple, the surrounding area was randomly built with simple stone houses using rocks, only they were very large. In the distance, there was a building made of huge rocks like a wall, extremely massive, surrounding the entire Witch tribe's residence, leaving only a huge opening at the entrance where Xun Daozi came in for passage.

  Xun Daozi was sizing them up, when two sturdy men walked out of the hall. One of them was the big man who had just gone in earlier, and the other sturdy man wore a ge robe with ornaments.

  Two men came to Xun Daozi's side, and the big man who went in to report pointed at Xun Daozi and said to the big man wearing a hemp garment: "This is the Xun Daozi Daolong who came to ask for directions."

  The big man wearing a linen garment listened and immediately saluted Xun Daozi with his fists, saying: "I am the twelfth elder of the Yu Department under the Wu Department of the Ge Family. I didn't know you were coming, so I missed welcoming you from afar. Please come in quickly." After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand to invite him inside.

  Xun Daozi bowed and said: "I'm disturbing you!" He also bowed to the big man who led him in, "Thanks for your trouble, fellow Taoist!"

  The big man also returned the courtesy and said that he was unworthy of thanks, then led the other big man who had been waiting with Xun Daozi outside the hall to leave.

  Xun Daozi also brought three-eyed little lion with him, following the twelve elders of the Yu Department, walking into the grand hall.

  As soon as I entered the grand hall, I saw a huge statue in front of me. It was ancient and vivid, with an inexplicable aura surrounding it, emitting a faint sense of intimidation.

  The statue is over twenty zhang high, and on the body of a huge bird is a majestic human face. The whole body is emerald green, with its feet treading on two ferocious dragons with bared teeth and dancing claws. It seems that this statue is Mu Zizhong's ancestor, Wu Jumang.

  In front of the statue, more than a dozen sturdy men with ge clothing, adorned with various beast bones, teeth, and bird feathers, sat with majestic and steady breathing, like ferocious beasts lurking. Each of them had an aura fluctuation equivalent to that of a Taishi True Immortal's cultivation base, while the two slightly older men sitting in the center had an aura fluctuation equivalent to that of a Taishi Golden Immortal's cultivation base.

  Just now, the twelve elders who led Xun Daozi in also had the aura of Taizhen scattered immortals and the fluctuation of Taoist law power, but Xun Daozi didn't feel anything special. However, as soon as he entered the main hall, he saw more than a dozen witches with the fluctuation of Taizhen boundary Taoist law power, and felt that each of their strengths was not to be underestimated, which really made Xun Daozi's heart palpitate. Except for Zixuan Palace, this is still the first time Xun Daozi has seen so many Taizhen boundary or higher cultivators gathered together, and he can't help but feel: indeed worthy of being one of the main characters in the Witch Calamity, the strength of this witch tribe really cannot be underestimated.

  For a time, Xun Daozi also had some expectations for the power of the demon tribe that had slightly gained the upper hand in the great calamity of the witch.

  The twelve elders led Xun Daozi to the front of the crowd, turned around and pointed at Xun Daozi, introducing him to the seated crowd: "This is Xun Daozi, the leader of the sect!" He then pointed at the seated crowd towards Xun Daozi, saying, "Everyone here are the elders of my Wu tribe's Xun Mang department, under the Xun Yu branch."

  Xun Daozi bowed to the crowd and said: "Xun Daozi has seen all of you, the elders of the witch tribe."

  The seated elders of the Wu tribe all stood up and returned the courtesy with a bow: "We have seen Daoist Master Xun." They then sat down separately.

  Just as he sat down, a man with an old face in the middle spoke up: "I heard that the Taoist priest wants to ask about the path to Mount Buzhou. May I ask, why is the Taoist priest going to Mount Buzhou?"

  Xun Daozi saw him and asked, bowing his head: "May I ask how the Taoist friend is called?"

  The old man of the Wu tribe who asked the question also clasped his fists and said: "I am the great elder of the Wu tribe, Xiumu Department, under the Xiyu Department, Suman."

  Xun Daozi bowed his head again: "Juzi elder, I am Xun Daozi, a cultivator of Wudao Cave in Xundao Mountain. Born in this vast and desolate world, I feel grateful to the ancient great god who sacrificed himself to open up this world, allowing us living beings to settle down and make a living. Therefore, I want to go to Huazhou Mountain, where the great god's spirit is enshrined, to offer sacrifices and express my heartfelt gratitude."

  That old man heard this and immediately stood up, his face revealing a look of agitation, loudly shouting: ······