Sixty-seven, Invitation to Witness

  Xun Daozi and his family have all run to Kunlun Mountain this time. Along the way, they saw that even Kunlun Mountain was talking about it with Laozi and the three of them, especially the fact that many Taìyù realm demons were threatening and tempting various big demons occupying mountain heads to join the organization that wanted to build the Heavenly Court.

  Originally, Xunzi thought that Laozi and his two companions were cultivating in Kunlun Mountain and should not know about this matter, but unexpectedly, the three Laozis knew very clearly.

  Just as Xun Daozi was talking about this matter, Yuan Shi opened his mouth and said: "The matter you mentioned, at the time when I was a master with your Shibo and Shishu in the vast wilderness of Honghuang, we had already encountered several times. This matter is closely related to Emperor Jun and Taiyi in the Sun Star. Emperor Jun and Taiyi have high and profound Taoism, and they were not far from me and your Shibo and Shishu in terms of Taoism. They were also cultivators who touched the gate of Dajin Golden Immortal Realm in Daluo True Immortal Realm, especially Taiyi, who had exceptional talent and possessed a precious treasure, his Taoism was slightly higher than Emperor Jun's. Even compared to me and your Shibo and Shishu, he was not much inferior. At that time, he had a precious treasure in hand, if he started his hands, except for your Shibo having the 'Linglong Pagoda' to protect himself from defeat, I and your Shishu would have to yield to him. Fortunately, I and your Shibo and Shishu got your help, borrowed the merit of 'Wudaozi Tea' to prove the Dajin Golden Immortal Fruit position first, took the lead in Taoism, and also obtained a precious treasure from our teacher at Zixuan Palace. Now, although we are not afraid, it is not easy to win against him. I don't know if Taiyi has also proved the Dajin Golden Immortal Fruit position at this time? Emperor Jun's Taoism may be slightly inferior, but he possesses the pre-heavenly spiritual treasure 'Hetu Luoshu', which cannot be underestimated. The 'Hetu Luoshu' is extremely good at calculating and can glimpse a thread of heavenly machinery. This time, Emperor Jun and Taiyi want to build a demonic tribe heavenly court to govern Honghuang, their plans are very big. It should be rushing towards the merit of proving the Tao."

  The old man said, "It's just that this matter has come to the point where Emperor Jun and Taiyi seem to be unable to wait any longer to slowly persuade the Honghuang demons to join voluntarily. Instead, they are forcing them to join with coercive means, which is likely to lead to prosperity or destruction. It seems that Honghuang will be in chaos!" He also let out a sigh after finishing speaking.

  Tongtian's face was expressionless as he spoke: "Hmph! It's still unclear whether it will be good fortune or disaster in the end."

  Xun Daozi listened to the conversation between Laozi and the other two, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of awe in his heart. From some superficial signs, he could tell what the root cause was, and from that, he inferred the trend of Hong Huang's movement. Indeed, it was not something that Xun Daozi, a small cultivator like him, could hope to contend with. If Xun Daozi hadn't heard stories about Hong Huang in his past life, at most, he would have been just a small cultivator hiding and cultivating, unaware of when he would be swept into the calamity and lose his life.

  After that, Xún Dào Zǐ followed Yuán Shǐ to practice in Mount Kunlun, under the guidance of Yuán Shǐ, he diligently practiced and made rapid progress.

  While Su Xin followed Lao Zi to practice alchemy, although Lao Zi did not explicitly say that he accepted Su Xin as a disciple, after seeing the elixir refined by Su Xin, he was also surprised by Su Xin's talent for refining elixirs and had a mind of loving talents. He specially allowed Su Xin to follow him to practice alchemy. This made Su Xin so happy that he almost couldn't find his way, and he plunged into following Lao Zi to study alchemy. That diligent appearance made Xun Daozi admire him endlessly. Lao Zi also nodded secretly, pointing out that Su Xin was not inferior in his heart, and even gave serious guidance on his cultivation. This made Su Xin gain a lot, and he became more respectful and devoted to serving Lao Zi.

  Xun Daozi was pulled by Tongtian to study swordsmanship while following Yuanshi to practice alchemy. This is because Xun Daozi happened to be practicing his Taiji Sword technique in the empty space of a thatched hut when he was seen by Tongtian, which suddenly sparked Tongtian's great interest, and from then on, he would often grab Xun Daozi during his spare time while practicing alchemy to study swordsmanship. Later, he even forced Xun Daozi to study the formation method together with him. This made Xun Daozi miserable, being pressed by Yuanshi and Tongtian from both sides, leaving no room for leisure. To cope with the pressure from Yuanshi and Tongtian, Xun Daozi was at his wit's end.

  During this period, the most comfortable and fulfilling days were spent with San Yan Xue Shi Beast and Ji Long Beast. These two strange beasts arrived at the Kunlun Mountain Cave Mansion, but no one paid attention to them, so they wandered around on their own. As they wandered, they reached the Qilin Cliff behind the cave mansion, where they were blocked by three strange beasts who questioned which demon beast they were and how dare they run wild in the Kunlun Cave Mansion.

  Those three demonic beasts all have the boundary of the Tianxian realm, a green cow, a Kunwu cow, and a Sifangbu Xiang. They are all strong and ferocious guys from the Honghuang alien species. They were encountered by Laozi and his two companions when they traveled through the Honghuang in the past, and were casually collected as mounts and brought back to the Kunlun Mountain cave mansion. Usually, they are allowed to roam freely on Qilin Cliff to practice.

  On this day, the three strange beasts wandering around Qilin Cliff saw another strange beast appearing on Qilin Cliff, and they went over to intercept and ask questions with a fierce momentum.

  The three-eyed Snow Lion Beast, who had been staying in the Kunlun Mountains for a while, did not expect to encounter other strange beasts at Qilin Cliff. He was originally going to take the Halberd Dragon Beast out for a stroll and show off his status as the big boss, but he didn't expect to be stopped and questioned. Feeling that he had lost face in front of his younger brother, the three-eyed Snow Lion Beast immediately became angry and asked the three strange beasts who were blocking their way where they came from and how dare they block them without reason.

  Fine, this time both sides had no good temper guys felt despised, and a nameless fire rose in their hearts. A chaotic battle broke out instantly. The few alien beasts on both sides had their own unique divine abilities. For a moment, the divine abilities of both sides were unleashed wildly: thunderous seas, walls of flame, flying electric lights, sonic stone arrows; they were all mixed up together.

  After this chaotic blast, the two sides looked at each other and found that all attacks had not affected each other, both were deeply surprised. Immediately, they abandoned their divine powers, pounced forward, revealing sharp and piercing horns, emitting a faint cold glow; opened their huge mouths, showing rows of saw-like teeth, stretched out their massive claws, radiating a faint cold glow. One by one, they all transformed into majestic beasts as big as mountains, and after a round of collision, the earth shook and the mountains trembled, with an intimidating momentum.

  It's fortunate that the great commotion of this struggle didn't affect the crowd's meditation at Qi Lin Cliff, far from where Lao Zi and others lived in their thatched cottage; otherwise, a round of punishment would have been unavoidable.

  After the fierce battle, both sides were covered in wounds and blood. The Three-eyed Snow Lion Beast and the Halberd Dragon Beast had many more injuries, but their strong will to fight was not weakened at all. After both sides were exhausted, they could only drag their wounded bodies back to find a place to heal their wounds.

  After that, these guys went to Kirin Cliff to fight after recovering from their injuries. Each time they ended up with blood and flesh everywhere, returning in a pitiful state to recover on their own. Once recovered, they would go again to fight. Later on, they even developed an understanding through their battles. After a fierce fight, they would cultivate for a period of time before going back to Kirin Cliff to fight again. Although they were left with scars every time, these guys never got tired of it and their strength was rapidly increasing.

  Compared to the three-eyed Snow Lion Beast and other five exotic beasts that are enjoying a rapid increase in strength, Xun Daozi may have an unbearable feeling, but his alchemy, array, and sword technique training are also making rapid progress in this unbearable situation, which can be considered as a small comfort in the midst of hardship.

  After nearly a thousand years of bitter practice, Xun Daozi had a clear understanding of the essence of alchemy and array methods: For alchemy, it is necessary to extract the function of the Tao contained in the materials used for alchemy to the maximum extent. How to organically unify the functions of different materials' Tao, how to use the function of fire to form the Tao contained in the material into an organic whole, exerting its maximum function, and at the same time, to the greatest extent possible, integrate the Tao that one has mastered into these materials, integrate all the Tao, form a new organic whole, and finally shape it into the desired shape according to one's own will. Although he had this understanding, Xun Daozi was far from reaching such a level, but only had a clear direction. Yuan Shi was also surprised by Xun Daozi's understanding of alchemy, and later on, when practicing alchemy, he let him do as he pleased, only giving appropriate guidance at some key points or in terms of hand movements and fire timing.

  In the Array Method, Xun Daozi applied his experience in refining equipment to array formation. He believed that array formation should follow the Dao marks implied by the location of the array, combining these Dao marks with those of the desired array pattern to form an organic whole, maximizing the advantages of the array method. The key was how to integrate these Dao marks into a cohesive whole, bringing out their intended functions. Xun Daozi's ideas were unexpectedly recognized by Tong Tian, and together they researched some strange and unusual array methods.

  In the end, Xun Daozi believed that refining instruments and arranging arrays were organic uses of Dao marks and traces, integrating existing Dao marks and traces organically to exert their functions; and from this, he inferred that alchemy should also be like this. Thinking further back, various magical techniques and formulas are also the same problem.

  For nearly a thousand years, the boundary of seeking Tao has not been improved, and it is still the Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm. It has touched the threshold of Daluo Scattered Immortal Realm, but its actual strength has increased significantly.

  Practice has no years, and years pass by themselves.

  One day, Xun Daozi finally had some free time and was leisurely drinking tea and enjoying fruit. Suddenly, he heard the voice of Yuan Shi in his mind: "Go open the cave, bring the incoming person inside."

  Xun Daozi quickly got up and rushed to the entrance of the cave, opened the seal and drilled out, standing aside quietly waiting.

  Before long, a loud noise came from the sky, and a man in a white robe fell from the sky. Seeing Xun Daozi standing in front of him, he stepped forward and clasped his fists: "Fellow Taoist, may I ask if this is the place where the Three Pure Ones of Kunlun Mountain cultivate?"

  Xun Daozi took a look at the newcomer and knew from his leaked breath that he was a demon cultivator in the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. He stepped forward, bowed and said: "The masters are waiting for you inside, please follow me!" After finishing speaking, he turned around and led the newcomer into the cave, heading towards the thatched cottage.

  He quickly arrived at the empty space in front of the thatched hut, and in Dazui's mind, Yuanshi's voice sounded again: "Bring him to your Shibo's house!"

  Xun Daozi walked quietly and directly towards Laozi's thatched cottage, leading the person into the house.

  As soon as I entered the house, I saw three old men sitting together on a couch.

  The man in the moon-white robe hastily stepped forward and bowed: "Bai Ze has seen the three Taoist priests, on behalf of the Tian Emperor of the Hong Huang Yaozu Heavenly Court, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, to invite the three Taoist priests to attend the ceremony." After finishing speaking, he took out a delicate invitation card and respectfully presented it.

  Xun Daozi took the invitation from beside him and handed it over to Laozi with a bow.

  Laozi opened and took a look, then handed it over to Yuanshi. After Yuanshi looked at it, he passed it on to Tongtian.

  Laozi immediately spoke up and said: "You go back and tell Emperor Jun and Taiyi, we will go there to attend the ceremony when the time comes."

  The man bowed again, turned around and left. Xun Daozi quickly sent him out of the cave, outside the cave, the man rushed to Xun Daozi and made a fist, Xun Daozi also returned a courtesy. Then the man broke through the air and left, Xun Daozi turned around and went back to the cave.