Chapter Fifteen: One Dawn, Qinglian Arrives; Hou Tu No Longer Practices Sorcery

  The vast Hou Tu Gong Square is sparse in human presence. For the Wu tribe, the sacred ancestral temple of Wu can only be approached by people close to Wu and important figures of the Wu tribe. It is usually guarded and not accessible to ordinary Wu people unless it is a sacrificial ceremony or an important announcement. Although it seems hierarchical, the Wu tribe is a place where strength speaks louder than words. As long as one's fist is big enough, no one dares to interfere even if they occupy the entire toilet.

  Zhou Cheng and the three of them walked along without drawing attention from passersby, which was a bit strange. They didn't seem to belong to either the demon or witch tribes, so why didn't people find it strange? In fact, during this period, the classification of living beings wasn't taken too seriously based on birth. A large part of the population consisted of spirits who had achieved enlightenment through cultivation or were born with innate abilities, and they weren't categorized as demons either. The terms "demon" and "witch" were just general labels that weren't very precise. Of course, there were also exceptions, like Zhou Cheng and San Qing, who belonged to special cases where ordinary classification was useless. They could be broadly classified as human, but with some special characteristics.

  The heavily armored and menacing-looking Wu tribe guards glared at the three of them with cold eyes, sneering: "Where did these three wild men come from? This is the ancestral temple of the Great Witch, outsiders are not allowed to enter." A nearby guard, a big witch, also rushed over, shaking his spirits, "Leave quickly, don't make trouble."

  "A few Wu Zong brothers, my family's teacher is looking for Hou Tu Niang Niang in the temple, there are some matters to be dealt with." Zhou Cheng stood by and watched as Bai Meng steeled himself, ready to watch him get scolded.

  "Tsk, tsk, tsk, you three think you can meet the Ancestral Witch? One is a True Immortal in the later stages, one is just a Taiyi Mystic Sage in the early stages... and that one, that one... Ah, I'm talking about you. Being ugly isn't your fault, but to only be at the Return to Void stage..." The Witch tribe, who always spoke with their strength, would compare others' strength to their own at first glance. The lead witch, with her Golden Immortal powers, naturally saw through Bai Meng's cultivation. But when she turned to Zhou Cheng, she unexpectedly discovered that he was only at the Return to Void realm, and suddenly looked at him with disdain.

  Zhou Cheng felt a bit depressed, wasn't this being too petty? How many times had he evaluated his own appearance now? The distinction between beauty and ugliness in this chaotic world was really severe.

  Bai Meng heard what the great witch said, a burst of depression, this teacher is good in every way, it's just that his appearance... coughs, is slightly worse than Lao Niu. The great witch spoke so bluntly, afraid that the teacher would be unhappy!

  Zhou Cheng returned with a mix of emotions, also feeling somewhat fortunate about the success of his second transformation. In later generations, Sun Wukong's seventy-two transformations were all well and good, but that temperament was hard to change. As the saying goes, "it's easy to paint a tiger's skin but hard to paint its bones." Although this transformation had its losses, it also had great gains. Moreover, the witch tribe's lineage was most similar to Pangu's, and he rarely got angry or bullied them, which would be beneath him.

  "Houtu Niangniang, an old friend has entrusted me to bring you something. Come out for a moment." Zhou Cheng suddenly shouted loudly, disregarding all etiquette, and was annoyed by the big witch beside him. He directly opened his mouth and shouted towards the direction of the Zu Wu Temple, like thunder on a dry day, stirring up a fierce storm.

  "You, you, you turtle egg..." The great witch and the witches next to her were anxious, the elders let themselves guard the ancestral temple, but they allowed others to shout here, it's really infuriating. "Brothers, follow me, tie them up and throw them into the city outside to feed the fish in the Jiang River." [In 2008, the national affairs are difficult, please allow Xiaoyu to make a small sacrifice to the loyal souls of Zhongyuan here, every year when it's almost Dragon Boat Festival, Xiaoyu always thinks of his heroic deeds.]

  "Hold on, you go down." Hou Tu was sitting quietly in the third layer of the Grand Temple. Recently, there had been many disputes between witches and sorcerers. As a master of earth power, she had to be cautious. Just as she was thinking, her thoughts were interrupted by a loud shout from outside. At first, it seemed like the roar was like the true words of the Great Way, piercing directly into her heart, making her heart skip a beat. But the several elders beside her didn't seem to notice anything, which made her suspicious. She immediately got up and quickly left the temple, only to see several people standing at the entrance.

  A figure in a plain, light-colored robe appeared slowly and walked to the front of the crowd. Her eyes scanned the crowd, causing everyone, including Zhou Cheng, to hastily dodge her sharp gaze. Now Hou Tu was also puzzled, not having discovered anyone with particularly strong magical powers, only about two or three people at the Xuanxian realm level.

  "After paying respects to the Earth Mother, we guards were remiss in our duties. Please forgive us." The several Taoist priests saw the look in the Earth Mother's eyes and thought they themselves would be unlucky, so they quickly confessed their fault first.

  "Nothing's wrong, you can go down first. I have some words to exchange with a few guests." "Yes!"

  "May I ask, who is looking for Hou Tu?" Although the few people's magical powers were not worth mentioning in front of Hou Tu, as long as they weren't pigs, everyone knew that if someone dared to call out their name directly in front of the Zu Wu Temple, they must have something to rely on, and it was also possible that they really had something to bring with them.

  "No trouble, no trouble, go find the lady." Hou Tu is indeed the person in the twelve ancestor witches that Zhou Cheng respects the most. Why respect? Not to mention others, just calling him Zhou Cheng to personally experience the six paths of reincarnation, even if he was beaten to death, he would not do it. Others have a kind heart, which makes Zhou Cheng respectful. I am a rascal, also considered half a rogue, but I am a rascal with taste and culture, so I admire such a great virtuous person. Ah, Zhou Cheng is daydreaming again.

  "Who asked you to bring something for me?" Hou Tu didn't mind Zhou Cheng's sly appearance, as a kind and benevolent person like her wouldn't have thoughts of beauty or ugliness.

  "I don't know either, the person who entrusted me told me to give you this thing and also asked me to pass on a message to you, the details of which you will understand later." Zhou Cheng had been out for many years now, and having reached the end of his journey, he just wanted to quickly settle the karma with Pangu and return to the mountain as soon as possible. His karma with Pangu was not one of right or wrong, but rather a karma of gratitude.

  "One morning, the green lotus arrives; afterwards, the earth is no longer bewitched."

  A palm opened, and a ball of Pangu's primordial spirit imprint appeared in Zhou Cheng's hand, rolling up and down ceaselessly. A surge of chaotic aura burst out, and the surrounding space rippled as if it was about to be destroyed by that ball of substance. Everyone felt that Zhou Cheng's palm was brewing a destructive force, and Bai Meng couple were directly blown away, while Hou Tu also retreated two steps. The crowd was stunned, unsure what that thing was. "Old friend, I've fulfilled my promise to you from back then. As for the future, it depends on fate. Go!!!" Pangu's primordial spirit suddenly rushed towards Hou Tu, not waiting for her reaction, and disappeared into her brow. Pangu's primordial spirit wasn't something to be trifled with; although only a small part of it remained, it still possessed self-defense and counterattack power. Fortunately, Hou Tu was transformed by Pangu's essence, so when the primordial spirit entered her body, she only stiffened momentarily without causing any other harm. Zhou Cheng thought for a moment before waving his hand to send Hou Tu back to the Palace of Hou Tu.

  Next to them, Bai and Meng's husband and wife looked at Zhou Cheng with a shocked expression. They knew that their master and teacher was very powerful, low-key, and ruthless. The two had been following Zhou Cheng for many years, living together day and night, and thought they already understood Zhou Cheng's strength very well. Although it was high, it was at most the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. But all these thoughts were scattered by a slap just now.

  "Teacher, teacher..." Bai Meng and his wife knelt down together, calling out "teacher", with Bai Meng directly saying "Teacher, I didn't know you were so fierce."

  "Am I fierce? I'm not as fierce as you, am I, Bai Meng Xuan?" Zhou Cheng deliberately bulged out his eyes, like a cow's eyes. "Look, my eyes aren't even bigger than yours."

  "Haha, teacher, you're really good at telling jokes." Bailu's heart tightened, thinking that she and the other person had done something wrong.

  Nothing, nothing, just a small matter. You two must remember, don't reveal to others that I'm your master, or else... especially not in front of fellow disciples from Qingqiu Mountain.

  "Remember the calf!" Faint, looking at Zhou Cheng, scared the White Meng couple to remember that they were transformed from two cow spirits.

  "Come on, kids, follow me back to the mountain! My two little treasured apprentices, Master is back!" From now on, Bai and his wife were even more obedient. No matter if it was a young or old person, as long as the teacher said so, it was correct.

  Qing Hill, Clear Peace Lake.

  "Sister, how many of your fish have jumped over the Dragon Gate? I'm so dead, only three of mine made it." Shi Zhong complained to Zhu Yu with a resentful face: "Sister, didn't you take all the good ones when we were dividing the fish?"

  These years, apart from cultivating and gathering to gamble, they have been spending all their thoughts on the more than thirty East Sea brocade carps in Qingping Lake. The two of them have also reached the late stage of True Immortal, not far from the realm of Taiyi Mystic Sage. However, their appearance has not changed much, still looking like thirteen or fourteen years old, Shi Zhong is always older than Zhu Yu, and he is both a junior brother and a younger brother.

  "Hmph, Shi Zhong you idiot, I knew you'd slack off. At the time, Miss was clever and feared that you wouldn't put in enough effort to teach and supervise those brocade carps, so we each took 15 of them and saw who could teach better. You've really disappointed me." Zhu Yu stood with her hands on her hips beside Shi Zhong, one delicate hand pointing at the brocade carps in the lake and then at Shi Zhong's nose, pouting as she scolded.

  "You idiot, I told you to smile more at them and talk to them more, but you just don't understand. After decades, you've only succeeded with three of them. Look at Miss, the brocade carps I've trained can almost form a nine-dragon chariot! When Master returns, see what you'll give him as a gift." "I still have three..." Shi Zhong said stubbornly.

  "Hmph, still stubborn and refusing to admit your mistakes? Not a good child. Wait till Master returns, I'll tell on you and let Master punish you." Shi Zhong's face was drenched in sweat, not from fear, but from anxiety. Whenever he couldn't find words to refute Zhu Yu, he would break out in a cold sweat.

  "What's the point of telling anyone, Master will take care of it. Haha..." Zhou Cheng brought Bai Meng couple and flew directly to Qingqiu Mountain without any delay. Since they had already seen the scene in front of Zu Wu Temple, there was no need to hide it from them, just warning them not to spread rumors was enough. By displaying his powerful magic at this time, he was indirectly telling the two that he was very capable and following him was the right choice. Bai Meng couple were speechless, and if someone asked who had the biggest fist in Honghuang or whose brick was the hardest, even if others answered it was Hongjun, Bai Meng couple would definitely say it was Zhou Cheng.

  Chapter 15: 3300 words, don't consider it a hastily written chapter to fill up the sections. Sweating bullets, previously there was a chapter that wrote over 4000 words.

  Next, the first chapter of the whole book will appear. Tomorrow is the weekend and Xiaoyu was originally planning to go out and relax, but Xiaoyu is really too tired. In life, apart from writing, there are many things to do, and I think everyone is the same as Xiaoyu. But everyone's support made Xiaoyu determined, tomorrow's rest will be put on the web. Let it come more fiercely, hehe.

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