Chapter 68: The Dignity of the Holy Man's Face Skin Tribe

  Laozi and Yuanshi entered the Bodhi array, where waves of fragrant incense wafted towards them, accompanied by Sanskrit chants and a strong scent of musk, as if to bewilder people. The vast array was a deep blue color, and even the two Chaos Saints couldn't see through it for a moment, their hearts involuntarily sighing in admiration: "The Western teachings indeed have a foundation for establishing their doctrine."

  "This little way, Big Brother, you and I should quickly break the array and go out to deal with it." Yuan Shi was also somewhat surprised by the accurate deployment of the Bodhi array, but he was not afraid. In his view, the Pangu fan that controlled the function of breaking through the chaos, the Hongmeng universe, and the starry sky could all be taken away. After finishing speaking, he didn't drag on, and directly swept the Pangu fan in his hand, a clear air opened up, and the branches of the Bodhi tree were destroyed, but after a burst of golden light, it grew back again.

  "The Taoist sect has three thousand methods, but they are just the left-handed techniques of the great Tao. How profound and mysterious!" Laozi was not interested in talking, he unfolded the Taiji diagram in his hand, revealing his divine power. The Taiji diagram specialized in separating the pure and turbid energies, stabilizing the earth, water, fire, and wind. When used by a sage, it only took one unfold to instantly subdue everything within its surroundings. Its power was unparalleled. Even if a sage were caught off guard for an instant, Laozi's staff would likely strike their face immediately."

  The Taiji diagram transformed into a white jade long bridge, Laozi urged the green cow, Yuanshi sat on the nine-dragon incense sedan chair, each standing on top. The Taiji diagram was fixed in one corner of the Bodhi great formation, two people turned their hands and it was a single stroke, a wave of the hand went out, and all the Bodhi trees in the sky were transformed into powder.

  The world of Bodhi was damaged, and it immediately flashed with golden light, restoring itself. Laozi and Yuanshi also saw the truth, but that was the twelve-product industry fire gold lotus. Although this treasure has no effect on suppressing the atmosphere of the great teaching, its defensive and repair functions are excellent. The two couldn't help but wonder why Hongjun gave such a treasure to the Western teachings.

  Hongjun's move to divide the treasure of the rock, is called dividing the treasure among many disciples, but in fact it is to scatter and send out the pre-heavenly spiritual treasures, to suppress all directions of heaven and earth. Therefore, there are many spiritual treasures that do not wait for distribution before falling into the lower realm, this is the reason. The Western teachings have established merits, so they should have pre-heavenly spiritual treasures. Hongjun is a great saint, in his eyes, both Taoism and Buddhism are part of the Hongjun Great Way's evolution, where does the bias come from? The heart of the Hongjun Great Way has no great bias, at least these saints tied together cannot surpass him.

  Laozi and Yuanshi followed a thread of intuition, heading straight for the center of the great formation. Occasionally, they saw the two Western Orthodox Masters sitting in the lotus platform at the center of the formation. Zhuanti held a seven-treasured wondrous tree in his right hand and grasped the Northern Dipper Water Flag in his left hand; Jieyin's face was stern and bitter as he sat on the twelve-grade industry fire golden lotus, holding the wooden fish that was his Daoist instrument. The four of them met without a word, directly engaging in a fierce battle.

  Laozi and Yuanshi were good at attacking with their magical treasures, but poor at defense. The Western Religion's two were skilled in defense, but weak in attack. The fragrance of the Bodhi formation and the chanting of mantras had no effect on the saints as usual, but this time they were fighting, it played a significant role. If one was distracted for a moment, he would be left behind. For a while, the four of them fought to a stalemate.

  A beautiful scene outside at this moment.

  "Great Sage Zhou, we beg of you to take pity on us and save us!" The human tribe, led by Shen Nong, all knelt down in unison, each one filled with utmost sincerity. Only now did the crowd realize that their savior was not the Great Immortal of Wuzhuang Temple, but rather this very Sage Zhou before them.

  Zhou Chengyi saw the human tribe in such a miserable state. Although he knew that before the great calamity of heaven and earth, if he wanted to reduce the number of years of good fortune for the witch and demon tribes, the disaster of the human tribe was indeed the beginning of the great calamity, and the damage was unavoidable. However, regarding the witch and demon tribes' brutal slaughter of the human tribe, he was extremely dissatisfied in his heart. In his view, the human tribe's suffering was one thing, but at the same time, he also resented the witch and demon tribes for their actions.

  "You don't need to be like this, the face of the saint, the dignity of humanity. Since I am the Taiji Wujizhisheng, this time I will sympathize with the Heavenly Way and preside over justice for you." Zhou Cheng took a step forward and went straight to where Donghuang Emperor Jun was entangled with humanity. Tongtian saw that Zhou Cheng actually had such a statement, and he also looked at him in surprise, not understanding his meaning.

  "Zhou Cheng, my junior brother, you must be careful with your words!" Tongtian had a faintly bad feeling and thus kindly reminded him.

  Shennong saw Zhou Cheng in front of him and couldn't help but feel a pang in his nose, kneeling down to kowtow: "The Holy One of the Green Lotus is like a saintly father to our tribe, I hope you will take pity on us. The human race is weak and small, if the Holy One had come late by just a moment, we would have been extinct." The rest of the humans also bowed down in unison, kowtowing non-stop, their foreheads cracked open and bleeding.

  "You don't need to be so anxious, I have already spoken, and I will ensure the safety of your tribe." Zhou Cheng let out a light sigh, as if recalling his own past difficulties and powerlessness. With a wave of his sleeve, he sent out a mist of water vapor, enveloping hundreds of thousands of people from the tribe. Instantly, their spirits lifted, and they were no longer in pain. The people rejoiced, shouting "The saint is merciful! The holy father has shown compassion!"

  "Zhou Cheng, you're not in Qingqiu Mountain cultivating quietly, why are you meddling in this muddy water? You should know that our demon tribe also has a Nuwa saint, with countless pre-heavenly spiritual treasures. With just a flip of my hand, I can slap you in the face." Dong Huang saw that he was about to get his hands on the fat meat, so he flew off after spinning around, not caring about the dignity of being a saint anymore, and scolded directly. In his opinion, this Zhou Cheng was probably just an ordinary saint with average strength, no match for the demon tribe's saint in Nuwa Palace, who possessed many great treasures like the Mountain and River Map, Embroidered Ball, and was also the only female disciple under Hong Jun, quite favored by him.

  Zhou Chengyi listened, even saints can't help but get angry when they cultivate, this Dong Huang is really something, bullying the human race is not enough, and actually provoking me to my face. Although I am low-key in my actions, it doesn't mean I'm afraid of trouble. Today is a rare encounter, I must make you look good.

  "Nüwa the Holy One, what a wonderful Nüwa the Holy One. This time, I'll call you all together, many predestined relationships will be resolved, and it's good to settle them all at once, so that you all have no grievances." Zhou Cheng finished speaking, turned around to face the Palace of the Queen of Heaven, and in the blink of an eye, a brilliant light shot out and disappeared into the sky.

  Nüwa Palace, Nüwa was watching the four saints killing each other in the Bodhi array, when suddenly a beam of light shot over at extreme speed and hit the main pillar in the hall with a loud crash, causing jade stones to shatter. She quickly calculated with her fingers, and her face changed color. She hastily left Nüwa Palace and rushed to Wuzhuang Temple.

  Nüwa didn't bother to tidy up her carriage, and went straight to Wuzhuang Temple. She saw Zhou Cheng's face as calm as water, not showing any joy or anger, but just now, she had calculated that something was amiss. This fourth senior brother of hers, who usually didn't show his emotions, was probably furious beyond measure.

  "The princess is fair and impartial, but the Fourth Master is bullying the weak with his strength, wanting to do an unjust thing!" Dong Huang took the opportunity to speak first.

  "Fourth Brother, why be so thunderously angry?" The Goddess Nuwa paid no heed to Dong Huang's words and went straight to Zhou Cheng's front, staring at him steadily.

  "Nüwa, I'd like to ask you, were humans created by you?" Zhou Cheng didn't respond, and instead asked with an unchanged expression.

  "It is just so; and moreover it lends itself to the completion of the Way."

  "You have already enjoyed the blessings of creation, gained the great reputation of the Holy Mother, why do you go against your own kind and destroy your own face? For the sake of the demon tribe, are you going to exterminate the human tribe below?" Zhou Cheng's face began to darken.

  "This matter, however...” Nuwa furrowed her brow, unsure of how to explain herself. She was in the wrong, but it wasn't as severe as what Siye had said.

  "Your Majesty, don't mind this slander. As a member of the demon tribe, you have done nothing wrong. The demon tribe will definitely stand by your side and not let such noisy words tarnish your reputation." Dong Huang hastily said, seeing that Nüwa was somewhat hesitant.

  "Green Lotus Holy Father, human tribe's strange injustice." Pan Wang suddenly rushed out from the crowd and arrived in front of the two saints, directly kneeling down, calling out "Holy Father", but completely ignoring Nüwa, causing her face to turn red.

  "What injustice?" Zhou Cheng asked.

  "Nüwa created humans, and the human tribe was supposed to thrive, as destined by the Heavenly Way. But why did the Heavenly Way not show favoritism? The saints had their likes and dislikes, and the witches and demons fought, causing trouble for my people. The witch clan was powerful, with the Ancestral Witch at its head; the demon clan was also powerful, with the saints protecting them. I think about how our human tribe has a leader who teaches us, but doesn't care about us at all. Even if we didn't have this great disaster now, in the future we would still be plotted against by these immoral saints. Under the Great Way, the saints are thieves, and the great robbers won't stop; our human tribe will not prosper! Looking out at the vast expanse of the world, except for the saint Zhou Cheng who once showed us favor, all the others truly do not love or care about us. The heavens and earth do not love us, and the saints do not pity us!!" Pan Wang finished speaking, and his heroic spirit was gone; he fell to the ground and wept loudly.

  "Heaven and earth are not benevolent, the sage is not compassionate." The human tribe heard Pan Wang's words, all of whom were filled with countless sorrows and could not stop wailing. Under the heavenly way, all living things are like grass and dogs, originally without fault. However, the witch and demon tribes are also like grass and dogs, how can they slaughter the human tribe at will? Is it true that the heavenly way is flawed and the sage has lost virtue?

  Zhou Cheng felt a deep sense of sorrow and regret, although the actions of the Wu and Yao tribes before the rise of humanity were actually self-destructive and led to their own downfall, ultimately bringing about this calamity for humanity.

  "Alright, alright! Since you all say that the heavens are unjust, then I, Qinglian, will take it upon myself to defy the heavens and change fate this time. Let us reclaim our dignity as humans." Zhou Cheng let out a soft sigh, but directly pulled out an object.

  Everyone saw Zhou Cheng take out an object and suddenly felt as if they were being chopped by a knife, their whole body cold and inexplicable, and they couldn't help but be greatly shocked.

  "Fourth brother, don't be impulsive." Nüwa and Tongtian rushed forward to stop him as soon as they saw the object, greatly shocked. Although neither of them could see any clues about the object, the dangerous and murderous aura emitted by the treasure was so strong that both of them were secretly afraid.

  Zhou Cheng gazed at the treasure in his hand, sighed inexplicably, and then said:

  "A saint's face, human dignity, this time you'll have to make a switch."

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