Chapter Seventy: Chi You Leads His Troops

  Pangu's heart didn't fall, but instead shot straight into Hou Yi's chest, entering his thoracic cavity and occupying the position of his heart. Hou Yi felt an unparalleled power surging through his meridians, as if his blood had turned into a fiery dragon. Every inch of muscle and every block of bone in his body was constantly shattering.

  Hou Yi hastily sat down on the ground and used his strength to control this power.

  Xing Tian and Chi You both looked a bit silly, but they could vaguely guess that this was a good thing, it was a rare opportunity for Hou Yi, the ancestor of the Wu tribe couldn't even directly use Pangu's heart back then, now if Hou Yi can use Pangu's heart for his own benefit, his achievements would be almost unimaginable. The Wu tribe has always taken the ancestor as its leader and considered him an invincible existence, but in Chi You and Xing Tian's hearts, a feeling was rising that Hou Yi might surpass the ancestor.

  Xiang Tian and Chi You saw Hou Yi transform into Pangu's heart on the spot, and they retreated to the outside to protect him.

  Hou Yi is now fully operating the Great Law, resisting the destruction of Pangu's heart on his body. Before Hou Yi arrived at Zu Wu Temple, he was given a new set of techniques called Jiu Zhuan Jin Shen Jue, which was created by Ji Yin based on Pangu's nine-turns Xuan Gong. In terms of initial power and subtlety, it is not inferior to the nine-turns Xuan Gong. The greatest advantage is that it can be used with other various powers for cultivation.

  No matter whether it's Fa Li or Gong De, even Sha Qi is fine. Unlike the Nine Turns of the Mysterious Merit, which must use the Chaos Air, the ancestors who cultivated the Nine Turns of the Mysterious Merit didn't use the Chaos Air, but instead used Sha Qi as a substitute, making it difficult for them to break through to the seventh turn. The Nine Turns Golden Body Technique can theoretically continuously break through and is a rare method that strengthens the flesh. Fundamentally, the first five turns are similar to the Nine Turns of the Mysterious Merit, and it's easier to cultivate, but differences appear later on. The Pangu Mystic Technique is based on absorbing and refining the Chaos Air Flow, while the Nine Turns Golden Body Technique can use any power, with no issues in the early stages.

  By the sixth turn, it will be difficult to surpass the Nine Turns of the Mysterious Tao due to insufficient energy purity. As for further down, the difference will be even greater. After understanding this, Hou Yi knew that he couldn't be like Pangu, who was uniquely gifted by heaven and could absorb the Chaos Qi flow. At least until the eighth turn, Hou Yi would only be able to initially refine the body of the Chaos Demon God and absorb the Chaos Qi flow.

  However, after the sixth and seventh turns, Hou Yi was unable to cultivate according to the Nine Turns of the Mysterious Tao. If he followed the Nine Turns Golden Body Technique, it would be difficult to achieve success, and the power would not be enough. Therefore, Xiangliang came up with a compromise for Hou Yi, letting him absorb Pangu's bloodline, using Pangu's pure blood to devour other energies in his body, making his magical powers pure, and suddenly reaching the level of eight turns of the Mysterious Tao.

  Originally, Jiāo Yǐn wanted to purify the ancestral witch's pure blood completely and then hand it over to Hòu Yì. However, this is currently difficult to achieve. Let Jiāo Yǐn bring it to Pán Gǔ's Heart instead. As it happens, Hòu Yì has a thread of Pán Gǔ's pure blood on him, which will allow Pán Gǔ's Heart to recognize its master voluntarily. Moreover, Pán Gǔ's Heart is also a rare treasure that can suppress the flow of vital energy. It would be better to place it in Xū Mǐ Mountain, and this way, the Wū tribe won't have any more malicious intentions.

  Everything was calculated, but there was one thing that was miscalculated - it's absolutely not easy to refine the heart of Pangu. As the ancestor of the witch clan, Hou Yi had extremely strong willpower, but he almost couldn't bear the pain of his body being crushed inch by inch from the inside out, and the suffering of recovering bit by bit. The torture was unimaginable. Originally, Hou Yi tried to resist with all his might using his magical powers, but how could he compare to the power contained within Pangu's heart? It was fundamentally impossible to resist.

  Later, Hou Yi simply put all his energy into guarding the original spirit and maintaining clarity. At this time, from the outside looking at Hou Yi, his whole body was surrounded by a group of bloody fog, shocking to the extreme.

  It wasn't until three years had passed that Zhen and Chi You, who were guarding the outside of Hou Yi's palace, heard a sound coming from inside. When they opened the door, they saw that Hou Yi looked extremely exhausted, but his eyes still shone with an inner light. His whole body seemed to have shrunk, giving off an even more terrifying aura.

  Xingtian and Chiyou could clearly feel that Hou Yi's aura was more terrifying than the few ancestral witches of the past, and they had a faint sense of fear in their hearts.

  "Brother Hou Yi, have you surpassed the realm of Zu Wu?" Chi You asked.

  "Not yet, but I was lucky enough to obtain Pangu's Heart, and my Xuan Gong is about to reach the seventh turn."

  Xing Tian and Chi You were both shocked, as in those years, Zu Wu had only reached the sixth turn, but Hou Yi was about to reach the seventh turn, and had actually surpassed the realm of Zu Wu.

  "Hou Yi brothers, you are now the real number one of the Wu tribe. Come out and lead the Wu tribe to make a big move. We are willing to cheer for you." The speaker was Da Wu Xing Tian.

  Hou Yi gently shook his head, "When I was refining the heart of Pangu, I still felt a state of mind when Pangu fell. What's called dominating the Primordial Chaos is just an illusion. Whether it was the three clans back then or the demon clan and us, we've all lost the pursuit that a cultivator should have. The Great Dao is true, the Great Dao is difficult to attain. If one can't achieve the Supreme Ultimate Way, everything else is in vain."

  "After Hou Yi, I no longer see it that way. Thinking of Emperor Jiang and the others who have fallen, although they have perished, they fought against heaven and earth, deeply admired by their juniors. I, Chi You, do not want to seek that eternal and elusive Great Way. I just want to shine brightly in this moment, make a name for myself throughout the world, and let people see the blood of our witch tribe."

  Hou Yi saw that Chi You was dead and decided to go for a moment of glory, but then he thought again and realized that he wasn't necessarily right either. It's just that their views were different, and it's hard to say who was right or wrong.

  Hou Yi took out a solar divine arrow from behind his back, inserted it into his left arm, and handed some of the refined blood to Chi You.

  "You and I have different paths, but we are still brothers of the same clan. You were supposed to get Pangu's heart, but I got it instead, so I'll give you some refined blood. Although it can't compare to Pangu's heart, it should help you quickly complete the fifth turn of your Xuan Gong. Consider it a small token of my goodwill." After giving the refined blood to Chi You, Hou Yi returned directly to Mount Sumeru. Along the way, his mood became increasingly disordered, and he went straight to find Jie Yin.

  Chi You's emotions were somewhat complicated, he had thought that Hou Yi would support him, but who knew that he had already completely gone down another path. However, being able to obtain these refined blood was still a considerable gain. Hou Yi had not fully refined the heart of Pangu, this ball of refined blood contained a small amount of Pangu's refined blood. As long as it was used properly, Chi You even had hopes of once again becoming the Ancestor of Witchcraft.

  Chi You returned to the Jiuli tribe and received good news. Ping Xin Niang Niang chose 81 great witches from the six reincarnations, sending them into reincarnation, reborn in the Jiuli tribe to help Chi You.

  The plan was clever, knowing that sending three to five powerful shamans to help Chi You would be feasible, but if nearly a hundred powerful shamans were sent directly, the major sects would not agree, and even Chi You's own people would not approve. Therefore, using this method to transform these shamans into humans, although they would have difficulty recovering their true form as shamans for the time being, their combat strength would be absolutely stunning, enough to deal with ordinary human cultivators.

  Chi You saw these people and thought of the refined blood given by Hou Yi, feeling extremely pleased in his heart. He was afraid that these great witches would soon be able to recover their true bodies. At that time, he would see how Xuan Yuan's children and the demons of the Yan Emperor could resist. Chi You was momentarily full of ambition, actively mobilizing his army, vigorously developing his military strength, and preparing to contend with the emperor for dominance over the world.

  Hou Yi returned to Mount Xuanyuan and knelt down in front of the throne.

  "Master, I humbly request that you take action to preserve the bloodline of the Wu tribe." Hou Yi then told Jiāo Yī about his journey and Chi You's overall plan.

  Jieyin also furrowed his brow, not only shocked by Chiyou's madness, but Jieyin did not deceive Pingxin, Chiyou indeed had a chance of winning. The key lay in Chiyou abandoning the witch tribe and thoroughly integrating into the human tribe, which made it possible for him to contend with Huangdi. What Jieyin didn't expect was that Chiyou would go to another extreme instead. It's likely that Houyi also understood this point clearly, which is why he came to plead with Jieyin.

  "Alas, Chi You is seeking his own death path, I'm afraid no one can save him now. However, the continuation of Pangu's bloodline still depends on you."

  "Please enlighten me, Master. I am dull and still don't understand."

  "You are now the first person of the Wu tribe, so you might as well gather some scattered Wu tribe people and temporarily settle them in my Xu Mi Mountain. In the future, when you have the opportunity, choose a suitable place to settle, and for now, I will temporarily shelter them for one or two years, after that it's up to you."

  "Thank you, teacher."

  "Everything still relies on self-cultivation, you have obtained the Heart of Pangu, the Seven Turns of Mysterious Skill are right in front of you. The Heart of Pangu can also help your senses become even more acute, and your Yuan Shen cultivation can quickly rise up as well. Don't miss this opportunity."

  Xiwangmu had Houyi go ahead and close the pass to cultivate, while she herself went to find Zhu Tian. The two saints sat together to discuss this matter.

  "Senior brother, I think there's no need to discuss this further. If Chi You is truly ignorant of good and evil, and the teachings of our sect are not enough to deal with them, then we might as well take drastic measures and let him owe us a karmic debt."

  "This is not right, my junior brother! Have you considered the serious consequences of this? If things go wrong, it could implicate your disciples too. We claim to want to save all sentient beings; if we can't even protect our own disciples, doesn't that make our teachings nothing but empty words?"

  Zhun Ti also fell into deep thought. What Jie Yin said was right, after all, the Buddhist door couldn't be like the original, treating disciples as tools for seizing aura and fortune.

  "If only the Intercept Sect could help the Primordial Sect, with both sects joining forces, they should be able to deal with the Witch Clan." Zhun Ti couldn't help but chuckle at his own words, having gone to great lengths to separate the Three Purities, and now he was actually hoping for them to join hands.

  Suddenly an idea struck me.

  While the two saints were discussing countermeasures, Chi You had already begun to raise troops in the Jiuli tribe and oppose Huangdi. Chi You was skilled in military strategy, and for a time he defeated Huangdi's army, causing them to flee in disarray.

  This story begins with the disciples of Guang Chengzi. During a sermon, Guang Chengzi had a dispute with a tribe that believed in Jie teachings. Guang Chengzi borrowed the name of Huang Di to gather troops and attack this tribe. Since ancient times, there has never been a more complicated war than a religious war. At first, Guang Chengzi was very successful, but soon more and more tribes used the pretext of sectarian disputes to rise up against Huang Di.

  At that time, the vast land was filled with smoke and fire, Chi You seized this opportunity, raised his army, and contended with Huangdi for the world.

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