Chapter Fifty-Two: Hou Yi Shoots Down the Suns

  Maitreya had made great progress in his Buddhist practice since he joined the Buddhist sect, and he was already on the verge of achieving enlightenment. He was extremely excited to accept the task assigned by his senior fellow practitioner, and he had long held a grudge against Emperor Jun and Taiyi. Being able to outsmart them was a dream come true. As for whether the ten Golden Crows were innocent or not, Maitreya didn't care; after all, Emperor Jun had caused countless calamities and broken up many families, causing wives to be separated from their husbands and children to be scattered. Now it was just a matter of karma being fulfilled.

  Maitreya relied on the speed of the Black Turtle to quickly arrive above the Eastern Sea, finding a small island where the Golden Crow had settled. The island was home to a pre-heavenly spiritual root Fusan tree, full of spiritual energy.

  Usually, there are demons and gods guarding here, and periodically, the demon saints teach classes to the ten princes. Now that the demon tribe has lost many demons and is about to go to war with the witch tribe, Emperor Jun has recalled all his men. Even the defenses of the Eastern Sea are insufficient, and Maitreya easily appeared around the small island.

  Taking a closer look, the formation around the island was personally designed by Emperor Jun himself, with immense power. With Maitreya's strength, there was no chance of breaking through. Maitreya lightly took out the Qinglian Treasure Flag and used the secret method passed down to him to quietly strike the prohibition with a hint of blue light. The saint's methods were extraordinary, and Emperor Jun's carefully set up formation stopped working in an instant.

  Maitreya succeeded at first sight and hid on one side, quietly observing the situation.

  The ten princes of the demon clan were deeply favored by Emperor Jun and Xihe, and they were not allowed to come into contact with major events. They were only devoted to teaching and cultivating, and their cultivation had already reached the peak of the Golden Immortal, pressing against the boundary of Daluo. However, due to their lack of exposure to the outside world, their hearts were still very simple, just like those of children who had not yet grown up.

  Now the entire demon clan is focused on the impending war with the witch clan, and for the time being, no one is paying attention to these princes. The children are at an age where they love to play, and without regular visits from the Demon Saint to guide them, they rarely get to see their father, the Emperor. The young princes are extremely bored and are discussing how to sneak out and have some fun.

  Some suggested going to the Desolate Land to take a look, they were born until now and have not had this opportunity yet. Some also suggested going to the Dragon Palace to stroll around and see the old dragon king. Others wanted to go to the Heavenly Court to see their mother.

  No matter what the young princes thought, they could only think about it, for the prohibition on this island was not something they could break through. Suddenly, the tenth prince Lu Ye discovered that the large array covering the island had stopped operating, and he was extremely shocked. Lu Ye flew out of the island, and the other princes saw that the prohibition had disappeared and also flew out of the small island.

  The eldest prince is still more stable than his other brothers, and feels that this strange disappearance has vanished, which is a bit unusual.

  "Brothers, I think there's something fishy going on here. Let's not wander around carelessly, lest we worry Father Emperor and Mother Empress."

  Other princes originally thought that after prohibition had gone, they could go out and play for a while, but unexpectedly there was still an older brother blocking the way, Lu Ya's eyes rolled over.

  "Big brother, I think it's definitely Father Emperor who is afraid that we'll get bored and let us out. Let's just play around here for a while, nothing will happen. Besides, Father Emperor and Uncle Father have boundless magical powers, can't they help us when the time comes? Big brother, don't worry about it." Lu Ya's words made the other princes nod frequently, and the eldest prince thought about it and also agreed to go out and play with his brothers. Their biggest problem was that they trusted Emperor Jun and Taiyi too much.

  The tragedy of Jinwu teaches a large number of parents that they should let their children know the real self, otherwise when the children need you as a support, they will find that this mountain is too small, and it's not worth saving face.

  Jinwu once left the island of Fusang, it was like a small bird leaving its nest, getting more and more wild, each one playing and frolicking, not stopping for a moment, gradually leaving the East China Sea, coming to the vast wilderness.

  Maitreya knew he had completed his task as soon as he saw the little golden crow leave the island, so he turned around to look at the Fusang tree and got an idea in his mind. Maitreya left a mark on this island, now taking away the Fusang tree might arouse the attention of the demon clan, it's better to wait until later to take away the Fusang tree, didn't he already have this congenital spiritual root? The more Maitreya thought about it, the happier he became, after finishing his preparations, he stepped on the black turtle and returned to the Western Paradise without stopping.

  The Golden Crow Prince was like Liu Laolao entering the Grand View Garden, everything he saw was fresh and new, and he had never seen anything before. Gradually, he became so engrossed in play that he forgot his emotions, even forgetting the agreement with the eldest prince to just play for a while. As they walked further and further away, they came closer to the vicinity of the Witch Tribe's territory.

  At this time, the Heavenly Court was unaware of the movements of the ten princes. If it were usual times, Emperor Jun would have detected it early on, after all, father-son nature. However, today was greatly different, the Western Saint personally came to the Demon Tribe's Heavenly Court, and Emperor Jun couldn't afford to be slow, the entire high-level Demon Tribe welcomed him together.

  After a brief exchange of pleasantries in Heaven's Court, Zhunti immediately brought up the issue of the affiliation of the Western Territory's demonic tribes with Emperor Jun.

  "Emperor Jun, these demonic cultivators, by rights, belong to your demonic tribe. As the Demon Emperor, you should gather them. I shouldn't say anything as a poor Daoist, but many of them have gone to Mount Sumeru and watched the stele left behind by me and my senior brother, so they can be considered half-disciples of Buddhism. What do you think we should do, Emperor Jun?" Zhunti rushed to the Heavenly Court grinding his teeth, while Emperor Jun didn't understand Zhunti's meaning, but instead truly considered it.

  To say that there are many monkeys, but three more parts of strength, the Western demon clan has few masters, but not a small number, especially because of the protection of the two saints, the witch tribe did not capture and kill the demons here, this is undoubtedly an astonishingly large cannon fodder army, how can they get a part from the hands of the Western Two Saints?

  Di Jun had such an intention and noticed that today's Zhun Ti still had a good attitude, and there might be room for negotiation. Di Jun then devoted all his thoughts to this matter.

  Zhun Ti pressed down the dark smile in his heart and started discussing with Emperor Jun, both of them seemingly forgetting their past unpleasantness. Emperor Jun even glimpsed a chance to make amends with the Western Two Saints, thus neglecting everything else, which is what they call being bewitched.

  Other saints also noticed Zhu Ti's actions and secretly suspected that the West might have some plans. Laozi vaguely saw that a great calamity was about to unfold, and the West was probably plotting for this reason. However, this is beneficial for all the saints, so Laozi just paid attention to it. Nüwa sensed something was off, but the heavenly machine was chaotic and had no clue.

  Jin Wutai came to the Wu tribe, coincidentally discovered by a great witch, who was Kuafu. Kuafu was also one of the most promising great witches in the Wu tribe, with an extremely tall and majestic true body, and thick magical powers, ranking among the top figures under the ancestral witch.

  Kua Fu suddenly felt a strong demonic aura, and when he saw the ten little demons rushing into his tribe, how could he tolerate it? He swung the peach wood staff in his hand and struck Jinwu.

  Ten Golden Crows all had the cultivation of a Golden Immortal, but compared to a Great Witch, they were still far inferior. However, it wasn't like they didn't have any power to fight back. The problem was that they almost had no combat experience. As soon as they saw a big man wielding a peach wood staff, they would become fearful and the more afraid they became, the harder it was for them to exert their strength. Before long, several princes were struck by Kuafu's staff, revealing their true forms as Golden Crows.

  Several other princes were also busy, changing their bodies into golden crows. The powerful sun's origin filled the world, and this sun's true fire instantly burned many of the Kuafu tribe's witches to nothing but bones.

  Jinwu saw that the true fire was effective and flew into the air, continuously spitting out the true fire onto the witch tribe's village.

  Kua Fu saw his tribe being destroyed, burning with anger, showing his true body as a great shaman, bravely fighting against ten golden crows.

  At this time, Kuafu, who had been through many battles, also made a fatal mistake. Although the Golden Crow only had the cultivation of a Golden Immortal, its physical body was extremely strong, being the descendant of Emperor Jun and Taiyin's god Xihe, born with an extraordinary physique. Even the Great Luo Golden Immortals rarely had the ability to surpass them, and their harmonious union of yin and yang made their magical powers endless. Therefore, Kuafu's true body did not have a significant advantage.

  But even so, Kuafu was able to defeat the Golden Crow with his strong experience advantage, but perhaps because of the killing of his tribesmen and the destruction of his tribe, Kuafu lost his rationality and used his life magic to attack the Golden Crow.

  The golden crow's true fire and Emperor Jun are of the same origin, one of the rare divine fires in the world that can burn anything. Boastful Father is a great shaman of the wood system, but his divine powers are completely suppressed by the Golden Crow. It's likely that even the wood system divine powers of Zu Shen Zhen Mu could be suppressed by the Golden Crow, let alone Boastful Father, a mere great shaman.

  Kuafu soon discovered his own mistake, but it was too late. The Golden Crow, after a brief panic, found that its divine fire restrained the fierce Wudang Han, and the innate ferocity in its bones was triggered, constantly urging the true fire of the sun to burn Kuafu.

  Jinwu relied on his agile body and invincible flames, gradually suppressing Kuafu. The eldest prince seized the opportunity, clawing at Kuafu's back, and the true fire of the sun instantly entered Kuafu's body. Seeing their chance, the other princes joined in, striking together to kill Kuafu, and the great shaman died pitifully at the hands of ten hairy children.

  Jinwu killed the Great Witch, his confidence swelling, and he didn't withdraw his true form. He flew in a fixed direction for a while, and soon found himself above another tribe. This tribe was much larger than the previous one, and it was a human tribe. As soon as Jinwu approached, many humans died unjustly, which provoked a hero who shot an arrow at Jinwu.

  Hou Yi protected many humans during the great calamity, and after it ended, a force of merit fell upon him. Hou Yi gradually gave birth to his primordial spirit, making rapid progress in his cultivation, and was able to rival Zu Xian. He and the humans gradually merged into one, indistinguishable from each other. Hou Yi also fell in love with a human girl named Chang'e. Considering his identity as a member of the witch tribe, he did not take the initiative to confess, but the two were only one step away from success. Achieving a good outcome was only a matter of time, after all, Hou Yi had obtained his primordial spirit and was no longer like an ordinary witch.

  In the past, the Wu tribe also intermarried with the human tribe, but they were all low-level Wu people. Because the Wu tribe has a congenital evil spirit, long-term close contact with ordinary humans will inevitably lead to death. Only ordinary Wu people can guarantee the safety of their partners. After Hou Yi was born with his primordial spirit, he could control this innate evil spirit, so there is no obstacle to combining with the human tribe.

  After this day, Hou Yi was thinking about how to please Chang'e, when he suddenly felt a strong and fierce evil spirit approaching, endless heat waves killing countless people of the human tribe. Hou Yi became enraged, picked up his precious bow and divine arrow, and went to investigate. The ten golden crows died right before his eyes.

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