Chapter 24: The Saints Rob the Treasure, the Ancestor of Taoism Summons

  "Boundless Heaven Venerable!" Zhunti declared, waving the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree in her hand and said: "These four treasures have no affinity with my Western Teachings, I shall deliver them!"

  As soon as this remark came out, it enraged the Eastern Five Saints. At this time, which of the saints did not covet the treasure in front of them? However, they also dared not have a monopolistic heart. Unexpectedly, Ananda actually had no shame and wanted to take advantage of the situation, how could he not provoke others?

  Tongtian Jiaozhu burst out laughing and said, "This is clearly something from the East, how did it become connected to you in the West? Zhunti, if you want to seize the treasure, you must show some real skills!"

  Without waiting for an explanation, Yuanshi Tianzun coldly snorted and said: "Zhunti, you are not a saint, nor are you a filial son. Was the lesson last time not enough?"

  Zhun Ti's face turned pale upon hearing the words, and he let out a furious growl!

  The Supreme Elder smiled and said: "Zhunti Daoyou, one mustn't be too extreme in being a human!"

  Hong Xuan faintly glanced at Zhun Ti and said, "Just now, I calculated the heavenly mechanism in secret and found that these four treasures are all unrelated to the Western Pure Land!" This statement was even more outrageous, directly using Zhun Ti's words to mock him, which was utterly shameless. What nonsense about secretly calculating the heavenly mechanism! It was all just blind nonsense! The various saints thought so too.

  This is the legacy left by the two demon emperors of the demon tribe, and it should have been returned to the demon tribe. However, this is a world where the strong prey on the weak, and now that the demon tribe has declined, Nüwa cannot defeat the various saints, so she did not speak out, but her thoughts are unknown.

  "Boundless Heaven Venerable! Too much talk is useless, let's just rely on our own abilities to obtain the treasure!" The Daoist guide intervened, fearing that the Eastern Saints would say something unpleasant again.

  "Great goodness!" The five saints of the East exclaimed in unison!

  Zhun Ti held the Seven Treasures Mysterious Tree brush and swept it towards the Hun Dun Bell, but suddenly a purple bamboo staff appeared in front of the Hun Dun Bell, blocking the Seven Treasures Mysterious Tree. Hong Xuan said calmly: "Zhun Ti, my friend, you're being too impatient!"

  Zhun Ti let out a cold hum, and the Seven Treasures Mysterious Tree in his hand swept towards the Purple Bamboo Staff. The Purple Bamboo Staff dodged this attack and counterattacked the Seven Treasures Mysterious Tree. Zhun Ti and Hong Xuan began to fight each other with their magical artifacts, while the other saints did not intervene, standing aside to watch the battle. Only the Great Lord Taishang displayed his hand-held Taiji diagram, transforming it into a billion-mile-long cloth under the feet of the two combatants, preventing the aftermath of their great battle from harming the living beings in the Honghuang world.

  The crowd of saints saw that the scene in front of them was being brushed away by Zhunti's continuous movements, and all seven precious trees were blocked by Hongyuan's purple bamboo staff. Hongyuan would occasionally take advantage of the opportunity to launch a sneak attack on Zhunti, although he didn't hit him, but it still made Zhunti break out in cold sweat! The crowd of saints knew that Hongyuan was a master of the Corpse Severing Path, and his cultivation and magical powers were higher than theirs. It was only a matter of time before he defeated Zhunti and lost face. But now, seeing that Zhunti had used all his strength but still couldn't gain an advantage over Hongyuan, they felt even more emotional!

  Jie Ying Dao Ren saw that Zhuanti had been fighting for a long time without falling, so he declared his Buddha's name and stepped on the 12-grade golden lotus to enter the battlefield. He said to Hong Xuan, "I'm sorry!" Then, he joined forces with Zhuanti to surround and attack Hong Xuan together.

  The Eastern Sages all snorted in unison, clearly disapproving of the Western Two Saints' bullying behavior. The Heavenly Master Tian jumped out with his Qingping sword and shouted: "You are not worthy of being human! How dare you bully the few with the many! Fourth Brother, wait for me to come and assist you!" Just as he was about to jump into the battle circle to help Hong Xuan, he suddenly heard Hong Xuan burst out laughing and say: "Third Brother's kindness is appreciated by my humble self. Please just wait a little, let me show you my great method, so that those two can see the power of our Pangu Orthodox!"

  The Heavenly Master of Tongtian was somewhat hesitant upon hearing this. Although Hongyuan's cultivation was the highest among all the saints, fighting alone against one saint would be invincible, but if he were to fight alone against two saints, it would be a bit too arrogant. Moreover, with Zhunti and Jieying coordinating their offense and defense seamlessly, defeating them would be extremely difficult!

  The Supreme Venerable Old Lord said to the Heavenly Master: "Third Brother, don't forget that Fourth Brother has the God-slaying Sword that can harm the Saint's primordial spirit. Even if we can't defeat the two from the Western Heavens, with Fourth Brother's cultivation and the God-slaying Sword in hand, he should not lose!"

  Tongtian Jiaozhu heard this and finally felt at ease, then returned to one side to continue watching the battle.

  At this time, only the twelve golden lotus flowers under the feet of the guide on the scene occasionally appeared in front of Zhuanti's body, blocking the way of the purple bamboo staff. Zhuanti was overjoyed and patted the back of his head, revealing his Bodhi golden body with twenty-four heads, eighteen hands, holding censers, umbrellas, flower garlands, fish intestines, golden bows, silver spears, divine hammers, precious rakes, and golden vases, all moving towards Hongyuan together.

  Hong Xuan snorted, and the Twelve-Product Blue Lotus appeared under his feet, firmly protecting himself. At the same time, the purple bamboo staff in his hand danced left and right, flying up and down, pointing east and striking west, swinging freely. In this way, both sides were unable to do anything to each other, and for a moment, they were at a stalemate.

  The Master of Tongtian sighed on the side: "Fourth Junior Brother can fight alone with two saints without defeat without using the Zhugeshen Sword, I am not as good as him!"

  Yuanshi Tianzun on the side nodded in agreement, although he was proud, but also knew that if he were to replace himself, it would be difficult to contend with the two Western saints without using the Pangu fan.

  After a long fight, Hong Xuan felt unfulfilled and empty. Today, he fought alone against the two Saints, not just to seize the treasure, but also to establish his reputation through this battle. As the master of the Xuanmen's reward and punishment path, if he didn't use some tactics and establish some prestige, it would be difficult to avoid being underestimated by the other Saints in the future, making it even harder to carry out his duties later on. Now that his goal had been achieved, he didn't want to delay any further, so he jumped aside and shouted at the two Saints: "If I don't show you some of my skills today, how can I make you understand the great principles of Pan Gu's orthodox sect?"

  He put away the purple bamboo staff, and in his hand appeared a ruler one foot long, three feet three inches long, with a halo of purple energy surrounding it. The saints exclaimed: "The Heavenly Ruler!"

  Hong Xuan nodded and said, "It is indeed the first attack of the Post-Heaven Merit, the Treasure Ruler of Heaven. This ruler was born from the opening of the Heavenly Merit, I am one of the Orthodox Pan Gu, what I hold is the orthodox principle!"

  The expressions of the various saints were not uniform. Yuanshi and Tongtian, however, thought of the Tian Di Xuan Huang Ling Long Pagoda on Taishang Laojun's body, and as fellow members of Pangu's orthodox sect, only they did not have it, so their hearts could not help but feel some discomfort. Taishang Laojun had just become aware of this, and it turned out that when Hongyuan transformed his shape, he was born with the Gongde Zhìbǎo, which is why he would speak on his behalf during the chaotic times. Nüwa, however, secretly sighed, for not only did Sīqīng have high cultivation, but also possessed a precious treasure; when would there be a day when the demon clan could rise up? The face of Daoren who was guiding the way became even more bitter, while Zhunti was consumed by jealousy - why could the Eastern Saint enjoy all sorts of precious treasures, while the Western side was so impoverished? How unfair was the Heavenly Way!

  Hong Xuan didn't care about the reactions of the crowd of saints, his foot stepped on the twelve-grade Qinglian, his hand held the Quantian ruler and struck the Bodhi golden body on the head, shattering the countless golden lotus flowers that were one foot in diameter and striking them onto the golden body. With a loud crash, it shattered into countless fragments. At the same time as the Bodhi golden body was shattered, Zhu Ti also spat out fresh blood, his face suddenly turned pale!

  All the saints were shocked! Immediately, they sighed in unison: It's no wonder that it's the number one attack treasure of postnatal merit, and it actually shattered the Bodhi golden body that Zhunti had cultivated for billions of years!

  Hong Xuan coldly looked at Er Sheng Dao: "Your faces have already fallen, why haven't you retreated yet?"

  Zhun Ti heard this and gave Hong Xuan a resentful glance, then swept his sleeve to collect the golden fragments and retreated to the side with the Escorting Daoist, looking disheveled.

  Hongyuan saw that the two saints from the Western side had already retreated, and then turned his head to face the four saints from the Eastern side: "This humble monk doesn't want the Chaos Bell either, I only want the Luo Book, is it possible?"

  The four saints heard the words and looked at each other, then nodded in unison: "Good!", after all, they had witnessed Hong Xuan's methods, and they didn't think they could defeat two saints alone without losing. As for being like the Western Two Saints, taking advantage of their numbers to bully the few, it was something they couldn't do, let alone that Hong Xuan only wanted the Luo Book! Only the Supreme Old Lord looked at Hong Xuan with a puzzled expression, as if deep in thought.

  Hong Xuan bowed to several people and said: "Thank you all for this!" After finishing speaking, he went forward and took the Luoshu, then retreated to one side.

  Only Taishang Laojun, Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian Jiaozhu and Nüwa Niangniang are left.

  At this time, a seven-colored auspicious cloud floated from the distant horizon. The crowd of saints looked up and saw that on top of the colorful cloud was the Haotian Tongzi under the seat of Daozu Hongjun. The crowd of saints were greatly surprised, but only Hongyuan had an air of being well aware of what was happening.

  Tongtian Jiaozhu was impatient and hastily asked: "Haotian, you're not attending to your duties in the Purple Mist Palace, what are you doing here? Did the Master give you some instructions?"

  Hao Tian first bowed to the multitude of saints, and only then replied: "Hao Tian has come at the behest of the Dao Ancestor's order. The Dao Ancestor's imperial edict commands all the saints to ascend to the Purple Mist Palace, and orders Xuan Qing Saint to bring the Hun Dun Bell, He Tu Diagram, and Wu Sword to the Purple Mist Palace to hand over to the Dao Ancestor!"

  Hong Xuan nodded and ignored the expressions of the various saints, putting away the three treasures. He said to the crowd: "Since it's Master's orders, we should head to the Purple Mist Palace as soon as possible, lest we keep Master waiting for too long, which would be our fault!"

  The saints nodded in agreement and rushed into the void, hastening towards the Purple Palace.

  Hong Xuan smiled at the vast sky in front of him and said, "Let me take you on a journey!" After finishing speaking, he took the vast sky by the hand and broke through the air into the chaos. Before long, they arrived at the gate of that ancient palace.

  Hao Tian bowed and said: "Hao Tian thanks you, Saint Xuan Qing!"

  Hong Xuan smiled faintly and said, "It's a small matter!" Then he stepped forward into the Purple Palace first, and Haotian also followed closely. At this time, all six saints were present, Hong Xuan nodded to the crowd of saints, didn't say much, sat down in his own seat, closed his eyes and waited.

  It is: With great strength and true heroic passion, displaying divine power under the heavenly measuring rod!