Chapter 97: The Witch Clan’s response, the Three Pure Ones’ summary… The Three Lectures of Zixiao Palace begin!
"Yes, my little sister is the future master of the tunnel. How could we have forgotten about this?"

"No matter how powerful the Three Pure Ones are, they won't be my sister's match, right?"

"Definitely not... Didn't you see that the Three Pure Ones were extremely respectful when facing the Lord of Humanity, Nuwa? My sister's future depends on an existence like Nuwa!"

When Hou Tu was mentioned, all the witch ancestors reacted suddenly and showed expressions of great joy.

As mentioned before, sharing the world with the Three Pure Ones was purely to appease them and not to become enemies in a war... But the Wu Clan inherited the tyranny from Pangu, which made them only want to rule the wilderness and be the only one who is supreme! And the Lord of Hou Tu's underground is their greatest hope to break the threat of the Three Pure Ones! How can this not make them excited?
Hou Tu looked at her excited brothers and sisters, without feeling the slightest bit of surprise... on the contrary, she was only worried.

"Okay, shut up now."

Di Jiang looked at Hou Tu's worried eyes, guessed what she was thinking, and immediately stopped his brothers.

"Little sister, what do you think?"

"I……"

"Little sister," Zhu Jiuyin also advised, "You will be the master of the underground in the future! The entire Wu clan may have to rely on you... Your opinion is very important to us!"

"Yes, little sister, just say whatever you want to say. We are both your brothers and sisters, and it's okay if we say something wrong!"

"Whoever dares to object, Fourth Brother will help you beat him up!"

"You're nothing, my little sister is the kindest among us brothers, who would have the heart to bully her?"

Everyone urged Hou Tu to let go of her concerns and speak frankly... Hou Tu looked at her brothers and sisters who loved her so much, and finally she couldn't help but speak.

"Brother, sister, can't we just stay in our own territory and live our own lives instead of participating in the struggle?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Ancestral Witch Hall fell silent for a moment.

After a long while, facing Hou Tu's hopeful gaze, Di Jiang spoke: "Little sister, I'm not exaggerating... If you were the overlord of this world, would you allow our Wu clan to exist?"

"A race that can pass on its blood to future generations; a population of millions; a race with clear hierarchy, unity, and friendship, with only its own people in mind..."

"If you were the overlord of a race like this, would you be willing to let them go? No, I should say, would you dare to let them exist in the wilderness without being controlled?"

Hou Tu was silent... She was just kind, not stupid! Moreover, she was also the leader of the Hou Tu tribe! Therefore, she knew exactly what Di Jiang meant!
"Then can we join other forces, such as the demon tribe..."

Hou Tu proposed another solution...but under the gaze of everyone, Hou Tu's voice became smaller and smaller, and she shut up.

Because she also realized that joining other forces would be the same! With the size of the Wu Clan and the cultivation of the twelve ancestor witches, any force would worry about being overthrown and occupied by the Wu Clan!

"Little sister, do you understand now?"

Di Jiang patiently said to Hou Tu: "When we discovered that we could reproduce with our essence and blood, and had bred millions of people...conquering the world was the only way out and the only choice for our Wu clan!"

"Little sister, we didn't tell you about these things before because we didn't want you to worry too much. Your brothers are in charge of everything... But now, after the battle before today, we have lost a lot of room for maneuver."

"You become the master of the underground tunnel. You are the last resort for our Wu clan! You are also our last trump card!"

Zhu Jiuyin said to Hou Tu with deep affection... Without waiting for Hou Tu to reply, Di Jiang directly issued an order: "From today on, any resources that my little sister needs can be used at will... If there are none in the clan, all the witch clans should do their best to find them for my little sister!"

"Here!"

All the witch ancestors responded in unison without any hesitation!

Hou Tu moved her lips a few times, wanting to say something, but facing the caring and loving eyes of her brothers, in the end, she couldn't say anything...
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On the other side, Kunlun Mountains… After attending a three-day banquet in Heaven and seeing all the scenery in Heaven, Sanqing brought Xiao Lin and other disciples back to Kunlun Mountains.

Taiqing Palace... Taishang, Yuanshi and Tongtian looked at the four disciples brought back from below, especially Guangchengzi who had a look of excitement, and for a moment they didn't know what to say.

"Guangchengzi,"

Original shouted helplessly.

"The disciple is here."

Guang Chengzi was overjoyed and stepped out of the line, looking expectantly at his master...

I summoned the Heavenly Dao and took Hongjun away... I helped my master and the others a lot, so I will definitely be rewarded!

"Why would you want to go to the altar today?"

Looking at the excited disciple in front of him, Yuanshi's heart softened and he decided to give him another chance.

"Master is in trouble, how can I stand by and watch, indifferent!" Having said this, Guang Chengzi deliberately cast a contemptuous look at Xiao Lin, Duobao, and Xuandu, and then continued: "I just want to help Master, even if it means my death, I will not hesitate!"

"Are you sure you did this willingly? Didn't anyone remind you? Or instigate you?"

The original intention is to give him a chance!

"No!" Guang Chengzi shook his head fiercely, firmly refusing to share the credit with others: "Everything is my own decision!"

"Hey……"

Yuanshi saw that he was so stubborn and sighed helplessly. He looked at Xiao Lin, Duobao and Xuandu and asked, "Do you have anything to add?"

"no!"

Xiao Lin shook his head like a palm-leaf fan: "Brother Guangchengzi loves his master wholeheartedly. Heaven and earth can bear witness to this. It has absolutely nothing to do with us!"

[Well, it was him who summoned Tian Dao and destroyed Master's trump card! Master, uncle-in-law, please don't cause me any trouble! ]

Duobao echoed, "Yes, we didn't tell Junior Brother about this. Everything was Junior Brother's own decision!"

Xuan Du nodded vigorously, resolutely following the footsteps of Senior Brother Xiao Lin: "Junior Brother, you really care too much about the safety of the Masters... Disciple, I am ashamed!"

Guang Chengzi saw that none of the three people tried to take credit for the work, and he was very pleased... Humph, you guys have good eyesight! After I eat the meat and get the reward, I will give you some bones.

"Brothers, this is what I should do..."

Guang Chengzi glanced at the three of them arrogantly, then turned back, wanting to praise himself: "Master, you don't have to care too much..."

"Okay, shut up."

Yuanshi couldn't bear to listen any longer, so he shut him up with one sentence: "Do you really think you are helping us by praying to the heavens?"

"Hey?"

Guangchengzi choked on his words and looked at Yuanshi in confusion.

"With our Three Pure Ones' cultivation, if we need to find the Heavenly Dao, we can just use our magic power to guide it. Why do we need to pray? Even Hongjun can't stop us!"

Yuanshi said proudly, and then looked at Guangchengzi: "You acted on your own and disrupted our plan. You should be punished!"

"Second Uncle!"

Before Yuanshi could tell him the decision on the punishment, Xiao Lin interrupted him: "Second Uncle, considering Junior Brother Guangchengzi's desire to help the Master, let's forget about the punishment." [Ahem, this one was a bit harsh, I'm really a little embarrassed.]

[He is risking his life and working under Hongjun's orders... If he is punished in the end, I am really afraid that he will turn evil.]

[Forget it, in order to avoid retaliation, I'd better help him. ]

"Yes, Second Uncle, let's just leave it at that."

"Second Uncle, Senior Brother is right!"

Duobao and Xuandu also echoed.

"You...you guys." Yuanshi rolled his eyes speechlessly... Guangchengzi made a mistake, and this time it was you who tricked him! Now he's acting like a good guy?

"Humph! I don't want you to be so hypocritical!"

Guangchengzi hadn't come to his senses yet. He felt that he had been tricked by his senior brothers!
No wonder none of them wanted to take credit just now, they must have known that they had messed things up! You are so good, Master Uncle and Third Uncle, except for your own junior brothers, none of them are good people!
"You don't need to beg for mercy. I am willing to bear the punishment I deserve! Master, I have committed a serious mistake, and I ask for the punishment myself!"

Guangchengzi knelt down and asked for punishment very straightforwardly.

Upon seeing this, Yuanshi touched his chin with satisfaction... Although, this disciple of his was a little stupid, a little stubborn, and couldn't see the situation clearly... but his respect for him, his willingness to admit his mistakes and bear the consequences were very much to his liking!

"Since you know you are wrong, then go to the cliff behind Kunlun Mountain and stay in seclusion for thirty years!"

"Disciple accepts the order!"

Guang Chengzi stood up, glared at Xiao Lin, Xuan Du, and Duo Bao fiercely, and said, "Three senior brothers, I will remember what happened today!"

After saying this, without waiting for their reply, he left Taiqing Mountain on his own and returned to Yuqing Mountain where he originally was to go into seclusion and receive punishment!
[I didn't plead for you, but you were willing to be punished. Do you blame me? ]

Xiao Lin smacked his lips, defended himself in his heart, and was about to leave.

"Master, two uncles, if there is nothing else, I will go down to practice first."

[The war between wizards and liches has begun, and such an outrageous thing as the battle between the Three Pure Ones and Hongjun has also happened... My thighs are unstable, I have to hurry up and practice! ]

[Otherwise, what if one day the Three Pure Ones can't defeat that old scoundrel Hongjun, and they don't play around anymore? As expected, people still have to rely on themselves! ]

"Duobao, Xuandu, please leave for now... Xiao Lin, stay!"

"Disciple, obey."

Duobao and Xuandu retreated immediately... When Xuandu left, he gave Xiao Lin a look that said "May the best of luck to you"...

[No way, Second Uncle, you asked me to stay. Are you trying to accuse me of deceiving Guang Chengzi? ]

[Please, I also want to teach him to know the dangers of the world and not be so naive... I am doing this for his own good! ]

Yuanshi didn't even bother to pay attention to the shameless guy who stayed in front of him, and directly interrupted Xiao Lin's wild thoughts.

"Xiao Lin, what do you think of today's battle?"

[How should I watch? I stand and watch! How can I, a Xuanxian, understand the confrontation between you Daluo? Ask me, please don't be too outrageous! ]

"Second Uncle, my cultivation level is still low, and those who fought today are all masters. I really don't know how to evaluate them."

Xiao Lin replied with embarrassment... In fact, he was really in a dilemma!

"I didn't ask you about cultivation or fighting. I meant Daoist Patriarch Hongjun and Heavenly Dao. What do you think?"

“This… is not available either.”

Xiao Lin hesitated for a moment and shook his head...but looking at the three closest relatives and elders in front of him, he softened his heart.

"I just have a feeling that the Daozu doesn't seem to want peace in the wild... Leaving the Wu Clan behind always seems to have other plans. As for the Heavenly Dao... Master, can your souls still be integrated? Can you summon Father Pangu?"

[As for the current primitive world, I have long been completely unable to understand it, okay! ]

[Daozu, Tiandao, none of them follow the rules! ]

[According to the records of the prehistoric times in the witch-lich war, Daozu's first target was the witch clan... because the other party could summon Pangu's true body, and Daozu was also afraid that Pangu would be resurrected! The reason why Daozu couldn't take action himself was that the witch clan was Pangu's bloodline, and as a chaotic demon god, killing them would be hated by the whole world, and he also had to maintain the impression of being fair, so he set off the witch-lich catastrophe and let the demon clan take action! He even saved the demon clan during the first witch-lich war and gave them ten thousand years of development time! ]

When Xiao Lin thought of this, he paused for a moment and looked up at the Three Pure Ones… Seeing that they seemed to be pondering over his words, he did not dare to interrupt them and continued to think.

[As for the second purpose, it is most likely what the Honghuang School said... Hongjun wanted to absorb the Honghuang world as his own small world. Therefore, he kept launching great wars to break up the Honghuang and lower its status until he could absorb it.]

[But I really don’t understand today’s battle…]

[Logically speaking, Hongjun was worried about Pangu's true body summoned by the Wu Clan, so he shouldn't have stopped the Demon Emperor from killing people... But not only did he stop him, he also went to fight the Three Pure Ones to protect the Wu Clan! Logically speaking, isn't Pangu's true body a greater threat than destroying the Wu Clan? ]

[And the timing of Tian Dao's appearance... Master and the others were clearly not at fault, but their biggest trump card was sealed... This is so weird no matter how you look at it! ]

[Could it be that Heaven is not afraid of annihilating Master and the others’ consciousness… If that is the case, is it also afraid of Pangu’s original spirit reappearing?]

[I can’t figure it out, I can’t figure it out… I feel like I need to grow a brain again…]

"Since you don't understand, Xiao Lin, go back and rest."

The Three Pure Ones looked at each other. Apart from the repetition in Xiao Lin's thoughts, they could not find any useful information... So they waved their hands, signaling Xiao Lin to leave.

Xiao Lin looked at the three people in confusion, scratched his head, bowed and left.

[Why are you keeping me here if you don't have anything to ask? Master, have you eaten too much? ]

"This brat has no respect for his elders."

After Xiao Lin left, Tai Shang couldn't help but complain... Tong Tian was trying to poach him: "I really like Xiao Lin's eccentric personality. If you don't like him, why don't you give him to me?"

"Get lost! You don't know how to teach your disciples properly, but you just want to poach my disciples all day long!"

Tai Shang angrily drove Tong Tian away, and then looked at the two of them: "Let's talk business, Hongjun, Tiandao, what do you think?"

"We have too little information... Just like Xiao Linzi said, we need more intelligence!"

Yuan Shi analyzed, "In the third lecture of Zixiao Palace a hundred years later, the purpose of Hongjun and Tiandao should be exposed! I suggest that you take Xiao Lin with you then!"

"good!"

Tai Shang nodded in response... Tong Tian had no objection either. The situation was too confusing now, and they had to wait for more information before making a decision.

Thus, for the next hundred years, there was no movement in the entire Kunlun Mountains. The only purpose was to practice...

It was not until a hundred years later that a vast voice spread throughout the entire world!

"The third lecture of Zixiao Palace has begun. Those who are destined can enter the Chaos Zixiao Palace to listen to the teachings!"

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