Chapter 355: Dialogue with Yuanshi Tianzun

I've been in this world for some years since crossing over.

Ao Yifan's heart always harbored a sense of urgency.

To protect himself and his family, Ao Yifan never dared to relax even for a moment.

He cultivated diligently solely to provide his family with a stable living environment.

Only today did Ao Yifan finally feel a hint of safety in his heart.

After another half month of arduous toil, Ao Yifan finally made a qualitative leap in the Great Dao of Procreation, directly entering the Sage's Realm.

This also gave him the confidence to face Yuanshi Tianzun directly.

After all, failing to become a Sage ultimately leaves one step short.

Even using the divine abilities of the Great Dao of Procreation to gather all his children's strength, he could barely defend himself against a Sage.

Now, having entered the Sacred Realm and combined with his divine abilities, Ao Yifan feels confident that against any Sage he can remain invincible.

He gave Ao Yifan a deep glance, only to see Yuanshi Tianzun wave his right hand.

In the next instant, boundless stellar power condensed, suddenly forming a seat beside him.

"Since you've come, fellow Daoist, please take a seat!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the immortals present erupted in an uproar.

These words from Yuanshi Tianzun meant that Ao Yifan now had the qualification to stand on equal footing with him.

In other words, Ao Yifan stood an excellent chance of attaining the Sage's Fruit Position!

Once one becomes a Sage, one's status naturally differs.

Nezha and the others watching this scene couldn't help but have their faces glow with pride.

"Master, isn't my dad awesome? Now I can stand on equal footing with your master!"

Flying to Taiyi True Person's side, Nezha grinned and said.

The Taiyi True Person, who was drinking, glanced at Nezha and said: "Yeah, your dad is really impressive. By the way, when will you take over my position?"

Upon hearing this, Nezha pursed his lips and said: "Master, stop always thinking of giving me your position; my research has reached a critical point, I can't be distracted."

Hearing Nezha's words, Taiyi True Person shook his head helplessly, knowing Nezha had lately been tinkering with some strange oddities.

In this regard, he didn't understand either; after several futile attempts to persuade, Taiyi True Person gave up.

After all, Nezha has such a formidable father; his future naturally falls under Ao Yifan's arrangements.

As for him, he drinks a little each day, living comfortably; when the time is ripe, he will yield his seat to Nezha and thereafter roam free between heaven and earth—how delightful!

By contrast, in Taiyi True Person's view, his several senior fellow disciples still cannot see the situation clearly, and no one knows what the final outcome will be.

Cough cough

After a light cough, the Boundless Immortal, having regained his composure, said: "Since everyone is gathered, let this assembly of the Twelve Golden Immortals officially begin. First, I must inform you all that Junior Brother Yunzhongzi recently fell in the Ten Absolute Formation of the Sect of the Cut."

The immortals present were not surprised by this news.

After all, so much time has passed; they had already received the news long ago.

"Senior Senior Brother, we have already lost several fellow disciples to the Sect of the Cut; I think we can no longer sit and wait for doom!"

The Grand Master of Numinous Treasure said in a deep voice.

"Indeed, Manjusri, Guangchengzi, Jiuli Sun, and this time's Yunzhongzi—we have already lost four fellow disciples in total; if we do nothing, the foundation of our Sect of the Expansion may well be shaken."

Chijingzi said.

The immortals, exchanging words, all expressed the desire to wage war against the Sect of the Cut.

After all, each of the Twelve Golden Immortals bears a deadly calamity, and this tribulation is already extremely perilous.

However, as an Immortal of Abundant Virtue, Yunzhongzi should have no deadly calamity upon him.

But the fact is, Yunzhongzi, merely dragged into the plot to kill the Sect of the Cut's Zhao Gongming, suffered a backlash from the tribulation and died miserably in the Ten Absolute Formation.

Everything at present also bears witness to this.

Watching the immortals' heated debate, Ao Yifan remained expressionless, as if none of this concerned him, and he was truly just a spectator here.

"Fellow Daoist, what do you think of the successive losses of my sect's disciples?"

Suddenly, a voice came to Ao Yifan's ears: that of Yuanshi Tianzun.

Hearing this, Ao Yifan blinked slightly, then a look of sorrow appeared on his face, and he said: "I too feel grieved; after all, those fellow Daoists were excellent people, and even Manjusri Guangfa Tianzun was my child's master—yet the events happened so suddenly that I could do nothing."

"Oh? Is that so?"

Yuanshi Tianzun narrowed his eyes, looked at Ao Yifan, and said: "Then, fellow Daoist, do you feel that my disciples will still face deadly calamity in the upcoming tribulation?"

"Are you pointing at me?"

Ao Yifan instantly understood that Yuanshi Tianzun was singling him out.

After a brief ponder, Ao Yifan said: "I believe that if the Twelve Golden Immortals unite and cooperate, they will surely be able to safely pass through the upcoming tribulation."

Upon receiving Ao Yifan's response, Yuanshi Tianzun nodded and said: "Yes, my disciples have died too many times; we cannot afford further mishaps, or else we will break the present balance."

Hearing this, Ao Yifan's heart gave a slight jolt, yet he understood Yuanshi Tianzun's meaning.

That is, he already knows all the things you have done before.

However, to maintain the stability of the Sect of the Expansion, Yuanshi Tianzun can feign ignorance.

After all, among the Twelve Golden Immortals, Ao Yifan's supporters hold only five votes; even with the swing vote of Taiyi True Person, it would not change the final outcome.

However, his lack of complaint does not mean Ao Yifan can continue to act recklessly.

This is Yuanshi Tianzun's warning to Ao Yifan, and also an expression of his tolerance limit.

There's no way around it; if left to Ao Yifan, the Twelve Golden Immortals would completely become his one-man show, at which point Yuanshi Tianzun might consider discarding the Twelve Golden Immortals.

Ao Yifan merely gave a faint smile in response.

In fact, his side already holds nearly half of the votes among the Twelve Golden Immortals, which already satisfies him.

"What the Heavenly Venerable said is correct; the Sect of the Expansion has lost enough people; next, it's the turn of the Sect of the Cut and the Western Teaching to fill the List of Gods."

Ao Yifan spoke bluntly.

Upon hearing this, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable showed a hint of a smile.

He seemed very pleased with Ao Yifan's answer.

He also rather appreciated the little fellows Ao Yifan sent over.

Only because these little fellows each had extraordinary fortune; although the Twelve Golden Immortals had been rapidly succeeding one another these past years, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable keenly sensed that the Chan Sect's fortune had not declined but actually risen.

In other words, although Ao Yifan was scheming against the Chan Sect, the eventual result was that the Chan Sect indeed showed signs of flourishing.

This is also the true reason the Primordial Heavenly Venerable can tolerate Ao Yifan.

"Friends, I propose that my disciple Mu Zha take over the position of Junior Brother Yun Zhongzi!"

"Just then, Cihang Daoist spoke up and proposed: 'After all, we may soon face an all-out war with the Jue Sect; top-tier combat power is indispensable, and only then can we have a greater chance of victory.'"

Upon hearing this, the immortals all turned their gaze to the Primordial Heavenly Venerable.

The previous two times, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable was absent, so naturally they made the decision.

Now that the Primordial Heavenly Venerable has returned, everyone naturally ought to follow his edict.