Chapter 359

Hum—

The sword qi had crossed who knows how much time and space, yet still carried a destructive, terrifying power.

Whose hand this signature sword qi came from was naturally obvious.

Watching this scene, the Grand Purity Saint shook their head helplessly.

As for these two junior disciples of his, he too felt helpless.

Meanwhile, the Two Sages of the West, watching all this, were delighted, their lips curling up.

Simply because the Three Pure Ones were not united, they had an opportunity.

If the Three Pure Ones had always been united, even if you lent them a hundred courages, they would not dare to covet the Divine Land.

"Just, Brother Jieyin, have you noticed the Bodhi wondrous technique that person is using?"

Zhunti Daoist said to Jieyin Daoist.

"Mm."

Jieyin Daoist nodded and said, "Although not yet mature, it is truly the most orthodox Bodhi wondrous technique!"

"Brother Jieyin, I suspect this child might be an external incarnation of our Bodhi junior brother!"

Zhunti Daoist said.

"Huh?"

At first, no one thought of this, but after Zhunti Daoist's reminder, Jieyin Daoist also finally realized.

"I once heard the old master say that the Grand Purity Saint possesses a wondrous technique of transforming one qi into the Three Pure Ones, which can even help the three corpses break through the Sacred Realm; could it be that the Bodhi junior brother has some dealings with the Grand Purity Saint?"

Upon hearing this, the faces of Jieyin Daoist and Zhunti Daoist both involuntarily sank slightly.

After all, although Puti Laozi independently opened the immortal gate and accepted disciples.

But theoretically, he still belongs to the Western Teaching.

However, if that mysterious saint who fought Yuanshi Tianzun is truly an incarnation of Puti Laozi, then it would mean that Puti Laozi is highly likely to have betrayed the Western Teaching and colluded with the Three Pure Ones.

After all, in these three realms, only the Grand Purity Saint's one-qi-to-three-pure-ones wondrous technique can help the three corpses break through the Sacred Realm!

"Junior Brother Zhunti, lately you are tasked with keeping a close watch on the Bodhi junior brother; I want to see whether our junior brother has truly defected to the Grand Purity Saint!"

Jieyin Daoist said.

"Yes, senior brother!"

Zhunti Daoist replied.

Not only the Two Sages of the West, but other mighty beings of the three realms, upon seeing Ao Yifan's display of Bodhi wondrous technique, also had similar thoughts.

That is, this suddenly emerged saint is likely related to Puti Laozi.

After all, becoming a saint is nowhere near that easy; Hou Tu Niangniang's case is one of gradual accumulation leading to sudden outbreak.

As for Puti Laozi, he was just a bit lucky, suddenly attaining sainthood while resisting extraterrestrial demons.

Some speculate that it was because the Heavenly Dao bestowed a reward to resist extraterrestrial demons.

Now, another has appeared; people would rather believe that this person is an arrangement by some saint, rather than believe that someone else fortuitously attained sainthood.

"Alas, I just want to properly carry out my teaching path; this Daoist friend Ao keeps thinking of pushing me into the spotlight!"

On Square Inch Mountain, Puti Laozi, with a cigar clenched in his mouth, puffed clouds and mist, muttering.

But as for the state of his own sage's way, Puti Laozi himself knows it well.

Therefore, even knowing that Ao Yifan wants to use his name to cause trouble, he cannot stop it.

"I suppose those two senior brothers of mine have already set their sights on me, right?"

Puti Laozi shook his head, then immediately said to the Third Princess beside him: "Guanyuan, lately those little ones' cultivation has been a bit lax; go assign them double the homework."

Upon hearing this, the Third Princess glanced at Puti Laozi and thought to herself, "It seems even sages can be petty at times—outwitted by someone's father, unable to do anything, she could only retaliate by assigning the other's child extra homework."

Thus, the young dragon maidens cultivating on Square Inch Mountain were unaware that, because of their own fathers, their homework had suddenly doubled.

For a while, the entire Square Inch Mountain was filled with sighs and lamentations.

Meanwhile, a young man painstakingly cultivating on Square Inch Mountain, seeing his senior sisters' homework increase, did not want to be treated differently and demanded strongly that he receive the same treatment.

……

He extended two fingers and lightly grasped the incoming sword qi.

The next moment, stellar power erupted, and the sword qi instantly dissipated into nothing.

To this, the mighty beings of the Three Realms watching this place were not surprised.

Simply put, anyone could see clearly that this was merely a casual sword qi slash from the Sect Master of Chan Teaching, Golden Ao Island; to truly wound a sage was absolutely impossible.

On the other side, Ao Yifan clasped his hands together, and immediately a unique fortune of the Western Teaching rose from behind him, transforming into a blinding golden halo of fortune.

"I never imagined that after hiding for so long, I would still be seen through by a sage!"

Ao Yifan said with a smile.

It's confirmed!

Seeing the fortune halo representing the Western Teaching behind Ao Yifan, the Two Sages of the West, who had previously been doubted, instantly firm in their belief that this suddenly appearing sage was none other than a creation of Puti Laozi.

"I wonder whether we can win this person over?"

The Welcoming Daoist secretly thought to himself.

After all, although this person is very likely an arrangement by Puti Laozi.

But what the Two Sages of the West excel at most is bewitching people's hearts.

Even if the other party is an incarnation of Puti Laozi, with proper methods it is not impossible to become their ally.

After all, an incarnation is not necessarily permanent; if the main body is eliminated, the incarnation could very well take its place!

"Fellow Daoist, the Western Teaching is ultimately a minor path; only our Divine Land's Three Teachings are orthodox. Please consider carefully and do not go astray!"

Having said that, the Original Beginning Heavenly Venerable's manifestation retracted, and he no longer had the intention to continue fighting.

After all, this time the Primordial Heavenly Venerable was merely testing Ao Yifan's methods, not really intending to take his life.

After all, half of the Twelve Golden Immortals now absolutely support him; unless the Primordial Heavenly Venerable intends to overturn and rebuild the entire Twelve Golden Immortals, he cannot possibly act against Ao Yifan.

Now, in the midst of the calamity, wanting to rebuild the Twelve Golden Immortals is truly too difficult.

A slight mistake might fail to suppress the Sect of the Enlightenment's fortune, ultimately destroying the Dao lineage entirely.

This is something the Primordial Heavenly Venerable would never want to see.

Therefore, even knowing that Ao Yifan intended to infiltrate the Sect of the Enlightenment's power center through Jinzha and others, for the sake of the Sect's stability, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable did not stop him.

It's still the same saying: as long as the Sect of the Enlightenment can flourish, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable does not mind who holds the Sect's power.

For example, just as he once let Daoist Ran Deng become the Vice Sect Leader of the Sect of the Enlightenment.

The Primordial Heavenly Venerable clearly knows that Daoist Ran Deng joined the Sect of the Enlightenment for his own selfish motives, not out of devotion to the Sect.

However, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable still let Daoist Ran Deng become the second-in-command of the Sect of the Enlightenment.

The reason is simply because Daoist Ran Deng was one of the Three Thousand Red Dust Guests of the Purple Sky Palace back then, possessing abundant fortune; making him the Vice Sect Leader of the Sect of the Enlightenment would strengthen the Sect's foundation.

Moreover, this time, when Daoist Ran Deng betrayed the Sect of the Enlightenment, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable merely suppressed him, rather than killing him.

The true reason is still for the stability of the Sect of the Enlightenment.