Chapter 362: Tai Bai's Curiosity

Dad!

Dad!

……

A group of babies calling 'Dad' surrounded Ao Yifan, making the immortals who had come to attend the ceremony feel a toothache.

Although it was already known that this newly ascended saint had children, no one expected there to be so many.

Those two babies over there seem to be from the Five Zhuang Temple.

That side, they must be from the Heavenly Realm.

The aura over there is that of an Underworld baby.

Quick, look over there—there's even one from the Dragon Clan.

……

Through the aura of these babies, the surrounding immortals can clearly tell which faction they come from.

This saint is not simple!

Someone sighed.

Rumor has it that this saint once called himself the chief disciple of Puti Laozi, the Venerable of Joy—could he be from the Western Teaching?

Not necessarily!

An immortal objected: 'Although Puti Laozi comes from the Western Teaching, haven't you realized yet that Puti Laozi and the Two Sages of the West are not on the same path? This saint is probably not allied with the Western Teaching either; otherwise, he wouldn't have sent his children ahead to the Sect of the Primordial.'

Huh? Those two babies must be from the Sect of the Cutting, right? The Sect of the Primordial and the Sect of the Cutting are now like fire and water—is this Venerable of Joy preparing to hedge his bets on both sides?

Shh, keep it down—that's a saint, not something we can casually comment on.

Exactly, a saint's thoughts are not for us to guess.

……

Hehe, they're all good kids!

Ao Yifan didn't mind the trouble, hugging each baby in turn, then had Nezha take them off to play.

Nezha once again took on the role of the big brother looking after the kids.

Watching a group of babies, under Nezha's leadership, each riding a marmot and zooming around the banquet hall, nobody said much more.

After all, these are all the saint's children.

After seeing off the babies, Ao Yifan looked at the mothers of the children, then immediately embraced Qing Feng and Ming Yue, saying, 'Since you're here, don't stand on ceremony—come on, let's go inside!'

The women exchanged glances and all followed.

They had heard that Ao Yifan's ascension to sainthood owed much to the efforts of his other sisters.

Last time they couldn't help, but this time they also wanted to contribute to stabilizing Ao Yifan's cultivation.

The Venerable of Joy?

White Lotus Child watched Wen Dao Ren follow them inside, further confirming his master's idea.

Simply because the Great Path of Joy is a major path recorded by the Western Teaching.

But this path is extremely difficult to cultivate, after all, such practice greatly affects a cultivator's foundation.

When cultivating the Great Path of Joy, one often not only fails to achieve the path, but a single mistake can even destroy one's foundation.

Therefore, the Western Teaching has never had anyone cultivate this path.

But nobody expected that Puti Laozi had secretly nurtured a Venerable of Joy who cultivates the Great Path of Joy.

Moreover, this Venerable of Joy even accomplished the Great Path of Joy and attained the fruit of sainthood!

I, White Lotus, am willing to call him the strongest man in the Three Realms!

White Lotus Child secretly admired him.

Hearing his name, as a child, he naturally fears it like a fierce tiger.

Therefore, such a daring method that damages one's own foundation is utterly unimaginable to White Lotus Child.

Many others share White Lotus Child's view.

They have also confirmed that this newly ascended saint is indeed a person of the Western Teaching.

Prince Consort, are you from the Western Teaching?

Tai Bai Jinxing drank his wine, eyes slightly narrowed, always feeling that this matter was somewhat strange.

After all, when he first met the Prince Consort, he suspected the other was a reincarnation of Emperor Jun.

But later he discovered that the other's conduct was completely unlike that of the overbearing Lord of the Demon Court.

Now, the other's identity seems to have become that of a person from the Western Teaching.

However, judging by Tai Bai Jinxing's research on Ao Yifan, although the other acts somewhat unscrupulously, there are still differences from the Western Teaching.

My head hurts!

Tai Bai Jinxing believed himself to understand the beings of the Three Realms quite well.

However, now regarding the Prince Consort, he finds himself somewhat unable to comprehend.

Why not delve deeper into understanding?

Just as Tai Bai Jinxing was pondering, Bian Zhuang beside him couldn't help but exclaim: 'Prince Consort truly is a role model for our generation—likely all the powers of the Three Realms have his women; if I, Old Zhuang, had even half his talent, I wouldn't have ended up like this.'

Saying that, Bian Zhuang picked up a chicken leg and began to gnaw on it.

What did you just say?

Hearing Bian Zhuang's words, Tai Bai Jinxing's heart suddenly jolted.

Faced with Tai Bai Jinxing's reaction, Bian Zhuang was also startled, almost swallowing the chicken leg whole.

Tai Bai, why are you so agitated?

Bian Zhuang complained a bit: 'I've been chasing that white ox lately, it's already been exhausting; I barely managed to come here to mooch a meal off the Prince Consort, and I almost got scared to death by you.'

However, at this moment Tai Bai Jinxing had no mind to heed Bian Zhuang's complaints.

In his mind, Bian Zhuang's words from just moments ago kept echoing.

Bian Zhuang is right—it seems that every power in the Three Realms has a woman tied to the Prince Consort.

Recalling the Great Path of Joy, Tai Bai Jinxing suddenly realized a terrifying fact.

Could the Prince Consort be planning to use the Great Path of Joy to seize the fortune of all sides?

Even within the Western Teaching, no one has ever cultivated the Great Path of Joy.

Moreover, cultivating the Great Path of Joy severely damages the cultivator's foundation.

More importantly, cultivating the Great Path of Joy plunders others' fortune to enhance oneself.

But doing so causes the victim's fortune to be stolen, inviting disaster—or even an unnatural death.

Thus, anyone who cultivates the Great Path of Joy will be ganged up on and meet an unnatural death.

This is why no one has ever achieved success in cultivating the Great Path of Joy.

But is the Prince Consort truly cultivating the Great Path of Joy?

Tai Bai Jinxing once again grew doubtful.

According to his observations, both Immortal Maiden Yun Hua and Princess Long Ji have seen their fortunes grow richer over the years, and their cultivation has steadily increased.

Where is there any trace of their fortune being plundered?

Could it be that the Prince Consort has remedied the Great Path of Joy's flaw, leading to this?

The more he pondered, the more Tai Bai Jinxing's head hurt.

It appears that only an in-depth investigation can reveal the true nature of the Prince Consort's Dao.

As he pondered, Tai Bai Jinxing seemed to have made a momentous decision.

Meanwhile, at his side, Bian Zhuang began to complain: 'Tai Bai, could you point old Zhuang toward a clear way? I simply can't find that white bull—I don't know where he's hidden.'

Upon hearing this, Tai Bai Jinxing murmured and said: 'Bian Zhuang, you should learn to address the root cause; do you know why that white bull would steal Laozi's Yin Fan?'