Chapter 25: Western Intentions

"Why would I give up being the Master of the Earth Sect to become your Present Tathagata Buddha???"

Upon hearing this, Zhenyuanzi simply scoffed at the idea.

"Fellow Daoist, can you truly not see the situation clearly?"

"In an age of great contention, how can any egg remain unbroken?"

"At present, although you have reached the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm,"

"if you wish to advance further, apart from my Western Sect, which Saint would help you?"

Seeing this, Zhunti was not annoyed.

Instead, he planned slowly and guided him patiently.

After all, they were both among the Red Dust Three Thousand Guests of the same era.

The other party's abilities were truly significant.

If he had agreed easily, he, Zhunti, would have been suspicious again and again.

"Entering the Western Region to become the Present Tathagata Buddha is not impossible."

Zhenyuanzi spoke only after a long silence.

"State your conditions, if you have any."

Seeing this, Zhunti was full of confidence.

"Did the death of Hongyun have anything to do with your schemes!!"

Zhenyuanzi looked at Zhunti with a solemn expression.

"Yes."

"However, this was a scheme of the Saints, not solely related to my Western Region."

"If you must say it relates to my Western Region, it was merely failing to save him."

Zhunti did not hide anything, as this matter would be exposed sooner or later anyway.

Of course, he included the Saints in this statement.

The implication was self-evident.

As for the matter of yielding the Prayer Mat to Hongyun, he did not mention a single word.

"I understand!!"

Upon hearing this, Zhenyuanzi closed his eyes.

"As soon as you give your word, I can save you immediately."

Seeing this attitude from Zhenyuanzi, Zhunti immediately frowned.

Just as Zhunti was about to say something more, a Golden Bridge stretched directly across the heavens and earth.

The two Great Golden Crows, blinded by bloodlust, were directly shaken away by the Golden Bridge.

And Zhunti also let out a sigh.

He was just one step away from having a Present Tathagata Buddha for his Western Sect.

But since the seed had already been planted, he was not in a hurry.

After all, he could afford to offend Nuwa, but the Three Pure Ones were absolutely not to be offended.

"Taiqing Saint!!"

Seeing the Chaos Bell and the River Chart and Luo Book suppressed by the Golden Bridge, the two Great Golden Crows were grinding their teeth in anger.

"Are you determined to slaughter my Human Race to the last?"

The Taiqing Saint did not want to come out from the bottom of his heart.

But the Demon Court had acted too ruthlessly.

It was one thing to attack Zhenyuanzi, but they had also attacked the Ren Sect to the death.

It was bad enough that Xuandu was currently unable to get out of bed, but the Ren Sect itself was also nearly wiped out.

Was this an attack on Xuandu and the Ren Sect?

This was an attack on the face of Laozi, the Taiqing Saint.

"Children are fighting; is the Taiqing Saint also coming to meddle?"

The Ren Sect had the Taiqing Saint behind it, and the Demon Race had Nuwa behind it.

"Nuwa, you are the Holy Mother of the Human Race!!"

The Taiqing Saint said in a solemn tone.

"Enough talk, Zhenyuanzi killed my Demon Race Crown Prince."

"Laozi, do you truly intend to become an enemy of my Demon Race?"

Blocked by the Golden Bridge, Taiyi, looking unconvinced, held the Chaos Bell and watched the Taiqing Saint, eager to strike.

"Audacious beast, how dare you speak to a Saint in such a manner."

Just then, Yuanshi stepped out.

He had always looked down upon the Demon Race.

Now that his eldest brother was being provoked, he stood out without a second word.

"What did you say??"

Taiyi and Di Jun took a step forward, their eyes bloodshot as they looked at Yuanshi.

"Fellow Daoist Yuanshi, I advise you to watch your words!!"

At this moment, Nuwa also stood in front of Di Jun and Taiyi.

Di Jun and Taiyi were her merit-generating cash cows; how could she bear to give them up just like that?

"Nuwa, shut your mouth; this is none of your business."

"Dare to touch the Human Race, have you asked us, the Three Pure Ones, yet!!"

Yuanshi let out a cold snort, looking at Nuwa with a face full of disdain.

"It seems Fellow Daoist Yuanshi wants to cross swords."

Nuwa's entire face also rapidly turned cold.

"All of you, come to Zixiao Palace immediately."

Just at this moment, the voice of Tiandao Hongjun rang out in the hearts of all the Saints.

Zixiao Palace!!! "You two old bald donkeys, you were plotting against me!!!"

Nuwa arrived at Zixiao Palace, and the moment she saw the Western Two Saints, she started bickering with them directly.

Saints.

That is the image in the hearts of all living beings.

But among those of the same cultivation realm, they are no different from market vegetable vendors.

Now that Tiandao Hongjun has taken action, the Western Two Saints naturally have no way to conceal the heavenly secrets any longer.

A slow-to-realize Nuwa instantly understood that the mastermind behind this was the Western Two Saints.

If it weren't for them plotting against the ten Xiaojinwu, how would this Demon Court have descended upon the Great Desolate Land?

"Can't afford to lose, can you??"

Zhunti did not flinch in the slightest.

Last time, it was Nuwa who plotted first, causing the four great powers of the Great Desolation to fall apart.

It caused his own Western Region's plan to recruit Minghe and Zhenyuanzi to fall through.

Now that it's turned around on her, she can't stand it.

How could there be such a cheap deal in this world?

If you come out to mix in the world, you will have to pay it back sooner or later.

"The Teacher has issued a decree, ordering the Great Desolate Land to cease all strife; what are you two sides trying to do??"

Now that the Great Calamity is intensifying, it is once again sweeping across the entire Great Desolation.

Seeing this, Yuanshi directly rebuked the three Saints.

"The Teacher has issued a decree, but what are you Three Pure Ones good for?"

"The source of the Great Calamity is, in itself, only the two races of the Wu and Demon."

"I asked you to call the Wu Clan out, but this is good—you haven't succeeded after trying time and time again."

"I am now starting to suspect whether you Three Pure Ones have made some private deal with Nuwa."

"Otherwise, under the trend of the Great Dao, how could those brutes of the Wu Clan, who only know how to train their muscles, be cowering and refusing to come out?"

Hearing Yuanshi's rebuke, Zhunti immediately became unhappy.

You dare to scold me?

Isn't it because you Three Pure Ones are incompetent?

Since that is the case, let this credit be given to us in the Western Region!!!

So this fight was intentional on his, Zhunti's, part.

There was another reason.

That was Zhunti taking revenge on the Taiqing Saint.

After all, Zhenyuanzi had already been forced into a dead end, and it was clear he was about to become the Xianshi Fo of his Western Region.

Why did you, Taiqing Saint, have to come and join in the fun? "A dignified Saint, acting like a street hooligan, arguing and making a scene—what kind of decorum is this!!"

Just at this moment, the figure of Tiandao Hongjun appeared within Zixiao Palace.

"Greetings, Teacher, we know we were wrong!!"

All the Saints knelt and bowed.

Under the Immortal Dao Power of Hongjun.

Their hearts were also shocked!!

Has the power of the Great Calamity reached such a level? "The Heavenly Tribulation was originally your chance to atone for your crimes and perform meritorious service."

"Look at you all, what have you turned it into?"

"Three Pure Ones!!"

Hongjun looked at the Three Pure Ones with a slightly angry expression.

"Teacher!!"

Seeing this, the Three Pure Ones hurriedly replied in the affirmative.

"It has been three thousand years, why is the Wu Clan still cowering in Pangu Hall!!"

Mentioning Pangu Hall, even Hongjun felt troubled.

According to the operation of the Heavenly Dao.

The Witch-Demon War was supposed to end in mutual destruction.

In the end, the Demon Race would retreat to the North Julu Continent to linger on in a desperate state.

And the Wu Clan, under the leadership of Houtu, would use Pangu Hall to transform their bodies into the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Completing the operation of the Heavenly Dao and forming the situation of the Three Realms.

But now, even the Heavenly Dao is blurry regarding the future.

"Teacher, why not hand this task over to us in the Western Region?"

Seeing the Three Pure Ones remain silent, the Western Region seized the opportunity to interject.

"Do you have the confidence?"

Hongjun looked toward the Western Two Saints.

The battle against Demon Ancestor Luohu back then had directly severed the Dragon Vein of the Western Region, leading to the devastation of all living things.

This was the debt he owed to the Western Region.

The origins of the Western Two Saints were, in truth, not the best among the three thousand Red Dust Guests.

Yet, they hailed from the Western Region.

And he had taken them as disciples precisely to repay the debt of the Western Region.

Therefore, in the original story, the Western Region often came to the Eastern Region to scavenge for benefits.

Especially after the battle of the Conferring of the Gods, it could be said that the Western Region was the one that profited.

As the teacher of the Saints, Hongjun had always turned a blind eye to the Western Region.

(End of this chapter)