Chapter 190: Red Cloud Joins the Shareholdings, Era Reversed!

Fengxi often had to admit.

Houtu, this ancestral witch, was absolutely the most grandiose leader he had ever seen in his life, and also the most generous Party A.

In his work and salary, there had never been a lack of investment.

Who could believe it?

Just the extra remuneration received from Ancestral Witch Houtu could match Fengxi's salary as the overall strategic work supervisor of the "Sports Meet — Reincarnation"!

With such a big boss looking after him, Fengxi's cultivation could skyrocket so fast — this is after deducting the investments in over a thousand trumpets.

Of course.

But Houtu Ancestral Witch's generous treatment also came with demands.

— You must deliver the goods!

Be able to solve the great Ancestral Witch Houtu's confusion!

Houtu's will is Fengxi's goal.

The direction pointed to by the Ancestral Witch's sword — even if blocked by mountains of knives and seas of fire, Fengxi must charge through it head‑on.

Raising troops for ten thousand years, using them in a moment.

And now, the time to use them has arrived.

This is also a critical juncture in Fengxi's trial.

Houtu Ancestral Witch listed his Party A's requirements one by one, indicating that in the partial hot war of the Wu and Demon races, self‑initiated, self‑conscious cannon fodder is needed, and asking how to lure people into the pit without too greatly violating the Wu Clan's crafted persona.

This will serve as the acceptance test of Fengxi's achievements gained over the years from Houtu's investment.

The test result will decide whether the angel investor — Houtu — will continue to put funds into Fengxi's research on the Yin‑deed and Blessing‑deed Great Dao, and whether additional resources will be added.

Although Houtu Ancestral Witch is outrageously wealthy, he still has to observe the basic law of investment.

Upon hearing Houtu's meaning, Fengxi immediately declared —

"Please rest assured, sir!"

"Xi, I already have a good plan in mind!"

— Even though this good plan is still only on paper and hasn't yet been put into practice for verification.

Yet it does not prevent Fengxi from making a solemn guarantee.

And the next moment, he pulled out the proposal and began to hoodwink… uh, no, to explain.

He painted a big pie, looked forward to the future, and steadied the big boss's confidence.

As for actual operation… later he will say his strength is limited, he can't hold up this situation, and being of the Wu Clan makes him unsuitable, so let the leader find a great divine‑ability person to share the burden.

If he fails, the blame on him won't be too great.

If he succeeds, half of the merit will be his… and perhaps then he can consider Qinghao's suggestion to pull off a "remove the millstone and kill the donkey" maneuver?

Fengxi's mental abacus rang loudly.

And just as he expected.

Faced with this huge pie, Houtu Ancestral Witch expressed satisfaction.

"Not bad! Very not bad!"

"Your plan is reliable!"

"It seems these years you really have figured out some good stuff."

Houtu praised loudly.

Fengxi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

'Mmm… Houtu Sir's approval means this is a good thing… I can get a preventive shot, laying the groundwork in advance for shifting blame later.'

Consider defeat before victory.

"Sir, although this plan is highly feasible, we still need to guard against some unexpected interfering factors…" he said with lowered brows and obedient eyes, "Even if I carry it out, I cannot simulate the interference of the Great Luo Heavenly Will of the opposing camp… problems may arise here, so preventive preparations are needed."

"You can rest assured on that." Houtu chuckled lightly, comforting his subordinate, "You've already done enough… the play of heavenly will is ours to handle; you needn't worry overly."

"I was mistaken…" Fengxi sighed, then sincerely praised the leader, "Houtu Sir is resourceful and profoundly wise; in the maneuvers of the Great Luo Heavenly Will, how could he possibly be troubled?"

"What you say is correct." Houtu nodded, feeling Fengxi's words hit her heart.

She has always been very clever, great wisdom appearing as foolishness!

"I have approved this plan." Houtu placed one hand on the proposal, "Later I will personally seek a suitable great ability to cooperate, first avoiding the Demon Race's sharp edge and laying a solid foundation for the platform."

"As for you… go back and work harder to plug the leaks, see what details can still be improved."

"Yes, sir!" Fengxi nodded.

"Right."

Houtu changed the tone of her speech, looked Fengxi up and down, and said, "I see your cultivation has already stepped onto the threshold of the critical point, right?"

"Not far from the ultimate leap?"

"Yes." Fengxi's eyes lit up — Houtu's words seemed to be about to give him guidance.

"I originally cultivated your Houtu Dao, walking the path of vast virtue bearing all things, nurturing myriad spirits, using this thought to summarize all the laws of heaven, earth and the universe, melting them into one, able to expound all matters and phenomena… later I sublimated further, walked my own Dao, and from the construction of reincarnation summarized part of the outline of Yin‑deed and also gained some insight into Blessing‑deed…"

In short, Fengxi's cultivation achievements to this day are essentially inseparable from "virtue".

He is a "person of the Dao", a "person of virtue".

Vast virtue to bear all things… when the day comes that the five virtues gather, who in this world would dare compare his virtue with him?

Such immense virtue could certainly serve as the greatest conscience of the Honghuang heaven and earth, bearing the myriad beings of humanity toward the bright, eternal shore.

However, Fengxi still has to worry about his cultivation, choosing his words carefully, "My lord, my insight into the Yin‑deed of reincarnation, and using that thought as the foundation for condensing the Great Luo Dao Fruit, will it not conflict with your Great Dao?"

"You are entirely mine, obeying my orders — how could there be a conflict of the Great Dao?" Houtu laughed helplessly, "Besides, I opened reincarnation; the true focus is not on Yin‑deed but on grasping the true spirits of humanity that reincarnation brings…"

"Little fellow, if you in the future perform outstandingly, achieve glorious battle merits, and make an indelible contribution to Wu Clan hegemony… then I will completely give you the Yin‑deed achievements of this reincarnation — what's wrong with that?"

"By monopolizing such a broad and important road, you would have hope to become one of the few great divine‑ability persons in this Honghuang heaven and earth."

Houtu said it lightly, making Fengxi's eyes light up.

Too generous!

Although there are prerequisites.

But being able to promise such a future is remarkable.

Fengxi suddenly realized.

His own boss is also a master at drawing pies, huh?

"Of course, before that, you must first attain the Dao and become Great Luo, and successfully survive until the end of the Lich Great Tribulation era, to possibly gain this achievement." Houtu said lightly, her eyes shifting, "Whether you can survive in the Lich Great Tribulation... I cannot guarantee that either."

"As for attaining the Dao and becoming Great Luo, I can help you boost your chances a bit."

Houtu said leisurely, "Wandering through the Myriad Heavens spacetime, comprehending different combinations of Great Dao rules, using external worldly stimuli to transform one's own Great Dao adaptively... you should know this, right?"

"I know." Fengxi said respectfully, "I have thousands of incarnations wandering the realms, thus gaining many novel experiences."

"What good is that?" Houtu said dismissively, "The Myriad Heavens spacetime, though endless in birth and death, is mostly owned, with parcels taken up by incarnations of Great Luo, or used to evolve the Dao, or to gather fortune... the big profits, when would they fall to a little guy like you?"

"Uh..." Fengxi blinked, then nodded vigorously, "Right, right, right... you're absolutely right, sir!"

"Many worlds have deep backgrounds... constantly bringing up this myth, that legend..."

"If one knew nothing, it would be fine, having the guts to be reckless."

"But I know too much... so I dare not be reckless, honestly keeping a low profile, farming modestly to earn scraps."

Fengxi wore a look of deep feeling, just like the real thing.

Not a word mentioned these years, his trumpet army led by Feng·999·Xi has already swept across tens of millions of dimensional worlds.

— In the 999 report, this is mainly due to the contribution of Xihuang's imprint.

With this imprint, one can directly airdrop into the world where Fuxi the Great Sage's incarnation once reigned as king with a trumpet, inheriting the Heavenly Emperor's authority.

That is how such astonishing results came about.

What is even more astonishing is that, even after ruling such a vast number of worlds, it is merely a hair on the bull of the wealth Xihuang left behind in the Myriad Heavens.

This forced the 999 to request of Fengxi that it was time to build the "Hall of Reincarnation," recruit able-bodied people, and use fortune as universal transaction wages.

A happy trouble.

However, this trouble is not easy to confide in Houtu about.

So, Fengxi wisely concealed it from his own leader.

Houtu felt nothing odd, merely saying, "After attaining the Dao and becoming Great Luo, endless spacetime is eternally free... these Myriad Heavens spacetime are their hunting grounds, so this situation is quite normal."

"To pick up a bargain, unless you bump into worlds where heavenly wills check each other, or into spacetimes where my Great Luo rule has been lost... there is still some room for maneuver."

"And after all, the legal frameworks of these worlds are far less exquisite and complex than Honghuang's; relying on their stimulation to give you a major insight now is not easy."

"But a world like Honghuang... is there a second one?" Fengxi wondered.

"One could say there is none, but also say there are countless." Houtu the ancestral witch chuckled, "The Honghuang universe itself is equivalent to a Great Luo's Dao fruit."

"Manifested on the timeline, boundless Honghuang coexists."

"Although in different eras the Dao fruit is the same, its manifestations differ... My plan is to let you witness an even more ancient era of the Honghuang universe, hoping you can understand the differences and similarities of the laws and the sole principle of the Great Dao, which would add a bit to your chances of proving the Dao and becoming Great Luo in the future."

"Thank you, Elder Houtu!" Fengxi shouted, his face full of grateful tears.

After the excitement passed, he then asked, "Will traveling to the past affect the present?"

"You're overthinking it... although you can be there, see, hear, and feel, you cannot actually do anything, let alone change it." Houtu shook her head, "Not to mention you, even if a Great Luo descended in person, it would be the same."

Fengxi instantly understood, this might involve some unspeakable secret that top experts have tacitly avoided.

"Alright, go prepare yourself; I'll send you over shortly... this also counts as a benefit, a reward for your years of painstaking effort designing and perfecting the reincarnation yin virtue and social welfare."

Houtu put Fengxi's previously submitted plan into her sleeve.

"Yes."

Fengxi withdrew.

Moments later, he returned, and the ancestral witch had already opened a gate of light for him.

Through the light gate, Fengxi faintly saw dragons and phoenixes contending for supremacy, Dao and demons vying for strength... one after another, world-shaking battles unfolded in the upper reaches of the Suiyue Changhe, becoming immortal imprints.

"After I go there... how do I come back?"

Fengxi feared losing himself.

"Just sincerely call out the tattoo on your brow... I am present in all endless spacetime, so you need not worry."

Houtu yawned, casually waved her hand, "Go quickly, return quickly."

"All right!" Fengxi straightened his back and strode in with big steps.

After he left, the ancestral witch stroked her chin and took out Fengxi's previously submitted plan again.

"This cloud platform... who should I partner with?"

"It must avoid the Demon Race's main attention, not stimulate their nerves... and it seems there are also some rigid Great Dao requirements here?"

"The exchange of resources and power, intangible gathering and dispersal... perhaps I should contact that person?"

Houtu pondered for a moment, then began to make contact.

Dialing a distant expert, "Hongyun, are you there?"

The divine being named Hongyun answered the call from Houtu, "I am here."

"There's a business, will you take it?" Houtu went straight to the point.

"Well... let me hear, what business is this?"

Hongyun chuckled lightly, "As long as it's not a loss, anything that can earn... everything is negotiable."

As he spoke, he kept tossing a jade slip up and down in his hand.

That was a script for handing over, discussed face-to-face with a mighty figure who was adept at the art of repeated lateral leaps back then.

— Shaoyang Emperor!

Over the years, Hongyun has also spent much time repeatedly pondering the script's content, secretly practiced and verified it, and summed up many insights.

Moreover, he innovated, adding and perfecting many details, faintly showing signs of reaching a higher level.

And now…

Even the opportunity has quietly been delivered to him.

A faint black curtain lay spread across the Honghuang universe, as if silently waiting for something.

"Rest assured, as long as you get it done, there will naturally be profit." Houtu promised, "Even, I can help you completely resolve any old grudges you carry."

"Heh… Fellow Daoist, you're thoughtful." Hongyun smiled, "I couldn't ask for more."

I just want to know in detail, what the specific business cooperation entails?

Alright…

Houtu's eyes flickered, and he began negotiations.

…

The Ancestral Witches' movements were unknown to Fengxi.

Because at this moment he had already crossed time, arriving in an even older era, prematurely enjoying a bit of the benefit of wandering through spacetime as a Great Luo being.

The Honghuang of the Dragon-Phoenix era and the Honghuang of the Witch-Demon era differ greatly in how the Great Dao's laws form their patterns.

But since both can construct a perfect universe, it is worth Fengxi's study, to absorb the essence, integrate it into his Dao fruition, and expand his core path.

In this process, he had some leisure and also learned a bit about the era's background.

"Hmm… There's not much difference from the Honghuang Annals written by Yao Marshal Báizé."

Fengxi gazed at the dragon and phoenix that sprawled across heaven and earth, nodded in appraisal, "Except that Hongjun Dao Ancestor and Luohu Demon Ancestor have not yet appeared, everything is completely accurate."

(End of chapter)