Chapter 248 The Seven Saints Gather in Yang
Zhu Jiuyin took Houyi away from Pangu Temple, but did not leave Buzhou Mountain. Instead, he took him to an extremely mysterious cliff.

There is a big lake on the top of this cliff. Looking down from above, it looks like a jade plate with dew condensed on it, with waves full of vitality. There is no water in the lake, only a faint mist condensing and blending into the world. If the mist is water, what can be raised?
There are dozens of big trees growing around it, vaguely blocking the view from the outside world. If you don’t look carefully, no one will know that there is a big lake here.

Houyi did not see this big lake at first, until he followed Zhu Jiuyin and broke through a certain boundary, he saw its true face. Looking at the faint mist, a sense of impulse surged in his heart.

Looking at the lake, a trace of nostalgia flashed in Zhu Jiuyin's eyes, and he said, "This is where our twelve witch ancestors were born."

Hou Yi was surprised when he heard this and asked, "Weren't the twelve witch ancestors born in Pangu Palace?"

Zhu Jiuyin explained, "This lake was not originally inside this cliff, but inside Pangu Palace. But later, in order to cultivate the first generation of the Wu Clan, we deliberately moved it outside. There was some Father God's blood in this lake, but later we transformed it into the Wu Clan, leaving only this little bit of Pangu's essence."

After hearing this, Houyi suddenly realized. No wonder he felt an inexplicable urge in his heart when he looked at the mist. It turned out that it was Pangu's essence.

The sky has the three treasures, the sun, the moon, and the stars, the earth has the three treasures, water, fire, and wind, and people have the three treasures, spirit, energy, and spirit.

As the saying goes, refining essence into Qi, refining Qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness, and refining emptiness into unity with the Dao. These are the four great truths of cultivation. As for the last step of unity with the Dao, it means stepping into the realm of the great god Pangu: the Immortal of Hunyuan Daluo.

However, essence and qi can transform themselves. Qi is magic power, and essence is the body. The so-called essence and qi are magic power mixed with blood.

To a certain extent, the Twelve Ancestral Witches were also transformed from Pangu's essence, but it was the purest essence.

Zhu Jiuyin said: "You should absorb the remaining Pangu essence. If you can improve your strength, then do so. If you still have any doubts, you may as well return to the tribe and meditate for a while. This Pangu essence may be the only one left in the prehistoric world. Don't waste it. I have told you the location of this place. You can come here by yourself in the future."

Houyi naturally knew how important Pangu's relics were to the witch clan. In order to help him improve his strength, the Twelve Ancestral Witches actually wanted to give him all of Pangu's essence, which showed how much they valued the upcoming decisive battle.

But Houyi still had one question that was not answered.

"Master Zhu Jiuyin, since the Wu clan is doomed to fail, and even Chi You will have to lead his tribe to retreat into the underworld, why waste all this energy?"

Facing Hou Yi's question, Zhu Jiuyin sneered: "Even if it is a waste, it should be wasted on our own people, and never given to others! Even if the Wu clan dies, they must fight with all their might. What's more, the demon clan does have a deep hatred with the Wu clan, so it's not a loss to drag one down with them!"

Zhu Jiuyin’s idea is very simple, that is, he would rather die in glory than live in disgrace.

Since you want us to die, fine, for the sake of the tribe, we are willing to die. But you should not expect us to die in peace. If you can take someone with you, then it's better. At least we won't be alone on the road to the underworld.

Zhu Jiuyin gave Houyi a few more instructions before slowly leaving.

Looking at Zhu Jiuyin's departing back, Houyi trembled all over, with endless confusion in his heart. He looked at the faint mist in the big lake, but finally did not decide to absorb it immediately, but returned to Houtu tribe first.

South China Sea, Yingzhou Island.

Hengming, who was discussing Taoism with Yangmei and Nuwa, suddenly became distracted and called the Five-Colored Deer, saying to it, "Go outside the island to welcome the guests."

The Five-Colored Deer did not dare to hesitate and immediately turned into a five-colored fairy light and flew out of the island. Nuwa also learned who came to the outside of Yingzhou Island and smiled slightly, "It seems that they can't hold back. Yes, Luohou is bound to enter the prehistoric world, and with the extraterritorial demon world in hand, seeing that their power is expanding, how can they not be anxious?"

Although Yang Mei does not have the status of a saint, he is after all a Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian born from the primeval world, and possesses authority in the heavenly way second only to that of a saint.

With a simple calculation, we can find out who came to the outside of Yingzhou Island.

Heng Ming chuckled and said, "I originally thought that we could wait until Luo Hou entered the prehistoric world, but I didn't expect that this incident would come first. It seems that the three of us can trap Hou Tu together and make them feel afraid. Then we will go there to calm them down temporarily while waiting for Luo Hou to enter."

Not long after, the Five-Colored Deer came to the outside of Yuhua Palace with four boys and said loudly, "The boys are here with the five saints' attendants. I hope the master will give you instructions."

A calm voice came from the palace: "Come in."

After hearing this, the Five-Colored Deer brought the four boys into the Yuhua Palace.

The Yuhua Palace is where the saint lives, and the nature within it is far more beautiful than a world. Even though these four boys have been accompanying the saint all year round, after entering the Yuhua Palace, they could not help but sigh that the saint has superb magical powers and is considered to be one of the best among the saints.

Only one boy in golden clothes looked troubled, with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes. Seeing this, the Five-Colored Deer whispered, "Golden Chanzi, are the two saints from the West treating you well?"

This boy in golden clothes was none other than Jin Chanzi, who was expelled by Hengming. Since it was because of him that Jin Chanzi was expelled, Zhunti and Jieyin treated him very well, no worse than their own disciples.

But Buddhism has a lot of rules. This is to allow many disciples to have Buddhist demeanor when walking, sitting and lying down, unlike Xuanjiao which has almost no rules. This makes Jin Chanzi miss the days on Yingzhou Island more and more.

Jin Chanzi whispered: "The two saints treat me very well, but I still want to return to Yingzhou Island..."

The Five-Colored Deer shook his head slightly and said, "You are now the son of the two saints Zhunti and Jieyin, how can you still talk about Yingzhou Island? If the news spreads, the two saints will be furious and expel you, then you will really have no way to survive. We have been together day and night for many years, so I advise you to give up the thought of leaving Yingzhou Island. If we are destined to meet again in the future."

Jin Chanzi became even sadder after hearing this, but he had been in the West for many years and had understood quite a few Buddhist verses. He could understand the hidden meaning in the words and vaguely felt that the last sentence of the Five-Colored Deer seemed to contain a hidden meaning.

Just as he was about to ask, he found that the Five-Colored Deer had closed its mouth. However, a guess suddenly popped up in his mind, and he felt a little excited. However, there were three boys of the Three Pure Ones beside him after all. In order to avoid being exposed, he could only suppress this excitement in his heart and put on his sad look again.

"Could it be that the master has forgiven me and will find an opportunity for me to come back and serve him in the future?"

The more Jin Chanzi thought about it, the more excited he became. He wanted to scream a few times on the spot, but in the end he managed to remain as he was.

The Five-Colored Deer brought the four boys to a small pavilion. Inside the pavilion was a jade table with a few tea cups on it. Next to the jade table sat the three supreme gods. Although they had tried their best to restrain their power, the little bit of aura they inadvertently revealed still made them tremble with fear. Even the most lively boy with golden horns did not dare to say much.

The four boys bowed respectfully and said, "We greet Master Hengming, Goddess Nuwa, and Patriarch Yangmei."

Heng Mingyan said, "Get up, are you here at the behest of other saints?"

Jinjiao is the boy of Taishang Laojun and the leader of all the boys, so naturally he has to be the one to speak.

The child with the golden horn on his head stepped forward and said respectfully, "Golden Horn greets the Saint. Following the order of the leader of the Human Sect, I specially invite the leader of the Hengming Sect, the Saint Nuwa, and the Yangmei Patriarch to gather on Mount Shouyang. The leaders of the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect, and the two leaders of Western Buddhism are already waiting for you three on Mount Shouyang."

The White Crane Boy, the Water and Fire Boy, and the Golden Cicada Boy also said that their leader was already waiting on Mount Shouyang.

Hengming and his companions had anticipated this. In addition to the matter of Luohou, the purpose of this gathering was probably to take the opportunity to schedule the next few days. However, they had already had this intention, so they might as well go with the flow and go.

After the boys finished speaking, they quietly retreated to the side. After all, they were just messengers and did not dare to influence the will of the saint.

Hengming and his companions did not hesitate too much. As the prehistoric world was in the midst of a catastrophe, they did not want to make too much noise. They immediately used the methods of saints and arrived outside Shouyang Mountain in a flash.

The boys only felt a flash before their eyes, and the scenery in front of them instantly changed from Yuhua Palace to Shouyang Mountain. They knew that the saints had made the decision, and were thinking of entering Shouyang Mountain to report to the leader, but unexpectedly, five saints walked out of Shouyang Mountain first.

They are the five saints, Taishang Laojun, Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian Jiaozhu, Jieyin Taoist, and Zhunti Buddha.

These five saints came together to greet Master Hengming, Lady Nuwa, and Patriarch Yangmei from afar.

The usually seldom-smiling Taishang Laojun also forced a smile at this moment and said, "My two junior brothers and sisters, long time no see. Nice to meet you, Elder Yangmei."

Yuanshi Tianzun also forced a smile and said, "Greetings to my two junior brothers and sisters, and to Patriarch Yangmei."

As for Master Tongtian, he secretly hated these three people for trapping him in Yuhua Palace before. At this moment, he just bowed coldly but didn't say anything else.

The Taoist Jie Yin greeted these people very politely: "Greetings, Senior Brother Heng Ming, Senior Sister Nu Wa, and please accept the greetings of my two brothers, Elder Yang Mei."

Afterwards, Taoist Jie Yin and Buddha Zhunti bowed down together to Patriarch Yang Mei, which was a great ceremony. Patriarch Yang Mei naturally accepted the ceremony with great dignity. The other saints also knew the reason.

That was because it was thanks to Patriarch Yangmei, Taoist Patriarch Hongjun, and two other ancestors who joined forces to attack Luohou and broke the Zhuxian Sword Formation, which allowed the two of them to survive.

Otherwise, if you just stay on Mount Sumeru, even with the protection of the West, you will be discovered by the Demon Ancestor Rāhu sooner or later.

Daozu Hongjun is their master, and Patriarch Yangmei is their savior. This favor is more important than Hongyun’s giving up his seat, and it is only right for Patriarch Yangmei to accept this courtesy from the two.

(End of this chapter)