Tongtian had no concept of refining materials. He watched his second brother carefully treasure a dark golden stone, and looked disgusted!
Yuanshi didn't pay attention to Tongtian's disgusted expression. From the way this prodigal son casually asked him to refine things every time, it was clear that Tongtian had no idea of the value of some precious refining materials!
Yuanshi didn't explain to Tongtian either, because that would be like playing the lute to a cow, a waste of his expression!
As Yuanshi and Tongtian stopped to collect the western Genjin, Zhunti and Jieyin, along with five others, also arrived before them!
"Greetings, two fellow Daoists!"
Tongtian looked at Jieyin and Zhunti, who were greeting them, and felt a surge of nausea, but he still managed to return the礼.
Tongtian and Yuanshi looked at Jizo, Medicine King, and Randeng behind the two.
When Tongtian saw Randeng, he understood why he had felt a familiar aura just now!
Randeng was also one of the three thousand guests of Zixiao Palace. He didn't expect to end up with Jieyin and Zhunti!
When Yuanshi saw Randeng, he also frowned. He didn't expect that Randeng, who was originally one of the great powers in the East, would come to these two scoundrels, Jieyin and Zhunti, instead of staying in the East!
Jieyin saw that Yuanshi and Tongtian had noticed Randeng, and then said:
"Vice Cult Master Randeng, have you paid your respects to the two fellow Daoists?"
When Tongtian and Yuanshi heard this, they didn't expect that Randeng was actually the Vice Cult Master of the Western Religion. The two of them looked at Randeng deeply.
Randeng heard this and stepped forward.
"Greetings, seniors Yuanshi and Tongtian!"
Tongtian heard this and snorted coldly:
"We dare not accept the title of senior. Since you are the Vice Cult Master of the Western Religion, you are also a Cult Master like us!"
Randeng heard this and felt a little awkward. Tongtian dared to say it, but he didn't dare to admit it. Although they were nominally equal, they couldn't compare to the Saints!
Jieyin and Zhunti also saw Randeng's awkwardness. Jieyin laughed and said:
"Jizo, Medicine King, why haven't you paid your respects to the two Saints?"
Jizo and Medicine King also felt awkward. They seemed to feel that the two Saint Fathers, Tongtian and Yuanshi, didn't like their master very much!
Yuanshi saw that the two had good talent, and his brow furrowed. He looked at Jieyin and Zhunti without saying anything.
"Greetings to the two Saint Fathers!"
Tongtian and Yuanshi waved their hands, signaling them to rise. Although they didn't have a good impression of Jieyin and Zhunti, they wouldn't drag the two juniors into it, especially since they called them Saint Fathers!
Jieyin and Zhunti's expressions changed when they heard their disciples call Tongtian and Yuanshi Saint Fathers.
Although it was reasonable for Jizo and Medicine King to call them Saint Fathers, Jieyin and Zhunti still felt a lump in their throats!
Tongtian also looked at Jizo and Medicine King for a moment before ignoring them and looking at Jieyin and Zhunti again!
"My brothers are traveling west for a purpose. Now that our business is done, we should take our leave!"
After Tongtian finished speaking, he immediately took Yuanshi and left!
Yuanshi looked at Tongtian's eagerness and smiled gently:
"What? Do you dislike Jieyin and Zhunti so much?"
Tongtian heard this and looked at Yuanshi:
"Don't you dislike them too, second brother? And you're blaming me!"
Yuanshi laughed heartily. The two brothers had lived together for an immeasurable amount of time, and some things couldn't be hidden from each other!
On Kunlun Mountain, Taishang looked at the returning Tongtian and Yuanshi, nodded lightly, and returned to his cultivation state.
After Yuanshi and Tongtian left, Zhunti looked at Jieyin:
"Brother, Tongtian and Yuanshi are too arrogant. This is, after all, our territory. It's one thing that they didn't visit us first when they came to our place, but even when we came, they were indifferent!"
Randeng also fanned the flames:
"Yes, two Cult Masters, and they must have taken a lot of good things from us!"
Jieyin heard this and frowned:
"Randeng, what do you mean by that!"
"Cult Master, think about it. Why would they leave Kunlun Mountain for no reason and come to our place? Look, the ores in the mining veins have disappeared. What can be valued by a Saint be an ordinary thing?"
Zhunti, after hearing Randeng's words, also spoke indignantly:
"Brother, Randeng is right. Back then, when we encountered that innate gourd in the East, with our abilities, we should have at least gotten one or two gourds. But they joined forces to drive us away, and now they are openly coming to the West to seek treasures!"
Jieyin also felt very uncomfortable, feeling as if he had suffered a great injustice!
However, Jieyin considered everything thoroughly. The power difference was too great. The West, in terms of any level of power, was far inferior to the East, not to mention that he and Zhunti had bigger troubles to deal with!
Jieyin shook his head helplessly and said to Randeng:
"Randeng, take Jizo and Medicine King back to Mount Sumeru first. My brother and I have important matters to attend to!"
When Randeng heard Jieyin's command, he had no choice but to take Jizo and Medicine King back.
After Randeng took Jizo and Medicine King away, Zhunti looked at Jieyin:
"Brother, what is the important matter you are referring to?"
Jieyin looked at Zhunti, faced east, and sighed helplessly:
"Brother, have you forgotten that we still owe Hongyun a favor for his chance to become a Saint!"
Zhunti's face also turned ugly when he heard Jieyin's words!
Jieyin ignored Zhunti's ugly expression and continued to speak to himself:
"Brother, we owe Heavenly Dao merit, but we haven't specified a time for repayment. Heavenly Dao can't do anything to us, and Heavenly Dao won't personally come to collect the debt. But Hongyun is different."
"Originally, we schemed against him, intending to have our ties severed after his death. Who knew that with the intervention of the Three Pure Ones, Hongyun not only didn't die but also became a Saint like us!"
"Moreover, Zhenyuanzi is inseparable from him. If Hongyun comes to collect his debt from us, I'm afraid Zhenyuanzi won't stand by and do nothing. We should make plans early!"
Zhunti's face turned extremely gloomy, and he said in a deep voice:
"It's all these damned Three Pure Ones. If it weren't for them, why would we brothers have such troubles!"
Although Jieyin also had a bad impression of the Three Pure Ones, who always ruined his plans, they were powerful. He couldn't defeat them, and he didn't have as many allies. What could he do? He could only try to find a solution first!
Zhunti really didn't know what to do. Now that Hongyun was a Saint of Heavenly Dao, immortal and indestructible, they couldn't escape the karma they owed. Zhunti could only look at Jieyin:
"Does Brother have any solutions?"
Jieyin shook his head and said with a bitter smile:
"Brother, becoming a Saint is no small matter. It cannot be repaid with one or two spiritual treasures. Your brother doesn't know what to do either!"
Seeing that Jieyin, who always made the decisions, had no solution, Zhunti became a little anxious:
"Brother, what should we do then?"
Jieyin saw Zhunti getting anxious and comforted him:
"Brother, you don't need to worry. Hongyun gave his position to me back then, and your position was snatched from Kunpeng by us brothers. If Hongyun wants to collect his debt, he will only come to me and won't trouble you, brother!"
Zhunti heard the meaning in Jieyin's words and immediately said with red eyes:
"Is Brother going to abandon me? Brother, have you forgotten our agreement back then? No matter what Brother does, Zhunti is willing to advance and retreat with Brother!"
After Zhunti finished speaking, his thoughts drifted back to when he and Jieyin first met!
Zhunti was originally conceived from a seed of the Chaos Bodhi Tree. When Pangu opened the heavens and earth, the Chaos Bodhi Tree, like many other chaotic spiritual objects, was destroyed in the tribulation of opening the heavens.
Zhunti was lucky enough to fall to this Western land. At the same time, as the heavens and earth differentiated into the five elements, Zhunti, by chance, unintentionally absorbed a bit of the golden origin from the origin of the five elements, thus he was able to sprout and grow into the first Bodhi tree in the world!
After an unknown period of time, Zhunti gradually developed spiritual intelligence. When Zhunti developed spiritual intelligence, he discovered a white lotus in a pool of water beside him!
And that white lotus was Jieyin. Jieyin's spiritual intelligence developed slightly earlier than Zhunti's. After discovering the extraordinary nature of the Bodhi tree he produced, Jieyin watered Zhunti with his stems and leaves every day until Zhunti transformed, without interruption!
Zhunti also discovered the extraordinary nature of the pool water after being watered by it, knowing that it must be a spiritual object. It was also thanks to that pool water that he was able to develop spiritual intelligence so early!
And since they were both born in the wilderness, they confided in each other to pass the time when they were lonely!
Zhunti didn't know Jieyin's origin, and he transformed even earlier than him!
After Jieyin transformed, besides watering Zhunti with the water from the Eight Treasures Merit Pool every day, he also sat in front of the Bodhi tree transformed by Zhunti every day to preach to Zhunti!
And it was precisely because of Jieyin's various actions that Zhunti transformed considerably earlier!
Zhunti had never met anyone who was so good to him. So after Zhunti transformed, he recognized Jieyin as his elder brother!
After the two transformed, Zhunti wanted to travel the Great Desolation, but Jieyin firmly stopped him from leaving!
Until the arrival of the battle between Dao and Mo, when Hongjun and the Three Pure Ones fought with Luohu on Mount Sumeru, Zhunti insisted on going to watch. Jieyin couldn't stop him, so he had to accompany him!
Unexpectedly, before they could see Hongjun, Luohu, and the others, a powerful shockwave suddenly struck. In order to protect Zhunti, Jieyin sacrificed his Jieyin Treasure Banner to protect them, but this also caused the spiritual intelligence born in the Jieyin Treasure Banner to be destroyed!
Zhunti clearly remembered Jieyin soaking the Jieyin Treasure Banner in the Eight Treasures Merit Pool in a daze, and being distraught for a long time.
Zhunti was extremely ashamed. If he hadn't insisted on going to watch the battle, the spirit of the Jieyin Treasure Banner wouldn't have been destroyed!
Unexpectedly, Jieyin saw Zhunti's guilt and even forced a smile to comfort him!
Therefore, Zhunti decided that he would stay by Jieyin's side for the rest of his life and never leave!
Jieyin looked at Zhunti's red eyes and laughed:
"Brother, what are you doing? We haven't reached that point yet, have we? Don't worry! Hongyun has always been known as a good old man. What if he says he won't hold us accountable?"
Zhunti didn't believe Jieyin's words at all:
"Brother, don't lie to me. Hongyun has already become a Saint. How can he not know about our schemes against him? Hongyun is kind, but he's not a fool!"
"Brother, I've never asked you for anything. This time, please consider it my plea. Tell me honestly, is there a solution?"
Jieyin saw Zhunti's stubbornness and even used the word "plea." Feeling unbearable, he said:
"Alas, fine, I'll tell you! To resolve this matter, there are only three methods. First, Hongyun personally speaks to end the karma between us and him!"
"Second, we enter the Chaos. Our karma with Hongyun was generated in the Great Desolation, and the Great Desolation, due to Pangu's opening of the heavens, has Heavenly Dao, so the Great Dao has retreated. Entering the Chaos can help us avoid this karma!"
"The third is to kill Hongyun. However, Hongyun has already become a Saint of Heavenly Dao and is immortal and indestructible. Killing him is unrealistic. We can only destroy his Saint body and seal his soul. As long as Hongyun's soul does not break free from the seal, we will only owe Hongyun karma, but we will not have to repay it!"
Zhunti heard this and immediately said:
"Brother, let's go to the Chaos! Whoever wants to stay in this Great Desolation can stay!"
Jieyin looked at Zhunti's demeanor, and his heart was filled with emotion. He looked at Zhunti dazedly, but Jieyin shook his head. This was a debt he owed. How could he let Zhunti bear it with him?
Once they entered the Chaos, the merit they owed to Heavenly Dao could not be repaid. Although they had not specified a repayment time for the merit they owed to Heavenly Dao, once they decided to leave the Great Desolation, it would be equivalent to telling Heavenly Dao that they would not repay what they owed.
At that time, the two of them would definitely fall from their Saint positions. The Chaos was full of dangers, and even Saints could not guarantee their own safety, let alone them who had fallen from their Saint positions! Jieyin didn't want Zhunti to take this risk with him!
Jieyin didn't know that when the two brothers became Saints, Hongjun and Heavenly Dao were in a struggle, and their soul imprints were on Hongjun. Heavenly Dao could do nothing to them!
Zhunti saw that Jieyin was unmoved and immediately cried out anxiously:
"Brother!"
Jieyin smiled:
"Brother, it's actually fine if we don't repay it. I'm still a Saint, and I just can't advance further in my cultivation. It's nothing!"
Zhunti's face turned black when he heard this. What did he mean by just being unable to advance further? It would probably be worse than dying!
Without another word, Zhunti immediately stepped forward and pulled Jieyin, saying:
"Brother, let's go to Kunlun to see Hongyun right away. No matter what he needs, whether it's from heaven and earth or from the Chaos and the Great Desolation, I will go and find it for him, as long as he agrees to settle the matter from Zixiao Palace back then!"
Jieyin shook his head and broke free from Zhunti's hand!
"Brother, although it's best to have Hongyun personally resolve it, we were quite ruthless back then, intending for Hongyun to die. Hongyun will not easily let us off. Now is not the time! When the time is ripe, you and I will go to Kunlun!"
Zhunti heard this and felt that Jieyin's words made sense, so he nodded slightly!
Thus, the brothers returned to Mount Sumeru!