Primordial Era: The true lineage of Pangu, which Styx River is this?

Chapter 189 Zhunti and Jieyin: What goes around comes around

In the west, atop Mount Sumeru.

Zhunti and Jieyin were surrounded by golden light, each of them residing on a lotus-shaped cloud, while Hongyun stood below them.

"Greetings to the two sages," Hongyun said first, offering his greetings.

"Fellow Daoist Hongyun, it's been a while since we last met. How have you been?" Zhunti said to Hongyun with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Hongyun's arrival in the West truly brings glory to Mount Sumeru," Jieyin said, bowing to Hongyun in return.

While they would be enthusiastic towards others, they would never be this polite. The reason is simple: they are, after all, saints.

But Hongyun is different.

They still owe this fellow Daoist karma, so no matter what, no matter what schemes they have behind the scenes, they must show absolute respect to one of their "major creditors" on the surface.

"The hearts of these two sages are of utmost goodness, and the West will surely have a time of great prosperity."

And the countless vengeful spirits finally found solace. Hongyun continued.

"Thank you for your kind words, fellow Daoist." Zhunti and Jieyin said in unison upon hearing this.

A sage can know the affairs of the world in a single thought, and at this moment, what Hongyun was thinking could not escape the eyes of Zhunti and Jieyin.

After all, Hongyun is the creditor, and when the creditor comes to the door, it means they want the debtor to pay it back.

This matter might not be so difficult elsewhere, but this is the primordial era, and the karmic debts incurred here are not so easily resolved.

"This is not good, Junior Brother," Jieyin secretly transmitted to Zhunti beside him.

Rescuing Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi from the Great Tribulation was already extremely difficult, but what made it even more difficult was that Hongyun also wanted a job in the Netherworld.

Are jobs in the underworld so easy that you can just do them whenever you want?

Obviously not.

Very rare.

The job in the Netherworld is related to the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Underworld. It is a crucial link in maintaining the operation of the primordial world. Every important position contains great merit and great fortune. With Hongyun's cultivation and status, if he were to go to the Netherworld, he would definitely not be given a sinecure. He would at least be in a higher position than Randeng.

How much influence and karmic burden do they have to have to arrange for Hongyun to be sent to the underworld?

Not to mention, Hongyun had followed the Heavenly Court to fight against Styx several times. Today, Styx became a saint and did not punish them or take his life. It is already a sign of their kindness!

"Senior brother, fortune and misfortune are intertwined," Zhunti secretly transmitted his voice to guide him.

"What do you mean? Junior brother, this concerns the cause and effect of our becoming saints, we cannot be careless." Jieyin asked telepathically upon hearing this.

"Haha, senior brother, don't be impatient, watch me." Zhunti smiled, then looked at Hongyun and began to get closer to him, exchanging pleasantries.

In his words, Zhunti showed Hongyun great respect. At the same time, Jieyin, who was standing to the side, also sensed that Zhunti was using some means to seduce Hongyun. This means was one of Zhunti's supernatural powers.

However, with Zhunti's current saintly cultivation level, he could use this supernatural power in an extremely concealed manner, and Hongyun could not detect it at all.

Unbeknownst to her, Hongyun had already lowered her already thin defenses.

"Fellow Daoist Hongyun, what brings you here today?"

"We will do our utmost to help you, to repay the kindness of our former fellow Daoist who yielded his position." Zhunti looked at the red cloud before him and said with a smile, while giving a subtle hint to Jieyin beside him.

"Yes, Fellow Daoist Hongyun, I swear by Mount Sumeru today that we will do our utmost to repay your request," Jieyin said upon seeing this.

"My two sages, I have come here today for no great reason."

However, as the two sages know, I am now deeply entrenched in the center of a great calamity and can hardly protect myself. If the great calamity breaks out, I fear I will be in grave danger.

Therefore, Hongyun has come today to ask the two sages to help me and my dear friend Zhenyuanzi escape the great calamity, and at the same time, to find us a safe place to live.” Hongyun looked at Zhunti and Jieyin in front of him and put forward his request.

"Ah, fellow Daoist, this matter is extremely difficult, extremely difficult." Upon hearing this, Zhunti changed his previous expression and looked at the red cloud in front of him with a sorrowful expression.

"Fellow Daoist, you are aware of the current situation in the prehistoric world. If we act in this way, wouldn't we be openly telling our senior brothers that we intend to destroy the Heavenly Court?" Zhunti looked at Hongyun with a bitter expression and said, "Fellow Daoist, you must also know the methods of our senior brothers."

Upon hearing this, Hongyun was speechless for a moment. In fact, there were many loopholes in Zhunti's words, but faced with Zhunti's style of doing things, Hongyun really couldn't bring herself to say it.

At the same time, in a sense, what Zhunti said was true. The Heavenly Court had already lost the help of the saints, and if it lost him and Zhen Yuanzi as well, it would probably be in chaos in an instant.

"No, junior brother, how could you do this?"

"We owe Fellow Daoist Hongyun a debt of karma for his attainment of Dao. Now that Fellow Daoist Hongyun has a request, we will do everything in our power, even if it costs us the last bit of hope in the West, to help Fellow Daoist Hongyun escape this sea of ​​suffering." Jieyin looked at Zhunti beside him and rebuked him angrily.

At this moment, Jieyin understood what Zhunti wanted to do, and decisively began to cooperate.

"Senior brother, how can you do this?"

When we attained sainthood, we incurred boundless karmic consequences. These karmic consequences have not yet been repaid, so how can we bear the karmic consequences of countless eons?

The Dao Ancestor has stated that we sages are not allowed to take action within the primordial world. How can we help Fellow Daoist Hongyun?

"Senior brother, how do our safety compare to that of the countless beings in the West?" Upon hearing this, Zhunti was overcome with grief and burst into tears, causing the surrounding area of ​​Mount Sumeru to howl in anger.

"No, absolutely not—" Jieyin continued to refute Zhunti upon hearing this, his righteous indignation evident.

"My two sages, I am aware of your difficulties. In that case, I will not disturb you any longer." After a short while, Hongyun sighed.

"Fellow Daoist Hongyun, no, no."

"Fellow Daoist, do not listen to Zhunti's nonsense. No matter how impoverished our Western Regions may be, given the current situation, with Fellow Daoist Hongyun coming to our door, we must lend a helping hand," Jieyin continued.

What they want is not as simple as just fooling Hongyun away today.

After all, what if Hongyun doesn't die in the Great Tribulation in the future? Wouldn't he still have to pay the price for this karma?

"However, if the two saints are truly in a difficult position—" Hongyun looked at Zhunti and Jieyin in front of him and continued, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Jieyin.

"Fellow Daoist, I have a plan. I wonder if you would be willing to accept it?" Jieyin looked at the red cloud in front of him and said with an extremely sincere and firm expression.

"What do you mean?" Hongyun looked at Jieyin in confusion.

"Fellow Daoist, would you be willing to join my Western Sect?"

"If you are willing, we are willing to entrust you with the position of Vice Leader. At that time, we will assist you and your close friends, as well as you, Zhen Yuanzi, in escaping the sea of ​​suffering. This will be a legitimate and justifiable act." Jieyin looked at the red cloud before him with an extremely sincere expression, but there was a deeper meaning hidden beneath the "truth."

"Senior brother is wise." Upon hearing this, Zhunti also concealed the bitter look on his face and secretly transmitted his voice to Jieyin.

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