Primordial Era: Starting with the repair of Penglai Immortal Island

A robust, glossy blue ox darted into the yard, its two horns gleaming like divine weapons.

Two huge eyeballs darted around, scanning the yard.

He even had half a Ganoderma lucidum in his mouth!

"Green Ox, you've stolen food again!"

The Green Ox completely ignored Xuandu's words.

The green ox's gaze swept over Huanglong and Xuandu, finally settling on the two tables in front of it!

It landed on the plate of innate spiritual fruit, the Crimson Jade Golden Glow Orange, opened its mouth wide, and spat the half-section of the Ganoderma lucidum into the corner of the courtyard.

Huang Long's eyebrows twitched as he looked at it. Judging from its appearance and the Daoist aura it emitted, the Lingzhi was no less than ten thousand years old.

Outside, countless creatures dream of obtaining this elixir, but this green ox treats it as a snack and even looks down on it!

Xuan Du laughed and scolded, "I've painstakingly cultivated this spiritual herb for so long, and you, you old ox, have just wasted it like this."

"Young master, don't fool me. I, Old Niu, merely ate a weed in the herb field!" Huang Long actually saw a hint of disdain in those copper bell-sized eyes.

"Why bother with painstaking cultivation?"

Hearing this, Huanglong and Xuan were both amused and exasperated, but what Qingniu said was indeed true.

In the medicinal fields of Xuandu outside Shouyang Mountain, this ten-thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum is nothing more than an ordinary weed, scattered among the medicinal fields.

The green ox's eyes were fixed on the plate of red jade golden tangerines.

Huang Long's heart stirred, recalling the legend from his previous life that the Green Ox Demon, the mount of Laozi, seemed to have a special fondness for oranges.

As one of the eighty-one tribulations, the Green Ox captured Tang Sanzang and, ignoring the urging of the lesser demons below, kept peeling and eating oranges.

I never imagined that the blue ox in this primordial world would have such a hobby.

A hint of amusement flashed in Huang Long's eyes. He picked up a red jade tangerine from the plate and weighed it in his hand.

The green ox's eyes followed the rise and fall of the golden tangerine in Huanglong's hand, its nostrils flared, and a trace of saliva seeped from the corner of its mouth.

Xuan Du looked at the green ox and laughed heartily: "Senior brother, you don't know, of all the spiritual fruits and immortal medicines in the master's medicine garden, only this orange is the one that the old ox likes the most."

Especially these top-grade Golden Glow tangerines, born from innate spiritual roots; if I don't get to eat them today, my entire medicinal garden might be destroyed by their mouths.

He stopped teasing it and offered the tangerine to the blue ox's mouth.

The ox eagerly took the orange into its mouth, but instead of biting it with its teeth, it used its clumsy hooves and horns to carefully peel off the orange peel.

Its movements were surprisingly nimble; it peeled off the whole fruit in no time and then chewed it with satisfaction.

"Click, click..."

The crisp sound of chewing echoed in the courtyard. The blue ox squinted its eyes, a look of ecstasy appearing on its face. Its tail swished happily, and even its aura softened.

Xuan Du shook his head: "This old ox, he's never been this close to me before."

Huang Long laughed and said, "He's met his true love."

Huang Long then took out a plate of red jade tangerines, placed them on the table, and said to Qing Niu.

"Old Cow, there are plenty of oranges, but are you sure you want to keep talking to us in your cow form?"

Listening to Huang Long's words and looking at the Crimson Jade Golden Glow Orange on the table, the Green Ox shone with spiritual light and transformed into a plump middle-aged man, with its two horns still pointing to the sky.

Sensing the aura emanating from the Azure Ox, Huang Long shook his head. When he first encountered the Sage Taiqing, the Azure Ox was already at the Taiyi Realm.

Now he and Xuandu are both at the Great Luo level, but Qingniu has only reached the late Taiyi stage, and is far from the Great Luo level.

Huang Long teased again, "Green Ox, I encountered Kui Niu on Jin'ao Island before, and he had the cultivation of the peak of Taiyi! And look at you..."

Huang Long shook his head, a strange smile appearing on his face.

Qingniu reached out and picked up another Crimson Jade Golden Glow Orange, peeling it as he casually remarked, "No matter how fast he breaks through, he'll still have to call me 'Big Brother' when he meets me...!"

Huanglong and Xuandu exchanged a glance, feeling quite speechless. This green ox, as the mount of a sage, had absolutely no ambition.

The two men and the ox chatted idly in the courtyard. Huanglong then took out the blood date wine and drank it with Xuandu and the green ox.

At the foot of Buzhou Mountain stands the Pangu Palace.

The atmosphere in this enormous hall, formed from the heart of Pangu, was solemn at this moment.

Eleven Ancestral Witches sat around in the hall. Dijiang's face was calm, but a thoughtful look would occasionally flash in his eyes.

The other ancestral witches were either deep in thought, anxious, or puzzled, each with a different expression.

"Everyone heard what my little sister said," Di Jiang said slowly, his voice echoing in the hall. "She told us... to have more contact with the human race."

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Zhu Rong was the first to sneer, "Humans? Those weak little insects? My Wu tribe's sons could kill hundreds or thousands with a single punch! Contact them? What's the point? To watch them tremble in fear?"

"Zhurong is mistaken," Xuanming said calmly. "My younger sister has attained the position of a sage and given birth to a primordial spirit, so naturally she sees things much more deeply and far beyond what we can compare to. Since she says this, there must be a deeper meaning behind it."

"What deeper meaning could there be?" Zhu Rong waved his hand irritably. "If you ask me, the most important thing now is to recall the great witches like Xing Tian and Jiu Feng, and see who can merge with that drop of Father God's blood essence to give birth to a new Ancestral Witch!"

"My little sister categorized the demon race as belonging to the animal realm, and that hairy beast must harbor resentment. Instead of focusing on improving our strength, why are we bothering with those humans?"

Gonggong frowned and said, "Zhurong, calm down. My sister also mentioned something else... to send some of the Wu tribe into the underworld to help manage the souls there. What do you all think about this?"

These words silenced the hall.

The witch clan has entered the underworld?

The ancestral witches looked at each other in bewilderment.

The underworld is an environment filled with yin energy. Ordinary flesh and blood beings that enter it will be corroded by the yin energy, and their cultivation will drop drastically.

The Witch Clan absorbs the turbid energy of the earth for cultivation, and also needs to hunt the flesh and blood of demons to aid their cultivation.

However, once you go to the underworld, there is nothing to use except for the yin energy. It's good enough to just keep alive, let alone improve your cultivation.

But since Houtu made this suggestion, she must have had her reasons.

"My younger sister has transformed into the cycle of reincarnation, and the entire underworld is her sacred ground," Dijiang said slowly. "She allowed the Wu clan to enter the underworld, firstly because she didn't trust outsiders, and secondly... perhaps to leave a way out for the Wu clan."

"A way out?" Tianwu the Ancestral Witch asked in confusion, "What way out?"

Dijiang remained silent for a moment before whispering, "If our race is defeated in the war between the Lich King and the Demon King... perhaps the Underworld can become a place for our race to continue its lineage."

These words were like a thunderclap, exploding throughout the hall.

"Big Brother!" The Ancestral Witch Qiangliang suddenly stood up, his body crackling with lightning. "Those hairy beasts couldn't even withstand a single axe blow from the phantom of our summoned Father God. How could we possibly lose?!"