Primordial Era: If I remain in Longevity Mountain, I will steadily attain sainthood.

Chapter 30 Two Twelve-Petaled Pure White Lotuses, Houtu's Invitation

Upon hearing this, Zhen Yuanzi was overjoyed and said to Hongyun, "Brother, the second sermon is about to begin. Let's go."

Hongyun hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Alright, let's set off."

Then he and Zhen Yuanzi left Wanshou Mountain, set off in a flying beam towards the chaos beyond the heavens.

However, Hongyun seemed rather distracted. It turned out that the system hadn't issued any task options for the second lecture at Zixiao Palace.

This made Hongyun quite uncomfortable, after all, the last time she listened to the teachings, she had to choose one after another.

I've gained so much from this experience, so why am I so calm this time?

Hongyun waited for a while, but the system still didn't respond, so she had to ask and then she learned the reason.

However, based on the system's assessment of Hongyun's current situation, Hongyun would definitely attend the second lecture.

Therefore, the system did not provide a choice.

Knowing the reason, Hongyun was speechless. What should she do if she felt that the system had become smarter?

Soon, Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi arrived not far from the membrane of heaven and earth. At this moment, Zhen Yuanzi flashed and the twelfth-grade Pure World White Lotus appeared first.

Upon seeing this, Hongyun smiled, and a twelve-petaled Pure White Lotus appeared beneath her.

Zhen Yuanzi didn't react at first glance, but he quickly sensed that something was wrong.

"Hey, my brother, what's wrong with you..." Finally, upon a second glance, Zhen Yuanzi realized something was amiss.

How come my own brother's lotus throne has also become a twelfth-grade one?

I almost thought the two of them had swapped lotus platforms, but when I looked, I realized that my lotus platform was also of the twelfth rank.

Two twelve-petaled pure white lotuses?

"Ha ha!"

Seeing Zhen Yuanzi's astonishment, Hongyun laughed and explained, "What? Amazing, isn't it? I picked all the lotus flowers in the lotus pond behind the mountain and then replenished the essence of this lotus platform, finally elevating it to the twelfth grade."

After hearing Hongyun's explanation, Zhen Yuanzi was skeptical and asked, "This will work?" After thinking about it, Zhen Yuanzi no longer doubted Hongyun and gradually came to believe it.

Through self-construction and with Hongyun's guidance, the nine-grade Pure World White Lotus was able to be completed and transformed into a twelve-grade Pure World White Lotus. Ultimately, it was because the two lotus flowers were twin lotuses, which should have been two twelve-grade lotuses in the first place.

It's just that my own flower suppressed the red cloud flower, which is why the red cloud flower didn't develop properly and only grew to the ninth grade.

However, Hongyun discovered the reason and, by supplementing the same source, finally upgraded the ninth-grade Pure World White Lotus to the twelfth-grade Pure World White Lotus.

"These two lotus flowers look much better together, but Hongyun, do you think it's possible to merge these two white lotuses together?" Zhen Yuanzi said to Hongyun as they passed through the membrane of heaven and earth and entered the chaos side by side.

Upon hearing this, Hongyun's smile froze, and she quickly dissuaded him, "Brother, don't try it recklessly. I won't let you mess with this flower. I finally managed to upgrade it to the twelfth grade. If you ruin it and I lose it, I'll be devastated."

"Besides, the Twelfth-Grade Pure World White Lotus is already a top-grade innate spiritual treasure. How can it be upgraded? To become an innate supreme treasure?"

Zhen Yuanzi smiled and said, "It's not impossible."

"But I don't think two are enough, unless you find two more, brother," Hongyun said, knowing that Zhen Yuanzi had already given up on his plans.

"Hahaha!" Sure enough, Zhen Yuanzi laughed loudly after hearing this, "Then forget it, I think rank twelve is already very good."

The two chatted and joked as they traveled, and before long they arrived at Zixiao Palace without incident.

However, unlike last time, the gates of Zixiao Palace were open this time, meaning that once you arrived, you could go straight in.

Unlike last time, we don't have to wait outside the door.

Upon entering the Zixiao Palace, they found that there weren't many powerful figures present at the time, and most of them knew Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun, so they greeted each other politely.

Then Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi sat down. However, unlike last time, this time Hongyun let Zhenyuanzi sit in his seat, while he himself sat in Zhenyuanzi's seat.

According to Hongyun, they were brothers, and even if they switched places, the Dao Ancestor wouldn't say anything. Besides, what kind of logic is it for a younger brother to sit in front of his older brother?

Then, the Three Pure Ones were used as examples again, and Zhen Yuanzi agreed and sat on the fifth futon.

Hongyun sat on the last, sixth futon.

But what Hongyun didn't expect was that after he and Zhen Yuanzi switched places, two more prayer mats suddenly appeared next to him.

Clearly, these two extra prayer cushions were prepared for Jieyin and Zhunti.

After all, the two of them had been accepted as disciples before, although only as nominal disciples. It was still reasonable to offer them seats.

In addition, Hongyun also knew that although Jieyin and Zhunti had lost to him in this competition for a position.

Instead, they ended up getting another one snatched away by themselves.

As a result, both of them lost their seats, but it is likely that the chances of them becoming saints in the future are still very high.

This involves the history of the previous kalpa.

It is said that Hongyun learned the "secret" from reading those fantasy novels in her previous life.

The struggle between Hongjun, the ancestor of Taoism, and Luohou, the ancestor of demons, is historically known as the Struggle between Tao and Demons.

In the end, Rahu was defeated, which triggered the spiritual veins of the western land, resulting in the western land becoming extremely barren.

Although Hongjun was the victor, he unfortunately also bore half of the consequences.

Therefore, in order to repay the karmic debts of the Western Land, one of the nine holy positions in the Heavenly Dao must be from the West.

In the West, those who meet the criteria for sainthood are naturally Jieyin and Zhunti.

Therefore, even in the worst-case scenario, at least one of the two Western Saints will become a saint, and it wouldn't be surprising if both of them became saints as before.

After all, Hongjun Daozu has not yet achieved Dao, so why shouldn't he have some selfish desires?

Or perhaps, only by repaying this karmic debt can Hongjun Daozu better achieve harmony with the Dao!

After Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi sat down, a number of powerful figures arrived one after another.

Di Jun, Tai Yi, Kun Peng, Styx, and so on.

Even Houtu, the ancestral witch of the earth, came. Hongyun had thought that none of the ancestral witches would come this time.

However, only Houtu came; the other ancestral witches did not, clearly because the last sermon had made them too uncomfortable.

This time, they're not coming no matter what.

"Fellow Daoist Houtu, how have you been these past years?" Zhen Yuanzi and Houtu were good friends, and he chatted quietly with Houtu.

This left Hongyun speechless. In his previous life, weren't those ancient fantasy novels all about the protagonists getting along well with ancient female immortals like Houtu and Nuwa?

Why is it that Zhen Yuanzi and Houtu are doing better here? Is it because I made them my elder brothers?

His protagonist's luck was suppressed by Zhen Yuanzi?

However, Hongyun also knew that the two people's Taoist methods were closer to his own, so Houtu naturally got along better with Zhenyuanzi.

Upon hearing Zhen Yuanzi's words, Houtu said, "Brother Dao has remained secluded for the past ten thousand years, unaware that our Wu Clan has grown much stronger than before."

"Now there are many more members in the clan, and even more high shamans. After this sermon, if you have time, why don't you come and visit our clan?"

"And Fellow Daoist Hongyun as well." Houtu casually invited Hongyun, which made Hongyun's heart even more broken.

(End of this chapter)