Primordial Era: When a Good Guy Awakens a Morally Unethical System

Hongyun stood up, puffing out his cheeks. At least he had some sense of shame and was too embarrassed to let Tongtian know the reason. Otherwise, his image as the master in front of his disciple would have been completely ruined.

Tongtian became even more curious: "Can you speak now?"

"Yes," Hongyun opened her mouth.

But when she tried to speak out against Hongjun's injustice, she couldn't utter a sound. Knowing the terrifying power of Hongjun, Hongyun gave up on her futile efforts. She shook her head at Tongtian, indicating that she couldn't bring herself to say it.

The two dared not act recklessly any longer, so they found a room and stayed there obediently.

Haotian Yaochi was ordered to go to the Heavenly Court to take charge and become the ruler of the Heavenly Court. He set off to take up his post while Hongyun and Tongtian were hiding.

This should have happened hundreds of years ago, but it was suppressed to the present by Hongjun after the Heavenly Dao raised it. Seeing that the great calamity was about to begin, and the Heavenly Court was truly incapable of being without a leader, he ordered Haotian Yaochi to go along.

Although one need not heed the words of Heaven, the existence of the Heavenly Court does indeed allow for better management of the Three Realms.

Now that the creatures of the primordial world are unrestrained, private battles and sieges are rampant. If someone were to attempt to become the overlord of the primordial world and start a war, it would mean tens of thousands more years of devastation for all living beings.

Hongyun and Tongtian resided at Zixiao Palace. One engaged in battles of wits with their master, while the other watched the excitement and was occasionally implicated. They also frequently sat together to discuss Daoist principles. Although they were still often scolded and disliked, they truly benefited greatly, and their state of mind far surpassed what they had before.

Finally, after several hundred years, Tongtian remembered that he still had the unconscious crane in his sleeve, and quickly released it.

The dying crane lay on the ground. Hongyun and Tongtian exchanged a glance and said, "It's not dead yet."

"What should we do?" Tongtian was at a loss.

The original plan was to release it once it arrived at Zixiao Palace and take it as a disciple, so that it wouldn't have to worry about it immediately betraying him, and it could also annoy its second brother.

Now look what happened, they almost got killed.

"Didn't you want to take on an apprentice? Why don't you do it?" Hongyun suggested.

Tongtian hesitated for a moment: "Even my second brother thought it was dead, so there's no point in me taking it as my disciple!"

Hongyun looked at him with the same eyes she'd give a scumbag: "You've ruined it like this, and now you're just going to leave it like this?"

"Even if it goes back to Kunlun Mountain, your second brother won't want it anymore. It had such a bright future, and you've ruined it all. How can you not take responsibility?"

Tongtian was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't know where the unease in his heart came from, he did feel a sense of guilt.

"But if I were to take it as my disciple... Fine, fine, I'll take it!" Tongtian hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he didn't need another disciple, since Duobao was already a disciple anyway.

Hongyun noticed Tongtian's dislike for the crane and came up with another idea: "Haotian Yaochi has gone to the Heavenly Court, and Zixiao Palace doesn't have a disciple. Why don't you take it as your disciple, so you can have a master-disciple relationship and let it stay in Zixiao Palace to serve the Dao Ancestor? This will give it a good fortune and also fulfill your filial duty."

"It's feasible!" Tongtian nodded and used his magic to transform the crane.

He even took out a pill that Lao Tzu had refined and sent it into the crane's mouth from a distance.

The crane transformed into a young man with delicate features, a face as white as jade, and a few feathers in his hair, revealing his original form.

"Greetings to the two sages," the boy knelt on the ground, looking bewildered. He was clearly unaware that he had been hidden in Tongtian's sleeve for the past few centuries.

Tongtian, with one hand behind his back and a flick of his sleeve, asked, "Would you be willing to become my disciple and a member of the Shangqing School?"

The young man hesitated for a moment: "But the Jade Purity Saint has already given the order that I, after taking human form, will serve by his side!"