155: Invitation
Needless to say, the ones Dijun wanted to invite were precisely Qing Wu and the other person.
Visiting in person was done out of consideration for several factors.
On one hand, it was to highlight their sincerity.
Although they addressed these two as Fellow Daoists, considering their special existence, it was better to visit in person to invite them.
On the other hand, it was also to express gratitude.
After all, if not for Tai Yi's previous battle with that person, he would not have gained enlightenment regarding his own path.
There would not be the current War God Tai Yi either.
Whether out of emotion or logic, they should visit in person.
However, Tai Yi was somewhat hesitant about this; at the thought of having been beaten so badly he couldn't tell north from south, his Dao Heart felt somewhat uneasy.
Dijun saw that his state was a bit off, so he smiled and said, "What, are you afraid?"
Tai Yi immediately fell for this provocation, "What's there to be afraid of? Brother, when have you ever seen me scared?"
Dijun shook his head; he hadn't before, but he seemed to be now.
But he didn't point it out, merely telling him to prepare some things.
After Dijun wrote the invitation, the two brothers left the Heavenly Court and headed toward the Southern Land.
Although they had briefly met last time, they had never been to the exact location of those two's Dao field.
Dijun used the He Tu Lu Book to perform a deduction, yet there was still no result.
What did this mean? With his current strength, having already stepped into the Quasi-Saint realm, it was still difficult to catch even a glimpse of those two.
The strength of those two was truly terrifying to such an extent.
This made Dijun realize a truth even more clearly: in the Primordial World, there is always someone better, and there are heavens beyond heavens.
Fortunately, he wasn't as arrogantly conceited as that idiot East Duke; otherwise, he might have offended these two without even knowing when it happened.
After searching for a long time without any results, Tai Yi became slightly impatient, but he didn't show it.
Dijun also felt that searching aimlessly like this was not a solution.
“Tai Yi, didn't you summon those two last time? Why not sacrifice your chaos bell now?”
Hearing this, Tai Yi could only give a bitter smile.
Last time, he had used the chaos bell to disturb that person's cultivation, which led to that violent beating.
Having learned his lesson, he didn't want to experience that feeling again.
Just as Dijun was about to force Tai Yi to sacrifice himself, the distant Void Realm trembled.
The two brothers thought those two had arrived, so they hurriedly bowed.
But in the next moment, out jumped a... black dog.
When the Tiangu saw the two of them, it also displayed great hostility.
It still remembered these two people who didn't know the heights of the heavens and depths of the earth attacking its master, so it had marked them as enemies.
“This little beast...” Seeing that this dog was actually giving them no Face and looked ready to go to war with them, a bit of anger flared in Tai Yi's heart.
But what could be done? He couldn't exactly attack it; after all, this was a spirit pet raised by those two.
If he hit it, he would surely be beaten himself later.
Dijun, however, knew that those two Fellow Daoists might have already calculated their purpose for coming here, so they sent this dog out.
This was equivalent to a subtle rejection.
But Dijun still wanted to try and win them over.
After thinking for a moment, he thought of something, waved his hand, and tossed out a gentle ball of Solar True Fire.
The Tiangu caught the scent of food, and its state immediately changed.
It opened its mouth, took a deep breath, and swallowed the ball of fire.
And it looked very pleased with itself.
After this, the Tiangu no longer held hostility toward the two.
“Please trouble yourself to hand this item to those two Fellow Daoists.”
Dijun then gave the invitation to it, and subsequently left with Tai Yi.
The Tiangu gazed at the departing figures of the two, its impression of them seemingly having improved somewhat.
At this time, the Void Realm trembled again, and a large hand reached out from within, grabbing it back in one go.
Inside the Immortal Volcano.
The Tiangu circled around its master, while Yuan Feng held that invitation in her hand.
She had long noticed the aura of Dijun and his brother's arrival.
However, since Qing Wu was currently in secluded meditation, she wasn't in the mood to see these two.
That reckless fool seemed to have become much more well-behaved this time after she had taught him a lesson.
The one who left a deeper impression on her was undoubtedly Dijun.
This fellow was quite thoughtful, even preparing a branch of the Fusang Divine Tree as a gift to thank her for her guidance of Tai Yi.
Yuan Feng couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth; could that even be considered guidance?
It could only be considered using him to vent her own frustrations.
As expected, strange people always have strange ways of thinking.
However, Qing Wu should like this Fusang branch.
...
After Dijun returned, he began to make preparations for this banquet.
At the same time, all the great powers of the Primordial World received Dijun's invitation, inviting them to the Heavenly Court in a thousand years to witness the ceremony.
The attitude toward this was nothing more than two choices: to go or not to go.
Most chose to go.
The current Heavenly Court's strength was already something that could not be underestimated.
Going to witness the ceremony was both giving Dijun Face and also seeing what kind of climate this soon-to-be-born Yao Race could create, and what differences there were compared to East Duke's Immortal Court.
But many Innate Sacred Beings chose to refuse, such as the Three Pure Ones, Zhenyuanzi, and others.
On one hand, they didn't need to give Dijun this Face; as fellow listeners in the Zixiao Palace, no one was more noble than the other.
On the other hand, once they attended this grand ceremony for the establishment of the Yao Race, it was inevitable they would be labeled as being on the side of the Yao Race camp, creating some Karma connections.
Even if none of that happened, they would surely be targeted by East Duke's Immortal Court.
Anyone with eyes could see that in the future, the Immortal Court and the Heavenly Court would eventually be in a state of hostility.
The Immortal Court was currently at its peak; no one wanted to give him an excuse to target them.
By any measure, East Duke was not a broad-minded person; it wouldn't be good if he came knocking on their doors later.
As neighbors, the Wu Race did not receive an invitation.
Not only because Dijun and Tai Yi had some past grievances with these Ancestral Witches.
More importantly, because inviting such reckless brutes would very likely disrupt this grand ceremony.
Back when they were at the Zixiao Palace, everyone had seen how the Ancestral Witches caused trouble.
They didn't even give Face to the Saint; their presence was the greatest source of unrest.
However, every move of the Heavenly Court naturally could not escape the eyes of the Ancestral Witches.
That day, after Zhu Rong returned from "visiting" several tribes, he saw the unusual activity in the Heavenly Court.
“Causing trouble right above our heads and not even notifying us—this is simply outrageous!”
Suddenly his heart stirred, and a thought arose spontaneously.
Since you won't notify us, we'll go ourselves; what are you going to do about it?
Acting on the thought, Zhu Rong directly went to find the other Ancestral Witches.
“Interested in going to cause some trouble?”
The other Ancestral Witches had also seen the Heavenly Court's movements.
Although they also wanted to join the fun, there were still matters in their tribes that needed their arrangement, and they couldn't spare the time for now.
In the end, seeing that none of his brothers and sisters were interested, Zhu Rong felt there was no point in going alone, so he let the matter drop.