50: Yang Mei proves Hunyuan, concealing information

"Fellow Daoist, there is no need to waste time here with me; my requirements have been clearly stated.

If Fellow Daoist cannot satisfy them, I am also powerless to help.

This assistance is mutual, and I have never asked Fellow Daoist to help me with anything.

Fellow Daoist, you are unable to satisfy my requirements, and you cannot compensate for the losses from my agreement with Fellow Daoist Five Elements.

Yet you want me to help you unconditionally; don't you think your request is a bit excessive?"

The Ancestor of Yin-Yang spoke again, leaving Hongjun speechless.

Ancestor Hongjun thought about it carefully, and what the Ancestor of Yin-Yang said was indeed reasonable.

On what basis should the Ancestor of Yin-Yang help Hongjun unconditionally?

On the basis of his big talk?

Regarding moral kidnapping, the Ancestor of Yin-Yang truly understood how to play it.

In this exchange, the Ancestor of Yin-Yang stood on the moral high ground.

However, that unscrupulous fellow Hongjun wasn't much better; he truly stood in a moral low ground.

Concepts like morality simply didn't exist for Hongjun.

What he wanted was to plot his old friends to death.

Besides, this is the Great Desolation; morality is useless here.

However, since the Ancestor of Yin-Yang had already refused so bluntly, it was hard for him to force the conversation further.

Perhaps forcing the issue would backfire instead.

Instead, it might offend the Ancestor of Yin-Yang, causing him to harbor resentment and join Luo Hou's side.

That would be even more of a loss.

"In that case, I shall take my leave.

I will certainly invite Fellow Daoist Five Elements and then come to invite you again, Fellow Daoist Yin-Yang.

When that time comes, please, Fellow Daoist Yin-Yang, you must help me."

Since the Ancestor of Yin-Yang had refused so clearly, Hongjun staying here would be a pure waste of time.

He immediately decided to leave; next, he would go to find Yang Mei.

"Why is this? Both Five Elements and Yin-Yang refused to help.

Where exactly did it go wrong? They all agreed before; why did they change their minds at the last minute this time?"

Hongjun racked his brains but couldn't understand why both Five Elements and Yin-Yang refused.

He could never have imagined that this change was due to a small accident.

All of this was caused by Taiqing being born early and going up Mount Buzhou to pay respects to Father God Pangu.

It was also because Hongjun himself had a loose tongue at the time and insisted on plotting against Five Elements, which caused Five Elements' resentment.

If Hongjun knew the true reason, he would probably wish he could tear his own foul mouth apart.

Just as Ancestor Hongjun left, the Ancestor of Five Elements, who had been hiding deep within the Dojo of the Ancestor of Yin-Yang, immediately came out.

"Hahaha, Fellow Daoist Yin-Yang, well done!

Thinking of Hongjun's flushed face, I can't help but laugh.

It's killing me; Old Thief Hongjun finally has a day like this."

The Ancestor of Five Elements laughed uproariously; the only one who could make Old Thief Hongjun suffer such a setback was Yin-Yang.

"Fellow Daoist, you were indeed correct; that Hongjun truly harbors evil intentions.

If not for your reminder, I would have truly fallen for Old Thief Hongjun's trick.

This time, I truly thank you for the warning."

The Ancestor of Yin-Yang spoke with relief and bowed deeply to the Ancestor of Five Elements.

If he had truly been plotted against by Old Thief Hongjun, Yin-Yang estimated that even if he didn't die, he would have ended up heavily injured.

The Ancestor of Yin-Yang still underestimated his own fate.

In the original timeline, he was plotted against by Hongjun to the point of self-detonating on the spot.

Furthermore, that was even while he possessed the heaven-opening supreme treasure, the Taiji Diagram.

He was forced to self-detonate within the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to blast a hole in it for Hongjun, purely acting as a stepping stone for Hongjun's benefit.

"Looking at the direction Old Thief Hongjun is heading, the next one he wants to plot against is likely Fellow Daoist Yang Mei."

The two looked at each other, both revealing wicked smiles.

"Come, let's go see how that Old Thief Hongjun intends to plot against Fellow Daoist Yang Mei.

We can also see if Fellow Daoist Yang Mei has truly attained the Realm of Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal Celestial Venerable."

The Ancestor of Yin-Yang and the Ancestor of Five Elements immediately set off for Ancestor Yang Mei's dojo.

At this time, in Ancestor Yang Mei's dojo.

"Phew—"

Yang Mei exhaled a breath of turbid Qi.

"This way, it shouldn't be noticeable.

I wonder when that fellow Hongjun will arrive; as long as the Dao-Demon Conflict is completed, I can completely break away from the Great Desolation's general trend.

At that time, I can soar to the sky.

Breaking away from the range of the Heavenly Dao's control, I will no longer be subject to the Heavenly Dao's suppression."

Ancestor Yang Mei muttered to himself.

Observing his cultivation, it was far from what the Ancestor of Yin-Yang and the Ancestor of Five Elements had guessed.

At this time, Ancestor Yang Mei's cultivation was still at the Peak of Hunyuan Golden Immortal Realm.

"Wait, the pressure from Proving the Dao of the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal lingering in this dojo still needs to be cleared.

Otherwise, it will definitely be discovered by that fellow Hongjun."

However, in Ancestor Yang Mei's dojo, the unique aura of the Realm of Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal Celestial Venerable permeated everywhere.

This indicated that Ancestor Yang Mei had long since attained the Realm of Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal Celestial Venerable.

However, Yang Mei used some secret method to forcefully suppress his Realm to the Peak of Hunyuan Golden Immortal Realm.

From this, it appeared that Ancestor Yang Mei also had his own schemes in mind.

Ancestor Yang Mei quickly used his methods to erase the unique aura of the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal permeating the dojo.

He completely hid the traces of having already attained the Realm of Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal Celestial Venerable.

However, Ancestor Yang Mei failed to notice one detail, which was his dojo.

After Yang Mei attained the Realm of Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal Celestial Venerable.

His dojo had been promoted from a Minor Thousand World to a Middle Thousand World.

A dojo can increase the cultivation speed of its master.

And when the master's Realm advances, it can also nourish the dojo in return, allowing the dojo to advance as well, making the support for the master even greater.

The master and the dojo share a relationship of mutual benefit and complementary growth.

This was why almost all the powerful experts of the Great Desolation wanted to create their own dojos.

Of course, there were also creatures who would not create their own exclusive dojos.

Such creatures were still the majority in the Great Desolation, almost all of whom were at the Golden Immortal Realm or below.

They were naturally not the powerful experts of the Great Desolation.

Their understanding of dojos was limited to the literal meaning.

"Calculating the time, that fellow Hongjun should have already started looking for helpers.

Come, come, I am waiting for you in the dojo.

Hurry and complete the Dao-Demon Conflict so that I can start a new journey."

Ancestor Yang Mei looked out from his dojo with eager anticipation, hoping that Old Daoist Hongjun would hurry up and find him.

Old Daoist Hongjun did not arrive, but instead, two other figures that surprised Yang Mei appeared outside his dojo.

These two figures were the Ancestor of Yin-Yang and the Ancestor of Five Elements, who had come to watch the fun.

At this time, outside Ancestor Yang Mei's dojo, the Ancestor of Five Elements and the Ancestor of Yin-Yang frowned slightly.

"What's the situation with Old Thief Hongjun? He set out before us, yet we arrived at Fellow Daoist Yang Mei's dojo first?

What is that guy up to now?"

The Ancestor of Five Elements spoke with great confusion.

They did not sense the aura of Old Thief Hongjun approaching Yang Mei's dojo.

"Could it be that fellow Old Thief Hongjun is plotting something again?"

The Ancestor of Yin-Yang pondered in his heart, and his hands began to form seals for divination.

Unfortunately, after calculating for a long while, there was no harvest.

The Ancestor of Five Elements and the Ancestor of Yin-Yang had misunderstood Old Daoist Hongjun, because Old Daoist Hongjun had truly encountered an accident.