191: The blue lotus entices the Three Pure Ones, and the eleventh-ranked beauty reveals itself.

"Then many thanks to you, Three Fellow Daoists!"

Li Yun cupped his hands in a polite bow to the Three Pure Ones to express his gratitude, feeling immensely relieved in his heart at this moment.

He knew that this matter was a success!

Not only did he gain more recognition from the Three Pure Ones, but the friendship between both sides had even deepened further.

Furthermore, with the Three Pure Ones acting as guarantors, even the East King Duke and the Queen Mother of the West would not dare to strike at him recklessly.

Not to mention the existence of the Ancestral Witches; as long as he didn't give the Queen Mother of the West or the East King Duke a chance to catch him alone in the future, there basically wouldn't be any major danger.

Most importantly, he also used this opportunity to truly drive a wedge between the possibility of Hongjun and the Three Pure Ones becoming master and disciples.

After all, the landmine that was the qiankun cauldron destined the conflict between Laozi and Hongjun to be irreconcilable. Even if Hongjun took the initiative to back down in the future, Laozi would not accept such kindness; instead, he would become even more vigilant and wary of the other party.

Laozi was like this.

So how could his younger brothers, Yuanshi and Tongtian, have any other thoughts?

Before they had Attained the Dao and become a Saint, and while they shared a common enemy, the brotherhood of the Three Pure Ones was incredibly solid.

In the original plot, the Three Pure Ones splitting up and having conflicts—even coming to blows—was all built on the premise that they had no opponents left who were worth them continuing to join forces.

The so-called split and the fighting happened because the Three Brothers looked down on everyone else and had no choice but to choose internal strife to pass the time.

Thinking of this, Li Yun suddenly spoke up: "However, before this, I plan to first condense the Three Flowers Crowned Dao Fruit. I wonder if the Three Fellow Daoists could act as my Protector?"

Hearing this, Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian's spirits were immediately roused.

The Three Flowers Crowned Dao Fruit.

Li Yun was finally going to take this step.

Exchanging a glance, Laozi spoke directly: "No problem!"

"Fellow Daoist Li Yun, please proceed with condensing the Three Flowers Crowned Dao Fruit as soon as possible. Leave the rest to the three of us."

As soon as these words were spoken, Yuanshi and Tongtian also nodded and spoke up one after another: "Rest assured, Fellow Daoist, with our protection, we will surely keep you safe!"

"If anyone dares to come here and cause trouble, then don't blame the long sword in my hand for being merciless!"

Having received the affirmative answer from the Three Pure Ones, Li Yun did not hesitate any longer. He sat cross-legged directly on the spot, and with a thought, he summoned the three flower buds he had previously condensed.

"Condense~"

As the flower buds appeared, Li Yun did not hesitate to perform hand seals, circulating the Swallowing Heaven Technique to begin rapidly absorbing the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to bolster himself.

As time passed, those three flower buds also began to be rapidly covered by radiance at this moment.

Before long, stamens began to form within the Heaven Flower, and lotus petals slowly emerged: third-grade—sixth-grade—ninth-grade!

In just an instant, Li Yun's Heaven Flower had already reached the level of the ninth-grade.

At this point, he did not continue to further cultivate the Heaven Flower; instead, he mobilized his power to inject it into the Earth Flower.

Under the watch of the Three Pure Ones, in just fifteen minutes, the Earth Flower also advanced from the initial third-grade to the ninth-grade.

Once it reached the ninth-grade, Li Yun again redirected his power to inject it into the Human Flower, beginning to nourish its growth.

"What's the situation?"

"Big Brother, didn't Fellow Daoist Li Yun say he wanted the Three Flowers to surpass the ninth-grade?"

"And I see that with his current momentum, he seems capable of succeeding. Why has he suddenly stopped?"

"Indeed, I clearly feel that he hasn't reached his limit yet and could completely push for the tenth-grade level. Why did he suddenly choose to give up?"

Yuanshi and Tongtian asked with faces full of confusion.

They remembered Li Yun's bold words back then—not only wanting to surpass the ninth-grade but even wanting to reach the ultimate twelve-grade.

But now?

No matter how they looked at it, Li Yun seemed to be slacking off. Even though the opportunity for the Heaven and Earth Flowers to surpass the ninth-grade existed, he still chose to discard it. This was simply... "I'm not sure either!"

Shaking his head, Laozi was also somewhat unable to see through Li Yun's intentions at this moment.

But there was one thing he could be certain of: Li Yun would definitely not be satisfied with this, and it was absolutely impossible for him to give up when the Three Flowers were only at the ninth-grade.

Thinking of this, Laozi immediately spoke: "Stay calm, we just need to keep watching!"

"Fellow Daoist Li Yun has made so many preparations; he should have his own ideas and strategy!"

Hearing this, Yuanshi and Tongtian nodded.

After exchanging a glance, the two said nothing more, staring intently at Li Yun, wanting to see how the situation would follow.

Under such circumstances, time flew by.

Before long, Li Yun's Human Flower also reached the ninth-grade level.

At this point, Li Yun's movements in condensing the Three Flowers paused. As his tightly closed eyes opened at this moment, he waved his hand: "It's time, come out!"

In the next second, azure, white, and yellow light shone brilliantly.

Following that, one could clearly see the twelve-grade creation azure lotus, the twelve-grade world-cleansing white lotus, and the twelfth-grade thick earth yellow lotus appear in the area in front of Li Yun.

Without any hesitation, Li Yun's hands formed dharma seals, mobilizing the Heaven, Earth, and Human Flowers to fly directly into them and begin absorbing the energy of the creation azure lotus, the world-cleansing white lotus, and the thick earth yellow lotus.

"This~"

Seeing this scene, the Three Pure Ones were stunned.

They looked at the three lotus flowers in front of Li Yun in disbelief, especially that twelve-grade creation azure lotus, and subconsciously exclaimed: "The twelve-grade creation azure lotus!"

"It really is the creation azure lotus!"

"My god, one of the four Innate lotus seeds; this item is actually in Fellow Daoist Li Yun's hands!"

"Good heavens, were the gains from Fellow Daoist Li Yun's journey this time truly this great?"

"..."

At this moment, the gazes of the Three Pure Ones were full of complexity.

Even though Laozi had some suspicions before, when he truly saw the twelve-grade creation azure lotus, he still couldn't help but feel a surge of palpitations.

It seemed that this twelve-grade creation azure lotus was predestined with him, as if this item had a great use and value for him.

It wasn't just Laozi.

The Yuanshi and Tongtian beside him were the same.

They also felt that the twelve-grade creation azure lotus was predestined with them, but the twelve-grade creation azure lotus belonged to Li Yun. To have them move to seize it—they couldn't do it. The pride and face of the Three Pure Ones would not allow them to do so!

For a moment, the entire side hall fell into a dead silence.

Under the gaze of the Three Pure Ones, the creation azure lotus, world-cleansing white lotus, and thick earth yellow lotus were absorbed by the Heaven, Earth, and Human Flowers at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The fastest to be completely absorbed was the world-cleansing white lotus. After it combined with the Human Flower, the entire Human Flower quietly broke its shackles at this moment and directly began to advance: tenth-grade—eleventh-grade!

Only after reaching the eleventh-grade level was the energy of the world-cleansing white lotus completely absorbed, and the Human Flower also stopped growing accordingly.

This scene deeply stimulated the Three Pure Ones. After looking at each other, Tongtian subconsciously shouted: "The eleventh-grade Human Flower!"

"My god, Fellow Daoist Li Yun really succeeded."

"Not only has it surpassed the ninth-grade, but it is even more powerful than our tenth-grade Human Flowers!"

"..."