“Senior Brother Tongtian, this one has something he wishes to discuss with you, and hopes you can offer this one an explanation.”
Just as he was about to leave Three Mountains Pass, an old man with a face full of anger suddenly blocked Tongtian's path in the clouds.
Tongtian's heart stirred, and he quickly understood the meaning behind Zhunti's arrival. It was because of Kong Xuan that the other party had come. He had altered Kong Xuan's destiny, and as a Saint, Zhunti naturally understood.
Therefore, his expression was somewhat displeased.
“Junior Brother Zhunti, what brings you to me?”
Despite this, Tongtian pretended to be unaware.
“Humph, you know what you've done.” Zhunti's face darkened as he looked at the man pretending to be oblivious.
Even though he was a Saint who had long been indifferent to fame and fortune, Zhunti couldn't help but feel a bit of anger in his heart.
“Is Junior Brother Zhunti here for that Kong Xuan?”
“Indeed! That Kong Xuan is the first peacock born after the Great Dao Opening, and he has a destiny with the West. This one intended to enlighten him later, but who would have thought that Senior Brother would have acted first. I beseech you to return Kong Xuan to me.”
Zhunti's demeanor shifted to one of humility, adopting a posture of seeking favor. Although Saints value their face, for the two Saints of the West, face was ultimately superfluous.
“Kong Xuan was indeed just suppressed by me, the reason being that he formed a karmic bond with my incompetent disciple. That is why I acted. Now, to simply take him away with a single word from my Junior Brother, isn't that a bit disrespectful?” Tongtian knew the other man's character well, so he didn't take his words to heart.
“Very well! Senior Brother, how about I owe you a karmic debt?” Zhunti's voice deepened.
To exchange Kong Xuan, who belonged to the West, for a karmic debt, in Zhunti's view, Tongtian was getting the better deal.
However, Zhunti hadn't expected Tongtian to refuse. “He suppressed my disciple for three days, I will suppress him for three hundred years. As for the destiny between you and him, we can discuss it after three hundred years.”
“Senior Brother, you are being far too unreasonable.” Upon hearing this, Zhunti's expression turned sour, his eyes fixed on Tongtian with ill intent.
“What, have I done something wrong? Perhaps Junior Brother wants to have a go with me?” Tongtian refused to yield an inch, with an attitude ready to fight if necessary.
Tongtian had long since grown tired of the Western Zhunti and Jieyin.
They interfered with the layout of the Conferred God Tribulation, what were they scheming behind the scenes, thinking he didn't know?
In terms of realm, he might not be as high as Senior Brother Laozi. But in terms of strength, he was the strongest among the six Saints.
He held the Zhuxian Array in his hands, an array that could only be broken by a joint effort of the four Saints!
“Humph, I hope Senior Brother won’t regret today's actions.” Zhunti wouldn't dare humiliate himself, especially when reason was not on his side. He simply took a deep look at Tongtian before turning and leaving in a huff.
Tongtian paid him no mind, simply waving his sleeve to release his disciple Zhao Gongming.
Dazed and disoriented, Zhao Gongming regained consciousness and saw his Master. He immediately knelt down.
“This disciple is incompetent and has brought shame upon my Master.”
Zhao Gongming's face was full of shame. He had intended to prove himself, but the opponent was too powerful. A flash of five-colored light, and he was taken to another world of heaven and earth.
Now, to be rescued by his Master, Zhao Gongming felt unable to face him, it was simply too humiliating.
“Gongming, never act rashly in the future. While I could save you once, I can't save you twice.” Tongtian admonished him.
“Master, this disciple knows he was wrong.” Zhao Gongming had gone down the mountain with a proud spirit, believing that except for his senior brothers and a few others, no one could compare to him.
However, Zhao Gongming had been “beaten up” by Kong Xuan, and only then did he realize that there were always people better than him.
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“Master Shangxuan, since you’re here, how about another game of chess? Haha, your chess skills are pretty good, playing with you is more interesting than an AI.” Seeing Tongtian visiting again, Shi Hao greeted him with a smile.
“Hehe, let’s talk about that later. I brought you a celestial bird with phoenix bloodline, I’d like you to help me raise it.”
Tongtian smiled and brought out the peacock with its multicolored feathers.
He dared not let the sliver of divine consciousness that had separated from Zhao Gongming leave, lest he lose to Shi Hao.
Originally, Tongtian wanted him to return to the Biyou Palace to avoid the fatal calamity, but Zhao Gongming refused.
His reason was that since he had already promised his junior nephew Wen Zhong to help the Shang Dynasty, he could not break his word.
So, Tongtian didn’t insist further.
“That's… a peacock?” Shi Hao exclaimed in surprise.
Compared to the young celestial birds his sister had brought back from her sect, the peacock was exceptionally beautiful, it was like the difference between a crow and a phoenix.
“It should be.” Tongtian chuckled. Keeping Kong Xuan in Shi Hao's home was a decision he had considered for a long time.
The restrictions here could suppress the cultivation and divine consciousness of a Saint, and Saints couldn’t see through them either. Zhunti wouldn’t be able to find him here, making it better than any other place to imprison him.
“Gulp!”
Disoriented, Kong Xuan found himself in an unfamiliar environment, his power and divine consciousness completely sealed.
The Saint beside him seemed to be giving him as a gift to the mortal in front of him?
Humiliated to such a degree, Kong Xuan was so furious he was close to losing his mind.
“It truly lives up to its reputation as a celestial beast with phoenix bloodline, it’s truly beautiful. Unfortunately, it’s already grown up.”
“What’s wrong with being grown up?”
Hearing this, Tongtian was quite puzzled.
“It’s wild and untamed, it might not be able to be raised.”
Shi Hao pondered for a moment, and quickly took a pair of scissors from the kitchen.
“Shi Hao, what are you doing with scissors?”
“Of course it’s to trim its feathers, so it won’t fly away.”
Shi Hao didn’t hesitate, grabbed the peacock's wings, and lifted it up.
“You want to help Kong Xuan trim its feathers?”
Tongtian immediately understood Shi Hao's meaning, and looked at Kong Xuan with some sympathy.
“Gua.” Kong Xuan was angry in his heart, being treated as a commodity by the Saint and given away to someone else.
Now, after being caught by Shi Hao, his anger flared up, and he pecked at Shi Hao’s eyes.
Although his cultivation and divine consciousness were sealed, he had the body of a Great Golden Immortal of the Yao race, refined to be extremely strong.
If it had been an ordinary Taiyi Golden Immortal, a single peck from him would have been fatal.
“Good, you feathered beast. You are truly untamed, it seems.”
Shi Hao slapped the peacock's head with his big hand.
Instantly, Kong Xuan felt a golden star flash in his head, he was dizzy and disoriented, his body almost shattered!
He was terrified in his heart, what realm was the other party in, how could his strength be so frightening?
When he woke up, he found that most of his feathers had been cut off, making him look like a normal poultry.
“My feathers.” Kong Xuan wailed.
Seeing Kong Xuan's appearance, Tongtian wanted to laugh, but remembering that it was because of him that Kong Xuan had ended up in such a situation, he managed to hold back his laughter.