Chapter 40: Zuwu's Heart and Blood

  Wuji's guess was confirmed by Hou Tu Niangniang, who said to Wuji: "I don't know what connection you have between the witch tribe crisis and this meeting with me?"

  Wuji returned: "Your Ladyship should know that the two tribes are competing for heavy power and aura. The strength of the two tribes, the Witch tribe and the Demon tribe, was originally stronger than the Witch tribe, but with the Demon tribe's Nuwa becoming a saint, the balance of power between the two tribes turned around, and the Demon tribe also became invincible because they had Nuwa as their backing. Most importantly, due to Nuwa becoming a saint, the Demon tribe's aura greatly increased.

  The Witch clan, due to the killings of these years, has almost consumed the originally vast Heavenly Merit and Fortune. If this continues, the remaining Fortune of the Witch clan will be exhausted, and they will eventually be destroyed by the Demon clan. What Wu said is how to increase the remaining Fortune of the Witch clan, and find a way for the Witch clan to survive even if they lose the war. I wonder what you think, Mother?

  Houtu Niangniang said: "If the friend of Wuji is really as you say, finding a way to continue the luck of the witch tribe and the living space after Wuj, it's too important for my witch tribe. I don't know what kind of exchange the friend needs."

  Wuji Dao: "Niang niang, you know I have the bloodline of the Wu tribe. For my future cultivation, I hope Niang niang can come forward and ask each of the twelve ancestral witches for a drop of their heart's blood. As for the method I mentioned, the timing is not yet ripe, so I cannot tell Niang niang now. Moreover, if Niang niang does it according to my words, there may still be danger to her life. I hope Niang niang will think carefully."

  Houtu Zuowu had no opinion on Wuji's proposal to take the ancestral witch's essence and blood, after all, although the ancestral witch's essence and blood were precious, at most it would only cause a temporary decline in cultivation, which could be recovered in a thousand years. With more than 80,000 years still to go before the war between witches and demons, she wasn't worried.

  It's understandable that Wuji can't tell himself now, and it's also not afraid of being deceived by Wuji. As long as Wuji makes a vow to the Heavenly Dao, it's fine. However, upon hearing Wuji say that he might be in danger, he hesitated for a moment before finally becoming resolute for the sake of the Witch tribe and his brothers and sisters who live together.

  Wuji and Hou Tu Niangniang had a conversation, which made the expressions of Hou Yi and Xing Tian on the side also become serious, no longer as carefree as before, but instead became firm. Then Wuji made a vow to the Heavenly Way, and Hou Tu Niangniang told Wuji to go back and rest while waiting for her news.

  Houtu Zuwu sent a message to the remaining eleven Zuwu, inviting them to meet at the Zuwu Temple, saying that there was something important to discuss. Afterwards, he warned Hou Yi and Xingtian not to talk about today's events.

  Houtu Zuwu used his earth divine power to return to the Zuwu Temple of the Wu tribe in half a day. Xixi Yin, Emperor Jiang and other fast ones had been waiting for a long time, even the slowest ones arrived within half a day.

  The twelfth ancestor witch asked after sharing their experiences with each other, "Houtu sister, what's the urgent matter that you've gathered us here for?"

  Houtu Zuxu then brought Wuji to visit, but only told the other ancestors and hid the fact that he might be in danger. As the Time Ancestor, Xixi Yin heard about the crisis of the Witch tribe and immediately used her time divine power to check on the situation of the Witch tribe in the future. Although she could only see some scattered scenes, Gonggong and Zhurong were fighting for their lives, Houtu was nowhere to be found, and the great war between witches and demons at Mount Buzhou had caused many ancestors to fall. After seeing this, Xixi Yin suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and could no longer continue to check.

  The situation that Jiuyin saw was reported to the ancestors, and everyone felt a deep sense of powerlessness. Finally, Gonggong spoke up carelessly: "What's there to fear? As descendants of Pangu, at most we'll just return to Pangu. Moreover, since we know the outcome, we can prevent it. Our tribe's fate is in our own hands, not heaven's."

  Gong Gong's arch-nemesis Zhu Rong also chimed in, "No way, I don't believe we'll lose to the demon tribe." The other ancestral witches gradually regained their fighting spirit. Later, Hou Tu told them the terms of the transaction, and everyone agreed without hesitation. Each person took out a drop of heart blood and placed it in Hou Tu's hand. After that, the ancestral witches' auras weakened slightly, but there was no further impact.

  Eleventh Ancestor Witch in the Ancestor Witch Temple closed the door to recover and repair, not mentioning it again. Later, when the Earth Ancestor Witch received the heart's blood of the alien ancestor witch, she returned to her own Earth Temple in half a day, summoned Wuji, and then took out another drop of heart's blood from her body, put it in her hand, combined with the remaining eleven drops of heart's blood, and sent them all to Wuji.

  Wuji felt the aura of Hou Tu Zu Wu weakening, and after a slight thought, he understood the reason. He then took out twelve 8-turn Golden Elixirs and handed them to Hou Tu Zu Wu, saying: "Your Majesty, these 8-turn Golden Elixirs were refined by my master before his ascension to sainthood, they have a great effect on recovering one's cultivation, I hope Your Majesty will accept them."

  Houtu Niangniang also accepted it without hesitation and then let Wuji retreat. After taking one herself, she closed her door for ten days and finally recovered her former strength. Afterwards, she returned to the Zu Xian Hall without stopping and gave the remaining eleven 8-turn golden elixirs to the eleven ancestors of the Zu Xian to take.

  For the time being, let's not mention the twelve ancestral witches of the Wu tribe. As soon as Wuji returned to his own resting place, he began to ponder the purpose of the twelve drops of ancestral witch essence blood. Now there are three ways: The first is to directly ingest the twelve drops of ancestral witch essence blood, believing that one can absolutely break through the ancestral witch boundary. However, Wuji feels that what suits oneself is the best, and his own Nine Turns of the Profound Origin Decision's chaotic true body doesn't have to be inferior to the ancestral witch true body. He believes that it won't take long for him to break through to the eighth turn boundary, so absorbing the ancestral witch heart blood would be a pure waste.

  The second method is to directly infuse the twelve drops of ancestral witch's essence blood into the Boundless Realm, using the twelve ancestral witches' innate control over the twelve laws that govern the Desolate World to perfect the Boundless Realm with their own law-bearing heartblood. The Boundless One feels it's a bit of a waste of great material on something small.

  The third, also the most satisfactory one for Wuji, is to find the pre-heavenly precious Ding of Qiankun later, or borrow the Ding of Qiankun from Nüwa, and return the twelve drops of ancestral witch's blood to their origin to become Pangu's heartblood. After that, Wuji will practice this drop of Pangu's heartblood into an external incarnation, absorb the aura of chaos in the midst of chaos, repeat the true body of Pangu, and finally let this true body of Pangu evolve heaven and earth in the boundless sky and earth.

  The third method takes a long time, but for Wuji who has the Time Law, it's not a problem at all. In the end, Wuji decides to use the third method.

  Wuji lived in the tribe for a few days after making his decision. Although the people in the tribe were still the same, Wuji clearly felt a sense of estrangement from Hou Yi and Xing Tian. Wuji understood that they thought he had schemed against the Witch Tribe, and that he should leave too, continuing his unfinished journey to travel through the Vast Expanse.

  After that, Zhongyue bid farewell to Hou Yi and gave some of the elixir-making techniques that had little effect on himself, which he had researched over the years with Taiqing Shenren, to the Wu tribe. He also gave one pill each of the eight-turn golden elixir refined by his teacher to Hou Yi and Xingtian as a reward, thanking them for their care over the years.