Chapter 99: Wuji's Determined Stance, Taishang Recruits Disciples

  Wuji does not have the determination to destroy the world at this moment, but it does not mean that there will be no such determination in the future. Wuji decides to give the Wuji realm a billion years of time to develop, which is equivalent to 100,000 years after the Honghuang world to destroy the Wuji realm.

  "After Wuji made up his mind, he transmitted a sound in the Wuji realm: 'After 100 million years, the Wuji heaven and earth will be destroyed, the heaven and earth will reopen, all worlds will perish, but all things have a thread of life, and with the Hongmeng purple energy, they can survive this catastrophe.'"

  The news of Wuji's transmission spread like a blockbuster bomb within the Wuji realm, heavily striking the hearts of the living beings in the Wuji boundary. Most of the living beings did not have much feeling, after all, not every living being can live for 100 million years, only those great gods and golden immortals who have achieved great accomplishments can do so, but they must also be free from natural disasters and man-made calamities.

  As for the quasi-saints of the first rank, there is no need to worry too much. After all, only by obtaining the Hongmeng Purple Qi can one become a quasi-saint. With their strength, as long as it's not another quasi-saint of the same level who takes action, they basically don't have to worry about being killed. So they are still relatively safe.

  The Daluo Golden Immortal Realm is synonymous with danger and chaos. The Hongmeng Purple Qi is now basically in the hands of the Daluo Golden Immortals, and as long as there is Hongmeng Purple Qi, it is basically a Daluo Golden Immortal. Only a small number of Daluo Golden Immortals have achieved this through their own enlightenment. As for the lower-ranking Daluo Golden Immortals, they don't have much say in the matter, with too great a disparity in strength.

  Wuji left the Wuji boundary and retracted his defensive formation, heading straight for the Three Pure Heavens. At this point, it had been over 10,000 years since Wuji's closed-door meditation began. The saints had lectured for about a thousand years before allowing them to leave through the passage he established in the Daogang world. After all, the original chaos was too chaotic, and even ordinary quasi-saints with precious treasures would risk being destroyed by the chaos if they were not careful.

  Wuji arrived at the Taiqing Heaven of Taishang Shengren. Wuji first paid his respects to Taishang Shengren, then saw Xuan Du and Feng Qiu listening to the Great Tao, so he sat down beside them to carefully observe their cultivation. Xuan Du's current cultivation had already reached the peak of the early stage of Quasi-Sainthood, while Feng Qiu's four daughters were still at the peak of Daluo Jinxian, but the accumulation of their Fa Li was already comparable to that of an ordinary Quasi-Saint. Wuji saw that after tens of thousands of years of cultivation, the four girls had not yet attained the fruit of Daluo Jinxian, and thus understood that their opportunities lay elsewhere.

  Wuji also felt somewhat self-reproachful about his own lack of attention to the four girls' state, Wuji decided that for now he should focus on improving the four girls' cultivation before anything else. After all, in the eyes of a saint, he was already at their level, but none of his disciples had yet reached the quasi-saint level, which was truly embarrassing and lost face for him.

  However, beheading corpses is now much more difficult than it was in the early days of Jiuzhou. Each time a corpse is beheaded, merit points are required as a catalyst, and the Pre-Heavenly Spirit Treasure must be used. This has resulted in the proliferation of Daluo Golden Immortals, but the number of Quasi-Saints continues to dwindle. Although countless Taiyi Golden Immortals advance to become Daluo Golden Immortals when one dies, the success rate of advancing from Daluo Golden Immortal to Quasi-Saint remains too low.

  After Wuji's decision, he still helped them plan some merits to help them kill the corpse. The arrival of Wuji, except for Taishang Shengren, Xuan Du, Feng Qiu, Liu Mei, Xiao Xue and Ling Zhen were still listening seriously to Taishang Shengren's lecture, and they knew nothing about Wuji's arrival.

  Ten years later, the Supreme Sage stopped lecturing, and the crowd below was still staring at the Supreme Pure Sage with unfulfilled intentions. It's understandable that Feng Qiu and the other three girls were staring, but if it was Xuan Dou, this big man, staring, Wuji felt a chill run down his spine, and he deeply mourned for his teacher in silence.

  Finally, Xuandu and Fengqiu followed the gaze of Taishang Shengren and finally found someone sitting next to them. Wuji first paid his respects to Xuandu, who also returned the courtesy. Although Xuandu did not know Wuji's position, he guessed that Wuji's strength was almost as good as that of a saint, if not slightly inferior.

  Not to mention the first strongman under the saint, Minghe Old Ancestor, who has not seen the qualifications for discussing Tao with the saint on the same stage. So far, only Wuji has enjoyed this treatment. It can be seen that in the eyes of the saint, Minghe Old Ancestor is still inferior to Wuji, and even differs greatly.

  The saints' disciples, not just Xuandu, think so. Anyone who is astute will come to the same conclusion. Even Guang Chengzi, who was previously dissatisfied with Wuji, thinks so. Most of the saints' disciples from the Western Sect who attended the Kunlun Mountain debate share this view.

  In their eyes, the first strongman under the Holy Ancestor of the Underworld River was a huge joke. After the Witch and Demon War, all the Holy Ones were respectful to Wuji, even the Western Church was the same. From then on, Wuji became a taboo in front of these Holy Disciples, not daring to mention his name out loud, fearing that Wuji would also have a sense of awareness like the Holy Ones.

  After Xuan Du paid his respects, Feng Qiu and the others also saluted Wu Ji. After Wu Ji let them off from paying their respects, he faced Tai Shang Sheng Ren and said: "Disciple is ashamed, for so many years, taking in Feng Qiu, Liu Mei, Xiao Se, and Ling Zhen, four girls were all thanks to Master's help in teaching, hoping Master will forgive."

  The Supreme Sage said, "No need for excessive courtesy, you are also cultivating, aren't you? Along with those four who have been transformed and are sitting below me listening to the Way, I'm afraid they are more like my disciples than you. Keke, their innate qualities are not bad, I've long considered them as my nominal disciples."

  Wuji felt ashamed and regretful, thinking that he had not done well as a disciple, and in this regard, he was indeed inferior to Fengqiu and others. Although Wuji felt ashamed, he did not become muddled. Seeing the Supreme Saint intentionally accepting the four girls as formal disciples, Wuji said to them: "Still not kneeling down? Pay respects to your teacher." The four girls were not foolish people, and they immediately reacted by bowing down to the Supreme Saint and saying: "Fengqiu (Liu Mei, Xiao Xuan, Ling Zhen) pays respects to her teacher, wishing her teacher a long and sacred life." After that, the Supreme Saint let them rise, and in an instant, the four girls again paid their respects to Xuandu, this senior brother, Wuji, this second brother, and Wuji, whom they had acknowledged as their master.

  The Supreme Saint saw that he had accepted the four girls as nominal disciples, and then he was in a dilemma. The Supreme Saint valued quality over quantity when it came to spiritual treasures, but now there were no more spiritual treasures that could be taken out. In the end, the Supreme Saint still took out a high-quality pre-heavenly spiritual treasure, the Purple Gold Sword, and gave it to Feng Qiu, a jade flute to Liu Mei, a purple gold gourd to Xiao Xue, and an Eight Trigrams robe to Ling Zhen.

  The four women saw that the Supreme Sage had given them his top-grade pre-heavenly spiritual treasure, and they couldn't help but look at Xuan Dou Dao Ren standing beside him. Xuan Dou Dao Ren was extremely embarrassed, thinking to himself that he wasn't the master of the Supreme Sage or Wu Ji Shidi. His wealth was not insignificant, and all his possessions were given to him by his teachers and masters. If he had to divide everything among them, he would become a poor man. In the end, Xuan Dou Dao Ren couldn't withstand the gaze of the four women.

  Xuandu Daoist had his first doubt about the Tao of Non-Action he was learning, otherwise why would Nujie, a fellow disciple under the same teacher, have such an enormous wealth gap and possess great power. Although Xuandu had been cultivating for many years, it wasn't in vain. He then stabilized his mind but the nearby Taishang Shengren and Nujie were both powerful individuals.

  For the fleeting change in Xuandu, nature has sensed it, and the obvious sensation is that Xuandu's great way has begun to change. Although I don't know what specific events have occurred, I can clearly sense that Xuandu has merged a thread of his own understanding into the Non-Being Great Way.

  Wuji couldn't help but look at his teacher, Taishang Shengren. He saw that Taishang Shengren had a bitter smile on his face, happy that Xuandu had found his own way after Wuji, yet worried that there was no one to inherit his own way. Wuji comforted Taishang Shengren, saying: "Teacher, everyone's path is different, only similar. Teacher doesn't need to force it, just like Hongjun Daozu's path, isn't it the same as teacher and other saints? Is teacher not a successor of Hongjun Daozu?"

  After Xuan Du Dao Ren recovered his dao heart, he endured the pain and gave each of the four girls ten of the dozens of 9-turn golden elixirs that Tai Shang Sheng Ren had previously bestowed upon him. Afterwards, he didn't forget to tease Wu Ji Dao: "Your Eldest Senior Brother is a poor ghost, only having these, but Eldest Senior Brother has shown you a clear path. Your Second Senior Brother is a rich master, I occasionally heard Tong Tian Shifu mention that even in terms of wealth, Wu Ji is not as good as him. You don't believe me? You can ask the teacher."

  Wuji heard that Xuan Dou and Tong Tian Shu Shu had sold himself, it was indeed a case of "wealth not revealing its true nature". Although he was willing to bestow the Lingbao upon them, Wuji felt that being sold out by Xuan Dou and Tong Tian Shu Shu would make him a target for debt collectors in no time. Thinking about the thousands of nominal disciples under Tong Tian Shu Shu's sect, all of whom were nominally Wuji's junior brothers, Wuji couldn't help but feel that he would soon be impoverished to death.

  Wuji made up his mind that before the sect reduction was successful, he would try to avoid this Tongtian Shifu as much as possible. To be fair, it's better if the original Shifu is also rarely seen. Although there aren't thousands of disciples under the Zhantai Sect, but at least a few hundred, no less than a hundred or so.

  The four women looked at the Supreme Saint after hearing Wudang Daoist's words, and when they saw the Supreme Saint nodding, they couldn't help but stare at Wuji with sparkling eyes. Wuji saw their expressions and couldn't help but tease: "You don't have to look at me like that, although I have many spiritual treasures, lower-grade pre-heavenly spiritual treasures are scarce, mid-grade pre-heavenly spiritual treasures are available in a few pieces, but they still have some use for me. As for high-grade pre-heavenly spiritual treasures, there are indeed many, but similarly, I still have uses for them and can't give them to you."

  Wuji saw the expressions of the four women in Fengqiu had become somewhat disheartened, and continued: "As for the Pre-Heavenly Supreme Treasure, I myself still find it insufficient. Ah yes, I have a few pieces of trash here that are of little use to me, so I'll just give them to you." After speaking, Wuji took out four nine-grade blue lotus platforms.

  Feng Qiu's four daughters were originally disappointed when they heard that Wuji was going to take out trash to deceive them, but they only felt gratitude towards him and would not have any complaints. Even the Supreme Saint and the Mystic Daoist thought that Wuji would take out a few pieces of trash to deceive them.

  But then he saw Wújí take out four nine-grade blue lotus platforms, after a daze, the Supreme One was the first to react, with an expression of "as expected", while Xuándōu Dào Rén was shocked. Originally, he still had doubts about what Tōngtiān Shèngrén said, and did not expect that Wújí would take out four pieces of trash that were actually nine-grade blue lotus platforms, which are top-grade pre-heavenly spiritual treasures. Xuándōu Dào Rén rarely showed a look of admiration.

  The expressions of the four girls in Feng Qiu became complicated, from their original expectations, disappointment to surprise. The four girls looked at Wuji with some uncertainty, as if suspecting that this was the trash mentioned by Wuji.