Can't Stand This Lousy Jie Sect Anymore

Chapter 56: Let Me Be the Uncle! (Please Follow)


"Poof–"

With the sound like bubbles bursting, an enchanting Great Thousand World came into view.

"Is this Eastern Emperor Heaven?"

Yun Zhongzi felt exhilarated and couldn't wait to share this with his fellow disciples.

However, when he looked around, there was not a single person in sight.

He frowned slightly, and after a moment of thought, realized the reason.

"It's said that the Chaos Bell has the power to twist the time-space of all heavens. It seems like its Strength has scattered everyone who entered Eastern Emperor Heaven... This is not good; I must first find my fellow disciples."

Muttering to himself, Yun Zhongzi summoned a wisp of cloud under his feet and was about to ride the clouds upward when his gaze inadvertently swept across a steep cliff ahead, where a treasure-like aura was dense and auspicious light was steaming forth.

His interest piqued, he looked closely and noticed a stalk of Purple Ginseng growing on the cliff, which was at least hundreds of thousands of years old.

"Not bad, not bad, I didn't expect to encounter Spiritual Medicine just as I entered!"

A hint of delight flashed across Yun Zhongzi's eyes.

Such old Purple Ginseng, not even several stalks may be found within those grotto-heaven blessed lands of Primordial.

And here he was, just entering Eastern Emperor Heaven, and had stumbled upon one.

How fortunate, how very fortunate!

Immediately, he hurriedly rode the cloud over, ready to harvest this stalk of Purple Ginseng.

Just then, he heard an odd "flapping" sound from behind, followed by a gust of scorching wind that was rolling towards him.

Yun Zhongzi reflexively turned back and saw a fiery red giant bird rushing at him at high speed, with terrifying flames swirling around its body.

"Screech–"

The fiery red bird let out an angry cry, spewing out billowing flames, crashing towards the cliff like waves.

Yun Zhongzi's brow furrowed slightly and he flung his hand, releasing a gleaming treasure light.

The treasure light grew upon catching the wind, quickly transforming into a jade fan, resembling a palm leaf in color and shape.

With a mere gentle wave from Yun Zhongzi, the jade fan stirred up a fierce wind that blew the endless flames back, sweeping away the fiery red bird along with it, turning it into a streak of light that disappeared into the sky.

"It seems that this newly refined Jade Banana Leaf Fan is quite powerful..."

Yun Zhongzi wore an expression of satisfaction, glancing at the jade fan in his hand, and murmured thoughtfully: "I just wonder how much it still lacks compared to the Palm Leaf Fan my fellow disciple uses for stoking the furnace."

Before his words ended, an angry roar suddenly erupted from the sky.

Yun Zhongzi raised his eyes to see the sky turning a deep red.

The large red bird that had been blown away was back, and it spewed out a sky full of firelight at Yun Zhongzi once again.

However, this time, the flames it emitted were not ordinary fire, but rather like crystal clear, translucent glass.

"Nanming Li Fire!"

Yun Zhongzi, with his extraordinary vision, recognized the origin of the flames and exclaimed in surprise: "Could it be that this large red bird is actually a descendant of the Vermilion Bird Venerable Sage?"

Nanming Li Fire, being the fire from the Li position of the Innate Eight Diagrams, is the innate true flame of the Vermilion Bird Holy Venerable, one of the four spiritual creatures in heaven. It can burn everything with infinite power.

"This is going to be difficult to handle."

Yun Zhongzi muttered to himself, the Jade Banana Leaf Fan in his hand disappeared, replaced by a pure white, spotless Jade Bottle.

Holding the Jade Bottle in one hand, he uncorked it with the other, immediately releasing countless drops of water.

Each drop of water swelled innumerably after leaving the bottle, turning into torrents that formed into giant Water Dragons, confronting the fiery red bird in the sky.

"Shriek–"

That fiery red bird screamed defiantly, its mouth spraying firelight that fiercely intensified.

The Nanming Li Fire, previously like sparkling crystal, now changed into a warm and transparent amber color, its power even more terrifying. In just an instant, it evaporated the thousands of "Water Dragons" and still had enough force to continue burning toward Yun Zhongzi.

"Damn it!"

Yun Zhongzi's expression turned stern, and he inwardly cursed trouble.

He had only thought to counter fire with water, but had completely overlooked that this ferocious bird had not been using its full strength before. Now, the power of the Nanming Li Fire soared, and how could a small bottle of "Yangzhi Ganlu" extinguish the fire?

At that moment, he quickly put away the Jade Bottle and instead took out eight stone pillars engraved with Fire Dragon patterns.

However, at this instant, a deep and powerful voice came from afar.

"This is a Fire Yun Que, notoriously fierce and easily angered. Moreover, the more violent its temper, the stronger its Nanming Li Fire becomes.

If you wish to deal with it, it's best to kill it with one blow... Fellow Daoist, don't panic, watch me subdue this scoundrel."

Along with the voice, a tall and robust young man appeared in Yun Zhongzi's field of vision, throwing out a brightly glowing Treasure Hall and loudly exclaiming:

"Capture!"

In an instant, the wind howled and clouds swirled.

The Fire Yun Que seemed to be seized by an invisible Strength, screeching miserably twice before transforming into a streak of firelight that flew straight into the Treasure Hall.

Yun Zhongzi's eyes lit up, his gaze intensely fixed on the brightly glowing Treasure Hall in mid-air, unable to help but exclaim in admiration, "Even such a ferocious Fire Yun Que can be easily subdued, truly a marvelous treasure!"

"It's not really anything marvelous, just a trinket, really."

The newcomer said this while reaching out with his right hand, and the brightly glowing Treasure Hall in the air shrank to the size of a palm and flew back into his hand, before he tucked it into his large sleeve.

Yun Zhongzi's gaze followed the Treasure Hall as it disappeared into the large sleeve, revealing a trace of regret in his eyes.

He lifted his gaze, turning to scope out the owner of the Treasure Hall.

He saw that the man had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a tall and robust stature, his face sharply chiseled with well-defined features that burst forth with valiance.

He was wearing a pale cyan Daoist robe with cloud patterns, neither wearing a crown nor binding his hair, his curly and voluminous dense hair simply draped loosely, yet not appearing messy. On the contrary, there was a sense of elegant unrestraint.

"I thank the fellow Daoist for lending a hand earlier."

Yun Zhongzi bowed first, then pointed at a Purple Ginseng growing on a cliffside in the distance and said, "Fellow Daoist must have also come to Eastern Emperor Heaven in search of treasures. There is a rare Spiritual Medicine here, so why not take it as an expression of my appreciation?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the man replied, displeased, "Fellow Daoist, such words are improper! The treasures of heaven and earth are about seizing the opportunity as it comes. Since you discovered this Spiritual Medicine first, it should rightly be yours to harvest. If I were to take it, wouldn't that be stealing your good fortune?"

Hearing this, Yun Zhongzi's eyes brightened slightly, and he couldn't help but take a few more looks at the man.

To remain unmoved before such a rare Treasure Medicine, this person must either be ignorant of its value or possess an innate goodness, like himself - honest and upright, noble in character, superior and detached...

Cough, cough!

Of course, it was also possible he was just pretending.

After being a Daoist for many years, Yun Zhongzi would not let his inner thoughts show on his face.

He kept his suspicions to himself and looked at the young man, bowing and asking curiously, "I am Yun Zhongzi of the Chan Sect. May I inquire about your origins?"

"Yun Zhongzi?"

Hearing the name, the young man was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yun Zhongzi with excitement and said, "So you are my dear uncle who I never met before!"

"Um?"

Yun Zhongzi was bewildered.

After a good while, he shook his head somewhat amusedly and said to the young man with an excited face, "I am a white cloud that has attained Dao through transformation and have no siblings by blood. Fellow Daoist must have mistaken someone else."

"I didn't, really!"

The young man chuckled and said, "You are a white cloud turned Daoist, known as Yun Zhongzi; I am a streak of Primordial Chaos Qi transformed, known as Qi Zhongjun... Do you not agree that we are relatives?"

Yun Zhongzi: "…"

That does seem to make some sense... Wait a minute!

"This isn't right, though…"

Yun Zhongzi looked at "Qi Zhongjun" and laughed, "Fellow Daoist transformed from Qi, while I attained Dao from a cloud. Logically, Qi exists before clouds. How can I be your uncle?"

"…"

"Qi Zhongjun" pondered briefly, then looked at Yun Zhongzi and said, "Since you say so, then let's switch roles...I'll be your uncle!"

Yun Zhongzi: (ヾノ꒪ཫ꒪)

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