To truly compare, perhaps only Houtu and Xuanming among the Twelve Ancestral Witches of the Witch Clan could be compared with Nuwa.
The others were not qualified.
Even if their appearance was outstanding, their status was too low.
Nuwa, feeling a bit embarrassed, left first, with Fuxi and Xu Feng slowly walking behind her.
Fuxi asked in confusion:
"Fellow Daoist, why don't I see the Queen Mother of the West heading to Zixiao Palace?"
The Queen Mother of the West was also one of the three thousand listeners. Although by some twist of fate she became Xu Feng's maid, Xu Feng shouldn't be so unreasonable as to forbid others from listening to the Dao.
But where was she?
Indeed, Xu Feng directly made a woman of the Queen Mother of the West's strength and undeniable beauty his maid, which surprised many.
Among them, the most depressed were the Three Pure Ones.
They were busy with their seclusion and didn't pay attention to the Queen Mother of the West. Who knew that the Queen Mother of the West would turn around and go to Xu Feng?
She even offered the top-grade spiritual root, yellow zhong li, with both hands.
This yellow zhong li was a first-class material for refining pills, but unfortunately, it was now gone, directly into Xu Feng's hands.
"Am I such an unreasonable person?"
Xu Feng couldn't help but chuckle.
Even though he made the Queen Mother of the West his maid, he hadn't even touched her fingertip, alright?
As for forbidding her from listening to the Dao, that was even more absurd.
"She's behind us; she didn't come with me."
"So that's how it is."
The two chatted along the way, passed through the 33 Heavens, entered Zixiao Palace, and sat down in their respective positions.
Nuwa, whose face was flushed and somewhat angry earlier, had returned to normal and was sitting in her seat with her eyes closed, resting.
Glancing at Nuwa's profile, Xu Feng smiled and closed his eyes, waiting for Hongjun's arrival, and then began to cultivate.
Those who were supposed to come arrived one after another. After the Queen Mother of the West arrived, she found a seat behind Xu Feng, choosing to stay away from the Demon Clan.
Di Jun and Tai Yi also didn't bring up old grievances, nor did they dare to.
After all, the Queen Mother of the West was now Xu Feng's person.
Moreover, the Demon Clan being targeted before was Duke of the East's doing; the Queen Mother of the West basically didn't get involved much.
Di Jun and Tai Yi, no matter how boring they were, wouldn't continue to trouble the Queen Mother of the West.
With the experience of the previous two times, Zixiao Palace was completely silent this time. Everyone remained quiet. After Hongjun appeared, he didn't even remind everyone not to make noise and began to preach.
It began.
Xu Feng's spirit was invigorated, and he began to cultivate.
The shackles on his body were lessened because of Hongjun, which was the best time for him to cultivate.
He couldn't miss these ten thousand years. Ten thousand years of cultivation were more effective than a month of his usual time.
But was his system playing dead again?
It had been so long, and there hadn't been a single quest for him to do.
Other people's systems had endless quests, but his system, besides playing dead, was still playing dead. Xu Feng felt exhausted.
He couldn't waste ten thousand years.
Zixiao Palace once again became Xu Feng's best cultivation spot, which made the other listeners feel speechless.
Everyone else came to listen to the Saint preach, but only Xu Feng came to cultivate every time. He was truly an oddball.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him the biggest oddball in the Great Desolation.
Fortunately, Xu Feng went his own way and didn't care about these people's opinions.
He seized the time to cultivate.
The bottleneck he had long reached was slowly breaking.
Compared to others, Xu Feng didn't follow the Three Corpses Dao Proving, so he didn't need magic treasures to sever his corpses. As long as his realm reached a certain point, breaking through the bottleneck would naturally lead to a breakthrough.
There are three thousand Great Daos, all of which can lead to Dao Proving. Different Daos have certain advantages and disadvantages.
The Saints who achieved Dao Proving through the Three Corpses Dao Proving were relatively weaker in strength, but it was the most stable path.
However, Xu Feng's path to Dao Proving would be much more difficult than others.
But after he achieved Dao Proving, his strength would definitely be stronger than other Saints, even capable of contending with Hongjun.
To reach this step, Xu Feng had to successfully achieve Dao Proving; otherwise, no matter how strong the Dao, if he couldn't achieve Dao Proving, he would still only be a Quasi-Saint.
At most, he would be a relatively strong Quasi-Saint, but still inferior to a Saint, easily manipulated by Saints, and prone to suffering losses.
Even if you had a hedgehog-like nature, you still needed to be extremely careful.
Break!
Break open for me!!!
He repeatedly impacted the bottleneck, and the bottleneck slowly cracked, the fissures continuously expanding.
"Boom!!!"
As the ten thousand years were about to pass, Xu Feng finally broke through the bottleneck in one go, entering the mid-stage Quasi-Saint realm.
This made Laozi, who had also reached this realm, twitch his eyelids.
Didn't they say that people of the Dragon Clan had shackles on them?
You, Xu Feng, must be a fake dragon!!
Laozi found it hard to believe, and Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian felt uncomfortable.
Because among the Three Pure Ones, only Laozi's realm was the same as Xu Feng's, having reached the mid-stage Quasi-Saint.
The two of them had not yet entered the mid-stage Quasi-Saint realm.
The reason was straightforward: they lacked suitable magic treasures to sever their corpses.
One must know that the Three Pure Ones were transformed from Pangu's primordial spirit and possessed the merit of opening the heavens. Such a background was actually surpassed by Xu Feng, a person burdened with the shackles of the Dragon Clan.
Who wouldn't feel upset?
The Three Pure Ones were unhappy, and the expressions of the people in Zixiao Palace were also strange.
They felt that compared to Xu Feng, they were the ones restricted by shackles, which prevented their cultivation from improving.
This was ridiculous.
With shackles on him, he could cultivate so fast. If he weren't restricted by shackles, wouldn't Xu Feng fly into the sky and stand shoulder to shoulder with the Heavenly Dao?
Xu Feng didn't care what these people thought and began to consolidate his realm.
On the high platform, Hongjun said:
"Ten thousand years have passed. I, who control the Divine Artifact of Creation, have comprehended the supreme Great Dao, achieved Hunyuan Dao Proving, and in accordance with the Heavenly Dao, have preached three times to the living beings of the Great Desolation.
Now, my merit is complete. You all remember, when the Great Dao appears, Saints will emerge. Without becoming a Saint, one is ultimately an ant."
This short sentence made the atmosphere in Zixiao Palace strange.
Except for Nuwa, Xu Feng, the Three Pure Ones, and the Western Jieyin and Zhunti at the very front, everyone else stared intently at Hongyun, because Hongyun had Hongmeng Purple Energy on him, which they could snatch.
Who would have thought that Hongyun would be so bold, daring to come to Zixiao Palace to listen to the Dao while being stared at by everyone?
Being stared at by so many people, Hongyun felt a sudden panic and helplessly looked at Zhen Yuanzi.
Zhen Yuanzi, feeling helpless, could only give him a look to reassure him and tell him not to panic.
"Now that the three preachings have ended, there have been many disputes in the Great Desolation. In recent years, I have collected some magic treasures, and today I shall bestow them upon you for self-defense."
Bestow treasures?
As soon as these words came out, everyone except Xu Feng, who was mentally prepared, was stunned, including Nuwa, the Three Pure Ones, and others.
They thought that when the preaching ended, it was over. Who knew there would be such a major event? Who in the Great Desolation didn't lack treasures now?
It could be said that throughout the entire Great Desolation, except for a small number of treasures that had not yet appeared or were very low-end, most magic treasures had fallen into Hongjun's hands.
Because during the ancient Three Clans' calamity, Hongjun was the biggest winner, winning the Saint position and also acquiring various magic treasures. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe the current Hongjun as the richest person in the Great Desolation.
"We pay respects to Teacher for bestowing treasures. Teacher is benevolent!!!"