He was just a mere Yuan Dan realm cultivator who, by sheer luck, bypassed the Heavenly Gang layer and entered the Great Void, seizing a remnant world trapped in the Dharma-ending Age and obtaining an opportunity. It's not surprising that a dignified Supreme Dao Lord could freely enter and exit the Heavenly Gang layer and seize such a great opportunity.
As for the saying that great opportunity is also great disaster, Feng Bingwen could understand it.
He had to go through a lot of trouble to acquire the remnant world, because the laws of that remnant world were broken, which allowed him to seize this opportunity in an overwhelming manner.
If that remnant world were a hundred or eighty times larger, with perfect laws and abundant spiritual energy, and if the beings that could survive within it were several levels stronger, then forget about opportunities; encountering it would be utterly fatal.
"Did the Dao Lord manage to acquire a ruined Great Realm?"
Feng Bingwen asked with sparkling eyes. There was nothing he could do; he was ignorant and didn't know what was in the Great Void. He could only infer from his own experience.
"A shattered Great Realm?"
Upon hearing his disciple's question, Zhao Junxian was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled, before his expression turned extremely serious.
"You really dare to dream! If it really is a great world, and a broken one at that, our entire world might be destroyed by it!"
"That scary?"
"Let me ask you, if the rules of our world are flawed, and spiritual energy continues to leak into the void, it will inevitably collapse in time and turn into remnants in the void. In this process, if you encounter a complete great world, if you were the Dao Lord, how would you decide?"
"..."
Feng Bingwen fell silent. What other decision could he make? Even ants try to survive, let alone cultivators, not to mention Dao Lords who have already achieved immortality and can roam freely between heaven and earth.
Survival is the most primal pursuit of all living beings!
In ancient times, the reason why the human race was able to rise was that, regardless of their cultivation system or their beliefs, the various forces of the human race could unite and form a cohesive whole when faced with the crisis of extinction. This allowed them to break through the suppression of all races and rise to prominence in the world, standing proudly and enduringly.
Under the pressure of survival, when one world is complete while the other's Great Dao is flawed, an extremely brutal interdimensional war will inevitably occur. Piles of corpses, rivers of blood, and rivers of blood are all mild descriptions; the devastation is beyond Feng Bingwen's current level of understanding.
Have we ever encountered anything like this in our world?
"have no idea!"
Zhao Junxian replied with the words "my own disciple," then glanced at Feng Bingwen, who was still pondering, and bluntly criticized him.
"This is not something you should be exploring at this stage; it is a great secret of heaven and earth."
"Master, don't you want to know?"
Feng Bingwen was in high spirits.
"Don't try to pry into secrets that are beyond your understanding; it rarely ends well!"
Zhao Junxian remained calm.
"oh!"
Feng Bingwen was somewhat disappointed.
"In the ancient times, before our human race rose to prominence, countless supreme beings who should have lived as long as heaven and earth and rested with the sun and moon perished or disappeared!"
At this moment, the ethereal young immortal suddenly added a sentence, which immediately aroused Feng Bingwen's great interest.
"Master, do you mean that in the ancient times, our world encountered other great realms and a war broke out, which led to the change of eras, the fall of many supreme beings, and then gave our human race the opportunity to rise?"
"I don't know, don't guess. What you said is just one possibility, but who knows what happened back then?"
Zhao Junxian denied it.
"That Kunpeng in the North Sea should know, right?"
"You can go to Beihai and ask!"
"Let's talk about that after I become a Dao Lord!"
Feng Bingwen was quite self-aware.
"Speaking of which, since it's not a broken Great Realm, what great opportunity did the Dao Lord intercept from the Void? With my strength, can I only leave the sect and temporarily avoid disaster? Am I not allowed to participate?"
"It's unclear at the moment!"
"And what about you, Master? Are you also going to leave the mountain gate temporarily?"
"No, I will stay. I am in charge of a blessed land within the sect; how can I leave so easily?"
“Then I will follow you, Master.”
After much thought, Feng Bingwen decided that he could stay and give it a try. He wouldn't get any meat or bones, but since his master could stay, he should be able to at least get some soup, even if he was a bit lacking.
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"Okay!"
After considering it for a moment, Zhao Junxian finally agreed. He felt that even in the worst-case scenario, he could still protect his disciple.
"Thank you, Master!"
Feng Bingwen's joy was palpable; he had a vague premonition that this seemed to be his chance to gain merit.
"You still have some time. Prepare well. The powerful families I've contacted should be coming to visit soon!"
As his master had predicted, Feng Bingwen had only just managed to perform a second bloodletting on the Kunpeng woman, who had recovered some of her strength, when he received an invitation from the demon race.
"Lantuo the Great Sage!"
When Feng Bingwen received the invitation, he was quite startled. However, he quickly realized that it was a descendant of the Great Sage of the Demon Clan who had come to negotiate the redemption of Kunpeng Girl under his name, not the Great Sage of the Demon Clan himself.
Although Kunpeng holds a revered position, it is not worth the risk for a Great Sage to take. Just like the Demon Emperor sending an avatar, no one in the demon race dares to set foot in the gates of the Supreme Dao in their true form.
Although this number one immortal sect of the human race has an excellent public image and a very good reputation, what big shot would be foolish enough to gamble their life and fortune on such things? If those Taoist priests were to turn against them and suppress them, then they would have nowhere to cry.
"I have met the Supreme Daoist Master."
Representing the Great Sage Lantuo, the man who came to the gate of the Supreme Dao was a middle-aged man dressed in blue. His hair was jet black, his temples were gray, his face was deep and imposing, and his eyes were as deep as two pools. His features were handsome, but they were full of the vicissitudes of time.
"May I ask how I should address you, senior?"
Although the other party concealed his aura extremely well, Feng Bingwen felt a chill run down his spine after just one glance. He realized that this middle-aged man, who looked just like a human, was at least on the same level as his master. Of course, at the same level, his master could kill demons like slaughtering dogs.
"You're too kind, Daozi. If you don't mind, you can just call me Wei An!"
"Human surnames?"
Feng Bingwen was somewhat surprised, as he knew that the demon race didn't play these games at all.
"My mother is human!"
Wei An replied with a smile.
"A half-demon!"
Feng Bingwen was taken aback. Looking at the middle-aged man in front of him, who had an excellent demeanor and made people feel a sense of goodwill but not to be underestimated, he thought of the Golden Crow Clan's arrangements and plans.
It seems that not only the Golden Crow clan, revered as royalty by all demons, is trying to integrate with the human race, but even that Demon Saint is making the same attempt. The information revealed here is thought-provoking. Are there other major clans making similar attempts?
"I see!"
"Daozi's forces are truly a gathering of heroes, not to be underestimated!"
The middle-aged man who came on behalf of the Demon Saint looked at Sun Yuansheng, the Brilliant Golden Ape who had led him here and was now standing beside Feng Bingwen, and praised him with a smile.
This was both a polite remark and a sincere statement. On his journey here, he had witnessed the grandeur of this Daoist's abode, gaining a glimpse into the profound depths of the Supreme Dao.
Even he felt a little envious, and the thought even unconsciously arose in his mind: "If I were human, I would wish to join this immortal sect."
You're too kind!
Feng Bingwen chuckled, exchanged a few pleasantries with him, and then got straight to the point.
"You risked coming here to redeem the little Kunpeng I captured, right? I wonder what Great Sage Lantuo has prepared to redeem the Kunpeng from me?"
"Daoist, please look, these are some rare treasures of heaven and earth that my clan's Great Sage instructed me to prepare!"
The half-demon Wei An presented a jade talisman with both hands.
Feng Bingwen swept it with his divine sense, then tossed it onto the workbench, a look of disdain on his face.
"I truly did not expect that a great sage of the demon race would be so impoverished, possessing only worthless and unpalatable items!"
"Your Highness Daozi, even within the Supreme Dao Sect, you cannot utter such arrogant words and slander a Great Sage!"
"Am I wrong? Look at what you've prepared. If your Great Sage isn't poor and can't afford any good treasures, then you either look down on me, the Supreme One, or you don't take your demon master seriously!"
"Daozi!"
Even the usually well-mannered half-demon was enraged by these words. He had come here on orders, but he never expected the young Taoist to act in this manner.
"Don't display these shameful things. They only embarrass your Great Sage. I'll make a condition. Go back and ask your Great Sage if he can accept it!"
"What does Daozi want?"
Wei An's face was gloomy, and he didn't give the young Taoist in front of him a friendly look. The other party's tone was too arrogant. What was most hateful was that he had to suppress his anger and ask in a humble voice.
"A primordial spiritual root!"
Feng Bingwen held up one finger. He genuinely believed that a Kunpeng was absolutely worth the price, after all, there were only two Kunpengs in the world, and the number of innate spiritual roots was as numerous as the Heavenly Evolution Great Dao.
"Is Daozi joking?"
"I'm not joking!"
"A primordial spiritual root? Isn't this just making fun of us?"
"What? A great sage like yourself can't even produce a single spiritual root?"
Feng Bingwen casually retorted.
"..."
Wei An remained silent, his face grim.
"No way? You really don't have it?"
Feng Bingwen was stunned and didn't quite react. He had personally witnessed the power of that great demon saint that day, and he subconsciously thought that such a big shot should have one or two innate spiritual roots.
But judging from the expression on the face of the envoy they sent, he probably didn't have a single plant in his hand, let alone the chance to exchange it for a Kunpeng.
"Tsk!"
"Daozi, if you are not sincere, I will leave now. Why waste my time here!"
"Calm down, why be so irritable? I just had a cup of tea with my master, and I still savor the taste. That's when I had some unrealistic ideas."
Feng Bingwen explained with a smile,
"Since there are no innate spiritual roots, then I'll compromise. Any fruit that grows from an innate spiritual root, or even a branch that still retains some life, will do!"
"Daozi, do you think that just because you have Kunpeng in your hands, you can extort the Demon Saint at will?"
Wei An felt that there was no way to negotiate. The conditions proposed by the Supreme Daoist were too harsh. He really dared to dream of the fruit produced by the innate spiritual root. Such a treasure would probably be swallowed up as soon as it ripened, so how could there be any left?
Moreover, what he just said is worth pondering. What kind of tea could make a Supreme Daoist feel so unforgettable? He just saw it. How wealthy this Supreme Daoist is! And after drinking the tea, he immediately asked for spiritual roots, and if he had to settle for anything else, he would ask for fruit.
"You half-demon, you are truly an uncivilized creature with fur and horns. Your words are so blatant and ugly. But since you have spoken, I will not hide anything from you."
Feng Bingwen mocked, saying that although this half-demon had half human blood, he was more loyal to the Great Sage he spoke of than any other demon. The emotions revealed in his words were not fake, but came from the heart.
"The bottom line is whether it is the fruit or branches of the innate spiritual root. If you can't even produce this, it means you have no sincerity whatsoever."
"If you're not satisfied, you can go back and ask your Great Sage for help, and see if he has the guts to take this little Kunpeng back from my Supreme Dao sect."
"I cannot make this decision myself; I must report to the Great Sage!"
"Well, take care, and don't bother seeing me out!"
The first half-demon who tried to pay the ransom for Kunpeng Nu left, but then more powerful demon clans or extraordinary forces sent people to their door.
The Peacock Clan, the Golden-Winged Roc Clan, Hong Hao... all those renowned clans sent delegations. A significant portion of them had some connection with the Kunpeng, while others wanted to protect the Kunpeng, establish good relations with it in advance, or take the opportunity to befriend the Kunpeng of the North Sea.
In short, on the demon side, many ancient clans that can be traced back to the ancient times, or forces backed by supreme beings such as Great Sages, have all mobilized to offer Feng Bingwen various temptations in an attempt to bring Kunpeng Girl back.
However, the delegations sent by these ethnic groups all left in disgrace and humiliation when they met Feng Bingwen, because almost none of them could meet the conditions he proposed, or rather, they were unwilling to meet them.
A primordial spiritual root!
Just as his master had said, no clan would agree to such a condition, and even if they had it, they would not agree to exchange it. Feng Bingwen had anticipated this.
However, when he backed down and asked for only the fruit or branches of the innate spiritual root, the demons still refused, which infuriated Feng Bingwen.
In his view, this was already a losing deal, but these guys still tried to fool him with some "junk". No matter how rare the natural treasures are, if they are not related to the innate, they are just a pile of junk. Using them to redeem Kunpeng is just wishful thinking and a complete waste of time!
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