Chapter 5: Immortal Volcano
◎It's all fire◎
In the hall, among the three thousand monks, regardless of their academic performance, they only discussed their learning attitude. If Kong Shuang said he was the best, no one would dare to claim to be second.
Perhaps Kong Shuang's love for learning infected Hongjun, and Hongjun's eyes were attracted by her. His gaze was too naked, and Laozi and Yuanshi, who were most familiar with the teacher, followed and saw Kong Shuang who was taking notes seriously.
Yuanshi's face darkened, and he pushed his brother who was lazily leaning on him, and secretly scolded him: "You are so disappointing! Even a monster born from a wet egg is more eager to learn than you."
Tongtian, who was dozing off, closed his eyes, looked at Kong Shuang strangely, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
The actions of the two alarmed the others. Many cultivators cast admiring glances at Kong Shuang one after another, and then sat up straight and said, "We must also study hard to win the favor of the Taoist Ancestor."
The culprit who started the internal circulation trend was completely unaware and wrote as fast as the wind.
Another three hundred years passed, and the dizzy Kong Shuang looked at Hongjun, who still had a spirited look on his face, and thought to himself: The Taoist Patriarch is worthy of being the Taoist Patriarch!
She looked at Hong Yun, who was drooling all over the floor, with envy, and started a discussion with Zhen Yuanzi: "Can you help me keep a record for three hundred years first, and then call me when the time comes?"
Time flew by, and Kong Shuang had spent five thousand years sleeping, listening, and sleeping. Finally, he waited for Hongjun to say, "This sermon is over. I will give my second sermon in ten thousand years!"
Kong Shuang, who was dozing off, almost jumped for joy. Hong Yun, who had just woken up and looked energetic, was puzzled by this. Wasn't the sermon just over? Why was he so happy?
Kong Shuang rolled his eyes at him, silently complaining, "I've been preaching for five thousand years, and you've slept for four and a half thousand. And you even have someone to use as a pillow for you, so naturally you don't feel tired..."
The cultivators bid farewell to Hongjun. Two Daoist children beside him returned the greeting on Hongjun's behalf. Hongjun then fixed his eyes on the Three Pure Ones and instructed them, "Now that you three have attained enlightenment, it's time for you to retreat and cultivate. Don't return to Kunlun. Retreat in Zixiao Palace and wait for my second sermon."
He did not avoid people, and in an instant the gazes of the cultivators present were like knives, stabbing at the three of them with envy and jealousy, but no one dared to ask the Taoist Ancestor to let me stay as well.
Because he was going to the Demon Alliance with Chang Xi, Kong Shuang refused to go back to Wuzhuang Temple with Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun.
Emperor Jun was very eloquent and persuaded many demon tribes. They all went to the demon alliance temporarily formed on Mount Buzhou.
Mount Buzhou was formed from the backbone of the father god Pangu, and is home to many demon tribes, the most famous of whom are the brother and sister Fuxi and Nuwa. The demon tribe lives on the mountain, while the witch tribe lives at the foot of the mountain.
Kong Shuang stood in the clouds and saw the legendary Wu clan. The people of the Wu clan were different from the cultivators in the prehistoric times. They were extremely tall and mighty, each one was two or three meters tall and very ferocious.
Although she had been traveling in the ancient world, this was the first time she saw the witch tribe and she was extremely surprised.
The leaders of the witch clan, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, have a very unusual origin. They were born from the essence and blood of the father god Pangu. They have always emphasized cultivating only the body and not the soul. Therefore, they have extremely high martial arts values, and can call the wind and rain, master the laws of nature, and have always been very domineering.
In the ancient times, only the Three Pure Ones brothers dared to compete with them, and the two sides looked down on each other.
The Three Pure Ones are the incarnations of Pangu's primordial spirit, and are responsible for Pangu's great merit in creating the world.
They are both important parts of Pangu, but the Wu clan has nothing, so they hate cultivating their souls and exclude outsiders.
However, Pangu's father still favors them. The Wu clan has the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation. Once this formation is released, it can condense Pangu's true body, and only a saint can survive.
Because the Witch Clan was notoriously arrogant, domineering, ferocious and aggressive in the prehistoric world, many monsters living in Mount Buzhou suffered greatly from it. It was considered the fourth overlord of the prehistoric world after the destruction of the three tribes of dragon, phoenix and unicorn. Emperor Jun formed the Monster Alliance with the intention of fighting against the Witch Clan.
When they arrived at Buzhou Mountain, they found many familiar faces gathered in the simple and casually built hall. Most of them were cultivators who came to listen to the teachings of Zixiao Palace. There were also some ordinary monsters whose cultivation level was not even up to that of Taiyi Golden Immortal. When they saw Di Jun, admiration appeared on their faces.
Kong Shuang did not intend to join the Demon Alliance, so he found a secluded place to sit cross-legged and watch everyone talking. While Di Jun was trying to please everyone, he realized that there was one important person missing - Taiyi.
As Di Jun's younger brother, he is not here.
This person was later called "the first person under the saint" and was famous for his ceiling of combat power. He was a figure who could be compared with the saints in the prehistoric times. However, he later died tragically in the war between the wizards and the liches.
After Taiyi's death, the title of "the number one person under the saint" was unfortunately replaced by her Peacock. Then, in the Battle of the Gods, she was captured by Zhunti and used as a mount, and her end was also miserable.
From this we can see that "the first person under the saint" is an ominous title!
Kong Shuangtou was leaning against the pillar behind her, lost in thought, when she suddenly saw two people walking in from the entrance of the hall. One of them was Taiyi, whom she had not seen before. As for the other person, she quickly sat up straight and stared at him.
Why is Shangqing Tongtian here? Wasn’t he left in Zixiao Palace by Daozu to go into seclusion? Does he also want to join the Demon Alliance? Will he be beaten to death by his second brother Yuanshi?
Kong Shuang began to struggle again. Since he wanted to build a good relationship with Tongtian so that they could fight against the two from the West together during the Conferred Gods War, if Tongtian joined the Demon Alliance, should he also join the Demon Clan?
In the past, the Phoenix Clan was one of the overlords of the prehistoric world. As the young master of the previous dynasty, she represented the face of the Phoenix Clan. Although the Phoenix Clan was now an empty shell, it would still be embarrassing for her to join the Demon Alliance.
Tongtian and Taiyi did not join the busy plan to form the Demon Alliance. They found a place to start talking. Kong Shuang observed them for a long time, looked at their mouth shapes, and guessed that they were discussing Taoism, so she quietly went over to make her presence felt.
Before she reached the two of them, she hurriedly stopped, her expression suddenly becoming indescribable, and all she could hear was their conversation:
Taiyi: "In our fight just now, you lost half a move."
Tongtian: "So what? I have two brothers."
Taiyi was a little anxious: "That means you lost. This is the first time you lost to me!"
Tongtian was very calm, and said slowly: "I still have two brothers!"
Taiyi's face darkened, and after thinking for a long time, he snorted and said mockingly, "So what if I have two brothers? I still have a sister-in-law. Do you have one?"
Kong Shuang saw Tongtian's face change, his breathing quickened, and he turned his head away. She chuckled and thought to herself that it would be better to hope that the Father God would give him another brother than to hope that his two brothers could find him a sister-in-law.
After laughing, Kong Shuang twitched the corners of her mouth. Who could have thought that two Daluo Jinxian would bicker like children? She shook her head and left, but she couldn't help feeling a little melancholy in her heart. The two of them were fighting fiercely now, but in the near future, one would be more unlucky than the other.
She looked around again, and what caught her eye were, besides Emperor Jun, the Jade Rabbit sisters, the future demon commander Fuxi, Ji Meng, Qiongqi, Luwu and many other ten demon generals of later generations. They now had bright eyes and were full of high spirits, their eyes full of hope for the future.
But except for Fuxi who had a good sister and was reincarnated as a saint of the human race after dying in battle, most of the others died in the war between the Lich and the Wizard, and those who did not die gradually disappeared and stayed away from the world.
From then on, the demon race became an alien existence and was expelled by all living beings to the most desolate Uttarakuru. They were even despised by the weakest human race and were forced to fight against demons all day long.
Kong Shuang shuddered suddenly and quickly left the hall to get some fresh air.
As soon as she left the hall, Bai Ze, a member of the Qilin clan who had been secretly following her, followed her. Sensing the presence of someone following her, Kong Shuang turned around and saw Bai Ze, saying coldly, "Fellow Daoist Bai Ze, sneaking around is not the right path."
Bai Ze nodded, not angry at all, and said with a smile: "I'm not following Fellow Daoist Kong Shuang, I just want to ask if you have any clues about the matter of our young master?"
Kong Shuang didn't explain to him and said, "Don't worry, since I have received the favor from your Qilin clan, I will do my best to complete this matter."
As the two were talking, Kong Shuang saw Tongtian coming up behind him. His heart immediately jumped into his throat, fearing that Tongtian would overhear their private conversation. He hurriedly squeezed past Bai Ze and went to meet Tongtian. He smiled like a flower and said in a very familiar way:
"Fellow Daoist Tongtian, long time no see?"
Didn’t we just meet in Zixiao Palace? Tongtian was stunned for a moment, nodded with a half-smile, and was about to leave again.
Kong Shuang couldn't tell whether he had heard what he and Bai Ze had said, so he chased after him and said, "Fellow Daoist Tongtian, I haven't thanked you for your help at Zixiao Palace yet. I wonder if I could invite you to visit my dojo, the Undying Volcano?"
Tongtian kept walking, glanced at her, and replied, "Let's talk later!"
When Bai Ze saw Kong Shuang was about to leave, he became a little anxious. They hadn't finished talking yet, and Kong Shuang was about to run away, so he chased after him.
"My Qilin clan once had a grudge against the Phoenix clan, and I have always wanted to reconcile with Fellow Daoist Kong Shuang. I wonder if I can visit you at the Undying Volcano."
Kong Shuang looked at him with disdain, thinking that this person was really in the way, and declined politely: "The place is small, and there is no room for such a big Buddha like you."
Buddhism was later converted to Buddhism after the Taoist Duobao, a disciple of Tongtian, was sent to the West by Laozi. This is the origin of the saying "Ruhu Huafo". At that time, there was no concept of Buddha in the prehistoric world. Bai Ze was a little confused and said:
"I heard that the Immortal Volcano is a rare and blessed place for immortals."
"Immortal Cave Blessed Land?" Kong Shuang was puzzled for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he saw Tongtian had already walked a long way away. He became anxious again, and couldn't wait to get rid of Bai Ze, so he asked him:
"Guess what the Immortal Volcano has the most?"
Bai Ze opened his mouth, and a light bulb went off in his head: "Could it be fire?"
Kong Shuang nodded with satisfaction: "Daoyou are really smart, smart people can't enter my immortal volcano!"
Bai Ze was curious again, and Kong Shuang took advantage of this opportunity to quickly chase in the direction of Tongtian, grabbed his sleeve, and asked, "Daoyou, would you like to reconsider?"
Tongtian heard the bells on her feet as she ran towards him, and paused slightly. He didn't care that her black hair had been scattered because of her running. She just stared at him with her beautiful phoenix eyes, as if she regarded him as prey. He felt a little annoyed and responded, "It's all fire. What's there to see?"
Kong Shuang's face froze, and he couldn't guess whether Tongtian had heard the conversation between him and Bai Ze. He could only bite the bullet and insist: "Fellow Daoist, why don't you go and take a look and find out?"
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