Di Yi walked towards the door with a pale face. Wen Zhong also lowered his head and looked ashen-faced. The Shang Dynasty could not bear the crime of insulting the sage. Kong Xuan also went out, but at this moment, the image of Li Daoyi appeared in his mind.
"Perhaps only he can break this deadlock!" Kong Xuan thought to himself as he walked towards the door.
As the group exited the palace gates, they were greeted by civil and military officials prostrate on the ground and countless common people.
The sky was ablaze with color, and countless colorful clouds gradually gathered into a human-shaped silhouette. The seven-colored light made the group squint.
Just as the outline slowly solidified into a physical form, Di Yi and the others suddenly felt their bodies stiffen and then could no longer move. Kong Xuan also noticed the strangeness of the people around him, but he seemed unaffected.
Everything in Chaoge City seemed to have been put on pause.
Nuwa's body finally appeared in the seven-colored light. She looked down with a slight doubt, wondering if her aura should be this strong.
Just as Nuwa was wondering, an energy fluctuation appeared around her, followed by a light blue barrier rising from Chaoge City, which quickly enveloped the entire area within a hundred miles of Chaoge City, including her in the air.
“A barrier…” Nuwa murmured. Before she could react, the barrier had already appeared.
"Who are you? Show yourself at once!"
Nuwa now understood why the mortals below were all motionless.
"Isn't it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar? Fellow Daoist Nuwa, why don't you come down and have a chat?"
Li Daoyi's voice came from the Zhutian Tower.
Nuwa's beautiful eyes instantly locked onto the source of the sound. It was a strange building, its style completely out of place with the other buildings in Chaoge City, yet it was exquisite and grand.
"As expected, there is a master. Who could it be?" Nuwa wondered to herself.
Nuwa's figure then slowly shrank to the size of an ordinary person, and a lucky cloud carried her down slowly, heading straight for the Tower of All Heavens.
Nuwa flew down to the Tower of All Heavens and saw a Taoist-dressed man smiling at her from the window on the ninth floor.
"Who are you?" Nuwa asked, looking at the unfamiliar man before her.
"please."
Li Dao stepped aside, and the window instantly enlarged, large enough for several people to enter and exit at the same time.
Nuwa didn't hesitate. She gave Li Daoyi a deep look and then flew inside.
"Hmm?" Nuwa only realized after entering that there were other people inside, two beautiful women and a child, and she hadn't noticed them at all while she was outside.
"Greetings, Goddess Nuwa," Dongfang and Xiaolongnu said, bowing slightly.
Nuwa nodded, then looked at Li Daoyi with curiosity, as if trying to see through him.
“I never expected that Chaoge City would hide someone like you,” Nuwa said first.
"I make my home wherever I go, I have no fixed abode, this is just a temporary stay." Li Daoyi smiled, then pointed to the chair next to him, indicating that Nuwa should sit down and talk.
Nuwa didn't stand on ceremony and gently moved to a chair to sit down. She couldn't see through the man opposite her, so there were only two possibilities: either he possessed a top-tier magic treasure that concealed his cultivation level, or his strength was the same as hers—neither of which was incredible.
Li Daoyi slowly picked up the teapot and poured tea into the teacup in front of Nuwa.
“This matter cannot be blamed on the King of Men. I apologize to you here,” Li Daoyi said.
Nuwa frowned upon hearing this, and looked at Li Daoyi with an unfriendly gaze.
"Cough... Don't misunderstand, I didn't do that," Li Daoyi quickly said.
"Mengmeng," Li Daoyi called out as he turned around.
"Why…"
Mengmeng peeked out from behind Xiaolongnu.
"come over."
"Oh." The little guy looked aggrieved, glancing back at Dongfang and Xiaolongnu every few steps.
Li Daoyi tricked her and grabbed her.
“This is my younger sister, Mengmeng. She’s a bit mischievous. The statue incident was a prank on her, I’m really sorry,” Li Daoyi said.
Nuwa then realized that it was actually this child who did it, but how could that be? The statue was insulted, yet she, the true self, did not sense it on the spot, only feeling it when the human king opened the temple.
"Are you perhaps mocking me?" Nuwa immediately felt that the person in front of her was using a child as a scapegoat.
"How could that be? Oh, right, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Li Daoyi."
"Li Daoyi?" Nuwa had no recollection of this name at all. From ancient times to the present, this was the first time she had ever heard this name in all her life.
"Mengmeng, hurry up and apologize!" Li Daoyi said angrily.
"I'm sorry," the little guy said, blinking his big eyes at Nuwa.
Looking at the adorable little figure before her, Nuwa's initial anger vanished instantly.
"Fellow Daoist, please rest assured, once they recover, they will surely forget what happened before." After saying this, Li Daoyi gestured for Nuwa to come in and have some tea.
"Try it, this is an extremely rare Enlightenment Tea."
"Enlightenment Tea?" Nuwa was slightly surprised.
This is a legendary sacred item. It existed in the ancient times, but it is now extremely rare. Even she doesn't have any. The last time she drank it was when she was listening to the Dao at Zixiao Palace.
Nuwa picked up the cup, took a sip, and her eyes lit up. It was indeed the Enlightenment Tea, and a top-grade one at that.
"Hurry up and bring out your good stuff to apologize to Goddess Nuwa." Li Daoyi then pinched Mengmeng's chubby cheeks and said.
"Okay, I know." The little guy reluctantly started rummaging through his treasure pouch.
Then, peaches, ginseng fruit, yellow plums, cola, White Rabbit milk candy, lollipops, instant noodles, and even a steaming pizza appeared on the table.
Li Dao's face twitched. Those immortal fruits were one thing, but what about the rest? This kid's mind was full of food.
Nuwa was also shocked and looked at Mengmeng in disbelief.
"Here, you can have some. I have plenty more anyway," the little guy said, pouting. He had an expression that said, "I'm very generous."
"Pfft..."
Finally, Nuwa's initially serious expression was amused by Mengmeng.
“These peaches, ginseng fruits, and yellow plums are all top-grade immortal treasures. Even sages might not have many of them. I never expected you to have so many. I’m really curious about your origins,” Nuwa continued.
"No, don't misunderstand, I didn't do it, it's all hers." Li Daoyi quickly waved his hand.
"They were originally mine. I really have a lot. I even gave several to Brother Tongtian last time," Mengmeng boasted.
"Brother Tongtian?" Nuwa was taken aback.
"Yes, it's the guy carrying a sword." Mengmeng nodded.
"Ten years ago, the Tongtian Sect Leader visited Chaoge. We felt like we had known each other for a long time," Li Daoyi said slowly.
"I see." Nuwa nodded, becoming more certain that Li Daoyi might have a second identity; otherwise, it would be impossible to explain how he could use such a large barrier to cover the entire Chaoge.
"Fellow Daoist Li, may I ask which demon god you are incarnated as?" Nuwa asked. She immediately thought of the demon gods from the creation era, for only those beings could possess such abilities. Although Pangu killed many demon gods when he created the world, some inevitably escaped.
"Haha, my identity is not important. Just remember that I am on the side of the human race," Li Daoyi said with a laugh.
"Humans?" Nuwa looked at Li Daoyi thoughtfully, unable to understand why a demon god would side with the human race.
"What? Does Your Majesty not stand on the side of the human race? You are the Holy Mother." Li Daoyi said, feigning surprise.
"Don't you know that I am the Holy Emperor of the Demon Clan?" Nuwa said.
"Of course I know, which is why the Human King chose to offer sacrifices to you ahead of time, in order to wage war against the North Sea Demon Clan. You shouldn't mind such a small matter, right?"
Nuwa naturally understood the Human King's intention long ago, and then rolled her eyes at Li Daoyi, who was asking a question he already knew the answer to.
Li Daoyi gave an awkward smile.
“Fellow Daoist, are you aware that you will soon form a tremendous karmic bond with the human race? The human race’s future status will even change because of you; they will no longer be the protagonists of heaven and earth.” Li Daoyi’s expression slowly turned serious.
Nuwa looked at Li Daoyi with a puzzled expression. Although she was very angry about the statue, she was not so angry as to take it out on the entire human race. She only appeared to see who was so bold.
“You don’t need to doubt it; this is something that could happen in the future,” Li Daoyi said.
"The future? You can actually foresee my future?" Nuwa exclaimed in surprise. It should be known that sages are not subject to cause and effect; no one can predict the affairs of a sage, not even Hongjun, unless it is the Heavenly Dao.
Li Daoyi was slightly taken aback, realizing he might have overdone it.
"You don't need to be surprised. The future is not static. Even the slightest disturbance can completely change its appearance. For example, right now, when I said those words, the future of you and the human race has already changed."
"Then tell me, what did you originally see?" Nuwa asked curiously.
Li Daoyi slowly got up, walked to the window with his hands behind his back, and looked at the quiet Chaoge City outside.
"I see that you will be the prelude to the downfall of the Shang Dynasty."
"I also saw countless people die, countless people are displaced, countless people weep, and the earth is bleeding."
"Humanity has since fallen into depravity and become utterly enslaved by the gods."
"It is precisely because of this that the human race has lost its spirit of self-reliance, self-confidence, and self-improvement, and has become an appendage of the heavens, a pawn." Li Daoyi's voice rang in Nuwa's ears like a cry from ancient times.
Nuwa was terrified, constantly reminding herself that the other party was exaggerating.
“Impossible, I wouldn’t do that,” Nuwa said.
"Really?" Li Daoyi turned around and smiled.
“I believe you wouldn’t do this for no reason, but what if someone prompted you to do it? What if you unknowingly fell into someone else’s trap?” Li Daoyi continued.
"You..." Nuwa's anger flared up instantly. Li Daoyi was clearly looking down on her.
But Li Daoyi's next words sent chills down her spine.
"What if it's Hongjun? Can you guarantee you won't be affected?" Li Daoyi asked in a deep voice.
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