Honghuang: I am Kuiniu, and I instructed Nuwa to create humans at the beginning.

Chapter 180: Forcing the Western Immortals to Come to the Court

"I wonder how Daoist Hou Tu thinks this matter should be resolved? As long as Daoist Hou Tu's request is not too excessive, I can still agree to it."

Hou Tu did not answer Zhunti Taoist immediately, but looked directly at Niu Kui, wanting to ask Niu Kui's opinion.

Niu Kui even said directly to Hou Tu: "The water of the Eight Treasures Merit Pond of the Western Religion has the effect of purifying the soul. Sister Hou Tu can ask him to offer it to the Eight Treasures Merit Pond, and this cause and effect will be settled."

Upon hearing that Niu Kui actually wanted the Eight Treasures Merit Pool of the Western Religion, the Taoist Zhunti didn't even wait for Hou Tu to speak, and just shook his head and said.

"Impossible. The Eight Treasures Merit Pond is the foundation of our Western religion. How can we give it to others?"

It was no wonder that Zhunti Taoist was so excited. After all, he and Jieyin Taoist achieved enlightenment by borrowing from the Heavenly Dao. The merits they owed to the Heavenly Dao were not a small amount.

These merits need to be repaid, which is equivalent to the mortgage repayments of house slaves in later generations. Every year, they need to repay a portion of the merits to the Heavenly Dao, otherwise the cultivation of the two brothers will be suppressed.

This Eight Treasures Merit Pool can produce merit continuously. Although the output of merit is not much, it is good for the long run.

At least it can satisfy the two saints in the West to repay the merits of the Heavenly Dao. So the Taoist Zhunti said that the Eight Treasures Merit Pool is the foundation of the Western religion, and he is not wrong.

Little did they know that Niu Kui knew this reason, so he asked Hou Tu to ask for the Eight Treasures Merit Pool. Of course, Niu Kui did not really think that the two saints in the West would hand over the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

The purpose of doing this is to ask for an exorbitant price and wait for the two saints from the West to pay back the money on the spot. At that time, at least half of the water in the Eight Treasures Merit Pool must be taken away.

As a result, the rate at which the Eight Treasures Merit Pool produces merit will decrease, and the Two Saints of the West will have to work hard for merit in order to ensure that they repay enough merit to the Heavenly Dao.

This is also the reason why Niu Kui took away so much water from the Eight Treasures Merit Pond last time. After all, if the Western religion wants to gain merit, there are only two ways to go.

One way is to do something beneficial to the prehistoric world and get rewarded by the Heavenly Dao. However, the requirements of the Heavenly Dao are very harsh, and small favors cannot gain Heavenly Dao merits at all.

Therefore, they can only seek the second way, which is to strengthen the Western Church. And if they want to strengthen the Western Church, they must recruit more monks into the Western Church.

In this way, the ten thousand immortals who were supposed to come to the Jiejiao would probably fall on the shoulders of the Western Sect. Once the Conferred God Tribulation begins, it is uncertain who will become the target of public criticism.

Unfortunately, the two Western Saints did not know that Niu Kui's plan was so far-reaching. Even being able to strengthen the Western religion was what they wanted in their hearts.

Niu Kui only put some pressure on them, so that they would work harder when strengthening the Western religion. He even accepted all of them as his disciples, regardless of their virtues, so that the Western religion would be tainted with boundless cause and effect.

So when Niu Kuina heard that the Taoist Zhunti was unwilling to hand over the Eight Treasures Merit Pond, he said without hesitation, "Since the Saint Zhunti is unwilling to hand over the Eight Treasures Merit Pond, then you can also take out five lotus seeds of the Merit Golden Lotus."

Niu Kui knew that the two saints from the West could not possibly have the lotus seeds of the Twelve-Grade Merit Golden Lotus, so he made such a request.

The result was not beyond Niu Kui's expectation. The Taoist Jie Yin shook his head and said, "Brother Niu Kui, have you forgotten that I gave you all the lotus seeds of the Twelve-Rank Merit Golden Lotus last time? How could I possibly have them in my hands now?"

This inevitably made Niu Kui show a helpless expression on his face. After thinking for a moment, he said to Hou Tu: "Sister Hou Tu, the Western Church is really poor. Why don't you give in and take away half of the Eight Treasures Merit Pool water." Hou Tu knew what Niu Kui was doing. At this moment, she could only try her best not to laugh and nodded to Niu Kui.

Seeing Hou Tu nod, Niu Kui turned his gaze to Zhunti Taoist, "The water in the Eight Treasures Merit Pond of the Western Religion can be regenerated. It shouldn't be too much to ask you to take out half of the water in the Eight Treasures Merit Pond."

"After all, it will take at most ten thousand years for the water in the Eight Treasures Merit Pond to return to its original state. So for you, this should be considered as not paying any price."

The Taoist Master Jie Yin and the Taoist Master Zhunti were so angry that they gnashed their teeth, but in the end they could only look at each other and nodded to each other.

Seeing the two saints of the West nod, Niu Kuina did not hesitate and offered the Four Seas Bottle that he had prepared long ago. In a blink of an eye, he took away half of the water from the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

Then he whispered to Hou Tu: "Sister Hou Tu, the water from the Eight Treasures Merit Pool is already in our hands. Let's withdraw quickly, lest the two saints in the West regret it."

Hou Tu didn't understand why Niu Kui was so anxious. After all, he had already agreed, and you had taken away the water from the Eight Treasures Merit Pond. How could the two saints in the West regret it at this moment?

Even so, Hou Tu followed Niu Kui through the void and returned directly to the Nine Netherworld. As soon as Niu Kui left, a disciple of the Western Sect came to the two Western Saints.

"Master, the way that person just collected the water from the Eight Treasures Merit Pond feels familiar to me. It seems that when the Ten Golden Crows made a commotion at Mount Xumi last time, someone collected the water from the Eight Treasures Merit Pond in the same way."

Hearing what the Western Sect disciple said, the two Western Saints woke up instantly, knowing that the water from the Eight Treasures Merit Pond must have been stolen by Niu Kui.

It took more than 10,000 years for the Eight Treasures Merit Pond to be filled, but then Niu Kui took away half of it.

Unfortunately, at this moment, the two saints from the West could only look at Niu Kui's back and curse. They wanted to settle accounts with Niu Kui, but there was no trace of Niu Kui.

Niu Kui, who had returned to the Six Paths of Reincarnation, told Hou Tu the reason. After hearing this, Hou Tu smiled and covered her face, "Why do you specifically target the two saints from the West? Do you have a grudge against them?"

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Afterwards, Niu Kui stayed in the six reincarnations for a few more days before rushing to the reincarnation place of Donghuang Taiyi. After all, only by bringing Donghuang Taiyi's reincarnation with him could Niu Kui feel truly at ease.

The place where Donghuang Taiyi was reincarnated was not anywhere else, but the Nanming Volcano, the habitat of the Phoenix clan.

However, Donghuang Taiyi was not reincarnated as a member of the Phoenix clan, but a very gorgeous firebird, whose every feather could burn with endless flames.

Although they cannot be reborn from the ashes like the Phoenix Clan, they can heal their wounds in the flames.

Although this footsteps is very different from the original three-legged golden crow, it is still a good destination for the reincarnation of Donghuang Taiyi.

When Niu Kui arrived at the Nanming Volcano, the Moltres had not even developed any intelligence. It played in the Nanming Fire every day, and was quite free and easy.

(End of this chapter)