Lao Tzu is Ji Gong

"Bring them back to life? Is that even possible?" Upon hearing Li Xiuyuan's words, Gonggong instantly perked up, but then, remembering Fengwa's attitude, he immediately hesitated. "Let's forget it! This is fine as it is."

"You really don't want to be brought back to life? Then I'll be leaving!" Li Xiuyuan pretended to turn around and leave.

"Wait a minute, I think this is pretty boring. Nobody can see me." Sure enough, seeing that Li Xiuyuan was about to leave, Gonggong said awkwardly. If things continued like this, no one could hear him or see him. How boring would that be!

"Come with me!" Li Xiuyuan took out an umbrella, opened and closed it, and Gonggong was taken into the umbrella. With a flash in Li Xiuyuan's hand, the umbrella disappeared again: "From now on, you will be my third disciple."

"Huh? You say you're my master? Then who are your eldest and second disciples?" Although Gonggong was inside the umbrella, he was still able to talk to Li Xiuyuan, though others couldn't hear him.

"You'll find out later!" Li Xiuyuan replied.

"Oh!" Gonggong felt bored and fell silent. After a while, he couldn't help but ask, "Master, where are we going?"

"The Witch Clan!" Li Xiuyuan really didn't want to deal with this idiot, but since he was now his disciple, it was necessary to comfort him!

Gonggong was the key to his subjugation of the Wu tribe; he was very clear about Gonggong's position in their hearts!

"Master, why are we going to the Wu tribe?" Gonggong was very curious. After asking one question, he would immediately ask the next one, as if he had a million questions.

"Stop talking nonsense! Shut up!" I really don't know where this guy gets all this nonsense from! Didn't he just break up with his girlfriend? He's heartbroken and still has so much to say. I really feel sorry for that girl if she were to date him!

"Master..." Li Xiuyuan ignored Gonggong, letting him chatter on and on along the way.

At this time, Zhu Rong returned to the Wu tribe with Gonggong's body. The other demon gods (the Twelve Ancestors of Wu, also known as demon gods) were incredulous when they saw Gonggong's corpse. How could Gonggong, the most powerful among them, have died by crashing into Buzhou Mountain?

What secret lies behind this? They would never believe that Gonggong was destroyed by just one bump.

Chapter 1029 Floods Cause Disaster

"Hello everyone!" Li Xiuyuan entered the inner hall alone, with his winged horse following behind him.

"Who are you?" Upon hearing Li Xiuyuan's voice, the other demon gods became alert, each looking at Li Xiuyuan warily.

"I'm here to help you." Li Xiuyuan took out an umbrella and opened it, and Gonggong appeared on the ground: "Master, why did you let me out!" For a moment after being released, Gonggong was still dizzy and couldn't react.

"Look who they are," Li Xiuyuan said to Gonggong, who was standing on the ground and was somewhat unsteady. At this moment, Gonggong's soul, after being repaired by Li Xiuyuan, was much more solid than before.

"Huh? Why are all the big brothers here? Master, how did we end up inside the Witch Clan? Are you taking me home?" Seeing the familiar faces in front of him, Gonggong was extremely excited. He stood up and rushed to his brothers' side. He wanted to reach out and touch their bodies, but found that his body passed right through them.

"Master, what's going on?" Gonggong tried several more times, but the result was the same no matter how he tried.

"You're dead, dead, dead!!!" I'm saying it three times because it's important. How can this idiot still not understand? His intelligence is truly worrying!

"What are you talking to yourself about!" Everyone looked at Li Xiuyuan muttering to himself, which seemed ridiculous, but they couldn't see anything, so they asked.

"Oh, I'm talking to Gonggong, the water god!"

Li Xiuyuan looked up at the others, then lowered his head and began to mutter to himself again.

"What did you say? Gonggong, the water god? Where is he?" Everyone turned around to look for him. Where was Gonggong? They searched everywhere but found nothing. Could it be a lie?

"Hey! I'm here! I'm here!" Hearing the disbelief of the others, Gonggong became anxious and jumped around trying to find his presence, but unfortunately, apart from Li Xiuyuan, no one could see him.

“They can’t see you!” Li Xiuyuan said calmly, and his words successfully silenced Gonggong.

“Tell me about what happened when they were young, things that only a few of you know!” Li Xiuyuan waited until Gonggong had completely quieted down before asking.

"Things from when I was little... let me think... that's right! Jumang's beard was always long, and once I cut it all off, hahaha..." Gonggong laughed so hard he almost fell over. After he'd had his fill of laughter, he continued, "Zhurong was always very clean, and once I drew a turtle on his face, and only the two of us knew about it..."

Gonggong couldn't stop talking. He recounted everyone's shameful deeds, laughing and pausing before continuing, laughing again after finishing his tale, and then talking again after laughing.

Li Xiuyuan was speechless. His ears, which had finally endured so much suffering, had finished listening to Gonggong's narration, only to be met with a deafening, incessant laugh. "What's so funny?"

Li Xiuyuan secretly rolled his eyes, then recounted what Gonggong had said: "Jumang's beard has been long since he was a child. Once, I cut off all of his beard. Zhurong has always been very clean. Once, I drew a turtle on Zhurong's face. Only the two of you know about it..."

Li Xiuyuan recounted what Gonggong had said, and the men blushed. This was indeed the water god Gonggong; otherwise, how would others know about their affairs?

It must be so embarrassing for such a private matter to be spoken of in front of so many people! Gonggong should be glad that no one could see him at this moment, otherwise they would have given him a good beating.

"Alright, alright. Stop talking. We believe you." Jumang interrupted Li Xiuyuan. If he continued, who knows what else he might say!

Li Xiuyuan suppressed a laugh, cleared his throat, and said, "Ahem, the main reason I came to see you this time is because of Gonggong. He broke the pillar of Buzhou Mountain, you know that, right?"

"We know! What's wrong? It's just that a pillar was broken, so what?" Everyone else looked confused and didn't understand. They couldn't fathom how many mortals would be lost because of breaking a pillar.

"Come with me!" Saying it is useless; it's better to just bring them here and see for themselves.

Li Xiuyuan brought the twelve demon gods to the human world, and the scene there was far more terrifying than he had imagined. The floodwaters poured down like a torrential downpour, washing away the houses on the ground. Some people struggling in the rain were quickly swallowed up by the vast ocean, and were swept to the bottom of the sea without even a cry for help.

Li Xiuyuan felt very heavy-hearted. He couldn't do anything for these people, but he knew that Nuwa must be trying her best to save the people in this area.

"What... what's going on?" Zhu Rong looked at these helpless people with a pained expression, unable to believe that the world was in such a state.

"Let's go, let's go look somewhere else." Li Xiuyuan took the lead, sitting on the winged horse and leaving. The others followed closely behind, although they didn't know why Li Xiuyuan had brought them here to witness such a scene.

"Master, they are so pitiful! Master, you must think of a way to save them." Gonggong saw how pitiful the people were, so he started muttering to himself again.

"Shut up! This is all your fault, and you still have the nerve to say that?" Li Xiuyuan felt like there was a fly buzzing around No. 2 Middle School, and he couldn't stand it anymore, so he directly scolded him.

"Master, what do you mean by that? How could it be me who caused this? How did I harm them?" Gonggong was speechless for a moment, but he quickly realized what was happening. He just hadn't expected that his impulsive act of hitting a pillar of Buzhou Mountain would have such serious consequences.

"Shut up. We're here, let's get off." Li Xiuyuan led Gonggong to a mountain range, where even from a distance, it felt extremely hot.

Looking further into the distance, flames raged across the sky, with the occasional one or two people appearing amidst the inferno letting out a bloodcurdling scream. But they were quickly engulfed by the raging fire.

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Chapter 1030 Nuwa's Dream

"What exactly is going on?" The crowd, seeing this scene, were filled with astonishment. They couldn't understand what Li Xiuyuan's purpose was.

"The scenes you are seeing now are all because Gonggong collided with Buzhou Mountain. He broke the pillar of heaven, which is why these scenes are happening on earth," Li Xiuyuan said, glancing at Gonggong.

"Master, is what you're saying true? Is it really because of me? If I had known it would end like this, I definitely wouldn't have done it." Gonggong felt remorseful, but it was all too late.

He looked at his other brothers, all of them with their heads down. Yes! How could they answer the mistake he had made? He just wanted to avoid causing them trouble, but was that even possible?

“Now that this has happened, I’m sure Donghuang Taiyi won’t let you off the hook, so it’s best to make plans as soon as possible.” Li Xiuyuan looked at them all in silence, but there were some things he had to say. He wondered how Nuwa was doing at the moment.

Suddenly, he missed the little girl. What was she doing now? Was she really trying to mend the sky? Li Xiuyuan slowly thought about it, recalling the happy times they had spent together.

Nuwa and Fuxi were wandering in the mortal realm when suddenly a torrential flood struck, leaving countless people homeless. Even with their combined strength, they couldn't save everyone. At the rate the rain continued to fall, the world would soon become a living hell. Those with spiritual power fared slightly better, but those without spiritual power had no choice but to die.

"Brother Fuxi, I want to save them." Nuwa felt extremely sorry for these people suffering, and she made a decision: she must save them from their misery.

“Okay, I’ll go with you,” Fu Xi said firmly. He would help Nuwa and trust her in whatever she wanted to do.

With Fuxi's help, Nuwa and Fuxi traveled to many places but could not find a way to save the common people. They had traveled to almost every corner of the world.

"Master, tell me, what should I do?" Nuwa's resolve grew increasingly uneasy; she didn't know when she would be able to do what she had said.

Having not found a good solution for a long time, she missed her master, Li Xiuyuan, more and more. Sometimes she couldn't help but think that if Li Xiuyuan were here, the situation would definitely be different, and he would definitely have a solution.

In Nuwa's heart, Li Xiuyuan was an omnipotent hero, and there was nothing he couldn't do in this world: "Master, I miss you so much, where are you!" Thinking about this, Nuwa murmured and drifted off to sleep.

Fuxi looked at Nuwa with a complicated expression. He didn't know what to do. When he heard Nuwa call out his master's name, his heart ached and he was very sad.

Fuxi got up and walked to Nuwa's side, looking at her sleeping face. A few strands of hair playfully fell on her cheek. Fuxi couldn't help but reach out and brush her hair away: "Sister Nuwa, what am I to do? Why can't you see my heart?"

Unfortunately, Nuwa, who was already in a dream, was completely unaware of all this, because in her dream she saw her master, Li Xiuyuan, and the two of them were excited!

"Master, Master, is it really you?" Nuwa seemed to hear a familiar voice calling her in her drowsy state. She opened her eyes and saw an enlarged figure appear in front of her.

"It's me, you silly girl. How come you don't even know your master? Don't you recognize your master?" Li Xiuyuan looked at the confused little girl, suppressing his laughter. He originally wanted to see what the little girl was doing! He didn't expect to see such an adorable side of her.

"Master, it really is you! I missed you so much!" Nuwa quickly got up, hugged Li Xiuyuan, and tears streamed down her face.

All the longing, pain, and helplessness of the past years surged into my heart, and the moment I saw Li Xiuyuan, all my strength crumbled instantly.

"Okay, okay, sweetie, you're such a big girl now, aren't you ashamed?" Nuwa hugged his strong waist tightly, and he could feel that his clothes were wet on his chest. The little girl was really scary when she cried.

However, he quite enjoyed his little apprentice's dependence on him! Li Xiuyuan straightened Nuwa's face and reached out his large hand to wipe away the tears on her face.

“Master, what should I do? The Chaos World is flooded now, and people have lost their homes. Many have drowned. I can’t just stand by and watch them become homeless. They are my people, and I must help them.”

She created them all herself, so it would be a lie to say she had no feelings for them. Subconsciously, Nuwa considered them her possessions, so she felt very uncomfortable seeing them suffer.

"My disciple, don't be impatient. Let your master tell you slowly. Beyond the East Sea, there is a fairy mountain in the sea called Dongtai Mountain. Dongtai Mountain is one of the five fairy mountains in the East Sea. Each of the five fairy mountains is carried on the back of a divine turtle to prevent it from sinking to the bottom of the sea. It is said that Dongtai Mountain produces the five-colored soil used for refining stones, which is then refined into the best stone for mending the sky."

Li Xiuyuan paused for a moment, then said, "The five-colored soil there needs to be cultivated with Samadhi True Fire for eighty-one days before it can be refined into 36501 five-colored boulders."

"The four legs of the divine turtle of Mount Tiantai were cut off to support the four poles. However, without the support of the divine turtle, Mount Tiantai would sink into the sea. You also need to move Mount Tiantai to Langya on the coast of the East Sea so that it can benefit the people of this region. Nuwa, you must remember this well!"

"Yes, Master, Nuwa has remembered." Hearing Li Xiuyuan's guidance, Nuwa finally felt relieved. She had no doubt about what Li Xiuyuan said, even in her dream.

"Well, that's good. I'll be going now!" Seeing Nuwa's confident demeanor, Li Xiuyuan felt relieved. Now that she knew what to do, he was at ease and it was time to leave.

"Master, I love you!" Nuwa lowered her head. Perhaps she knew it was a dream, but the dream was too beautiful. She couldn't bear to let Li Xiuyuan leave. Subconsciously, she didn't want him to go. She didn't know when they would meet again.

Chapter 1031 Demon Clan and Witch Clan

Unfortunately, Li Xiuyuan had already left and did not hear Nuwa's murmur.

"Don't go, Master, don't go!" Nuwa suddenly opened her eyes. It turned out she had been dreaming all along!

"You're awake, sister!" A trace of sadness flashed in Fuxi's eyes. Nuwa even dreamed of their master, and even called out his name in her dreams. Could it be that their childhood friendship couldn't compare to the short-lived master-disciple relationship of a few hundred years?

"Yes, it's dawn. Let's continue our journey!" Nuwa woke up from her dream and remembered what Li Xiuyuan had said. She couldn't wait a moment longer and wanted to rescue the humans who were suffering in dire straits as soon as possible.

"Okay!" Fuxi opened his mouth, but found himself at a loss for words. How should he ask her? Would her answer be what he wanted?

After thinking for a long time without knowing how to speak, Fuxi could only remain silent and follow Nuwa forward.

Nuwa led Fuxi toward Mount Tiantai in the East Sea without the slightest hesitation. Her master would not lie to her. Even in her dream, she believed that her master had long foreseen this day and had come to show her the way.

Nuwa and Fuxi traveled for seven days and seven nights before finally arriving at the foot of Mount Tiantai. Looking at the towering, precipitous peaks before them, both of them felt a sense of trepidation.

The higher they climbed, the more exquisite the scenery became on the mountainside. The trees were lush and the flowers were in full bloom. Just as they were about to reach the summit, the air suddenly became thinner, the trees gradually thinned out, and the weather became increasingly hot.