The Primordial Era: Starting from Being Forced to Become an Apprentice of the Three Pure Ones

There is a spiritual imprint connecting the mount and its master, so Taibai simply followed that bond and went to find it.

In an instant, the scene before him changed dramatically, and the environment around Xiao Hei was vaguely reflected through the primordial spirit imprint.

Little Black was found unconscious, bound tightly to a wooden stick with rough ropes, looking like a dead pig.

He was surrounded by more than ten Wu Clan cultivators, among whom the leader, a minor Wu, already possessed the cultivation of the early Golden Immortal stage.

Taibai did not act rashly, but quietly spread out his divine sense to carefully sense his surroundings.

Only after confirming that there was no trace of a powerful sorcerer lurking within did he feel somewhat at ease.

"Let's go, save them!"

With a low shout, Taibai and Qingmu transformed into a beam of light.

The two moved with incredible speed, and in just a few breaths, they blocked the path of the lesser witches.

Taibai stood up, flicked his sleeves, looked at the leading junior shaman, and said calmly:

"I am Taibai, a disciple of the Three Pure Ones. The black dragon you captured was actually my mount. I humbly request that you do me the favor and return it to me."

However, when the group of lesser witches heard the name "Three Pure Ones," they looked at each other blankly, their faces showing no emotion whatsoever.

Only the young shaman leading the group, carrying a rough bone knife, strode forward.

His gaze passed over Taibai and landed on Qingmu, a sinister smile spreading across his face.

"Wolf demon, so you went to get reinforcements? Ha... and all you got was this delicate-skinned pretty boy?"

"Hmph! If you dare utter another word of disrespect, I'll make sure your blood is spilled on the spot!"

Aoki roared, and the Destruction Sword appeared, pointing directly at the little witch, as if a fight to the death was about to break out at the slightest disagreement.

Upon seeing this, the little witch merely let out a disdainful snort from her nose, and her figure blurred before the sound even faded.

Suddenly, Taibai pushed the green wood with his right hand, and the Gengjin longsword appeared in his left hand.

"So fast!"

Although Taibai had pushed Qingmu away, the little witch's speed was terrifyingly fast.

Taibai's speed in parrying and dodging was ultimately a bit too slow.

When the little witch reappeared, it was already behind Taibai.

Taibai's right arm was severed at the shoulder and its whereabouts were unknown. Blood was dripping from the cut, falling to the dust drop by drop.

"Waaah! Waaah—!"

The little witch behind immediately let out a low, excited whimpering roar.

"master!"

Aoki's eyes widened in fury, and he roared as he charged forward.

Taibai raised his only remaining left hand, his five fingers slightly spread, and made a gesture of stopping him.

The leader of the lesser witches slowly approached, glanced at Taibai's severed arm, and sneered, "Reinforcements? They're laughably weak."

Taibai's heart sank. He really hadn't expected that this little witch's physical strength was actually at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm, just one step away from the Taiyi realm.

If we continue to engage in close combat, using our weaknesses to attack their strengths, that would be utterly foolish and we would have absolutely no chance of winning.

"Boy, your severed arm has been tainted by evil energy. If it is not dealt with quickly, the evil energy will seep into your marrow and corrode your bones, and your arm will be ruined."

"Get out of here now, and I might spare your life out of pity. But this wolf demon must stay."

The reason why this little witch spoke up to "discourage" was actually because she had just caught a glimpse of the Gengjin longsword in Taibai's hand.

Therefore, he was certain that even if Taibai was not one of the Three Pure Ones, he must be a powerful figure.

If possible, avoid creating a deadly feud.

Taibai seized this fleeting opportunity and secretly activated the Five Elements Laws.

By utilizing the power of the Four Elements to enhance the Wood element, its inexhaustible source of life can dispel malevolent energy and heal injuries.

As the power of the five elements surged, the bleeding from the severed arm stopped, and the arm regenerated within three breaths.

This is precisely one of the wonderful applications of the Five Elements principle: Wildfire cannot burn it all, the spring breeze brings it back to life.

Xiao Wu stared intently at Tai Bai's fully restored right arm, her brows furrowed, and questioned him in a cold voice:

"How can you be unharmed when your malevolent aura is so corrosive?!"

Taibai did not answer, but coldly said, "If you don't release them, I will take matters into my own hands."

"court death!"

The little witch roared angrily, her murderous aura surging, and she moved again, attacking Taibai once more.

Taibai would not suffer twice from the same move. He raised his newly grown right arm and pressed his palm down lightly.

The Five Elements Laws flowed silently around him, and the five-colored Daoist aura spread out, enveloping his body within a three-zhang radius.

Just as the little witch, carrying a fierce and malevolent aura, lunged at him, Taibai clenched his five fingers into a fist.

The Five Elements Daoist energy contracted violently, transforming into chains of laws that instantly bound the little witch from head to toe.

"What?!"

The little witch froze, filled with shock and anger. Her muscles bulged, and a burst of violent blood energy erupted as she tried to break free of her restraints.

However, although he possessed a powerful physical body, his understanding and control over the laws of heaven and earth were far inferior to that of Taibai Jingwei.

Those chains are a manifestation of the laws; trying to forcefully resist the binding of the Five Elements laws with pure brute force is ultimately futile.

Taibai bound the chief shaman and brought him before the other shamans, his Gengjin longsword pointing directly at his throat.

"Release him, or he dies."

Although the little witch leader was pointed at by the sword, he stubbornly raised his neck and roared angrily:

"Don't let them go! When have the sons of our Wu tribe ever bowed their heads to others?!"

Just then, Xiao Hei, who was tied to the wooden stick, suddenly moved.

He saw Taibai standing with his sword, and then glanced at the scene before him, and immediately began to struggle violently.

"Master, save me! They've ambushed me with a formation!"

Upon hearing this, Taibai was momentarily speechless, feeling a throbbing vein on his forehead.

Looking at the panicked, foolish dragon before him, he couldn't help but doubt his own judgment from back then—

What was wrong with me to take this idiot as my mount?

"Little Black, you haven't lost your magic power. Is your Golden Immortal cultivation just for show?"

Xiao Hei was startled by Tai Bai's words, and then suddenly realized what was happening.

He quickly regained his composure, activated the Shangqing Immortal Technique within his body, and the ropes binding him snapped instantly.

However, as soon as the rope broke, the surrounding witches all growled and once again surrounded the newly freed Little Black.

However, how could these minor witches be a match for Little Black?

With a flick of his right hand, a black dragon claw shadow descended from the sky, suppressing all the surrounding lesser witches.

"Let's go, get out of here immediately!"

Seeing that Xiao Hei still harbored murderous intent, Taibai immediately stopped him and threw the little witch leader over.

After this reminder, Xiao Hei immediately realized that since this group of minor witches was active here, there was a witch tribe likely to exist nearby.

"The restraints will dissipate on their own after one hour."

After reminding the leader of the minor witches, Taibai and his two companions immediately took to the air and sped off into the distance.

However, shortly after they took to mid-air, the aura that had once dominated him reappeared.

Frost spread through the air, and the biting cold greatly reduced the speed of the three.

"Master, are the witch clan pursuers here? Are we really going to be captured and taken back?"

Taibai suddenly turned his head, glaring at him with an almost tearful look, his lips twitching slightly.

"Could you...shut up? Really..."

Before Taibai could finish speaking, a woman with a hot figure appeared faintly in front of the three of them.

The next instant, before they could even see each other's faces clearly, the three of them felt their souls sink and they all lost consciousness.

After an unknown amount of time, Taibai found himself in an unfamiliar witch tribe.

Xiao Hei and Qingmu were casually tossed onto the ground not far away.

Soon after, Xiao Hei, who had the highest cultivation level, was the first to wake up. He shook his drowsy head and sat up abruptly.

After failing to find Taibai's figure when he released his divine sense, he felt a pang of anxiety and quickly stepped forward, channeling a wisp of his mind-clearing magic power and placing it on Qingmu's brow.

Aoki groaned and slowly woke up, his right hand supporting his forehead, his eyes still somewhat unfocused and drowsy.

He looked up at Xiao Hei, only to see Xiao Hei's lips moving rapidly, but he couldn't hear anything. Judging from the shape of his lips, it was clearly a sentence:

"Aoki, the master has been captured by the witch clan!"