【Option One: Guide Minghe to pioneer the Blood Sea Formation, gaining Minghe's goodwill and a favor from him.
Reward: Great Dao of Slaughter Law Fragments * 5.
Option Two: Remain silent and let nature take its course, waiting until Minghe creates the Blood Sea Formation in the future to trade with him.
Reward: Great Dao of Imitation Law Fragments * 5.】
The system presented two choices.
It was essentially the difference between helping and not helping.
However, Xuanjian was far more interested in the law fragments.
Thus, he asked in his mind, “System, what are law fragments used for?”
System: 【Ding! Law fragments: after absorbing one, you can directly comprehend that Great Dao's law. One fragment corresponds to ten percent; ten fragments can condense into a complete Dao Fruit of the Law. Upon absorbing it, you can instantly become the Dao Lord of that path!】
Through the system's explanation, Xuanjian understood what law fragments were.
I didn't expect these law fragments to be so convenient. Absorbing a single piece can equal countless years of bitter cultivation by others, Xuanjian thought to himself.
“System, I choose Option One.”
Xuanjian did not want to wait until Minghe comprehended the Blood Sea Formation on his own before cooperating.
That would be far too troublesome.
Besides... the words had already been spoken, and Minghe was not someone easily fooled.
【Ding! The Host has made a choice. Please complete the chosen task as soon as possible!】
Across from him, Minghe's demonic blood-red eyes stared unblinkingly at Xuanjian as he pressed, “Fellow Daoist Xuanjian, what is this Blood Sea Formation? From the name, it sounds like something of my blood sea, yet this poor Daoist has never heard of it. On the contrary, you... seem to know quite a bit.”
“Sigh.”
“Does Fellow Daoist know why the Ancestral Witches did not birth Essence Souls earlier or later, but chose this exact period to do so?”
Xuanjian sighed softly, piquing Minghe's curiosity.
Minghe was indeed immensely curious about this.
“Does it have something to do with Fellow Daoist?” Minghe ventured a guess.
Xuanjian nodded, then shook his head. “Yes, and no.”
Minghe: “...”
Xuanjian continued, “The reason the Ancestral Witches were able to birth Essence Souls was entirely thanks to the grace of Great God Pangu.”
“Some time ago...”
Xuanjian briefly recounted how the Ancestral Witches had beseeched the mountain. Minghe was utterly astounded, viewing them with sheer marvel, completely dumbfounded. “There's actually such a thing? You can even do it like that?”
“Borrowing the might of Great God Pangu, I caught a glimpse of a portion of the future back then. The Blood Sea Formation... was also learned at that time. I simply did not expect that at the current point in time, Fellow Daoist Minghe had not yet comprehended the Blood Sea Formation.”
When in doubt, push it onto Pangu.
In the world of Honghuang, when it came to taking the blame, Tongtian was first, Hongjun second, Yangmei third, and fourth was definitively Pangu!
Moreover, with the supreme might of Great God Pangu, basically no one would doubt the truth of anything attributed to him.
“So that's how it is...”
Minghe realized. “Unfortunately, I have disappointed Fellow Daoist. As for the Blood Sea Formation... this poor Daoist does not even have a concept for it yet.”
“No matter,” Xuanjian said. “Take the blood sea as the foundation, embrace the origin and maintain oneness, and use the red lotus as the core to balance yin and yang. It seeks to trap, slay, bewilder, conceal, suppress, alter, dissolve, and purify—eight gates in total, each possessing wondrous uses, and not one can be lacking...”
Xuanjian recited the general outline of the Blood Sea Formation summarized by the system to Minghe.
It totaled two thousand five hundred words.
At first, Minghe frowned in deep thought, unable to comprehend it. But gradually, he hit his stride and directly sank into a state of Dao comprehension!
Even after Xuanjian finished reciting the entire outline of the Blood Sea Formation, Minghe had still not emerged from his state of enlightenment.
Xuanjian and the other two were in no rush.
They patiently waited for Minghe to awaken.
In the blink of an eye, a thousand years passed.
Focus and brilliance returned to Minghe's dazed, vacant blood-red eyes. With a look of total revelation, wild joy surged within his gaze. “So that's how it is! So that's how it is! I understand! I know how to create the Blood Sea Formation!”
【Ding! The Host has completed the chosen task. Reward: Slaughter Great Dao Law Fragments * 5!】
“Many thanks, Fellow Daoist.”
Minghe stood up, faced Xuanjian, and bowed deeply to express his gratitude.
“I am exceedingly pleased with this transaction.”
“Once I successfully activate the formation, I will refine blood vitality and fiend qi for Fellow Daoist and the Wu tribe!”
Minghe assumed that guiding him to comprehend the Blood Sea Formation ahead of time was Xuanjian's payment.
He was mistaken.
“Fellow Daoist.” Xuanjian gave a gentle smile, his expression sincere and earnest. “Fellow Daoist, even without me, you would have comprehended the Blood Sea Formation sooner or later, as this was something meant for your enlightenment. I merely offered a few words of guidance in advance.
“Moreover, a single Blood Sea Formation is far from enough.”
If things ended here, the relationship between Minghe, the Wu tribe, and Xuanjian would merely be a mutually beneficial cooperative partnership at most.
Xuanjian was not satisfied with just that.
Minghe was a talent.
He intended to firmly pull Minghe into his own camp!
Just like the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
“Not enough?”
“Indeed.”
Minghe: “Then shall I add something more?”
Xuanjian: “...”
“What I mean is, the Blood Sea Formation was merely one part of the remuneration we are paying.
“It only accounts for a very small portion.”
“The true compensation we wish to pay Fellow Daoist is... an opportunity to become a Saint.”
When Xuanjian finished speaking, the Blood God Palace fell deathly silent.
Minghe was stunned.
Even Xuanming and Houtu stared at him in astonishment.
What did they just hear?
Xuanjian was going to pay Minghe... an opportunity to become a Saint?
Was this a joke?
Up until now, there was only one known Saint in Honghuang: Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
Even Dao Ancestor Hongjun had not revealed the method to achieve Sainthood, yet Xuanjian had it?
“Fellow Daoist... gulp.” Minghe swallowed hard, his voice trembling with excitement. “Is this also a heavenly secret Fellow Daoist glimpsed from Great God Pangu?
“Can I truly become a Saint in the future?”
Xuanjian corrected him, “I only said this is an opportunity to become a Saint, not a guarantee of Sainthood. So... does Fellow Daoist understand?”
“I understand, I understand!” Minghe nodded repeatedly, his eyes burning with fanaticism and longing.
Achieving Sainthood!
Who wouldn't want that?
Now, someone was telling Minghe that he had an opportunity to become a Saint. How could Minghe not be moved?
“Then, Fellow Daoist, this opportunity for Sainthood...” Minghe asked cautiously.
Xuanjian looked toward Houtu with a slight smile. “Fellow Daoist's opportunity to become a Saint lies in the future—upon Fellow Daoist Houtu.”
Being stared at directly by Xuanjian, Houtu could not help sitting up a bit straighter, feeling somewhat uneasy and flustered.
“Me? What does this have to do with me?”
Houtu was thoroughly bewildered by Xuanjian's words.
Minghe did not understand.
Xuanming was equally clueless.
Only Xuanjian knew what he was talking about.
In the original trajectory of destiny, Houtu sacrificed herself to embody Samsara, becoming a Saint of the Great Dao and taking charge of the Earthly Dao and reincarnation.
Samsara comprised the Six Paths: the Human Path, Deva Path, Asura Path, Animal Path, Hungry Ghost Path, and Hell Path.
Minghe was the future Lord of the Asura Path.
A direct subordinate of Empress Pingxin of Great Kindness and Virtue.
The Heavenly Dao possessed nine Saint seats.
The Earthly Dao possessed seven Saints, which corresponded precisely to the Lords of the Six Paths and the Lord of the Underworld, Emperor Beiyin Fengdu!
And the Human Dao also possessed three Saint seats.
It was just that currently, only the Heavenly Dao had awakened.
The Human Dao and Earthly Dao were still slumbering.
The revival of the Earthly Dao... would likely only occur after Houtu manifested Samsara.
Looking at the three eager seekers of knowledge, Xuanjian merely offered a mysterious smile. “The time has not yet arrived. When the time comes, you will naturally understand.”
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