When I become a demon king, I want to change my department to the Taoist sect.

Chapter 907 Zhou Ju vs. Two Primordial Spirits

"It's a pity that the final calamity is approaching, and even the true sun and moon will fall. How can aristocratic families avoid it?" Tang Yuan said with a hint of regret.

"The sun may be extinguished, and the moon may dim. But human reason remains, and the noble families will naturally not perish." The old man sitting opposite Tang Yuan said in a deep voice, "Even if you destroy us today, you will only destroy the surface, not the essence. Before long, noble families will still be born, and they will be born from among you."

"Human reason?" Tang Yuan shook his head and said, "It's more like human desire, but not even a great desire. It's just a small desire that only serves a portion of the population."

"Fellow Daoist, you are trapped in this realm and unable to advance because your eyes are blinded by petty desires. We are seeking the Great Dao, how can we be disturbed by them?"

The white-haired old man sighed, "I'm old now, and I no longer have the ambition I once had. Now I just want to protect my children and watch them grow up, which is my only pleasure."

"We did not conspire with the Three Religions and Five Emperors clans during their time in the Central Plains. When you traveled to the Central Plains, the clans of the Southeast also bowed down in submission. We only wanted to enjoy our own little corner of the world. Even so, do you insist on exterminating us?"

"Our families have made significant contributions to the Immortal Realm, if not the most arduous. The conflict between the three religions has repeatedly reduced the Immortal Realm to scorched earth, leaving only one in ten cultivators alive and countless lineages lost. It is precisely because our families have continuously maintained order that many lineages have been able to continue, preventing the interruption of civilization and allowing the Immortal Realm to be rebuilt time and again from the scorched earth."

As he spoke, the white-haired old man raised his voice and said, "If everyone blindly pursues the Great Dao in order to transcend, how can civilization continue? Even your Three Pure Ones lineage has seen countless sects perish and their lineages break down because one or two of your ancestors ascended or encountered some accident."

"Leaving aside other matters, without the Cui family, at least three direct lineages to Dao Lord would be lost in this world. Those reforms of cultivation techniques, development of spiritual veins, and forging of spiritual weapons that require generations to complete—which one of them does not require the efforts of our family?"

Tang Yuan nodded slightly in agreement, saying, "I am not denying the contributions of aristocratic families. They have indeed contributed a great deal to maintaining stability, preserving traditions, and making investments and plans that require tens of thousands of years or even hundreds of millions of years."

"But now that a great calamity is imminent, if we continue to allow aristocratic families to monopolize resources and cause misallocation, how will we survive the calamity? Not to mention the countless ordinary cultivators in the world, even the branches and sub-branches of aristocratic families will not receive resources commensurate with their aptitude. Wouldn't that be a huge waste!"

"Haven't the aristocratic families given up enough? Besides, those are resources accumulated by us over generations. Fellow Daoist speaks of righteousness, yet you want to forcibly take them. Isn't that going too far? Is it fair?"

“There is no absolute fairness in this world. Aristocratic families extend their personal time into family time through bloodline inheritance and rely on the cultivation accumulated by their ancestors to form their personal foundation. This is the greatest unfairness to cultivators whose cultivation is limited to a single life and death cycle.”

"Among the naturally born human race, there are indeed those who are born noble. But for us, the acquired human race, there are no such beings, nor is there any need for them to exist."

The old man said, "Master Tang's words are always reasonable, but who dares to say that the descendants of a primordial spirit immortal are equal to the descendants of a beggar on the street?"

Tang Yuan slowly said, "In my eyes, they are all equal."

The old man said, "What difference is there between what Tang Zongzhu said and sophistry? I am talking about the real world, about things that will actually happen."

Unexpectedly, Tang Yuan looked at the old man very seriously and slowly said, "What I am saying is reality. In my eyes, the future of both is uncertain and there are variables involved, so they are naturally equal."

He paused, then continued, "In fact, because the former are provided with too many existing options for decadence, they are deprived of the possibility of facing their true selves."

"What is authenticity?" the old man pressed.

"Nature is life and death, and the Great Dao!"

The old man suddenly burst into laughter, the sound so loud it seemed to shake the entire universe.

"I originally thought that Sect Leader Tang was concerned for the people and was a person of justice and fairness. But now it seems that you, Tang Yuanfang, are the most unjust one. In your eyes, whether it is our aristocratic families or the people of the world, they are probably no different from ants, no, rotten stones."

"I wonder if it is possible for an old man like myself, who has only just attained the Dao Fruit and whose future is bleak, to catch the eye of Sect Master Tang?"

Tang Yuan smiled faintly and replied, "Fellow Daoist is naturally one of our fellow practitioners, you are joking."

……

Meanwhile, outside the void.

Zhou Ju stood at the boundary between light and shadow, his green robe motionless. Above his head hung the Void Thunder Pool, in which purple, blue, and white lightning flowed. Occasionally, a wisp of lightning would spill out, purifying any approaching demonic energy.

The three True Yang spiritual treasures that Tang Yuan obtained from Chiwen were no longer of much use to him. Among them, the Hanyuan Cauldron was refined into the Hunyuan Central Pivot, while the Zhenhai Mirror and the Xutian Thunder Pool were used as the sect's suppression treasures.

At this moment, Zhou Ju arrived with the Void Heaven Thunder Pool.

To his east, the filthy waters of the Demon Abyss surged, and a Demon Abyss Merman emerged from within. Unlike other completely monstrous mermen, its upper body was indistinguishable from that of a human, except that the scales on its lower body were dark purple.

She held a conch shell dripping black water in her hand, which was clearly a magical treasure.

On the west side, another stern-faced cultivator in black armor stood in mid-air, with the phantom images of nine ferocious beast battle flags fluttering behind him.

“Zhou Ju.” You Lian’s divine sense pierced directly into his sea of ​​consciousness, his voice mixed with demonic sounds, “I have said that this matter has nothing to do with me. I am here by chance.”

"Why waste words with him? Can't the two of us take him down alone?" said Cui Lu, the Xuanjia cultivator, coldly.

"The Blood Soul Hall's orders to me are to act according to circumstances, not to commit suicide. I don't think mediocre people like you and me can stand up to Zhou Ju." You Lian glanced at him strangely.

"you……!"

Enraged, Cui Lu had no choice but to take the initiative and attack. The Taotie Banner flashed behind him, and a ferocious beast instantly attacked Zhou Ju's forehead, three feet away.

"Returning Wind and Fire!" Zhou Ju calmly unleashed a powerful Heavenly Divine Power. The beast's shadow suddenly stopped, then turned around, with a pale golden Dao Fire attaching to it, launching a counterattack against Cui Lu at an even faster speed.

Seeing his attack so easily neutralized, Cui Lu snorted coldly, stomped his left foot, and a barrier of smoke and clouds rose up. The Dao fire collided with it and exploded with a bang, instantly illuminating the entire void.

"I've already said it has nothing to do with me!"

Seeing that she had been pulled into the attack range, You Lian had no choice but to bring the shell to her lips. The silent demonic sound spread out, the Void Thunder Pool trembled violently, and lightning surged wildly in the pool.

At the same time, nine flags formed a battle array behind Cui Lu, and nine beasts emerged simultaneously, instantly enveloping Zhou Ju, intending to trap him within the array.

"Shifting stars and changing constellations".

Zhou Ju raised his left hand as if to unleash another powerful Heavenly Divine Power.

The vast expanse of sky suddenly changed. The sea of ​​stars hung upside down, and the Milky Way stretched to the ground.

Domain-to-domain!

The nine flags attacked into this star field, but their trajectories suddenly became disordered. Each of the celestial constellations chose a flag, and countless starlight chains bit towards it.

The demonic sound was completely dissipated by the starlight in a single move.

Zhou Ju's right hand pointed towards the Thunder Pool.

"pour!"

The Thunder Pool reversed, transforming into a vortex of ten thousand feet of lightning. Nine thunder dragons roared forth, three rushing towards Youlian, and six crashing into the flag formation.

You Lian's figure blurred and merged into the filthy water, but the thunder dragon pursued relentlessly. Thunder magic is the best counter to such filthy methods, and the filthy water in its path was instantly evaporated!
Within Cui Luqi's formation, lightning raged, and the illusory beasts formed from the nine flags howled incessantly.

In just a few exchanges, the two were so overwhelmed that they couldn't even lift their heads.

Zhou Ju, however, remained calm and composed, appearing completely at ease.

This fully proves the saying that there are differences even among the primordial spirits.

"Stop hiding! Can't you see he really wants to kill us all!" Cui Lu's expression had lost its previous indifference; he hissed in a low voice, "If I die, you won't survive either!"

Although the "Taotie Banner" can form an array, it is an offensive array rather than a defensive one. It has almost no power to resist a spiritual treasure of the True Yang level, such as the Void Heaven Thunder Pool.

Not to mention, under the illumination of the stars, his strength was reduced by more than 30%.

Cui Lu had heard of Zhou Ju's reputation, but it wasn't until he faced him directly that he realized just how formidable this opponent, who wielded two Great Perfection Heavenly Divine Powers, truly was.

In just a few exchanges, he was completely outmatched and could only struggle to stay afloat. If this continued, defeat was only a matter of time.

However, the mermaid was completely oblivious to the bigger picture. Just because Zhou Ju's attack was slightly weaker, she focused solely on dodging and looking for an opportunity to escape, without any thought of relieving the pressure on herself.

Even though he had already mentally prepared himself for the possibility that cooperating with the demonic path was like seeking help from a tiger, the fact that even a dignified Primordial Spirit Heavenly Demon could be so unreliable still chilled Cui Lu's heart.

Seeing that all nine banners had been breached, You Lian gloated and said, "I told you long ago that even if you and I joined forces, we wouldn't be a match for Zhou Ju. See, what I said is true."

"Are you playing me for fools, or... is this what the Demonic Sect intends!" Cui Ji was, after all, a True Immortal of the Primordial Spirit realm. By now, how could he not see that You Lian had a serious problem?

They were already facing a life-or-death crisis, yet this merman still dared to slack off!

"Is the Demonic Sect going to break its alliance?"

The reason why aristocratic families value the fortune in Zhou Qingyun's hands so much is largely because it forms the basis for their cooperation with the Demonic Sect Alliance.

The six states besieged Qin, and this was one of the conditions for the Demonic Sect to accept aristocratic families!

In fact, there were many insightful people among the aristocratic families who had long seen through the fact that the Taoist sect was slowly boiling the frog in water.

Wait until the dish is about 70-80% cooked before serving it.

That's why, over the past thousand years, aristocratic families have actively sought to align themselves with the demonic sect in order to save themselves.

However, it was not long ago that the two sides reached their first formal cooperation agreement, which was the Seven Kingdoms War in the [Dust and Tribulation Floating World].

Cui Lu originally thought that he wouldn't need to show his face on this trip, and could just use himself as a trump card, but unexpectedly, things took many twists and turns.

Everyone has more than one trick up their sleeve!
"You Lian, are you really going to break the alliance if you don't make a move?" Cui Lu's tone became even more forceful.

Unexpectedly, You Lian actually looked over, a slight smile playing on her lips. She feigned confusion and asked, "This is a collaboration between the Nine Nether Path and you. What does it have to do with my Demon Abyss Merfolk?!"