Primordial Era: I, Wutu, govern the Earthly Dao and suppress the Heavenly Dao.

Houtu's immediate presentation of the treasure pleased her teacher, Zhen Yuanzi, greatly.

As a teacher, what I fear most is that my students forget their roots.

Therefore, when accepting disciples, he first looks at their character and then their background.

Those of poor character must never be accepted.

As for not considering the background?

If the dignified Lord of the Earthly Dao, the Ancestor Zhenyuan, didn't consider the backgrounds of his disciples, then his disciples wouldn't be like the influx of ten thousand immortals to the Jie Sect in the future, but rather a flood of trillions of immortals!

In this vast and ancient world, which living being would not want to become Zhen Yuanzi's disciple?

Even if you complain about the unfairness in your heart, who would be foolish enough to refuse when this "injustice" happens to them?

Moreover, the quality of disciples is more important than the quantity!

Naturally, the best candidates should be selected first, and then other beings should be recruited through disciples to continue the lineage.

Houtu's act of repaying kindness and offering treasures made Zhen Yuanzi very gratified, confirming that he had not misjudged the ancestral witch. Overjoyed, he bestowed the magic weapon upon her.

With a single move, he unleashed a top-grade innate spiritual treasure!

With a flick of his palm, Zhen Yuanzi unleashed a burst of pure white light, which instantly appeared before Houtu's eyes.

Houtu blinked her beautiful eyes, but before she could ask a question, Zhen Yuanzi's voice came:

"Little Houtu, now that you have the Primordial Measuring Ruler, a supreme weapon for attack, your offensive capabilities are unparalleled. The only thing you lack is a defensive treasure."

"As an Ancestral Witch, your physical body is strong, but now that you have cultivated your primordial spirit, you need to add another layer of protection."

"I bestow upon you a treasure, named: the Twelve-Petaled Pure White Lotus."

A pure white lotus with twelve petals appeared before Houtu, emanating the purest aura in the world.

"This treasure is a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, capable of purifying all the filth in the world."

"From now on, this treasure will be your defensive magic weapon. When you absorb the primordial turbid energy to temper your physical body, you should also use this treasure to purify your primordial spirit. In this way, your primordial spirit will be protected from being eroded by the turbid energy."

As she finished speaking, the twelve-petaled Pure White Lotus had already landed in Houtu's palm.

Just as she was about to express her gratitude, another ray of light suddenly appeared before her eyes!

This treasure is also a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, and it contains earthly merits.

It is one of the seven great merit gourds, the spirit-summoning gourd!

The Spirit-Summoning Gourd should have been Nuwa's Demon-Summoning Gourd.

Because Zhen Yuanzi helped it mature in advance and it possessed the power of earthly merit, the summoning law it contained was no longer only for summoning one race, but had the power to summon all the spirits of the earth!

"This treasure is called the Spirit-Summoning Gourd, a top-grade innate merit treasure."

"This gourd contains the essence of spirit summoning. You can use it to forge a spirit summoning banner. How you use this treasure is entirely up to you."

Zhen Yuanzi did not fully reveal the power of the Spirit-Summoning Gourd.

Houtu was too kind-hearted and compassionate towards all living beings.

Given her personality, it's highly unlikely that she would use the Spirit-Summoning Banner to summon all the spirits of the earth for her own use in the future. On the contrary, she might use this treasure to summon countless souls!

This must be her karmic reward.

"Houtu bows in gratitude to her teacher for bestowing this treasure!"

Houtu received three magical treasures: the Measuring Ruler, the Pure White Lotus, and the Demon-Summoning Gourd. She immediately bowed in gratitude after receiving them.

Then Zhen Yuanzi's voice came again, reaching the ears of the Twelve Ancestral Witches:

"You need not envy Little Houtu. Once you have cultivated your primordial spirit, your master will naturally bestow spiritual treasures upon you as well."

"From now on, you should take it upon yourselves to absorb the turbid energy of the earth. In this way, you can obtain the merits of the earth and cultivate your primordial spirit more quickly."

"We will keep our teacher's words in mind."

The twelve ancestral witches all responded respectfully.

After Zhen Yuanzi stopped speaking, the eleven Ancestral Witches immediately surrounded their little sister.

Xuanming immediately embraced Houtu. Joyful laughter and conversation

"Little sister, you are truly blessed!"

"Not only did I receive a companion treasure with the teacher's help, but I also received two top-grade innate spiritual treasures from the teacher. It seems I need to cultivate my primordial spirit even faster."

The ancestral witch Zhurong, standing to the side, had flames burning in her palms and her eyes filled with longing.

"Yes! Although our ancestral witches have physical bodies comparable to magical treasures, I also really want to try what it feels like to control magical treasures."

"Me too!" Gonggong immediately echoed.

Zhu Jiuyin's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he focused his gaze on Houtu.

"Little sister, you were first bestowed this Pure White Lotus by your teacher. In my opinion, there must be a deeper meaning behind it that your teacher did not express directly."

"But we siblings must figure out this deeper meaning ourselves."

"oh?"

Zhu Jiuyin's words surprised the other Ancestral Witches, who pondered them carefully.

Dijiang, as the eldest brother, grasped the meaning after a moment.

"We, the Ancestral Witches, were all formed from the essence and blood of the Father God. We were born with the ability to absorb the turbid energy of the earth. However, the amount we can absorb with our current strength is not enough to prevent every part of the earth from being disturbed by the turbid energy."

"Therefore, it is necessary to purify and refine oneself with this Pure White Lotus during the absorption process!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tianwu immediately understood.

"So what the teacher means is that we should absorb the earth's impure energy as much as we want. With my little sister, this pure white lotus, here, we don't need to worry at all that the earth's impure energy will cause our physical bodies to become unstable!"

"That's right!"

Ru Shou was relieved and overjoyed, saying:

"The more turbid energy we absorb, the more merit we gain, and thus the faster we can cultivate our primordial spirit!"

"That's not all."

His black and white eyes shone with excitement and longing.

"Don't forget how I cultivated my primordial spirit!"

"As long as we continue to absorb the primordial merit gained from the turbid energy and return it to one of us, it will enable one of us siblings to cultivate our primordial spirit more quickly!"

"good!"

Confidence shone in Dijiang's eyes, but he did not make a decision immediately. Instead, he looked at Houtu.

"Little sister, what do you think of this method?"

"I'll leave it all to you, elder brother," Houtu replied softly, naturally not refusing.

Therefore, Dijiang decisively issued an order in his position as the eldest brother, commanding all the ancestral witches to immediately return to the Pangu Temple, using the Pangu Temple as a guide and the Blood Pool as a means of survival, to begin absorbing the turbid energy of the earth...

Their actions were naturally observed by Zhen Yuanzi.

Zhen Yuanzi was even more pleased and satisfied with this.

He deliberately didn't mention that the Pure White Lotus could help them cultivate their primordial spirit more quickly.

The fact that Houtu could use this treasure to prevent her primordial spirit from being corrupted by the turbid energy was just a way of seeing what these disciples would do next.

It turns out.

Because of his presence as a teacher, the Twelve Ancestral Witches had no intention of creating a witch clan after their birth.

Some people can only unite as one to cultivate their primordial spirit, make up for the deficiencies of their own ancestral witches, stabilize the primordial world on behalf of their teachers and father gods, and then prove their path!

After seeing the disciples begin absorbing the turbid energy...

Zhen Yuanzi was relieved and focused his energy on the Creation Lotus in front of him!

He was relieved and at ease, but the other Chaos Gods panicked!

In their perception, they discovered that the fortune of the twelve ancestral witches of Buzhou Mountain was gradually rising as they absorbed turbid energy after obtaining the Primordial Measuring Ruler and the Pure White Lotus!

What does it mean when the Ancestral Witch's fortune rises?

This means that all the Ancestral Witches will cultivate their primordial spirits in the future, and their strength will greatly increase!

Furthermore, their teacher, Zhen Yuanzi, will also greatly increase his strength because of them and because of their actions, which will stabilize the underground passage!

If things continue like this, it might not take many eons before Zhen Yuanzi attains the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm!

At that point, where will they get the confidence to compete with them?

Without even needing the World-Suppressing Staff, I could kill them all with a single sleeve!

"No, we absolutely cannot allow the tunnel to become stable! I must deal with this!"

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