Chapter 147 Hudi?!

"But, how could you..." Yuanjue stared dumbfounded at the old man in front of him.

Wasn't he just so fat a moment ago?

The old man's mouth twitched, on the verge of tears.

The voice of the white-haired Daoist came, saying, "Old sir, are you alright?" When Wei Yuan had just received the communication, the [Jade Talisman for Contacting Yuanshi Tianzun] contained a message, roughly telling him not to reveal his identity.

After all, saying that Yuanshi had experienced backlash and various negative situations was somewhat understandable. But if others were to know that this was all the old man's doing, the nature of the matter would be completely different.

Hudi absolutely couldn't stand it.

The old master couldn't afford to lose face.

Death was acceptable, but he had to maintain his reputation.

*My* lifelong reputation cannot be ruined by this kid.

Faced with Wei Yuan's probing question, Hudi was silent for a moment, then burst into hearty laughter, "Hahahaha, what are you talking about? This old man was planning to lose some weight anyway. This, this, what do you call it, when things are exhausted, they change; when stillness is prolonged, it moves. After being fat for so long, it's good to slim down a bit, hahaha, it's all this old man's own will!"

As he spoke, he stood with his hands behind his back, head slightly raised.

With his white hair, he exuded the demeanor of a martial arts master.

But in his heart, he was shedding tears.

Wei Yuan's mouth twitched, and he said, "Ah... I see."

Your mouth is really tough.

You really aren't willing to admit defeat, are you?

However, Hudi gained many benefits this time, completely digesting the backlash from the previous Lianjia Huanzhen (refining the false to restore the true), and his foundation was further enhanced. It's just that he consumed too much energy at once, and the effect was a bit too outrageous. No matter, a few more boasts and it'll come back.

Wei Yuan looked at Yuanjue over there.

The latter lowered his eyes and reflected inwardly. He had adhered to his original intention during the previous Lianjia Huanzhen, but it was not without gains. Precisely because he had endured all those experiences, he had actually comprehended the [Shijia] wondrous Dharma ability, mastering the fighting style of the Buddhist golden body and the enlightenment transmission of a head-on blow.

This was the enlightenment he had created by steadfastly maintaining his Buddhist heart and giving up most of the Lianjia Huanzhen.

He abandoned the various methods described in the Buddhist scriptures.

He only retained the few divine powers that he had comprehended and successfully used.

And to this, the old man Hudi's face made an indelible and significant contribution.

Wei Yuan thought for a moment and took out a [Mask]. Rather than a mask, it was actually proof of one of the nodes in the human Heavenly Court talisman formation, a means of directly changing one's appearance and aura, forged by the power of Hudi.

This mask talisman was one of the Five Elders of the Western Paradise system of Journey to the West.

The imprint of the Western Buddha Elder’s node.

In the original Journey to the West, the Western Paradise system was also in the position below the Four Emperors in the Heavenly Court talisman system.

On the one hand, if Yuanjue had this thing, Wei Yuan would be able to detect it immediately if he encountered danger. On the other hand, no one was more suitable for this node in the talisman system.

Yuanjue saw that it only looked like a relic and didn't think much of it.

He put it in his sleeve and thanked him.

Wei Yuan glanced at Hudi, who was fine but insisted on acting like he didn't care. He glanced at the monk and sensed that if he continued to stay here, even with such a concealed method, even with a snake scum suppressed in the Heavenly Court talisman system, increasing its ability to conceal celestial secrets, he would be detected by Dijun.

He didn't want to see such an absurd and terrifying scene as ‘the white-haired Daoist turned to leave, only to hear a faint sound of a xiao flute in his ear. Taking a few more steps forward, he saw the young Heavenly Emperor dressed in black, holding a xiao, quietly waiting with his back to him.’

Goodbye, you guys.

Wei Yuan quickly left this place, and the fabricated ‘Jade Talisman for Contacting Yuanshi Tianzun’ shattered, and the anchor point that had existed before disappeared in an instant, as if it had never existed. Wei Yuan himself also left the Great Wilderness and withdrew his consciousness.

………………

Hudi chose to follow the great monk.

It wasn't for any other reason. In his long life, the old man feared nothing but boredom. Letting him travel alone on this earth was worse than knocking him unconscious. Besides, he was also very curious about whether the white-haired Daoist was really Yuan the kid.

A moment later.

A deity from the Great Wilderness lineage arrived here.

Sensing the remote, vast aura, they were shocked and silent.

Just as they were about to report, they raised their heads and saw the young monarch, Dijun, holding a xiao flute. Dijun stretched out his hand, and the surrounding aura gathered, transforming into a white-haired figure, exuding that chaotic and distant aura. He frowned slightly and shattered the aura with a flick of his finger.

"...Huntian?"

Dijun pondered.

And Wei Yuan, who had completed the construction of the Thirty-Six Heavens, also felt immense mental fatigue. Seeing Fuxi over there starting to ponder the painting, he rubbed his brow, restrained his own true spirit, and left the Heavenly Court again, returning to the mortal world.

………………

For the next few days, Wei Yuan was testing the Thirty-Six Heavens system.

Basically, the power of Daoist talismans and rituals had increased by about 17% compared to before. The speed of deployment depended on the Daoist's own Dao cultivation, but the feedback speed had increased by almost 30%. And because of the different levels of ordination, this bonus would also be different.

For example, the limitation of the current human celestial secret calculation system was probably a whole level stronger than before. When calculating in the human world, one directly enjoyed the passive bonus of Fuxi, the ancestor of the Eight Trigrams, after all, this scum snake was trapped at the highest level.

Roughly speaking, the effect of all celestial secret techniques was increased by one level, the priority was increased, and the degree of concealment was increased.

Of course, this effect was only when facing the outside world.

It only worked against opponents outside the human world. When everyone was in the human world, everyone was buffed, which was the same as no one being buffed, not much different from before. Hmm... it seemed that putting this scum snake on top was still very useful.

Wei Yuan pondered, shook his hand, and burned the results of the calculation to ashes.

Then, he dipped the freshly fried youtiao (fried dough sticks) in soy milk and ate it. The tea eggs next to him had been peeled.

It was said that Lady Vodka directly soaked eggs in spirits. He wondered what that tasted like.

Wei Yuan took a bite. Tiannv, wearing a sleek, tailored dark blue coat, sat across from him at the dark brown wooden table. She was slowly rolling a tea egg on the table, then slowly peeling it. A Liang had gone out for a walk.

Now, Jue basically came to eat with him for all three meals.

"Are you going out next, Yuan?"

"Yeah, about to."

Wei Yuan nodded and passed the tofu pudding over. Breakfast was simple, bought from the streets. He chatted with Jue for a while, discussing how the current human mountain and river system had been completed, so Jue had already returned the authority she had borrowed from her sisters and was no longer considered the Queen Mother of the West.

Now he was wondering if the Queen Mother of the West would leave the human realm.

Otherwise, it would be impossible not to find her even now.

"Yuan, if you have the chance, please keep an eye out for me."

"Yes, I'll pay attention to this matter."

Wei Yuan dipped the remaining youtiao in the bottom of the soy milk, put it in his mouth, and nodded.

Although he had a feud of chopping her head and making her cry back then, Wei Yuan was still a bit timid about finding the Queen Mother of the West. Whether it was from Houtu's records or the legends he had obtained from other sources, this one had a very bad temper and was quite a violent... cough, martial god.

Her temper seemed to have improved after the birth of the Four Great Tiannv.

Hmm? Wait, could it be that her temper improved after having children? Why is that so strange...

Wei Yuan wasn't very proactive in finding the Queen Mother of the West.

But if he couldn't find the Queen Mother of the West, he couldn't get married.

If he couldn't get married, he couldn't have a wedding night.

If he couldn't have a wedding night, he couldn't have five children!

A logical conundrum... Wei Yuan thought with emotion, feeling a slight pain in his forehead. He raised his head and saw the girl leaning forward, tapping his forehead with a smile, then picking up the tableware and putting both of their bowls together, saying, "I'll do the dishes on the 1st, 3rd, and 6th. You're busy today, Yuan."

"Okay, good."

Wei Yuan smiled, holding a cup of black tea, and quietly watched the girl's back.

In his hand seemed to be a newspaper, but what was floating on it were patterns, the randomly changing Heavenly Court talisman formation. Hmm, now on the list, two of the Three Purities were settled. As for the last one, it needed someone with a high enough position and strong enough strength. Wei Yuan already had some thoughts about who this node belonged to.

That way, the foundation of the Heavenly Court talisman system in the human world would be sufficient.

Then he could try to extend it outward.

Otherwise, it would be too tragic if he tried to extend it and got assimilated by others.

Hmm, the position of the Three Purities was settled.

As for the Four Emperors, the Daoist Jade Emperor, the Monkey King's Qitian, finding Houtu back... there was still one missing.

Wei Yuan rubbed his brow. He had originally planned to let the Arctic Zhenwu serve as one of the Four Emperors of the Great Formation, but now he realized it wasn't very good. Moreover, according to the previously established Journey to the West system, the Northern Arctic belonged to the Five Elders below the Four Emperors.

In other words, the Great Emperor of the North Pole of Zhongtian Ziwei.

This corresponded to the Daoist Jade Emperor, representing humanity.

Wei Yuan rubbed his brow. There were two who met this position in his heart, who had strength and foundation. One was Yu, and the other was the First Emperor. As for those old geezers, their souls and bodies were gone now, barely surviving and unable to go.

Yu was still being held by Dijun.

Only Zheng Ge (嬴政, Ying Zheng, Qin Shi Huang) was left...

The Great Emperor of the North Pole of Zhongtian Ziwei, holding the Xuanyuan Sword and the Tai'a Sword, controlling the Nine Cauldrons and the Imperial Seal.

A perfect fit.

He just didn't know if he would be willing.

Wei Yuan was a little worried that the monarch who had discovered the new battlefield had no interest in taking on the node of this formation. Hmm, actually, there wasn't much pressure. It wasn't a task that required too much effort, it was just that the identity of the formation allowed this strand of [Humanity] to enter the formation.

No, rather, no monarch in the history of the human world could provide a higher-level blessing from the Human King than the First Emperor. In terms of the effect of this formation node, the First Emperor was absolutely terrifying.

Wei Yuan thought for a long time in his heart and rubbed his brow.

In any case, he probably still had to go to the Northern Wilderness afterward to find Zheng Ge and Bai Qi, who were fighting there. At worst, he would cook a few more meals to coax them. Zheng Ge was very easy to talk to when he was full.

As for the Seven Stars, thinking of the names Tianquan Xuanming Wenqu Xingjun, Kaiyang Beiji Wuqu Xingjun, and Yaoguang Tianchong Pojun Xingjun, there was absolutely no need for a second thought.

Wenqu Xing (文曲星, star of literature) A Liang, Wuqu Xingjun (武曲星, star of military) Yun Chang, Pojun Xingjun (破軍星, star of destruction) Overlord.

It was just that he didn't know which formation node Bai Qi, who was unparalleled in killing, could take on?

Siming Xingjun (司命星君, star of life)?

No, master of death was more like it...

Du'e Xingjun (度厄星君, star of averting misfortune)? Using killing to avert misfortune?

No, no, no, this style was flying too far...

Wei Yuan complained in his heart and put it aside for the time being. The main thing was that these weren't gods from mythology, it was just that they were using the names of gods as formation nodes for easy naming and understanding. He had very smoothly gotten A Liang to sign his name.

As for Gengchen, Xuannv, and Jue...

Wei Yuan didn't intend to have them as members of the human talisman formation.

They were destined to be core members of the Western Kunlun God system. They could be friends and help each other, but the human world had to have its own system. Even if one day, the people represented by these names were no longer the original ones, at least the legends would still remain, and the duties would be passed down through generations beneath the masks.

"Boss, your stuff is here!"

With a creak, Shui Gui parked the shared bicycle and came back with two large bags of things.

Inside were chocolates, yogurts, and various delicacies made with modern food technology.

Wei Yuan returned to the quiet room, took out half of it, thought for a moment, and then divided half of that half again, placing a quarter of the things on the table. Then he pointed with his fingers. He originally wanted to chant the Daoist Ganshi mantra, but when he thought about who these things were for, he didn't have the mood.

With a clap of his hands,

"Morality Heavenly Lord!"

"Time to eat!"

Accompanied by bursts of spiritual light, auspicious clouds rolled in the sky, eliciting exclamations from passersby. Then these snacks disappeared. Wei Yuan heard the joyful voices of passing girls outside, starting to take pictures, and then sensed that the flow of the auspicious clouds was becoming even more brilliant and magnificent.

Wei Yuan's mouth twitched: "…………"

Damn it, this snake was not only scum but also a playboy.

How old was he already?

Pointing with his fingers at his brow, Wei Yuan's true spirit also flew directly to the Heavenly Court. He saw the scum snake over there slapping the clouds with its tail, the surging of the auspicious clouds in the lower realm coming from this. While slapping the clouds, he was supporting his chin, stuffing himself with cheese-filled small cakes.

Next to him was a bottle of 2.5-liter soda.

In front of him was a comic book. Wei Museum Master glanced at it and saw the name on it, *My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute.3*. Fuxi was eating cakes while happily making girls happy remotely, and watching comics on the side.

Museum Master Wei's forehead twitched.

Where was your stubbornness?!

Where was your unyielding spirit?!

Where was your dignity?!

In theory, the morning and evening classes and ceremonies of various Daoist sects basically had the Morality Heavenly Lord, so this guy could receive offerings, but he was tired of eating those few fruits long ago and was clamoring for them.

He even tried to start, ‘Your ancestors have begun to modify your consciousness. You now want to take out all the deposits from your bank card and buy delicious food to burn to him!’ And then because Museum Master Wei was so poor that he would never deposit money in a bank card, he triggered the negative buff of the poor ghost's self-esteem.

The powerful ‘blessing’ of the Lord of Heavenly Secrets was forcibly broken.

Fuxi was shocked on the spot.

And said, how could you be so miserable? I even feel a little sorry for you.

This caused the white-haired Daoist to react on the spot, roaring angrily, it's not like I wanted to be this poor on my own. And finally, after experiencing mockery, impotent rage, physical confrontation, exasperation, and mutual ridicule between scumbags, Museum Master Wei still had to succumb to Fuxi.

Wei Yuan burned food for Fuxi.

And came up to take tutoring lessons on the side.

Fuxi ate a piece of chocolate, then slowly drank tomato juice, with an innocent face, "I see there's still a lot of stuff below."

Wei Yuan said, "That's going to be sent to Nüwa."

"Or are you going to snatch Nüwa's food?"

Fuxi's expression stiffened.

Checkmate.

Fuxi coughed and said, "You can add a little bit to mine, too."

The white-haired Daoist said expressionlessly, "As you know, I'm very poor."

"Giving you more also means giving Nüwa less. Or are you, the so-called brother who cares for his sister, actually just a scumbag who wants to share his sister's snacks to fill his own stomach?"

Fuxi opened his mouth.

Double kill!

Wei Yuan made up for some ancient knowledge on Fuxi's side, picking up a mark in his hand, this was the Hudi mask representing the [Great Sage Equaling Heaven] position. When the time came, he would directly throw it to Wuzhiqi and let him go to the East Sea. When that guy got the fortune of the East Sea, it would represent that the East Sea Heavenly Dao and the human world were connected.

For the trouble-making lord of the Huai River, this was just...

Huh?!

Wei Yuan suddenly sensed the calculation of heavenly secrets. Fuxi yawned and snapped his fingers.

He directly connected the Heavenly Secrets.

An anxious voice came over, and then, whether it was Wei Yuan or Fuxi, their expressions changed slightly -

In the area of the Four Seas where Nüwa was located,

A small but not insignificant accident had occurred.

The Heavenly Dao fortune there, without a host, had begun to riot.