Inside Zixiao Palace.
As Dao Ancestor Hongjun preached the Dao, boundless dao resonance enshrouding the area immediately filled the palace, while the power of laws manifested in all its mysteriously profound glory.
Many great experts had the Three Flowers above their heads. All of them listened as if intoxicated, sometimes pretending to weep bitterly, sometimes laughing wildly, and sometimes baring fierce expressions, displaying every possible state.
Some great experts even experienced sudden insights and immediately break through a realm, causing their cultivation to soar!
From this, it was clear that they had all gained a great harvest from listening to the dao!
Yet among the many great experts, there was one oddity.
That person was none other than Fang Yang!
At that moment, he sat cross-legged behind Lord Tongtian, yet just as during his first listening to the dao, he continued sleeping soundly with his head tilted to the side.
Although the palace was filled with dao resonance enshrouding the area and profound laws manifested everywhere, he failed to comprehend even the slightest bit. Instead, he slept extremely soundly.
Actually, Fang Yang had no choice!
After all, if he continued listening to Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s preaching, who knew whether he might break through a realm again?
To avoid Breaking Through too quickly, he could only continue sleeping soundly in Zixiao Palace.
This time, however, Fang Yang had reminded himself that he would awaken when Dao Ancestor Hongjun had been preaching for thirty thousand years.
The Primordial World knows no years, and cultivation knows no passing time!
In the blink of an eye, thirty thousand years quietly passed.
As last time, Dao Ancestor Hongjun once again stopped preaching the dao. All kinds of phenomena within the palace vanished, and the many great experts naturally awoke one after another from their intoxicated states.
Fang Yang, meanwhile, had awakened a moment before Dao Ancestor Hongjun stopped preaching the dao, so none of the great experts in the palace knew that he had once again slept for thirty thousand years.
“The time allotted for this lecture has ended. You may all return. Zixiao Palace will open again in three thousand years!” Hongjun opened his chaos eyes, swept his gaze over the great experts, and spoke indifferently.
“We respectfully obey teacher’s imperial edict!”
Upon hearing that they would have another opportunity for listening to the dao, the great experts were immediately overjoyed and hurriedly bowed and shouted.
“Buzz!”
In response to the bows of the many great experts, Dao Ancestor Hongjun remained expressionless, as though he had heard nothing. His figure transformed into specks of radiant light and directly dissipated atop the dao platform.
It was as if, to him, preaching the dao was merely a routine duty!
“Whoosh!”
After Dao Ancestor Hongjun vanished into the Void, a strange phenomenon appeared in the palace: all the great experts unexpectedly looked toward Fang Yang at the first opportunity, as if by tacit agreement.
This left Fang Yang stunned. He then muttered, “What the hell are you all looking at me for?”
“Hmm! You’ve finally stopped sleeping soundly. There may yet be hope for you!” Just as Fang Yang was muttering, Lord Tongtian also turned his head, nodded in satisfaction, and spoke.
Fang Yang: “…”
He finally understood why all those great experts had looked at him at the first opportunity: they were checking whether he had continued sleeping in Zixiao Palace.
Fang Yang could only sigh inwardly that these great experts must have had far too much free time to actually care whether he was sleeping.
Sure enough!
Before long, the great experts began discussing him in hushed voices again.
“How boring. That fellow Fang Yang didn’t continue sleeping soundly!”
“That’s only natural. After all, his master, Lord Tongtian, harshly scolded him last time! How could he dare act so brazenly again?”
“We’ve lost a little entertainment because of this. Ha ha!”
“What a pity. Even after listening to the dao for thirty thousand years, he seems to have comprehended nothing, and his cultivation hasn’t improved at all.”
“Nothing surprising about that. After all, he had only break through a realm outside the gates of Zixiao Palace earlier.”
“…”
Fang Yang naturally heard the discussions of the great experts.
He cursed inwardly, “A bunch of clowns. Do you think I’d tell you that I really did continue sleeping for thirty thousand years?”
However, to avoid another endless lecture from Lord Tongtian, Fang Yang ultimately chose to keep a low profile and did not say it aloud.
“Disciple, did you gain any insights from this listening to the dao?” Lord Tongtian smiled and asked Fang Yang.
“The Great Dao preached by Dao Ancestor Hongjun was exceedingly obscure and difficult to understand. I exhausted my mental effort but still failed to grasp its essence, so I didn’t gain much insight!” Fang Yang replied with an open smile.
“Sigh!”
Upon hearing this, Laozi sighed softly and shook his head with a wry smile. “After all, teacher preached the Dao of the great firmament golden immortal and even the quasi-saint realm. It is normal that you failed to gain much insight.”
“Nephew-disciple Fang Yang, don’t be anxious. When martial uncle returns, I’ll find an opportunity to Preach the Dao to you alone.” Primordial Heavenly Venerable’s brows furrowed slightly before he spoke words of comfort.
Lord Tongtian gritted his teeth but said nothing more.
In truth, they believed that Fang Yang had failed to gain any insights while Dao Ancestor Hongjun was preaching the dao most likely because of his innate foundation.
After all, although the latter’s cultivation speed was not poor, he had merely Transformed into Human Form from an ordinary bamboo in the Primordial World.
In terms of innate foundation, he still fell far behind these beings with Pangu’s bloodline, the first cloud, the spirit of the earth, and other Innate Deities. His comprehension ability was naturally much weaker.
If Fang Yang knew what they were thinking, he would probably have sneered disdainfully.
Forget about innate foundation.
All he wanted now was for his bloodline rank to be lower and for his cultivation realm to Break Through more slowly!
“Let’s go. Next time, I won’t bring you to Zixiao Palace anymore!” Lord Tongtian said.
In his view, since Fang Yang had failed to gain anything from listening to the dao in Zixiao Palace twice in a row, instead wasting a full Sixty Thousand Years, he might as well remain on kunlun mountain for secluded cultivation.
“No!”
Unexpectedly, the moment Lord Tongtian finished speaking, Fang Yang hurriedly voiced his opposition.
You’ve got to be kidding!
If he did not come to Zixiao Palace next time, how could he collect the heavenly dao fragment within the Ancient Formation?
If Fang Yang’s guess was correct, the object within that Ancient Formation was the famed Treasure Distribution Cliff, which would open before Hongjun finished his third lecture and began uniting with the heavenly dao.
At that time, all three thousand dao listeners could go there to obtain the dharma treasures they were fated to receive!
That would be Fang Yang’s opportunity to collect the heavenly dao fragment, so he naturally would not miss it.
“Disciple, you…!”
Hearing Fang Yang’s firm opposition, Lord Tongtian was slightly stunned and looked at him suspiciously.
“Master, what this disciple means is that the opportunity to hear Dao Ancestor’s preaching is rare. It is truly an enormous opportunity that must not be missed. Perhaps I’ll gain an insight next time?” Fang Yang explained with a broad grin.
Lord Tongtian: “…”
Primordial Heavenly Venerable, Laozi: “…”
They felt as though a black line had drifted across their foreheads, and they did not believe Fang Yang’s words in the slightest.
They wanted very much to say, “Since you know this is an enormous opportunity, why did you sleep soundly here during your first listening to the dao?”
However, looking at Fang Yang’s ‘sincere’ smile, Lord Tongtian’s heart softened. He said helplessly, “Since you insist, very well. I’ll continue bringing you next time.”
“Thank you for granting my wish, master!” Fang Yang said with a smile.
“Hmm!”
Lord Tongtian nodded slightly, then said, “I have already discussed this with your eldest martial uncle and second martial uncle. After we return to the Three Pure Ones Hall, we will temporarily refrain from secluded cultivation and first explain the Great Dao to you, so that your cultivation may advance further!”
“What?!”
Upon hearing that the Three Pure Ones would Preach the Dao to him, Fang Yang panicked.
Listen to the Three Pure Ones Preach the Dao?
How would that be any different from listening to Dao Ancestor Hongjun Preach the Dao?
Wouldn’t that mean he might break through a realm again?
No!
Breaking Through was absolutely out of the question!
As he thought this, Fang Yang caught sight of Lady Nuwa, who had not yet left, from the corner of his eye. His eyes immediately shifted, and he came up with an idea.
Thus, he hurriedly said, “To be honest, master, I already made an agreement with Lady Nuwa. After this listening to the dao ends, I’ll be going with her to Buzhou Mountain, so I won’t be returning to the Three Pure Ones Hall for now!”
“Huh?!”
Upon hearing Fang Yang’s words, Lady Nuwa was slightly stunned and failed to react for a moment.