Chapter 1725: Each Has His Own Agenda
Most of the ordinary Heavenly Venerables who followed had already rushed into the treasure refining area of the Holy Spirit of Merit, and a small number of them hesitated and gathered near the Desolate Heaven Chariot.
The River of Time stopped flowing, and the area where everyone was was equivalent to a zone that was completely isolated from the outside world.
In that treasure refining area, there were only a dozen pieces of Holy Vessels of Merit that had been refined by the Holy Spirit of Merit, and more than 30 ordinary Heavenly Venerables rushed into it.
However, the Heavenly Venerables who actually took action to take the treasure were not all, but only two. Unexpectedly, one of them was the Red Fire Heavenly Venerable who had previously bet with the Taoist Gu Yao in alchemy outside the exit of the Desolate Ancient Demon Tomb.
No one expected that the Red Fire Heavenly Venerable would dare to go deep into here, and when everyone was hesitant, he actually took the lead to stand up and take the Holy Vessel of Merit.
The other one was a Heavenly Venerable from the Xuantian Taichu Holy Land. This person didn't know the exact location of the Ancient Demon Tomb, but he had sent his clone to lurk in the Heavenly Immortal Volume of Taoist Gu Yao.
In fact, it was not only him. In fact, the Heavenly Lords of the other three holy realms of Xuantian also followed in this way.
Taoist Gu Yao was not unaware of this, but he did not pay any attention to it. Instead, he turned a blind eye and let them follow.
However, after the four people came in, they went to different places.
The Heavenly Lord Taichu Yunyi of the Taichu Holy Realm thought that since Taoist Gu Yao led them into the Ancient Demon Tomb, as long as they followed him, they would naturally benefit more. So when they first entered the Ancient Demon Tomb, they followed Taoist Gu Yao to this place and did not go to the Ancient Holy Land.
The other three people thought that since they were in the Ancient Demon Tomb, the best treasures were naturally concentrated in the Ancient Holy Land, so they went there.
As the descendant of the Xuantian Taichu God Clan, the most respected in the Hongmeng Three Realms, Taichu Yunyi knows far more secrets than any other sects and races.
He clearly knows what kind of place the Ancient Demon Tomb is, and even more clearly knows what secrets are hidden in the Ancient Demon Tomb.
However, he did not know the specific location of the Ancient Demon Tomb before, which is why he has not been able to go there.
After witnessing the changes of the Merit Golden Lotus, especially the thirty-sixth-grade Merit Golden Lotus that gave birth to the Merit Holy Spirit and grew into a mature body, Taichu Yunyi knew that his chance to prove his way had come!
Since the ancient times, when Panzu mysteriously disappeared and the Hongmeng Holy Spirit also mysteriously disappeared, no one in the Hongmeng Three Realms could prove the way of Hongmeng Tianzun.
This is naturally very bad news for the ambitious Taichu God Clan.
If you cannot prove the way of Hongmeng, you cannot have the most powerful power in the world of Bitter Sea, and naturally you will not have the ability to rule the entire world of Bitter Sea.
Taichu Yunyi knows too well what the appearance of the Merit Holy Spirit means. It is only a matter of time before the Hongmeng Holy Spirit disappears and the Merit Holy Spirit replaces the original Hongmeng Heavenly Dao.
If he can prove his merit before he replaces the Hongmeng Heavenly Dao, his achievements in the future will surely surpass all the Merit Heavenly Venerables and become the first Merit Heavenly Venerable.
By then, the entire Bitter Sea World will also respect him. As for the Merit Holy Spirit, others may think that it is the master of the Heavenly Dao of the Bitter Sea World and must be the master of the entire Bitter Sea World. But in fact, the Merit Holy Spirit does not care about the life and death of the world it governs.
What the Holy Spirit pursues is only a higher path, that is, the way of eternal life, and does not care about anything other than eternal life.
This is a big secret that the Taichu God Clan mastered back then. Except for every ancestor of the Taichu God Clan, no one else knows the secret.
When the Merit Holy Spirit said that they should go to get the Merit Holy Artifact, others were hesitant, but Taichu Yunyi did not hesitate at all. He rushed directly into the treasure refining area and rushed towards a Merit Holy Artifact that he had long been optimistic about.
It was a huge golden tripod, with a simple and majestic shape. It was not an ordinary treasure.
Sure enough, when he rushed to the giant tripod, he saw the words engraved on it.
"Merit Holy Tripod!"
Generally, a holy vessel that can be in the shape of a tripod naturally has a unique majesty that other holy vessels do not have. The tripod is the supreme of all vessels. This is not said casually, but has its own reason.
After Taichu Yunyi saw the tripod, he didn't think about it at all, and directly raised his hand to grab the Merit Holy Tripod.
"Wait! This Merit Holy Tripod is mine, no one can snatch it from me!"
Seeing that Taichu Yunyi grabbed the Merit Holy Tripod, a violent voice came from behind. It was Chihuo Tianzun who came out after him, and he also liked this tripod.
Since he had decided to prove his merit, Chihuo Tianzun naturally had no other concerns. He was a Tianzun who achieved his accomplishments in the way of alchemy, so he naturally wanted to continue to prove his merits in the way of alchemy. The best holy artifact for the alchemy is undoubtedly the alchemy cauldron.
Among all the holy artifacts that have been successfully refined, only the Merit Holy Cauldron is an alchemy cauldron, while the other holy artifacts are not cauldrons. Naturally, Chihuo Tianzun does not want to miss this treasure.
Taichu Yunyi's face suddenly sank, and he turned his head to look at Chihuo Tianzun. He naturally knew Chihuo Tianzun, but offending an alchemy Tianzun was not a good thing after all, so he suppressed his anger and said, "What do you want? There are more than a dozen merit holy artifacts here, why do you want to snatch this one from me?"
"I am the Alchemy Heavenly Venerable. To prove the Dao, I naturally need an alchemy cauldron. Looking at all the holy instruments here, only this cauldron is the most suitable for me. You are not the Alchemy Heavenly Venerable. It is a waste to want this precious cauldron. Why bother to compete with me for it?"
Although the Red Fire Heavenly Venerable is not worth mentioning in front of the Taoist Gu Yao and others, it is very different in front of ordinary Heavenly Venerables. Moreover, since he has decided to prove the Dao merit at this moment, he will naturally not give in.
The two of them refused to give in to each other for the cauldron, and they were in a stalemate, but the Taoist Gu Yao and his party who gathered in the distance to discuss how to escape saw an opportunity.
"If they get chaotic, wouldn't the situation be more favorable to us?"
Di Ting transmitted a message to the others.
"I think this method is feasible. Once they are in chaos, the Holy Spirit of Merit will stop refining treasures and come out to stop them. At that time, we only need to attack the Golden Lotus of Merit and break its defense line, and then we can rush out. Once we leave the River of Time and enter the Ancient Demon Tomb, no matter how strong the Holy Spirit of Merit is, it will not be able to suppress the Hongmeng Heavenly Dao in the Ancient Demon Tomb for a while."
The ruler of the Western world, Amitabha, nodded, and it seemed that he agreed with the opinion put forward by Di Ting.
The old Taoist Gu Yao did not comment on the two people's singing, but his eyes looked at the area of the Holy Artifact of Merit with uncertainty, and then looked at the Golden Lotus of Merit on the other side that blocked their retreat.
Although the Holy Spirit of Merit was bred from the Golden Lotus of Merit, it should be said that the two should be one and the same, but this Holy Spirit of Merit had been separated from the Golden Lotus of Merit for a long time, and a crack appeared between the two.
This crack, to be exact, has not been healed yet. If not, the Holy Spirit of Merit would not have to act like this.
The appearance of this crack is related to the Taoist Jieyin.
The time when the two were separated was the time when the Taoist Jieyin took away the Golden Lotus of Merit.
When the Taoist Jieyin took the Golden Lotus of Merit and brought it back to the Western World, he found that the Chaos Spirit bred in it was not in it, but escaped at some point.
If this situation had not occurred, I am afraid there would not be the Holy Spirit of Merit now. At that time, the Taoist Jieyin did not know this, and thought that the immature Chaos Green Lotus Seed was just like this, and did not take it to heart.
Who would have thought that after he absorbed and refined the power of merit in the Golden Lotus of Merit, he suddenly realized how big a mistake he had made.
Unfortunately, before he could remedy this mistake, the Dark Tribulation broke out. In that battle, his original body was severely injured and almost died. The Way of Heaven was also damaged, and the Merit Golden Lotus was stolen.
In order to recover, the Taoist Jieyin chose to seal his memory and reincarnate. His reincarnation is now Amitabha.
It is for this reason that the Western Paradise is willing to respect him as the master.
Since Amitabha is the reincarnation of the Taoist Jieyin, he naturally knows how to take the Merit Golden Lotus. At this time, the Merit Holy Spirit and the Merit Golden Lotus are separated, which is the best opportunity to seize the Merit Golden Lotus and cut off the place where the Merit Holy Spirit resides.
If there is anyone who can take the Merit Golden Lotus from the Merit Holy Spirit, it is undoubtedly only Amitabha. However, Gu Yao Laodao and others obviously do not want this treasure to fall into Amitabha's hands again.
Amitabha sent a message to several people about this past event, naturally hoping to get everyone's support so that he can take the Merit Golden Lotus away.
But no matter what Amitabha said, in the eyes of the crowd, he became a person with ulterior motives and could not gain the trust of others at all.
Since this treasure had been refined in his hands, he naturally knew how to refine it. He might even know some more frightening means.
And once he got the Merit Golden Lotus, it was still uncertain what the situation would become.
Moreover, once everyone took action, if Amitabha took advantage of the chaos and took the Merit Golden Lotus away, then the Merit Holy Spirit would definitely go crazy. It would be countless times more difficult for everyone to get rid of the crazy Merit Holy Spirit than it is now. Naturally, no one was willing to take the risk.
"How can we make them chaotic? Obviously, they are not fools. Knowing that this matter is not good for them and those people, will they still obey and watch all this happen?" Devouring Demon Lord looked at the Listener in confusion.
The Devouring Demon Lord didn't seem to think much. He just wanted to leave here quickly, get rid of the Holy Spirit of Merit as soon as possible, and go to the Ancient Holy Land. Once there, he wanted to enter, and even the Holy Spirit of Merit couldn't do anything to him.
"It's not difficult to let them mess up, but the difficult part is how we should deal with them after they mess up. Moreover, although the Holy Spirit of Merit is concentrating on refining the Holy Instrument of Merit at this moment, who can guarantee that it hasn't divided some of its energy to pay attention to the movements here?" Taoist Gu Yao frowned.