The celestial maiden Guanghui was already brimming with excitement inside at this moment. She couldn’t wait for her master to personally take action, to first kill these three humans out of spite. She didn’t believe that Xiang Beifei, this human, would dare to confront Wu Bayi!
She was all too familiar with Wu Bayi’s strength. He was an expert in the later stages of Heavenly Connection, almost half a step into the Immortal Realm!
Having lived for several centuries, he had been diligently practicing the Dao to comprehend the way of eternity, and his strength was among the most powerful within the Moon God Race.
Although Xiang Beifei was a bit peculiar, she was certain that he had not reached Wu Bayi’s level! Just because Xiang Beifei could kill Wu Tian just now doesn’t mean he has the ability to kill Wu Bayi!
This meant that Uncle Liang and these three humans wouldn’t be safe today!
Uncle Liang and the others also realized the severity of this issue. They knew who the Meat-Winged Monster before them was because they had heard of Wu Bayi in Changpan Valley.
Xiang Beifei immediately ordered the celestial maiden Guanghui to stop this matter.
"Master, in my opinion, I’ll take care of it myself later! Master is busy with many affairs, so there’s no need to trouble you." voiced the celestial maiden Guanghui, but in her heart, she had cursed Xiang Beifei dozens of times.
"It’s alright, I’ve been comprehending the Immortal Great Dao recently and am close to entering that gate. I need to kill several more sacrifices to offer to the Yellow Spring. These creatures can conveniently serve as backup offerings." Wu Bayi said kindly.
Celestial maiden Guanghui’s eyes lit up as she asked, "Master, your Immortal Great Dao is about to be perfected?"
"Indeed! Recently, I’ve been trying to achieve the Dao of eternity through the path of slaughter and discovered that slaughter suits me best. A few days ago, I deliberately wiped out the Panjiao Race, killed all their members. It was not easy, but enlightening—of course, I spared the children, their race has decent talent that can be cultivated and nurtured into valuable resources."
Wu Bayi discussed the extermination of an entire race as if he were casually talking about everyday matters like eating and sleeping.
"The Panjiao Race? I remember their clan leader Jiao Buzi was also at the half-step to the Immortal Realm. How did you kill him, Master?" asked the celestial maiden Guanghui in surprise.
Both being half-step Immortal Realm experts, killing one another was extremely difficult.
Wu Bayi nodded and smiled. "Although he was strong, he was not in the Immortal Realm after all. I went in as a guest, told him our Moon God Race could discuss cooperation with them. As you know, the Panjiao Race has always trusted us and wanted to rise with our Moon God Race’s support, so I took the opportunity to assassinate him while he was off guard."
Wu Bayi spoke these words frankly, showing no shame or loss of face in front of his disciple.
To their kind, all races in the wildlands could be used as sacrifices. Assassinatin an allied race was not seen as despicable or shameless, as long as sacrifices could be obtained, all sorts of cruel and dishonorable methods were allowed and even admired in their race’s view.
"Master is truly amazing!"
The celestial maiden Guanghui expressed her sincere admiration.
Ambushing a master of comparable strength was also considered part of one’s skill and a symbol of power in this boundaryless race, otherwise, they wouldn’t need to rely on their pure appearance to gain others’ trust.
"So Master has already refined Jiao Buzi of the Panjiao Race into a sacrifice?" she asked further.
Wu Bayi smiled and with a wave of his hand, a stream of Yellow Spring Water surged from his palm, which then condensed into the form of a practitioner.
The appearance was of an elder, indistinguishable from a human, except for the long horns on his head curling and spiraling, looking strong and powerful. However, this Panjiao Clan Leader had already been refined into a sacrifice, his sanity wiped away, his expression terrifyingly fierce, like a maddening monster roaring incessantly.
Xiang Beifei recognized this practitioner’s appearance as someone he had conflicts with from the Panjiao people at the Land of Inheritance! Back then, Jiao Shkai and Jiao Dihong had joined Flaming Six Wings’ Light Valley, wholeheartedly serving Flaming Six Wings of the Moon God Race.
Yet who could have imagined that the Panjiao Race’s own clan leader would be sacrificed to the Moon God Race they sought favor with, transformed into a Yellow Spring Monster, and not only that, the practitioners who knew the truth were all exterminated.
Wu Bayi spared the naive children of the Panjiao Race so that they could be raised from a young age to believe in the Moon God as their deity, much like those humans being kept in reserves in Changpan Valley, treating their enemies as their saviors.
"A perfect sacrifice." The celestial maiden Guanghui appraised the Panjiao Clan Leader, praising.
"Indeed, this old fellow’s strength was on par with mine, making him a perfect offering. After killing him, my understanding of the Immortal Realm advanced further. I feel that in a little while, I could achieve the Dao with the aid of this powerful sacrifice."
Wu Bayi was very pleased with this sacrifice, having desired to offer up a mighty master to assist in his Dao attainment.
The Heavenly Connection realm is about learning to communicate with one’s Heavenly Dao, but to achieve immortality, one must prove this Dao—an exceptionally arduous process. Wu Bayi had spent hundreds of years without success, but now he had touched the threshold.