Wandering Gods of Day and Night

"The beauties they fancy either become maid servants or slaves."

"As for the men they choose, the strong ones serve as household staff, the ones with literary talent become advisors, and those unwilling become slaves."

"Within the Snow Plain Prefecture, land, livestock, wealth, and people all belong to the Six Great Families."

Ning Yu concluded.

Zhou Xuan felt that this Snow Plain Prefecture was indeed dark and oppressive.

He couldn’t help but think that if he had come to Jing Country and ended up in Snow Plain Prefecture instead of Ping Shui Prefecture, it would have been a hellish start.

Zhou Xuan then asked, "When did the Six Great Families come to power?"

"When the Ancient Buddha appeared,"

Ning Yu said, "In ancient times, the Six Great Families were not families at all; they were slaves serving the landlords of Snow Plain Prefecture,

some were shepherds, some were tea farmers... working daily in the Great Snow Mountain in the harshest, most exhausting jobs."

"On the day the Ancient Buddha appeared, Buddha energy spread throughout the entire Great Snow Mountain. Out of nowhere, it selected six laboring slaves from the mountain,

these six slaves became Human World Walkers of the Ancient Buddha; they rose to prominence, found wives, and their families flourished, becoming today’s Six Great Families."

Ning Yu also shared an interesting detail with Zhou Xuan.

"Mr. has been in Snow Plain Prefecture for several days and should know the names of the Six Great Families."

Zhou Xuan nodded.

The influence of the Six Great Families in Snow Plain Prefecture was so pervasive that Zhou Xuan couldn’t help but know them.

Ning Yu then said, "The ancestors of the Six Great Families were all mountain slaves, so their names also contain ’mountain’,

for example, Ning Jin Longba, where Longba means ’mountain valley’ in the language of Snow Plain Prefecture,

and ’Gang Jari Ze’, where ’Ze’ means ’mountain peak’ in the language..."

After Ning Yu explained, Zhou Xuan understood the origin of names like ’Ze’ and ’Longba’.

Zhou Xuan then asked, "I’ve heard that among the Six Great Families, there are Guardians of Jing Country’s human world. Who are they? What is their strength?"

"They were the original Ancient Buddha Walkers, known as the Buddha Slaves."

"There are six Buddha Slaves in total. Over an extremely long time, no one knows if any have perished. As for their strength, they’ve never really taken action, so—I don’t know."

Zhou Xuan smiled meaningfully at this—so they were the Walkers of the Ancient Buddha? No wonder ’Wu Cang’ would submit to the Six Great Families.

"What are the weaknesses of these six Buddha Slaves?"

Zhou Xuan asked again.

"I don’t know, I don’t know. They are like dragons in the snowfield, seen only in glimpses. I’ve been in Snow Plain Prefecture for so many years, yet I’ve never seen even a trace of them."

"Quite mysterious."

Zhou Xuan got up, left the Secret Realm, and continued wandering the Reincarnation Temple.

It should be said that apart from the big event of "the postponed grand ceremony" within Reincarnation Temple, there were two other significant events happening in secret,

During the days Zhou Xuan stayed, almost daily, members of the Six Great Families visited the temple, reporting to Boba on the progress of "awakening the ancestors."

According to Boba’s plan, he aimed to enter Ping Shui Prefecture and slay Zhou Xuan in front of the Lotus Temple. It was obvious that he and Junior Brother Ning weren’t enough for the task.

And Yanfutai Buddha Mother was also occupied with a monumental task, unable to spare any effort.

Therefore, the support and cooperation of the Six Great Families’ "Ancient Buddha’s Slave" were naturally the best option.

However, these ancestors of the Six Great Families were usually in deep slumber, and awakening them was not a one-day task. It required time to truly wake them up.

Fortunately, the progress of "awakening the ancestors" was substantial each day.

"Golden Buddha, the ancestor of our Longba family, opened his eyes last night."

"Golden Buddha, the ancestor of our Rize Clan, appeared in a dream to our clansmen last night, saying he would soon awaken."

Each time Boba heard these reports, he was extremely pleased. He repeatedly told Zhou Xuan: "Junior Brother, with these Ancient Buddha’s Slaves, Ping Shui Prefecture is no longer a dragon’s pool or tiger’s den."

"Even if that Nuo God ancestor in Ping Shui Prefecture awakens, we would still have enough strength to contend with him."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuan felt significantly relieved—if Boba was this confident, gathering these Ancient Buddha’s Slaves, but only managed to say they had enough strength to contend with the Nuo God,

"Such confidence in stating they have enough strength to contend implies, in truth, that they don’t even have that strength."

Zhou Xuan deciphered the deeper meaning of Boba’s words.

Besides the Six Great Families, Boba also received daily intelligence reports from outside prefectures—for example, today Zhou Xuan went to Yellow Field Prefecture for Buddha energy, tomorrow he went to East Gate Mansion for Buddha energy, and so on.

However, what he didn’t know was that the "Zhou Xuan" in these reports was actually an impersonation by Turtle Mountain Taoist arranged in advance by Zhou Xuan.

It must be said that Turtle Mountain Taoist was Zhou Xuan’s seasoned actor—this Mountain Guardian Taoist didn’t just impersonate Zhou Xuan once or twice, and with his rich experience, he easily fooled Boba from thousands of miles away.

But Boba was unaware of this,

Every time he received a report, if Zhou Xuan was present, he couldn’t help but brag,

"Junior Brother, look, Zhou Xuan is now desperate, even going to Yellow Field Prefecture for Buddha energy, where all there is Water Ghost Qi and bandit energy."

"Junior Brother Ning, look, Zhou Xuan went to East Gate Mansion again, tsk tsk, can he get Buddha energy from there? Barking up the wrong tree!"

For Zhou Xuan, the hardest thing to do every time he heard Boba’s words was to hold back laughter.