Immortal Chang'er Dingguang looked at Li Xiao and said.
Li Xiao smiled. "Senior Brother, go on ahead. Senior Sister Gui Ling is nearby too, and I still need to inform her!"
"Then this humble Taoist will take his leave first!"
Immortal Chang'er Dingguang cupped his hands toward Li Xiao, then turned into a streak of light and headed for Golden Ao Island.
After Immortal Chang'er Dingguang left, Li Xiao transformed back into his true form. A wicked grin curled across his lips as he chuckled. "Blood Bodhi, you're mine now!"
As he spoke, Li Xiao looked toward the seal Immortal Chang'er Dingguang had set.
Once the Blood Bodhi ripened, Li Xiao began breaking the seal.
Li Xiao possessed the Nine Revolutions Arcane Arts, granting him countless times greater control over force than others. Moreover, he knew the seal's condition clearly, so he easily broke through the seal Immortal Chang'er Dingguang had placed.
Li Xiao then flicked his sleeve and put away the Blood Bodhi. With a turn of his hand, he produced another gourd leaf and tossed it onto the ground.
"Hahaha, Immortal Pilu, this time you're in for it!"
Having finished everything, Li Xiao wore a satisfied, sly grin and said excitedly.
Eldest Sister, You Must Like Senior Brother Li Xiao
"Th-This... Senior Brother Li Xiao really is a piece of work. For the sake of a single spirit fruit, he actually sowed discord between Senior Brother Immortal Pilu and Senior Brother Dingguang Immortal..."
Bixiao, hiding in the shadows, was speechless. She rolled her eyes and grumbled irritably.
"Hmph, even if senior brother Immortal Pilu looked down on him a little, there was no need to slander him like this, was there? Fifth senior brother's character is questionable..."
Qiongxiao said unhappily as well.
Zhao Gongming frowned deeply and said in a low voice, "Hmph, fifth senior brother's actions are not those of a gentleman..."
Yunxiao was equally bewildered, unable to understand why Li Xiao wanted to frame Immortal Pilu like this.
Immortal Pilu would become Vairocana Buddha of the Buddhist Sect in the future. He would surely betray our Jie Sect as well, so this humble Taoist would ruin that bastard...
At that moment, Li Xiao's inner voice rang out in Yunxiao's mind once more.
"What? Senior Brother Immortal Pilu would betray our Jie Sect too? This..."
Yunxiao was dumbfounded, shock surging through her heart.
At last, she understood why Li Xiao had done this!
If she had been in his position, lacking sufficient strength, she probably would have done the same.
Although Li Xiao's actions seemed somewhat villainous on the surface, he was actually a true gentleman.
The Blood Bodhi was extraordinary. They could not possibly hand it over to an enemy, could they?
"Eldest sister, why should we protect a shameless person like fifth senior brother? Let's go back!"
Bixiao chattered on again.
"Third sister, shut up. Fifth senior brother is not that kind of person. He has his reasons for doing this!"
Yunxiao frowned slightly and explained herself to Zhao Gongming, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao.
Li Xiao had gone to such lengths, so naturally she did not want others to misunderstand him!
"Th-This... Eldest sister, what reason could he possibly have? Why... why are you always defending fifth senior brother? Do... do you like fifth senior brother?"
Bixiao looked at Yunxiao strangely and asked.
"That's right, eldest sister. Fifth senior brother has already acted like this, so why are you still defending him? Tell us, do you like fifth senior brother?"
Qiongxiao pressed.
Even Zhao Gongming stared straight at Yunxiao, clearly harboring the same suspicion.
Yunxiao choked in anger, her pretty face flushing red. She looked at the three of them helplessly and said anxiously, "Oh, brother, sisters, don't talk nonsense. How could I possibly like fifth senior brother? It's just..."
"Just what? Eldest Sister, then how do you explain this?"
Bixiao continued pressing her.
"Exactly, eldest sister, explain it to us. If you do not like fifth senior brother, why are you defending him like this?"
Qiongxiao pressed again.
Zhao Gongming nodded vigorously.
Yunxiao's face turned scarlet with embarrassment. She shot Zhao Gongming a fierce glare and said anxiously, "Brother, why are you joining those two in making trouble? I really don't. Oh, anyway, it's not what you think. You'll understand what's going on later!"
"Tch, Eldest Sister, who are you trying to fool? Do you think we're that easy to deceive?"
Bixiao refused to let it go.
"Third Sister..."
Yunxiao said angrily, pretending to be upset.
Only then did Bixiao stick out her cute little crimson tongue and dare not speak recklessly again.
Meanwhile, after Li Xiao tossed down the gourd leaf, his figure flashed, and he hid behind a large tree, preparing to watch a fine show he had personally staged.
Immortal Chang'er Dingguang rode the clouds all the way to Golden Ao Island. Arriving before Biyou Palace, he cupped his hands and said, "Master, your disciple Dingguang Immortal seeks an audience!"
"Come in!"
Tongtian Cult Master's majestic voice came from within Biyou Palace.
Immortal Chang'er Dingguang pushed open the door and entered. Seeing Tongtian Cult Master reclining atop a cloud bed, he hurriedly knelt and bowed. "Disciple Dingguang Immortal greets Master!"
Tongtian Cult Master looked at Immortal Chang'er Dingguang and asked, "Dingguang Immortal, why have you come to see me?"
Immortal Chang'er Dingguang froze. He looked up at Tongtian Cult Master in confusion. "Master, did you not summon your disciple?"
"This humble one summoned you? I never summoned you."
Tongtian Cult Master was also stunned. He secretly performed a divination, but the heavenly secrets were a chaotic blur. He could not calculate even a shred of information.
It turned out that Li Xiao had long used the Chaos Bead in secret to conceal the heavenly secrets!
Immortal Chang'er Dingguang looked at Tongtian Cult Master in bewilderment and asked, "Master, did you not send Junior Brother Immortal Pilu to find your disciple? He said you wanted your disciple to return to Biyou Palace..."
Tongtian Cult Master furrowed his brows deeply and looked at Immortal Chang'er Dingguang in confusion. "No. I never sent Immortal Pilu to find you!"
"This..."
Immortal Chang'er Dingguang was even more bewildered. Like a monk trying to measure ten feet and finding no end, he had no idea what was happening.
"Um... Master, since there is nothing else, this disciple will take his leave first!"
Immortal Chang'er Dingguang cupped his hands toward Tongtian Cult Master.
"Go."
Tongtian Cult Master nodded.
Immortal Chang'er Dingguang cupped his hands toward Tongtian Cult Master once more, then turned and left Biyou Palace.
After leaving Biyou Palace, Immortal Chang'er Dingguang faintly felt a bad premonition rise in his heart. Suddenly, his brows jumped, and he cried out, "Not good! This humble one's Blood Bodhi!"
With that, Immortal Chang'er Dingguang hurriedly rode the clouds toward the Blood Bodhi.
Meanwhile, Li Xiao calculated the timing and knew Immortal Chang'er Dingguang was about to return. He pointed toward the sky, and a beam of radiant light shot into the heavens, stirring up layers of strange phenomena.
In an instant, the sky became a dazzling display of brilliant, multicolored light.
Immortal Pilu was nearby as well. Seeing such phenomena, he thought a treasure had appeared and was overjoyed, hurrying over in a blazing rush.
After arriving nearby, Immortal Pilu descended from his cloud, but he could not find anything.
"Eh? Strange. There was clearly a strange phenomenon just now. How could there be no treasure?"
Immortal Pilu was deeply suspicious.
At that moment, a streak of light shot over. When the light faded, it revealed a long-eared taoist. This taoist was none other than Immortal Chang'er Dingguang.
"Junior Brother Immortal Pilu, why are you here? Didn't you go find Senior Sister Gui Ling?"
Immortal Chang'er Dingguang frowned when he saw Immortal Pilu.
"Senior Sister Gui Ling? What... what is senior brother Dingguang Immortal talking about? This humble one never went to find Senior Sister Gui Ling."
Immortal Pilu was bewildered as well and asked suspiciously.
"This..."
Immortal Chang'er Dingguang frowned deeply and turned to look at the seal he had set. Seeing that the seal was completely intact, he could not help but sigh in relief.
Then Immortal Chang'er Dingguang stepped forward and swept his sleeve, breaking the seal.
Then Immortal Chang'er Dingguang was dumbfounded!
The Blood Bodhi had vanished!
"Th-This... where is this humble Taoist's Blood Bodhi?"
Immortal Chang'er Dingguang panicked.
"What Blood Bodhi?"
Immortal Pilu asked.
"This humble taoist discovered the legendary Blood Bodhi here. Then junior brother Immortal Pilu came to find me and said Master had summoned me. But the Blood Bodhi had yet to ripen, so this humble taoist set up a seal here and went to Biyou Palace to find Master. Who would have thought Master would say he had never summoned this humble taoist? When this humble taoist returned, the Blood Bodhi was gone..."
Immortal Chang'er Dingguang was frantic.
"This... senior brother Dingguang Immortal, what are you talking about? This humble one had never met senior brother before..."
Immortal Pilu was bewildered.
"You never met this humble Taoist? Th-That's impossible! It was clearly you, Junior Brother..."
Immortal Chang'er Dingguang was bewildered as well.
Suddenly, Immortal Chang'er Dingguang noticed the gourd leaf on the ground. His pupils shrank sharply as he turned back, glared at Immortal Pilu through gritted teeth, and roared, "Immortal Pilu, and you still say it wasn't you? Return this humble Taoist's Blood Bodhi..."
Li Xiao Laughed Like a Honking Goose
"Th-This... senior brother Dingguang Immortal, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! This humble one truly did not take your Blood Bodhi..."
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