Sect Master Tongtian's eyes flashed with shock. That worked?
Weren't Karma Threads colorless and formless? How had Li Er grabbed one with his bare hands, poisoned it, and thrown it back?
Black Dog stood on his hind legs, hands on his hips as he said smugly, "Little Master, I've memorized his scent. We can go dig up his home later."
Smack—
Li Er put away the Qingping Sword and raised his hand to slap Black Dog on the head. "You stupid dog, how could you provoke an enemy?
Didn't I engrave the Steadiness Sutra into your core? You didn't comprehend even a tiny bit of it, and you let someone track you all the way home.
No, I need to take you apart and see what's broken."
"Wuwu—Great Master, save me..." Black Dog instantly leaped through space behind Sect Master Tongtian, trembling all over.
Seeing this, Sect Master Tongtian said helplessly, "It's fine. This little black dog didn't do it on purpose. It was probably during his tribulation that he accidentally left behind an aura and caught someone's attention."
Then Sect Master Tongtian told Li Er about Black Dog's tribulation.
"This Primordial World really is dangerous. Leaving behind even a trace of aura gets someone chasing you to your doorstep. That's far too unreasonable.
No, I need to research some formations that can conceal one's aura." Li Er muttered as he stroked his chin. Strange light flickered in his eyes, with divine runes flashing one after another within them.
"Well, I'll take Fat Zhao away for a bit to save him, and let him gain some experience while we're at it," Sect Master Tongtian said helplessly.
He felt that Zhao Gongming should be thrown back into the Interception Sect to recuperate for a while.
If he stayed here any longer, Li Er would ruin him. He had only gone out once, and the kid had become like this.
Now Li Er had fallen into paranoid delusions again. He would probably make more bizarre things. Researching bizarre things was one matter, but if they got out of control, their power would be unimaginable.
Back when he was a Saint, he hadn't feared those strange things exploding. But Zhao Gongming couldn't withstand them.
Li Er glanced at Zhao Gongming, whose aura was slowly recovering. He also didn't want to look at that little fatty who had advanced so easily. It was too demoralizing.
He nodded. "He should indeed get some experience. Only by uniting knowledge and action can one temper the finest disciple.
Oh, prepare more formation discs and pills for him, so he doesn't get beaten to death outside."
"Fine. But you can't take this little black dog apart." Sect Master Tongtian couldn't help adding that. He found Black Dog rather miraculous; it wouldn't be bad for him to become one of Daoism's guardian deities in the future.
"Got it."
Sect Master Tongtian vanished with Zhao Gongming.
Black Dog trembled as he looked at Li Er. "Little Master—"
"Hmph. Come here, or I'll smother you with a piece of old ginger..." Li Er snorted darkly. This damned dog wasn't being cautious at all and had completely failed to follow his design principles.
"Wuwu... Little Master, then be gentle..." Black Dog tucked his tail between his legs and walked toward Li Er bashfully, his ears drooping.
"Don't worry, I'll only put in a little... Pah, I'll only open it a little..." Li Er grabbed Black Dog and whispered.
"Wuwu... It hurts! Little Master, be gentler..."
"Shut up, it's only a little..."
Eastern Sea of the Primordial World.
Zhunti stared in disbelief. The Karma Thread he had sent out had actually snapped, and a dignified Saint like him had even been poisoned.
Heavenly Dao above, Dao Ancestor above, what kind of poison was this?
Could it have been a poison first developed by the Wu Clan? Was it some kind of curse?
Why did it burn away his mana within his body, and why was it so difficult to remove? Had it gone mad?
Had Zhunti gone mad, or had this poison gone mad?
What kind of living being had he bound with the Karma Thread, for it to be this formidable?
Saint Zhunti condensed a strand of mana to lure the trace of poison into it, then expelled that mana and completely removed the poison.
"No, I must bring him into my Western Sect. I'll calculate again. The stronger he is, the better."
Unwilling to give up, Saint Zhunti spat out two more drops of Saint blood, gathered the aura left behind by that living being nearby and merged it into them. The Karma Thread appeared once more.
"This is my last chance. I'll follow it myself. I refuse to believe I can't catch you." Saint Zhunti gritted his teeth, a vicious glint flashing through his eyes.
After all, this was Saint blood. Losing it would damage his cultivation.
Golden Ao Island—Biyou Palace.
Lingbao Tianzun looked at the unconscious Zhao Gongming, and the corner of his mouth twitched. How long had he been taken away? He had already broken through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm?
Moreover, his aura was stable, without the slightest sign of forced growth. Lingbao Tianzun simply didn't know why he remained unconscious.
"Has Tongtian chosen more disciples for special training again? No, why does he like fat people so much?
Duobao is a good prospect. I hope he doesn't ruin him." Lingbao Tianzun said helplessly, a trace of cunning flashing through his eyes.
Once Zhao Gongming woke up, he would ask where he had gone over the past few months. Tongtian had actually cut off all communication between them.
Just then,
Zhao Gongming woke up. His first reaction was to throw out several formation discs to protect himself, while preparing the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl in his hand. When he saw that he was inside Biyou Palace and spotted Lingbao Tianzun seated above him,
he first froze, then immediately burst into loud sobs.
"Wuwu!! I must still be in an illusion. How could the things in my heart manifest before my eyes?
Wuwu X﹏X! I actually saw Biyou Palace—"
Zhao Gongming silently lamented his misery. Why hadn't he been able to suppress his breakthrough? Now it was over. Little Master had sent him back.
Daoism was somewhat harsh, but there he could improve rapidly. Whether it was his cultivation, physical body, formations, or state of mind, he grew stronger with every passing day.
Lingbao Tianzun: ???
Had this kid been ruined? What was he crying for?
Somewhere on Golden Ao Island.
Duobao was so happy he nearly fainted. Sect Master Tongtian had asked whether he was willing to enter the core of the Interception Sect for cultivation and had given him two days to consider it.
To be honest, he didn't need even one second to consider it, but Sect Master Tongtian had already left.
"The Sect Master must be tempering my state of mind. I need to adjust it properly. As the saying goes, cultivating one's state of mind gives birth to the Great Dao." Duobao muttered, excitement shining in his eyes.
The next second, his vision went black. He only felt his body lighten, and an additional message appeared in his primordial spirit.
Sect Master Tongtian was extremely satisfied as he grabbed Duobao and tore through the void, preparing to leave. Although this kid was delighted, he could restrain himself. He met the standards for steadiness.
"Not good, it's Second Brother's aura. Has he discovered that he was deceived? Go!" Without another word, Sect Master Tongtian dove straight into the passage. He tossed out a formation disc to simulate his own aura. This was called playing tricks.
Inside Biyou Palace.
Before Lingbao Tianzun could question Zhao Gongming, he saw Yuanshi Tianzun stride in with disheveled hair, Pangu Banner in hand. His eyes were terrifyingly red, radiating waves of fury.
Before he could react, Zhao Gongming, who had still been crying moments earlier, instantly composed himself and fled Biyou Palace at incredible speed. His retreating figure resembled a slippery mud dragon.
"Lingbao, where is Tongtian?! Tell him to come out!" Yuanshi Tianzun demanded in a hoarse voice, his eyes horrifying.
"He just left—I—I really don't know—"
Lingbao Tianzun looked utterly helpless as Yuanshi Tianzun grabbed him by the collar. If only he could defeat him...
"Hm? His aura is on Golden Ao Island. Ah—there are formation discs!!
Tell me where he is, or tell me the method for stacking formation discs." Yuanshi Tianzun beckoned and seized an aura formation disc. He was practically losing his mind.
Recently, he had been researching this stacking method nonstop. With his attainment in formations, he could stack up to ten million layers, but the formation discs Tongtian had left him contained far more layers than that.
To break through Tongtian's formation discs, he had no idea how many times he had been blown up recently. The most crucial thing was that such stacking consumed an absurd amount of primordial spirit power. Even a dignified Saint like him could no longer endure it.
He refused to believe Tongtian's level could reach such heights. Tongtian definitely possessed some special method.
Hearing this, Lingbao Tianzun said nothing. He silently summoned one-third of his Merit Golden Bodies.
A full five hundred Merit Golden Bodies—
"Second Brother, take your time researching..."
Yuanshi Tianzun stared stupidly. That worked too? He looked at Lingbao Tianzun with bewilderment.
Lingbao Tianzun merely nodded at him, pried open his hand with his own, and sighed toward the sky. "I don't know either. I really know nothing."
Yuanshi Tianzun: ...
A secret realm on Kunlun Mountain.
Li Er looked at Black Dog in satisfaction. He had engraved another tiny billion divine runes inside Black Dog's body, enough to keep anyone from tracking him.
Black Dog stood up and examined his body from top to bottom. Feeling the surging power of divine runes within himself, the corners of his mouth couldn't help curling upward.
But in the next instant, the fur along his back stood on end.
"Dig dig... Woof woof... Little Master... That person is here again!!"
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