I put away the Three Thousand Burning Flame, turned to Elder Zhu Li, and smiled. "Elder, thank you."
Elder Zhu Li smiled warmly. "Nalan Fellow Daoist, you rendered Eastern Dragon Island a great service. What is a mere Exotic Flame worth?"
I laughed. Obtaining this Three Thousand Burning Flame was truly an unexpected delight, so I did not take much else from the treasure vault...
I only took a tiny little bit.
More importantly, I gathered some medicinal herbs from within, planning to return to Eastern Dragon Island to refine pills for Zi Yan's recovery.
"Eh, Brother Zhu Mu, look at that gourd. Wasn't it seized from Western Dragon Island when the Southern Dragon King attacked you last time?"
Suddenly, Xuan Mo pointed at an emerald-green gourd in the treasure vault.
Zhu Mu looked astonished. "It really is the Gauze Green Gourd! This supreme treasure only bore fruit after I cultivated it for over a thousand years. The Southern Dragon King snatched it away last time, yet I never expected to see it again today!"
"So it really belongs to Brother Zhu Mu. Quickly, take it back!"
Xuan Mo hurriedly picked up the gourd and stuffed it into Zhu Mu's hands. The latter did not stand on ceremony at all, casually slipping it into his Ring of Holding before pointing at a Yellow Bell Great Bell nearby and saying angrily:
"Brother Xuan Mo, wasn't this the congratulatory gift you gave the Southern Dragon King for his last birthday? The Southern Dragon King committed every evil imaginable. How could you give him a gift? Wasn't that aiding a tyrant in his wickedness?"
Xuan Mo immediately looked ashamed. "Brother Zhu Mu is right to reprimand me. How could such a gift benefit that False King, the Southern Dragon King? I'll take it