After carefully listening to the intelligence reports from Bei Huyun and Jimo Ying and collecting a new mask from Zhu Dao Essence's research institute, I handed over both the Profound Heaven Gourd and the Bloodthirsty Lotus. After all, the Sword Song Insects obtained from the White Cloud Sword Sect still had to be arranged by Han Shanshan, and the books for Linglong and Pure Lotus to study had yet to be copied. They needed to escort Yun Bingxin back to the main altar in the Heaven One Realm together.
After finishing that, I went to the Di sisters and arranged their next tasks. I also met my newly accepted disciple, Jiufang Su. Only then did I set off for the northern region with Zeng Zixian, who wore a face full of reluctance.
This time, I chose the increasingly powerful Earthfire Heaven-Burning Furnace as our means of transport. This treasure had come from Zhang Zhenyun and was a terrifying starfield treasure of the Dao Alliance. Once fully charged, its output was even more frightening than the Bloodthirsty Lotus. Now it was being used as a vehicle, and it was quite convenient. It could also expand or shrink at will, and its appearance was rather imposing. From a distance, the furnace's surface looked blue-black, heavy, and ferocious—enough to make ordinary immortals take a detour upon seeing it.
Zeng Zixian glanced at Gulong Xiu, then at me, and said, "Big brother, you suddenly bringing me along like this—if you're planning to have me do some dirty work at the Gulong family, just say so. Don't leave me fretting over it."
"Restore Miss Gulong's Dao body first. I'll question you slowly afterward." I spoke without expression. Zeng Zixian looked dejected. "I'm at least the Zeng family's representative here, yet you summon me when you