Despair in the Small World

The pharmacy shop assistant saw how foolish the antique shop assistant was and shook his head in dissatisfaction.

Chen Renfeng couldn't listen anymore. The people in this world were so wishy-washy. He blurted out, "One hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones!"

"Fellow Daoist is right. We happen to have one in stock. Do you want it?" the pharmacy shop assistant urged.

Chen Renfeng secretly thought, I seem to have fallen into a trap! These High-Grade Spirit Stones must be extremely precious here. Ancestor Lu and White Deer Supreme Immortal only gave me 2500, so I should spend them sparingly. Besides, I don't want to continue cultivating; I just want to go back quickly. My wife at home has ALS and is waiting for treatment. ALS... replenishing life force?

Chen Renfeng immediately asked, "Fellow Daoist, do you have any pills in your shop that can replenish life force or reverse aging?"

The pharmacy shop assistant replied, "We have a Life Essence Pill. It can regrow severed limbs and heal wounds in an instant. However, Fellow Daoist, as a Void Refinement Stage cultivator, you probably don't need it. A Primal Essence Pill would be more practical."

Chen Renfeng was overjoyed upon hearing this and happily asked, "What's the price for both the Life Essence Pill and the Primal Essence Pill?"

The pharmacy shop assistant, being honest, said, "A Primal Essence Pill is one hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones. I'll give you a bottle of ten Life Essence Pills for free when you buy one, buy one get ten."

Chen Renfeng cheerfully paid one hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones.

He took the Primal Essence Pill and put it into his Storage Bag. For the Life Essence Pill, he opened the jade bottle and poured out a white pill, crystal clear and containing a vast amount of life force.

He excitedly put the pill away, keeping it close to his body.

After he left the pharmacy, the antique shop assistant secretly took two High-Grade Spirit Stones from the pharmacy shop assistant.

After Chen Renfeng finished his shopping, he was about to meet up with White Crane. The antique shop assistant pestered him and dragged him to the artifact refining shop again. Chen Renfeng was tricked into buying two alchemy furnaces, two humanoid puppets, and some metal tools, formations, and talismans for making puppets.

Chen Renfeng finally got angry from being pestered, and the antique shop assistant finally left, having obtained ten High-Grade Spirit Stones. It was quite a skillful maneuver.

An hour and a half later, Chen Renfeng returned to the meeting spot with White Crane. White Crane was squatting on the ground, holding her chin with her hands. Seeing him, she rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Immortal Elder, you're so unpunctual!"

Chen Renfeng's face blushed with embarrassment. White Crane transformed into her beast form, spread her wings, and Chen Renfeng sat on her.

After White Crane took flight, she flew towards a dense forest at the foot of the mountain. After a few breaths, she stopped in front of a courtyard.

There was no wall, only a plaque hanging from two pillars, inscribed with the words "Hidden Immortal."

The courtyard was overgrown with weeds, and a path had been trodden by human feet. Ten feet inside, there were three caves, with the middle one being larger.

White Crane landed and transformed back into human form. She said indifferently, "Immortal Elder, I've put the things you bought in the kitchen."

White Crane went into the cave on the right first. After some commotion, several jars and pots were filled with Immortal Rice, Immortal Fruit, and Immortal Spring Water. There also seemed to be a jar of insects. White Crane hugged it herself and said, "Immortal Elder, I'm going back to my room to sleep. Call me if you need anything."

Chen Renfeng, being new here, decided to act low-key. Moreover, the household was so poor that they couldn't even make ends meet. White Crane had stayed by his side, so he could only nod.

The middle cave was Chen Renfeng's.

The cave had no door, only a formation. It recognized his appearance and aura and automatically opened when he approached. After Chen Renfeng entered, there was only a stone table and a stone bed. However, this stone bed was made from a single piece of High-Grade Spirit Stone, which he had seen in White Deer Immortal's study.

Chen Renfeng secretly marveled that although Chen Tuan appeared to be struggling financially, his cultivation resources were not neglected at all.

Chen Renfeng went to the cave entrance and glanced again. Seeing no one peeking, he set up another formation. He had learned all of this from Chen Tuan, and since he inherited Chen Tuan's legacy, he naturally knew how to do it.

With all preparations made, Chen Renfeng sat cross-legged on the jade bed, his hands clasped together. The Twin Fish Jade Pendant was placed in his palm. The Primordial Spirit in his dantian sea emerged from the top of his head, looking just like Chen Renfeng. It then dove into the jade pendant.

Chen Renfeng stood in the grass of the small world. He looked around but couldn't see Chen Qing or Bai Xue. Feeling anxious, he immediately shouted, "Chen Qing..."

"Bai Xue... where are you?"

Chen Renfeng walked towards the lake, calling out loudly, countless bad thoughts arising in his heart. As he reached the lakeside, he noticed a disturbance in the water and immediately probed it with his divine sense.

Suddenly, a white shadow shot out from the water. Bai Xue was holding onto it tightly, being dragged across the surface of the water at high speed.

Bai Xue shouted, "I've got you! Let's see where you run now. I'll teach you to insult me!"

The white shadow turned out to be in the shape of an infant. Chen Renfeng's divine sense had already locked onto it. This infant was the Nascent Soul of the Princess.

Unable to break free, the Princess angrily cursed, "You crazy woman, let go of me! You mortal."

Chen Renfeng's divine sense probed underwater. Chen Qing was swimming at the bottom of the water, chasing the Great General's Nascent Soul.

Chen Renfeng mobilized his magic power to freeze the space. The lake water suddenly became still. Chen Qing, Bai Xue, the Princess's Nascent Soul, and the Great General's Nascent Soul also stopped moving. The four of them rose from the lake water, suspended thirty feet high. Then, with a flick of Chen Renfeng's hand, they landed on the grass.

The restraints on Bai Xue and Chen Qing disappeared, while the other two Nascent Souls remained immobilized by magic power.

"Uncle Chen, where did you go? We've been looking for you for a long time," Bai Xue asked with concern.

Chen Renfeng didn't know how to explain. He first asked, "Bai Xue, how is your foot injury?"

"It's healed. I washed it in the lake, and it's all better. It's truly magical," Bai Xue said happily.

Chen Renfeng nodded happily upon hearing this and then asked, "How did you end up fighting these two Nascent Souls?"

"Nascent Souls?" Bai Xue and Chen Qing exchanged glances, looking at the Professor with strange eyes.

Chen Renfeng knew he couldn't hide it from them. He explained, "The green infant is the Great General's Nascent Soul, and the white infant is the Princess's Nascent Soul. They entered the small world within the jade pendant to avoid the suffering of reincarnation. How did they provoke you two?"

Bai Xue spoke first, "I was washing my feet by the lake, and this white infant called me an ugly mortal and said I dirtied the Immortal Spring Water. She called me ugly, so of course, I couldn't let her get away with it."

Chen Qing added, "This green infant overheard us talking and called me Bai Xue's lapdog, saying I couldn't scratch the itch. Of course, I couldn't let him go."

Chen Renfeng listened and shook his head with a wry smile. "Did you find a way out here?"

Hearing this, the two finally remembered the main issue and shook their heads.

Chen Renfeng sighed, "I found a way out, but unfortunately, the spiritual energy instantly surged into my body, and I... I also vanished into thin air."

"Ah! Professor, are you… are you a ghost now?" Chen Qing quickly took half a step back.

"Uncle Chen, don't scare me, who are you now?" Bai Xue also asked.

Seeing their strange expressions, Chen Renfeng helplessly sat down cross-legged on the ground, gesturing for them to sit as well.

Bai Xue sat down first, and Chen Qing sat beside her.

Chen Renfeng recounted his entire experience to the two of them, omitting the part where he used his blood to break the seal. He was afraid the two young people would rashly try it themselves.

After listening, Bai Xue began to sob, her face filled with despair.

Chen Qing stood up and shouted, "I don't want to be locked in this Immortal Realm cage! My mom is waiting for me to come home for dinner…"

"Stop crying!" Chen Renfeng roared.