Just like that, Xuanxiao arrived at Penglai Island together with Fuxi and Nuwa. Xuanxiao said, "Empress Wa, wait here for a moment. I'll go back and get some Breathing Soil." With that, he tore open space and arrived at Kunlun Mountain. Inside the Daoist Palace, he shouted, "Who? Who dares steal my Breathing Soil?"
That shout startled Laozi, who was refining pills. He nearly blew up the furnace and immediately came to Xuanxiao's Daoist Palace, asking, "Xiao'er, why such a huge reaction?"
Xuanxiao put on a mournful face and said, "Eldest Uncle, help me calculate who stole my Breathing Soil. There's only this little left for planting Gourd Babies, and I still have an important use for it."
Laozi was speechless. "You didn't set up any formations in this Daoist Palace?"
Xuanxiao scratched his head. "I only set up a spirit-gathering formation. I didn't set up an anti-theft one."
Laozi chuckled. "Then this is troublesome. Under the cover of Saintly Might, the Heavenly Secrets are concealed, making deductions difficult. However, the Daoist Palace of Immortal Chang'er Dingguang is filled with earth-element energy. He might be the one who did it."
When Xuanxiao heard this, he grew furious and thought, Damn rabbit, you dared steal my Breathing Soil? With that thought, Xuanxiao headed straight for Immortal Chang'er Dingguang's cave abode. "Chang'er, come out!"
A red-eyed, fair-faced young man came out and said, "Senior Brother, what brings you here?"
Xuanxiao asked, "Chang'er, tell me honestly. Have you been to my Daoist Palace recently?"
Immortal Chang'er Dingguang scratched his head. "Senior Brother, I did take the Breathing Soil from your Daoist Palace to cultivate earth-element techniques, but I truly didn't know that Daoist Palace was yours."
Xuanxiao nodded. "That's called confessing without being questioned. Hurry up and return my Breathing Soil."
Immortal Chang'er Dingguang scratched his head again. "The Nine Heavens Breathing Soil has already had its earth-element energy absorbed by me. It can't be used anymore... How about we just let this go?"
Xuanxiao immediately raised his hand and pressed it onto Immortal Chang'er Dingguang's shoulder. "You've got some nerve, daring to sneak into my Daoist Palace and steal things. Come on, we're going to Shangqing Palace to have this judged."
Before long, in Shangqing Palace, Xuanxiao said to Tongtian, "Old Father, your disciple came into my Daoist Palace and ruined my Nine Heavens Breathing Soil. You can't just ignore this."
Tongtian looked at Chang'er. "You went to your Eldest Senior Brother's Daoist Palace to steal things?"
Immortal Chang'er Dingguang explained, "Master, I didn't know that was Eldest Senior Brother's Daoist Palace. I thought someone was just bragging. Besides, who told him not to set up even a defensive formation?"
Xuanxiao was speechless. "What nonsense. My Daoist Palace has always stood on Kunlun Mountain. This is our own territory, and there are only two Saints here. Could I have imagined that someone would dare go to my Daoist Palace and take things at will? Old Father, are you going to deal with this or not? If you won't, I'll eat roasted rabbit."
Tongtian was helpless as well. He thought, This... What should I do? They're only some spiritual objects. I'll just smooth things over. With that in mind, Tongtian said, "The ignorant are not guilty. How about punishing him by making him enter seclusion for ten thousand years without coming out?"
Xuanxiao was unconvinced. "The Nine Heavens Breathing Soil isn't an ordinary object. I still have an important use for it. That's all? No way. Chang'er can't return the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, and I won't let him off today."
Tongtian was speechless. He transmitted to Xuanxiao, "Xiao'er, there's no need to go this far. The Interception Sect has only just been established. I can't bear to heavily punish a disciple at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm."
Xuanxiao transmitted back, "He even dared to steal from my Daoist Palace. Who knows how much trouble he'll cause in the future? Keeping him around is just keeping a source of trouble. Killing him would be for the best." What he was really thinking was, I might let another Junior Brother off, but I've wanted to kill this Long-eared Rabbit for a long time. I finally caught him with an excuse. I'm not done until he's dead today.
As father and son argued through voice transmissions within the Sea of Consciousness, a burst of childish voices suddenly came from Xuanxiao's Daoist Palace. It turned out that the Gourd Babies had landed.
Sensing that the Gourd Babies had landed, Xuanxiao said, "Old Father, keep an eye on Chang'er. This matter isn't over. I have something to deal with. I'll come back and handle him later."
Tongtian said to Chang'er, "Go back to your Daoist Palace and face the wall. Whatever you do, don't let your Eldest Senior Brother catch you, or you're finished."
Inside the Daoist Palace, Xuanxiao looked at the seven bouncing little brats in front of him. Each had a small gourd perched on his head, and all of them possessed Golden Immortal cultivation. Laughing, he said, "You were all grown from seeds I planted. From now on, just call me adoptive father. In a moment, I'll teach you a formation. If anyone comes here and takes things without permission, you little guys beat him up. Got it?"
The pink little baby said, "Got it! Don't worry, adoptive father."
Seeing that the Gourd Babies had been born, Xuanxiao took the Breathing Soil used to plant the gourds and made do with it for now. He thought, I'll deal with that rabbit after the creation of humans is finished. There's no rush. I shouldn't keep Fuxi and Nuwa waiting too long.
"Ding. To prevent the host from forgetting, a quest has been issued: kill Immortal Chang'er Dingguang. Reward: the high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, Mountain-Splitting Axe." Within the system space, a certain mature woman casually issued a quest.
"Don't worry. This rabbit is dead for sure. I said so. Not even Old Father can stop me." Muttering to himself, Xuanxiao vanished and headed for Penglai.
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