Treading the Ground to Rescue Someone

"I have a way to break through this stone wall, but you can't expect me to do all the work for free, can you?"

Ling Xi said leisurely.

"I want seventy percent of the Mysterious Yellow Quenching Spirit Milk inside. The three of you can each have ten percent."

"That's way too greedy!"

Cao Ying couldn't help saying.

She'd learned about the Mysterious Yellow Quenching Spirit Milk from Xuan Kongzi. Now she could only get ten percent, so naturally, she found that hard to accept.

"Then we can stand here and stare at each other. Once you've left, I'll take all of it for myself."

Ling Xi rolled his eyes and made as if to leave.

"You!"

Cao Ying stomped her foot in frustration.

"My sister and I have no objections to that arrangement."

Dan Xuan sighed.

"If not for Brother Ling, my sister and I would have had to use our Teleportation Jade Talismans to leave. We wouldn't even have gotten a chance at the Mysterious Yellow Quenching Spirit Milk."

"Brother Dan, you're a man of your word!"

Ling Xi gave Dan Xuan a thumbs-up, then glanced at Cao Ying.

"Miss Cao, what do you say?"

"Fine, you win. I'll take ten percent!"

Cao Ying gritted her teeth.

"Those who know when to yield are the truly wise. Miss Cao, you're quite generous after all."

Ling Xi clapped twice, his face brightening with satisfaction.

"Enough of that nonsense. Get on with it."

Seeing Ling Xi looking so smug, Cao Ying wanted to go over and bite him twice.

Ling Xi said nothing. He simply waved a hand, and the golden Heavenly Demon Puppet appeared beside him.

"This is... a puppet?"

Dan Xuan and Cao Ying were both well-informed. After looking the Heavenly Demon Puppet over for a moment, they spoke in unison.

Only Dan Chen still looked puzzled.

"If this puppet can knock out a seventh-rank Mysterious Armored Dragon Turtle with one punch, does that mean its strength has reached the Dou Zong level... or even Dou Venerate?"

Dan Xuan stared at the Heavenly Demon Puppet, his eyes shining with disbelief.

Whether one was a Dou Zong or a Dou Venerate, they were already counted among the strong cultivators of the Dou Qi Continent.

The fact that Ling Xi had a puppet with such strength was truly astonishing.

"Ling Xi, who exactly are you?"

Cao Ying looked at him with a complicated expression.

"I'm just an ordinary person."

Ling Xi smiled and waved his hand, then pointed to the Heavenly Demon Puppet beside him.

"We'd better get farther away, so we don't get caught in the crossfire."

With that, he darted backward. The other three followed suit.

They retreated all the way out of the cave.

BOOM!

The instant the four of them left the cave, a deafening crash rang out, and a powerful shockwave swept from within.

They could barely keep their footing. It was as if the entire mountain had violently shuddered.

"Cough, cough. I thought the cave was going to collapse."

Cao Ying covered her mouth and nose, her legs still a little unsteady from the shockwave.

"I can't believe a puppet has that kind of strength."

Dan Xuan and Dan Chen looked shaken, too.

"The wall's broken. Let's go take a look."

Ling Xi, who was connected to the Heavenly Demon Puppet, spoke at once.

The four of them didn't bother wondering whether the cave might collapse. They immediately hurried back inside.

When they reached the end, they found that the stone wall that had blocked their way had been smashed open, leaving a passage.

"So it really was hollow inside. I knew my teacher wouldn't lie to me."

Cao Ying's face lit up with delight.

"Let's go."

After putting the Heavenly Demon Puppet away in his Nakai Ring, Ling Xi stood at the entrance and looked inside for a moment before walking in.

Cao Ying and the others hurried after him.

Guided by the light of their flames, they walked through the cave for a while before the view before them suddenly brightened.

Ling Xi narrowed his eyes slightly. When he took in the scene, a look of astonishment crossed his face.

Before the four of them stretched an underground world bathed in mysterious yellow light.

Every stone in the cavern shimmered with a mysterious yellow glow.

"Is this the Mysterious Yellow Earth Vein?"

After a long moment, Dan Xuan couldn't help exclaiming.

"This place is truly a work of divine creation."

"Save the admiration for later. Let's find the Mysterious Yellow Quenching Spirit Milk."

Ling Xi looked around, then slowly headed deeper into the cavern.

The farther they went, the brighter the mysterious yellow light grew.

The four of them explored the underground world for some time before finally stopping.

Before them hung wisps of dense Mysterious Yellow Earth Qi, so thick it seemed almost solid.

"I've heard that this Mysterious Yellow Earth Qi has some connection to the Mysterious Yellow Flame, ranked twenty-third on the Heavenly Flame Ranking."

Ling Xi looked at the nearly solid mass of Mysterious Yellow Earth Qi and clicked his tongue.

"It's a pity this place is only a space created by the Pill Tower. Otherwise, perhaps after ten thousand years, a Mysterious Yellow Flame might truly be born here."

"Every Heavenly Flame is a divine treasure formed by heaven and earth over ten thousand years. It's not so easy for one to appear."

Cao Ying shook her head, her voice tinged with emotion.

Her flame was called the Blood Demon Flame Fire, formed from the condensed blood essence of thousands of fire-type Magical Beasts.

In terms of flames, it was arguably the strongest among them.

But it still couldn't compare to a Heavenly Flame.

They went on a little farther and finally spotted a pool of viscous, mysterious yellow liquid on a huge, slightly concave stone.

The dense Mysterious Yellow Earth Qi around them had spread from this very spot.

"This tiny pool of Mysterious Yellow Quenching Spirit Milk is barely an inch deep. Who knows how long it took to form?"

Ling Xi shook his head at the small amount before them.

"Mysterious Yellow Quenching Spirit Milk is a primary ingredient in some Seventh-grade and even Eighth-grade pills. Taking it directly can also increase the strength of one's soul."

Dan Xuan stared at the mysterious yellow liquid, his eyes burning with desire. He swallowed and continued, "This stuff is a rare treasure that can only be found by chance. Naturally, it's extremely difficult to form."

"Let's collect it first, then divide it up. How about that?"

Ling Xi looked at the other three.

"Agreed!"

All three nodded at once.

Ling Xi didn't waste any more words. He took out a jade spoon from his Nakai Ring and carefully scooped the viscous yellow liquid into a jade bottle.

There wasn't much Mysterious Yellow Quenching Spirit Milk. Ling Xi had only filled two bottles before the pool was nearly empty.

"What's wrong? Aren't you going to take all of it?"

Cao Ying frowned when Ling Xi stopped.

There was clearly more than another tenth of the Mysterious Yellow Quenching Spirit Milk left in the stone basin.

"I'm leaving that for the Mysterious Armored Dragon Turtle. Count it as part of my share."

Ling Xi carefully fitted a jade stopper onto the bottle.

"Who knows how many years that Mysterious Armored Dragon Turtle spent digging its lair and guarding this stuff?"

"If we took every last bit, that would be going too far."

Ling Xi paused, then chuckled.

"Leave some room in what you do, and you'll have a chance to meet again someday."