Inside the cave.
Seeing Mu Qing stare at him in astonishment, the chubby boy forced himself to explain, "You have no idea how deranged Lei Ting is!"
"Don't be fooled by how pretty she is. After she caught me, she whipped me again and again!"
"Who the hell knows how she did it... That lightning whip could actually strike me through the Nine Heavens Divine Dragon Barrier!"
"It couldn't kill me, but the pain was unbearable, and she beat me up for a full three months!"
The chubby boy wore a look of grief and indignation as he roared, "Three months! A whole three months! I wanted to kill myself, but that lunatic only got happier the more she whipped me!"
There was one crucial detail he had not said aloud: Lei Ting had stripped him down to nothing but his underwear before beating him up.
Mu Qing patted the chubby boy on the shoulder, somewhat moved.
His impression of the fellow had changed a little. He had been beaten up for three months and still had not revealed those great secrets of the Ancient Immortal Realm.
That was no easy feat!
The chubby boy froze, not knowing what to say.
"Enough. We should get moving too. We can't let those Heavenly Court bastards get there first and snatch away those immortal spiritual items!"
Mu Qing's expression turned grave.
The Heavenly Court Divine Emperors had suddenly made their move, which meant they were already fully confident that they could enter the golden lake and seize the Immortal Grass, Immortal Flowers... perhaps even Immortal Fruits!
Lei Ming had entered the golden lake once before and obtained an Immortal Fruit, but he had not gone in again afterward, because the golden lake held dangers sufficient to claim his life!
Now that Lei