Ying Chong emerged from the rear hall and returned to the main hall of Rainbow Hall, where he considered how to deal with Celestial Xia.
Although Lone Yang and the others had permitted him to draw upon Upper Firmament Heaven's magical artifacts, they were of very limited help to him here—better than nothing, at most. On the other hand, he could freely relocate those affiliated sects to other Heavenly Domains, allowing his arrangements to become somewhat more flexible. That was precisely what he wanted.
He ordered someone to summon the white-robed boy and said, "I can decide to give you everything you previously requested. But you must continue obstructing those Celestial Xia cultivators as before. There is no need to kill or injure anyone. So long as you keep harassing them without cease and report the whereabouts of every Celestial Xia cultivator to me, that will suffice."
The white-robed boy stood blankly for a moment before saying, "Fine." He stretched out both hands and held them open toward him. "Give me the things first."
Ying Chong took a three-foot-long golden ruyi from the table. With a casual wave, an auspicious cloud flew over, and a crane-necked bottle descended from within it to land at his feet. Its mouth stood far higher than the white-robed boy's head. He said, "Take it."
The white-robed boy stepped forward and embraced it. The crane-necked bottle seemed to have been kneaded into his body. After another brief pause, he said, "Doing it now."
Ying Chong nodded.
With the evil gods harassing them, he could temporarily delay the Celestial Xia cultivators' steps. Moreover, through those evil gods, he could accurately learn where the Celestial Xia Profound Venerables had gone and make arrangements in advance.
With these conditions in place, the plans he had been forming in