An Ill-Intentioned Mortal Immortal

"Um..." Xiao Hua looked at Immortal Chu, hesitated, and said, "Brother Chu, since you are so honest with me, I can't hide too much either. I didn't reach the Immortal Realm through the Side Gate like you. I am a genuine..."

"Haha, even better!" Immortal Chu laughed heartily, clapping his hands. "Since Fellow Daoist Zhang is an Ascended Immortal, I am even happier. I will have to rely on you more in the future. I'm not afraid of others watching me anymore when I go to the Immortal Market. Oh, right, tomorrow I've arranged for a few fellow Immortals to explore a dangerous place. Having you participate will increase our chances."

"That's natural!" Xiao Hua smiled slightly and pointed to the Crystallized Earth Jade Bear on the ground. "Brother Chu, you are the first Immortal I met after entering the Immortal Realm. We should naturally support each other. This Crystallized Earth Jade Bear is a small gift I brought to you when I visited."

"Haha, good, good!" Immortal Chu was even more delighted. He accepted the Crystallized Earth Jade Bear and then raised his hand. "Please, Fellow Daoist Zhang."

The cave was not deep. After walking for three to five thousand feet, they reached the end. Xiao Hua moved aside slightly, and Immortal Chu took out a thorn-like object from his bag. Immortal Chu pointed his hand, and the object emitted a faint white light, floating in mid-air. Immortal Chu formed hand seals, and faint silver-white light threads emerged from his hands. As he flicked his hands, the light threads fell into the thorn-like object. The object gradually emitted emerald green light rays. These light rays swirled around for a moment within more than ten such points, then suddenly shot out from six of the thorns, striking six locations on the stone wall.

Seeing ripples appear in six places, the entire stone wall revealed a portal. Immortal Chu smiled, "This Immortal Artifact is called the Heavenly Mechanism Tiger. It requires different incantations at different times. If the incantation is wrong, this portal will not appear. Fellow Daoist Zhang, you are the first fellow Immortal to visit my humble abode. Please..."

Xiao Hua looked at the dark portal and smiled, "Brother Chu, you are the host. How can I go first? Please, Brother Chu..."

"Alright, alright!" Immortal Chu nodded and took the lead to walk forward.

"Oh, right..." Xiao Hua suddenly asked again, "There is no Osmanthus Moon here anymore, so do I still need to wear the pearl garment?"

Immortal Chu was startled. He looked at Xiao Hua and replied, "After the Osmanthus Moon comes the White Gazing Moon. The moonlight of the White Gazing Moon is harmless to fellow Immortals. However, the residual moonlight from the Autumn Hair Moon and Osmanthus Moon at night still affects fellow Immortals. My humble abode also has these residues. Of course, if you feel you can endure it, you don't have to wear it!"

"I see, I understand now!" Xiao Hua took off the pearl garment and smiled. "This item is precious, so I'll keep it for a crucial moment later. Oh, right, does the daytime sun also harm me?"

"Some are harmful, some are not..." Immortal Chu turned back and entered the portal, flicking his fingers as he answered, "Let's talk after Fellow Daoist Zhang comes in."

As Immortal Chu flicked his fingers, the stone wall of the cave emitted a radiant light. Upon closer inspection, they were several fist-sized crystal stones.

Xiao Hua smiled, "These crystal stones are probably like the moon essence stones in the mortal world..."

Just as he finished speaking, several loud "boom boom boom" sounds erupted from above and below Xiao Hua. Within a triangular area of over ten feet on the stone wall above, dark green light overflowed. Within this light, fist-sized runes tumbled wildly, forming a giant net that descended from the sky. As for below, those runes transformed into over a hundred ropes, coiling like pythons. Each of these restraints sealed the space around Xiao Hua!

Xiao Hua's expression changed drastically. He retreated rapidly, but only managed to move a few dozen feet before a "clang" sound echoed. A wall of blades formed by over a hundred sharp daggers pressed down like a mountain...

"Fellow Immortal Chu..." Xiao Hua shouted, "What are you doing?"

As he spoke, Xiao Hua took out his Ruyi Scepter and swung it desperately, as if trying to break the restraining force.

Seeing Xiao Hua's flustered state, Immortal Chu laughed heartily, "So-called Fellow Daoist Zhang, you haven't been to the Immortal Market and don't know what a Scattered Infant Body without a soul means. I was just worrying about how to gather some Immortal Spiritual Crystals to give to the Feathered Immortals, and you've come to my doorstep. Isn't this an opportunity given by the Heavenly Dao? Fellow Immortal, don't blame me for being ruthless. Rather than letting you fall into someone else's hands, it's better for me to extinguish your soul and fulfill my wish for Tai Ming Yu Wan Heaven..."

"Hmm..." Xiao Hua heard this, stopped panicking, and nodded. "Since that's the case, I am relieved! You can die now!"

"Oh?" Immortal Chu sneered coldly, contempt showing at the corner of his mouth. "I'd like to see..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Hua abandoned his Ruyi Scepter, formed hand seals with both hands, and a rumbling thunderous sound erupted. Thunderous Might transformed into a five-colored giant hand that grabbed out. Where the hand passed, the dark green net and the over a hundred python-like ropes were destroyed like crushing withered bones. Not only that, but the fist-sized runes that were destroyed were also completely annihilated in the grip of the giant hand with a "puff puff" sound!

Seeing the blade wall attacking from behind, Xiao Hua activated his Misty Steps and lunged towards Immortal Chu, smashing down his Ruyi Scepter with a "whoosh"!

Immortal Chu was truly startled, but he wasn't overly panicked. He waved his hands and summoned a scythe-like Immortal Artifact he had been holding.

"Swish swish swish..." As soon as the Immortal Artifact was unleashed, its power was indeed different. A mountain-like light instantly blocked Xiao Hua. Seeing the illusions within each light, some icy cold, some fiery hot, some black flames, Xiao Hua dared not be careless and swung his Five Elements Ruyi Sky-reaching Staff with all his might.

"One force breaks ten thousand methods" was indeed true. With a "boom..." sound, all the blade shadows were annihilated. What surprised Immortal Chu even more was that the Five Elements Ruyi Sky-reaching Staff was handled with ease by Xiao Hua. After destroying the blade shadows, it lightly tapped the scythe-like Immortal Artifact, and with a flash of the staff's shadow, it struck directly towards his forehead.

"Fellow Immortal, spare my life..." Immortal Chu cried out, waving his large sleeve. A silver light, like a dazzling sun, burst from his body. His figure then melted into the ground as if his bones had been removed!

Hearing Immortal Chu's plea, Xiao Hua hesitated. After all, Immortal Chu's situation was pitiable, and Xiao Hua had no intention of taking his life. However, before Xiao Hua could retract his Ruyi Scepter, "swish swish swish" golden-yellow chains, as thick as a fist, shot out from beneath Xiao Hua's feet like venomous snakes, immediately binding his lower body.

"Fine!" Xiao Hua sighed slightly, and his Ruyi Scepter smashed down with a roar!

The silver light was mixed with runes bearing many black patterns. These runes exploded with a roar upon contact, possessing immense power. They were likely Immortal Chu's life-saving items. Unfortunately, this explosive sound did not affect the descent of the Ruyi Scepter at all. It was truly like a mountain crashing down, and the Ruyi Scepter struck the light shadow where Immortal Chu had almost merged into the ground!

"Ah!" A piercing scream was heard. The light shadow shattered, and countless dark green mist emerged. Within the mist, a Nascent Soul, which had just appeared, was also struck and dissipated. Moments later, a "puff" of blood light splattered again! As the mess cleared, Immortal Chu's corpse was revealed on the ground!

Xiao Hua looked at Immortal Chu's corpse and sighed, "Alas, you stood outside the cave babbling so much, and only invited me in at the end. How could I not know you had ulterior motives? I even tried to warn you, why did you have to make a move? Immortal Spiritual Crystals are important, but life is more important!"

"Pfft," Xiao Hua spat out Five-Colored Divine Fire. This fire was incredibly arrogant in the Four Great Continents, but here it was like a weak little flame, appearing as if it couldn't adapt to the environment. After burning the corpse with the Five-Colored Divine Fire, Xiao Hua examined the items left behind by Immortal Chu.

First was a black robe, of unknown material. Xiao Hua found it fit him well. Then there was a chain carved with dragon patterns, likely the last one Immortal Chu summoned, which Xiao Hua also tied around his waist. Xiao Hua also collected the scythe-like Immortal Artifact. Afterward, Xiao Hua's gaze fell upon a crystal talisman. This talisman had some plum blossom-like patterns, with cloud-like light flowing within. Its purpose was unknown. Xiao Hua took out the Heavenly Plum Token he obtained on the Yilin Continent and compared them. The plum blossom patterns were completely different, and they seemed to have no connection.

Xiao Hua was accustomed to collecting things and casually put them into a space.

Finally, Xiao Hua picked up the bag that Immortal Chu had tied to his waist. Opening it, Xiao Hua smiled and said, "This is a storage bag. I just don't know what it's called in the Immortal Realm."

Given Immortal Chu's character and actions, his Hundred-Gathering Bag naturally contained many items. Xiao Hua looked through them one by one, then took out some Ink Immortal Pupils from inside and examined them closely for several hours. When Xiao Hua opened his eyes, he took out a large, dark iron-like spherical object from the Hundred-Gathering Bag and frowned, "According to Chu Yu, this spherical object, along with that crystal talisman, were found by him in Yunmeng Marsh. Their origins are unknown, but it seems these two items will be useful later."

Carefully placing the spherical object and the crystal talisman back into the Hundred-Gathering Bag and storing them in his space, Xiao Hua then looked around the cave again. Chu Yu was very meticulous; there was almost nothing in the cave, and everything was in his Hundred-Gathering Bag. Then Xiao Hua thought to himself, "Chu Yu had quite a few things, but the vast majority were low-level items. Not only was there no Nascent Soul cultivation technique that I urgently need, but there wasn't even a common Mortal Immortal cultivation technique. It seems I'll have to use Immortal Spiritual Crystals to buy them at the Immortal Market. However, he does have some Residue Cleansing Pills here. I wonder if taking them can supplement my Immortal Spiritual Energy. These simple Flight Techniques and basic Immortal Arts are also something I need to familiarize myself with first."

The Residue Cleansing Pills were thumb-sized, dark pills that smelled somewhat fishy and foul. If not for the mention in Chu Yu's Ink Immortal Pupils, Xiao Hua would have definitely mistaken them for poison. Xiao Hua put a Residue Cleansing Pill into his mouth, and a foul, fishy smell filled his mouth and nose. Then, the pill transformed into Immortal Spiritual Energy and seeped into Xiao Hua's body.

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