Yuanzi

"Mmm..." The Immortal waved his sleeve, and several green, flower-shaped lights supported Xiao Hua and Jing Sheng's arms. He said, "I am Yuanzi. Ancestor Hu Ji entrusted me to come and check on the Toad Faced Toad today..."

Upon hearing this, Jing Sheng was overjoyed. He quickly and fawningly said, "So it's Senior Yuanzi. With your help today, we are sure to succeed with flying colors."

"Heh heh..." Yuanzi smiled slightly and got straight to the point, "Although Hu Ji has already made arrangements with you, he feels he doesn't have absolute certainty. Since I am taking action now..."

Without waiting for Yuanzi to finish, Jing Sheng glanced at Xiao Hua and immediately said, "Everything will be as Senior commands. We have no objections whatsoever."

"This junior also has no objections," Xiao Hua said, though he was grumbling inwardly. Chu Yu had only mentioned it was a dangerous place, and Jing Sheng hadn't mentioned anything about a Toad Faced Toad. Now, hearing about it, Xiao Hua thought of that toad whose croak could shatter a person's soul. Xiao Hua was afraid of that toad, so how could he dare to face a Toad Faced Toad that even Jing Sheng and Chu Yu together couldn't defeat?

"Haha, good!" Yuanzi laughed heartily and, with a wave of his hand, two small purple bells landed in front of Xiao Hua and Jing Sheng. He said, "Since you are so sensible, I won't let you come here for nothing. These are the Soul Suppressing Bells that Hu Ji asked me to bring you."

"Senior Hu is truly trustworthy!" Jing Sheng flattered him with a small compliment and took the Soul Suppressing Bells.

"The Soul Suppressing Bells contain the Immortal Arts for their use. You can examine them yourselves!" Yuanzi continued, "The Toad Faced Toad is a great connoisseur of treasures. It never misses an opportunity for a treasure. Since there is a Toad Faced Toad here, there must be treasures nearby. I will take the Toad Faced Toad and the treasure it guards. If there are any others, they will be yours!"

"Alright, alright!" Jing Sheng nodded eagerly.

Yuanzi looked at Xiao Hua and Jing Sheng and said, "I will scout the surroundings. You two familiarize yourselves with the Soul Suppressing Bells first. When I return, you will lead me there!"

Watching Yuanzi leave, Jing Sheng looked at Xiao Hua, his tone somewhat dejected, "I hope there will be more treasures inside the Toad Faced Toad's lair!"

Xiao Hua shrugged and replied, "Probably!"

Afterward, Xiao Hua and Jing Sheng each found a place to sit. Jing Sheng used his Emanated Thought to investigate, while Xiao Hua directly sent the Soul Suppressing Bell into his spatial dimension to examine it. After understanding the function of the Soul Suppressing Bell, Xiao Hua was overjoyed. This item was used to protect the soul from the Toad Faced Toad's attacks, which was exactly what Xiao Hua urgently needed. Unfortunately, Xiao Hua also knew that after this matter, the Soul Suppressing Bell would have to be returned to Yuanzi.

While lamenting this, Xiao Hua familiarized himself with the Immortal Arts for activating the Soul Suppressing Bell.

Ordinary Immortal Arts in the Immortal Realm were similar to cultivation techniques in the mortal world, but they were more complex and required more precise application of Immortal Power. This was nothing for Xiao Hua, who possessed the Nascent Soul Body. It only took him about half a cup of tea's time to be able to activate it.

Putting away the Soul Suppressing Bell, Xiao Hua looked at Jing Sheng not far away and secretly pondered, "Should I take this opportunity to build a good relationship with Senior Yuanzi and see if I can get some benefits?"

However, this thought flashed by. Xiao Hua clearly knew that there was no free lunch in this world. Even a Bigu Pill required a price.

"Perhaps I can find an opportunity to test Jing Sheng and see where the Immortal Market is."

After another incense stick's worth of time, Jing Sheng flew over. He looked around, somewhat worried, "Senior Yuanzi hasn't returned yet?"

"If he had returned, fellow Immortal Jing would have seen him!" Xiao Hua replied indifferently.

Jing Sheng lowered his voice, "To be honest, fellow Immortal Chu, I am a little worried."

"What is there to be worried about?" Xiao Hua retorted.

"Fellow Immortal Jing discussed many details with Senior Hu Ji before..." Jing Sheng said with a wry smile. "Senior Yuanzi definitely won't ask me about them again. I'm just afraid something unexpected might happen when we go in. Oh, it's the place where you were in danger last time. You said Senior Yuanzi... can he get past it?"

"If Chu couldn't get past it, Senior Yuanzi definitely can!"

"Mm, I hope I'm just being overly cautious!" Jing Sheng gave Xiao Hua a meaningful glance, but his gaze was blocked by his Black Robes, so Xiao Hua was unaware.

"When are you going to the Immortal Market, fellow Immortal Jing?" Xiao Hua asked casually, looking into the distance.

"Didn't we just go last time?" Jing Sheng was startled and asked curiously, "Could it be that your Residue Cleansing Pills have run out, fellow Immortal Chu?"

"No, no..." Xiao Hua quickly covered up, "Fellow Immortal Chu wants to look for something more to his liking."

"Let's wait until this matter here is resolved!" Jing Sheng said. "If we don't get any treasures, how can we trade with others? Oh, right, can you give me some of your Residue Cleansing Pills? I'm afraid they might be useful once we go in."

"I'm sorry!" Xiao Hua refused without thinking, "Fellow Immortal Chu doesn't have many Residue Cleansing Pills left, so I'm afraid I can't give them all to you, fellow Immortal Jing."

"Heh heh..." Jing Sheng chuckled and said no more. Listening to this laugh, Xiao Hua felt an inexplicable pang of guilt and didn't dare to speak further with Jing Sheng.

After a full meal's time, Yuanzi returned. Without a word, he directly asked Jing Sheng and Xiao Hua to lead him to the dangerous area.

Five thousand li west of Jueyu Pool was an area covered in wetlands. The numerous wetlands looked extremely similar, and there were no mountains or trees nearby. High in the sky, there was often gray mist that obscured clear vision, making it easy to get lost. Especially when Xiao Hua flew over the wetlands with Jing Sheng, he occasionally released his divine sense and was surprised to find that there were many spatial rifts of various shapes and sizes above the wetlands. These rifts were very hidden, and one could easily fall into them if not careful.

Seeing Jing Sheng fly through a mass of three-colored clouds and mist, making a nimble turn downwards in mid-air, Yuanzi laughed heartily, "So it's here! No wonder Hu Ji insisted I find you..."

Yuanzi's figure flickered, and with a series of "poof" sounds, he consecutively broke through three to five spatial rifts and charged towards a mountain peak, only a thousand zhang tall, that had just appeared below the clouds.

"Wait a moment, Senior..." Jing Sheng shouted, quickly urging his figure to chase after him. "There's a..."

"Boom..." Before Jing Sheng could finish speaking, a green wood, as thick as several zhang, flew out from Yuanzi's sleeve. It was like a green dragon soaring through the sky, causing the space to resonate. The green wood struck a mountain-like giant rock, several hundred zhang in size, hundreds of zhang ahead. The giant rock emitted a metallic ringing sound. A small half of the giant rock was shattered, and the scattered stones of various sizes splashed outwards. The remaining larger half of the giant rock tumbled violently in mid-air, slowly deviating. As the giant rock moved, more than ten thick spatial rifts around it, like cleavers, slashed at its sides!

Yuanzi's figure shifted, transforming into a distorted light and shadow, flying over the top of the giant rock, close to a huge spatial rift. He turned to look at Jing Sheng and Xiao Hua and couldn't help but shout, "Hurry..."

Jing Sheng was somewhat dumbfounded because he had previously tested the hardness of the giant rock. Even with his sharpest Immortal Soldier, he couldn't chip off a piece of the rock. Who knew that Yuanzi could shatter the surroundings of the giant rock with just one Immortal Art?

Seeing Jing Sheng dazed, Yuanzi was displeased. With a wave of his sleeve, two green vines appeared out of thin air and landed around Jing Sheng and Xiao Hua's waists. As the vines tightened, the two felt a whistling wind, and their figures had already passed the giant rock and arrived before the mountain peak.

"Thank you, Senior," Jing Sheng said obsequiously. "There are spatial rifts around the giant rock, and the rock itself is hard. Previously, we had to climb along the edge of the rock, carefully, for fear of triggering the spatial rifts and falling into them. With Senior's divine might today, we were able to come here easily."

"Stop with the useless talk!" Yuanzi stood with his hands behind his back, looked at the not-so-tall mountain peak, and said indifferently, "Hurry and lure out the Toad Faced Toad!"

"Yes, Senior!" Jing Sheng nodded, then looked at Xiao Hua and whispered, "Fellow Immortal Chu, are you ready?"

"Ready?" Xiao Hua felt a sense of foreboding.

"Yes!" Jing Sheng asked curiously, "Didn't we discuss this before? Fellow Immortal Jing and the invited Immortal Friends will ambush outside, and you will lure the Toad Faced Toad out. When we are fighting it, you will go in first to find the treasure. Of course, with Senior Yuanzi here this time, after you find the trace of the treasure, you must not get close. Senior Yuanzi will take it first!"

"I... I..." Xiao Hua hesitated.

Jing Sheng was anxious, "Fellow Immortal Chu, it can't be that your Mie Die Blood isn't ready, can it?"

At this point, Xiao Hua's apprehension vanished. He looked at Jing Sheng thoughtfully. How could he not know that Jing Sheng had discovered he was not the real Chu Yu?

If Yuanzi had not appeared, Xiao Hua might not have been able to leave. Even if Ancestor Hu Ji had come, Xiao Hua might have risked escaping. Offending a Guiding Emissary or offending two Immortals was essentially the same to him. But the Yuanzi before him was different. Xiao Hua really wasn't confident he could escape using Light Escape in front of him.

Slightly surprised, Xiao Hua took out a crimson crystal bottle from his Hundred-Gathering Bag and said with a smile, "How could Fellow Immortal Jing's entrusted matter be neglected by Chu? However, since Chu has prepared the Mie Die Blood, shouldn't we slightly adjust the agreed-upon shares beforehand?"

Jing Sheng was stunned, then became furious, "Fellow Immortal Chu, how can you go back on your word? When did I..."

"Stop the nonsense!" Yuanzi glanced at Xiao Hua and said indifferently, "You go and lure the Toad Faced Toad. If you encounter any treasures, take them yourself first! However, after taking them, you must let me see them first. If I don't want them, then you can take them."

"Thank you, Senior!" Xiao Hua was overjoyed and, after glancing at Jing Sheng, flew down.

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