Xu Qingtong cupped his fist toward the Grand Elder and said, "Take care, Grand Elder. I'll be taking my leave!"
With that, he called to his senior sister, Du Siwen, and walked out of the great hall. He summoned the Dust-Exterminating Boat and flew toward Gloomwind Valley.
Aboard the Dust-Exterminating Boat, Xu Qingtong's original body piloted the flying boat while his incarnation entered the Seven-Star Bracelet.
"Xiao Qi, do you still have any of the Yellow Springs Jade Dew we collected on Thousand Cloud Mountain last time?"
"Half a bottle! It tastes pretty good, but it doesn't do much for my current cultivation anymore. I can only have it as a snack!" Xiao Qi said.
"Since you don't have a use for it anymore, let me use it!"
"Huh? Master, are you going to practice a ghost-path cultivation technique?" Xiao Qi asked in shock.
"Why would I practice a ghost-path cultivation technique? I have a piece of Flesh Lingzhi here, and I want to try feeding it Yellow Springs Jade Dew!"
"Master, you have Flesh Lingzhi?" Xiao Qi asked. "Where did you get it?"
"I asked the Witch Clan's Grand Elder for it. What, you know about Flesh Lingzhi?"
"Flesh Lingzhi is good stuff! A rare treasure of heaven and earth, a substance of utmost yin!" Xiao Qi said.
"Is it useful to you?"
"Of course! If I could eat a piece of Flesh Lingzhi, I might even surpass that idiot Xiao Bai!"
Xu Qingtong opened the jade bottle, tipped the Flesh Lingzhi out into his palm, and asked Xiao Qi, "Take a look at this. Is it Flesh Lingzhi?"
Xiao Qi's eyes lit up, but then Xiao Qi shook its head and said, "It's certainly Flesh Lingzhi, but isn't it far too small? I reckon even eating it wouldn't