Xiao Hua's mind entered the space and instantly took the form of a jade slip. Yet this form lasted only a moment before the jade slip transformed back into Xiao Hua's original appearance. Jade Slip Xiao Hua then raised his eyes to look at the nine suns in the sky. With a flash of his body, he shot straight into the heights. At the center of the sky, thunder rumbled and boomed, while green-robed Xiao Hua tirelessly urged Thunder Water to temper materials.
"Fellow Daoist... how is this matter progressing?" Jade Slip Xiao Hua appeared eerily beside green-robed Xiao Hua and bowed as he asked.
"Alas, can't you see for yourself, Fellow Daoist? It's still far too early!" Green-robed Xiao Hua did not seem surprised by Jade Slip Xiao Hua's appearance. He drew back his hand, and the thunderbolts filling the sky vanished. The Thunder Water within that nameless artifact flowed back into Suo Guang. Then he clasped his hands behind his back and sighed. "This Xiao has only just refined the Five Elements planet disk, using it as the foundation for the Pingtian Rod. With these Five Elements spiritual objects, the Pingtian Rod should be forged successfully! But this Pingtian Rod... probably won't be of much help to you. This thing can't spank a Nascent Soul's backside!"
Although green-robed Xiao Hua's tone carried emotion, his face remained wooden and expressionless.
"Then... what good idea do you have, Fellow Daoist?" Jade Slip Xiao Hua asked with a frown.
"What I know, you know as well. What I don't know, you also know. You ask me—who am I supposed to ask?" Green-robed Xiao Hua seemed to roll his eyes as he spoke.
"Nonsense! If I knew, would I still need to ask you?" Jade Slip Xiao Hua snapped. "Whatever thoughts you