It had only been a few days since I returned from that underground cave.
After the soulless corpse of the Clear and Bright Jade Venerable disintegrated and turned into jade, Chen Shuangbai took the jade horn, searched the mansion again, and after confirming that there was nothing else of importance, returned home.
However, before leaving, in order to prevent the Spirit-Seeking Sect this place, Chen Shuangbai specially asked Fang Xiao to use his bloodline talent to sink the entire Clear Abode into the depths of the earth veins.
Chen Shuangbai then covered it up again, making sure that outsiders wouldn't easily notice.
This was not an easy task.
However, since the cave abode no longer had an owner and had fallen into disrepair over the years, it was easy to accomplish this.
It can be said that Fang Xiao performed exceptionally well on this trip, even exceeding Chen Shuangbai's expectations.
After returning to his sect, Chen Shuangbai promised to refine a batch of [ Mystic Light Illuminating Life Pill ] for this Sha Beast.
Fang Xiao initially refused.
But Chen Shuangbai unusually explained the situation to him in a serious manner.
"Your foundation is solid, but the Sha Qi has seeped into your mind, affecting your thinking. As a result, you are easily angered and irritable. Whenever you encounter a difficult problem, your first thought is to resort to violence..."
"Isn't violence more effective?"
Violence can be effective, but sometimes... it can push things in a completely different direction.
Fang Xiao rarely paused to think.
Chen Shuangbai ignored him and, after returning to the sect, refined a batch of [ Mystic Light Illuminating Life Pill ] and then instructed someone to send them to Gaohe Ridge.
With a creak.
Wenxiu walked over from the entrance of the cave abode, carrying a bamboo basket containing several golden spirit medicine, which appeared to be Solomon's seal and Polygonum multiflorum.
"My lord, the person who delivered the medicine brought it back; it's a return gift from that lord of Gaohe Ridge."
Chen Shuangbai glanced at the few spirit medicine. They all grew in places rich in earth energy, making them very suitable for refining pills to replenish and enhance qi.
"Okay, put it back in storage."
"Yes."
After Wenxiu left, Chen Shuangbai went outside the cave abode and walked towards the cold pool he had dug out a few years ago.
He didn't even need to call out; as soon as he reached the shore, he heard a splash, and a jade toad leaped out of the cool pool and landed on the flat spot of the bluestone railing by the pool, greeting him respectfully.
Greetings, Lord!
Chen Shuangbai's original purpose for this trip was to see if he could obtain an inner core from a strange toad demon to enhance the power of [ Fallen Toad Light ]. However, he did not expect that instead of finding the inner core, he would have other unexpected encounters.
"May I stay here as you please?"
Chen Shuangbai asked.
The jade toad nodded in a human-like manner, its voice becoming cheerful. "Reporting to my lord, this pool is filled with a refreshing chill, and several high-level Spirit Vein flow beneath it, which is of great benefit to my cultivation."
"Little Toad is extremely grateful!"
That's true.
Over time, the spiritual energy in that Clear Cave Abode had almost completely dissipated, and even the last bit of it gradually vanished after Chen Shuangbai disc.
"As long as you're satisfied."
Chen Shuangbai looked at the jade toad and asked, "Do you have a name?"
Yu Chan nodded and said, "After Little Toad gained the ability to think, it gave itself a name: Changming."
Changming... that's a good name.
"So what skills do you have?"
Changming nodded and said earnestly, "I am a white jade carving, awakened to become a demon. I am born with the ability to absorb water and earth energy, nurturing jade. I am extremely sensitive to all kinds of spiritual jade, ores, and even the flow of Spiritual Qi from the earth's veins."
Chen Shuangbai raised an eyebrow slightly, but she didn't find it strange.
Its shape resembles a toad, but it is actually made from jade, and can be considered a jade essence.
"Oh, by the way, I have another skill. That jade disc... has it been refined and taken away by you, my lord?" Changming suddenly asked.
Chen Shuangbai nodded and asked, "Can you also control that jade disc?"
Changming nodded, then shook his head, saying, "It's not so much about controlling it, but rather that the material of that jade disc comes from the same source as my own body. If an array could be drawn on this special jade, I could sit within it and, when the moon is high in the sky, preside over a Lunar Rites to collect the Essence of the Moon for you, my lord!"
Chen Shuangbai's eyes lit up immediately.
Essence of the Moon?
Isn't this exactly what I need right now?
But that jade disc already had a [ Diagram of the Flying Immortal Ascending to Clarity ] drawn on it; if an array were carved on it, it would undoubtedly ruin a treasure...
After a moment's thought, Chen Shuangbai asked, "Would ordinary jade be acceptable?"
Changming paused for a moment, then replied, "Ideally, it should be a slightly more precious jade. If it has been blessed or refined by Law Power, that would be even better!"
"That makes things easier."
Sunken Jade Valley has little in abundance except for jade.
Many of the Law Technique, formations, or talismans of the Jade Spring Sect require a considerable amount of jade, and jade that has been refined or blessed has given rise to many related Secret Method.
The " Flowing Cloud Water Horse Scroll " compiled by Chen Shuangbai contains related ritual refining methods.
He sent someone to the Expenditure Hall to exchange some Higher Vehicle -quality jade. Changming examined it carefully, then licked it, and said, "The quality is excellent."
He then added, "Although I've only been here for a few days, I've seen you cultivate under the moonlight, which shines on you alone. That's why I wanted to contribute to your cultivation."
Chen Shuangbai looked at it with a smile.
I underestimated you.
"No, no, I wouldn't dare."
"As for this jade..."
Chen Shuangbai rolled up his sleeves, put on a colorful shawl, took out a carving knife, and carved two pieces of jade, each about half a person's height, into two divine figures.
One of them is a dragon-headed human-bodied figure, holding a green jade tablet.
The other figure is red-haired and riding a crimson leopard.
Subsequently, Chen Shuangbai used his Law Power to refine them three times, inside and out, so that the two Moon Lord figures shone with a radiant Treasure Light, as if they had gained sentience. Unfortunately, their faces were blurred and they had no eyes.
But Changming sensed a profound and pure spiritual essence related to Grand Yin emanating from them. He couldn't help but circle around them and ask curiously, "My lord... are these two Grand Yin deities? Why have I never seen them before?"
Chen Shuangbai simply smiled slightly and did not reply.
Then, he turned and instructed his two attendants to guard the cave abode, rolled up the Changming, and went to the Expenditure Hall to find Lu Zhiyuan.
"Junior Brother... what brings you here?"
Lu Zhiyuan is now doing very well in the outer sect.
Although Chen Shuangbai never publicly spoke up for him, she treated him with courtesy on many occasions, which made many people in the outer sect realize that this steward of the Expenditure Hall was not simple, and they were very polite to him.
But Lu Zhiyuan always understood where his dignity came from.
Upon hearing the news of Chen Shuangbai, he immediately dropped everything he was doing and rushed over to see her, his face beaming with joy.
Chen Shuangbai smiled and said, "There is something I need to trouble you with."
"Please feel free to speak."