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1Chapter 645: The wriggling Thrice Reckless ###
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7Somewhat worried, Daoist Priest Horizon said, "But if we send Fellow Daoist Creation abroad to sing… won't that give rise to an international dispute? After all, the lethality of Fellow Daoist Creation's voice is simply too high."
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9As long as he was given the right equipment and means, the lethality of Dharma King Creation's voice could surpass that of a nuclear bomb! If they were careless, the world itself might end!
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11PS: Since he was a senior monk with high strength, Dharma King Creation was proficient in many languages.
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13Great Master Swallow Cloud was lost in thoughts. It was indeed a big problem that he couldn't overlook.
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17Gao Moumou was still dead drunk and in no condition to discuss the plot of the movie with Great Master Swallow Cloud. Thereupon, Great Master also settled in Yu Jiaojiao's villa after obtaining permission from the owner.
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19Yu Jiaojiao's villa was very big, and there were a lot of rooms that guests could use.
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21After eating breakfast, Song Shuhang headed toward the practice room behind Yu Jiaojiao's villa and started a new day of training.
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23Due to his constitution not being strong enough, Song Shuhang wished he could use every minute and second at his disposal to practice and strengthen his body.
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25He first practiced the â®Basic Buddhist Fist Technique⯠and â®Immovable Body of the Buddhaâ¯. Then, it was the turn of the â®Demon Subduing Buddhist Fist Technique⯠he learned today in the Jingang Immortal Cave.
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27His comprehension of the â®Demon Subduing Buddhist Fist Technique⯠was still at the beginner level as of now. He really missed Young Master Phoenix Slayer's CPU at this moment. As long as he could borrow his CPU, his comprehension of the first two styles of the â®Demon Subduing Buddhist Fist Technique⯠would reach the master level within a very short period of time.
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29After practicing fist techniques, it was the turn of the â®Holy Light Sword Techniqueâ¯, â®Heaven Burning Flaming Saber Techniqueâ¯, and â®Inverted Scale Saber Techniqueâ¯.
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31In the end, it was the turn of the â®Virtuous Man's Ten Thousand Mile Walk⯠and â®Celestial Sprint⯠footwork. However, the â®Celestial Sprint⯠wasn't just a movement technique; it was a body tempering technique as well. It had excellent effects on one's constitution when matched with the â®Steel Hands Techniqueâ¯.
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33After training these sets of martial skills, he sat down cross-legged and started practicing the â®Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Techniqueâ¯.
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35The nearby Su Clan's Sixteen was performing some simple saber slashing movements, but her vision didn't leave Song Shuhang for the whole time he was practicing.
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37Cultivators couldn't learn many magical techniques before reaching the Fourth Stage, and they couldn't ride a flying sword, either. As such, they had to mainly rely on martial skills during fights before reaching that level.
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39Song Shuhang possessed an exquisite bare-handed fist technique. As for armed fighting, he possessed fine saber and sword techniques. In addition, that scholarly footwork was very practical and pleasing to the eye. For now, Song Shuhang didn't lack anything when it came to martial skills.
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41As for cultivation techniques, he just had to wait for Venerable White to come out of the ruins to continue with his practice under his guidance.
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43Without even realizing it, Song Shuhang had matured up to this point.
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45"I need to give my all as well," Su Clan's Sixteen muttered to herself. If she kept delaying her breakthrough, Song Shuhang might end up catching up to her!
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49Very soon, Song Shuhang finished revolving his true qi according to the method described in the â®Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Techniqueâ¯. The true qi inside his body had become richer, with the true liquid in the 'great river of true qi' surging forward like the water of a river.
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51Now, he only had to wait to obtain the follow-up cultivation technique from Venerable White to continue practicing and open the first meridian of the Third Stage, the Dazzling Star Meridian.
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53After Song Shuhang was done with his practice, Su Clan's Sixteen put her saber in the sheath and called out, "Shuhang."
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55Song Shuhang replied, "Hmm?"
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57Su Clan's Sixteen said, "How is your condition? Since we have free time now, I might as well teach you the 'Aura Concealing' and 'Aura Detecting' methods!"
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59Being able to conceal one's aura was a must-have skill for a cultivator. It was useful for both surprise attacks and appearing weak in front of the enemy.
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61As a matter of fact, the 'Aura Concealing' method was something that powerful cultivators had created to avoid making weaker cultivator feel too much pressure with their presence.
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63If powerful cultivators didn't restrain their aura, the waves of spiritual energy, pressure, sword intent, and so on that their body inadvertently emitted would make weaker cultivators collapse directly. If powerful cultivators didn't know how to restrain their aura, they would have a hard time interacting with their weaker descendants.
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65It was only later that the 'Aura Concealing' method was used for other things as well.
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67"Sure!" Song Shuhang got up from the ground with a jump and said, "Right, Sixteen. I obtained the â®Sea Urchin Warriors' 20 Years of Mandatory Education Manual⯠some time ago, and there was a small technique that sea urchin warriors could use to conceal one's aura illustrated above. Is there any connection between that technique and the 'Aura Concealing' you talked about?"
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69"I never got the chance to see which method the sea urchin warriors use to conceal their aura," Su Clan's Sixteen said with a smile. "I will teach you these two methods first. Then, you can see for yourself if there is any similarity… is that fine?"
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71"That works too." Song Shuhang nodded his head. But then, he suddenly recalled a matter and said, "Sixteen, wait a moment. These 'Aura Concealing' and 'Aura Detecting' methods aren't secret methods of your Spirit River Su Clan that can't be passed down to others, right?"
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73Sixteen shook her head and said, "Don't worry. These two skills aren't really a secret. More than half of the cultivators in the world can use them."
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79The two methods looked rather simple at first glance, but Song Shuhang found out about their complexity while studying them.
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81With Su Clan's Sixteen guiding him step by step, Song Shuhang needed but a morning to grasp the two methods.
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83Of course, it was only thanks to the enlightenment stone that the process was so smooth. Without the help of the stone, Song Shuhang would have needed a whole day to learn them.
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85Anyway, the 'Aura Concealing' method could be used in two different ways.
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87The first type of use: it could eliminate the energy and pressure that the body of a cultivator was emanating for a short period of time, making them look the same as an ordinary person. This method was the same as a person holding their breath; it couldn't be used for a long period of time. After some time, the cultivator wouldn't be able to block the spiritual energy and pressure that their body was emanating anymore, ending up releasing them again. However, the method was still useful to shake off enemies within that period of time or making surprise attacks.
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89The second type of use: the cultivator could conceal their real strength through the usage of the 'Aura Concealing' method, but it was impossible to use this variant to weaken their aura to the point of looking like an ordinary person. This method was the same as a person slowing down their breath. As long as the circumstances allowed it, they could keep it up indefinitely.
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91As soon as he learned the technique, Song Shuhang could hold on for around nine seconds while using the technique in its first form. Then, after using the second form, his realm was suppressed only until the peak of the Second Stage Realm. He definitely needed to practice this technique further.
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95Actually, this method was somewhat similar to that small mental energy trick he had found in the Nine Provinces Number One Group, the 'mental detection' technique. Nevertheless, the 'Aura Detecting' method was something that combined mental energy and true qi or spiritual energy while locking the enemy. Its effects were much stronger, and it could be regarded as an upgraded version of the 'mental detection' technique.
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97Su Clan's Sixteen narrowed her eyes in a smile and said, "This should be enough for this morning. In the afternoon, I will teach you those techniques to attract lightning and summon fire out of nowhere."
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99"Good!" Song Shuhang replied. Although he wished he could learn that technique to attract lightning immediately, there wasn't enough time. Yu Jiaojiao's maidservants had already come over to tell Su Clan's Sixteen and Song Shuhang that the meal was ready.
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105Gao Moumou, Yayi, and Li Yangde and Tubo had already woken up. After waking up, the four of them were full of energy and weren't dispirited due to the hangover. Yu Jiaojiao's liquor was very good. Although it was strong, it wouldn't go to one's head. People would quickly get drunk but feel clear-minded and invigorated upon waking up.
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109However, Tubo was quickly typing on the tablet.
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111"Tubo, what are you doing?" Song Shuhang arrived behind Tubo and glanced at the screen of his tablet.
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113Soon after, he discovered that Tubo was finishing summer school assignments.
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115The title of the project was: Winter and Summer School Assignments—Elementary School's Second Year—Language and Literature.
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119Tubo raised his head and looked at Song Shuhang, forcing a smile and saying, "I'm helping my younger cousin, doing these summer school assignments in his stead. He kept fooling around and didn't do his homework. But now that it's already the 10th day of the month, he started to get anxious and begged me to help him."
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121"Tubo, did you leave some incriminating evidence behind that your younger cousin is now using to blackmail you?" The nearby Gao Moumou pushed his glasses up and hit the nail on the head.
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123"How could that be? How can a little brat get incriminating evidence against me? Wahaha… hahaha…"
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127Now then, how did Tubo pass the entrance examination of Jiangnan University in the first place?
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129After making a hollow laugh, Tubo noticed Su Clan's Sixteen standing behind Song Shuhang. Therefore, he resolutely shifted the topic of conversation. "Shuhang, who is that girl standing behind you? She's very cute, is she your younger sister?"
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133He felt as though Su Clan's Sixteen was about to have a fit.
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135"Tubo." Song Shuhang gently patted his friend and said, "She's my friend, Shiliu. And if we are talking about age, you should call her Elder Sister Shiliu."
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137"How is that possible? She is so short," Tubo said thoughtlessly.
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139Song Shuhang felt that his friend was incurable. His heart was too honest and mouth too fast!
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143In the meantime, Scholar Xian Gong was looking for helpers.
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145But even after contacting several friends, he still felt that he didn't have 100% assurance of capturing that demodragon without letting it slip through his hands.
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147Perhaps it was better to look for a few other fellow daoists and ask them for help.
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149Thereupon, he thought of the fellow daoists in the Nine Provinces Number One Group.
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151The first one he thought of was Su Clan's Seven, whose strength was unrivaled in the Fifth Stage Realm. Seven's saber intent was so strong that even cultivators of the Sixth Stage didn't dare to meet it head-on.
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153If Su Clan's Seven could come over and give him a hand, he would be even more confident in taking down that demodragon.
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155Beyond that, he just happened to have some good news that could rouse Seven's interest.
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157Scholar Xian Gong swiped on his mobile phone and gave Seven a call.
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159The call quickly connected and Scholar Xian Gong went straight to the point. "Fellow Daoist Seven, I have some good information related to Fellow Daoist Copper Trigram that I would like to tell you."
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161"News about Copper Trigram? That's great. Anyway, Senior Xian Gong, can you wait for a moment?" Su Clan's Seven quickly said. "I will call you back as soon as I'm done dealing with this baboon."
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163After saying this much, Su Clan's Seven hung up the call.
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165In front of him, Thrice Reckless Mad Saber had been tied up until turning into a rice dumpling. He looked like a wriggling worm at this moment.
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167"Thrice Reckless, are you still trying to escape?" Su Clan's Seven sneered. Back when they were at Fellow Daoist Medicine Master's place, Su Clan's Seven was compassionate enough to set Thrice Reckless Mad Saber free.
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173Chapter 646: Why do I continuously seek death? ###
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179When he opened his eyes, Su Clan's Seven thought he was dreaming.
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181He was sleeping at Medicine Master's place yesterday, but when he woke up now, he unexpectedly found himself inside a coffin? As if that wasn't enough, he discovered that he had a slight headache, just as though he had a hangover.
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185Of course, there was no way this coffin could stop Su Clan's Seven. He stretched out his hand and pushed slightly, pushing aside both the lid of the coffin and the layer of soil above.
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187After getting out of the coffin, he discovered that there was a grand gravestone set up as well. The following words were written on it: 'The grave of my dear friend Su Clan's Seven—built by Thrice Reckless Mad Saber'.
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191The sound of his angry laughter echoed in the surrounding area, appearing very scary.
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193There was another grave next to Su Clan's Seven, twice as big.
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195The following words were written on the gravestone of that grave: 'The grave of my dear friends, Medicine Master and Riverly Purple Mist, husband and wife.'
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197As before, there was still a 'built by Thrice Reckless Mad Saber' written next to it.
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199When Seven got out of his grave and laughed angrily, Medicine Master also got out of his coffin. The shy and bashful Riverly Purple Mist, whose purple eyes were shining brightly, also got out alongside him. The enchanting Riverly Purple Mist was very angry that she had been buried inside a coffin together with Medicine Master. However, she was also a little happy.
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203The nearby Riverly Purple Mist lowered her head and gazed at the words written on the gravestone. After she read the words 'Medicine Master and Riverly Purple Mist, husband and wife', the resentment she felt for Thrice Reckless Mad Saber disappeared without a trace.
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209However, he was unable to understand what had happened. Although he was staying at Medicine Master's place yesterday and his vigilance wasn't as high as usual, Thrice Reckless had dug two large holes, set up a gravestone, and brought over two coffins without him noticing! Afterward, he even placed him, Medicine Master, and his disciple inside the coffins! How come neither he, Medicine Master, nor Riverly Purple Mist noticed what was happening?
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219Medicine Master clenched his teeth and said, "I'll trouble Brother Seven to catch Thrice Reckless. I'll prepare more than ten types of experiments that can cause one so much pain that they wish they were dead. When the time comes, I'll let Fellow Daoist Thrice Reckless have a good taste of the pain as I carry out the experiments on his body."
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227Afterward, Seven used his golden rope magical treasure to tie Thrice Reckless Mad Saber up like a rice dumpling.
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229It couldn't be helped. Who told him to be weaker than Su Clan's Seven?
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231Thrice Reckless' strength was very high. He had already reached the peak of the Fifth Stage Spiritual Emperor Realm, being only one step away from the Sixth Stage Realm. However, he still couldn't defeat Seven.
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233His Seventy-Two Swift Saber Strikes were swift and ruthless, and his footwork as fast as lightning. But as before, he still couldn't defeat Seven.
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235He was known as 'Mad Saber', and whenever he went mad, he himself would also be afraid. But as before, he still couldn't defeat Seven!
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237Thereupon, he lost and got tied up like a rice dumpling, ending up wriggling on the ground like a worm.
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239"Brother Thrice Reckless, where do you want to run off to this time?" Su Clan's Seven said as he put on a fake smile.
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241Thrice Reckless had started panicking at this time.
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243His dao name was 'Thrice Reckless Mad Saber', and the number 3 wasn't only an auspicious number but also a reminder!
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245It was a reminder that he couldn't make the same mistake more than three times!
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247Therefore, as long as he didn't seek death for more than three times on a single topic, he wouldn't really die. It was the 'bottom line' he had set while happily seeking death.
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249But recently, the number of times he sought death while facing Seven had surpassed three. Therefore, he was screwed now that he got caught!
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253Thrice Reckless was also aware that he would die for real if he kept seeking death in front of Su Clan's Seven… but yesterday, he woke up in the middle of the night very hungry. Therefore, he got up and headed toward Medicine Master's pill refining room while half awake and half asleep, opening a gourd he found there.
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265Thrice Reckless saw that Medicine Master and Su Clan's Seven had fallen into deep slumber. No matter how much he shouted and shook them, they just wouldn't wake up. It was at that time that his death-seeking tendencies resurfaced once more and started to cause trouble.
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267Although he kept reminding himself in his heart: 'Thrice Reckless, Thrice Reckless, you can't seek death more than thrice!', his hands and body were out of control, moving on their own.
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293"Don't worry, Brother Thrice Reckless. I promise I won't hack you to death." Su Clan's Seven laughed strangely. Then, he grabbed Thrice Reckless Mad Saber with one hand and threw him on his saber.
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301A woman's heart was the most poisonous one— no, wait, that wasn't it! In this case, the most fitting one was: 'A wise alchemy master would be very skilled in using all sorts of poison and torture as well'!
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309When he was happily seeking death yesterday, he still left behind some room for maneuver. He buried Miss Riverly Purple Mist and Medicine Master together and even wrote on the gravestone that they were husband and wife.
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313At that time, if she were to help him in secret, he might be able to survive even after falling into Medicine Master's hands.
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315While seeking death, one always had to leave behind some room for maneuver. It was the same concept as tying a rope around one's feet while performing bungee jumping.
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323Next, he controlled the flying saber and headed back to Medicine Master's place. On the way, he took out his mobile phone and dialed Scholar Xian Gong's phone number. "Senior Xian Gong, I'm done dealing with things on my end. You said you had some news about Fellow Daoist Copper Trigram, is that correct?"
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325Today, Su Clan's Seven really felt like the garbage collector of the Nine Provinces Number One Group, catching and getting rid of the two biggest death seekers of the group.
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327"According to the information I obtained, Fellow Daoist Copper Trigram has already quietly reached space," Scholar Xian Gong said with a smile.
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329Su Clan's Seven asked, "Senior, do you have his precise position?"
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331"Yes!" Scholar Xian Gong faintly smiled. He contacted little friend Song Shuhang again this morning and asked him for more information about Fellow Daoist Copper Trigram's situation.
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333Amidst the information he obtained, there was one piece of information that could allow them to lock onto Fellow Daoist Copper Trigram's position accurately.
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335Scholar Xian Gong replied, "According to this reliable source, Fellow Daoist Copper Trigram is currently in the same place as Fellow Daoist Yellow Mountain's little Doudou. In other words, as long as one can find little Doudou, they will be able to find Fellow Daoist Copper Trigram as well, and Fellow Daoist Yellow Mountain just happens to have a method to lock onto Doudou's coordinates."
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337"Senior Xian Gong, I'm extremely grateful for this information!" After saying this much, Su Clan's Seven lowered his head and glanced at Thrice Reckless Mad Saber. Thrice Reckless didn't have to worry, because he would soon have someone to keep him company!
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341At this time, Scholar Xian Gong asked another question, "Right. Seven, do you have free time in the next few days?"
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343"If we are talking about the next few days… I should have some free time, but I need to take care of something around the end of this month," Su Clan's Seven said. Su Clan's Sixteen would try to transcend the tribulation again around that time, and he had to make preparations in advance.
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347"In the Jiangnan area? What a coincidence." Su Clan's Seven nodded his head and said, "If it's in the Jiangnan area, there shouldn't be any problem."
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349He remembered that Dharma King Creation brought away Sixteen yesterday for that live broadcast of his. The fact that Dharma King Creation had streamed his concert, sending more than 300,000 people in the hospital, was already well known in the world of cultivators.
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361Venerable White and Venerable Spirit Butterfly opened their eyes one after another.
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363The time to leave the ruins had come.
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371Venerable White and Venerable Spirit Butterfly obtained a lot of inspirations from this small 'self\-recovery' technique that Immortal Cheng Lin had left behind in the ancient ruins.
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373At first glance, it seemed just a small technique to grow back severed limbs. But the truth was that Immortal Cheng Lin's way to immortality was concealed within. The way to immortality that could allow the user to give birth to itself.
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377The reason they had stayed in the ancient ruins for so long was to give the other fellow daoists the time to grasp this magical technique as well.
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379At this time, True Monarch Tyrant Flood Dragon, True Monarch White Crane, True Monarch Fallout, Great Master Profound Principle, Cave Lord Snow Wolf, and Miss Soft Feather had all grasped the magical technique.
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383Venerable White stood up and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Spirit Butterfly, it's time to leave."
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385"I was thinking the same." Venerable Spirit Butterfly looked at his daughter with a loving gaze. With all the things she'd comprehended this time, Soft Feather was on the verge of breaking through. The lightning of tribulation could descend at any time and make her advance to the Fourth Stage Innate Realm.
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393Afterward, Venerable White sealed the entrance of the ruins again, concealing it. Although these ruins from the era of the previous Wielder of the Will didn't have any magical treasure inside, that recording of Immortal Cheng Lin holding a speech was far more valuable than any magical treasure.
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395At this time, Venerable White was wondering if he should bring all the fellow daoists of the Nine Provinces Number One Group to these ancient ruins for a stroll before closing up.
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397"In that case, Fellow Daoist White, Fellow Daoist Tyrant Flood Dragon, Fellow Daoist White Crane, Fellow Daoist Fallout, Fellow Daoist Profound Principle, and Fellow Daoist Snow Wolf, I'll take my leave first and bring my daughter back to the Spirit Butterfly Island. Let us meet again." Venerable Spirit Butterfly cupped his hands and bid farewell to the other fellow daoists.
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399"Eeeh? We are immediately heading back to the Spirit Butterfly Island? Aren't we going to Senior Song's place to take a look at the movie he wants to shoot? I even wanted to perform the role of a female character in his movie!" Soft Feather was somewhat unwilling to accept the fact that she had to return to the Spirit Butterfly Island immediately.
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401This time, she had managed to leave home with much difficulty, and she hadn't enjoyed herself to the fullest!
402
403"Transcending the tribulation is a serious matter," Venerable Spirit Butterfly said coldly.
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405Her father's argument was too strong, and Soft Feather had no idea how to refute.
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407However, she wouldn't give up so easily.
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409Soft Feather blinked her eyes and, trying to act cute, said to her father, "In that case, can I go over and take part in the movie if Senior Song isn't done with the shooting by the time I transcend my tribulation?"
410
411Venerable Spirit Butterfly faintly smiled and said straightforwardly, "Sure."
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413After returning to the Spirit Butterfly Island, I'll send a first-class crew that will help little friend Song shoot the movie as quickly as possible. Then, after Soft Feather transcends the tribulation, I'll bring her to the cinema to take a look at little friend Song's movie, Venerable Spirit Butterfly thought to himself.
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415Youngsters were no match for old veterans!
416
417Soft Feather said happily, "It's a deal then."
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419Then, she happily waved her hand at the people present and said, "Seniors, I'll return with my father to the Spirit Butterfly Island, then. Let us meet again in the future."
420
421Cave Lord Snow Wolf waved his hand and said, "Goodbye, Soft Feather."
422
423"Senior Snow Wolf, that's wrong, very wrong!" Soft Feather said earnestly.
424
425"?" Cave Lord Snow Wolf.
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427"Today, my dao name is Young Feather! Senior Snow Wolf, please call me Young Feather," Soft Feather said earnestly.
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429Cave Lord Snow Wolf was startled, but after a moment, he earnestly nodded and said, "It makes sense. In that case, goodbye, Young Feather."
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431"Goodbye, Senior Snow Wolf," Soft Feather said with a smile.
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433At this time, all the fellow daoists aside from Venerable White looked at Venerable Spirit Butterfly… right, that 365 dao names thing!
434
435Venerable Spirit Butterfly turned his body around and showed everyone his big and lonely back.
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437He felt that his hair had started to turn white lately. Perhaps he should make use of some black sesame seeds after returning home to fix this problem?
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441After Venerable Spirit Butterfly and Soft Feather left, Cave Lord Snow Wolf, True Monarch Tyrant Flood Dragon, Great Master Profound Principle, and True Monarch Fallout also took their leave. All these fellow daoists had influences of different size behind them and couldn't afford to stay away for too long. Now that they had finished exploring the ruins, it was time to return to their sects and take care of the various matters.
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443Only True Monarch White Crane stayed next to Venerable White and didn't leave. "Senior White, where should we go next?"
444
445"Eh? White Crane, you aren't going back?" Venerable White asked.
446
447"I would like to stay together with Senior White until you decide to go into secluded meditation again to repay your kindness." True Monarch White Crane patted its chest, and continued, "Therefore, if you need my help with something, you just have to ask."
448
449'I can even warm your bed!' …Of course, True Monarch White Crane didn't dare to say this sentence aloud.
450
451"Oh." Venerable White nodded. Then, he took out his mobile phone and dialed Song Shuhang's number.
452
453He knew that Song Shuhang had already returned to Earth.
454
455Song Shuhang was taking a break at this time. Therefore, he quickly picked up the phone. "Senior White, are you finally out of the ancient ruins?"
456
457Ding~ Your friend Venerable White is now online.
458
459Ding~ Your cheat Venerable White has been renewed.
460
461"Yes, those ancient ruins weren't bad; we obtained many benefits. I can carry you there for a stroll whenever there is some free time, "Venerable White said coolly.
462
463"That's great!" Song Shuhang said happily. Since even Senior White said he'd obtained many benefits from the ancient ruins, Song Shuhang's realm might rapidly increase after exploring them.
464
465Speaking of which… his luck had been pretty good lately.
466
467He wanted to see Sixteen, and Sixteen arrived in the Jiangnan area. He wanted to find a demodragon, and a demodragon appeared before him on its own initiative. He wanted a martial skill, and he obtained the â®Demon Subduing Buddhist Fist Techniqueâ¯. He needed a screenwriter, and a screenwriter came to visit him.
468
469The only regret he had was that his precious ghost spirit had disappeared… but it wasn't that bad, either. After all, his ghost spirit was still alive! As long as the ghost spirit was alive, there was a chance to get it back.
470
471"Did you manage to break through without problems?" Venerable White asked.
472
473Song Shuhang replied, "It was all thanks to Senior's blessing. Although many unexpected events happened while I was advancing in realm, I managed to successfully transcend the tribulation thanks to Meteor Sword and the help of other seniors that aided me in secret. I'm already a cultivator of the Third Stage at this time."
474
475"That's very good. When the time comes, I'll examine your foundations," Venerable White said.
476
477Song Shuhang said, "Right. Senior White, when are you coming back? We have already taken care of the initial plot of the movie. Soon, this initial plot will be adapted into a suitable script for the movie. Senior White, if you come back, you can take a look at the story."
478
479"The script of the initial part is almost ready? Hmm, that's good. I'll immediately head back. Where are you now?" Venerable White asked. He had just finished exploring the dangerous ruins. Therefore, he could seize the opportunity to shoot the movie and relax a bit.
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481"Jiangnan area, Honghe Town, Jiangran Street, Number 105. We are currently living in Yu Jiaojiao's villa," Song Shuhang said.
482
483If Venerable White was coming back, his follow-up cultivation technique was also coming back with him! In addition, with Venerable White by his side, he was even more eager to see the muscular dragon appearing in front of him.
484
485Speaking of which, would that muscular come alone or bring some helpers with it?
486
487It was better if it could come for him a little early. After all, he still had to make preparations for the movie! It would be troublesome if the muscular dragon were to make its appearance right when they were shooting.
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489Eh?
490
491Wait a minute! If the muscular dragon were to make its appearance while they were shooting the movie, the ones it would face would be the various seniors of the Nine Provinces Number One Group, as well as their friends and the other seniors that wanted to play a small role in the movie for fun.
492
493The resulting scene was bound to be rather amusing, right?
494
495After thinking up to this point, Song Shuhang couldn't help but recall the scene of the seniors taking on that blood demon not too long ago.
496
497The more Song Shuhang was thinking about this turn of events, the more excited he was getting.
498
499"Very well. I'll immediately come over with my flying sword," Venerable White said this much, then added, "I'm a little hungry."
500
501Song Shuhang said, "In that case, I can ask someone to prepare a meal for Senior White. Senior White, is there anything in particular you want to eat?"
502
503"I'll leave the choice to you. I just felt a little hungry and thought of eating something," Venerable White said. Then, he pondered for a moment and continued, "If it's something delicious, even better."
504
505"Alright, I'll find a way to prepare something delicious for Senior White," Song Shuhang said.
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507"I'll set out, then," Venerable White said and hung up the call. Then, he stretched out his hand and touched his waist…
508
509But Meteor Sword was nowhere to be found!
510
511He sent Meteor Sword to help Song Shuhang earlier, and when he left home this time, he brought only one flying sword with him.
512
513There was no alternative. He had to see if he could find a fresh tree branch and turn it into a disposable flying sword he could ride.
514
515Venerable White looked all around.
516
517Now, that was troublesome… they were in the middle of the sea, and there wasn't any tree branch there.
518
519True Monarch White Crane asked, "Senior White, are you looking for something?"
520
521"I was looking for a tree branch. Unfortunately, we're in the middle of the sea, and there isn't anyone riding a tree branch on the surface of the sea this time," Venerable White said regretfully.
522
523"A tree branch? Senior White, why do you need a tree branch?" True Monarch White Crane felt great regret at this time. Why didn't it place several tree branches in its space bag? With that, it could have made Venerable White happy and redeemed the good points it would obtain some time later.
524
525"To manufacture a disposable flying sword," Venerable White replied.
526
527"Senior, I have an immortal boat here. We can ride it together!" True Monarch White Crane said happily. It finally had the opportunity to be useful.
528
529Venerable White pondered for a moment and said, "But I still prefer a tree branch."
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531Riding a flying sword was much more exciting than riding an immortal boat.
532
533"But we are in the sea. It's impossible to find a tree branch in this pla—" True Monarch White Crane was just halfway through its sentence when it saw a space crack appear before its eyes.
534
535A foul and evil aura came from within the crack.
536
537"The Netherworld Realm!" True Monarch White Crane's said coldly.
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539It formed a seal with its hands and light spread from its body. The Netherworld Realm was the common enemy of cultivators. If one chanced upon similar space cracks, it was their duty to kill the demons inside and seal the passage.
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541Just as True Monarch White Crane was about to use its technique and destroy the passage… a fresh tree branch came out of this passage that connected Earth and Netherworld Realm.
542
543The branch was similar to the branches of the willow tree found in our world. The only difference was that its leaves were black.
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545Venerable White nodded his head in approval. The quality of the wood of this branch was pretty good, fresh and full of life. Venerable White was very satisfied at this time…
546
547Chapter 648: That's bad, I need to ask Cave Lord Dragon to get into action! ###
548
549Translator: GodBrandy Editor: Kurisu
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553Name: Qing Wu. Dao name: Flying Goddess.
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555Qing Wu was an adorable monster tree—a monster willow, to be more precise.
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557She was a senior general under the command of Cave Lord Dragon, who was the cave lord of the Evil Dragon Cave situated on the Mountain of Next Life, one of the 77 mountains of the Netherworld Realm. Her strength had already reached the Fifth Stage Realm.
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559Had she been living on Earth, she would have immediately turned into a beautiful and fair woman after reaching the Fifth Stage Realm and condensing a Monster Core.
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561It was regrettable that the place she lived in was the chaotic, evil, and filthy Netherworld Realm. After getting influenced by the energy of the Netherworld, she was unable to assume human form even after condensing a Monster Core. The best she could do was to materialize a face. Her current appearance was that of a willow tree with the face of a beautiful woman growing on it.
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563Unlike the leaves of willow trees on Earth, her tree leaves were black.
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565The fact that she couldn't assume human form was one of the biggest regrets of her life.
566
567Qing Wu's biggest wish was to become a monster of the Sixth Stage someday in the future. At that time, not even the energy of the Netherworld Realm would be able to stop her from assuming human form. Even if she couldn't turn into a beautiful and fair woman, she could turn into a beautiful and black woman!
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569Returning to the topic, early this morning, Qing Wu received an order from Cave Lord Dragon. The cave lord ordered her to look for a passage that led to Earth so that it could quietly sneak into China and look for a small human cultivator of the Third Stage. That small cultivator was an evil survivor of the Jingang Temple. Back in the days, the Mountain of Next Life paid a tremendous price to destroy the Jingang Temple; they absolutely couldn't let the Jingang Temple make a resurgence!
570
571Thereupon, the monster willow Qing Wu set out and started her mission.
572
573The terrifying battle between that powerful demon of the Tribulation Transcender rank and that scholar, also of the Tribulation Transcender rank, had destroyed a lot of known space passages. Even a few secret and well-concealed passages ended up getting discovered and sealed by human cultivators and sects on Earth after the shock waves of the battle gave their position out.
574
575It wasn't easy to look for a passage that connected Earth and Netherworld at this time.
576
577Qing Wu found a space passage only after spending most of the day searching. However, the passage was somewhat small, and it wasn't easy for her to squeeze into it. Therefore, she would have to spend quite some time controlling the energy of the Netherworld to corrode and expand this passage.
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579Qing Wu furrowed her brows and wondered if she should look for another passage instead. But right at that time, the space passage started to expand.
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581Before long, it had become big enough to allow her to squeeze into it.
582
583Qing Wu was very happy.
584
585However, she decided to use a small magical technique first to scout the other side of the space passage. Earth was an extremely dangerous place; she had to be very careful.
586
587According to the information she obtained through this scouting-type magical technique, there was a boundless sea on the other side of the space passage, with not a soul in sight. It was a really good place to set foot on Earth.
588
589Thereupon, Qing Wu happily squeezed her tree branch into the space passage.
590
591Yay, that was the feeling! The moist sea breeze and the feeling of seawater made her willow branch become all glossy.
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593Earth was such an excellent place, much better than the Netherworld Realm!
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595If possible, she would have really liked taking root in the soil there, passing off as a monster willow and practicing until turning into a stunning black beauty.
596
597It was regrettable that the aura of the Netherworld emanating from her body was like a beacon of light in the dark night; it would immediately attract the attention of human cultivator.
598
599If it was for just a short period of time, she could use a secret technique to conceal her aura.
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601But if she dared to take root on Earth, a powerful human cultivator would come over to take care of her in one month at most.
602
603Hmph. One day, our Netherworld Realm will conquer Earth! At that time, all the places on Earth will belong to us. I'll take root in the fertile soil next to a mountain stream and enjoy the sunlight and the water of the stream, quietly turning into a beautiful woman! Qing Wu thought to herself.
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605But right at this time, she discovered that someone had grabbed her willow branch!
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607"What's happening? I already scouted that place and there was only the vast sea on the other side, without a single soul in sight! How come someone suddenly appeared? And they unexpectedly dared to grab my willow branch as well, so bold! I'll show you my strength and directly pull you into the Netherworld Realm. The energy of the Netherworld Realm will corrupt you and make you fall!" Qing Wu clenched her teeth and took root in the soil of the Netherworld Realm.
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609Then, she put her strength in her willow branch, preparing to pull that person that had been so bold to grab her tree branch into the Netherworld Realm.
610
611But Qing Wu soon started to panic. Although she used all her strength, the person on the opposite side of the passage didn't move in the slightest! Instead, it was her body that was slowly being pulled towards Earth!
612
613Was the person on the other side Hercules? How could they have such terrifying physical strength?
614
615Anyway, the situation was bad. Qing Wu felt that her root was getting pulled out of the soil of the Netherworld Realm.
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619At this time, above the surface of the sea.
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621True Monarch White Crane blinked its eyes. Its magical technique was already half-prepared, ready to kill that thing that had come over from the Netherworld, as well to seal the space passage.
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623But little did it expect that the thing that would come over from the other side would be a tree branch.
624
625Just a moment ago, Venerable White was like 'I wish I could get a tree branch…'
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627And in the next moment, a space crack appeared, and a tree branch came over from the Netherworld Realm… was this creature from the Netherworld Realm trying to curry favor with Venerable White?
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629Judging from his expression, Venerable White seemed really satisfied with this fresh branch. Thereupon, his body quickly moved and appeared next to the black willow branch, directly grabbing it with his hand.
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631After seeing the scene, True Monarch White Crane quickly reminded, "Senior White, be careful! That evil thing comes from the Netherworld Realm! It's probably contaminated with the foul energy of the Netherworld!"
632
633"You don't need to worry," Venerable White replied calmly.
634
635Purifying energy spread from the center of Venerable White's palm, dispersing the evil aura covering the willow branch. The aura of the Netherworld couldn't hurt Venerable White in the slightest.
636
637In the next moment, Venerable White put some strength into his arm and slowly pulled the tree branch out of the space passage.
638
639After one breath of time, the willow branch was pulled out of the passage along with more than half of its main body.
640
641"It's unexpectedly a willow tree?! True Monarch White Crane exclaimed in surprise.
642
643"Aaaaaah! Painful! Damned guy, why do you have such great physical strength?! My roots are about to snap! Let me go! Otherwise, I'll bite you!" At this time, even the beautiful face growing on the tree trunk, which was currently crying out in pain, was pulled out of the space passage.
644
645Qing Wu had firmly taken root in the soil of the Netherworld Realm earlier, but she didn't expect that the opposite party would be so strong to directly uproot her! At this time, she felt that her roots were about to snap.
646
647As if that wasn't enough, an endless stream of purifying energy was transmitted from the body of the opposite party. This energy caused her whole body to become soft. At first, she thought of using her other branches to attack the enemy, but in her current state, she didn't even have the strength to move her tree leaves.
648
649True Monarch White Crane said, "Senior White, it's a willow tree that has practiced until turning into a monster willow."
650
651"Indeed." Venerable White nodded and kept pulling the willow branch. Then, his eyes met with the eyes of the monster willow.
652
653At the same time, the eyes of the monster willow Qing Wu met with Venerable White's, and after a short moment, her small face blushed… What?! Such a handsome man unexpectedly exists in the world? He seems an immortal that has directly come out of an ancient painting!
654
655She felt that her heartbeat had started to accelerate at this moment… no, wait, that couldn't be. After all, she didn't have anything akin to a heart yet!
656
657"It turned out to be a willow tree that has turned into a sentient monster. No wonder the quality of wood of its branch was so high," Venerable White said.
658
659Venerable White just wanted a tree branch to manufacture a disposable flying sword, but when he pulled the branch out of the space passage, he discovered that there was a big tree attached to it as well.
660
661Senior White felt that the wood of this willow tree was very good; it definitely conformed to his tastes. If he could pull out the whole tree, he would be able to manufacture a lot of disposable flying swords of excellent quality.
662
663Thereupon, Venerable White made an extra effort and decided to pull the whole tree out.
664
665When he pulled out half of the tree, he discovered that the willow tree had already become a sentient being and turned into a monster tree.
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667Since it was a sentient monster tree, Venerable White felt that it wasn't appropriate to treat it as firewood and chop it to pieces to make flying swords out of it. After all, this monster tree didn't offend him in any way.
668
669In addition, Venerable White wasn't a monster hunter who killed monsters as soon as they saw them.
670
671After pondering for a moment, Venerable White made up his mind.
672
673Thereupon, he said to the monster willow while holding her branch with one hand, "Forget it. After seeing that you practiced up to this point with much difficulty, I decided to let you go. From this day onwards, you'd better stay in the Netherworld Realm and not cause trouble here on Earth, got it?"
674
675Two rosy circles appeared on the cheeks of the monster willow Qing Wu. Other than being handsome, this mister was also very gentle. She felt that she had perhaps fallen in love. She thought that it was worth it to devote her whole life to this mister and take care of him!
676
677Mister, please, allow me to follow you! I'm perfectly fine with being an adorable monster pet! the monster willow Qing Wu thought to herself.
678
679She was about to open her mouth and say these words when she felt a piercing pain transmit from her willow branch.
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681The handsome and gentle mister, whom she felt was worth to devote her life to, stretched out his hand and grabbed her branch, bending and breaking it.
682
683"Aaaaah! So painful!" the monster tree called out in pain. She felt that sap was about to flow out of her eyes.
684
685This gentle mister had unexpectedly snapped her branch so viciously!
686
687Next, Qing Wu saw Venerable White use his hand as a blade and cut her branch.
688
689One had to remember that she was a monster willow of the Fifth Stage rank. In addition, her body had been strengthened by the energy of the Netherworld. As such, the hardness of her branch was comparable to that of a magical treasure of the Fifth Stage rank. But this mister was cutting it as though it was an ordinary tree branch!
690
691This gentle mister was super scary!
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693Should I look for Cave Lord Dragon after going back and ask him to get into action? the monster willow Qing Wu thought to herself.
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697Venerable White was very good at manufacturing disposable flying swords. After a short moment, the embryonic form of the flying sword had already appeared in Venerable White's hands.
698
699Then, he engraved all kinds of runes and formations on the body of the flying sword, ultimately completing the disposable flying sword 004 edition.
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701Actually, this series of disposable flying swords had already reached up to the 005 edition, and after the 005 edition came the 'disposable meteor sword 001 edition'.
702
703"Done!" Venerable White blew air on the wooden sword and said, "White Crane, let's go."
704
705"Senior White, wait a moment! Let me take care of this monster tree before leaving. Then, I'll seal this space passage that leads to the Netherworld Realm as well!" True Monarch White Crane said at this time.
706
707Qing Wu's small face immediately whitened.
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709That's bad, I must immediately ask Cave Lord Dragon to get into action!
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711Chapter 649: My boss was just turned into a meat skewer, what to do now? ###
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713Translator: GodBrandy Editor: Kurisu
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717"There is no need to make a fuss about it. White Crane, return her to the Netherworld Realm and then seal the space passage," Venerable White said while stepping on the flying sword.
718
719"Senior White, is that really fine? She is an evil creature of the Netherworld!" True Monarch White Crane said, somewhat worried.
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721Venerable White faintly smiled and said, "Don't worry. If she was one of those frenzied demons, I would have turned her into woodchips the instant she came out of the passage."
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723The quality of her wood was rather good. Therefore, Venerable White's first impression of her was a positive one.
724
725After hearing Venerable White's words, True Monarch White Crane nodded its head. Then, the six wings on its back unfurled and violently flapped at the monster willow.
726
727A fierce gale sprang up and headed toward the monster willow.
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729"Aaaaah!" Qing Wu screamed as she was sent back to the Netherworld Realm. She was currently in a weakened state and didn't have the strength to resist the wind.
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731Next, True Monarch White Crane formed a hand seal and used a sealing technique on that passage that led to the Netherworld Realm.
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734
735Qing Wu clenched her teeth and said, "Dammit."
736
737After she was sent back, the energy of the Netherworld poured into her body and made her recover her strength.
738
739Then, she took something that resembled a beetle out of her branches.
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741Due to the chaotic energy of the Netherworld Realm, it was impossible to use electric equipment to communicate over long distances, and even the range of thousand mile sound transmitters and such was very limited.
742
743However, the demons of the Netherworld Realm still managed to research and create various methods that could allow them to communicate over long distances. For example, this beetle was something used to carry out long-distance conversations.
744
745Qing Wu decided to use it to get in contact with Cave Lord Dragon as soon as possible.
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749At this time, Cave Lord Dragon was inside its Evil Dragon Cave with several other cave lords of the Mountain of Next Life it had invited over. They were all discussing how to deal with that evil survivor of the Jingang Temple.
750
751Although that evil survivor of the Jingang Temple was only a cultivator of the Third Stage Realm, Cave Lord Dragon didn't dare to be careless. After all, there were still other cultivators together with that person. Thereupon, Cave Lord Dragon called several other cave lords to its cave and invited them to go to Earth to kill that survivor of the Jingang Temple and kidnap a bunch of human cultivators while they were at it.
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753Human cultivators could provide great nourishment for the demons of the Netherworld Realm. The demons could greatly increase their power by either eating them or bringing them back to the Netherworld Realm to carry out sexual intercourse with them to steal away their strength. Although Cave Lord Dragon said it was heading to Earth to kill that evil survivor of the Jingang Temple, the truth was that it wanted to seize this opportunity to form a 'hunting team' and increase its strength as well.
754
755The other cave lords also got rather excited after hearing about the hunt.
756
757Everyone instantly became of the same mind.
758
759The discussion had already reached the final stage. Cave Lord Dragon and the other cave lords had agreed upon the time and shared the data related to Song Shuhang's aura.
760
761At the appointed time, they would lock onto Song Shuhang's coordinates and launch a joint attack.
762
763But right at this time, Cave Lord Dragon received a 'call' from the monster willow Qing Wu.
764
765"Qing Wu, is something the matter?" Cave Lord Dragon asked in a grave tone.
766
767"Cave Lord, I was blocked right at the exit of the Netherworld Realm. The opposite party threw me back here and even sealed the space passage I managed to find with much difficulty," the monster willow Qing Wu said.
768
769Cave Lord Dragon furrowed its brows. Although Qing Wu was relatively weak amongst the senior generals under its command, she was still a monster of the Fifth Stage rank! In addition, her body was very hard. If she were to get serious, her strength could reach that of a middle-rank senior general.
770
771"What was the strength of the opposite party?" Although Cave Lord Dragon was a demodragon, its true nature was that of an insect that could possess other creatures. It wasn't hotheaded or impulsive.
772
773"There were two people. One had the strength of the Sixth Stage rank. I'm not sure about the other, but he should also have the strength of the Sixth Stage or above," the monster willow Qing Wu replied.
774
775"Wait for me there. I'll immediately come over." After hearing that the strength of the opposite party was only of the Sixth Stage rank, Cave Lord Dragon relaxed.
776
777Demodragons had excellent fighting capacity amidst cosmic demons and were stronger than blood demons. Although they didn't have any intellect, several human cultivators of the same rank had to team up to take them down!
778
779But that wasn't all. The demodragon that this insect had taken over had stayed in the Netherworld for a very long time, getting influenced by its energy. Therefore, it wasn't a problem for it to fight twenty human cultivators of the Sixth Stage at the same time!
780
781As such, Cave Lord Dragon bid farewell to other cave lords and quickly headed towards Qing Wu's position.
782
783The other cave lords also took their leave one after another, returning to their territories and preparing for the upcoming battle.
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787Meanwhile.
788
789True Monarch White Crane was almost done sealing that space passage that connected Earth to the Netherworld Realm.
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791"Get sealed!" True Monarch White Crane said in a grave tone as he used his sealing technique. Soon after, the space passage leading to the Netherworld slowly started to close.
792
793This tailor-made magical technique that had the capacity to seal space passages connecting Earth to the Netherworld Realm had spread amidst human cultivators a long time ago.
794
795Although True Monarch White Crane's strength was only of the Sixth Stage True Monarch Realm, even demons of the Seventh Stage Venerable rank would have a hard time opening this passage once it was sealed… and that was with True Monarch White Crane's seal still being in an embryonic form!
796
797"Senior White, I've finished setting up the embryonic form of the seal. I'll have to rely on you to strengthen it," True Monarch White Crane said.
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799Venerable White nodded and stretched out his hand, adding several formations to the seal True Monarch White Crane had arranged. Now, it was impossible to untie this seal unless a demon of the Eighth Stage Profound Sage rank suddenly appeared on the other side. Therefore, there was no need to worry about the demons of the Netherworld coming out of this space passage within a short period of time.
800
801The sealing process was finally over.
802
803"Senior White, should we set out?" True Monarch White Crane asked.
804
805It was somewhat excited at this time. Very soon, both it and Venerable White would ride the same flying sword!
806
807Although Venerable White's disposable flying swords traumatized it quite a bit back then, it wasn't a problem as long as it was together with Senior White! With Senior White there, it could overcome all hardships!
808
809â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
810
811Venerable White made a hand seal, making the disposable flying sword 004 edition emit a gentle sword light. In the next moment, just as the flying sword picked him up, True Monarch White Crane also mustered its courage and shamelessly stepped on the disposable flying sword.
812
813Venerable White asked, "Eh? White Crane, aren't you going to ride your flying boat?"
814
815"Senior White, I feel that the speed of the flying boat is too slow. In addition, I would prefer to closely follow Senior White and not get left behind!" True Monarch White Crane said earnestly.
816
817"Alright. Stand firmly then." Venerable White didn't seem to mind.
818
819Venerable White made another hand seal, and the disposable flying sword 004 edition emitted a sword cry, starting to shake.
820
821In the next moment, the disposable flying sword shot forward at extreme speed…
822
823So fast! It's even faster than the disposable meteor sword from the last time, True Monarch White Crane thought to itself.
824
825This time, Venerable White had obtained many benefits after exploring the ancient ruins Immortal Cheng Lin had left behind. Perhaps even his strength had increased.
826
827Then, just as True Monarch White Crane was in deep thoughts, Venerable White's flying sword suddenly came to a stop.
828
829"Senior White, is something the matter?" True Monarch White Crane asked. It almost lost its balance earlier and was nearly flung off the flying sword.
830
831Venerable White raised his head and looked all around, saying, "Not good. The flying sword was too fast earlier, and while I wasn't paying attention, we barged into a space crack."
832
833"…" True Monarch White Crane asked, "Senior White, where does this space crack we barged into lead to?"
834
835"If I'm not mistaken, we will arrive in the Netherworld Realm soon," Venerable White replied
836
837"…" True Monarch White Crane.
838
839They had directly barged into the Netherworld Realm?
840
841Actually, that was rather troublesome. White Crane possessed the bloodline of a divine beast and was born with the 'light' attribute. On Earth, it was the natural enemy of all the evil creatures of the Netherworld Realm.
842
843But now that it was the one being in the Netherworld Realm… f*ck.
844
845"Senior White, are we still in time to make a U-turn and go back?" True Monarch White Crane asked.
846
847Venerable White replied, "It's too late for that."
848
849Just as they were talking, the disposable flying sword 004 edition got out the space passage and arrived in a dark and evil world.
850
851A nauseating smell immediately rushed to their noses. True Monarch White Crane felt very uncomfortable in this place. After all, the attribute here was the complete opposite of the one it possessed. Its fighting strength was directly cut in half in here.
852
853How can I be so unlucky?!
854
855Wait, that's incorrect. As long as I'm with Senior White, any situation, no matter how unlucky, is bearable!
856
857Look how I overcome the puny Netherworld Realm!
858
859â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
860
861In the Netherworld Realm.
862
863"Dammit, the space passage was sealed." The monster willow Qing Wu was extremely sad at this time. The passage before her eyes had been thoroughly sealed and there was no way for her to open it.
864
865From the looks of it, she would have to find another space passage if they wanted to sneak into China.
866
867"Qing Wu, how is the situation?" Just as she was in deep thoughts, a muscular dragon quickly arrived next to her.
868
869Although the muscular dragon was short and stocky, its speed was extremely fast. It managed to reach Qing Wu's current position from the Evil Dragon Cave in such a short amount of time.
870
871"Cave Lord Dragon, you were one step late. The passage has been sealed already." Qing Wu pointed at the sealed passage ahead.
872
873Cave Lord Dragon inspected the space passage and furrowed its brows, saying, "That's troublesome. A powerhouse of the Sixth Stage rank arranged this seal. In addition, the seal is something created to deal with the Netherworld Realm. I'm afraid we won't be able to break it unless we can find a powerhouse of the Seventh Stage rank or above. There seems to be no other way… we can only let them go for now. Qing Wu, look for another space passage. If we meet those two people while dealing with that evil survivor of the Jingang Temple, I promise to take care of them in your stead."
874
875"This seems the only way," the monster willow Qing Wu replied.
876
877Just as they were talking, a burst of swift and fierce sword qi pierced the space and headed toward Cave Lord Dragon and Qing Wu.
878
879"Who is there?" the muscular demodragon said in a grave tone as it suddenly turned around, using its fist to punch at the incoming sword qi.
880
881But in the next moment, a feeling of pain was transmitted from its fists.
882
883The fists it was so proud of were wounded by the sword qi of the opposite party.
884
885But it didn't end here. The strength of the sword qi didn't diminish and directly pierced through its body. In the end, the whole sword punctured its body and carried it away.
886
887"Oh, we just bumped into something."
888
889"Senior White, it doesn't matter. We are in the Netherworld Realm; it's fine regardless of what we bump into," another voice comforted.
890
891"Let me take a look. It seems we bumped into a dragon-type demon," Venerable White said and turned his head around, noticing a dumbfounded monster tree standing not too far from them.
892
893Venerable White felt that there was some fate between himself and this monster tree. Thereupon, he waved his hand and greeted her. "Eh? Isn't that the same monster willow from before? Hey, how are you? We meet again!"
894
895Qing Wu was so scared that even her teeth were chattering. When she saw that gentle mister turn Cave Lord Dragon into a meat skewer with his sword, even her roots became soft. She was unable to speak even after a while.
896PrivateBin
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898 Chapter 650: Who do you think you are? Guan Yu? ###
899 Chapter 651: How can the Lightning Palm be so simple? ###
900 Chapter 652: Preferential treatment ###
901 Chapter 653: Do I have to use my pee to mark the territory as lions do? ###
902 Chapter 654: Venerable White is taking a look at the script! ###
903 Chapter 655: In the end, I still can't escape my fate? ###
904 Chapter 656: Venerable White: How I wish we could start shooting the movie tomorrow! ###
905 Chapter 657: The traps attracted some guests! ###
906 Chapter 658: Detective White ###
907 Chapter 659: How can you find happiness in life without seeking death? ###
908 Chapter 660: Script: OK; Movie Crew: OK; Actors: WIP! ###
909 Chapter 661: Yes, we are Internet friends ###
910 Chapter 662: Little friend Song Shuhang will forever live in our hearts ###
911
912Chapter 650: Who do you think you are? Guan Yu? ###
913Translator: GodBrandy Editor: Kurisu
914
915
916
917What had happened was simply too scary! Cave Lord Dragon was an existence of the Sixth Stage rank that possessed the body of a demodragon. Amidst Sixth Stage True Monarchs, its strength was definitely on the high-end level! But now, the powerful Cave Lord Dragon had been turned into a meat skewer after it casually bumped into someone's sword?
918
919The monster willow Qing Wu was terrified. What is the realm of this gentle mister? How come Cave Lord Dragon, a powerhouse of the Sixth Stage rank, doesn't even have the strength to fight back while facing him?
920
921"Don't worry. I didn't come to the Netherworld Realm to deal with you. It's just that my flying sword was going too fast and something unexpected happened during the trip. As a result, I ended up in the Netherworld Realm," Venerable White said while waving at the monster willow. After comforting her, he asked, "Little monster willow, do you know how I can leave the Netherworld Realm?"
922
923Speaking of which, it was Venerable White's first time coming to the Netherworld Realm. Therefore, he didn't know much about the place.
924
925The monster willow Qing Wu said while trembling, "Y-you can leave from where you came…"
926
927"Oh, so that's how it was. Thanks," Venerable White said with a smile. "Right, I still need to thank you for your tree branch. The quality of the wood was very high, and the flying sword I manufacture thanks to it is also excellent. Its speed isn't inferior to that of my life-bound flying sword."
928
929The monster willow Qing Wu was speechless.
930
931After greeting the monster willow, Venerable White glanced at the tip of his disposable flying sword 004 edition, which was now piercing the body of a muscular demodragon.
932
933The fists of the muscular demodragon were crisscrossed as it was pierced by the sword qi. The sword qi pierced through its arms and reached its chest, with the tip of the sword also puncturing its body. At this time, the muscular demodragon was continuously struggling, trying to break free from Venerable White's sword.
934
935Unfortunately, Venerable White sword qi was also releasing a special type of purifying strength, the same strength that the monster willow Qing Qu had experienced earlier.
936
937The purifying strength was continuously driving out the foul energy in the body of the demodragon. In addition, it had the capacity to weaken the demons of the Netherworld, and even a powerhouse of the Sixth Stage rank such as Cave Lord Dragon became weak and feeble as the purifying strength injected into its body directly. Cave Lord Dragon couldn't muster the strength to break free from the tip of the sword at this time.
938
939"Eh? It's unexpectedly a demodragon?" Venerable White said, somewhat surprised, as he smelled Cave Lord Dragon's blood.
940
941This short and stocky evil creature turned out to be a cosmic demon—a demodragon, to be more precise.
942
943A cosmic demon and also a demon of the Netherworld Realm… this one had to be eliminated!
944
945Thereupon, Venerable White gently tapped on the flying sword with his right foot. Immediately after, his sword intent exploded.
946
947The sword intent directly cut into the body of the demodragon.
948
949Petrification!
950
951In the next moment, the body of the demodragon stiffened. Then, an amber-like substance emerged from its body, instantaneously wrapping it up and turning it into a huge amber-colored statue.
952
953Just in this fashion, the amber-colored statue hardened with the tip of the disposable flying sword still inside.
954
955The life aura of Cave Lord Dragon quickly disappeared. It wasn't only the body of the demodragon; the insect inside was also petrified, thoroughly dying.
956
957The powerful cave lord of the Evil Dragon Cave, which was situated on the Mountain of Next Life, had died in its home territory before it could even set out for battle.
958
959"Cave Lord Dragon God!" the monster willow Qing Wu called out in alarm.
960
961'Dragon God' was the real name of 'Cave Lord Dragon'. Its name when it was just an insect was 'King', but after taking the possession of the body of this demodragon, it decided to upgrade it to 'Dragon God'!
962
963"Eh? You knew this demodragon?" Venerable White turned his head around and glanced at the monster willow.
964
965Qing Wu's face whitened. Then, she firmly shook her head and said, "N-no, I totally don't know it!"
966
967True Monarch White Crane sneered, "Didn't you just call its name right now, Cave Lord Dragon God? Hmph! As expected, this monster willow can't be trusted, either. Senior White, please, let me turn her into firewood."
968
969"No!" Qing Wu got a scare. She pulled her roots out of the soil of the Netherworld and soared into the sky, fleeing to a distant place! Although she couldn't change her form, she was a monster of the Fifth Stage rank that had condensed a Monster Core. Therefore, she was capable of flight.
970
971But how could her speed be a match for the six-winged True Monarch White Crane if she couldn't even ride a flying sword?
972
973True Monarch White Crane flapped its wings and instantaneously appeared next to the monster willow.
974
975Next, it attacked her with its right palm.
976
977"Bang!"
978
979The monster willow was sent flying while upside down and fell in front of Venerable White.
980
981True Monarch White Crane's body flickered again and appeared beside Qing Wu. Then, its finger turned into a sword and prepared to turn the monster willow into firewood.
982
983"White Crane, wait," Venerable White said and stopped it.
984
985True Monarch White Crane immediately held back its sword qi and glanced at Venerable White in puzzlement. "Senior White, is something the matter?"
986
987"I feel there is some fate between her and me. Therefore, let's forgive her and bring her back with us. Afterward, I'll need to find a way to drive out the energy of the Netherworld in her body and purify her." Venerable White held his chin and then added, "With that, if I feel like manufacturing a disposable flying sword in the future, I can have an unlimited source of high-quality branches at my disposal. Perhaps I can even create a new series of disposable flying swords, the disposable monster willow series?"
988
989The monster willow Qing Wu was speechless.
990
991Dammit, I was moved for nothing!
992
993Qing Wu was extremely touched after hearing the first part of Venerable White's speech, wishing she could give both her body and soul to this gentle and powerful mister, but when she heard the second half, she was directly thrown into the depths of hell.
994
995True Monarch White Crane said, "Senior White has truly a great vision and farsightedness!"
996
997Thereupon, Senior White used a magical technique and tied the monster willow to the back of the disposable flying sword 004 edition.
998
999Qing Wu felt that the world was very cruel.
1000
1001â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
1002
1003"Sit tight, we are heading back!" Venerable White said. Then, he made a hand seal, and the disposable flying sword carried off the three people and the muscular demodragon away, quickly heading toward the space crack.
1004
1005The flying speed of the sword was terrifying.
1006
1007Qing Wu felt that her roots had become soft. Luckily, she was a monster of the Fifth Stage rank and could clench her teeth and resist such speed.
1008
1009Two breaths later.
1010
1011Venerable White thought to himself, I'm getting more and more hungry. I'd better increase the speed.
1012
1013Therefore, he made another hand seal, and the speed of the flying sword increased by more than five times!
1014
1015True Monarch White Crane was able to resist the speed with its body of the Sixth Stage rank.
1016
1017But the poor monster tree tied to the back of the flying sword with a magical rope couldn't bear it anymore. She had never experienced such incredible speed, and as if that wasn't enough, she was tied to the sword with a rope, which gave her all sorts of 'thrills' during the flight.
1018
1019"Aaaaaaaah~" the monster tree called out in alarm. Her voice was like the cry of dolphin, high-pitched and giving no sign of going down.
1020
1021â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
1022
1023In the meantime.
1024
1025In the Jiangnan area, not too far away from Yu Jiaojiao's villa. Next to a sparsely populated road without a surveillance system.
1026
1027A silver 'Wuling Hongguang' minivan quietly appeared on the road, speeding alongside it.
1028
1029In the minivan, a man with a red face gently whistled.
1030
1031"No one discovered me, very good. The destination is little friend Yu Jiaojiao's villa. Let's go," the man with the red face said with a smile, quickly speeding on the road with his made in China minivan.
1032
1033Although what he was driving looked like a minivan, its true essence was that of an immortal boat. It was a cool vehicle that could fly in the sky, travel on the road, and even move underwater.
1034
1035He had disguised it and changed its shape to that of a minivan so that it wouldn't draw too much attention.
1036
1037The man with the red face driving the vehicle was on the verge of reaching little friend Song Shuhang's place!
1038
1039â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
1040
1041Just as he was driving, he chanced upon the traffic police, which was currently checking for drunk drivers.
1042
1043In recent years, the number of traffic accidents had increased along with the increasing number of private cars. Therefore, the police was really strict while checking for drunk drivers. The traffic police was very elusive, and no one knew where and at what time they would appear to check the drivers.
1044
1045The man with the red face didn't seem to care and calmly drove over.
1046
1047Then, his vehicle was forced to stop. There were three vehicles in front of him, and all the drivers were performing the preliminary breath test.
1048
1049After the drivers in the front were done with the test, it was finally his turn.
1050
1051He lowered the window and took out his driving license. But before he could even open his mouth to speak, the nearby young police officer said, "Please, show me your driving license… eh? You drank quite a lot, didn't you?"
1052
1053The man with the red face that was about to hand over his driving license was dumbfounded. "What?"
1054
1055"Don't play dumb. Your face is all red," the young police officer sneered. He glanced at the driving license and saw that the full name of the man was 'Xian Gong'. Surnamed Xian and named Gong? This name is rather strange.
1056
1057Soon after, the young police officer took out the equipment for the preliminary breath test.
1058
1059"I was born like this, my face is innately red!" the man with the red face said angrily.
1060
1061"Hehe, who do you think you are to have an innately red face, Guan Yu 1 ? Enough chit-chat, blow here. As long as you are drunk, you'll get caught," the young police officer handed over the equipment for the preliminary breath test.
1062
1063The man with the red face took it in his hands and blew into it.
1064
1065In the next moment…
1066
1067"Eh? You aren't drunk?" The young police officer was astonished. It wasn't his first time making a mistake while judging whether someone was drunk or not, but it was his first time seeing someone with a red face like this man before his eyes not being drunk! Was it possible that the man was really born with a red face? However, the color of his face was the same as those of drunkards!
1068
1069"See? I was born like this, do you understand now?" The man with the red face wished he could spurt out all his saliva in the face of the young police officer.
1070
1071So what if he had a red face? Was he getting discriminated against for this reason now?!
1072
1073The embarrassed police officer let him pass.
1074
1075The man with the red face drove away his vehicle, somewhat depressed, and headed toward Yu Jiaojiao's home.
1076
1077I chanced upon the traffic police checking for drunk drivers… I feel that my luck isn't too good today! Scholar Xian Gong thought to himself. Yes, this man with a red face was precisely Scholar Xian Gong.
1078
1079I hope nothing bad will happen to the demodragon… hopefully, it won't sneak-attack little friend Song Shuhang before my arrival. Dammit, I should hurry up and quickly reach the destination. I absolutely can't let the demodragon escape or fall into someone else's hands!
1080
1081Very soon, Scholar Xian Gong arrived in the proximity of Yu Jiaojiao's villa.
1082
1083"This is the place." Scholar Xian Gong got out of the minivan and glanced at Yu Jiaojiao's undamaged villa. From the looks of it, the demodragon had yet to arrive.
1084
1085This was simply perfect.
1086
1087Chapter 651: How can the Lightning Palm be so simple? ###
1088
1089Translator: GodBrandy Editor: Kurisu
1090
1091
1092
1093At this time, in the practice room in the rear of Yu Jiaojiao's villa.
1094
1095Su Clan's Sixteen was still helping Song Shuhang with his training.
1096
1097Just as they were practicing, Song Shuhang received Venerable White's call and discovered that Senior White would come back soon. In addition, he mentioned that he was somewhat hungry and wanted to eat something delicious.
1098
1099When food was mentioned, Song Shuhang immediately thought of Immortal Fairy Bie Xue.
1100
1101The immortal dishes from the last time were so good that he wished he could keep eating them forever.
1102
1103Thereupon, Song Shuhang decided to give Immortal Fairy Bie Xue a call.
1104
1105The phone was quickly picked up, and Bie Xue's voice echoed. "Hello, little friend Song? Do you need something from me?"
1106
1107"Yes, I wanted to ask you something, Immortal Fairy. How much does it cost to book a set of immortal dishes of average quality?" Song Shuhang asked.
1108
1109"I don't want spirit stones. Just cut a part of Lady Onion's sprout and give it to me. I'll prepare you a set of immortal dishes in return." Immortal Fairy Bie Xue went directly to the point.
1110
1111"…" Song Shuhang.
1112
1113He could already feel the size-reducing purse shaking due to Lady Onion trembling inside.
1114
1115Elder Sister Bie Xue, please stop tempting me to cut off Lady Onion's sprout. I might really end up doing it one day if you keep tempting me like this! Song Shuhang thought to himself and sighed.
1116
1117"You don't want to? Anyway, under normal circumstances, even the most average set of my immortal dishes has a starting price of 50,000 spirit stones of the Fifth Stage. But since it's you, I can give you a 50% discount and round it off to 20,000 spirit stones of the Fifth Stage," Immortal Fairy Bie Xue said with a smile.
1118
1119She was the best immortal chef in the world of cultivators. Therefore, her dishes were very expensive. Actually, the starting price of 50,000 spirit stones was already discounted.
1120
1121Song Shuhang collapsed. He had obtained forty spirit stones of the Sixth Stage after his recent transaction with Daoist Priest Horizon, and even if he were to convert them to spirit stones of the Fifth Stage, they amounted to only 400 spirit stones! He couldn't even afford the crumbs of Bie Xue's immortal dishes!
1122
1123"If little friend Song doesn't have the necessary spirit stones right now, you can buy on credit and pay me later when you have them," Immortal Fairy Bie Xue also added. Little friend Song had just reached the Third Stage Realm. Therefore, she guessed that he might not have too many spirit stones with him. But if he really wanted to eat one of her meals, she could let him buy on credit for Venerable White's sake. After all, it was just a set of immortal dishes and not that much effort for her.
1124
1125Song Shuhang secretly heaved a sigh. If he were to buy on credit, he would be immediately in debt of 20,000 spirit stones of the Fifth Stage!
1126
1127Immortal Fairy Bie Xue's dishes were simply too expensive for him. It wasn't a price that the current Song Shuhang could afford.
1128
1129Although he would have liked to let Venerable White eat something delicious, he might have to settle for ordinary table delicacies given his current financial situation. Perhaps he could ask the chefs in Yu Jiaojiao's house to prepare something delicious or get two boxes of bayberries—it should be enough to make Venerable White happy, right?
1130
1131"Thank you, Immortal Fairy… but you can forget about my request." Song Shuhang sighed.
1132
1133"Hehe. You aren't interested even if there is no deadline and you can repay me whenever you want?" Immortal Fairy Bie Xue said.
1134
1135Song Shuhang was somewhat moved after hearing these words.
1136
1137But before he could say something, Immortal Fairy Bie Xue asked another question, "Right. Little friend Song, why did you suddenly decided to order one of my sets of immortal dishes?"
1138
1139"Oh, about that… it's because Senior White is coming back," Song Shuhang replied truthfully. Immortal Fairy Bie Xue was currently staying in the Jiangnan area, and she would immediately sense it if Senior White came back riding his flying sword. Therefore, he was unable to conceal the truth from her—not that there was a need to.
1140
1141"…" Immortal Fairy Bie Xue.
1142
1143After a short moment, Immortal Fairy Bie Xue clenched her teeth and said, "I can prepare you a set of immortal dishes at the non-discounted price of 50,000 spirit stones of the Fifth Stage… there is no deadline for the repayment, and even if you have the spirit stones later and don't want to pay, it's fine. In short, you buy on credit, and you don't need to return the money if you wish, how about it?"
1144
1145Although she said 'buy on credit', it was essentially free…
1146
1147Song Shuhang accepted without hesitation and said, "Good."
1148
1149"When is Fellow Daoist White returning?" Immortal Fairy Bie Xue asked.
1150
1151"There shouldn't be much time left before his return. Senior White is riding his flying sword as we speak. Even if he is on the other side of the world, he will come back rather quickly given his incredible flying speed," Song Shuhang said.
1152
1153"Wait for me. I'll finish the dishes as soon as possible," Immortal Fairy Bie Xue said and hung up the call.
1154
1155â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
1156
1157Song Shuhang shrugged his shoulders and put away his mobile phone. "Now I suddenly owe Immortal Fairy Bie Xue 50,000 spirit stones of the Fifth Stage."
1158
1159Su Clan's Sixteen laughed. With her hearing, it wasn't a problem to listen to the conversation between Song Shuhang and Bie Xue.
1160
1161"Right. I almost forgot about it. Sixteen, take this," Song Shuhang said as he took a seed out of his size-reducing purse, handing it over to Sixteen.
1162
1163It was the seed of the Seven Colors Wonder Fruit that Song Shuhang had received yesterday from Uncle Zheng De of the Immortal Farming Sect.
1164
1165Back then, he thought of giving it to Su Clan's Sixteen as soon as they met… but when he made his appearance to give her a surprise, Sixteen almost ended up killing him. Therefore, he forgot about the seed.
1166
1167Su Clan's Sixteen took the seed and asked in puzzlement, "What's this?"
1168
1169When she touched the seed, she suddenly felt free from worries, just as though some hidden danger within her body had been removed.
1170
1171"This is the seed of the Seven Colors Wonder Fruit. Uncle Zheng De from the Immortal Farming Sect asked me to give it to you. You can consider it an apology. Although it's just the seed of the Seven Colors Wonder Fruit, it can still help heal the wounds the heavenly tribulation caused if you eat it," Song Shuhang said.
1172
1173"What a strange uncle." Su Clan's Sixteen nodded and put away the seed. "I accept his good intentions… Shuhang, if you meet him again, thank him on my behalf for his good intentions."
1174
1175"Sure," Song Shuhang said with a smile.
1176
1177â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
1178
1179Several breaths later.
1180
1181Su Clan's Sixteen started to teach Song Shuhang two magical techniques of the Third Stage that suited him, the Lightning Drawing Technique and the Fire Summoning Technique.
1182
1183As first thing, Su Clan's Sixteen gave Song Shuhang two thick booklets. These two books illustrated the principles behind the two techniques. Even if they were rather simple magical techniques of the Third Stage rank, several thousand characters were needed to describe the principles behind them, how to execute them, and the other various things that one needed to pay attention to.
1184
1185Song Shuhang estimated that several complicated steps would be needed to display the two techniques.
1186
1187As such, he started trying out the two magical techniques under Su Clan's Sixteen's guidance.
1188
1189"Sixteen, are all techniques of the Third Stage this complicated?" Song Shuhang asked while testing the Fire Summoning Technique. He discovered that his talent was so-so when it came to learning magical techniques. Although he had tried using the Fire Summoning Technique several times already, not even the tongues of the flame appeared.
1190
1191"They aren't that complicated. Magical techniques of the Third Stage rank are all as complex as the Lightning Palm you already studied," Su Clan's Sixteen said. Before reaching the Fourth Stage, all magical techniques had more or less the same degree of complexity. At most, some required more mental energy or strength than others.
1192
1193"How is that possible?" Song Shuhang exclaimed. He remembered that when Venerable White taught him the Lightning Palm back then, he only told him how to draw the lightning (雷) character, and even the method to draw the character was rather simple and required only thirteen strokes. Afterward, he only had to condense his qi and blood energy—or true qi—in one hand and use it to draw the lightning (雷) character on the palm of the other, using his mental energy to activate the power within the character and display the technique.
1194
1195It was nothing like the Fire Summoning Technique before his eyes. While using this technique, he first had to use his mental energy to visualize the runes of the 'Fire Summoning Technique' in his mind and combine them together. Then, he had to use a special method to revolve his true qi and use it to draw the four runes of the technique in the air. After that, he had to maintain the runes with his mental energy and use his true qi again, pouring it into the runes. At last, he had to use his mental energy to bring out the power inside the runes… only after all these steps could he finally display the technique.
1196
1197"My Lightning Palm only requires two steps, while this Fire Summoning Technique requires five!" Song Shuhang said.
1198
1199"Your Lightning Palm requires only two steps? How is that possible? Which Lightning Palm are you even talking about?" This time, it was Su Clan's Sixteen's turn to be surprised. "Can you let me take a look at your Lightning Palm?"
1200
1201After hearing Sixteen's words, Song Shuhang immediately understood what was going on… F*ck, the version of the Lightning Palm I studied must have been a special one!
1202
1203It was surely Venerable White's own revised version of the technique!
1204
1205No wonder the 'ghost general' he met back then in Grandpa Tubo's hometown—one of the leftovers of Altar Master's organization—was so surprised after seeing him use the Lightning Palm… because the normal version of the Lightning Palm wasn't something that a cultivator of the First Stage like Song Shuhang could learn or use.
1206
1207"I think that Senior White modified the version of the Lightning Palm I studied," Song Shuhang said as he used his left hand to quickly draw the lightning character on the palm of the other hand. Afterward, he used his mental energy to activate the character, and a mass of crackling lightning appeared in his hand.
1208
1209The whole process had required only two steps and was basically instantaneous.
1210
1211"…" Su Clan's Sixteen.
1212
1213Well, Venerable White was indeed Venerable White. He had managed to simplify the Lightning Palm up to this point!
1214
1215At this time, Song Shuhang thought to himself, Isn't it better if I learn the Lightning Drawing Technique, Fire Summoning Technique, and the advanced version of the Lightning Palm—the Heavenly Lightning Palm—from Venerable White?
1216
1217Perhaps Senior White had a simplified version of each of these magical techniques!
1218
1219Using such complex magical techniques in battle was impractical. Senior White's simplified version was better since it was much faster to execute.
1220
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1222
1223At this time, the sound of laughter was transmitted from outside.
1224
1225"Wahaha! Little friend Shuhang, I'm here." The sound of Scholar Xian Gong's laughter echoed.
1226
1227Scholar Xian Gong was an old senior of the Nine Provinces Number One Group, a powerful man that could resist a point-blank nuclear explosion. If not for the nuclear bomb affecting his condition back then, he might have already advanced to the Venerable realm.
1228
1229Song Shuhang and Su Clan's Sixteen smiled and went out to welcome him. Yu Jiaojiao and Daoist Priest Horizon also came out together to greet Senior Xian Gong.
1230
1231After seeing Senior Xian Gong, Song Shuhang discovered that he was nothing like how he'd imagined him.
1232
1233The dao name 'Xian Gong' made him believe that the opposite party was perhaps an old man, while the title 'scholar' made him think that he might have the aura of an intellectual.
1234
1235But Scholar Xian Gong turned out to be a 190 cm tall man with a red face and full of bulging muscles.
1236
1237"Little friend Shuhang, the demodragon has yet to arrive, right?" Senior Xian Gong asked, somewhat worried.
1238
1239Song Shuhang faintly smiled and said, "Yes, it has yet to arrive."
1240
1241"Excellent." Scholar Xian Gong heaved a sigh of relief.
1242
1243Chapter 652: Preferential treatment ###
1244
1245Translator: GodBrandy Editor: Kurisu
1246
1247
1248
1249"I've asked several friends to come over and give me a hand, and I've asked for help in the Nine Provinces Number One Group as well. We'll hide somewhere close to little friend Shuhang's position and wait for the arrival of the demodragon. That thing won't be able to return to the Netherworld safely!" Scholar Xian Gong said.
1250
1251To devise this plan to capture the demodragon, he had spent a lot of resources and owed favors to several people.
1252
1253However, it was all worth it. As long as he could capture the demodragon and refine some demodragon medicine, he would be finally able to strengthen his constitution, making it match his current realm and getting rid of all the hidden dangers that his weak constitution might have caused.
1254
1255After that, he could finally attempt to break through to the Seventh Stage Venerable Realm!
1256
1257"Senior, I'm ready to coordinate with you," Song Shuhang said with a nod. In addition, Venerable White was on his way back. With Senior White here, the demodragon had no chance of escaping.
1258
1259â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
1260
1261In the living room of the villa.
1262
1263Dharma King Creation's junior brother—Great Master Swallow Cloud, who was one of the best screenwriters in the country—was currently discussing the plot of the movie together with Gao Moumou. At the same time, he started to revise and adapt the first part of the story that Gao Moumou had written already into a suitable script, conveniently giving him pointers on how to prepare scripts for movies.
1264
1265Gao Moumou's girlfriend, Yayi, sat next to Moumou and rested her chin in her hand, listening to Great Master Swallow Cloud's explanation together with her boyfriend.
1266
1267Yangde and Tubo sat on one side, busy with their things. Yangde was bored and thus playing games, while Tubo was finishing his younger cousin's summer assignments…
1268
1269Scholar Xian Gong decided not to disturb the people in the house and applied a formation to his body, becoming invisible.
1270
1271Afterward, he started to observe the topography of Yu Jiaojiao's villa and the surrounding area, analyzing it and planning their next moves. Next, he looked for good places where he could arrange trapping formations. His objective was to surround the enemy, making it impossible for them to escape.
1272
1273I feel that my luck today isn't very good. Therefore, I have to be extra careful and not overlook any details. I can't allow that demodragon to escape, Scholar Xian Gong thought to himself.
1274
1275â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
1276
1277Around half an hour later, someone rang the doorbell of Yu Jiaojiao's villa.
1278
1279"Who might that be?" Song Shuhang got up and headed towards the door. Was it Senior White, or was it Immortal Fairy Bie Xue?
1280
1281After he opened the door, Immortal Fairy Bie Xue appeared before Song Shuhang's eyes. At this time, she was holding two big food containers, much bigger than the food container full of immortal dishes she'd prepared for Song Shuhang back then.
1282
1283Song Shuhang said, "Immortal Fairy, you are finally here."
1284
1285"Has Fellow Daoist White arrived already?" Immortal Fairy Bie Xue was still wearing a veil, and one couldn't make out the expression on her face.
1286
1287"He hasn't arrived yet. But given the time, he should be about to arrive." Song Shuhang stretched out his hand and helped Immortal Fairy Bie Xue carry one of the food containers.
1288
1289"That's perfect," Immortal Fairy Bie Xue said with a smile. After getting into the house, she said to Yu Jiaojiao, "Fellow Daoist Jiaojiao, I need to borrow your kitchen for a moment. Some of the dishes are better off prepared on the spot after Fellow Daoist White's arrival."
1290
1291"Sure, no problem!" Yu Jiaojiao replied.
1292
1293Jiaojiao heard Song Shuhang mention that Venerable White was about to come over. In addition, Song Shuhang apparently used 50,000 spirit stones of the Fifth Stage to reserve a set of immortal dishes. From the looks of it, they would be able to enjoy Immortal Fairy Bie Xue's cooking again today.
1294
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1296
1297Song Shuhang helped Immortal Fairy Bie Xue carry the food containers to the kitchen.
1298
1299"Right. Immortal Fairy, is there any dish amongst the ones you prepared that ordinary people can eat?" Song Shuhang asked.
1300
1301Immortal dishes were filled with powerful spiritual energy. If an ordinary person were to eat them, they might directly explode since they couldn't rely on cultivation techniques to absorb the spiritual energy.
1302
1303"Don't worry. I already know that you have several non-cultivator friends, so I prepared ahead of time," Immortal Fairy Bie Xue said with a smile.
1304
1305"That's great." Song Shuhang heaved a sigh of relief. After all, he couldn't tell Gao Moumou and the others to go sit at another table while eating!
1306
1307Afterward, Song Shuhang helped Immortal Fairy Bie Xue put in order the dishes and the ingredients.
1308
1309Song Shuhang noticed something strange during the process. Each plate of this evening's meal didn't have much food on it and was very variegated.
1310
1311Is it possible that Immortal Fairy didn't have enough ingredients? Song Shuhang thought to himself.
1312
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1314
1315Around three minutes after Immortal Fairy Bie Xue arrived at the villa, Venerable White and True Monarch White Crane arrived in the airspace of the Jiangnan area.
1316
1317The disposable flying sword started to slow down.
1318
1319Venerable White had already put the petrified demodragon stuck on the tip of the flying sword away in his spatial equipment due to it slowing down the speed of the sword.
1320
1321On the other hand, that monster willow tied to the back of the flying sword had reduced the size of her body to that of the palm of a hand. At this time, she was so scared that even her roots had become soft.
1322
1323Taking advantage of the fact that the flying sword had stopped, True Monarch White Crane stretched out its hand and pulled the monster willow back on the sword. "Senior White, have we arrived?"
1324
1325"Yes, this place is close to the address little friend Shuhang gave us. I'll take a look at the map." Venerable White took out his mobile phone and inserted the address of Yu Jiaojiao's villa.
1326
1327"Found it. It's three kilometers away from here. Let's descend toward our destination!" Venerable White said.
1328
1329In the next moment, the disposable flying sword dove and quickly descended next to Yu Jiaojiao's villa.
1330
1331â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
1332
1333In the kitchen.
1334
1335Just as Venerable White's descended and approached their position, Meteor Sword—which was hanging at Song Shuhang's waist—cried out happily, automatically starting to fly.
1336
1337"Eh? Has Senior White arrived?" Song Shuhang said with a smile. "Immortal Fairy, do you want to greet Senior White together with me?"
1338
1339"No need… you can go alone. I'll take care of the last several dishes and serve the food immediately after," Immortal Fairy Bie Xue said.
1340
1341"Fine," Song Shuhang said and jogged toward the door.
1342
1343â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
1344
1345Outside the villa.
1346
1347Just as True Monarch White Crane was preparing to ring the doorbell, Song Shuhang opened the door.
1348
1349He glanced at True Monarch White Crane and said with a smile, "Senior White Crane, you are also here!"
1350
1351"It's you, boy! How did you know that we were here already?" At the same, True Monarch White Crane noticed that there were ordinary people inside the house. Therefore, it used an illusory technique on its body to hide the wings on its back.
1352
1353"It was thanks to Meteor Sword. It sensed Venerable White's aura ahead of time," Song Shuhang said while pointing at Meteor Sword dancing in midair next to him.
1354
1355There was a special formation engraved on Meteor Sword, and ordinary people couldn't see it. Therefore, it didn't attract the attention of Gao Moumou and the others even though it was dancing in the air.
1356
1357After seeing Meteor Sword, True Monarch White Crane suddenly became very jealous. It opened its eyes wide and glared at Song Shuhang. This guy was precisely that foolish human that didn't understand anything about Senior White's charm and beauty. His esthetic standard and view of the world were definitely skewed.
1358
1359But Senior White seemed to care a lot about him, to the point that he even entrusted his Meteor Sword to him.
1360
1361Tsk, tsk, tsk! From the looks of it, True Monarch White Crane would have to find the time to fix the distorted view of the world of this foolish human!
1362
1363After getting glared at for some unknown reason, Song Shuhang scratched his head and asked, "Senior White Crane, where is Senior White?"
1364
1365"He is on the edge of the flower garden," True Monarch White Crane replied. At the same time, he moved to one side, revealing Venerable White's figure squatting next to the flower garden.
1366
1367Song Shuhang glanced ahead and discovered that Venerable White was currently… playing with mud.
1368
1369He took a big chunk of soil out of the flower garden and carefully molded it with his hands.
1370
1371"…" Song Shuhang.
1372
1373Shuhang arrived behind Venerable White and asked, "Senior White, what are you doing?"
1374
1375"I'm molding the soil and trying to create a small flower pot. Here, done!" Venerable White said softly. He quickly rotated the soil between his fingers and molded it into the shape of a small barrel.
1376
1377Afterward, he stretched out his finger and pressed on the flower pot. "Petrification!"
1378
1379The light of the magical technique shone, and the muddy flower pot in his hands turned into stone thanks to it.
1380
1381Venerable White nodded, satisfied, and said, "Although it's a bit crude, it works just fine."
1382
1383Venerable White put some soil inside the flower pot. After that, he took out a palm-sized willow tree and placed it inside the pot, covering it with some more soil.
1384
1385"Done." Venerable White nodded his head, very satisfied. Next, he clapped his hands and the spiritual energy inside his body shook, making the mud and soil attached to his hands fall to the ground.
1386
1387"Is this small willow tree some treasure that Senior White found on the way back?" Song Shuhang asked. He knew that Venerable White's luck was incredible. Such being the case, was it possible that he had found another natural treasure while they were coming back?
1388
1389Song Shuhang stretched out his hand and poked at the willow tree.
1390
1391"Rustle~" The willow tree violently shook. In the next moment, the voice of a woman echoed. "Little rascal, don't casually poke other people's bodies!"
1392
1393When the voice echoed, the face of a beautiful woman appeared on the other side of the small willow tree, angrily glaring at Song Shuhang.
1394
1395Song Shuhang got a scare. Had this tree obtained wisdom, turning into a monster tree?
1396
1397"She is a monster willow from the Netherworld Realm. Her name is Qing Wu," Venerable White explained to Song Shuhang. "After I seized her, I decided to keep her with me since the quality of her wood was excellent and very suitable to manufacture disposable flying swords. Now, if I want to manufacture swords in the future, I don't need to worry about finding branches."
1398
1399After hearing these words, the monster willow Qing Wu trembled.
1400
1401Song Shuhang held his chin and pondered. For some reason, he found this scene rather familiar.
1402
1403But right at this time, Venerable White reminded, "However, Qing Wu's whole body is currently contaminated with the evil energy of the Netherworld, and a lot of time will pass before it gets purified. Therefore, it's better if you don't touch her casually, Shuhang. It would be rather troublesome if the energy of the Netherworld were to invade your body. That energy has corrosive properties as well."
1404
1405Corrosive properties? Song Shuhang immediately glanced at his hand. Luckily, the glove of passion of Swordsman Wooden Ox was undamaged. Song Shuhang heaved a sigh of relief; he would be in big trouble if the glove were to break.
1406
1407Venerable White turned his head around and asked while holding the flower pot in his hands, "Right. Shuhang, did you manage to get your hands on something delicious? I'm starving."
1408
1409"Yes, everything is ready. Senior White, you just need to take your seat," Song Shuhang said, very pleased. "I can guarantee you that it's something very tasty. Senior White will surely like it."
1410
1411"It's something very tasty?" Venerable White nodded earnestly and said, "In that case, I'm really looking forward to it."
1412
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1414
1415The door of the villa was pushed open and Venerable White got into the house.
1416
1417After getting into the house, he saw that several table delicacies were placed on the dining table. There were dishes of all of colors and tastes, and with different aromas as well.
1418
1419Song Shuhang glanced at the table. All the food had been prepared with ordinary ingredients, and only a little bit of seasoning belonging to the world of cultivators was added. Immortal Fairy Bie Xue must have prepared these dishes for Gao Moumou and the others. She was really thoughtful.
1420
1421After seeing the table full of dishes, Venerable White held his chin and started to ponder.
1422
1423From the looks of it, an immortal chef had prepared the dishes. Song Shuhang had unexpectedly managed to find an immortal chef?
1424
1425Perhaps it was just a coincidence… but even if the dishes on the table had been prepared with ordinary ingredients, they were all Venerable White's favorite dishes.
1426
1427Since Song Shuhang had no idea about his tastes, it could be only a coincidence.
1428
1429Well then, what a beautiful coincidence in that case! Venerable White was overjoyed after inhaling the aroma of the dishes. Therefore, he ended up smiling, very brightly.
1430
1431In the next moment, his charm was inadvertently released.
1432
1433In the living room, Great Master Swallow Cloud, Gao Moumou, and Yayi, who were revising the story of the movie and studying how to write a script; Yangde, who was playing games; Tubo, who was finishing his younger cousin's school assignments; Daoist Priest Horizon, who was sipping some tea; Yu Jiaojiao, who was helping serving the food; True Monarch White Crane, who was standing in the rear… all the people in the room stopped in their tracks.
1434
1435Everything before their eyes turned black and white, and only the brightly smiling Venerable White retained his colors.
1436
1437Only Scholar Xian Gong, who was currently observing the surrounding terrain and wasn't on the scene, managed to escape the calamity.
1438
1439"Nooooo! I must protect Senior White's smile!" True Monarch White Crane shouted anxiously. What would it do if all these people went crazy for Venerable White after seeing him smile?
1440
1441Several love rivals might appear all at once!
1442
1443"No, I'm the one that must protect this smile!" Yu Jiaojiao said earnestly.
1444
1445"No, I should be the one to… no, wait. What the hell I'm saying!" Daoist Priest Horizon managed to stop halfway through his sentence and regain his senses.
1446
1447Song Shuhang quickly reminded Venerable White, "Senior White, Senior White, restrain yourself. Let's eat first."
1448
1449"Alright." Venerable White softened his smile, somewhat embarrassed.
1450
1451â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
1452
1453After Senior White restrained his strange charm, all the people in the room were able to recover and took their seats.
1454
1455Daoist Priest Horizon took out that liquor he had prepared long ago. He was finally able to put it to use.
1456
1457In the meantime, Song Shuhang gave Scholar Xian Gong a call and told him to come back for the meal. But Xian Gong said that he was arranging a formation. Thereupon, he suggested them to start eating without him and said he would come over after a little while.
1458
1459Such being the case, they didn't have to wait for Scholar Xian Gong and could start the meal.
1460
1461In the next moment, Immortal Fairy Bie Xue slowly came over while holding the first main course.
1462
1463At this time, Immortal Fairy had covered her whole face with the veil, and she had changed her body build as well. From the looks of it, she didn't want Venerable White to recognize her.
1464
1465What is Immortal Fairy doing? Wasn't she looking forward to meeting Venerable White? Such being the case, why did she cover her face now that they were finally one in front of the other?
1466
1467Just as Song Shuhang was in deep thoughts, Immortal Fairy Bie Xue revealed the first main course.
1468
1469The first main course was a dish of steamed crystal-like dumplings. Each of them was shining, sparkling and crystal-clear. One the edge was a set of fried golden spareribs.
1470
1471Just looking at the dish was enough to make one drool.
1472
1473But Song Shuhang was somewhat confused. Although this dish smelled and looked very good, it didn't seem to be an 'immortal dish'…
1474
1475Wasn't this supposed to be a treat with immortal dishes?
1476
1477Next, Immortal Fairy Bie Xue took out a small steaming basket, placing it in front of Venerable White.
1478
1479Afterward, she flung her head back and returned to the kitchen.
1480
1481Although there were other people as well, she gave the steaming basket only to Venerable White.
1482
1483Song Shuhang more or less guessed what was going on.
1484
1485Venerable White uncovered the basket, somewhat confused. Inside the basket were also crystal-like dumplings surrounded by fried golden spareribs. However, cultivators that had opened their Eye Aperture needed but a glance to notice that the dumplings and spareribs in front of Venerable White were emitting a special, bright light.
1486
1487It was a real immortal dish.
1488
1489'The price for a set of immortal dishes is 50,000 spirit stones of the Fifth Stage. You can buy on credit and don't have any deadline. Actually, even if you don't return the spirit stones at all, it still doesn't matter!'
1490
1491Elder Sister Bie Xue, don't be like this!
1492
1493Chapter 653: Do I have to use my pee to mark the territory as lions do? ###
1494
1495
1496
1497Translator: GodBrandy Editor: Kurisu
1498
1499Elder Sister Bie Xue, is it really okay to openly give Venerable White preferential treatment and let him enjoy these immortal dishes alone?
1500
1501As a matter of fact… it was quite okay.
1502
1503Even if the remaining food on the table was prepared with ordinary ingredients, it was incredibly delicious thanks to Immortal Fairy Bie Xue's cooking skills. Its taste absolutely wasn't inferior to that of an 'immortal dish'. Daoist Priest Horizon, Yu Jiaojiao, and Su Clan's Sixteen were very satisfied after eating it.
1504
1505As for Song Shuhang's friends, it was their first time tasting the product of an immortal chef. They found the food so delicious that they felt they could eat ten plates in a row without stopping. They didn't even notice that Immortal Fairy Bie Xue was giving Venerable White preferential treatment.
1506
1507Venerable White curiously blinked his eyes. Then, he looked at the special food of the immortal rank before his eyes and gazed at Song Shuhang. Was everything part of Shuhang's arrangement?
1508
1509Well, Shuhang surely didn't disappoint him! Venerable White was very satisfied with this dish of the immortal rank which happened to be one of his favorites.
1510
1511When there was good food, good liquor couldn't be lacking. Daoist Priest Horizon was finally able to put to use that liquor he had prepared a long time ago. He poured one cup for all the present.
1512
1513Song Shuhang decided to make use of the present Daoist Priest had brought over and raised his cup, offering a toast by saying, "Let's drink to congratulate Senior White for returning home with a full load."
1514
1515Although he had no idea what treasures had Senior White found in those ancient ruins that dated back to the era of the previous Wielder of the Will, he couldn't go wrong by using the words 'returning home with a full load' given Senior White's extremely good luck.
1516
1517"Thanks," Venerable White said with a faint smile.
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1520
1521While they were drinking, the food kept coming.
1522
1523Most of the dishes were divided into two portions. One portion was prepared with ordinary ingredients, and it was the portion that everybody was eating. The other portion was the food that Immortal Fairy Bie Xue had specially prepared for Venerable White.
1524
1525However, there were some dishes prepared with only ordinary ingredients that would pop up once in a while.
1526
1527The liquor that Daoist Priest Horizon brought over could be considered to be of the immortal rank as well. It was tasty, refreshing, and sweet, but its strength was also quite big. After a few cups, the eyes of Song Shuhang's friends had started to get blurry. Yayi, whose capacity for alcohol was the weakest, had already fallen asleep on the table.
1528
1529"How come I got drunk so quickly today?" Tubo asked in puzzlement, his complexion ruddy.
1530
1531Speaking of which, since the day they had come over to visit Gao Moumou, both he and Yangde had been trapped in a vicious cycle. They would get dead drunk > wake up > eat > drink > get dead drunk again…
1532
1533They weren't in a good spot; they were simply unable to come out of this vicious cycle! From the looks of it, they were going to get dead drunk today as well!
1534
1535Daoist Priest Horizon said complacently, "Because today's liquor is something I brought over personally and is very powerful."
1536
1537"Since Daoist Priest brought over such good liquor, let's all drink!" Gao Moumou said heroically and bumped his cup into Daoist Priest Horizon's, drinking the liquor in his cup to the last drop. Then, he lay on the table together with his girlfriend, Yayi.
1538
1539"Gao Moumou got drunk?" Yu Jiaojiao's eyes suddenly lit up. Immediately after, she called the servants over and told them to bring Gao Moumou and Yayi to their bedroom.
1540
1541At the same, she secretly gestured something to the attendants.
1542
1543The servants also secretly nodded their heads. After bringing them back to their room, they placed Gao Moumou in front of the computer once, turning both the pc and the writing program on and fixing the characters input method.
1544
1545Yu Jiaojiao refused to believe that Gao Moumou would again write tens of thousands of characters with his face.
1546
1547Failure was the mother of success. After failing several times, she would eventually find the correct way to exploit Gao Moumou.
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1550
1551Soon after Gao Moumou, Tubo and Yangde also fell. All the ordinary people sitting at the table had been defeated in this drinking session.
1552
1553Immortal Fairy Bie Xue came out of the kitchen while holding a dish.
1554
1555Perhaps it was just a coincidence, but the main dish that Immortal Fairy brought over this time was a dish of the immortal rank for the most part. It was an immortal dish with fat crab as the main ingredient, and it was also the last main dish for today.
1556
1557After bringing over the main dish, Immortal Fairy Bie Xue didn't leave immediately. Instead, she stood next to Venerable White and skillfully used her hands to cut open the shell of the crab for him, plucking out the plump crab meat inside and placing it on Venerable White's plate.
1558
1559It wasn't a difficult task for a skilled immortal chef.
1560
1561Venerable White felt somewhat uneasy with Immortal Fairy Bie Xue taking care of him so attentively, but as he started eating the crab meat, he discovered that the taste was excellent.
1562
1563"Is it delicious?" Immortal Fairy Bie Xue gently asked at this time.
1564
1565Senior White replied sincerely, "Yes, it's delicious."
1566
1567"Would you like to eat food like this every day?" Immortal Fairy Bie Xue asked another question.
1568
1569Venerable White replied, "Yes."
1570
1571"In that case… how about marrying me? You'll get to eat food that is even more delicious than this every day," Immortal Fairy Bie Xue said softly.
1572
1573A soon as the nearby True Monarch White Crane heard this sentence, it got extremely anxious. Dammit, what was going on? This woman was using food to seduce Senior White! This was against the rules! Using a similar bait was unfair!
1574
1575Venerable White was temporarily at a loss, but soon after, he finally understood what was going on. "No wonder I found these dishes so familiar… moreover, the whole table was filled with food that I liked eating. It was you, Bie Xue! We haven't met for quite a while."
1576
1577Immortal Fairy Bie Xue slightly lowered the veil covering her face, revealing her bright eyes. "Indeed."
1578
1579Venerable White sighed with emotion and said, "Your cooking skills improved again."
1580
1581"That's a given. I always strive to improve," Immortal Fairy Bie Xue said proudly. She was very confident when it came to cooking. "Fellow Daoist White, don't try to evade my question. Give me a reply, are you willing to marry me?"
1582
1583"Nope," Venerable White said.
1584
1585Immortal Fairy Bie Xue asked, "But don't you want to eat delicious dishes every day?"
1586
1587"Yes," Venerable White said without hesitation.
1588
1589Immortal Fairy Bie Xue asked again, "In that case, marry me! I'll prepare food for you every day! In addition, it will be much better than the one you just ate!"
1590
1591"Nope," Venerable White said again without hesitation.
1592
1593Immortal Fairy Bie Xue was rather discouraged.
1594
1595"Even now that hundreds of years have passed, your answer hasn't changed one bit?" Immortal Fairy Bie Xue lamented.
1596
1597"Yes." Venerable White pondered for a moment and suggested another solution, "I'm fine with eating delicious food, but I don't want to marry you."
1598
1599Immortal Fairy Bie Xue clenched her teeth and said, "Wishful thinking!"
1600
1601"Heh, one can only hope," Venerable White said with a smile.
1602
1603Immortal Fairy Bie Xue rolled her eyes and said after a while, "In that case, let's be just friends!"
1604
1605Venerable White replied, "That's fine."
1606
1607…Actually, Senior White had considered Immortal Fairy Bie Xue a friend since the very beginning. Back in the days, Immortal Fairy Bie Xue would invite Venerable White to each Immortal Feast. As such, he had a very good impression of her.
1608
1609After seeing Venerable White's indifferent and calm expression, sadness suddenly surged in Immortal Fairy Bie Xue's heart.
1610
1611In the next moment, she angrily stamped her foot.
1612
1613"Crack~" The marble floor cracked under the strength of Immortal Fairy Bie Xue's foot.
1614
1615Song Shuhang and the others quietly moved away from Immortal Fairy Bie Xue and Venerable White, keeping some distance from them.
1616
1617"Take it!" While brooding in anger, Immortal Fairy Bie Xue took out a written invitation and handed it over to Venerable White.
1618
1619It was the invitation to the Immortal Feast. She had already made up her mind and decided to give him the invitation to the banquet before coming over.
1620
1621"An invitation to the Immortal Feast? You decided to invite me this time?" Venerable White said as he took the invitation card in a very natural way.
1622
1623"Hmph! I've been planning and arranging this year's Immortal Feast since a hundred years ago! I'll prepare an immortal banquet that you won't be able to forget for the rest of your life! At that time, you simply won't be able to live without my cooking!" Immortal Fairy Bie Xue said with overpowering momentum!
1624
1625"I'm looking forward to it!" Venerable White said.
1626
1627"At that time, you'll be the one asking me to marry you!" Immortal Fairy Bie Xue said as she clenched her fists. To conquer the heart of a man, one had to conquer his stomach first. Immortal Fairy Bie Xue believed that if a woman that could conquer Venerable White's stomach existed, that woman was her.
1628
1629Venerable White pondered for a moment and said, "Well, if it's really that delicious, I'm really looking forward to tasting it!"
1630
1631Immortal Fairy rolled her eyes. This dull reaction from Venerable White made her feel as if she had lost before the battle even started. It was rather depressing.
1632
1633But regardless of that, she had already reached her current objective.
1634
1635Now, she would have a showdown with Venerable White at the Immortal Feast!
1636
1637"I'm leaving, see you at the Immortal Feast!" Immortal Fairy Bie Xue said.
1638
1639"Good, I'm looking forward to it," Venerable White said.
1640
1641Immortal Fairy Bie Xue elegantly turned around and left without so much as a backward glance. She even left behind the two food containers in the kitchen.
1642
1643As the owner of the house, Yu Jiaojiao hurried to see her out.
1644
1645â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
1646
1647Although Immortal Fairy Bie Xue had already left, True Monarch White Crane was still very sad. The current situation was simply disastrous! Immortal Fairy Bie Xue was an incredibly powerful opponent, completely different than the other love rivals it met in the past! Since the opponent was the best chef in the entire world of cultivators, White Crane felt that its current situation was desperate!
1648
1649From the looks of it, it would have to bring into full play its strong points as well.
1650
1651But here came the problem… what were its strong points? It couldn't cook, it didn't know how to refine pills, and it couldn't collect medicinal herbs, either. It felt it had lost before the battle even started with Immortal Fairy Bie Xue as the opponent!
1652
1653It was facing an unprecedented crisis!
1654
1655After Immortal Fairy Bie Xue left, Venerable White grabbed a fat crab and lifted it upward, looking at it from all angles.
1656
1657After a short moment, he said to the nearby True Monarch White Crane, "White Crane, do you know how to remove the shell of the crab? Just like Bie Xue did earlier, plucking out all the crab meat inside."
1658
1659Tears immediately streamed down True Monarch White Crane's face. It could definitely cut the shell of the crab open, but it couldn't do it in the same way Immortal Fairy Bie Xue did. After all, it wasn't an immortal chef!
1660
1661"So you don't know how to do it?" As such, Venerable White looked at Shuhang and asked, "Shuhang, do you know how to do it?"
1662
1663But right after asking this question, Venerable White sighed, somewhat disappointed… because Song Shuhang himself was just crudely biting at the crab, eating it in the traditional way.
1664
1665"…" Song Shuhang.
1666
1667After sighing, Venerable White held the crab and started to ponder.
1668
1669â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
1670
1671Although they were done eating and drinking, Scholar Xian Gong had yet to show up to eat the 'immortal dishes'.
1672
1673However, eating food wasn't his priority at this time. What was important right now was to set enough traps to catch that demodragon!
1674
1675After eating and drinking to his heart content's, Song Shuhang had gotten a little drunk. Therefore, he was planning to rest for a while. But right at that time, Scholar Xian Gong called him over.
1676
1677"Little friend Shuhang, you are finally here. I need your help." Scholar Xian Gong stood in the backyard of Yu Jiaojiao's villa and waved his hand at Song Shuhang.
1678
1679"Senior Xian Gong, what do you need of me?" Song Shuhang asked out of curiosity.
1680
1681"I've already set several traps in this place. Now, you need to stand in the middle of the traps and leave your smell behind. After that, I'll use a formation to spread out your smell as much as possible, making it easier for that demodragon to find you. My friends should be about to arrive as well. At this time, everything is ready, and only the main dish is missing," Scholar Xian Gong said confidently.
1682
1683"Sure, Senior Xian Gong," Song Shuhang said with a nod.
1684
1685…But how was he supposed to leave his smell behind?
1686
1687Was he supposed to use his pee to mark the territory as a lion or Doudou would do?
1688
1689Chapter 654: Venerable White is taking a look at the script! ###
1690
1691Translator: GodBrandy Editor: Kurisu
1692
1693
1694
1695Of course, Song Shuhang was only joking when he thought of peeing in the middle of the formation as lions did to leave his smell behind. If he were to do it for real, Scholar Xian Gong might tie him up and throw him within the trap he prepared, using him as a living bait to attract the demodragon.
1696
1697Anyway, it was pretty simple for cultivators to leave their 'smell' behind. Both 'true qi' and 'spiritual energy' carried what one could consider the characteristic 'smell' of a cultivator.
1698
1699Song Shuhang only had to follow Scholar Xian Gong's instructions and inject his true qi inside a transparent crystal—which was the core of the formation—if he wanted to leave his 'smell' behind.
1700
1701This transparent crystal was, in fact, a spirit stone with almost no spiritual energy inside. After passing through a few modifications, it was turned into a special type of crystal that allowed others to inject their true qi or spiritual energy inside.
1702
1703All of this originated from a senior cultivator that wanted to find a method to turn spirit stones into 'rechargeable batteries'. Unfortunately, his research failed, and what he obtained was a half-finished product. After true qi or spiritual energy was injected inside this half-finished product, it was impossible to extract it and make use of it.
1704
1705The method to obtain this half-finished product spread and cultivators researched ingenious ways to exploit it. For example, this half-finished product was the core of the token of authority that the disciples of some sects used. It was useful to record the status of the various disciples.
1706
1707Returning to the topic, Scholar Xian Gong had arranged nearly twenty trapping formations while Song Shuhang and the others were eating. Yu Jiaojiao's villa and a large stretch of the surrounding area were now full of well-concealed formations.
1708
1709Song Shuhang followed Scholar Xian Gong around and left his 'smell' in the various formations.
1710
1711"It's better to stop here for today," Scholar Xian Gong said as he nodded his head, very satisfied. "Tomorrow, I'll arrange even more formations. The best course of action would be to connect these small stand-alone formations and form a big one."
1712
1713Song Shuhang said, "No problem, Senior. If you need my help with something, you just have to call me."
1714
1715"Right. Little friend Shuhang, has Fellow Daoist White come back?" Senior Xian Gong asked. He'd sensed Venerable White's aura when he was arranging the formations earlier.
1716
1717"Yes. He arrived when I called you for the meal earlier," Song Shuhang replied.
1718
1719At the same time, he seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Senior Xian Gong, is it possible that you didn't eat with us because you discovered that Venerable White was here? If that's the case, you don't need to worry anymore. Senior White can freely control his weird charm now, and the people next to him aren't influenced by it."
1720
1721"Cough, it's not due to Fellow Daoist White. My mental power is stronger than what you think, little friend. The reason I didn't come over was that I was fully absorbed in arranging formations and didn't have the time."
1722
1723Due to his face being red already, one was simply unable to figure out whether or not he was blushing due to the shame or if he was really telling the truth.
1724
1725Senior Xian Gong continued, "Actually, I was wondering if Fellow Daoist White would also give us a hand at the appointed time."
1726
1727"If the demodragon were to appear and attack us, Venerable White would surely intervene," Song Shuhang said.
1728
1729Scholar Xian Gong said, "In that case, I'll have to think about Fellow Daoist White's share as well."
1730
1731Song Shuhang asked, "Venerable White will also receive a share for helping us?"
1732
1733"Yes. After all, it's all for the sake of the demodragon we two need. Therefore, we have to compensate all the fellow daoists that give us a hand. In addition, our luck might get better after gifting something to Fellow Daoist White," Scholar Xian Gong explained.
1734
1735Although Song Shuhang didn't fully understand the situation, he felt that it was a rather cool thing to do.
1736
1737"But what kind of gift can we give to Fellow Daoist White if he decides to help us?" Scholar Xian Gong was in deep thoughts. Then, his eyes suddenly lit up as he said, "I just thought of something good!"
1738
1739"Something good?"
1740
1741"As you are aware, I've been researching demodragons lately. Aside from the demodragon medicine, one can obtain other things from their corpses too; after all, their whole body is a treasure. Apart from their skin and muscles, even their tailbone can be forged and turned into a magical treasure called 'Dragon Tail Mirage'. This magical treasure has the capacity to increase the speed of the flying sword by a little, allowing the user to break through their maximum speed limit. Someone like Fellow Daoist White that loves racing with flying swords will surely like it," Scholar Xian Gong replied.
1742
1743Song Shuhang said, "Senior Xian Gong, will you be the one to forge this magical treasure?" If it was a magical treasure related to speed, Venerable White was surely going to like it!
1744
1745"It's not that difficult to manufacture this 'Dragon Tail Mirage'. After we catch the demodragon, I'll personally manufacture one for Fellow Daoist White. My ability to forge treasures and arrange formations can be ranked amongst the first five in the entire Nine Provinces Number One Group," Scholar Xian Gong said with a smile.
1746
1747Song Shuhang completely believed his words. After all, Scholar Xian Gong was someone that had managed to survive a point-blank nuclear explosion by relying on layer upon layer of formations.
1748
1749When he first discovered about this matter in the group, he thought that Scholar Xian Gong was truly an explosively awesome man!
1750
1751Song Shuhang said, "Gifting something like the 'Dragon Tail Mirage' to Senior White after we take down the demodragon seems really fitting."
1752
1753"I'll forge it, and little friend will hand it over to Fellow Daoist White. Let's proceed this way," Senior Xian Gong said.
1754
1755Song Shuhang replied, "No problem, leave it to me."
1756
1757The duo gazed at the various trapping formations. Then, they imagined the scene of the demodragon descending from the sky to kill Song Shuhang. But right at that time, Scholar Xian Gong and his friends would launch their own attack and activate all the trapping formations, pinning the demodragon to the ground and killing it together. This place would become its burial ground!
1758
1759At that time, whoever wanted the skin could take the skin; whoever wanted the blood could take the blood. They would equally divide the body of the demodragon amongst themselves.
1760
1761What a beautiful scene!
1762
1763"The demodragon medicine!" Scholar Xian Gong said.
1764
1765Song Shuhang clenched his fists and also said, "The demodragon medicine!"
1766
1767The duo looked at each other and smiled.
1768
1769â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
1770
1771Senior Xian Gong continued inspecting the arranged formations, while Song Shuhang took his leave and returned to the villa.
1772
1773"What should I do next? Right, I can look for Senior White and learn the third volume of the â®Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Technique⯠from him," Song Shuhang said as he clapped his hands.
1774
1775He had already reached the Third Stage Realm, and it was time for him to learn the next volume of his cultivation technique and open his four mysterious meridians. The path of cultivation was the same as sailing against the current. If one were to stop, they would fall behind. He couldn't slack off and needed to do his best.
1776
1777Just as he was in deep thoughts, Yu Jiaojiao came over.
1778
1779"Jiaojiao, have you seen Senior White?" Song Shuhang asked.
1780
1781"Yes, Senior White is now in Gao Moumou's room," Yu Jiaojiao said with a smile.
1782
1783"In Gao Moumou's room? What is Senior White doing there… wait, is it possible that he's there for the script?" Song Shuhang said suddenly.
1784
1785Yu Jiaojiao replied, "Yes, Senior White was really interested when he heard that the first part of the story was already complete. Therefore, he went to look for your friend Gao Moumou. But since Gao Moumou is still drunk, Venerable White is looking at the initial part of the script of the movie alone."
1786
1787"What?! Someone needs to explain to Senior White the truth about the first part of the story!" Song Shuhang said anxiously. It would be rather troublesome if Senior White thought that the first part of the story was a jab at him.
1788
1789After all, the beginning of Gao Moumou's story was very similar to that scene of the young man in green clothes riding the white horse that he experienced back then.
1790
1791"Jiaojiao, I'll go look for Senior White!" Song Shuhang said as he quickly headed toward Gao Moumou's room.
1792
1793â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
1794
1795In Gao Moumou's room.
1796
1797Due to Senior White's providential arrival, the servants had to move Gao Moumou to the bed. Gao Moumou wouldn't have to sleep on the desk tonight.
1798
1799Venerable White was currently flipping through the printed version of the script and had read quite a bit of it.
1800
1801Song Shuhang entered the room and called out in a low voice, "Senior White!"
1802
1803"Shuhang, what's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?" Venerable White asked out of curiosity.
1804
1805"I heard that you were looking at the plot of the movie, Senior White. Therefore, I came over to take a look," Song Shuhang said with a smile. "Which point of the story have you reached?"
1806
1807"I've reached the point where the senior sister of the main character is about to marry someone else. Thereupon, the main character decided to head toward the place where the wedding ceremony will be held ahead of time to make a public announcement together with that senior sister." Venerable White picked up the script of the movie and pointed at the page number.
1808
1809He unexpectedly reached this part already?
1810
1811"Senior White, what do you think about the story so far?" Song Shuhang tried to keep his calm and took a chair, sitting next to Venerable White.
1812
1813"Although it's just the beginning, I feel that it's rather interesting," Venerable White said with a smile.
1814
1815Song Shuhang immediately heaved a sigh of relief.
1816
1817"However, Jiaojiao said that it was going to be a funny story. Yet this story seems rather dark and doesn't really resemble a comedy, don't you think?" Venerable White asked out of curiosity.
1818
1819"It's because we felt that it was better to shoot a serious movie that wasn't just funny," Song Shuhang said in all seriousness.
1820
1821"Oh." Venerable White nodded his head. Then, he also added, "When I read the beginning of the story, the part where that senior brother continuously challenges the main character to martial arts contests, I couldn't help but remember something that happened a long, long time ago. It really brings back memories."
1822
1823In the end, the conversation still shifted to that part. Song Shuhang's heart twitched.
1824
1825"As soon as I saw the main character, I identified myself with him. Shuhang, I feel that I'll perform very well the part of this main character," Venerable White continued.
1826
1827"Ah?" Song Shuhang was dumbfounded. Afterward, he was so excited that tears almost streamed down his cheeks.
1828
1829At first, he'd thought that Gao Moumou's fickle start of the story might anger Venerable White. But little did he expect that this part of the story where the main character was tortured and almost beaten to death would actually move Venerable White and make him identify with the protagonist.
1830
1831This is something worthy of celebration! Gao Moumou, my friend, you really escaped death this time. I think I can tell Yu Jiaojiao to cancel the order for that grave at the bottom of the sea I've booked for you.
1832
1833Just as he was in deep thoughts, Venerable White also said, "Right. Shuhang, if I play the part of the main character, who is going to play the part of this Senior Brother Gao Sheng?"
1834
1835"My friend Gao Moumou will play that part. He is also the one that wrote the story," Song Shuhang replied.
1836
1837"Eh? He will be the one to play this role?" Venerable White glanced at the drunk Gao Moumou. Then, he shook his head and said, "That won't do. I don't think his personality is suitable to play Gao Sheng's role. In addition, he is not a cultivator."
1838
1839Song Shuhang said with a smile, "I'll discuss it with Gao Moumou; you don't need to worry about it. After all, it's not like he has to play this role at all costs."
1840
1841Gao Moumou created Gao Sheng's character because he mistakenly believed that Shuhang would play the part of the main character, and Song Shuhang knew about this point.
1842
1843Shuhang was sure that Gao Moumou would try with all his might to make the scene of 'Gao Moumou savagely beating Song Shuhang' come to life if he was the one playing the role of the main character.
1844
1845As such, as long as he told him that Venerable White was going to be the male lead, Gao Moumou shouldn't have too many problems giving up on playing Gao Sheng's role.
1846
1847After all, he wanted to get his revenge on Song Shuhang, and Senior White had nothing to do with it.
1848
1849"Senior White, such being the case, who do you think should play Gao Sheng's role? After all, we are talking about a rather important supporting role," Song Shuhang asked.
1850
1851Chapter 655: In the end, I still can't escape my fate? ###
1852
1853Translator: GodBrandy Editor: Kurisu
1854
1855
1856
1857Song Shuhang's voice had hardly faded when he discovered that a pair of eyes was closely staring at him.
1858
1859Those eyes belonged to Senior White!
1860
1861Senior White was holding his chin and was lost in thoughts while looking at Shuhang.
1862
1863I-it can't be, right?
1864
1865Venerable White isn't really thinking of making me play Senior Brother Gao Sheng's role, right? Song Shuhang had started to get uneasy.
1866
1867No, I can't let Venerable White get these strange thoughts!
1868
1869Song Shuhang felt that whoever got to play Senior Brother Gao Sheng's role and repeatedly challenged the main character—in this case, Venerable White—during the beginning of the plot, beating up and shaming him in various ways, wouldn't end up too well after this whole matter was over.
1870
1871In addition, he felt that someone with a gentle and kind-looking face like him wasn't too suitable to play the role of a villain like Senior Brother Gao Sheng.
1872
1873But how could he make Venerable White give up on this idea?
1874
1875Right at the critical time, Song Shuhang had a stroke of genius and thought about the all-powerful Nine Provinces Number One Group.
1876
1877When he was discussing this matter about Venerable White's movie with the other seniors in the group, many of them expressed their interest in this matter, with the majority being ready to perform a role in the movie.
1878
1879Such being the case, there was perhaps some senior in the Nine Provinces Number One Group that was interested in playing Senior Brother Gao Sheng's role?
1880
1881It was his best option to avoid this calamity.
1882
1883Thereupon, Song Shuhang took the initiative and suggested, "Senior White, I've just got an idea. Since I brought up this matter in the Nine Provinces Number One Group, many seniors also know about it. Furthermore, several of them seemed interested in performing a role in the movie. Thereupon, isn't it better if we send the details about Senior Brother Gao Sheng's character in the group to see which of the seniors is interested in playing this role? At the appointed time, we can choose one of the candidates to play this role. How about it, Senior White?"
1884
1885It was a flawless plan. After all, there were so many seniors in the Nine Provinces Number One Group, and amongst them, there would be surely one that was suitable for playing Senior Brother Gao Sheng's role in Venerable White's eyes!
1886
1887Venerable White felt that Song Shuhang's words were reasonable. Therefore, he nodded his head and said, "I see. The other fellow daoists in the group were also interested in the making of this movie? That's great. Such being the case, let's make a list of the characters that will appear during the initial phase of the story. Then, we can send the roles that aren't taken already to the Nine Provinces Number One Group and see which fellow daoists are interested in playing them."
1888
1889When it came to acting skills—except for a few juniors—the members of the Nine Provinces Number One Group had a great experience and could perform very well with next to no effort.
1890
1891After all, most of these cultivators had played a lot of different 'roles' during their long lives. Some of them had started getting training from their elders very early and reached their current rank in seniority.
1892
1893Then, there was Immortal Master Copper Trigram, the true beast when it came to acting skills. If he wished to, he could perform all the roles by himself and shoot the movie alone!
1894
1895He could continuously change his appearance and turn into all sorts of characters; it was definitely possible for him to shoot the movie alone after some editing and rearrangement of the plot. Besides, no one would dare to believe that the same person had played all the roles!
1896
1897"Sure, Senior. As soon as Gao Moumou wakes up, I'll tell him to work with Great Master Swallow Cloud to finish the script of the movie as soon as possible and make a list of the various roles, which we can then send to the Nine Provinces Number One Group," Song Shuhang said and secretly rejoiced in his heart.
1898
1899Yes! He had managed to escape this calamity successfully!
1900
1901Venerable White smiled and nodded. Then, he sized up Song Shuhang and kept reading Gao Moumou's story.
1902
1903The initial part of the story Gao Moumou had written wasn't long. As for the next part, he had obtained some source material from Daoist Priest Horizon but had yet to write down that part of the story.
1904
1905After reading the first part of the story, Venerable White closed the script and muttered to himself, "I feel that the main character is somewhat pitiful."
1906
1907"It's a way to emphasize even more the lonely nature of our hero. In addition, these tragic events can strengthen even further the heroic image of the main character, leaving a deeper impression in everyone's mind. After that, the various tragedies will motivate the main character to revolt against the enemy oppressing them!" Song Shuhang explained. It was the same explanation that Gao Moumou had given him.
1908
1909It didn't matter if other people believed this explanation, because Song Shuhang did!
1910
1911"So that's how it was. Anyway, I feel that this role is rather interesting." Venerable White gently put away the script of the movie. After that, he and Song Shuhang left Gao Moumou's room.
1912
1913â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
1914
1915Song Shuhang and Senior White were walking side by side.
1916
1917"Right. Shuhang, you have already reached the Third Stage Realm now. In that case, let's get in contact with Medicine Master if you have some free time and obtain the complete version of the â®Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Technique⯠from that disciple of the 'Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Sect' that Fellow Daoist Phoenix Slayer captured back then," Venerable White said.
1918
1919Song Shuhang was just thinking of bringing up this matter related to his cultivation technique to Venerable White; he didn't think that Venerable White would bring it up on his own initiative.
1920
1921"Senior White, actually, I've already obtained the first four volumes of the â®Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Techniqueâ¯," Song Shuhang said with a smile as he took out that thick golden chain.
1922
1923After getting his hands on the password of the golden chain, Song Shuhang obtained the â®Whale Swallowing Techniqueâ¯â€”which allowed him to complete the 'Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Innate True Qi' inside his body—and the first four volumes of the â®Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Techniqueâ¯.
1924
1925Song Shuhang told Senior White about the first four volumes of the cultivation technique and gave him the golden chain and the password.
1926
1927Venerable White used his consciousness to enter the space within the golden chain—in which the cultivation technique was passed down—coming in contact with the â®Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Technique⯠and learning about the â®Whale Swallowing Technique⯠and the first four volumes of the technique.
1928
1929Several breaths later, Venerable White withdrew his consciousness from the golden chain.
1930
1931After that, he held his chin and started to ponder.
1932
1933After a long time, Venerable White said, "As I expected, the â®Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Technique⯠is really interesting. There are a lot of places I can use as a reference. Shuhang, let's go find a quiet place."
1934
1935â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
1936
1937Song Shuhang and Venerable White headed towards the practice room in the back of Yu Jiaojiao's villa.
1938
1939Venerable White closed his eyes, and the third and fourth volume of the â®Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Technique⯠resurfaced in his mind.
1940
1941After a short moment, Venerable White opened his eyes. A golden light radiated from them and materialized countless golden characters in midair. The golden characters grouped up and formed 33 circles that were constantly revolving in front of Venerable White.
1942
1943This situation was very similar to when Senior White passed the cultivation technique onto Song Shuhang the first time. The 33 circles made of golden runes were the manifestation of the third and fourth volume of the â®Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Techniqueâ¯.
1944
1945Venerable White looked at the runes and started to ponder.
1946
1947This time, they had obtained the â®Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Technique⯠from the space within the golden chain directly. Therefore, there weren't any flaws like the previous time when they obtained the technique after a deal with that disciple of the 'Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Sect'.
1948
1949"There are almost no places that need a revision. It isn't the signature cultivation technique of the ancient Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Sect for nothing. It has already been improved to the point of becoming almost perfect," Venerable White said.
1950
1951But although he said these words, Venerable White still stretched his hand out, starting to fiddle with the golden runes, removing some and modifying others.
1952
1953However, he didn't make these corrections because the cultivation technique itself had problems.
1954
1955Still, the third and fourth volume of the â®Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Technique⯠became more suitable for Song Shuhang after Venerable White's revision.
1956
1957The first two volumes of the cultivation technique that Song Shuhang studied earlier had been revised by Venerable White as well and were thus somewhat different from the original ones. Therefore, it was better to revise a little these two volumes too.
1958
1959"Very well, it's almost perfect now." Venerable White nodded his head, very satisfied. Then, he stretched out his hand and poked at the air, transforming the golden runes into two manuals.
1960
1961Song Shuhang had already gone through a similar experience and didn't need Venerable White to remind him this time. He quickly memorized the contents of the two manuals of the cultivation technique in his mind.
1962
1963"Shuhang, you can already practice the third volume. As for the fourth one, it involves the usage of innate true qi. I have several inspirations that I can perhaps add to it. In a while, I'll give it a try and see if I can improve it even further," Venerable White explained.
1964
1965"Thank you, Senior White."
1966
1967"You're welcome. Anyway, congratulations for reaching the Third Stage, Shuhang," Venerable White said.
1968
1969A cultivator of the Third Stage Battle King Realm could easily live up to 300 years unless they died due to unexpected incidents or consumed their lifeforce to use forbidden magical techniques.
1970
1971Venerable White continued, "Such being the case, I should be still able to see little friend Shuhang the next time I come out of secluded meditation."
1972
1973After this trip to the ruins of Immortal Cheng Lin's immortal cave, Venerable White comprehended many things. As such, he decided to close up again in a while.
1974
1975However, it was likely he would close up for quite some time this time—at least 150 years, perhaps even 200 years.
1976
1977Still, he wanted to shoot this movie before closing up. In addition, Song Shuhang had found a way to open the entrance to a forbidden area. Venerable White was really interested in these two matters.
1978
1979As such, he decided to wait until these two matters had been taken care of before closing up.
1980
1981"Senior White, the next time you come out of secluded meditation, I'll introduce you to the new changes in the world again," Song Shuhang said with a smile.
1982
1983"Sure." When this matter was brought up, Venerable White got a little depressed. He had already learned how to control his weird charm. Such being the case, why were the fellow daoists of the Nine Provinces Number One Group still deliberately avoiding him?
1984
1985For example, the red-faced Fellow Daoist Xian Gong that was now digging holes and arranging traps outside the villa!
1986
1987Speaking of which, why was Scholar Xian Gong arranging so many traps?
1988
1989"Oh, right. Shuhang!" Venerable White said as he suddenly remembered something.
1990
1991"?" Song Shuhang.
1992
1993Venerable White said, "I thought about this matter for quite a while and recalled the various fellow daoists in the Nine Provinces Number One Group. After mulling over it, I feel that Gao Sheng's role should—"
1994
1995"Should be interpreted by Senior Thrice Reckless, right?" Song Shuhang answered quickly. Senior Thrice Reckless really liked to seek death. Therefore, he should really like such a death-seeking role, right?
1996
1997"No, I wasn't thinking of Fellow Daoist Thrice Reckless." Venerable White shook his head. Then, he said earnestly, "I feel that little friend Shuhang is the most suitable one to play this role."
1998
1999"…" Song Shuhang.
2000
2001In the end, I still can't escape my fate?
2002
2003Chapter 656: Venerable White: How I wish we could start shooting the movie tomorrow! ###
2004
2005Translator: GodBrandy Editor: Kurisu
2006
2007
2008
2009No, perhaps I can still save myself!
2010
2011"Senior White, if I have to be honest, I think that Senior Brother Gao Sheng's role isn't that suited for me." Song Shuhang pointed at his face and said, "I think I'm better suited to play the role of a relatively kind-hearted character like…"
2012
2013Like… like who?
2014
2015F*ck, now that I think about it, it's not easy to find a male character that seems gentle and kind-hearted during the beginning of Gao Moumou's story!
2016
2017The only character that seemed to have those characteristics was that nameless man that got married to the senior sister and then died together with her.
2018
2019However, this character was going to get a lot of hate in the beginning due to him marrying the senior sister instead of the main character.
2020
2021Even after pondering for a while, Song Shuhang was unable to think of a role that was suitable for him.
2022
2023After seeing the conflicted Song Shuhang, Venerable White said, "I feel that someone with a gentle appearance must interpret Senior Brother Gao Sheng's role. Seeing the sharp contrast between his gentle outward appearance and his actions should leave a deep impression on everyone's mind."
2024
2025What Venerable White said was reasonable. Song Shuhang was unable to refute his argument!
2026
2027Venerable White glanced at Song Shuhang and continued, "Shuhang, is it possible that you don't like this particular role?"
2028
2029Song Shuhang forced a smile and said, "Senior White, actually… I never considered performing Senior Brother Gao Sheng's role. I fear I won't be able to perform this role well."
2030
2031"You don't have to worry about that. Since we have yet to start shooting, you can take your time and try to get accustomed to this role. In addition, we'll still take a screen test when the time to shoot the movie comes. If this role doesn't really suit you, you can exchange it for another one," Venerable White comforted him.
2032
2033Song Shuhang's eyes immediately lit up as he said, "That's also true."
2034
2035There was still the screen test left. If he couldn't perform the role well, someone else might take his place.
2036
2037Venerable White continued and asked, "Now then, Shuhang, when are we going to shoot this movie?"
2038
2039"I think we can start shooting as soon as Gao Moumou is done writing the story and Great Master Swallow Cloud adapts it into a fitting script," Song Shuhang replied.
2040
2041Venerable White said, "But that's going to take quite a bit of time!"
2042
2043"I remember Gao Moumou saying that he should be able to finish the story before the end of this month. We can start shooting around that time, I guess. The semester will also start around that time," Song Shuhang muttered to himself.
2044
2045This summer vacation would soon come to an end. However, Song Shuhang felt that it had been a very, very long summer vacation. After all, the number of things he had experienced during this period of time was simply too high. As if that wasn't enough, he had experienced close to another extra month thanks to the Time City of the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion.
2046
2047"We'll have to wait for a long time then!" Venerable White said in a low voice.
2048
2049"There is no other way. It will take some time to finish the plot. In addition, we have to wait for the seniors of the Nine Provinces Number One Group to contact a good movie crew. After that, the crew will also need to make some preparations before coming here to shoot the movie," Song Shuhang replied.
2050
2051"In other words, we have to wait a very long time, is that correct?" Venerable White muttered to himself. "How I wish that the script could get completed earlier. Just imagine how wonderful it would be if we could start shooting tomorrow…"
2052
2053Venerable White felt that the soul of the actor inside him was on fire; he was unable to hold himself back and wished to shoot the movie as soon as possible.
2054
2055"It's impossible to finish the story so quickly. In addition, both Gao Moumou and Great Master Swallow Cloud drank too much earlier and are now sleeping. Tomorrow, I'll urge them to speed things up and finish the script earlier so we can start shooting the movie at an earlier date," Song Shuhang said with a smile.
2056
2057Although people referred to 'Swallow Cloud' as 'Great Master', he was actually a layman disciple and could thus eat meat and drink liquor. He ended up drinking too much earlier and was now drunk.
2058
2059"It seems there is nothing else we can do," Venerable White replied.
2060
2061â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
2062
2063August 10th, around 7 PM.
2064
2065The dead drunk Gao Moumou suddenly woke up and was unable to fall asleep no matter how much he tried.
2066
2067Something inside him known as 'inspiration' had just exploded like a nuclear bomb. At this time, a myriad of thoughts filled his mind.
2068
2069Inspiration was the most important thing that an author needed while writing. Without inspiration, even if one had the best literary talent in the world, everything they wrote would be nothing but a pile of beautiful and soulless words.
2070
2071Now that a myriad of inspirations filled his mind, Gao Moumou was unable to fall asleep. Therefore, he quickly got up and took pen and paper, starting to write down all the great ideas that currently filled his mind.
2072
2073As long as he could put in order all these great ideas, they could become part of the plot he was writing.
2074
2075After writing for a short moment, Gao Moumou thought of turning the computer on to write down these ideas, storing them into a folder. But just as he was preparing to switch the computer on, he saw his girlfriend, Yayi, lying next to him.
2076
2077Gao Moumou was a sweet boyfriend. Therefore, he cautiously left the room so as to avoid disturbing Yayi's sleep.
2078
2079Then, he prepared to head toward Song Shuhang or Tubo's room with pen and notebook in hand to continue with his work.
2080
2081But just as he opened the door, he saw a figure walking toward his room.
2082
2083The figure was Great Master Swallow Cloud, the best screenwriter in the country.
2084
2085"Eh? Little friend Gao Moumou, you woke up?" Great Master Swallow Cloud said with a smile as soon as he saw Gao Moumou.
2086
2087"Great Master, you woke up as well?" Gao Moumou smiled gently. Then, he waved the hand holding the pen and the notebook, saying, "I'm not sure what happened, but many inspirations suddenly popped up in my head when I was sleeping. The number of inspirations was simply too high to count, and I feared that I might forget them upon waking up. Thereupon, I decided to get up and write everything down."
2088
2089"Little friend Gao Moumou, you seem in a pretty good state!" Great Master Swallow Cloud smiled and said, "Actually, I'm in the same situation. I suddenly sobered up while sleeping and felt my whole body brimming with energy. As such, I decided to put this energy to use and do something productive, and it was right at that time that I remembered about your story. Therefore, I decided to seize this opportunity and adapt your story into a script as soon as possible."
2090
2091Gao Moumou and Great Master Swallow Cloud looked at each other and smiled.
2092
2093For some unknown reason, the two of them felt as though they had just found an 'intimate friend'.
2094
2095Gao Moumou waved his small notebook and asked, "In that case, Great Master Swallow Cloud, should we look for a quiet place where we can finish the story?"
2096
2097"I was thinking the same," Great Master Swallow Cloud replied.
2098
2099"Such being the case, how about going to your room, Great Master? My girlfriend is still sleeping," Gao Moumou continued.
2100
2101Great Master Swallow Cloud replied, "Fine by me."
2102
2103Thereupon, an author filled with inspirations and a screenwriter filled with energy decided to head toward Great Master Swallow Cloud's room to start working on the script.
2104
2105Gao Moumou felt that he hadn't such great inspirations for several years now. With so many inspirations in his head, countless good ideas for the plot were incessantly flashing through his mind. These ideas were more than enough to let him finish the story!
2106
2107Great Master Swallow Cloud likewise never felt so motivated and full of energy in his life. This energy was enough to let him revise and adapt several stories into scripts overnight!
2108
2109Both Gao Moumou and Great Master Swallow Cloud were very confident.
2110
2111They felt that today was the day!
2112
2113They would finish writing down the story this very night!
2114
2115â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
2116
2117In the meantime.
2118
2119On the border between the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean, a mysterious island not present on any map could be found here. A supernatural force covered the whole island, making it impossible to detect even with the most advanced technology.
2120
2121In the airspace of the small island, countless multicolored butterflies were dancing in the air. This place was Miss Soft Feather's home, the Spirit Butterfly Island.
2122
2123Venerable Spirit Butterfly was calmly sitting inside a pavilion, educating his daughter about the formations she had to arrange while transcending the tribulation.
2124
2125One had to pay extra attention to the formations used while transcending the tribulation. After all, the heavenly tribulation wouldn't end after just one wave. In addition, while transcending a tribulation of the Fourth Stage, aside from the lightning of tribulation, one would have to face the water of tribulation, flames of tribulation, and earth of tribulation too.
2126
2127The heavenly tribulation was unpredictable. Therefore, one had to prepare for all eventualities while arranging these formations.
2128
2129Soft Feather wiped the sweat away from her forehead. It was very tiring to arrange big and complex formations alone. However, she had to arrange all these formations by herself. If her father, Venerable Spirit Butterfly, were to help her set up these formations, the strength of the heavenly tribulation would increase.
2130
2131"There is only a little bit left. I have to be patient. Today, I'm the 100% calm 'Young Feather'. After I arrange this formation and transcend the tribulation, I can finally look for Senior Song and shoot the movie together with him. Father also promised me that I could do it. Young Feather, you can't give up now!" Soft Feather muttered to herself.
2132
2133"Senior Song, wait for me! You need to reserve a good role for me!" Soft Feather clenched her fists and kept arranging the formation undaunted.
2134
2135Shooting a movie was a really interesting matter. She couldn't miss it!
2136
2137â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
2138
2139In the pavilion, Venerable Spirit Butterfly sipped some tea.
2140
2141But right at this time, a multicolored butterfly landed on his shoulder.
2142
2143"Teacher, I already contacted a first-class movie crew. The crew is currently shooting a scene on Mountain Niuding, in Wenzhou City. I reached an agreement with them, and they will head toward the Jiangnan area tomorrow, starting to get ready to shoot little friend Song Shuhang's movie," the multicolored butterfly said via secret sound transmission to Venerable Spirit Butterfly. "In addition, I made one of our men infiltrate the crew to increase their productivity. I can guarantee that they'll finish shooting the movie in the shortest time possible. Then, I followed your instructions and provided an illusory butterfly to each member of the movie crew. With that, even if they were to witness something astonishing while shooting the movie, they wouldn't get surprised by it."
2144
2145Since the actors were a bunch of powerful cultivators, they might start flying or using explosive magical techniques while shooting the movie.
2146
2147So, to avoid something unexpected happening, the careful Venerable Spirit Butterfly prepared an illusory butterfly for each member of the movie crew. With that, even if they were to witness the supernatural power of cultivators, their brain would automatically block or 'fix' the scene.
2148
2149For example, if a cultivator used the 'Lightning Palm', their brain would block the picture of the Lightning Palm. If a cultivator were to start flying, their brain would fix the scene and make it seem as though they were using stage props.
2150
2151"You did well." Venerable Spirit Butterfly faintly smiled and nodded. Then, he also added, "At the appointed time, prepare some special food for this movie crew on behalf of our Spirit Butterfly Island. Add a little bit of 'Energizing Medicinal Liquid' and diluted qi and blood pills to each meal. Then, put some leaves of Spirit Green Tea in their water as well. Make sure that the whole crew stays full of energy."
2152
2153The multicolored butterfly flapped its wings and said, "As you wish, Teacher."
2154
2155Venerable Spirit Butterfly nodded and said, "That's all for now."
2156
2157Chapter 657: The traps attracted some guests! ###
2158
2159Translator: GodBrandy Editor: Kurisu
2160
2161
2162
2163The efficiency of the movie crew was going to be simply off the charts if there was enough cash to fuel their motivation, special cultivation-related methods to keep their stamina high, as well as Venerable Spirit Butterfly's man to give them a hand!
2164
2165At that time, the movie crew would be like a steamroller, rolling over all the obstacles in front of them!
2166
2167Perhaps they would finish shooting Song Shuhang's movie in just a few days!
2168
2169Unfortunately, the crew would reach its destination only tomorrow. It would have been even better if they had set out earlier, starting shooting at an earlier date.
2170
2171"But there is no need to be impatient," Venerable Spirit Butterfly muttered as he sipped some tea.
2172
2173Soft Feather still needed some time to complete the preparations for the heavenly tribulation, and the amount of time she would need was more than enough to allow little friend Song Shuhang to complete the shooting.
2174
2175Such being the case, his lovely daughter wouldn't need to appear in front of everyone while gorgeously dressed. To make it up to her, Venerable would personally accompany her to see the movie.
2176
2177Then, just in this fashion, that first-class movie crew shooting on Mountain Niuding next to Wenzhou City—Song Shuhang's hometown—started packing their things after getting influenced by Venerable Spirit Butterfly's money as well as his other tricks, heading toward the Jiangnan area that same day.
2178
2179Mixed in the movie crew was also that western monk.
2180
2181â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
2182
2183In the evening, around 9 PM.
2184
2185Song Shuhang finished today's practice. Thanks to Venerable White's instructions, he had already gotten a basic understanding of the third volume of the â®Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Techniqueâ¯.
2186
2187The next step was to get more familiar and proficient in the usage of the third volume of the â®Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Technique⯠and accumulate more and more true liquid inside the sea of true qi in his body, trying to break through his first meridian, the Dazzling Star Meridian.
2188
2189After saying goodbye to Venerable White, Song Shuhang returned to his room, ready to sleep.
2190
2191But just as he was on his way to the room, he happened to pass by Great Master Swallow Cloud's room. He discovered that the room was brightly lit, and the sound of people discussing animatedly came from within.
2192
2193One of the voices belonged to Great Master Swallow Cloud, while the other was that of his friend Gao Moumou.
2194
2195But wasn't Gao Moumou drunk and sleeping like a log in his room? When did he get up and headed toward Great Master Swallow Cloud's room? Did he sleepwalk until there?
2196
2197No, that wasn't it. Song Shuhang stopped outside the entrance of the room and listened to the conversation. Very soon, he realized that Great Master Swallow Cloud and Gao Moumou were currently discussing the script of the movie!
2198
2199From the looks of it, they were both having a great time and seemed very happy.
2200
2201Gao Moumou had put his heart and soul in the plot of this movie.
2202
2203It was something worthy of celebration!
2204
2205Song Shuhang decided not to disturb Gao Moumou and Great Master and quietly left, returning to his room to sleep.
2206
2207â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
2208
2209August 11th, right after midnight. In the quiet of the night.
2210
2211Inside Great Master Swallow Cloud's room, Gao Moumou and Great Master were still discussing. The duo had yet to rest and was full of enthusiasm. From the looks of it, they were going to pull an all-nighter.
2212
2213Song Shuhang crawled out of bed and rubbed his brows. At the same time, he smiled bitterly.
2214
2215It wasn't the voice of Gao Moumou and Great Master that disturbed him…
2216
2217He was unable to sleep because the color of his mental energy was on the verge of becoming silver. It was a sign that his mental energy was advancing from the Third to the Fourth Stage.
2218
2219Even though he had managed to strengthen his constitution with much difficulty, he was still unable to withstand his powerful mental energy, which was still stronger than his constitution. The mental energy would fluctuate from time to time, making him feel as though someone was pounding his head with a small hammer.
2220
2221As a consequence, the drowsy Song Shuhang was startled awake. It had been several days that he hadn't slept properly.
2222
2223"We need to quickly catch that demodragon and obtain the demodragon medicine from its body!" Song Shuhang muttered to himself. If he failed to get his hands on the demodragon medicine, he might turn insane due to the lack of sleep.
2224
2225He was a cultivator of the Third Stage Realm, and therefore still needed to sleep and rest!
2226
2227â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
2228
2229The sleepless Song Shuhang rubbed the temples of his aching head and headed toward the balcony of Yu Jiaojiao's villa.
2230
2231But right at this time, he noticed that there was another person on the balcony. The figure was holding a tobacco pipe between its teeth and was currently smoking.
2232
2233It was the red-faced Scholar Xian Gong.
2234
2235After sensing Song Shuhang's arrival, Scholar Xian Gong turned his head around and glanced at Shuhang, who was currently rubbing his brows. "Little friend Shuhang can't fall asleep, either?"
2236
2237"Indeed." Song Shuhang nodded.
2238
2239Scholar Xian Gong exhaled a puff of smoke and said aggrievedly, "I'm in the same situation. My mental energy is much stronger than my constitution. Therefore, I feel as though someone is punching my head from time to time, making me unable to sleep."
2240
2241"I also feel as though someone is pounding my head with a small hammer from time to time," Song Shuhang replied.
2242
2243The two of them looked at each other and smiled. They were like fellow sufferers commiserating with each other.
2244
2245"Do you want to smoke a bit?" Scholar Xian Gong shook his long tobacco pipe and said, "If you want, I have an extra pipe here with me that I have yet to use."
2246
2247"Thank you, Senior, but I don't smoke." Song Shuhang smiled and waved his hand.
2248
2249"In that case, you won't have the opportunity to waste my precious tobacco," Scholar Xian Gong said with a smile and kept smoking.
2250
2251After a short time, he also added, "I've finished arranging the traps. When the time comes, we'll surely catch it!"
2252
2253Song Shuhang added, "At that time, we'll finally be able to sleep peacefully."
2254
2255"A good sleep, huh… even though the current me doesn't really need to sleep anymore, I haven't had a good sleep for the past thirty years. In addition, the mental energy is influencing me even as I meditate; I'm really getting tired of it." Scholar Xian Gong sighed and said, "I've already activated that wisp of aura present in the various traps. Let's see if we can catch something!"
2256
2257"We'll succeed!" Song Shuhang said.
2258
2259"We'll succeed!" Scholar Xian Gong also said resolutely.
2260
2261The two of them looked at each other again and laughed, looking forward to the bright future.
2262
2263But right at this time, a voice suddenly echoed. "Little friend Shuhang, Fellow Daoist Xian Gong, what are you two doing out here, laughing so merrily?"
2264
2265It was Venerable White's voice.
2266
2267Song Shuhang followed the sound of the voice and raised his head, looking upward. Then, he discovered that Senior White was sitting cross-legged on the roof of the villa, holding a bamboo teacup with both hands, with hot steam rising from the cup.
2268
2269Next to Senior White was a small tea table. Above the table were placed fruits, food, and some tea that was still boiling.
2270
2271The gentle moonlight was illuminating the scene, making Senior White resemble an immortal that had been banished to the world of mortals.
2272
2273"We were discussing how to capture the—" Halfway through his sentence, Song Shuhang remembered the talk he had had with Scholar Xian Gong earlier. After catching the demodragon, they would forge a 'Dragon Tail Mirage' treasure and gift it to Venerable White.
2274
2275They wanted to give Venerable White a surprise.
2276
2277After thinking up to this point, Song Shuhang smiled mysteriously at Venerable White and said, "Senior White, it's a secret."
2278
2279But after saying these words, Song Shuhang felt that it was inappropriate. What was the point of not telling Senior White about the demodragon? After all, Venerable White would see it as soon as it appeared!
2280
2281The only matter he had to keep secret from Senior White was the fact that they would forge a 'Dragon Tail Mirage' and gift it to him!
2282
2283Thereupon, he cleared his throat and prepared to tell Venerable White about the demodragon.
2284
2285"A secret? I see. In that case, I won't ask further." Venerable White laughed and continued sipping his tea
2286
2287Well, that was awkward.
2288
2289Whatever… after all, Venerable White will see the demodragon at the appointed time. Let's just put it off until later.
2290
2291"Little friend Shuhang, Fellow Daoist Xian Gong, you guys can't seem to fall asleep, right? In that case, how about coming over and drinking some tea with me?" Venerable White invited them to join him.
2292
2293"Sure!" Song Shuhang jumped gently and used the â®Virtuous Man's Ten Thousand Mile Walk⯠footwork. He lept over the walls and landed next to Venerable White after a few jumps.
2294
2295Then, he didn't stand on ceremony and sat down, grabbing a big apple and biting it. Compared to Scholar Xian Gong tobacco pipe, he preferred Senior White's fruits, food, and tea.
2296
2297The far-off Scholar Xian Gong made a hollow laugh and put out his tobacco pipe. Then, he braced himself and followed Song Shuhang, heading toward Venerable White.
2298
2299Venerable White's movements were very gentle. He poured a cup of tea for both Shuhang and Scholar Xian Gong, placing it on the table.
2300
2301Then, he grabbed his own cup of tea and blew away the steam, taking a small sip, seemingly enjoying it a lot.
2302
2303Song Shuhang grabbed the cup of tea on the table and blew away the steam, taking a small sip.
2304
2305Venerable White didn't use the Spirit Green Tea to prepare this tea. However, he still used the leaves of a spirit tea plant. After taking that small sip, the flavor of the tea exploded in Song Shuhang's mouth.
2306
2307Song Shuhang sighed with emotion and said, "I feel my whole body full of energy."
2308
2309Scholar Xian Gong likewise stretched out his hand, ready to grab the cup of tea.
2310
2311But right at this time, his hands suddenly stiffened, and a happy expression appeared on his face.
2312
2313"Someone is coming over here!" Scholar Xian Gong said.
2314
2315"Has our target come?" Song Shuhang asked.
2316
2317"I'm not sure. But whoever came, they came here by following little friend's aura. Even if it's not our target, it must be related to it!" Scholar Xian Gong said.
2318
2319After saying this much, Scholar Xian Gong jumped and headed toward the rear of the villa.
2320
2321â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
2322
2323In the rear of Yu Jiaojiao's villa, seven figures were currently approaching the traps that Scholar Xian Gong had arranged.
2324
2325"There is no mistaking. It's precisely that aura."
2326
2327"It's an aura that was contaminated with the blood and hate of our companions."
2328
2329"We must cruelly punish them!"
2330
2331"All those that get dyed with the blood of our race are enemies of all the sea urchin warriors in the world! Escaping is useless, your life is ours to take. The powerful sea urchin warriors won't have any mercy!"
2332
2333"Not only them, but even their family members and all the people related to them will die in the hands of us sea urchin warriors!"
2334
2335"But if they kneel and let us behead them, we sea urchin warriors will forgive their family members!"
2336
2337The seven figures were continuously chatting.
2338
2339During their exchange, sentences such as 'we'll kill your whole family, we'll kill your friends and relatives, cut off your head and apologize' were the most common.
2340
2341Very soon, the seven figures arrived in front of the trap.
2342
2343The moonlight shone on the seven figures, revealing their black clothes. They wore ski masks that revealed only their eyes, with several sharp and pointed black needles popping out from the top of their heads. These black needles came out from other parts of their body as well, making them resemble hedgehogs.
2344
2345There were the fearless sea urchin warriors!
2346
2347No matter how far this person that had offended the sea urchin warriors was, they would cross rivers and mountains to put them to death!
2348
2349Chapter 658: Detective White ###
2350
2351Translator: GodBrandy Editor: Kurisu
2352
2353
2354
2355Venerable White smiled and glanced at Song Shuhang. "Has your and Fellow Daoist Xian Gong's prey finally arrived?"
2356
2357Yesterday, Scholar Xian Gong and Song Shuhang secretly arranged several traps and formations outside Yu Jiaojiao's villa. It was quite obvious that they were trying to catch someone.
2358
2359In addition, Venerable White sensed several powerful auras appearing one after another in the proximity of Yu Jiaojiao's villa around midnight. Afterward, these people concealed themselves, hiding next to the traps.
2360
2361It was also the main reason Venerable White was sitting on the roof of the house so late at night. He had no idea if these people were friends or foes.
2362
2363But now, he had determined that these people were probably helpers that Scholar Xian Gong had invited over.
2364
2365From the looks of it, Fellow Daoist Xian Gong wanted to catch this prey of his at all costs!
2366
2367Song Shuhang placed his teacup on the table and said, "I have no idea if it's the prey we are looking for. Senior White, I'll go take a look as well."
2368
2369Afterward, he used the 'Aura Concealing' method that Su Clan's Sixteen taught him earlier and completely suppressed his aura.
2370
2371Under these circumstances, Song Shuhang wouldn't get discovered even if the opposite party was that demodragon of the Sixth Stage rank.
2372
2373After that, his body moved, quickly heading toward Scholar Xian Gong's position.
2374
2375Venerable White placed his teacup down and slightly bent his fingers. In the next moment, Meteor Sword turned into a streak of dark light and chased after Song Shuhang, protecting him in secret.
2376
2377Then, Venerable White grabbed the teacup again and sipped some tea.
2378
2379At this time, a dumbfounded expression had appeared on the face of the nearby Qing Wu, who was still planted in that crude flower pot.
2380
2381Qing Wu had completely given up on the idea of running away today. Since after she was planted in the flower pot, she couldn't pull her roots out no matter how hard she tried.
2382
2383Anyway, she remembered something when Venerable White and Song Shuhang were drinking tea earlier.
2384
2385The reason she came to China from the Netherworld Realm was the duty Cave Lord Dragon gave her. Cave Lord Dragon gave her some information about the aura of a small cultivator of the Third Stage, and her duty was to lock onto the position of this small cultivator through his aura. Unfortunately, she got captured before she could even start her mission…
2386
2387But a while ago, when she sensed the aura of this young man called 'Song Shuhang' sitting next to Venerable White, she found it extremely familiar!
2388
2389Hold on!
2390
2391Isn't the aura of this boy the same as the aura of that small cultivator of the Third Stage that Cave Lord Dragon gave me info about?
2392
2393Isn't this too much of a coincidence…?
2394
2395In other words, this boy before my eyes is precisely the evil survivor of the Jingang Temple that Cave Lord Dragon was talking about…?
2396
2397Before its death, Cave Lord Dragon had reached an agreement with several other cave lords of the Mountain of Next Life. They planned to lock onto the position of this person named Song Shuhang and put him to death. While at it, they would kill some of the human cultivators protecting the boy and bring the others back with them to the Netherworld, turning them into sex slaves.
2398
2399Qing Wu felt that tears were about to fall from her eye sockets at this time.
2400
2401Earlier, she felt that Cave Lord Dragon had died in a very tragic manner, nailed to death by Venerable White's flying sword before it could even step out of the Netherworld Realm.
2402
2403But from the looks of it, even if Cave Lord Dragon hadn't died back then, the only thing that would have awaited him and the other cave lords coming along was… death!
2404
2405As if that wasn't enough, she discovered from the conversation just now that this boy called 'Song Shuhang' was working with another powerful human cultivator to set up an inescapable net full of traps to catch some prey.
2406
2407Needless to say, this prey they were talking about was surely Cave Lord Dragon and the other cave lords of the Mountain of Next Life.
2408
2409It was a terrible situation!
2410
2411A moment ago, that boy and the human cultivator named 'Scholar Xian Gong' sensed someone approaching their traps. Was it possible that the other cave lords of the Mountain of Next Life had come?
2412
2413Not good! I have to inform the other cave lords that this is a trap and that there is a powerhouse of the Venerable rank here ready to enter into action!
2414
2415If the other cave lords follow Cave Lord Dragon's original plan and come here to make a surprise attack, it's very likely that they will be the ones dying!
2416
2417But how should I inform the other cave lords?
2418
2419How? How can I do it?
2420
2421With the powerful 'Venerable White' next to her, there was no way she could easily pass them this information!
2422
2423Qing Wu was extremely anxious.
2424
2425"Is something weighing on your mind?" Right at this time, Venerable White's voice echoed in Qing Wu's ears.
2426
2427The monster willow Qing Wu immediately denied, "No, there is absolutely nothing weighing on my mind!"
2428
2429Venerable White smiled and sipped some tea. "Just now, you got very agitated after sensing little friend Song Shuhang's aura. Don't try to deny it. I personally manufactured this flower pot where your root is currently planted. Therefore, the fluctuations of your mood can't escape my senses."
2430
2431Qing Wu was speechless.
2432
2433That was hateful. Didn't it mean that she didn't have any privacy now?
2434
2435Venerable White faintly smiled and said, "Such being the case, can I assume that you were looking for little friend Song Shuhang for some reason?"
2436
2437"Ahaha! How can that be! I've never seen this little friend Song Shuhang before!" Qing Wu replied.
2438
2439Venerable White glanced at the monster willow and continued, "In addition, when Fellow Daoist Xian Gong said that someone was closing in on their traps, your mood fluctuated even more fiercely. The formations Fellow Daoist Xian Gong set up amplified little friend Song Shuhang's aura, using it as bait. Although I don't know what little friend Shuhang experienced during the past several days, I'm pretty sure that some guy or influence is currently plotting against him. After that, Scholar Xian Gong somehow reached an agreement with little friend Song Shuhang, and the duo started to arrange these formations in the hope of luring in the people looking for little friend Shuhang."
2440
2441Qing Wu's face whitened.
2442
2443"Do I need to continue?" Venerable White blew the steam off the teacup and smiled.
2444
2445"I-I…" Qing Wu stuttered for a while, not knowing what to say. The opposite party had guessed everything correctly!
2446
2447"Hehe…" Venerable White laughed gently.
2448
2449Next, he glanced at the petrified demodragon in his spatial equipment.
2450
2451He had already guessed that this was the prey that little friend Song Shuhang and Scholar Xian Gong were looking for!
2452
2453He reached this conclusion because both Scholar Xian Gong and little friend Song Shuhang had the same problem at this time. Their mental energy was too powerful compared to their constitution.
2454
2455Since both of them were pretty worried about their mental energy, the logical choice would be to get their hands on a demodragon and refine some demodragon medicine out of it!
2456
2457But here came the problem.
2458
2459Should he hand over the demodragon to Song Shuhang and Scholar Xian Gong immediately?
2460
2461Hmm… perhaps it was better to wait some more.
2462
2463After all, little friend Shuhang said that it was a secret!
2464
2465Therefore, Venerable White decided to keep little friend Shuhang's secret. After guessing the secret of a junior, a good senior should be polite and not reveal it.
2466
2467Therefore, it was better to let little friend Shuhang maintain this secret for the time being.
2468
2469As for the demodragon…
2470
2471"I'll wait until the end of the shooting," Venerable White muttered to himself.
2472
2473Once they were done shooting the movie, he would hand over the corpse of the demodragon to little friend Song Shuhang and Fellow Daoist Xian Gong as payment for making the movie.
2474
2475At that time, both little friend Song Shuhang and Fellow Daoist Xian Gong would be delighted, right?
2476
2477Venerable White felt that he would feel a great sense of achievement if he could make them happy.
2478
2479After thinking up to this point, Venerable White said again to the monster tree, "Cave Lord Dragon is already dead, and you are my prisoner. Therefore, you don't need to worry about the Cave Lord or its helpers anymore. In addition, I'll keep you with me day and night from now on. If you behave well… I'll break only ten of your branches each month to make flying swords. Well, it's decided then."
2480
2481Qing Wu was speechless.
2482
2483Decided? Who even agreed with you?! Aaaaah!
2484
2485Qing Wu was a very sad monster willow at this time.
2486
2487â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
2488
2489In the meantime, outside Scholar Xian Gong's trap.
2490
2491The seven sea urchin warriors launched their attack. Although there were only seven of them, their imposing manner was comparable to that of thousands of troops!
2492
2493The sea urchin warrior in the lead growled, "I can feel it! That aura dyed with the blood of our companions is right ahead! Follow me and let's kill that— what?!"
2494
2495"Bang!"
2496
2497"Team leader, team leader! That's bad, the team leader fell into a trap! That guy is truly despicable; he even set a trap here!"
2498
2499"Don't mind me. You guys go ahead and kill him. Since he set a trap here, it means that the opposite party is vigilant. Take advantage of the fact that he hasn't discovered us yet to kill him! This trap is very powerful, but it's not even enough to stop me. I'll surely get out of it…"
2500
2501The team leader didn't make any other sound after saying these words. It was unknown whether he was dead or only unconscious.
2502
2503The remaining six sea urchin warriors clenched their teeth and followed the instructions of their team leader. They traversed around the trap and kept advancing forward under the leadership of the vice-team leader.
2504
2505After a short moment…
2506
2507"What?!"
2508
2509"Thud~"
2510
2511"That's bad, the vice-team leader also fell into a trap! That despicable guy set more than one trap!"
2512
2513"Don't mind me. You guys go ahead and kill him!" the vice-team leader said gravely.
2514
2515"Kill, kill, kill! This guy that dared to set traps against the sea urchin warriors will die in our hands!"
2516
2517â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
2518
2519In a distant place, the corner of Scholar Xian Gong's mouth twitched as he gazed at the seven black-clothed figures below.
2520
2521Scholar Xian Gong said, "Little friend Shuhang, do you know these guys?"
2522
2523Had these guys come over for some comic relief?
2524
2525Their bodies weren't contaminated with the filthy aura of the Netherworld. Therefore, they weren't demons that had come over from the Netherworld Realm. On the contrary, the aura emanating from their body belonged to some sea monster race. Was it possible that they were half-monsters?
2526
2527"If I'm not mistaken, these guys should be the 'sea urchin warriors'," Song Shuhang ascertained and said, "These guys aren't our target this time. However, they probably came here after following my aura. Before the start of the hand-guided tractor competition, when the Chu Family was still fighting on the Grievance Settling Platform, I happened to kill several of these sea urchin warriors. After that, they left something akin to a 'Mark of the Sea Urchin Slayer' on my body. Thanks to it, all the sea urchin warriors in the world will get into action to kill me as soon as they sense my aura."
2528
2529Scholar Xian Gong held his chin and glanced at Song Shuhang. "Little friend Shuhang is really unlucky to have this kind of enemy."
2530
2531"It's indeed a fearsome race," Song Shuhang said.
2532
2533Shuhang still remembered the poisonous urchin warrior, Sui Qianjun.
2534
2535Sui Qianjun's notes on the â®Sea Urchin Warriors' 20 Years of Mandatory Education Manual⯠had left a deep impression on him.
2536
2537'You're dead! You unexpectedly dared to kill another sea urchin warrior! … (short pause) … Remember my name, I'm the glorious poisonous urchin warrior Sui Qianjun! This name will appear in the nightmares you'll have every night! Note: remember to laugh at this point: ahahaha, ahahahaha.'
2538
2539It was a fearsome and studious race that had 20 years of mandatory education.
2540
2541"However, an interesting fellow is hiding amongst these sea urchin warriors," Scholar Xian Gong said as he glanced at one of the sea urchin warriors charging forward.
2542
2543Chapter 659: How can you find happiness in life without seeking death? ###
2544
2545Translator: GodBrandy Editor: Kurisu
2546
2547
2548
2549"An interesting fellow?" Song Shuhang glanced at the sea urchin warriors beneath and couldn't spot any difference between them.
2550
2551"The second sea urchin warrior from the right side isn't a living creature… but a puppet!" Scholar Xian Gong took out his big tobacco pipe and puffed out some white smoke; he was no longer concealing his presence.
2552
2553The approaching enemy wasn't that demodragon from the Netherworld Realm. Therefore, there was no need for him to hide. The strength of these sea urchin warriors wasn't too high, and he could easily take care of them.
2554
2555"A puppet?" Song Shuhang stared at that particular sea urchin warrior for quite some time but all of them were clad in black clothes with only their eyes visible. How was he supposed to tell the difference between them?
2556
2557"I'll head down and take care of these sea urchin warriors. I can't allow them to ruin the traps I arranged," Scholar Xian Gong said.
2558
2559Scholar Xian Gong had spent a great deal of time to arrange these traps. He didn't want to waste them to catch these small fries.
2560
2561Senior Xian Gong jumped down from the roof of the villa.
2562
2563The sea urchin warriors stopped in their tracks and carefully watched him.
2564
2565"Hehe." Scholar Xian Gong laughed and shook his tobacco pipe. After that, a lifelike fire dragon gushed out of the pipe.
2566
2567His tobacco pipe was a powerful fire-type magical treasure.
2568
2569The fire dragon was more than twenty meters long; the water in the air evaporated as soon as it appeared, with waves of heat bombarding the whole area.
2570
2571However, the heat and the light the fire dragon was releasing disappeared without a trace when it closed in on Yu Jiaojiao's villa. Scholar Xian Gong had arranged a huge defensive formation next to Jiaojiao's villa so as to avoid destroying it during the fight.
2572
2573With this defensive formation in place, Gao Moumou and the others inside the villa wouldn't even realize that there was a battle outside.
2574
2575"Whoosh~"
2576
2577The fire dragon coiled around the sea urchin warriors.
2578
2579Amongst the sea urchin warriors, the strongest one was that team leader—a sea urchin warrior of the Fourth Stage Realm—that fell into the first trap. All the others had a strength of the Third Stage Realm and had no chance of escaping from Scholar Xian Gong's fire dragon.
2580
2581As soon as the fire dragon coiled around them, the sea urchin warriors were reduced to ashes, dying thoroughly.
2582
2583Scholar Xian Gong gently tapped his tobacco pipe, and the fire dragon returned inside after making one circle in the air.
2584
2585"Puff~" Scholar Xian Gong kept smoking and then puffed out a white cloud of smoke. His eyes were closely watching the place the fire dragon attacked just now.
2586
2587In that place, a humanoid puppet that seemed to be made of either wood or metal was lying prone on the ground. At this time, its outer sea urchin warrior skin cover had been destroyed. However, even Scholar Xian Gong's terrifying fire dragon had failed to destroy its body and was only able to burn black the outer layer.
2588
2589"Not bad. This puppet was manufactured with the method of the Jet-Black Sect. Its ability to resist fire is pretty good," Scholar Xian Gong said calmly.
2590
2591The body of the puppet twitched, and it slowly got up from the ground.
2592
2593Something similar to an electronic eye was glowing in the eye socket of the puppet. The electronic eye glanced at Scholar Xian Gong and said hoarsely, "It wasn't just manufactured with the method of the Jet-Black Sect. The heat resistance of its outer layer was strengthened with highly advanced technological equipment as well. In this era where technology is quickly developing, we cultivators can't afford to be complacent and conservative."
2594
2595"Ahaha, technology your sister," Scholar Xian Gong said. As soon as the word 'technology' was mentioned, he remembered that nuclear bomb that exploded above his head. Whom exactly did he offend back then? He was quietly meditating when someone casually dropped a nuclear bomb on his head.
2596
2597The puppet stiffly moved around. It seemed that the attack just now had damaged it to some extent. Its movements had now become similar to that of a zombie—some parts inside its body were probably broken. However, it didn't matter, because the puppet wasn't planning to return home safely.
2598
2599Its electronic eye moved and finally locked onto Song Shuhang, who was standing on the roof of the villa.
2600
2601"Found you," the puppet said.
2602
2603Song Shuhang asked, "Do we know each other?"
2604
2605This puppet has come for me as well? I can understand why the sea urchin warriors have come, but how am I exactly related to this puppet?
2606
2607Very soon, Song Shuhang remembered a certain matter.
2608
2609Was it possible that this puppet was related to that Mister She Lan? That guy brought several sea urchin warriors and human skin puppets with him and bravely barged into the land of the Chu Family. But in the end, it turned out that he was a disciple of the Thousand Hands Sect that had been transformed into a puppet. Afterward, Venerable White was careless while disassembling him and made him explode.
2610
2611"We don't really know each other," the puppet replied. After saying this much, it raised its hand and pointed it at Song Shuhang, seemingly ready to attack him.
2612
2613The nearby Scholar Xian Gong sneered. Was this guy treating him as though he didn't exist, trying to attack Song Shuhang even though he was there?
2614
2615Scholar Xian Gong stretched out his hand and flicked his fingers. In the next moment, a formation on the ground suddenly activated as countless vines came out of it, firmly binding the puppet.
2616
2617The vines directly pierced into the body of the puppet and destroyed its internal parts.
2618
2619"Ahahaha…" However, not only the puppet didn't try to resist, it also started laughing complacently.
2620
2621In the next moment, its body inflated, and energy burst forth from the core.
2622
2623"Is it trying to self-destruct?" Scholar Xian Gong snorted. The vines quickly wrapped around the puppet and turned it into a green cocoon.
2624
2625"Boom~"
2626
2627The power of the explosion was completely suppressed by the green cocoon, just like a defective bomb that had failed to explode.
2628
2629On the roof, Song Shuhang furrowed his brows and said, "What's going on? Did it come here just to say a few sentences and self-detonate?"
2630
2631Was it possible that the puppet launched some kind of attack when it stretched out its hand and pointed at him? For example, some kind of mental attack?
2632
2633Perhaps I should ask Senior White to give me a general physical checkup later?
2634
2635After a short moment of silence, Scholar Xian Gong turned his head around and looked at Song Shuhang. "Little friend Shuhang, do you feel anything strange?"
2636
2637Song Shuhang shook his head.
2638
2639"In that case, for what reason did that guy come here?" Scholar Xian Gong stretched out his hand and waved it. In the next moment, the vines forming the green retracted, disappearing without a trace.
2640
2641Only some parts of the puppet were left inside the green cocoon. Its main components had been destroyed during the explosion.
2642
2643Anyway, no one would believe that someone would sacrifice such a valuable puppet just to say hi to little friend Song Shuhang.
2644
2645"Little friend Shuhang, come over. I'll check your body. I feel that there is something wrong with this situation," Scholar Xian Gong said.
2646
2647Song Shuhang nodded and jumped down from the roof, landing next to Scholar Xian Gong.
2648
2649Scholar Xian Gong gave Song Shuhang a thorough check.
2650
2651However, there didn't seem to be anything wrong with his body. He didn't find traces of curses or other injuries.
2652
2653Scholar Xian Gong was unable to understand what was going on. Therefore, he pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go. Let's look for Venerable White and ask him to give you a checkup."
2654
2655â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
2656
2657At this time, far away from Yu Jiaojiao's villa. A figure was hiding inside a mountain forest and indifferently looking at the sea urchin warriors getting killed.
2658
2659When the moonlight shone on this figure, its real appearance was finally revealed. It was the Hall Leader of the 'Nine-eyed Kama Hall' of the Limitless Demon Sect.
2660
2661While in space, the Hall Leader personally witnessed Song Shuhang, who was at the time a cultivator of the Second Stage, ferry the souls of his dear subordinates to the afterworld. That scene made him so angry that he almost exploded from rage. After returning to Earth, he kept looking for Shuhang.
2662
2663Just like the sea urchin warriors, he was also attracted to this place when Scholar Xian Gong used his trapping formation to amplify Song Shuhang's aura.
2664
2665However, he wasn't as rash as those sea urchin warriors and hid in this place to observe the situation first.
2666
2667"It's a trap, huh? It is possible that it's a trap they prepared to lure me out?" the Hall Leader of the Nine-eyed Kama Hall muttered to himself.
2668
2669Soon after, he sneered.
2670
2671What a bunch of fools! It had been a grave mistake to lure him here with this trap.
2672
2673Now, the enemy was in plain sight while he was still hidden. The only thing he had to do was to keep watching that small cultivator and act as soon as there was an opportunity. When the time was right, he would kill the target in one move and flee as far as possible at the fastest speed! Who would even catch him at that time!
2674
2675After looking at things from another perspective, there was really no need for him to hastily deal with this small cultivator now that the knew that it was a trap.
2676
2677He only needed to know his coordinates and look for some ordinary disciples of the Limitless Demon Sect later, telling them to pay close attention to Song Shuhang.
2678
2679He would have a lot of time and opportunities in the future to tear that brat to shreds.
2680
2681After thinking up to this point, the Hall Leader of the Nine-eyed Kama Hall quietly retreated.
2682
2683â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
2684
2685In the Netherworld Realm, on the Mountain of Next Life.
2686
2687Several cave lords had gathered together once more, and behind them were their elite subordinates.
2688
2689"Hmm? Where is Cave Lord Dragon? How come it didn't show up?"
2690
2691"Cave Lord Dragon was really impatient. Is it possible that it already barged into China? The last time, it quickly left after receiving some news from its monster willow subordinate."
2692
2693"What should we do in that case?"
2694
2695"No need to panic. We already devised a plan back then. In addition, Cave Lord Dragon told me how to lock onto the coordinates of its monster willow subordinate that day. I just used that method, and that monster willow is already in China at this time. From the looks of it, she found that evil survivor of the Jingang Temple already. Therefore, let's just follow the plan!"
2696
2697"If we manage to bring the head of that evil survivor of the Jingang Temple back to the Netherworld Realm, gifting it to the Mountain Lord, we will receive big rewards!"
2698
2699"In that case, let's follow the plan and enter into action tomorrow!"
2700
2701"The Netherworld will protect us and bless us with a successful raid!"
2702
2703"The Netherworld will protect us!"
2704
2705"The Netherworld will protect us!"
2706
2707By the time these several cave lords of the Mountain of Next Life gathered here to discuss, a suitable space passage leading to Earth had been found already.
2708
2709Everything was ready.
2710
2711At the appointed time, they would bring their elite subordinates with them and head to China, instantly killing that evil survivor of the Jingang Temple. After that, they would capture a batch of human cultivators and bring them back to the Netherworld Realm.
2712
2713â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
2714
2715In Medicine Master's house.
2716
2717Thrice Reckless Mad Saber had been tied up like a dumpling and was currently hanging from the roof as though he was a sandbag.
2718
2719Su Clan's Seven said calmly, "Brother Medicine Master, I'll leave Thrice Reckless to you."
2720
2721"You can leave him to me and be free from worries. I can guarantee you that no one will see Fellow Daoist Thrice Reckless for the next one year of time," Medicine Master said indifferently.
2722
2723"In that case, I'll take my leave." Su Clan's Seven turned toward Medicine Master and cupped his hands.
2724
2725"Brother Seven, have a safe trip," Medicine Master added.
2726
2727"Seven, Seven, you can't be this cruel! Bring me with you~ I don't want to stay here with Fellow Daoist Medicine Master!" Thrice Reckless Mad Saber shouted and wriggled while hanging from the roof.
2728
2729Su Clan's Seven coldly smiled and didn't even turn his head around before walking out, showing his back at Thrice Reckless Mad Saber as he left.
2730
2731"Seveeeeen~" Thrice Reckless Mad Saber called out pitifully again.
2732
2733Chapter 660: Script: OK; Movie Crew: OK; Actors: WIP! ###
2734
2735Translator: GodBrandy Editor: Kurisu
2736
2737
2738
2739Thrice Reckless Mad Saber's shriek was so ear-piercing that Riverly Purple Mist had to put a piece of clothing in his mouth to shut him up.
2740
2741"Hmmmmm~" Thrice Reckless Mad Saber mumbled, unwilling to give up. It wasn't fair. If not for the fact that his strength had been sealed and reduced to the minimum, there was no way someone at the peak of the Fifth Stage Realm like him would be helplessly hanging from the roof!
2742
2743"Fellow Daoist Thrice Reckless, I have to cure this death-seeking disease of yours," Medicine Master said.
2744
2745After saying this much, he started to mix several types of medicinal liquids. The medicinal liquids were mainly of black, red, and green color, with some shades of purple and a little bit of blue as well. When all the colors mixed together, they gave birth to something scary.
2746
2747A terrified expression appeared on Thrice Reckless Mad Saber's face. Then, he said via secret sound transmission, "Brother Medicine Master, what are you doing?" Now that all his strength was sealed, he could at most use small techniques such as the 'secret sound transmission'.
2748
2749"It's very simple. I'm going to cure this disease of yours, Brother Thrice Reckless," Medicine Master said warmly. "You don't need to worry. The medicine isn't bitter, and you won't seek death anymore after taking it."
2750
2751"No! No!" Thrice Reckless Mad Saber struggled and wriggled with all his might, looking as though he was swinging on a swing.
2752
2753"If one doesn't seek death, what is the difference between them and a dead fish? I would rather die than not seek death! I won't take that medicine!" he shouted.
2754
2755"I'm afraid that's beyond your control. Purple Mist, hold Fellow Daoist Thrice Reckless in place. Sigh, you are already a grown man, do I really have to force you to take medicine like a little child? Good medicine is bitter but also good for illness," Medicine Master said.
2756
2757"Brother Medicine Master, didn't you just say that the medicine wasn't bitter at all? Were you deceiving me?" Thrice Reckless Mad Saber shouted via secret sound transmission.
2758
2759"Hehehe." Medicine Master laughed gently and approached Thrice Reckless with a large bowl full of medicinal liquid.
2760
2761Riverly Purple Mist coordinated with him and took that piece of clothing out of Thrice Reckless' mouth. Then, she used her hands to hold in place Thrice Reckless' head, stopping him from swinging around.
2762
2763"Fellow Daoist Thrice Reckless, be obedient and take the medicine," Medicine Master said as he shook his head in a self-satisfied manner. The small bells tied to his hair continuously issued a jingling sound.
2764
2765"Never! I'm the formidable Mad Saber! If I say I won't take it, I won't take it!" Thrice Reckless Mad Saber said with determination.
2766
2767"Hehe." Medicine Master smiled gently. Then, he stretched out his hand and made a hand seal. In the next moment, all the medicinal liquid inside the bowl rose in the air as though it was alive, ultimately heading towards Thrice Reckless Mad Saber's mouth.
2768
2769What he used just now was a pill refining technique. During the pill refining process, the cultivator frequently needed to control the liquid medicine, making it quickly move inside the pill furnace. As such, Medicine Master was very skilled in the usage of this method.
2770
2771Even if Thrice Reckless was currently hanging upside down, Medicine Master could easily control the liquid and make it end up in Thrice Reckless' stomach.
2772
2773"Brother Medicine Master, are you really going to force me?" Thrice Reckless Mad Saber said with a serious expression on his face. "In that case, I'll have to inform you that I have a unique skill at my disposal. If I were to use this unique skill, things would get ugly between the two of us. Therefore, it would be wiser if you could just release— hmmm~"
2774
2775Thrice Reckless was halfway through his sentence when Medicine Master mercilessly poured the liquid in his mouth. The medicinal liquid ignored gravity and ended up in his stomach.
2776
2777"Bitter, bitter, bitter! What's wrong with this taste…" Thrice Reckless' face turned green.
2778
2779The sentence 'good medicine tastes bitter' wasn't enough to describe this liquid. It was so bitter that even his tongue was tingling with numbness.
2780
2781Medicine Master smiled and explained, "It's a medicine I especially prepared for Fellow Daoist Thrice Reckless. It's a drug that can suppress excitement. After pondering about it for a while, I came to the conclusion that Fellow Daoist Thrice Reckless seeks death because he gets overexcited and can't help but act irrationally. This medicine will help you suppress your excitement whenever you get overexcited, greatly reducing your death-seeking tendencies."
2782
2783Thrice Reckless Mad Saber's face immediately whitened. He felt that the world had lost its colors.
2784
2785In other words, his death-seeking tendencies would be suppressed from now on?
2786
2787It was truly a scary medicine!
2788
2789"Brother Medicine Master, you were unexpectedly so mean to me. It's you who forced my hand. Now, I'll have no choice but to use my unique skill," Thrice Reckless Mad Saber said seriously.
2790
2791Medicine Master shrugged his shoulders.
2792
2793Thrice Reckless Mad Saber turned his head around and closely observed Riverly Purple Mist. "Miss Purple Mist… I have to tell you something. I love you! From today onwards, I'll pursue you. I'm sure we'll get married very soon. At that time, this stupid Medicine Master would have no choice but to go in a corner and weep all alone. What do you think? Do you want to go out with me?"
2794
2795"No." Riverly Purple Mist rejected without second thoughts.
2796
2797"As expected, it didn't work." Thrice Reckless Mad Saber's expression was strangely very calm. "As I thought, Miss Riverly Purple Mist is deeply in love with Brother Medicine Master."
2798
2799"Everyone in the Nine Provinces Number One Group knows about this point." Riverly Purple Mist covered her mouth and smiled. Without anyone noticing, her eyes had become of a scary purple.
2800
2801"A love relationship between teacher and disciple must be truly exciting," Thrice Reckless Mad Saber said.
2802
2803"…" Medicine Master.
2804
2805He really wished to whip this guy!
2806
2807"In that case, Miss Riverly Purple Mist, make a deal with me!" Thrice Reckless Mad Saber said. "I can guarantee you that I'll make you and Brother Medicine Master marry and enter the nuptial chamber within one year of time! Do you want to make this deal with me? You should be aware of my skills. With me helping you, Medicine Master will soon prostrate himself before you, willingly marrying you. He will be forever faithful and won't leave you for a lifetime! If you release me now, you'll obtain Medicine Master's body and heart one year later!"
2808
2809Medicine Master's heart quivered. He quickly stretched his hands out to stop Thrice Reckless Mad Saber.
2810
2811"If I have to be honest, I'm very moved," Riverly Purple Mist said, "But I'm afraid I'll still have to reject."
2812
2813If she needed Thrice Reckless' help to conquer Medicine Master and marry him, wouldn't it mean that her charm was insufficient? She wouldn't accept the proposal for this reason alone.
2814
2815Thrice Reckless Mad Saber was astonished. "Eh? This is wrong! Miss Purple Mist, why are you not following the script!?"
2816
2817"Even without your help, Medicine Master will sooner or later be mine," Miss Riverly Purple Mist said, full of confidence.
2818
2819"…" Medicine Master.
2820
2821"Dammit! This isn't how things were supposed to go! Miss Purple Mist, you might want to think about it well. If you don't cooperate with me, I'll rile up a group of fairy maidens as soon as I regain my freedom and have them pursue Medicine Master! At that time, you'll definitely regret your decision!" Thrice Reckless Mad Saber thoughtlessly threatened her.
2822
2823"Hehehe…" Miss Riverly Purple Mist evilly laughed and said, "In that case, you'll never regain your freedom."
2824
2825Thrice Reckless Mad Saber immediately felt a chill from head to toe. "Miss Purple Mist, I was just joking earlier! I spoke thoughtlessly without thinking. The words I said before don't count. Those words weren't sincere. Please, forget everything I said!"
2826
2827Riverly Purple Mist smiled gently. "Hehe."
2828
2829The nearby Medicine Master held his chin and pondered. "The death-curing medicine didn't work?"
2830
2831The death-curing medicine was that bowl full of medicinal liquid that Medicine Master prepared earlier to treat Thrice Reckless Mad Saber's death-seeking disease. From the looks of it, the medicine didn't have any effect. Even after taking it, Thrice Reckless had sought death several times already!
2832
2833Was the condition of Thrice Reckless' disease too severe, with the strength of the medicine being insufficient? Or perhaps Medicine Master had yet to find the real cause of the disease?
2834
2835â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
2836
2837At sunrise.
2838
2839During the night, no one else aside from the sea urchin warriors came to cause trouble.
2840
2841Song Shuhang asked Venerable White to give him a full physical checkup. However, no curses or traces of mental attacks were found. There wasn't any new mark on his body aside from the 'Mark of the Sea Urchin Slayer'.
2842
2843Venerable White didn't find anything wrong with his body, either.
2844
2845Early in the morning.
2846
2847Song Shuhang rubbed the place between his eyebrows and prepared to start his morning exercises.
2848
2849But right at this time, Gao Moumou and Great Master Swallow Cloud came over.
2850
2851"Shuhang!" Gao Moumou said excitedly. Although he hadn't slept for the whole night, he was still full of energy.
2852
2853Behind him, Great Master Swallow Cloud was also quite energetic.
2854
2855"What happened that you came to look for me so early in the morning?" Song Shuhang asked.
2856
2857"Great Master and I finished the script of the movie yesterday," Gao Moumou said excitedly as he passed the printed version of the script to Song Shuhang.
2858
2859"Ah?" Song Shuhang was dumbfounded.
2860
2861He finished writing the plot of the story overnight, and Great Master Swallow Cloud even adapted it into a script?
2862
2863What kind of medicine did Gao Moumou and Great Master take yesterday?
2864
2865Song Shuhang took the script in his hands, still somewhat surprised, and started to look at it.
2866
2867The format of the script consisted in a description of scenes with the addition of dialogues. It was rather tiring to read through it.
2868
2869Song Shuhang scrolled through it and asked, "Gao Moumou, don't you have the story version of the script?"
2870
2871"Yes, it's on my computer." Gao Moumou passed Song Shuhang his laptop with a complacent look on his face.
2872
2873Song Shuhang took the laptop and said, "In that case, I'll return to my room first and take a look at it."
2874
2875He didn't expect that Gao Moumou and the others would be able to finish the script overnight. In that case, didn't it mean that they could get ready to shoot the movie?
2876
2877Now, they just had to contact the seniors of the Nine Provinces Number One Group to find a movie crew and the necessary actors for the shooting.
2878
2879Senior White should be quite happy with this turn of events, right? Song Shuhang thought to himself.
2880
2881Thereupon, he took the laptop and headed towards his room to take a look at the story.
2882
2883But right at this time, his mobile phone rang.
2884
2885Song Shuhang unlocked the phone and discovered that it was an unknown number. "Hello, who is it?"
2886
2887"Excuse me, are you Mister Song Shuhang?" someone said in smooth Mandarin from the other side.
2888
2889"Yes, it's me," Song Shuhang replied.
2890
2891"Hello, I'm a member of Jacob's Production Team. A certain ' Mister Ling Die 1 ' requested us to help Mister Song Shuhang shoot a movie. We are already heading toward the Jiangnan area at this time. Mister Song Shuhang, can you give us the concrete details of your current location?" the opposite party asked politely.
2892
2893"…" Song Shuhang.
2894
2895Jacob's Production Team? This name sounds familiar! Eh? Wait a moment, isn't this the name of that very famous director? He recently went to Wenzhou City to shoot a scene on Mountain Niuding with his crew.
2896
2897A certain Mister Ling Die requested them to shoot a movie for me? This 'Mister Ling Die' should be Soft Feather's father, Venerable Spirit Butterfly, right?
2898
2899Venerable Spirit Butterfly was a very attentive and gentle senior, always ready to help others. Song Shuhang didn't even ask him for help, but Venerable decided to send an internationally famous movie crew his way on his own initiative. He really didn't know how to thank Senior Spirit Butterfly.
2900
2901As such, Song Shuhang gave the address of Yu Jiaojiao's villa to the members of the crew.
2902
2903"Very well, Mister Song Shuhang. We'll arrive at your location in around one and a half hours. Moreover, do you already have a script ready?" A well-mannered voiced echoed again from the other side.
2904
2905Song Shuhang gazed at the script in his hands; coincidentally, it was ready. "Yes, I already have a script ready."
2906
2907Chapter 661: Yes, we are Internet friends ###
2908
2909Translator: GodBrandy Editor: Kurisu
2910
2911
2912
2913"That's truly great. In that case, we will take a short break after arriving and start the preparatory work for the shooting afterward." The person on the other end seemed very happy about this news.
2914
2915"I will have to trouble you guys, then," Song Shuhang said with a smile.
2916
2917After discussing a few other things, Song Shuhang finally hung up the call.
2918
2919After hanging up, Song Shuhang was a bit bewildered.
2920
2921The efficiency of this movie crew seemed incredibly high. From the looks of it, they would begin the preparatory work for the shooting soon after arriving. If everything proceeded smoothly, didn't it mean that they could start shooting today?
2922
2923Song Shuhang muttered to himself, "Yesterday, I remember Senior White thoughtlessly saying something like 'How I wish that the script could get completed earlier. Just imagine how wonderful it would be if we could start shooting tomorrow…'"
2924
2925Was it possible that everything was happening because of Senior White?
2926
2927Although he knew that Venerable White's luck was rather scary in certain aspects, it was now reaching the point where even wishes were coming true!
2928
2929Perhaps it was just a coincidence?
2930
2931But right at this time, the nearby Gao Moumou asked out of curiosity, "Shuhang, whom were you talking to just now?"
2932
2933Even if he couldn't hear what the person on the other end was saying, he heard Song Shuhang bringing up the script of a movie.
2934
2935Was it possible that he was talking to a movie crew?
2936
2937"It was the movie crew. They asked me whether the script of the movie was already ready. Anyway, they are on the road and will arrive in the Jiangnan area in one and a half hours, starting with the preparatory work for the shooting immediately after arriving," Song Shuhang said.
2938
2939"Are you saying that they will start shooting a movie based on this script soon after arriving?" Gao Moumou asked, somewhat excited. After all, every webnovel author wished for their novel to be adapted into a movie!
2940
2941Although Song Shuhang and his weird friends just wanted to shoot an amateurish movie, and it was also unknown which movie crew they had contacted, Gao Moumou would be very happy as long as they could shoot this movie.
2942
2943"Yes, as soon as the crew arrives here and director Jacob finishes reading the script, they will prepare the necessary staff and start with the preparatory work for the shooting and then the shooting itself. Of course, they probably didn't decide yet where they are going to shoot the movie. They will likely choose different places for the various scenes," Song Shuhang replied.
2944
2945Even if Song Shuhang wasn't an expert in the field, he knew that shooting a movie wasn't something easy.
2946
2947They had to take care of actors, clothing, shooting sites, stage props, sound recording… but it wasn't all, because afterward was the post-production editing, the subtitles, the special effects, the voice recording, as well the soundtrack of the movie.
2948
2949Then there were the opening song and the closing song, and so on.
2950
2951They would need specialized personnel to take care of all these matters. It was unknown if Senior Spirit Butterfly had placed someone in the crew that could deal with all this.
2952
2953However, they had nothing to fear even if problems arose. After all, there were several seniors in the group that had filmmaking companies under their names.
2954
2955"Director Jacob? Why do I find this name so familiar?" Gao Moumou muttered to himself.
2956
2957Song Shuhang smiled and said, "In that case, I will take a look at the script first. Right, I also need to call Senior Bai 1 and the others here so that they can take a look at the cast and decide which role they want to play."
2958
2959"Will our own people play the various roles?" Gao Moumou asked in puzzlement.
2960
2961"Yes. The majority of the roles will be played by people I know. Of course, we will need a lot of strangers as well to play the other roles. Therefore, we can take it easy and not rush things. Perhaps some famous stars might be invited as well."
2962
2963While they were discussing the roles, Song Shuhang remembered something. Thereupon, he said, "Gao Moumou, I need to tell you something."
2964
2965"Tell me what?" Gao Moumou asked.
2966
2967"I won't be the one playing the role of the main character. Hehehe," Song Shuhang said.
2968
2969"What?" Gao Moumou opened his eyes wide. What kind of joke was this? He wrote this story where the main character was getting constantly tortured and beaten to death because he'd thought that Song Shuhang would be the protagonist!
2970
2971Only now that he finally finished writing the script did Song Shuhang tell him that he wouldn't play the role of the main character!
2972
2973If Song Shuhang wasn't playing the role of the main character, what was the purpose of creating Senior Brother Gao Sheng's character? He wouldn't enjoy himself at all if he couldn't torture and beat Song Shuhang to death during the movie!
2974
2975"In that case, who is going to play the role of the main character?" Gao Moumou asked.
2976
2977Just as they were discussing, Venerable White came over while wearing pajamas and headphones, humming a song while he was at it.
2978
2979Song Shuhang pointed at Venerable White and said with a smile, "Right there, the main character has arrived."
2980
2981Gao Moumou turned his head around and looked at Venerable White.
2982
2983Venerable White reacted to Gao Moumou's gaze and curiously looked at him. Then, he smiled and waved at all the present. "Good morning, everyone."
2984
2985Song Shuhang said, "Good morning, Senior Bai."
2986
2987Great Master Swallow Cloud also said, "Good morning, Senior Bai."
2988
2989Gao Moumou quickly turned his head back and grabbed Song Shuhang, saying, "Shuhang, I have decided."
2990
2991Song Shuhang replied, "What have you decided?"
2992
2993"I will give Senior Brother Gao Sheng's role to you!" Gao Moumou said sincerely. He simply couldn't imagine himself beating up this person named 'Bai'. It wasn't a scene he wanted to see!
2994
2995If Song Shuhang were to take Bai's place, his kicks would be stronger than ever. But if the one he had to hit was Bai, he felt that he couldn't do it.
2996
2997"…" Song Shuhang.
2998
2999"Good, it's settled then! As for my role, we can slowly think about it. Didn't you say that you needed to make use of several vehicle certificates during the shooting? In that case, you can leave this task to me. I have created the character of a young master that owns several luxury cars in the story.
3000
3001"During the course of the story, he will get drunk and crash into the main character. The main character won't get hurt, but the young master will end up dying. Then, he would get lucky and become the sentient weapon of the main character.
3002
3003"I feel that this role is really suited to me. Therefore, you can leave this task to me," Gao Moumou said as he patted his chest.
3004
3005"…" Song Shuhang.
3006
3007Venerable White took the headphones off his head and came over, asking out of curiosity, "Are you guys talking about the movie? How is the writing of the script going?"
3008
3009Great Master Swallow Cloud replied, "We lived up to Senior Bai's expectations. Yesterday, little friend Gao Moumou and I stayed up all night. We finished writing down the story and even adapted it into a script."
3010
3011After hearing this much, Venerable White's eyes immediately lit up. "You finished the script? Where is it? Can I take a look at it?"
3012
3013Song Shuhang lifted the laptop in his hands and said, "The script and the original story of the movie are all stored in here. Since we are all here, we can take a look at the story together and choose the actors for the various roles."
3014
3015â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
3016
3017Song Shuhang opened the original story of the movie, and the group started reading the plot while discussing the matter about the actors.
3018
3019The following characters were the ones making their appearance in the first act of the story.
3020
3021The first one to appear was the main character, Ling Ye, a disciple of the Immaterial Cloud Sect. It was already decided that Venerable White would play this role.
3022
3023Then was the first male supporting role, Senior Brother Gao Sheng. Song Shuhang was the temporary main candidate to play this role.
3024
3025Next was the first female lead, Big Senior Sister Murong Hua.
3026
3027Afterward was the elder of the Immaterial Cloud Sect in charge of supervising the martial arts competition in which the various disciples were participating, the Eight-Armed Sword Sage. He would appear quite a few times in the later stages of the story as well.
3028
3029Then, there was a certain number of ordinary disciples that would act as spectators, as well as three of Senior Brother Gao Sheng's lackeys.
3030
3031Venerable White asked, "Who do you think should play the role of the big senior sister?"
3032
3033"Me, me!" A voice suddenly echoed. Song Shuhang turned his head around and discovered that True Monarch White Crane was currently standing behind them. Su Clan's Sixteen, Daoist Priest Horizon, and Yu Jiaojiao also came over alongside it.
3034
3035True Monarch White Crane had an expectant look on its face. It had read the script as well and knew that this senior sister was going to be the first love of the main character, Venerable White in this case. It felt that only itself could play this role!
3036
3037"White Crane, you are not suited for this role," Venerable White said. If White Crane wanted to perform the role of the senior sister, it had to change its gender to that of a female first—only then it would have an opportunity.
3038
3039True Monarch White Crane's spirit was immediately crushed.
3040
3041Song Shuhang held his chin and pondered for a moment. He felt that Immortal Fairy Bie Xue would have been very suitable for this role. Unfortunately, she had already left the Jiangnan area to get her 'Immortal Feast' ready. She wanted to borrow this grand feast of the world of cultivators to have a showdown with Venerable White.
3042
3043Thereupon, the people present looked at the sole normal female cultivator, Su Clan's Sixteen.
3044
3045Su Clan's Sixteen faintly sighed and said, "I feel that I'm not too suited for this role, either. I think that someone with a more mature appearance should play the role of the senior sister."
3046
3047Although she was reluctant to admit it, her appearance couldn't be really regarded 'mature'. But it didn't matter; she would grow up one day!
3048
3049"In that case, let's note down this role and send it in the group to see who is willing to play it," Venerable White said.
3050
3051Song Shuhang said, "Now, the last role of the first act… who is going to be the Eight-Armed Sword Sage?"
3052
3053Venerable White replied, "Eight-armed? In that case, he alone is worthy."
3054
3055Song Shuhang asked in puzzlement, "Who?"
3056
3057Su Clan's Sixteen replied, "Senior True Monarch Ancient Lake Temple. He practices a magical technique that allows him to grow eight arms, and he is a powerful swordsman as well."
3058
3059"In that case, let's ask Senior Ancient Lake Temple and see if he's interested in playing this role," Song Shuhang said while taking notes on the notebook.
3060
3061Just as he finished speaking, he noticed that his friend Gao Moumou was looking at him strangely.
3062
3063Gao Moumou had started to wonder if his friend Shuhang had caught some disease.
3064
3065Earlier, when Song Shuhang called Venerable White 'Senior Bai', he could somewhat accept it. Although it was a bit strange to call someone 'senior' in this era, Senior White's charm was simply too great, and Gao Moumou subconsciously neglected this appellation.
3066
3067But later, he discovered that the guy that wanted to play the role of the senior sister was called 'White Crane'.
3068
3069The petite girl was apparently called 'Su Clan's Sixteen'.
3070
3071While they were drinking yesterday, he felt that there was something wrong with the way Song Shuhang was addressing his friends. But since he was drunk, he didn't think too much about this matter.
3072
3073But now that he recalled their names, he felt that they were all rather weird!
3074
3075Then, there was this 'True Monarch Ancient Lake Temple' that Song Shuhang himself mentioned.
3076
3077This name was cringey enough to make him blush with shame.
3078
3079Song Shuhang needed but a glance to guess what his friend was thinking. He was so absorbed in the discussion earlier that he forgot that Gao Moumou was still here.
3080
3081"Gao Moumou, don't misunderstand. These are the nicknames we use in the group," Song Shuhang said. "Earlier, they all called me 'Stressed by a Mountain of Books'."
3082
3083Gao Moumou immediately understood what was going on. "Are you guys… Internet friends?"
3084
3085"Yes, sort of," Song Shuhang said.
3086
3087"So that's how it was." Gao Moumou was convinced. No wonder they used such shameful forms of address. They were Internet friends!
3088
3089If they were Internet friends, it all made sense.
3090
3091Song Shuhang continued, "Let's continue. Who will play the role of Feng Chuanzi, the man that will end up marrying the senior sister?"
3092
3093"If he will marry Senior Sister Murong Hua, isn't it better to find a husband and wife to perform these two roles?" Su Clan's Sixteen said.
3094
3095Chapter 662: Little friend Song Shuhang will forever live in our hearts ###
3096
3097Translator: GodBrandy Editor: Kurisu
3098
3099
3100
3101Getting a pair of husband and wife to play the roles of Senior Sister Murong Hua and Feng Chuanzi could save the fellow daoists of the Nine Provinces Number One Group from some unnecessary embarrassment while shooting the movie.
3102
3103In addition, if an already married fairy maiden were to play the part of Venerable White's first love, she would have a higher resistance to Senior White's charm and not fall in love with him while acting.
3104
3105Everyone approved of Su Clan's Sixteen's suggestion.
3106
3107"In that case, which fellow daoists are husband and wife?" Song Shuhang asked.
3108
3109Since the day he'd joined the group up until now, he still hadn't seen any official couple.
3110
3111Fairy Dongfang Six had Liu Long as a pursuer. However, the two of them were still stuck at the courting stage, and there was nothing official yet.
3112
3113Su Clan's Sixteen replied, "There are several married couples in the group. However, they are currently in seclu— on honeymoon. Therefore, they won't make it in time for the shooting."
3114
3115Yu Jiaojiao said, "I feel that these two roles were very suited for my father and mother… but my mother got angry again some time ago and didn't talk to my father since then. As for my father's other wives, I don't recommend them. They don't really suit my aesthetic standards."
3116
3117Gao Moumou looked at Yu Jiaojiao in surprise. Not only was Miss Yu Jiaojiao's father a very rich man, he had married several women as well. He was a true winner in life!
3118
3119But right at this time, Song Shuhang said, "Isn't it better if we directly send the script and the original story to the group? That way, everyone can see it and choose the roles by themselves."
3120
3121After all, they weren't a real movie company. There was no need for them to make a list of the roles and choose an actor for each of them.
3122
3123Venerable White said, "I'll send it!"
3124
3125Senior White grabbed the laptop and logged in to his chat account.
3126
3127At the same time, Yu Jiaojiao threw a bewitching gaze at Gao Moumou.
3128
3129After a slight moment of confusion, Gao Moumou entered an absent-minded state.
3130
3131It was the innate charm of a mermaid. Yu Jiaojiao had inherited this power from her mother.
3132
3133The messages sent in the Nine Provinces Number One Group touched many seniors of the world of cultivators. Leaving Song Shuhang who was added to the group by mistake aside, it was better not to let an ordinary person like Gao Moumou read the contents in the group before they are given the approval of True Monarch Yellow Mountain or the other administrators.
3134
3135Venerable White quickly uploaded the file to the Nine Provinces Number One Group.
3136
3137Then, he wrote in the group: "All of you that are online, please take a look at the script of the movie and see if there is any role you would like to play. We'll start shooting the movie soon."
3138
3139The first one to reply was the always online holy warrior of the Nine Provinces Number One Group, Northern River's Loose Cultivator. "Eh? Little friend Song and Yu Jiaojiao took care of this matter rather quickly. Even the script is finished already? Let me take a look and see if there is something suited for me. Right, which role is Copper Trigram going to play? I want to play a role that allows me to beat him up!"
3140
3141Song Shuhang was very curious and had always wondered how Northern River's Loose Cultivator could have so much free time to chat. Was it possible that he didn't need to practice? Or perhaps he had some secondary clone that he was using to keep an eye on the Nine Provinces Number One Group while the main body was earnestly practicing?
3142
3143Northern River's Loose Cultivator opened the file and quickly took a look at the content.
3144
3145The first thing he noticed was 'Senior Brother Gao Sheng' oppressing a certain 'Ling Ye'.
3146
3147Northern River's Loose Cultivator asked happily, " @Senior White, is Ling Ye's role a supporting one? If that's the case, can you give this role to Copper Trigram and Senior Brother Gao Sheng's role to me?"
3148
3149Venerable White replied, "No, Ling Ye is the main character, and I'll be the one playing this role. Fellow Daoist Northern River, are you interested in playing Senior Brother Gao Sheng's role?"
3150
3151Northern River's Loose Cultivator almost got a heart attack. Oppressing Venerable White during the shooting? He wasn't that tired of living yet!
3152
3153Therefore, he quickly replied, "Ahahaha, no, no. I just spoke thoughtlessly. I'll keep reading."
3154
3155Now then, who was going to play this role?
3156
3157Whoever was going to play it was in big trouble!
3158
3159After the end of the movie, he would prepare a floral wreath.
3160
3161On the left side, he would write [The one who sacrificed himself for the people], and on the right one [He will forever live in our hearts].
3162
3163It was a tribute to the fellow daoist that would sacrifice himself and play Senior Brother Gao Sheng's role, saving the other men of the Nine Provinces Number One Group from this calamity.
3164
3165â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
3166
3167Song Shuhang sighed sorrowfully. How wonderful would it have been if Senior Northern River had accepted that role!
3168
3169Now then, where is Senior Thrice Reckless? If Senior Thrice Reckless were online, he would surely be interested in Senior Brother Gao Sheng's role. After all, what Senior Thrice Reckless likes the most is seeking death.
3170
3171But right at this time, the founder of the group, True Monarch Yellow Mountain, made his appearance and wrote: "Eh? The script is already ready? That was quick. Fellow Daoist White, do you need help with the shooting of the movie? If you need help, you can contact me directly. I can provide the technology, manpower, resources, and other stuff whenever you need them."
3172
3173Next, True Monarch Yellow Mountain tagged everyone with the '@everyone' feature.
3174
3175Venerable White: ":soft_feather_bright_smile:"
3176
3177Venerable White: "Alright. Fellow Daoist Yellow Mountain, I'll contact you if there are problems."
3178
3179After Venerable White's expression package, Soft Feather also uploaded the 'Soft Feather's expression package' and Senior 'Song's expression package' to the space group of the Nine Provinces Number One Group. The expression packages of the other members of the group were still work in progress.
3180
3181Thanks to the meteor shower from the last time, the spam of the emotes from Senior White's expression package had decreased quite a bit. However, there were still some fellow daoists that didn't fear death and kept sending Senior White's emotes from time to time.
3182
3183Actually, Senior White had already stopped investigating this matter. As long as people weren't spamming like crazy, flooding the whole group, he wouldn't care if they sent a few emotes from his package. Even he himself had downloaded the Soft Feather and Senior Song's expression packages and used those emotes from time to time.
3184
3185As one might have guessed, this 'Senior Song's expression package' was full of pictures where Song Shuhang was terrified. The whole package consisted of emotes were Song Shuhang was fully afflicted by his acrophobia.
3186
3187After True Monarch Yellow Mountain tagged everyone, all the lurking members of the Nine Provinces Number One Group made their appearance.
3188
3189Dharma King Creation: "Got it, I'm reading the script right now. Senior White, are you currently staying at little friend Yu Jiaojiao's place? I'm also in the Jiangnan area. I'll head over there after I finish today's live broadcast, which is scheduled at noon."
3190
3191Young Master Phoenix Slayer: "I'm also reading the script and trying to find a suitable role. I have a lot of free time lately… PS: Fellow Daoist Creation, have mercy this time. You sent something like 300,000 innocent people to the hospital just two days ago."
3192
3193True Monarch Ancient Lake Temple replied in shock, "What? I closed up for just a few days and Brother Creation gave birth to a calamity that shook the world?"
3194
3195"People like you who don't understand music aren't allowed to belittle me," Dharma King Creation said complacently. "For your information, there are currently more than two million people waiting for me to start the live broadcast, wishing to see me sing at noon! You guys are simply unable to understand the charm and beauty of my music."
3196
3197Fairy Lychee: "I can already imagine the disaster that will follow. Is the world about to end?"
3198
3199Island Master Tian Tiankong: "All the fellow daoists that have hospitals under their name should get ready to receive as many patients as possible."
3200
3201The discussion got derailed after Dharma King Creation's appearance.
3202
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3204
3205Song Shuhang reminded Venerable White, "Senior White, since Senior Ancient Lake Temple got online, you should ask him if he's interested in playing the role of the Eight-Armed Sword Sage elder. Then, you should also ask if there is any married couple in the group that has free time. We should give precedence to a real couple to play the roles of Senior Sister Murong Hua and Feng Chuanzi."
3206
3207Venerable White nodded and wrote in the group: " @True Monarch Ancient Lake Temple, are you free? I feel that the role of the Eight-Armed Sword Sage in the first act of the script is very suited for you."
3208
3209Northern River's Loose Cultivator: "Eh? A role appointed by Senior White himself! I'm so envious!"
3210
3211Fairy Lychee: "I'm so envious +1."
3212
3213Cave Lord Snow Wolf: "I'm so envious +2."
3214
3215Palace Master Seven Lives Talisman: "I'm so envious +3."
3216
3217Fairy Dongfang Six: "I'm so envious +4."
3218
3219The fellow daoists maintained the formation, and tens of similar replies instantly followed. Song Shuhang was now sure that the cultivators of the Nine Provinces Number One Group had all practiced the 'secondary clone technique'!
3220
3221Otherwise, how could they have the time to chat and flood the group all day?
3222
3223True Monarch Ancient Lake Temple: "No problem, Senior White. You can leave the role of the Eight-Armed Sword Sage to me. I'm currently headed towards southeastern China. I'll come over there in around two hours."
3224
3225It was a role that Venerable White himself had appointed… if True Monarch Ancient Lake Temple had free time, he wouldn't refuse to play it.
3226
3227Perhaps he could seize the opportunity to freeload some luck.
3228
3229Northern River's Loose Cultivator: "Anyway, speaking of husband and wife… Cave Lord Snow Wolf, you and your wife are quite suited to play the role of the senior sister and her husband, don't you think?"
3230
3231Cave Lord Snow Wolf: "But I was thinking of playing another role! @Venerable White, in the second act of the script, when the main character heads toward the place where the wedding ceremony will be held, he encounters a ferocious wild beast and ends up in a coma. Is it possible to change the beast from a single one to a group? If you do that, I can bring my wife and the various snow wolf cubs over for a stroll."
3232
3233Venerable White: "Sure, no problem!"
3234
3235Northern River's Loose Cultivator: "Such being the case… I can only think of one last couple. @Medicine Master, no need to lurk, I'm talking about you! Miss Riverly Purple Mist, I bet that you are using Medicine Master's account to spy on us. Can we leave these two roles to you and Medicine Master? What do you think?"
3236
3237Medicine Master: "Senior Northern River, leave it to me. I'll convince Medicine Master one way or the other—Riverly Purple Mist."
3238
3239Northern River's Loose Cultivator: "Senior White, see, it's settled."
3240
3241Venerable White: "Northern River, you did a great job! ðŸ‘"
3242
3243Northern River's Loose Cultivator: "You are welcome, Senior White. Now then, who is going to play Senior Brother Gao Sheng's role?"
3244
3245When he asked this question, Northern River's Loose Cultivator had faintly guessed the answer.
3246
3247"Little friend Song Shuhang," Venerable White replied.
3248
3249Just as I expected, little friend Song Shuhang will forever live in our hearts.
3250
3251It seemed that Fairy Firefly had made it so that she would receive a notification whenever the words 'Song Shuhang' were mentioned.
3252
3253Therefore…
3254
3255Fairy Firefly: "Eh? Little friend Song Shuhang has returned to Earth already? Where is he now? It hasn't been a month yet!"
3256
3257Song Shuhang was speechless. This was what he was scared of the most!
3258
3259He took a deep breath and looked at the nearby Venerable White. Luckily, Senior White was with him this time, and he could explain things to Fairy Firefly!
3260
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3262
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3264
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