Slow Fairy Road (Fairy Spirit Realm)

  Xiao Yao was in the gourd-shaped cave when she heard a strange noise. She remembered that she had used her divine sense to explore the entire cave earlier, and there was nothing unusual about it. Now, where did this noise come from? Just as she was hesitating whether to investigate further, Zi Dong took a step ahead and said, "Huh? What's going on inside? Let's go take a look." After speaking, he stepped into the cave.

  Xiao Yao was speechless, how could this person have no sense of crisis? Thinking again, the other party was a great power comparable to the master of the boundary, and it was estimated that even if there was real danger, it would not be taken seriously. So she followed closely behind him. However, as soon as she entered the cave, before she could see the situation inside, she bumped into Zi Dong who suddenly turned around.

  This collision, Xiao Yao was fine, but Zi Dong was forced to retreat two steps, covering his chest and complaining: "How can your head be so hard? You bumped into me and my chest hurts! Quick, quick, quick!"

  "What's going on?" Xiao Yao was left bewildered and confused.

  "Get out quickly! It's dangerous inside!" Zidong said as he pushed towards the outside of the cave.

  Xiao Yao was forced to retreat from the cave under his push, and seeing his pale face, he also felt that things were serious. What kind of thing could make a person of the boundary master level shout danger?

  "Friend of the Tao, what's inside?" she asked aloud.

  "What a big pangolin with long horns, digging holes everywhere!" Zi Dong was still rubbing his chest, looking like he didn't know whether it was heartache or shock.

  "What's that?" Xiao Yao concentrated her energy and indeed felt a living creature in the cave, but this existence didn't give her any sense of crisis.

  She looked at Zidong with suspicion, and the other was still patting and rubbing his chest, some things still needed to be confirmed by himself, so she stepped into the cave again.

  This time, there was no longer any obstruction in front of her. She clearly saw a monster over 10 feet long with a single horn on its head, scales with floral patterns, resembling an armadillo, digging the ground everywhere. The walls inside the cave were shining brightly, and upon closer inspection, she found that the walls were embedded with metal minerals similar to iron.

  This is... "Hollow Steel"!

  Xiao Yao's eyes lit up, such a large amount of "empty steel" was enough to forge several "empty spirit mustard seeds". Thinking this, she took out the small heart-protecting charm and prepared to start mining. At this time, the demon beast digging soil beside her also sensed her intention, immediately abandoning the hole it was digging and pouncing on her in a ball of fur.

  What kind of monster is this, Xiao Yao had never seen it before. With the principle of being careful and cautious, she did not rush to attack recklessly. After dodging left and right for several rounds, seeing that the monster's attack method was single-minded and couldn't come up with other tricks, she decisively chopped down at its coiled body with a ruthless slash.

  After the sound of gold and stone hitting, the ghostly figure effortlessly beheaded the monster with a single blow. As he fell to the ground, a sudden burst of applause erupted from behind him.

  He turned his head and saw Zidong leaning against the entrance of the cave, with a smile on his face, praising: "The 'Dixia Jia' has a hard shell, it's good at using force to collide, and only a fourth-grade or higher spiritual instrument can cut it open. Your life-bound artifact is not bad, even if you deal with such a hard shell, you can still handle it easily."

  "Does fellow Taoist know this demon beast?" Xiao Yao narrowed her eyes slightly.

  "Naturally, the tenth-stage 'Earth Burrowing Ape' is fond of digging holes and its strength can be compared to that of a Yuan Ying cultivator." Zi Dong gave her a big smile.

  "Since you know this beast, why are you still so shocked and frightened?!" Xiao Yao's face smiled but not his eyes, he just felt that the smile on his face was very annoying.

  "I told you, this beast is good at using its strength to collide, if I'm hit by it, my weak body can't take it," she said, and then pretended to cover her chest again, "You see, just now when it collided with me, it still hurts until now, it must be red and swollen, don't you believe me?"

  Zi Dong's face turned pale, and he made a move to open his collar. However, Xiao Yao was quicker, grabbing the lapel of his robe and pulling it down, ripping it with a loud tearing sound, revealing healthy wheat-colored skin in the air.

  In an instant, a faint dark light seemed to flash in Zidong's eyes, but it disappeared instantly.

  Xiao Yao smiled and said, "Where is it red and swollen? Please point it out to me, fellow Taoist."

  Zi Dongsi let out his hands and feet, with his clothes wide open, and said in a somewhat rascal tone: "Look, you've torn my clothes. How are you going to compensate me?"

  She herself knew how much strength she had used, and she glanced at his chest, but couldn't see that although this person's figure was somewhat slender, the muscles under his clothes were smooth and supple, seemingly well-practiced, not to be underestimated.

  She didn't even bother to respond to his teasing, urging the ghost to focus on digging up the "empty steel" inside the cave. The rest of them, with Zidong being the only one left, first muttered a few sentences, but since no one responded, he soon felt a bit bored and closed his collar, standing aside quietly waiting.

  The stone wall was hard, and the ghostly figure only used a ruler to dig, which made it difficult to avoid some clumsiness. After Xiao Yao dug up enough "empty steel", it was already two hours later, and Zi Dong leaned against the stone wall with nothing to do, seeing her put away the magic treasure, suddenly lifted his spirits, and asked: "Done? Where are we going next?"

  Listening to his words still had to follow himself, Xiao Yao couldn't help but furrow her brow, "No fixed destination, wherever we go is where we'll be."

  Zi Dong didn't mind her perfunctory response and simply said, "Since there's nothing to do, it's pretty good to just take a stroll around. The scenery around here is nice, suitable for spring outings."

  He actually dared to say that, those who come to "Kunlun Realm" to cultivate, who would have the leisure and pleasure to appreciate the scenery and go on a picnic. Xiao Yao understood that this guy had made up his mind to follow him to the end, so he left the cave with a gloomy face, finally sat down in the foot tub, covered it with a lid, and thought "out of sight, out of mind".

  At this time, the leopard also had some trouble asking: "When is this guy going to follow? It looks annoying."

  Xiao Yao was also annoyed, but what could she do? She just sighed and said: "I don't know, let him go, we'll focus on our own business, it's as if he doesn't exist."

  On the third day of entering "Kunlun Territory", by sunset, the number of cultivators who entered the territory had decreased by nearly half, and various competitions also gradually subsided.

  Deep in the mountains, two people were discussing something in a hidden place on the mountain waist.

  One of them was dressed in black, with a black veil covering his mouth and nose, leaving only a pair of gloomy eyes visible on the outside, while the other had a handsome appearance, wearing a bright blue Taoist robe, who was none other than Cao Taotao.

  He only heard him ask the man in black, "How's the preparation going?"

  "The man in black spoke in a low, ghostly voice: 'The net is already set up, just waiting for you to bring the person over, and then we can catch them all at once. Have you planned how to lure them in?'"

  Cao Taotao nodded, "I've already set the time according to your previous instructions, it's set for the day after tomorrow at noon. I'll find a way to bring both Li Man and Wang Fu's groups here, the rest is up to you."

  "Hmph," the man in black said proudly, "You can rest assured that as long as you can lure them here, I have the confidence to ensure not a single one of them escapes my grasp."

  "Alright, you handle it, I'll feel at ease. By the way," Cao Taotao seemed to have thought of something and reminded him: "The person who reminded Wang Fu last time has been eliminated by me on the grounds of being an internal spy, but Wang Fu seems not to have completely let go of his vigilance, so at this critical moment, you and I still need to be more cautious and must not reveal any flaws."

  "Naturally, you and I have been planning this for half a year, how can we let it fall through at the last moment? At that time, the female cultivator who killed Wan Renyu will also come, right?"

  "Unless she doesn't want that 10,000 yuan crystal, it will definitely appear. However, I still have some doubts. As long as this matter is successful, what you and I get will be absolutely stronger than what that woman has by tens of thousands of times. Why are you so obsessed?"

  "Heh heh, you don't understand," the man in black laughed mysteriously. "This treasure is indeed enough to drive all the Eastern Extreme cultivators crazy, but I also need a good knife, and that woman's will do just fine."

  The two of them continued talking for a while longer, until the moon rose high in the sky, before they each went their separate ways.

  The next day, just after the hour of Mao, Xiao Yao received a transmission talisman and a guide talisman from Wang Fu. The transmission talisman only had two short words: Come quickly.

  They had agreed to meet and trade before the end of their training, so wasn't it a bit early for trading on just the fifth day after entering the border? She was filled with doubts and dissatisfaction, and after burning the transmission talisman, she activated the guiding talisman and followed its lead. Zidong closely followed behind her, never leaving her side.

  On the other hand, Liu Qianbi followed Rong Jianying and wandered aimlessly in "Kunlun Realm" for four days. Unexpectedly, before finding the mysterious killer, they encountered the siege of Yu Jian Mountain Villa's Wen Shixiong and others.

  At this moment, the two of them were flying rapidly ahead, with nine tails following behind. Meanwhile, someone was shouting from behind, "Luo Master Brother, where are you going? Wait for us!"

  Ling Jianying didn't dare to listen, and hurriedly urged the flying sword. At the same time, he didn't forget to direct Liu Qianbi: "To the left...to the right... descend"

  Liu Qianbi was stunned and disoriented, but when she came to her senses, she realized: those people were chasing him, what was the point of running around blindly? And wasn't this a perfect opportunity to escape?!

  Then she deliberately gasped heavily, with a hint of sobbing: "Brother Dao, I really can't fly anymore. They're after you, they won't do anything to me. You should go first."

  She had just slowed down, and on the other side, Rong Jian's eyebrows were already twisted into a "川" shape, and he said in a cold tone: "Trash!" Then, with a speed as swift as lightning, he pulled Liu Qianning onto his flying sword.

  "There were quite a few people gathered there, let's go down first and avoid the limelight."