Slow Fairy Road (Fairy Spirit Realm)

  The white day gradually fell, replaced by a new moon with orange light, it is a rare foggy moon day. Under the hazy moonlight, there were several figures riding on law enforcement vehicles rushing towards a bare stone mountain in the distance, looking anxious.

  At the top of the mountain, there was a person standing, looking at several people falling down, and hastily asked: "How is it? Have you found anyone?"

  The first of those disciples had a look of defeat on his face and nodded, "The person has been found, but..."

  "What is it?" The man's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition crept over his mind.

  "Lu Shixiong saw us approaching and quickened his pace, turning several corners before disappearing from sight." The disciple's voice grew softer as he spoke, occasionally glancing at his own brother's expression.

  The man shook his head with a scowl on his face, "How could eight of you fail to catch just one person?"

  That disciple pouted and said, "Elder Wen, you're not unaware that Rong's Scarlet Heaven Sword is extremely powerful. With our flying sword speed, how can we stop him?"

  The master's brother naturally knew, but the master had given an order, what could he do? He couldn't help but say annoyedly: "Then go find it again! I'll go with you all, no matter what method we use, we must find it and keep a close eye on it!"

  Just as the disciples of Yuxiu Mountain Villa were in a state of anxiety, Luo Jianying was hiding in a lush mountain valley, gazing at a man and a woman not far from the foot of the mountain in a dense forest.

  He observed them carefully for a while, and saw that the two of them were riding on flying magical instruments, one in front of the other, moving slowly forward. The woman had a spiritual pet perched on her shoulder, while the man was slightly behind, with a smile on his face and his mouth opening and closing non-stop, seemingly talking to the woman about something. However, the woman appeared to be ignoring him, with an attitude that suggested she didn't want to bother with him. He suddenly felt that these two people were just a quarreling couple, and not the strong person he was looking for. So, he quietly left on his flying sword.

  Then, as he left, Xiao Yao turned her head to look at the lush and verdant mountain valley not far away, which was enough to hide everything, and thought: Has he finally left?

  Zi Dong, who had been following her all along, was still chattering away to himself. When he saw that the onlooker had left, he turned his head and said, "This Daoist friend, I have already made my attitude clear, and I really do not intend to sell Ling Chong. Please don't follow me again."

  "Rest assured, fellow Taoist," Zidong said with a big stride, walking alongside him. "Business is about mutual consent; since you're not interested, I won't force it."

  "What's this Daoist friend following me for?" Xiao Yao furrowed her brow, which had been knotted up since earlier. He suddenly popped out and said something about what a coincidence, then stuck to her side, chattering on about nothing in particular, with unknown intentions.

  "Alas, didn't you hear me just now?" Zidong said with a troubled face. "I think we're both alone, and it's inevitable to feel lonely when traveling solo. Why not travel together and take care of each other?"

  He followed all the way, all nonsense, he himself was deaf to his own ears, who knew that he still had this sentence in between? Seeing him wanting to rely on himself, Xiao Yao was dissatisfied with a belly full of discontent, but because of this person's unclear cultivation, she could only endure and say: "Even if fellow daoist said so, I didn't agree."

  "Is there?" Zidong smiled, "But Daoist friend didn't refuse either, I thought Daoist friend was implying consent."

  "This person is so self-righteous, Xiao Yao almost vomited blood. With great difficulty, she squeezed out words from between her teeth: 'Then I'll tell you now, I'm used to coming and going alone, I don't like to travel with others, please find another good companion.'"

  He simply plugged his ears and continued to shamelessly say: "We've been together for so long, misunderstandings have already formed, might as well let me continue following you, besides, traveling with me might bring unexpected benefits, fellow daoist will definitely not suffer any losses."

  Xiao Yao's heart was filled with tears, thinking that if she wanted to gain something from him, she would have to pay a terrible price. She didn't even want to take advantage of this opportunity! Moreover, was this guy really so capable? His face was as thick as copper walls. He couldn't be driven away, and he couldn't be beaten, so for the time being, she could only let him follow her. In order not to continue being bothered by him, Suo Xing simply ignored him.

  The leopard cub hung on her shoulder, opening one eye and closing the other, quietly sizing up Zidong, and secretly transmitting: "This person seems to have hidden his cultivation, he's very strong. Of course," it added, "he can't compare to me, but as an opponent, he's barely passable. I'd actually like to fight him once."

  Xiao Yao's expression was uncertain, this was also the first time that Baozi had openly acknowledged someone's strength, it was clear that Zi Dong's cultivation was deep and unpredictable. And she was now just a small Xian Ling realm cultivator, in the Xian Ling world, she was a weak existence, how could she get rid of him?

  So as not to make things more troublesome, she warned the leopard again: "After you recover your true body, you can fight however you want, but for now, everything must listen to me. Don't bother him! Provocation is also not allowed!"

  "Leopard son rolled his eyes and glared, 'With my current cultivation level, what can I use to fight with others? Just talking nonsense, why are you being so aggressive!'"

  It hadn't rushed to the point of chaos yet, so Xiao Yao slightly put her mind at ease, letting it blow its beard and glare with its eyes, while also taking a few steps back to increase the distance between herself and Zi Dong.

  The other party's small action of clearing the relationship naturally did not escape Zidong's eyes, but he didn't mind, and his smile on his face was even more intense, following closely behind.

  The "Kong Gang" mineral vein marked on the map given by Wang Fu is in a stone mountain nearby, because Wang Fu also saw it accidentally at first, and specifically which mountain can no longer be checked. It is said that there is a cave with a height of three meters and a shape similar to a gourd on the waist of the mountain, and the "Kong Gang" mineral vein is seen deep in the cave.

  Xiao Yao wandered around for about half a time, and finally found the gourd-shaped cave on a stone mountain. Because there were many grasses growing in the cracks of the rocks, it was hard to notice if one didn't get very close.

  Standing at the entrance of the cave, she suddenly realized that this cave was once a human dwelling, and there were stone tables and chairs covered with dust outside the cave. It seemed that Wang Fu had discovered the "empty steel" ore vein by chance while exploring the cave.

  As they went deeper, there were bookshelves, object shelves and many iron boxes inside the cave, which seemed to be empty. Since someone had been in this cave before, the conspicuous places like the box shelves would not leave anything behind, so Xiao Yao put her attention on the upper and lower parts of the stone cave, carefully searching every corner.

  "What are you looking for?" Zi Dong followed her into the cave and saw her searching around with her head down, so he asked.

  "It's empty." Xiao Yao replied with her mouth, without lifting her head, continuing to examine the surroundings.

  "Do you have a spiritual beast from the Lower Realm?" asked Zidong again. "Let it out and take a look."

  Xiao Yao's body stiffened, she raised her head and stared at him warily for a moment before resolutely spitting out two words: "Not selling!"

  Zi Dong's eyebrows rose slightly as he smiled, his face unchanged and his heart unfluttering: "I just wanted to see what the difference is between the demonic beasts of the lower realm and those of the Xianling Realm, I didn't have any other intentions."

  Xiao Yao couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, this person had been spouting nonsense since they got on the boat, talking about copper-colored artifacts and chance encounters, all of it was just a scam! The classics didn't say that this person never lied, now it seems that even the classics can't be fully trusted.

  The cave was divided into several rooms, which looked quite spacious. After carefully examining the outer room, Xiao Yao did not find any mineral veins and was about to move on to other rooms. Just as she was preparing to enter the room on her right-hand side, she heard a rustling sound coming from a narrow entrance to a small room on her left-hand side.

  At the fifth watch, at this time of year the sky was already a pale light, and it was the time when the fog was thickest. In the marshy land shrouded in thick fog, the fresh air was mixed with a strong smell of blood. On the ground lay nearly ten corpses, both human and beast.

  Through the thick fog, a slender figure can be vaguely seen standing in the center of the corpses, with a woman in a red skirt crawling at her feet, covered in blood and on the verge of death.

  "Who are you?" The woman struggled to lift her head, but the fog was too thick, making it impossible for her to see the man's expression clearly.

  "Are you so scared to death that even your eyes are of no use? You can't even recognize your own master."

  The soft and gentle tone revealed a thick sarcasm, causing the woman to tremble with rage as she denied it: "No, no way! Big sister is so innocent and naive, you absolutely can't be Miss! Who are you?!"

  "Hmph, really?!" The person seemed to have heard a hilarious joke and couldn't help but burst out laughing. "I also remember that the Chun Hong in front of me was kind-hearted and treated me like a sister, always solemnly swearing to protect me. So who are you pretending to be now, stabbing me in the back?"

  Chun Hong was too weak to argue, she only opened her eyes wide, trying to see the expression on Miss's face clearly, at least before she died, she wanted to see this person's true self.

  Seeing her silence, the man said: "It's true, since you've defected to Liu Lanzhen, you naturally won't consider me as your master again, nor will you care about our past relationship. It's rare for Liu Lanzhen to go to such great lengths to deceive me into coming here to train, hoping to eliminate me. How can I let her expectations fall short? I'll just test the sincerity of you all, but unfortunately... Chunhong, you really are a disappointment to me."

  "Miss, I was wrong..." Chun Hong's face, which had lost all its color, turned even paler in an instant. Her eyes wandered aimlessly as she murmured softly, it was unclear whether she was repenting or fearful. The man's face remained hazy and intangible, like a flower seen through the mist.

  He shook his head, and with a swift motion of his hand, a long sword pierced Chun Hong's heart. "There is no medicine for regret in this world, everything is too late."

  She let go of the long sword in her hand, Liu Qianbi didn't even turn her head back, driving her flying device, she drove out of the swamp. When she was about to find a clean place to change her bloody clothes, she met Rong Jianying who came riding on a flying sword.