Outside the Hall of Longevity, the scholar looked up at the sky and asked, “Senior Brother, should we stop Qiu Fox?”

Feng Yiju laughed, “Why should we stop him?”

In the mortal world, the role of a scout could change the outcome of a battle, but this was the cultivation world. Flying swords delivering messages, soul beasts, water mirror techniques, heart stones… there were too many methods to deliver messages.

The moment something happened in Qingyuan, the news could no longer be stopped. But as long as it couldn’t change the outcome, whether the news was leaked or not, whether Xuantian Gate could see through their schemes or not, it didn’t matter.

“Where is the lady?” Feng Yiju asked.

“She’s still in the Yao Guang Great World. Since the Hechuan Clan promised to trap her for a year, they won’t break their word.”

Feng Yiju nodded, but he didn’t hold out much hope. He knew how extraordinary Su Huanian was, always turning the impossible into possible. However, it didn’t need to be a year, as long as she could be trapped for three months, it would be enough.

Having a too powerful wife was not necessarily a good thing. If Su Huanian was here, would the Wu Xiang Sword Sect be enough for her to kill with one sword?

Feng Yiju shook his head and chuckled.

On the Listening Sea Lake, a small furball popped out from the center of Old Taoist Ge’s eyebrows, looking disdainfully at his greasy hair. It jumped onto Su He’s head, settling on the two protruding areas where dragon horns were about to grow, and let out a satisfied moan.

Soul beasts and their masters shared a mental connection. Old Taoist Ge knew what it was thinking and was immediately furious. He grabbed it and rubbed it back and forth on his bird’s nest-like hair, making a squeaky rubber sound.

The little furball was instantly stunned, its entire body dumbfounded. Seeing its white fur becoming dirty, it showed a look of horror in its astonishment, and its body gradually became transparent.

Splash!

It fell from Old Taoist Ge’s head and shattered on the water surface.

It was dead.

Su He blinked, looking confused.

Old Taoist Ge looked embarrassed and kicked its remains away, “Scram!”

The scattered remains instantly fused together and hopped back onto Su He’s head, tilting its head to look inside Su He’s neck. It wanted to see what was inside this turtle shell.

Old Taoist Ge felt humiliated.

“This is a first-grade soul beast.” Old Taoist Ge pointed at his own head, “Its brain is not fully developed yet. A soul beast needs to be at least third-grade to have the intelligence of an ordinary person.”

The little furball turned its head abruptly, baring its teeth at Old Taoist Ge.

Its spiritual intelligence was not high, but it knew that Old Taoist Ge was scolding it!

Old Taoist Ge bared his teeth back.

Then he said to Su He, “You don’t need to worry about the matter of Qingyuan. We old fellows will take care of it. If you can see something, you might as well take advantage of this chaos to benefit yourself. It would be even better if you could seize some opportunities.”

A trace of resentment flashed through Old Taoist Ge’s heart. That bastard Feng Yiju must be taking revenge on him. The Qingyuan Grand Ceremony was next year. Couldn’t he cause trouble at the ceremony instead of messing up his disciple acceptance ceremony?

Su He shook his head like a rattle drum, almost causing the little furball to fall off. It quickly grabbed onto the two protruding dragon horns with its long ears, firmly securing itself on the dragon head. It protested loudly at Su He.

Su He formed a water hand and patted the little furball.

He knew his own weight. It was okay to bully small exotic beasts, but to take chestnuts out of the fire in Feng Yiju’s scheme was no different from seeking death.

Moreover, he only figured out that Feng Yiju and Chi Yang were closely related, and might even be the same person. He noticed that there was something wrong with the demons that were let go. This was not enough for him to plot anything.

Was he supposed to find Chi Yang, threaten to expose his identity, and ask him for resources? Was he crazy? Would Su He lack resources if he had dice?

If he could talk to his master and tell these old fellows what he had seen and heard, they might be able to deduce a lot of things. But Su He now had a clear understanding of his own intelligence. So he wouldn’t do these useless things.

He wouldn’t compete with others in terms of intelligence, and he wouldn’t play tricks. If he felt trapped in a scheme, he would flip the table. If he encountered something, he would act rashly. Otherwise, he would not live up to his divine beast identity and his external features.

Of course, before that, he had to develop a bit sneakily, at least transform into a purebred Dragon Turtle.

A divine beast and a beast with divine beast bloodline were two completely different concepts.

A prison ghost sensed the aura of Su He and Old Taoist Ge, suddenly leaping up from under the water, but was blocked outside the true essence light curtain by Su He and Old Taoist Ge’s small golden tower.

As the prison ghost approached, the surrounding air was covered with a layer of gloomy aura.

Old Taoist Ge frowned, looking disdainfully at the black cloud.

Su He shook his dragon head, dispelling some of the oppressive aura, and asked, “Master, where did this thing come from?”

Old Taoist Ge still had a frown on his face, “As far as I know, it should be the work of the Feng Huang Great World. They used a special method to curse and kill living beings, and then sacrifice and refine their resentful souls. But I don’t know the exact details. This is all old news, things from a long time ago.”

Su He looked at the starry sky, his gaze blocked by the prison ghosts, “Is the Feng Huang Great World strong?” As far as he knew, the Mysterious Wasteland was not weak, even very strong! Could it tolerate such things?

Old Taoist Ge laughed, “It’s the number one world among all heavens, what do you think?”

Usually, the number one among all heavens dies quickly, and their end is not good.

“What about the Mysterious Wasteland?”

“The biggest enemy of the Feng Huang Great World is the Mysterious Wasteland. Even though they have hated us for millions of years, we are still living well. What do you think?”

Su He understood, it was the second among all heavens, right? Usually, the second among all heavens also had a bad fate, with enemies everywhere when they went out.

“This is too far away from you, you don’t need to worry about it. Before the Sword Sacrifice, you don’t need to care… Divine beasts probably don’t have the concept of Sword Sacrifice Realm. Anyway, before you can defeat the Sword Sacrifice Realm, you can’t leave the Mysterious Wasteland. Just treat it as a legend.”

There were seven steps to transcend mortality, and there were also seven steps to morph into a demon. The Sword Sacrifice Realm was the second step of morphing into a demon. It was said to be very important, but Su He didn’t understand it very well. Of course, every step of the cultivation path was fraught with danger, so there was no such thing as an unimportant realm.

Old Taoist Ge didn’t say anything more, waved his hand, and walked towards the water. He came today just to bring Qiu Fox here. His disciple hadn’t left yet, which made him happy, but he also had too many things to deal with and couldn’t delay here any longer.

When he was out of sight, a voice rang in Su He’s ear, “You little turtle didn’t even say goodbye to your master?”

The voice came from the little furball. The connection between a soul beast and its master did not weaken due to distance. Using a soul beast to speak was just a basic method.

Safe journey, Master!Old Taoist Ge’s voice came from the small fur ball again, “Old Taoist, I’m going to stir up this muddy water. If you see any danger from the perspective of heaven and earth, remember to shout for Old Taoist to run for his life! We’ll run as far as we can.”

???

Su He was taken aback.

Deep in the starry sky, in the world of Yao light.

Su Huanian, dressed in white as pure as snow, had a blue bird on her shoulder that was chirping non-stop.

“This is a conspiracy, it’s definitely a conspiracy!” The blue bird spoke extremely fast, “I said it wasn’t time for the Hechuan Wasteland to open yet, how did you get in? Someone clearly lured you in on purpose. Look, you’re trapped here now, aren’t you? This is not the Hechuan Wasteland at all, I can feel that this is not the Mysterious Wasteland.”

Su Huanian’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, it was too noisy.

This blue bird was the only fourth-grade soul beast she had found in the Hechuan Wasteland. It was elegant in appearance, but for some reason it was so talkative, never willing to be quiet, which was quite a match with Yaya.