Taiyi Dao Fruit

The next day, the sky was clear, and the weather was excellent.

Tianxuan stepped out of her bedroom, and as soon as she turned the corner, she saw Gongsun Qingyue approaching, the two women exchanged glances, and Gongsun Qingyue let out a soft snort.

This old demon is quite the trickster, actually disguising herself as me to meet Jiang Li. She enjoyed the benefits, yet the reputation fell on me. I wonder if Elder Yuheng, who is stationed in the Jiang Family Territory, has noticed the trace of this "Gongsun Qingyue."

Tianxuan, on the other hand, maintained her usual grace, her eyes watching Gongsun Qingyue, secretly scrutinizing her.

The evil disciple has grown up, truly seeing through the little secret between me and Jiang Li. She even played the game of meeting in dreams, truly has grown. From now on, I can't look at her with the same eyes as before.

If I hadn't secretly gone to the Star-picking Tower last night and stuck to my ground, she might have once again snuck in and paired with that second disciple, leaving me lonely in an empty room.

In this situation, the master and disciple merely glanced at each other with disdain, not exchanging greetings, silently heading downstairs together.

When they reached the first floor of the Jade Tower, they saw Jiang Li had already arrived, talking with the Master of Rain, their conversation unusually familiar.

If it were yesterday, seeing Jiang Li and the Primordial Lord Rain Master conversing so closely, even knowing there was no such relationship between them, they would still instinctively be on guard. However, today...

Tianxuan and Gongsun Qingyue looked at Jiang Li's calm and indifferent face, both revealing a smile.

The master and disciple joined forces last night, intertwining reality and dreams, not like the battles of the past. Jiang Li was directly cast into the Wise Man Mode, and is seen to be in a state of desirelessness for a short time, entering the Mystic Sect's legendary Supreme Forget Love.

And men, without long-term companionship, a majority of their affection for women begins with lust. Jiang Li, now distant from women, naturally doesn't need to worry about infidelity.

Thinking of this, smiling, the atmosphere between master and disciple suddenly relaxed.

"Master, slow down."

Gongsun Qingyue, holding Tianxuan's arm, asked, "Do you need someone below to prepare a carriage?"

"No need for trouble. We are all cultivators; we will return to the Sect directly," Tianxuan said considerately.

"No trouble at all. Anyway, let the junior disciple give the orders."

Masterly kindness and sincere discipleship, demonstrating the harmony within the Sect, although it would weary Jiang somewhat.

Still, the Primordial Lord Rain Master, being fair, replied, "Even the Kunxu Immortal Palace's Five-Colored Flying Boat can't match our speed, it only excels in comfort. At our speed, we can reach the Dinghu quickly, so let's go back directly."

The Primordial Lord Rain Master can't wait to comprehend the Yinglong Dao Fruit.

It's just that the Yinglong Dao Fruit is in a critical position and can't be easily opened. Otherwise, the Primordial Lord Rain Master would have returned first.

Very well, Jiang Li is desireless, and Rain Master has a firm Daoist Heart.

Tianxuan and Gongsun Qingyue simultaneously judged the two's states, both nodding secretly.

"Then let's forgo the carriage," Tianxuan decided.

Within a day and night, matters in the Divine Capital had been arranged, and Jiang Li had already entered the Sage Mode, ready and prepared.

The four didn't delay, directly exiting the Jade Tower, riding the wind towards the Dinghu Sect.

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Dinghu.

A stream of light descended from the sky, accompanied by the sound of the wind, several figures falling together onto a barren yet scorching island in the lake.

The entire island showed no signs of green grass, surrounded by dark red rocks, emitting billowing heat. Although there was a water source, the color of the water was red, resembling magma. This was the location of the Dinghu Sect's Artifact Pavilion.

Back at the Sword Discussion Conference, it was held within the Heaven and Earth Furnace on the island, and the Xuanyuan Sword had always been nurtured within the island's central mountain.

The Yinglong Dao Fruit was also nearby.

Within the Heaven and Earth Furnace, beneath the Xuanyuan Sword, lies the seal of an ancestor from the Ji Family who went mad eight hundred years ago. This person harbors the Drought Demon Dao Fruit, remaining unharmed even beneath the Earth Fire, sometimes impacting the seal.

Although even a Drought Demon of third grade can't break through the Xuanyuan Sword's suppression, each time the Drought Demon impacts, the Earth Fire ascends, threatening to boil and melt not only the Artifact Pavilion island but the entire Dinghu. Hence, the ancestors of the Dinghu Sect placed the Yinglong Dao Fruit nearby to balance it, the Yinglong harnessing the Dinghu Water with the Earth Fire.

"If the Yinglong Dao Fruit could find a master, it might be possible to find a solution for this Drought Demon menace," Tianxuan said lightly, sending a spirit light shooting towards a grand hall in the distant mountains.

Her Qi Mechanism followed the spirit light into the hall, responding immediately, a white shadow soaring out, crossing the sky and coming with the wind.

Within a blink of an eye across several miles, the white shadow slowed, the wind turned gentle, descending slowly from the sky, revealing the figure of a young man in Confucian garb, the Elder Tianquan guarding the Sect.

"Sister, you finally returned," Elder Tianquan complained upon seeing Tianxuan. "This place is really exhausting, I'm fine, but my disciple—oh, she's such a delicate girl, how can she stay here for long? If Kaiyang doesn't return soon, what if my disciple becomes undesirable?"

The Artifact Pavilion was initially led by Elder Kaiyang, a master of artifact casting, but now that Elder Kaiyang was captured by a demon, the responsibility had fallen on the other elders.

After all, the Xuanyuan Sword is located here; even though it cannot be stolen, it cannot remain unattended by experts for long.

Elder Tianquan, being a Confucian scholar, naturally didn't adapt well to the Artifact Pavilion's environment, but to say he couldn't bear it would be untrue. As for his disciple Yun Qiuchi, she was mainly managing the Tianquan Hall and unlikely to stay there for long, let alone suffer.

When Elder Tianquan spoke like this, it was a calculated move, knowing that whining children get candy, aiming to gain Tianxuan's favor.

Tianxuan understood this well, but Elder Tianquan was indeed having a tough time, so she considerately said, "Kaiyang isn't coming back soon, so for now, let's have Jiang Li oversee the Artifact Pavilion. It's just right as he needs to comprehend the Chi You Three Disks Scripture during this time."

The Chi You Three Disks Scripture is in the Artifact Pavilion?

Jiang Li was surprised to learn.

Then he quickly thought of Ling Wujue having studied the Jiuli Saber Scripture. If the Chi You Three Disks Scripture was within the Artifact Pavilion, as Elder Kaiyang's disciple, Ling Wujue would have been close by, able to glean information, which explains his confidence in cultivating the Jiuli Saber Scripture.

Meanwhile, Elder Tianquan sighed internally, acknowledging yet another failure. This attempt to curry favor once again failed to elicit a response from Tianxuan.

Oh well, used to it.