Wait a minute, where is my master?

"...Everyone says the Snow Wolf Clan is scatterbrained, and this young lady has truly witnessed it now," Ji Junqiao muttered to herself.

Then, with a slightly dissatisfied look, she turned her gaze toward the little Taoist who hadn't taken her into account at all.

"Hey, I'm saying you really..."

However, before she could finish her sentence, Ji Junqiao felt two figures flash beside her.

It turned out to be Senior Chi and the Old Dean, who had negotiated a strategy and come over.

"Little Taoist, this young lady is a descendant of a master from Qingmu Academy in the Upper Realm. Because the master had her late in life, she was quite spoiled normally.

"Moreover, she suffered a head injury as a child and is not very mentally sound.

"Please don't take to heart what she just said.

"Also, the white-bearded old man beside me is an ancestor from Kunlun Immortal Palace, named Chi Taoist. He also has old ties with the Heavenly Star Taoist.

"He has been wanting to meet you."

Yan Chu didn't wait for his body to stabilize before he transmitted his voice to Jin Xu, identifying Chi Taoist's identity.

After completing the voice transmission, he turned his head and transmitted his voice to Ji Junqiao.

"Fairy Junqiao, when the Upper Realm sent down the message previously, they also transmitted an item. But this matter is of great importance.

"Follow me, and I will quietly give it to you."

On the other side, Chi Taoist transmitted his voice directly to the little Taoist.

"Jin Taoist, I am Chi Taoist, an ancestor from the Kunlun Immortal Palace. Previously, I had taken that incompetent descendant to Shangjing City to apologize to you.

"Unfortunately, you had already gone to the East Sea at that time.

"Subsequently, the sealing of the Nine Provinces Sea Eye and other events occurred consecutively, and I've been tracking your whereabouts all the way, fortunate to finally meet you here today.

"I wonder, Jin Taoist, if it would be convenient for you to talk in detail in the forest nearby?

"Also, regarding the demon matter mentioned by Ji Taoist, I'd like to explain it to you."

The two had briefly negotiated a strategy while Ji Junqiao and the Siberian Husky were speaking earlier.

The spoiled Fairy Junqiao could not be persuaded immediately. If she could have been easily dissuaded, she wouldn't have recklessly run out and directly ordered the little Taoist to return with her to the Upper Realm for an advanced review of the 'Truth-Telling Skill.'

Moreover, it was known that Ji Junqiao was not weak in cultivation, and it was uncertain what treasures she might still have brought from the Upper Realm.

It definitely was not a good option to use force.

So, the Old Dean quickly decided to deceive her.

First, get Ji Junqiao out of the way, then let Chi Taoist clear up the whole situation with the little Taoist in the shortest time.

As long as they were quick enough.

The Old Dean believed that this would prevent the Ancestor Ji Ye from having no descendants today.

But the ideal is always the plan; reality always comes with various changes and surprises.

After Ji Junqiao listened to Yan Chu's voice transmission,

her eyes shifted suspiciously and she said, "Little Yan, are you intentionally deceiving me, trying to temporarily trick me into leaving?

"Last time I descended to the Lower Realm, it was exactly by your ruse that I was caught and eventually sent back to the Upper Realm!"

Upon hearing this, the Old Dean was taken aback; he had never expected Ji Junqiao, who had always seemed not too bright, to suddenly become sharp.

Others are smart for a moment, foolish for a moment.

Why was she foolish for a moment, smart for a moment!

Meanwhile, after listening to the two's voice transmissions, Jin Xu waited several moments later.

He then leisurely shifted his attention away from the storage magical treasure.

Turning his gaze toward Chi Taoist and his companion, he spoke in a courteous, gentle voice,

"Since you are an old friend of my master, I will address you as Senior Chi. Senior Chi, the matter you mentioned is not urgent, let us have a good talk later.

"Senior Yan, rest assured, I, Jin Xu, will definitely not take the words of a fool to heart.

"However, I want to confirm one thing with both of you—is it true that only five people came to this Mountain and Sea Realm with you?"

The final sentence was conveyed through voice transmission.

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the three seniors were all stunned.

They never expected Jin Xu to ask such a bizarre question out of nowhere.

The two exchanged glances and then frowned as they communicated through a spiritual message.

"Jin Taoist, our party indeed only consists of five people. What is the meaning of your question?"

The young Taoist nodded gently after receiving the answer.

He did not respond to the Old Dean's question, but rather, with his left hand, he conjured a deep red flame in mid-air.

Between Yan Chu and Taoist Chi.

Ji Junqiao was pondering whether the phrase "wouldn't take a fool's words to heart" from Jin Xu's mouth was referring to her.

Suddenly, she sensed a scorching yet familiar heat.

She looked up to see a cluster of deep red flames, fiercely lunging towards her.

!!!!

"This fire, this temperature, it's the handiwork of that young Taoist! But why would he suddenly make a move..."

Ji Junqiao had no time to think further.

She acted upon hearing those two sounds at her ear.

"Jin Taoist, no!!!"

"Young Taoist, please show mercy for the sake of the Heavenly Stars!"

She quickly infused her spiritual power into the snow-white jade slip she was tightly holding in her hand.

Then, with a raise of her hand, the activated jade slip flew towards the fiercely approaching deep red flame.

"Buzz!"

The surrounding space suddenly trembled.

The snow-white jade slip shattered in mid-flight, turning into a hundred streaks of light.

"The universe possesses Vast Righteous Qi!"

A middle-aged male voice resounded out of nowhere.

One of the hundred streaks of light changed upon hearing this, and in the blink of an eye, it formed a massive "Benevolence" character.

The moment the "Benevolence" character formed, countless tiny characters appeared around its perimeter, much like soldiers crowning their emperor, encircling it at the center.

Subsequently, this character, which seemed pacific in nature yet shattered the space it traversed, fiercely collided with the deep red flame.

The rest of the ninety-nine streaks of light, under Ji Junqiao's control, quietly floated in mid-air.

She seemed convinced that this one "Benevolence" character was sufficient to handle the flames emitted by the young Taoist.

"Phew, I'm glad I've always kept this jade slip in hand, otherwise I wouldn't know if I'd be able to retrieve it in time..."

Feeling safe, Ji Junqiao inwardly praised her foresight.

However, the "Benevolence" character that she had incited, upon contact with the deep red flame, was instantly ignited, as if it were a clay ox entering the sea.

"How is this possible! The jade slip was imbued with the Vast Righteous Qi refined by my father over tens of thousands of years. Even the Vermilion Bird True Flame would struggle to burn it. How could the flames produced by this young Taoist..."

Ji Junqiao was horrified, watching the deep red flame that grew ever larger before her eyes and frantically summoned several more streaks of light.

Three, five...

"Righteousness" character, "Soldier" character...

Yet these streaks of light were like salt encountering flowing water, tinder meeting fierce fire, Xu Qian meeting Xiangxiang.

They had no effect whatsoever.

Ji Junqiao, staring at the deep red flames enlarging in her eyes, felt a flicker of disbelief flash through her mind.

"I, the proud daughter of heaven, am now going to die in this unknown small world of the Lower Realm?"

At this thought, she felt her legs go weak, and she actually sat down on the ground with her eyes closed.

Then, the anticipated sensation of her body being scorched did not occur.

Ji Junqiao opened her eyes in confusion, only to hear from behind her.

A fierce roar erupted.

"Curse you, young Taoist, how dare you deceive me!!!"