Wait a minute, where is my master?

He sensed the two people in the sky.

Jin Xu frowned slightly and raised a golden Spiritual Power Shield from behind himself, enveloping himself and the two women.

At the same time, he reached out with his left hand and gently touched the "Body Purification Skill" to the center of Wu Youren's forehead.

"Roar, roar, roar, roar!"

A bizarre cry came from the mouth of Uncle Water Monkey, causing the two reinforcement troops who had just landed to almost explode with rage.

"You scoundrel, what are you doing!"

"Elder Wu, wait for us to avenge you!"

Two voices then rose again from behind Jin Xu. By their tone, it seemed they thought their old friend had already been fatally harmed.

The little Taoist helplessly shrugged his shoulders, then sighed softly.

"Day after day, what's going on? Why do they always see me as the bad guy?"

He muttered to himself, turned to explain, but then saw the two men, one wielding a blue short spear and the other spitting out a red-glowing diamond-shaped crystal, about to attack.

"Gentlemen..."

Before Jin Xu could finish speaking, a blue and white figure "roar, roar, roar" dashed out from behind him.

It was Wu Youren, who had regained his ability to move.

"Clang, clang!"

Sounds of metal clashing echoed, and the already devastated mountaintop burst into waves of air currents, blowing the nearby trees even balder.

"Elder Wu, are you alright?"

"Elder Wu, what do you mean by this?"

Facing Wu Youren, who was holding an iron rod, the two members of the reinforcement team stopped their actions, their expressions puzzled.

We traveled thousands of miles to support you, thinking you were already dead and ready to fight to avenge you.

Instead, you not only survived but also came up to give each of us a whack with your rod. What does that mean?

"Brother Bei, Brother Lin, you've misunderstood. The formidable enemy that required my help before has been eliminated, and this little Taoist is one of our own."

Uncle Water Monkey struggled to suppress the immense comforting sensation inside him and began explaining to the two men in front of him.

At the same time, he secretly communicated to them, "What do I mean, of course, saving your lives! Just now, the Demon Sect's Third Elder from the Divinity Transformation Realm was wiped out in a snap, and you two, only slightly stronger than me, if I hadn't stopped you first, see that fountain over there?

We might have had two more small ones by now."

The reinforcement duo was stunned by these words, their weapons and magical treasures drooped, and their faces showed a hint of uncertainty, but they quickly suppressed it.

"Elder Wu, don't trick us. Could this little Taoist really kill a Divinity Transformation Realm expert with one strike?"

The cultivator holding the blue short spear was clearly skeptical.

"I saw it with my own eyes. Could there be any mistake? Moreover, this person is not only powerful but has also become the master of our Great Elder's granddaughter. In the future, he might even lead our Shui Clan."

Fearing his old friends could not directly perceive the little Taoist's power, Wu Youren referred to the identity Yu Yaoer had introduced earlier and even added some of his own interpretations.

"What! Does the Great Elder know about this?"

"What! That little girl actually returned to the East Sea!?"

The two rescuers had been focused on Wu Youren and accidentally ignored Yu Yaoer, who had been whispering to Little White at the side.

Now, prompted by Uncle Water Monkey, they suddenly realized that the "Shui Clan's top chef" was also there.

The color drained from their faces, looking even more disturbed than when they first learned that the little Taoist could kill someone from the Divinity Transformation Realm with a single strike.

Aside.

The Taoist, who had been listening to the entire conversation between the three via transmitted messages, emotionlessly withdrew the spiritual power shield around him.

The misunderstanding that he was an enemy had already been cleared up, but it seemed that a new misunderstanding had also arisen.

At this moment, Jin Xu was pondering in his heart what he should say to cut off the source of the rumors from these three.

Otherwise, if they were to go back to the Shui Clan and speak of this, all the cultivators of the Shui Clan would know that Little Yu had a master, and one that had not formed a master-servant contract at that.

At this moment, the Taoist still had no knowledge of this.

The communication jade token that Wu Youren had just crushed was intended for the entire Shui Clan.

The two who had come to reinforce had arrived quickly simply because they happened to be the closest.

Yet now, across the East Sea, a large contingent of the Shui Clan was vigorously heading in this direction.

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Flowers bloom on two branches, each showing a different face.

Inside the boundaries of Great Xia, in Shangjing City.

The clay puppet controlled by the Old Dean—a scholarly looking man with a pale face—had just set foot in the capital of Great Xia through the transmission array.

He wandered the bustling streets for a while after leaving the heavily guarded area of the formation, discreetly spreading his Spiritual Sense to investigate quietly.

A stick of incense worth of time passed.

The scholarly looking man discovered that most people at street corners were talking about two things.

One was that a few days ago, Heavenly Tribulation had covered Shangjing City. The Royal Uncle intervened, turned the tide, and shattered the tribulation clouds.

The exact cause of the Heavenly Tribulation was unclear, but there were whispers that the Royal Uncle had concocted a shocking immortal pill, which had drawn the envy of the heavens.

Two, in front of a royal venue in the city, there was a bun shop whose buns were so delicious that they had incited a frenzy among the people of the city.

Now, all the dignitaries, cultivators, and the wealthy in Shangjing could buy these buns as a status symbol.

"The residents of this city really do live a carefree and joyful life, or perhaps they are blissfully ignorant. Just a few days ago, they nearly experienced a catastrophe, and now it's merely a topic of casual conversation after a meal."

The scholarly looking man muttered softly, clearly sensing a significant difference in the mindset of the people living here compared to those in Qing State.

Having finished investigating the basic situation in the city, he reached into his storage treasure and fished around for a while, finally pulling out a Communication Jade Token and held it in front of him.

This item was given to him by Jin Xu, who said it could be used to contact him in case of important matters.

As the scholarly looking man stared at the jade token before him, a wave of hesitation suddenly rose in his heart, unsure whether he should contact Jin Xu.

He had previously heard that the place where the Taoist resided was covered by Heavenly Tribulation and assumed it was a divine intervention from the Upper Realm besides the revelation sent down to his Qingmu Academy.

But now it seemed that was not the case.

"Ah... Ancestors of the Upper Realm, you really hold us descendants of the Lower Realm in high regard. With the strength Brother Jin previously demonstrated, and his ability to even shatter the tribulation clouds covering a city, probably none of the top cultivators in the Nine Provinces Realm combined could accomplish the task you have set for us."

The scholarly looking man complained silently to himself.

He was now worried about how to start a conversation or probe Jin Xu if he contacted him.

He couldn't exactly outright say, 'My sect's ancestor sent me to capture you,' especially since he wasn't even capable of defeating him.

But if he didn't make contact...

One, there was the relationship between the Old Dean and Tianxing Taoist to consider.

Two, it wasn't just his Qingmu Academy in the Nine Provinces Realm that had an ancestor in the Upper Realm.

Just as the scholarly looking man was in the midst of his dilemma, he suddenly saw an old man with a white beard across the street, carrying a chubby boy in one hand and a large fat orange cat in the other, slowly walking towards him.

In an instant, their gazes met.