Wait a minute, where is my master?

Jin Xu shook his head.

He cast out the slightly ominous thought from his mind.

Turning his body, he spoke to the Ancestor of the Immortal Palace beside him.

"Senior Chi..."

Before he could begin, the bearded Senior Chi interrupted.

"Young Taoist, I know what you are about to say.

"One day as a teacher, a lifetime as a father. Now that you have learned of Tianxing Taoist's whereabouts, naturally finding him takes precedence.

"As for the collection of the Origin from the small worlds... given your current pace, as long as you don't spend more than three months on the search for Tianxing Taoist, it should be more than enough."

Jin Xu's speed in bringing back Origin from the small worlds was far beyond the expectations of the Ancestor of the Immortal Palace. Therefore, the time frame which he originally thought was pressing now seemed relatively relaxed.

However, it was not his fault for the initial miscalculation.

After all, no one had anticipated that Jin Xu's collection of the small worlds' Origin would be as easy as stepping out to buy steamed buns.

"If that is the case, then I am relieved."

The young Taoist, seeing that Senior Chi understood his intentions, couldn't help but exhale softly.

Then he turned to the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao's rules and asked,

"May I ask if you know who is responsible for that mysterious space rift that appeared in the Spirit Realm, or if there is a way to track down their origins?"

Jin Xu planned to first inquire with the faint golden light orb.

If it had a way, that would be best; if it had no method or knowledge about the mysterious space rift, then he might have to take another trip within the Spirit Realm.

"I do not."

"But..."

The strange fluctuations on the faint golden light orb conveyed this word and then suddenly paused.

Upon seeing this, the young Taoist was first puzzled, then a look of realization spread across his face.

He sighed somewhat helplessly and then held up a finger to the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao's rules saying,

"Magic, once.

"But it has to be after the deed is done."

To save time and quickly find out about his master's whereabouts, Jin Xu had no choice but to offer a trade of skills for information.

"Deal."

This time, the faint golden light orb did not haggle.

The moment it heard the young Taoist proffer the terms of exchange, it immediately beamed the word 'deal' into Jin Xu's mind, while its brightness also seemed to become even more dazzling.

"Need time..."

"Traceable."

"Location."

Three waves of energy spread out one after another, as if the efficiency of the Heavenly Dao's embodiment had invisibly increased.

"Good, once I find my master, I will make good on my promise."

Jin Xu first earnestly addressed the faint golden light orb, and then turned to tell the Ancestor of the Immortal Palace, who was still in the dark about the deal struck between the Taoist and the Heavenly Dao rules,

"Senior Chi, the Heavenly Dao rules can trace the location of the party responsible for the space rift that occurred in the Spirit Realm. May I trouble you to receive this information for me? Once the location is obtained, I would appreciate it if you could send one of my tokens there."

As he spoke, the young Taoist handed over a Spirit Stone infused with golden spiritual power to Senior Chi.

"Rest assured, Jin Taoist, I will certainly handle this matter for you. But you, however..."

The Ancestor of the Immortal Palace intended to inquire about the meaning behind the young Taoist raising his finger to the Heavenly Dao rules and mentioning 'Magic, once',

But Jin Xu misinterpreted the intention and cut in,

"I have another important matter to attend to, I will leave this in your hands."

Senior Chi heard the words and opened his mouth but decided not to ask further, so he had no choice but to gesture with his hands for the little Taoist to go ahead and attend to his business.

...

After stepping out of the study courtyard's gate, Jin Xu used his Spiritual Sense to check on Yu Yaoer's location.

Then he headed straight toward the kitchen.

After passing through two courtyards filled with rocky landscapes and three walkways built over water, he quickly arrived at the courtyard where the kitchen was located.

Outside the kitchen.

"Little Yu, could you ask grandma if there is any pill that can clear the mind and concentrate the spirit, or one that can make a person lose the desire for intimacy when consumed?"

The little Taoist spoke loudly to Yu Yaoer, who was busy with something in the kitchen, as he pushed the door open and entered.

Then...

He heard the sound of the Little Purple Spirit Elephant's dry retching coming from the kitchen.

"Mwong~~ Ugh~ mwong ugh!"

"What's going on? Didn't Little Purple Spirit get used to traveling through space without feeling dizzy? Why has she started vomiting again?"

Jin Xu instinctively asked, but the next second, after he realized where he was, a flash of understanding darted through his eyes.

Indeed, as the little Taoist entered the kitchen, the sight that greeted him was the Little Purple Spirit Elephant lying half-kneeling on the ground, continuously retching and flapping its trunk next to a bowl of dark and colorfully speckled thick soup.

"Little Yu, did you force Little Purple Spirit to eat something?"

The little Taoist, with a slight frown, asked Yu Yaoer who was still busily chopping something next to the stove.

"Ah, young master, you're here? This is the new Spirit Realm Earth Dragon tonic soup I've simmered. Would you like a bowl?"

Little Fish Demon first enthusiastically pitched her creation to Jin Xu.

Then, after the unsurprising rejection, she responded to her own master's question.

"Little White isn't here, so I wanted Little Purple Spirit to help me taste test the dish. But she seemed not to like it much, so I told her not to eat anymore.

"But..."

Yu Yaoer said this, looking somewhat innocently at Little Purple Spirit Elephant next to her, which even in the spacious and tall kitchen seemed to take up a lot of space, and continued.

"But she wouldn't listen. Even though she's like this, she still occasionally uses her trunk to scoop up a mouthful of the soup and snort it in.

"Cough, young master, could it be that I have achieved culinary mastery, which is why Little Purple Spirit can't help but crave my soup..."

"Hmm..."

The words from Little Fish Demon nearly rendered Jin Xu speechless.

"First, ask grandma for me if there is any pill with the effects I mentioned earlier, and how much it's valued at.

"I can offer to use the Spiritual Spring or the opportunity to help the Shui Clan cultivators cleanse their marrow in exchange."

"Oh."

Yu Yaoer responded, quietly retrieving the Jade Talisman for communication.

While Jin Xu changed the subject, he looked over at the Little Purple Spirit Elephant kneeling on the ground and noticed that it was indeed doing as Yu Yaoer had described; after dry retching, it had once again sucked in through its trunk a noseful of the dark, colorfully speckled soup, and brought it into its mouth.

"Mwong~ Ugh~ Ugh!"

"Hiss~~~"

The little Taoist involuntarily inhaled sharply after seeing this scene.

Seeing that Yu Yaoer was still busy with her head down and wouldn't be free for quite a while, he quickly took a few steps closer, knelt beside Little Purple Spirit, picked up the bowl of Spirit Realm Earth Dragon tonic soup, and spoke softly.

"You don't have to drink if you don't like it. Little Yu also said that this is just a tasting, not an obligation. Your stay at the Taoist temple is not supposed to come at such a cost."

Jin Xu thought that Little Purple Spirit Elephant had misunderstood, fearing that it would be driven away if it didn't finish the soup, so he came over to explain.

But after he finished speaking.

The retching Little Purple Spirit Elephant looked up at him, then quickly shook its head and let out a low groan.

Then, laboriously, it maneuvered its body to extend its trunk toward the bowl of soup that Jin Xu had moved away.