Wait a minute, where is my master?

He took this defensive action, not because he lacked confidence in his physical body.

Instead, the attack by the golden-robed woman wielding golden cones was genuinely sinister. The two golden cones she held—one was jabbed towards the young Taoist's lower back, precisely where the kidneys are located.

The other was thrust towards the lower part of the young Taoist's back!

"Master was right, this person indeed acts ruthlessly!"

The moment the golden spiritual power covered his body, Jin Xu turned and a golden Thunder Arc flashed in his hand, striking the two golden cones held by the opponent.

"Pfft!"

The two golden cones were instantly shattered by the golden Thunder Arc, and the graceful woman, while speaking, spat out a mouthful of fresh blood tinged with faint golden hues.

Even so, her response to the question did not cease.

"My master is an unrivaled genius in the Immortal Realm, one in a million years; the top individual in the Immortal Emperor Realm; the master of the sharp, life-and-death, and Forget Laws; the founder of the Dongguan Heavenly Sect; God..."

The graceful woman, with blood filling her mouth, listed her master's titles. Even under the influence of the "Truth-Telling Skill," when mentioning her master, her tone uncontrollably became manic and reverent.

As for Jin Xu...

He held the captured golden cone and after listening to the woman's series of statements, he slightly frowned and said,

"How many masters do you have, exactly?"

The woman, just after answering three questions and wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, looked stunned for a moment, then spoke very honestly.

"One."

"I was just pointing out... never mind, why should I explain this to you?"

Knowing that the opponent was under the influence of the "Truth-Telling Skill," the young Taoist unleashed a wave of golden spiritual power, tightly binding the graceful woman's limbs and torso.

Earlier, when he used the Thunder Arc to cut the two golden cones, he accidentally broke an invisible thread on her body. However, after the thread broke, Jin Xu's spiritual sense, which had spread very far into the Chaos Space along with the thread, directly followed the broken thread to where her split soul was.

Since the thread was broken, the spiritual sense would follow the broken thread to the split soul; therefore, he no longer needed to delay any further.

"Directly tell me your master's name and his current location. Also, besides you, does your master have any other subordinates doing similar things?"

The woman, easily bound, felt utterly despondent inside.

She knew the small Taoist was terrifyingly powerful, as he emerged unscathed even after those two explosions, but she never anticipated such a vast difference between them.

Back in the Upper Realm, she had fought alongside her master, capable of facing the Four Great Divine Lords for a few moves. But now, she had been defeated by the young Taoist in their first encounter, and her Geng Metal Void Spirit Cone was smashed—such a feat was something not even her master at his peak could achieve so effortlessly!

"My master's name is Ye Fudao!

"He is currently suppressed by the Four Divine Monarchs in the Four Symbols Great Thousand Realm, and I am not clear about the specific location. When the master vaguely sensed his impending failure years ago, he said he would use the Forget Law to set a grand scheme and then instructed me and Zi Ji to go to the Lower Realm.

"The only other person doing the same thing as me should be Zi Ji. However, over these many years, the two of us haven't been in contact."

After the woman finished answering, whether it was the dispersal of her spirit, her facial skin faintly began to look a bit ashen.

"Zi Ji? Is he the one with a massive skeleton frame and who also brought a purple-golden box to the Lower Realm when he descended?"

Jin Xu spoke and casually threw the golden cone into the storage bracelet, then pulled out the purple-gold box he had obtained in the Age Chicken coconut grove.

"Pfft!"

For some reason, the graceful woman again spat out a mouthful of fresh blood at that moment.

"Zi Ji did have a purple-gold box, but he was flesh and blood, not a skull."

With blood in her mouth, the woman responded vaguely to the question. Her complexion turned even more ashen as she stared intently at the purple-gold box in the Taoist's hand.

"Are you one of the Four Divine Monarchs, coming for me and my master?"

"No, with your cultivation strength, even the Four Divine Monarchs shouldn't be able to command you, who exactly are you?"

Although the Truth-Telling Skill forced her to answer any question, it didn't restrict her from speaking freely when there were no questions asked, so she could freely speak now.

"Hmmm... it must be the same person, only the flesh has rotted. By the way, why are you spitting blood again?"

The Taoist did not answer her question.

Truthfully, whether it was any Zi Ji or Ye Fudao, they were extremely foreign to him.

That also included the Four Symbols Great Thousand Realm that the other party mentioned.

However, not understanding now didn't mean he wouldn't remember. He decided to ask his master later, or wait until he returned to the Nine Provinces to inquire from the Immortal Palace's old Ancestor Chi Dao, who seemed as knowledgeable as a certain search engine.

"Your storage treasure cut off my connection with the Geng Metal Void Spirit Cone, which is why I am spitting blood."

The beautiful woman, enhanced by the 'obliged to answer, utmost honesty', once again sincerely answered Jin Xu's question. During her response, her gaze briefly shifted from the purple-gold box to glance at the storage bracelet.

Meanwhile, her complexion grew even more ashen, and her skin began to appear somewhat shriveled.

"Master, have you ever heard of Ye Fudao and the Four Symbols Great Thousand Realm?"

Jin Xu looked down at the twenty-four Mystic Treasure Pearls on his wrist, glanced at the golden-dressed woman who was bound, and then gestured to summon the Golden Spiritual Power Shield from afar.

"Ye Fudao? What a domineering, disrespectful name."

The Tianxing Taoist heard his disciple's words, first sighed, then shook his head, "I have never heard of this person's name. However, the Four Symbols Great Thousand Realm is another name for the Nine Provinces Realm's ascendancy to the Upper Realm."

"Hmph, you, merely a cultivator of the Mahayana Realm, also deserve to have heard of my master... hmm hmm!"

The woman felt odd as Jin Xu called a Mahayana Realm cultivator 'master.' Just as she couldn't help but mockingly speak out after hearing the old Taoist comment on her own master, the young Taoist sealed her mouth with golden spiritual power.

"Don't interrupt when you're not being asked a question.

"However, speaking of which, your complexion has changed so much in just a few moments, and your skin has wrinkled significantly. You must be using some method to sever your own life force, trying to make me believe you are frightened of revealing more information,"

the Taoist said, smiling slyly as he continued.

"Heh, you are truly loyal to this so-called master of yours. However, that stone chair you suddenly moved earlier, where you secretly hid the items and pretended to drift away naturally, has already been marked with my Spiritual Sense.

"So, you might as well save your tricks, perhaps you could live a bit longer."

With these words, the woman's complexion, already notably shriveled, changed instantly, and a genuine emotion called despair began to emerge in her eyes.