Wait a minute, where is my master?

These four pieces of ink jade were all larger than the one initially discovered in the coconut grove.

Although he had not yet delved deeply into them, Jin Xu had an intuition.

The power contained within these four pieces of ink jade should be much purer than that of the ink jade from the coconut grove.

"Now it seems, the captivating words on that soft fabric were not deceiving, there truly are many pieces of ink jade!"

The little Taoist muttered to himself and reached out to pick up one of them.

He looked towards the Elder Master of Tianxing, who was inside the Golden Spiritual Power Shield with a face full of shock.

"Master, the power within this object is incomparably pure, would you like to try one?"

"Ah? Ah! No, no, your filial piety warms my heart, but your master has stayed within that Formation for many days and still has hidden injuries. It is better to save this for your cultivation."

Upon hearing that his precious disciple wanted him to absorb the power from the ink jade, the Tianxing Taoist was initially taken aback and then hastily waved his hands to refuse.

"What a joke, if I'm not mistaken, the aura emanating from the ink jade is the power of Immortal Essence, which can only be cultivated in the Upper Realm.

"For a mere Mahayana Realm cultivator like me to absorb it, wouldn't that be like an old man drinking poison—courting death!"

When Jin Xu heard his master refuse, his eyes faintly glowed with a silver light as he sized up the Tianxing Taoist.

"Strange, when I rescued Master, I observed that except for some deficit in his spiritual power, there were no injuries to his Dantian or meridians at all."

However, since the old Taoist was firm and sincere in his refusal, the little Taoist did not press the issue.

He played with the piece of ink jade in his hand for a moment, then closed his eyes, and the rich power of Immortal Essence within was absorbed into his body in an instant.

"Buzz!!!!"

The long-missed surging sensation burst forth from within Jin Xu, and a burst of golden light was uncontrollably cast out from every pore of his body.

"Sigh~"

Three breaths later, he exhaled deeply and slowly opened his eyes, feeling that the golden spiritual power within him had grown significantly.

Aside.

The two women were already accustomed to Jin Xu's terrifying absorption ability, their faces showing no change whatsoever. Little White even took the opportunity to leisurely break a steamed bun in half to share with Yu Yaoer nearby.

As for the Little Purple Spirit Elephant, her cultivation was too low to understand what Jin Xu had just done.

Meanwhile, the hearts of the bound, withered woman and Tianxing Taoist were shaken beyond any possible description.

The two of them harbored deep doubts about their own understanding.

"So much pure and dense Immortal Essence, and my disciple just nonchalantly absorbed it all? Did I spend two years in that strange Small World, or was it twenty thousand years?

"Could all this before me simply be an illusion, and I'm still trapped within the Chaos Clan's Formation?"

While pondering, the old Taoist suddenly produced a Peach Wood Sword from his hand and without hesitation stabbed it into his thigh.

"Pff!"

Blood splattered.

"Hiss~~~ This treasure has the effect of Debunking Illusion, so it seems this is not an illusion."

Of course, that's what the Tianxing Taoist thought, reasoning that if even his Peach Wood Sword couldn't break through the illusion, he would just accept it.

"Master, what are you doing!?"

Just after absorbing a piece of ink jade and still immersed in the surge of empowered sensation, Jin Xu was caught off guard by Tianxing Taoist's sudden 'self-harm' and exclaimed in surprise.

Inside the Golden Spiritual Power Shield.

The two women who were sharing a bun, upon seeing the Elder Master's action, couldn't help but tug at the ears of the Little Purple Spirit Elephant.

He stealthily retreated to the edge of the Golden Spiritual Power Shield.

The two of them still clearly remembered that when the Elder Master first met his disciple, he had not hesitated to unleash the "Nine Heavens Divine Thunder" on the disciple's lower back.

"Cough cough, it's nothing, I've been sitting in that Formation for too long, and my legs are bruised. I'll release the blood myself,"

The old Taoist gave a sheepish smile and found a reason, while pulling out the Peach Wood Sword, he didn't forget to cast Xuanxu Temple's unique Healing Skill on his leg.

"..."

Jin Xu naturally didn't believe such a lame excuse.

However, he didn't delve into it further and planned to quickly handle the matters at hand, so he could send his master back to the Nine Provinces as soon as possible.

"It seems that being trapped here for this period has put quite a strain on Master. He's even showing self-harm behavior now; I must go back and ask Grandma Yu if she has any pills that can treat this illness."

Taking out the soft cloth from the golden box, Jin Xu smeared the ashes of the drained ink jade onto it.

In an instant, text and symbols began to emerge on the previously blank cloth.

The same words and the same three runes as on the cloth from the coconut grove.

The only difference was that the rune representing sharpness on this cloth seemed slightly stronger than the one from the coconut grove.

"Is this thing actually a mass-produced item? However, when Spiritual Power was infused into the cloth from the Mountain and Sea Realm, the location of the inheritance it showed was in the Formation in the Lezi Valley, which I have already destroyed.

"I wonder if the inheritance location shown will be different when Spiritual Power is infused into this cloth."

With that thought, the young Taoist put the cloth back into the golden box, intending to absorb the remaining three pieces of ink jade when he got back.

After these actions, he turned his face to look at the withered woman who was tied up.

He noticed that her expression had twisted in shock.

"Hmm? Why are you so surprised?"

He removed the gag from the woman's mouth, Jin Xu asked, puzzled.

"The Immortal Essence Ink Jade was prepared for our lord's covert plan, and it took me three hundred thousand years to condense these four pieces!

"That you could casually absorb one piece like that, how could I not be surprised!

"Who exactly are you? There shouldn't and couldn't be anyone in the Great Thousand Realms with your level of cultivation and strength, you... mmm mmm mmm!"

After the woman rapidly replied, she cried out in frenzy.

However, after Jin Xu gagged her mouth again, he raised his eyebrows and fell silent for a moment before speaking.

"Three hundred thousand years for four pieces? Isn't that efficiency a bit too slow? Besides, the text on the cloth needs to absorb the ashes from the ink jade to emerge. Doesn't that arrangement by your lord contradict itself?"

"Mmm mmm... Just a bit of the Immortal Essence Ink Jade being absorbed produces wasted ashes, and when that single speck of ash is absorbed by the Heavenly Sandalwood Silk, the content will appear on it.

"Who would do like you, absorbing an entire piece of the Immortal Essence Ink Jade all at once! You... mmm mmm."

The woman's withered face had previously twisted, now turned into profound fear.

No, if such a terrifying existence sets its sights on my lord, my lord will surely have no power to resist, and the three hundred thousand years of planning will turn to naught.

No! No! I must find a way to inform my lord about the existence of such a dreadful enemy.

Meanwhile, Jin Xu was unaware of the withered woman's current thoughts.

After hearing her words, a single thought crossed his mind.

"This lord she's talking about, being suppressed in the Four Symbols Great Thousand Realm,

"Doesn't seem to be as strong as me!"