Chapter 250: Sorry to Disturb

"Wu Jianwu?" Xu Qing crouched on a tree canopy, a sharp glint appearing in his eyes.

This Wu Jianwu had provoked him back on the Forbidden Sea, but later, the other party seemed terrified and no longer posed a threat, and had even helped pay the fee for killing his attendant earlier.

So, after thinking about it, Xu Qing didn't intend to go over. He was preparing to head to the ruins where the Tai Cang Dao Temple was located, but he still asked a casual question.

"What is he doing?"

The Shadow immediately spread across the ground, constantly changing shapes. It seemed the scene it saw through its eyes was too complex, causing it to shift several times before finally, at the cost of splitting itself, it managed to manifest the image.

In the image, the Shadow split into more than a dozen strands, taking the form of different ferocious beasts, and every single beast had one thing in common: their bellies were bulging high.

At the same time, the Shadow also outlined Wu Jianwu's figure; the other party was sitting beside a beast, stroking its bulging belly.

This scene stunned even Xu Qing, who didn't have much curiosity, and he revealed a look of confusion. Beside him, the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor gasped.

"What is this situation? What is that fool doing? Why are the bellies of these beasts all swollen? Are they pregnant?" Speaking of this, the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor's soul body shook, his expression showing disbelief.

"Master, why don't we go take a look? This fool... I feel like he's doing something big!"

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Xu Qing was silent. He was not originally a curious person, but the scene was too bizarre, so he decided to go see for himself, and thus spoke.

"Lead the way."

The Shadow was immediately excited and guided him at high speed.

Xu Qing's body flickered, and following the direction led by the Shadow, he disappeared into the jungle.

Not long after, Xu Qing saw a mountain.

This mountain was a spur of the Truth Mountain Range that extended into the Huang Forbidden Zone.

Xu Qing glanced at it, his body leaping up to step onto the mountain. Soon, on the other side of the great mountain, he saw a mountain fissure hidden in the dense grass and forest.

It was a zhang long, naturally formed, and its location was very hidden.

If not for the Shadow leading the way, it would have been very difficult for Xu Qing to notice this gap.

Standing before the fissure now, Xu Qing's expression was somewhat surprised; the concealment of this place was enough to show Wu Jianwu's caution. Thus, after pondering, he flashed into the fissure with caution, moving rapidly according to the Shadow's guidance.

This fissure was much deeper than Xu Qing had imagined, and as it extended downward, it gradually became damp, as if this fissure pierced through the mountain and ground, leading to an underground river.

At the same time, it branched into many paths, like a maze. If not for the Shadow having a precise direction, it would have been very difficult for Xu Qing to find the accurate path even if he had entered.

Just like this, after a moment, Xu Qing reached the end of the fissure.

At the end, there was a huge underground grotto, and a bat was clinging to the side of the grotto, observing everything.

It was the spirit possessed by the Shadow.

Xu Qing approached the edge, lowered his head, and scanned the grotto below; his expression instantly became extremely strange.

Inside the grotto, there were more than twenty ferocious beasts.

These beasts included wolves and tigers, as well as many strange shapes. At this moment, they were all subdued and sealed, lying there with their bellies bulging high, as if they were gestating.

Besides this, there was a pool dug out in the middle of the grotto.

Inside it was a lot of medicinal liquid, emitting waves of medicinal scent.

And the bruised and swollen Wu Jianwu was crouching beside the medicine pool, using a stone bowl to take out the liquid, walking to the side of a giant bear with a large belly, feeding it medicine very carefully and meticulously.

The giant bear's expression was filled with terror, wanting to struggle but to no avail; its entire body was sealed, losing all power to resist, and it couldn't even stand up.

Wu Jianwu's expression was filled with immense tenderness; while feeding the medicine, he was also stroking the giant bear's belly, whispering softly.

"It's normal to have some reaction. Bear with it a little longer. My reliance for the rest of my life depends entirely on you. Little baby, come out soon."

"Once the little baby is born, I will be powerful. At that time, I will definitely let Sheng Yunzi know who the true Heaven's Pride is!"

"Who is the Eternal Heaven's Pride? Only I, Wu Jianwu, reign supreme!"

Wu Jianwu gritted his teeth, his expression seemingly scaring the giant bear, and its struggle became intense. Wu Jianwu hurriedly stroked it gently, trying his best to be soft, whispering in a gentle voice.

"Be good, don't move around. At this time, you need to rest and gestate peacefully. As long as the little baby is born smoothly, you will have made a great contribution. I will treat you well."

This scene made Xu Qing's eyes widen.

Beside him, the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor shivered all over, hurriedly taking out a jade slip to start recording. Perhaps because he was too shocked, the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor's recording action made some noise.

So, the next instant, Wu Jianwu in the grotto noticed, suddenly raising his head, his expression revealing a trace of cruelty.

"Heaven, Earth, Profound, Yellow are my room; once I shout, there is nowhere to hide!"

As he spoke, his body leaped up, but the next instant, he saw Xu Qing, who still had shock on his face.

"Xu Qing?"

Wu Jianwu's mind shook, somewhat bewildered as to how the other party could find him when he was hidden so deeply, but soon he reacted. Glancing at the beasts with large bellies below, and noticing Xu Qing's expression, he instantly gasped.

"Xu Qing, you misunderstood."

"Sorry to disturb." Xu Qing took a deep look at Wu Jianwu and turned to leave.

He felt that there was a big problem in this Wu Jianwu's brain.

Seeing this, Wu Jianwu became anxious. At this moment, he couldn't care about fear, and even forgot to recite poetry, hurriedly chasing after him, shouting loudly.

"Xu Qing, it's not what you think."

Wu Jianwu was extremely anxious in his heart, and even more aggrieved. After he opened the wish box and obtained that bottle, he was depressed for a long time, but felt it was a pity to throw it away.

So he had been searching for information, discovering from some clues that the great power who left that bottle was an alien cultivator who followed the Ancient Emperor Xuanyou.

Thus, after he was defeated by Sheng Yunzi at the First Peak, he made a heart oath to definitely make Sheng Yunzi look good, so he came to the Huang Forbidden Zone to prepare, wanting to create a bloodline from the previous epoch here.

The reason he wasn't in the sect was that he cared a lot about his face, worried about being misunderstood if seen by others in the sect, and also worried about being spied on because of the many eyes, so he found such a hidden place. But no matter what, he never expected to be seen by Xu Qing.

Once he thought that if Xu Qing returned to the sect and spread this matter, his reputation would be completely ruined.

Even now, his mind pictured the scene of everyone in the sect, from top to bottom, looking at him with strange eyes. All of this made his scalp feel like it was going to explode, and he felt dark and anxious to the extreme.

Seeing that he couldn't catch up to Xu Qing, he hurriedly shouted.

"Xu Qing, I'll give you spirit stones, don't tell anyone else."

"Everyone has their own way of living, it's fine." Xu Qing's voice came from afar.

"It's really not like that!" Wu Jianwu's face turned purple-red, becoming even more anxious.

"Xu Qing, I'll give you 300,000 spirit stones!"

Xu Qing stepped out of the fissure to the outside of the mountain at this moment. Hearing this, his footsteps paused, and he looked back behind him.

Soon, Wu Jianwu rushed out from the fissure with red eyes, hurriedly taking out spirit notes and directly stuffing them to Xu Qing.

"Take it, Xu Qing, you must take it. I won't be at ease if you don't. This matter is really not what you think. I, I, I..." Wu Jianwu's breathing became rapid.

Seeing this, Xu Qing silently put away the spirit notes and nodded seriously.

"I didn't see anything."

But Wu Jianwu was clearly still not at ease.

"Xu Qing, what is your business coming to the Huang Forbidden Zone this time? If there is anything I can help with, just speak up."

"I'm looking for poisonous substances." Xu Qing glanced at Wu Jianwu.

"Poisonous substances? I know, I'm familiar with this place. I'll take you there!" Hearing this, Wu Jianwu hurriedly spoke.

"No need." Xu Qing shook his head and turned to leave.

"Xu Qing, don't go yet. Wait for me, I'll go get it for you, okay? There is a place under this mountain that definitely has the poison you need!"

Wu Jianwu said, hurriedly running towards the fissure.

He really wanted to get the poison for Xu Qing; he wouldn't be at ease if he didn't do so. At this moment, without waiting for Xu Qing's agreement, he disappeared into the fissure, whistling towards the depths.

In his hurry, he didn't notice an eye appearing in his shadow, thief-like observing the surroundings.

Xu Qing was thoughtful, lowering his head to look at the shadow at his feet. The shadow quickly formed shapes on the ground, displaying Wu Jianwu's movements and the surrounding environment as much as possible.

Soon, the shadow's shape changed. One could see the Wu Jianwu it described, after entering the fissure all the way, jumping down from the water pool in the grotto, swimming towards the deeper parts, until traversing a secret passage and entering a larger space.

In that space, there seemed to be a lake, only the lake surface described by the shadow had an overall shape like a huge human face, its undulations somewhat slow, as if the lake water was very viscous.

And after Wu Jianwu went there, he directly dug out some substances from the lake, put them into a stone bowl, and turned back.

The Shadow's image was somewhat incomplete in its description. While Xu Qing was pondering, Wu Jianwu returned.

"Xu Qing, look, does this meet your needs?" Wu Jianwu said, handing a stone bowl to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's gaze swept over it, and he instantly froze.

In the stone bowl were some jelly-like substances, seemingly liquid yet not liquid, deep blue in color, emitting a crystalline glow while also carrying waves of fragrance.

"Immortal Jelly?" Xu Qing was moved; he recognized this item.

In Master Bai's Pharmacopoeia, this item had been mentioned. This was not a poison, but an extremely rare catalytic substance. According to Master Bai's research, he felt that this item was very likely related to the Immortal Qi recorded in ancient books.

"Under this mountain, there is a strange lake, and it's full of this stuff. I found it back then and took some out, but it would dissipate in at most an hour, no matter how it was stored, it was always like this. It wasn't enough for me to bring back to the sect, and this item is harmless to the human race, but once I fed a mouthful to a ferocious beast, the beast directly rotted and died. I feel this should also be a kind of poison."

Wu Jianwu hurriedly explained.

"Take me to see it." Xu Qing pondered for a moment and spoke slowly.

Wu Jianwu didn't say a word and immediately led the way.

At this moment, he would agree to whatever Xu Qing requested, so this secret place that he wouldn't tell others on normal days was now revealed without hesitation. He led Xu Qing galloping all the way, and soon reached the underground lake. ===== CHAPTER 251 =====

At this moment, no matter what Xu Qing asked for, he would agree to it, so he did not hesitate at all to bring Xu Qing along, speeding all the way until they soon reached the underground lake.