Chapter 424: Little White Awakens

"Looking for death! How dare you snatch what belongs to Grandpa Monkey!"

Seeing a group of Gu Kings rushing over with bloodshot eyes, Qi Chi spun the Prison Heaven Staff in his hand once, then swept it horizontally.

This Prison Heaven Staff, which had endured a Thunder Tribulation, seemed capable of defying heaven by casually altering its weight; under one strike, it weighed as much as ten thousand jun.

Every Spirit Tool that collided with it shattered, and those wielding them felt pain in the tiger's mouth of their hands, shedding blood tears.

After destroying a swath of Spirit Tools, the Prison Heaven Staff lost no momentum, striking one Gu King who failed to dodge in time, blasting his head apart and killing him miserably on the ground.

How could the might of a Divine Artifact be resisted by mere Spirit Tools? As several more strikes were unleashed, every Spirit Tool that touched the divine weapon turned into scrap iron, losing its luster, while from time to time, Gu Kings had their heads smashed, falling dead to the ground.

In just a few strikes, the crowd of Gu Kings was so terrified that their souls trembled; they hastily retreated one after another to temporarily avoid the sharp edge of the Divine Artifact.

Having witnessed the terrifying power of the Divine Artifact with their own eyes, the Gu Kings were filled with fear; how would they dare to approach so easily now?

However, the sheer power of this Divine Artifact also made the eyes of the Gu Kings burn with even greater greed.

Taking advantage of the gap while the Gu Kings retreated, Qi Chi violently spat out a mouthful of blood; clearly, those few strikes he had just unleashed had aggravated his injuries.

His gaze swept over the Gu Kings slowly encircling him; knowing he absolutely could not linger in battle, he swung the staff again toward the right. The Gu Kings on the right changed complexion and scattered to avoid it; shouldering the Prison Heaven Staff, Qi Chi fled through this opening.

"Leave the Divine Artifact behind! We absolutely cannot let him escape!"

Seeing that his injuries were not light, how could the Gu Kings let such a plump duck escape? They all chased after him.

At this moment, outside the City, seeing that the champion was actually a Spirit Beast, Wang An's face darkened for a moment before a scheme came to mind; he shouted loudly, "Excellent! An Alien Race has actually mixed in! How can an Alien Race participate in the Human Race's Instrument Refinement Competition? This round does not count!"

Suddenly, he turned his sharp gaze toward the Great Elder of the Artifact Sect and said in a sinister tone, "You truly have immense audacity, daring to collude with an Alien Race, and even daring to transmit humanity's precious Artifact Refining Technique to an Alien Race!"

"You are a traitor to the Human Race! Men, seize this traitor to the Human Race and take him away to await punishment!"

With a loud roar from Wang An, several Wang Clan Gu Cultivators immediately rushed up together and violently escorted the master and disciple away.

The Great Elder of the Artifact Sect sighed, lowered his head, and said nothing more; the young girl beside him revealed terror in her eyes, her face turning pale, yet in the end, she did not utter a single word begging for mercy.

"Hmph!"

Watching the two being escorted away, Wang An snorted coldly; since the various major sects within the Huiyue Empire were not under the control of the Imperial Family, he had long wished to eliminate them quickly but had suffered from lacking a reason to dispatch troops.

Now, by pinning the crime of being a traitor to the Human Race on the Artifact Sect, he could use this as a pretext to openly erase the Artifact Sect.

Killing intent radiated from Wang An's eyes; clearly, he intended to spread the fire to the entire Artifact Sect from top to bottom, and killing just two people would be far from enough to satisfy him.

Two months later, on the Main Island inside the belly of the Heaven-Devouring World Toad in the Thunder Swamp.

Long Xuan lifted Little White out of a Wine Jar and sneered, "You actually still want a refill? Do you really think I couldn't tell you were feigning deep sleep?"

"Since your Transformation has succeeded, then don't waste my good wine; don't you know my wine is very expensive?"

Long Xuan tossed Little White aside, stuck his head into the Wine Jar to look, and seeing only a dreg remained at the bottom, he felt immense heartache.

Good heavens, only this tiny bit remained; who is this enough for to drink?

He possessed only three World Tree Fruits, so for quite a long time, he could only brew this amount of Great Thousand Wine; every drop used was one drop less.

Great Thousand Wine was so Heaven-defying that clearly, not even a repair Gu could fix it once consumed.

This tiny bit of Great Thousand Wine remaining in the Wine Jar was his only stock; he did not know how much the River God required for sacrifices, or whether this little Great Thousand Wine would be enough.

Long Xuan sighed lightly, took out a gourd, and poured all the remaining wine liquid into this gourd for storage.

This gourd was the one grown from the Seven-colored Gourd Vine; the Seven-colored Gourd Vine was a Heaven Grade Spirit Medicine, and the gourds it bore could extremely rapidly increase the age of stored wine liquid while possessing an immensely vast space, making them a rare Heaven-Defying Object, perfectly suited for storing his various divine wines.

After acquiring the Seed of the Seven-colored Gourd Vine at the Alchemist Trading Conference in Phoenix City, he had continuously let his Medicine Gu concentrate all its effort to accelerate the ripening of the Seven-colored Gourd Vine Seed.

As expected, this Seven-colored Gourd Vine Seed, which would be difficult for others to take root and sprout, easily took root and sprouted under the careful care of the Medicine Gu.

After such a long time, the Seven-colored Gourd Vine had finally been successfully ripened, though the time was ultimately a bit too short; of the seven gourds grown by the vine, only one had grown to its maximum size, and he had picked it immediately.

The remaining six gourds would still require no short amount of time to fully mature.

After storing the wine properly, Long Xuan hesitated for a moment, forcibly suppressing the urge to take a sip.

He thought about it and decided against it; what was so good about drinking Little White's bathwater? Who knew if it had urinated in there?

"Young friend, are you there? This old man has finished the Spirit-Increasing Pills borrowed from you and wishes to borrow some more; once this old man recovers to the Gu King Peak realm, I will repay you with principal and interest."

At this moment, Long Xuan vaguely heard the voice of Old Shui from outside; the corners of his mouth curled up, forming a cold sneer.

This Old Shui had not actually consumed the pills borrowed from him; did he really think he could fool his eyes?

At such a time, he actually dared to come borrow pills again; could it be that he feared raising suspicion and wanted to make the act completely convincing?

Long Xuan could not help but chuckle, silently sighing that this Old Shui was truly cautious enough; how exactly had such a cautious little old man been schemed to death by others?

Unless absolutely necessary, he truly did not wish to cooperate with such a cautious old monster.

However, since he had the intention to complete the Nine Yuan Heavy Water, without collecting all the split portions of the Nine Yuan Heavy Water, it would ultimately be imperfect; once he broke through to the highest realm, the weakest One Yuan Heavy Water would surely be unable to keep up with his own strength.

Completing the Nine Yuan Heavy Water was something that absolutely had to be done.

To seize the Binary Heavy Water from Shui Wuqing, at this moment he could only cooperate with this old monster, seeking tiger's skin while plotting with a tiger.

Long Xuan finally walked out from the world inside the body of the Heaven-Devouring World Toad.

Stepping out of the Shandong, he finally saw Old Shui waiting outside the cave.

Upon seeing Old Shui's current realm, he could not help but be startled in his heart.

In merely half a year's time, this Old Shui had actually surged to the Spirit Sea Stage realm; how exactly had he cultivated? Could the cultivation talent of his original body truly be so terrifying?

Long Xuan clicked his tongue, tossed over a worn-out Storage Bag, and said, "All the Pills are in this Storage Bag; they are all newly refined by me, so use them sparingly."

Old Shui caught the flying Storage Bag, opened it to peek inside, and immediately put on an expression of beaming joy.

"Enough! Enough! These Pills are sufficient for me to recover to the Spirit Sea Peak realm; great kindness needs no words of thanks, this old man will remember this favor."

Smiling, Old Shui cupped his fists toward Long Xuan, then carried the Storage Bag toward his own Shandong... (End of Chapter)