Chapter 3370: Zhu Rong Has Hidden Away!

Everyone was searching for Zhu Rong, but Zhu Rong himself had hidden away, not wanting anyone to find him.

Gong Gong found this somewhat incomprehensible—he could return to the Wu Clan, so why not go back there, and instead hide on Penglai Immortal Island?

"I know what you want to ask—I came here because I knew the Heavenly Pillar Xuanwu had returned to Penglai Immortal Island, not out of blind impulse."

Gong Gong was speechless.

He hadn't even asked yet, and Zhu Rong seemed to already know what he was going to say.

"What I mean is, Penglai Immortal Island is dangerous; the Heavenly Pillar Xuanwu may not be able to protect us."

"So what?"

Zhu Rong was utterly unconcerned.

The Fire Spirit Pearl is hidden within Penglai Immortal Island; anyone wishing to obtain it must enter Penglai Immortal Island—elsewhere, it cannot be found.

Those who have never come to Penglai Immortal Island cannot sense its danger, and even if they arrive, how many among them have the courage to enter?

This was Zhu Rong's brilliance.

Gong Gong did not yet know these things, which was why he had spoken just now.

"Rest assured—I will never let anyone obtain the Fire Spirit Pearl, never let them refine the Phoenix Flower, and never let them raise their cultivation base."

Without the Fire Spirit Pearl, without Zhu Rong, if they wish to use the Phoenix Flower to raise their cultivation base, they can only force it.

Either they will go insane from deviant Qi, or their entire cultivation base will dissipate.

Under these two choices, no one will pick either—only the third option, finding Zhu Rong and the Fire Spirit Pearl, has any use.

As for what Kong Xuan will do, that is not within Zhu Rong's consideration.

Kong Xuan and Xuan Du both wish to become disciples of Luo Fu, but Luo Fu may not choose him.

Even if they truly find what they need in the Thirty-Three Heavens, if Kong Xuan lacks the ability to hold onto it, it is not truly his.

Gong Gong continued, "Shouldn't Tian Wu and Weng Zi have returned as well?"

"Correct."

"But they left behind the Chaos Eight Trigrams Tower, and we cannot repair it, so we can only watch helplessly as it remains."

The demonic race must obtain the Chaos Eight Trigrams Tower—they will spare no cost to enter Penglai Immortal Island, so he must stand guard for the Heavenly Pillar Xuanwu.

Bai Ze is merely one of them.

Very soon, others will enter here again; if they want it, taking it will be easy.

"You really want it?"

"The demonic race ought to do this—what does 'want' or 'not want' matter? The only question is whether they can do it; everything else is beyond their consideration."

The Heavenly Pillar Xuanwu had also guessed this—perhaps precisely because of this that these things became evident!

Luo Fu the Saint ordered him to guard Penglai Immortal Island well, and the Heavenly Pillar Xuanwu would surely guard it.

"For Luo Fu the Saint, I will not let a single demonic race member set foot on Penglai Immortal Island—not even half a step. I refuse to believe the demonic race can be this powerful."

"True."

This action must be connected to them, but what about other matters?

Solving it at the root would certainly work, but if they truly go there, they cannot possibly arrange everything for them.

Why did Luo Fu the Saint go? They did not yet know.

"Fine!"

"Allowing them to come is precisely to let them experience it—if Penglai Immortal Island is truly this dangerous, the demonic race will surely retreat in time."

Bai Ze and Lu Ya the Daoist both acted this way; others did the same, yet they utterly lacked Bai Ze and Lu Ya the Daoist's abilities.