Chapter 63: Hongjun

"You're actually giving it to me!"

Xiang Xuanqing's eyes lit up.

Seeing this, Hongjun felt his heart skip a beat.

"It is temporarily deposited with you for maintenance!"

"It is not being given to you!"

He hurriedly pressed his hand onto the Pangu Banner and glared at Xiang Xuanqing twice.

"Yes, yes, maintenance, maintenance!"

Xiang Xuanqing put on a serious face, striking the pose of a professional: "I am quite skilled at maintaining spiritual treasures."

"That's more like it." Hongjun let go.

Xiang Xuanqing took the Pangu Banner from his hands.

"Fellow Daoist, come back to collect it after twenty Taiwei Yuan Hui." (One Taiwei Yuan Hui: 129,600 years)

"How long?!"

Hongjun's voice rose significantly.

"Does Fellow Daoist also feel it is too rushed?"

Xiang Xuanqing expressed his understanding.

He analyzed earnestly: "This item of yours is a Primordial Supreme Treasure, transformed from the Heaven-Opening Sacred Tool, the Pangu Axe. Its research value is immense... I mean, the difficulty of its maintenance is extremely high. It requires meticulous care and a great deal of effort; the hardships involved are not something to be spoken of to outsiders!"

"In short, since it is Fellow Daoist's item, I must treat it with the utmost importance so as not to fail your trust."

Xiang Xuanqing spoke with deep sincerity: "Only through slow, careful work can such a supreme treasure be properly maintained."

"Therefore, in my view, this time should be extended a little further. It would be best to come and collect it after twenty thousand Taiwei Yuan Hui."

"Twenty thousand Taiwei Yuan Hui?!"

Hongjun admitted he had lost his composure slightly.

He closed his eyes and pressed his fingertips to his brow. Does this guy really not understand, or is he pretending not to?

He had taken out the Pangu Banner himself, yet Xiang Xuanqing showed no surprise, nor did he feel threatened; instead, he wanted to pocket this supreme treasure.

"That is too long!" Hongjun smiled without mirth.

Xiang Xuanqing thought for a moment and said: "Then I guarantee to return it to you before I leave Bai Yu Jing."

Hongjun was just about to nod when he realized something instantly.

He stared into Xiang Xuanqing's eyes: "You wouldn't be planning to stay here and refuse to leave, would you?"

So he was found out...

Xiang Xuanqing smiled: "Then Fellow Daoist, you name a time."

"When the Bai Yu Jing Assembly ends, I will come to find you."

Hongjun thought for a moment and added: "You had better not run."

"I won't run."

"I still want to see more of the scenery of Bai Yu Jing."

Xiang Xuanqing held the Pangu Banner in his left hand and waved his right hand kindly in the direction of the 【Yin-Yang Immortal】.

"What are you trying to do?!" The Yin-Yang Daoist felt a shock in his heart, one hand already pressing onto the Taiji Diagram.

Xiang Xuanqing glanced at him: "What are you in such a rush for? I'm just greeting the Taiji Diagram."

Whoosh!

The Taiji Diagram sitting on the table seemed to have heard him, instantly shrinking back into the Yin-Yang Daoist's sleeve.

It seemed to be intentionally avoiding Xiang Xuanqing.

Hongjun took a deep breath.

"No causing trouble!"

"Oh." Xiang Xuanqing wore an expression of regret.

Yang Mei, standing to the side, had been smiling the whole time.

This was the first time he had seen Hongjun's emotions fluctuate so wildly.

Facing the Demon Master Mo Zu Luo Hou, Hongjun hadn't even been this rattled.

He stepped forward and said: "Alright, Fellow Daoist Hongjun and I have other matters to attend to. You can wander around Bai Yu Jing as you please; we shall take our leave first."

Yang Mei pulled Hongjun away, and before long, they disappeared at the end of the long street.

"Hmph!"

The Yin-Yang Daoist glared at Xiang Xuanqing, this 【Artifact Refining Immortal】.

He decisively packed up his stall, took his sign, and moved to the Second Tiancheng.

"Fellow Daoist, you truly have skills!"

The 【Barbecue Immortal】 who had been watching the show witnessed everything. He stared at Xiang Xuanqing with a smile, developing a keen interest in this stall-neighbor.

"If you have any questions, Fellow Daoist, feel free to ask me. I can be considered a veteran of Bai Yu Jing."

The 【Barbecue Immortal】 was very enthusiastic, giving him a few skewers of grilled meat for free, and the two chatted while eating.

"How many spacetime nodes do these Five Cities and Twelve Towers connect to?" "That's hard to say."

The 【Barbecue Immortal】 explained: "In the beginning, our Bai Yu Jing only had a few immortals. At that time, we only built one city, which Hongjun and Yang Mei set up together, connecting only two or three thousand worlds."

"Later, we invited a second batch of fellow Daoists to join, such as the Xiao Qian Kun Immortal, the Dian Dao Immortal, and the Yin-Yang Immortal. They came at that time."

"Everyone felt it was quite interesting and could be expanded upon, so we re-refined the First Tiancheng."

"In the re-refined Tiancheng, every floor tile corresponds to a world. At that time, we found thirteen thousand five hundred Great Myriad Worlds alone, not to mention the countless Medium and Minor Myriad Worlds."

Xiao Qian Kun Immortal, Dian Dao Immortal... Xiang Xuanqing calmly noted these two names.

"Where did you find so many worlds?"

Xiang Xuanqing asked: "When I traveled through the Myriad Realms, I visited quite a few worlds, but it was only twenty or thirty thousand. You have thirteen thousand five hundred Great Myriad Worlds just here?"

"Did you pack up an entire Great Myriad Cosmic Realm?"

A minimum-standard Great Myriad Cosmic Realm covers three thousand Great Myriad Worlds, and a better one can have over ten thousand.

As for the Great Luo Xiao Xiao Qian Kun, that thing is one of the Great Luo's Dao Fruits.

Great Luo has already transcended spacetime, so the Great Luo Xiao Xiao Qian Kun naturally cannot be constrained by concepts of spacetime.

The specific situation depends on the will of the Great Luo Zhi Zun themselves.

As long as they wish.

Even within a square inch, it can become the seat of a Supreme Dao Lineage.

The 【Barbecue Immortal】 said: "Some worlds were indeed picked up for free, some were opened up in Chaos by our own manifested avatars, but most were handled by Fellow Daoists Hongjun and Yang Mei."

"Coupled with the addition of the subsequent batches of fellow Daoists, we built four more Heavenly Cities, plus the Twelve Qionglou, and Bai Yu Jing gradually reached its current scale."

"So that's how it is."

Xiang Xuanqing mused to himself: Hongjun, Yang Mei, Yin-Yang, Dian Dao, Xiao Qian Kun—they correspond exactly to the five Heavenly Cities.

And who are the masters of the Twelve Qionglou?

"By the way, let's get acquainted. My name is Nan Hua. Besides barbecue, I also know a bit about Feng Shui." The 【Barbecue Immortal】 handed Xiang Xuanqing another skewer of Kun meat.

"Fengdu." Xiang Xuanqing took the skewer and ate with great relish.

"I specialize in artifact refining; everything else is just mediocre."

He cast a subtle glance at the 【Barbecue Immortal】.

【Interesting, Kunpeng is here selling Kun meat skewers?】

Kunpeng was currently calculating Xiang Xuanqing's background.

【Lord of the Netherworld, Primordial True Name: Fengdu.】

【Wait, why do I have the feeling that he's seen right through me!】

Kunpeng's heart skipped a beat. He had only felt this way once before, when he met Fu Xi.

Another one of his own kind?

The smile on Kunpeng's face grew wider.

After the two exchanged some words.

They each sat down and began to hawk their wares.

"Selling Kun meat, fair prices, delicious and not expensive! Buy one hundred skewers of Kun meat, and you can get a divine weapon repaired for free next door."

"Divine weapons and treasures, wholesale! Bulk orders get discounts, and you get free Kun meat!"

With one Primordial Supreme Treasure in hand, Xiang Xuanqing naturally wouldn't miss the chance to fleece some wool.

Although he was still under Hongjun's nose, he wasn't without his methods.

"I must make a trip to the 【True Realm of the Great Dao】."

While Xiang Xuanqing was running his stall, he immediately took the Pangu Banner and went on a spiritual journey beyond the heavens.

"Oh no!"

Hongjun, who was strolling through the Third Tiancheng, turned his head abruptly.

The Pangu Banner had left Bai Yu Jing!

Xiang Xuanqing's voice came through, "Haven't I not left yet?"

"This is part of the maintenance!"

"Rest assured."

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