Chapter 64

"Alright, alright, stop pretending. You've been at it all day."

"Are you really that afraid he'll make off with the Pangu Banner?"

Yang Mei bought a few more things at a stall and turned to look at the panic-stricken Hongjun, finding it quite amusing.

"You showed him the Pangu Banner precisely because you wanted to use the benefits to keep Fellow Daoist Fengdu, and while you were at it, see what kind of methods he has, didn't you?"

"Who's pretending? That kid really did make off with the Pangu Banner just now."

Hongjun withdrew his gaze, his expression returning to calm. He muttered to himself, "A special realm, impossible to observe. Is this the Great Luo Dao Fruit he has prepared? Interesting. I'll ask him about it carefully once the Pangu Banner returns."

The two of them, both Great Luo, were just squatting there in front of an immortal's stall, picking and choosing.

"Fellow Daoist, the effect of your post-celestial spiritual treasures being refined back into pre-celestial ones is a bit mediocre. It's not even as good as what Fellow Daoist Fengdu refines." Yang Mei looked around but didn't see many things that satisfied him.

"What I refine are proper things! Are any of the ones he refines proper?!"

The 【Xiao Qian Kun Immortal】, who was currently manning the stall, rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"His origin isn't a Chaos Destruction Mo Shen, is it? Is he worth you two placing such importance on him?"

Yang Mei smiled: "Fellow Daoist, you're being narrow-minded. It's true that a Chaos Destruction Mo Shen's origin is profound, but is that really so important to us?"

"We must look at problems with a developmental perspective."

"This is the Primordial World, the Pangu True Realm; it represents infinite possibilities. One cannot underestimate any pre-celestial deity born here."

"What's more, Fellow Daoist Fengdu is so... interesting."

Yang Mei held the "Soul-Shattering" golden whip in his hand, and thinking of Xuanqing's various performances today, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

They were pretending.

And wasn't Xuanqing also acting?

Being able to keep up with the train of thought of two Great Luo and perform with such a straight face already said it all.

Fellow Daoist, Fellow Daoist—first, you must enter the Dao of this place before you can be called a "friend."

"Fine, you two just handle it as you see fit."

The Xiao Qian Kun Immortal guarded his stall; beside him sat a four-legged square cauldron, exhaling endless pre-celestial spiritual breath.

Casually tossing a post-celestial spiritual treasure inside to refine it back, the Xiao Qian Kun Immortal yawned: "You two decide on matters within Bai Yu Jing. I'm just a stall owner; I won't interfere with who you invite or who you meet."

"Just call me if there's a real emergency."

"Go, go, go, don't disturb my business."

The Xiao Qian Kun Immortal shooed away the two eyesores.

【True Realm of the Great Dao】

The Great Dao is vast, the clouds are towering.

Light shines from all directions, and all things are the color of white snow.

The sky is a deep cyan, with illusory brilliance floating and changing upon it, never repeating.

In this vast and expansive heaven and earth, countless shadows stand tall.

"Formerly in the Tai Shi Qing Tian, the Biluo Kongge Tu, the Great Fu Li Tu..."

At the highest level of the True Realm of the Great Dao, a thousand sages and ten thousand saints sat around a massive Dharma image, chanting scriptures in unison.

This Dharma image is ineffable, indescribable, incomprehensible, and difficult to speak of.

Until a shadow ascended to the high heavens, passing the thousand sages and ten thousand saints, and merged with the Dharma image at the very peak.

"Hey, this guy Hongjun is really not honest!"

A light sigh echoed in the True Realm of the Great Dao, like a heavenly sound.

At this very moment, Xuanqing had a circular halo behind his head, draped in seventy-two colors, holding a millet bead in his left hand and cupping his right hand in the void, symbolizing the "Wuji State" and the "Time of Chaos" before heaven and earth were formed, chaos was opened, and all things were born.

A moment later, a small black triangular banner appeared in his right hand.

"Fishing with a straight hook, how boring."

"Hey, hey, that's enough."

Xuanqing stared at the Pangu Banner in his hand, "We've met quite a few times, and I know you have a spirit, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to get in at all."

【I have never met you.】

The Pangu Banner, playing dead, replied.

"It's fine, we'll see each other often from now on."

Xuanqing asked: "What did Hongjun send you here for?"

【Won't say.】

The Pangu Banner observed this world while trying to contact Hongjun.

"Can't reach him, can you?"

Xuanqing smiled: "I don't do things I'm not sure about. I have the confidence to bring you here, of course."

"If Hongjun wants to see, let him have the ability to come in and see for himself."

"It just so happens that Luo Hou has been here too, and I left him a surprise."

【I will tell him all of this.】 The Pangu Banner replied as such.

"No, you won't." Xuanqing shook his head: "I am very good at dealing with spiritual treasures; that is not an empty statement."

"Even if you are a pre-celestial supreme treasure."

【You are not yet Great Luo.】 The Pangu Banner was puzzled; it didn't know where Xuanqing's confidence came from.

It is true that this heaven and earth is special, but it has not reached the level of a complete Great Luo.

"I won't talk to you about this anymore. Open up your pre-celestial Great Dao first and let me take a look."

【No.】

The Pangu Banner refused.

It only agreed to act as a monitor for Hongjun; it didn't agree to open its heart.

"Don't be stingy, I'm just looking."

Xuanqing held the millet bead in his left hand and shone it at the Pangu Banner.

【You! Get away!】

The Pangu Banner struggled; it didn't want to be a monitor anymore.

It just wanted to go back.

"Since you're here, you have to get the full maintenance treatment, hehe."

Xuanqing utilized the power of the True Realm of the Great Dao, a wisp of supreme aura descended, and his Dharma image changed again and again.

Indescribable Dao and principles shrouded the entire heaven and earth.

【You... Pangu, no, you are... Heavenly Sovereign.】

The Pangu Banner's consciousness suddenly became blurred.

Following that, there was only darkness.

Inside Bai Yu Jing.

Xuanqing had been manning his stall in the First Heavenly City for a long time.

Until good news came from the True Realm of the Great Dao.

"Done."

The corners of Xuanqing's mouth rose.

He packed up his stall and began to stroll through the city.

"Fellow Daoist, you aren't really planning to run away, are you?"

The Barbecue Immortal shouted from afar.

Xuanqing waved his hand: "I'm just taking a stroll."

The Barbecue Immortal Kunpeng breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I'll recommend someone to you. Go find the 【Tour Guide Immortal】; he loves taking people around."

"Okay~"

Xuanqing wove through the immortals, taking many turns, and finally found the 【Tour Guide Immortal】.

"Fellow Daoist!"

"Huh?"

The Tour Guide Immortal turned his head; it was actually the face of a tree-man.

Xuanqing looked again; the Tour Guide Immortal's limbs were all wood.

The top of his head was green; it must be the tree canopy.

"Who is Fellow Daoist?" The Tour Guide Immortal looked at Xuanqing with a puzzled face.

"Me? I'm a new Artifact Refining Immortal."

A smile appeared on Xuanqing's face: "I wanted to find a fellow daoist to lead the way and show me around Bai Yu Jing."

"So that's it!"

The Tour Guide Immortal suddenly realized, his face full of joy: "You came to the right person."

"When it comes to understanding Bai Yu Jing, apart from Hongjun and the others, no immortal knows it better than I, the Ginseng Fruit."

"You are a Ginseng Fruit?" Xuanqing's expression was strange.

"Yeah?"

The Tour Guide Immortal was puzzled: "Does Fellow Daoist have any questions?"

"Nothing."

Xuanqing shook his head; this Bai Yu Jing really surprised him.

Zhen Yuanzi was not in this organization called White Jade Capital.

Yet his Ginseng Fruit tree was actually here.

And it looked like it had come without Zhen Yuanzi knowing.

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(End of this chapter)