Chapter 36: Chapter 36: Xu Mei’s Scheme

The three jade medallions each emitted a distinct-colored halo,

one with a misty purple aura, one with a milky white veil, and one with a lush green hue!

Ye Jingyu turned to look at Li Jizhou.

Li Jizhou showed no sign of interest.

“Should I go ahead and choose first then?”

Following the principle of letting the cannon fodder go first, Li Jizhou flipped his palm casually.

Ye Jingyu hesitated no longer and directly reached for the purple jade medallion.

As soon as Ye Jingyu’s hand touched the medallion, a flash of purple light appeared, and Ye Jingyu instantly vanished without a trace.

“Brother Yu!” Yang Yutong panicked and grabbed the white jade medallion without thinking.

The same scene unfolded.

Eventually, only Li Jizhou and the lush green jade medallion remained.

“You are truly remarkable, with a first-class temperament. If not for the impending disaster, I would surely recommend the Sect Leader to take you as a Direct Disciple. Without a doubt, the future of Qi Kingdom’s cultivation world might flourish because of you,

but alas… Heaven and Earth are indifferent, treating everything like straw dogs, and no matter what we do, we are no different.

Enough, take it quickly and leave early.” Xu Jiuge smiled at Li Jizhou, sighed, and with a wave of his hand, the lush green jade pendant flew directly into Li Jizhou’s hand.

“Swish~” With a flash of green light, a spatial ripple occurred.

Upon opening his eyes again, a lush green pathway was in sight.

Li Jizhou steadied his mind, scanning his surroundings, only to find himself atop a mountain peak.

Beside the path was a stone tablet with the inscription: Spirit Jade Peak!

Recollecting some information about the Thunder Flame Sect, among its seventy-two peaks ranked in the top ten was indeed Spirit Jade Peak!

“Croak~ Croak~”

Only at this moment did he communicate via Spiritual Sense with Guagua, who had been nestled in the Spirit Pet Bag.”

From the moment it entered this eerie secret realm, Guagua had been trembling in the Spirit Pet Bag.

Earlier, he thought it was merely frightened by the bizarre space,

but upon arriving here, Li Jizhou sensed that Guagua had transitioned from trembling to a state of extreme terror.

It was as if memories agonizingly etched into its soul were being invoked.

“Have you been here before?” perceiving Guagua’s profound fear and its strenuous effort to make Li Jizhou take it away.

Li Jizhou increasingly felt something amiss.

“Could it be four years ago, when Guagua returned alone and gravely injured, it suffered torment here?”

“Does that explain why it harbors a shadow of fear for this place?”

“Four years ago… when news of the Thunder Spirit Crystal Ore had just emerged, limited only to the big shots of Inverted Mountain’s Central Dojo. How did Xu Mei sneak in?”

The fact that Guagua managed to come here four years ago indicates that Xu Mei went through the same two stages of the assessment as Li Jizhou, ultimately deciding to join forces with the Thunder Flame Sect, and she also took the green jade medallion!

“So… four years ago, only Guagua returned heavily injured, and Xu Mei was never heard from again… Could it be that Xu Mei met her end here?”

In an instant, Li Jizhou’s heart tightened.

Looking at the courtyard atop the peak, his eyes brimmed with fear.

“How could the words of the deity’s thoughts be so unreliable? Could even the obsession be deceitful?” Li Jizhou murmured, and while contemplating descending the mountain, the array surrounding him was at least Tier Three, which he couldn’t break.

Just as he was feeling anxious and uneasy.

Suddenly, a voice filled with disappointment and disdain echoed from the courtyard:

“Waobao, Waobao, where have you run off to this time? Hurry back home, or this time Mommy will surely punish you, by chopping off your legs!”

“Croak~” Upon hearing the voice, Guagua in the Spirit Pet Bag trembled even more fiercely, nearly convulsing, and desperately pleaded with Li Jizhou to take it away.”

“Hmm?” Li Jizhou was equally stunned.

Countless possibilities instantly flooded his mind!

“Wa…” Just as Li Jizhou’s thoughts were swirling, a still charming woman clad in red had already stepped out of the courtyard, gazing at Li Jizhou from afar.

“Have you found my Waobao?”

“Indeed, you’ve brought it back; how should I thank you? Besides the sect’s reward points, I must give you something extra.”

The woman in red glanced at the Spirit Pet Bag hanging on Li Jizhou’s waist and was instantly overjoyed, thanking Li Jizhou while casually beckoning.

Originally trembling in the Spirit Pet Bag, Guagua was helplessly drawn out, eventually landing before the red-clad woman.

“Why are you so disobedient? Have I spoiled you too much usually? Do you know the trouble you’ve caused this time?”

The woman immediately lashed out at Guagua mercilessly.

Guagua lay prostrate on the ground, trembling violently, its large eyes fixed pleadingly on Li Jizhou a short distance away, as if begging for his help.

“I’m talking to you, do you even know your mistake?”

“Smack~”

The woman shouted angrily, a golden silk whip suddenly appearing in her hand, striking Guagua’s back with a sharp crack.

“Croak~” Guagua immediately cried out in pain.

Soon, a familiar inch-long wound appeared on Guagua’s back.

Li Jizhou was very familiar with this wound.

Just like the night four years ago when Guagua returned gravely injured and on the edge of death.

“Thump~” Li Jizhou’s heart instantly increased its vigilance.

This scene before him seemed like a repeat of four years ago.

If this continues, wouldn’t Li Jizhou meet the same fate as Xu Mei, with no resting place?

“Hmph, I’ll deal with you later.” After lashing Guagua once, the woman looked at the bleeding wound, her expression involuntarily spasmed, before turning her gaze to Li Jizhou.”

“Thank you for bringing this useless thing back to me. Besides the sect’s reward points, I’ll share half of this bottle of Celestial Pure Water with you. This was originally meant to elevate Waobao’s Pill Formation and further enhance the quality of Core Formation as the main ingredient to seek immortality. Now it seems there’s no chance, so I’ll split it with you, leaving the rest for it.”

The woman took a jade bottle out of her storage bag.”

“Oh~ Why’s half missing? Hmph, it must be because this useless thing wasted it. Eh, forget it, I’ll give all of it to you!”

With a dark face, she glared at Guagua, tossing the entire bottle to Li Jizhou.”

The jade bottle in hand, Li Jizhou felt like he was dreaming!

Celestial Pure Water!

Is this really Celestial Pure Water?

It is rumored to increase the Core Formation chance by fifty percent, and enhance the Core Formation quality by eighty percent, initiating with a True Core-grade divine medicine!

If he had this divine medicine in a previous life, Core Formation would have been certain!

“This…” The unexpected delight left Li Jizhou momentarily dazed; he promptly inspected the jade bottle with his Spiritual Sense, discovering that it was entirely ordinary, much like the black jade pendant handed down by Pharmacist Zheng, externally appearing mundane, leaving no clue about its contents inside.

“A bottle capable of holding such divine items as Celestial Pure Water isn’t ordinary either!” Li Jizhou nodded.”

“Alright, your reward has been given, you should leave now. I need to properly discipline this useless thing.” After saying this, the woman turned toward the despairing Guagua.”

“Leave?” Li Jizhou abruptly reacted, staring at the woman and Guagua.”

He can leave now?

Then… could it mean… four years ago… Xu Mei also left alive?

In an instant, Li Jizhou considered a possibility.

Could it be!

Xu Mei’s actions all had a purpose?

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