"So, was this trip a waste of time for us?"
Li Hongzhao looked around and shook her head helplessly: "It's really cleaned out. Miss Song, your junior brother Cheng is truly talented." She glanced at Chu Zhiyuan: "You're as stingy as the Prince."
Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "If it were you, you'd do the same, taking everything you could. Would you leave anything for those who come later?"
"Sigh..." Li Hongzhao felt unlucky.
A fruitless and busy trip, ending up empty-handed, gaining nothing. And she even had to use up a favor.
However, being able to borrow the Poison-Repelling Pearl to cleanse herself was a gain in itself. She could only think this way to console herself.
Chu Zhiyuan examined the transparent tombstone, reaching out to touch it and feel its internal material. It had no patterns inside.
This was the biggest difference from the White Cauldron.
Then, could some patterns be branded into it?
Unfortunately, he didn't know how the patterns were branded inside the White Cauldron. If he could find a way, he could make more storage bags? He could even make them in different shapes.
The White Cauldron made him think of the Jade Cauldron Sect. If he could make them into the shape of a sword or bracelet, it would be easier to accept. Li Hongzhao snorted: "Since this is all that's left, let's divide it into four parts, one for each person."
Chu Zhiyuan looked at her.
Li Hongzhao smiled: "Judging by your expression, you know this is a good thing."
"Even if it's a good thing, you can't use it."
"Even if I can't use it, it's still a good thing. How can one person monopolize it?"
"...Alright." Chu Zhiyuan said helplessly: "You divide it then, if you can split it."
Li Hongzhao, unwilling to admit defeat, drew her sword and slashed, intending to cut it open.
The Phoenix Divine Sword she wielded was no ordinary treasure, but a Gang-Breaking Divine Weapon. Combined with the Phoenix Sword Art, its power was even greater. It could break any Gang energy in the world, even any hard object.
"Ding..." "Ding..."
The clear and melodious sound was pleasing to the ear.
Her first slash failed. Unwilling to give up, she used a second slash, the sword's flame a deep purple, scorching and oppressive. The second slash had the same result, the blade unable to break the tombstone.
Li Hongzhao glared at it, unconvinced.
Xu Yingying smiled: "Extraterrestrial strange stone, you need extraterrestrial strange weapons to break it."
Li Hongzhao looked at Xu Yingying: "Xu-meimei, do you have an extraterrestrial strange weapon?"
"Hehe, I happen to have one." Xu Yingying took out a delicate dagger from her Luo sleeve.
The dagger and sheath together were only the length of a palm. The dagger sheath was gorgeous and luxurious, inlaid with a pile of crushed gemstones, sparkling and shining. Chu Zhiyuan grimaced.
So luxurious, it was obvious that it wasn't the work of a martial artist. This was not conducive to preservation, nor to deployment. Daggers were often used in secret, not openly brandished, which would greatly reduce their power.
The element of surprise at a crucial moment was when the dagger's power was unleashed.
So ornate and extravagant, it deviated from the correct usage of a dagger. It was clear that Xu Yingying was an amateur. Xu Yingying's fair little hand held the dagger sheath, and she drew out the dagger.
"I'll divide it." Xu Yingying said, gently moving the dagger, drawing a cross on the tombstone.
Like a knife cutting tofu, it passed through without any resistance. The tombstone split into four pieces, all the same size, the cut smooth as a mirror. Xu Yingying waved the dagger triumphantly, creating a soft "swoosh" in the air.
The void seemed to be cut with cracks.
Chu Zhiyuan praised: "Good knife!"
Xu Yingying said smugly: "This was also obtained from a secret place. It's best for cutting meat, it doesn't stick to oil."
Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "Not sticking to oil avoids washing, and it doesn't retain flavors either. It's indeed not bad."
"Shouldn't it be used to kill people?" Li Hongzhao snorted.
Chu Zhiyuan and Xu Yingying almost simultaneously cast a blaming look, resenting her for ruining the elegance.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "See? This Princess only knows how to kill people, she doesn't understand how to enjoy the beauty of the world." Xu Yingying smiled: "Because she's ambitious, hehe... I'll take one piece."
Chu Zhiyuan asked: "What are you going to use it for?"
Xu Yingying lowered her voice: "To carve a little toy."
Chu Zhiyuan glanced at Li Hongzhao and the others, and asked through voice transmission: "What?"
"To carve a little deer." Xu Yingying leaned close to his ear and said through voice transmission: "My Dharma Idol is a spirit deer. If I carve a little deer with it, I can potentially enhance my Dharma Idol."
Chu Zhiyuan said "Oh".
There was even a way to enhance the Dharma Idol?
Could she also see her own Dharma Idol?
It definitely wasn't super-sense, then it must be a unique cultivation method. This Xu Yingying really knew everything.
She continued to move her cherry-like mouth, transmitting her voice secretly: "This method of enhancing the Dharma Idol is a method of replenishing the spirit, and it is the key to stepping into the Grandmaster realm. Do you want to learn it?"
Chu Zhiyuan smiled at her.
Xu Yingying smiled: "This method is too difficult, and I can't fully comprehend it either. Master said that your comprehension exceeds mine. How about we study it together?"
"Nothing could be better."
"Then next time you come over, we'll study it together."
"Okay."
The two looked at each other and smiled, reaching a cooperation.
Li Hongzhao pursed her red lips, bent down and picked up a piece of transparent stone: "Alright, should we go now?"
Chu Zhiyuan and Xu Yingying ended their voice transmission. The two of them each picked up a piece of transparent stone.
Li Yilong also picked up a piece.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "This adventure can be considered a complete end, then let's go our separate ways." Li Hongzhao snorted.
She didn't think it was complete at all.
Xu Yingying took a piece of stone and said cheerfully: "Then I'll go first, Master."
Xu Suying nodded to Huang Cheng and Chu Zhiyuan, without even looking at Su Qiuyan, and disappeared without a trace, holding Xu Yingying's little hand.
Song Yichun and Li Yilong bid farewell.
They had to go back and report the course of this event, especially to verify the matter of Junior Brother Cheng.
Chu Zhiyuan and Li Hongzhao walked out of the cave side by side.
Standing at the entrance of the cave, the strong wind brushed her face, blowing her black sideburns, a few strands of hair were blown up, adding a bit of softness to her.
Her silk robe fluttered, revealing her graceful curves, her phoenix eyes sparkled, and she glanced at Chu Zhiyuan: "You are Xiao-meimei's husband!"
Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "You have a petty mind. Yingying has no distracting thoughts, no personal desires, but you insist on thinking that way."
Li Hongzhao curled her fiery red lips: "No man is a good thing, they're all the same."
Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "There's no one in the world who's the same."
"They're all the same: lustful and greedy." Li Hongzhao snorted: "You're the same!"
Chu Zhiyuan laughed: "If I were really like that, I would have had improper thoughts about you long ago, like Brother Cheng."
"Don't mention that guy!" Li Hongzhao immediately snorted: "Let's go, let's just use lightness skill to go back."
Chu Zhiyuan nodded.
The two swept up the cliffs, then swept through the pine forest, heading towards the distance. Huang Cheng and Su Qiuyan had already disappeared, hiding in the shadows.
..
Chu Zhiyuan returned to the Prince's mansion with a piece of transparent stone, and heard a piece of news: Chu Zhiting was seriously injured and dying.
Chu Zhiyuan's expression changed, and without bothering to change his clothes, he turned around and left, going straight to the Ying Prince's mansion.
The guards of the Ying Prince's mansion were the Wind-Chasing Iron Cavalry. Seeing him appear, they directly made way. The gatekeeper opened the door while running in to report. Chu Zhiyuan went straight to the front hall, and without waiting for anyone to greet him, he went to Chu Zhiting's Zhige Courtyard.
