NOVPUBHowever, he suddenly remembered something from just earlier:
"You just mentioned Jiang Taiyin, the Tool Master..."
At the side of the Nascent Soul within him, a bizarre voice coughed softly.
Shen Fu, however, seemed as if he hadn’t heard and continued to look toward Gong Xiyin.
Gong Xiyin was slightly surprised upon hearing this but did not dare to delay and immediately offered an explanation:
"Xi Yin thought that the Lord already knew. The method you just used to seize the magic treasure and to cause the successive explosions of the tools, in my impression, closely resembles that of the mysterious Jiang Taiyin, the Tool Master, who once roamed the Yan for many years."
"However, as for the specifics, I am not too clear on those. When you return to the Sect, you could look up the Sect’s records."
Shen Fu nodded slightly.
Meanwhile, next to the Nascent Soul inside him, the bizarre voice spoke leisurely:
"What’s the matter, you brat want to probe the depths of your old man here?"
Shen Fu completely ignored it and whispered a few instructions to Gong Xiyin, discussing the details of their report upon returning to the Sect.
The sudden death of the two holy children was no small matter.
The casual demeanor of the bizarre voice was instantly shattered as it could not help but cluck:
"I told you, you’re the Son of Heaven’s Mandate, but you wouldn’t believe it. Look, even this little guy has noticed – his moxie is strong enough that he could become such a holy child; he’s got some skill."
Shen Fu’s face darkened slightly.
This title of ’Son of Heaven’s Mandate’ always sounded awkward to him.
Especially since he didn’t at all think himself favored by heaven and earth.
What a joke, how did the deaths of so many holy children benefit him?
Aside from the original holy child who had coveted him and met a deserved end, the deaths of the other holy children would only make him a target of everyone’s arrows and lead to his being ostracized.
However, thinking that this title had actually made a holy child like Gong Xiyin willingly kneel and assist him, he was not so repelled by it anymore.
He instructed Gong Xiyin:
"First, accompany me to the North Sea to search for a treasure. Afterwards, we shall return to the Sect to report together; however, within the Sect, it would be best if we acted as before."
Gong Xiyin was taken aback: "That Spirit Chicken..."
Shen Fu shook his head:
"Without the strength, let’s return first and discuss it later."
Inwardly, he couldn’t help but recall the image of that gigantic black Spirit Chicken.
For some reason, he always felt that the Spirit Chicken looked familiar, as if he had seen something similar at his senior brother’s.
However, whether it was the aura, the rank, or the vertical eyes on its wings, it didn’t quite match the one raised by his senior brother.
"Besides, my senior brother is now in Jin; how could he possibly have come here?"
Shen Fu just thought briefly and then cast the thought aside from his mind.
Following that, Gong Xiyin leading the way, he followed toward the Path of the North Sea.
...
Whoosh!
Amidst the explosive Mana Turbulence,
A gigantic black figure suddenly burst forth.
Its wings flared out, revealing beneath them an intact and unharmed crimson egg.
In its eyes filled with rage and brutality, a glint of extreme killing intent flickered.
Its Spiritual Mind swept across the surroundings and immediately detected the figures of the two.
Just as it was about to soar forward and strike, it hesitated upon sensing the faint presence of the God-Sealing Bell and ultimately did not give chase.
"The God-Sealing Bell... if the God-Sealing Bell has come, then that damned human cultivator must have also made their way here..."
"No good! I’m about to lay my eggs, and if I encounter him, then things will get troublesome!"
Flapping its wings slightly, it rose into the air and looked around.
An icy expanse under a snowy sky stretched out endlessly.
"It seems I have no choice but to head north!"
"That region is extremely cold. Protected by the fire tree, I am unaffected, but he would not dare to venture there."
In just a moment, the black Spirit Chicken had made its decision.
It tilted its rear upwards, shoving the egg, of which half the shell had already been exposed at the cloaca, back inside.
With a retch, it then coughed up a pile of Storage Treasures.
It didn’t discard them, but rather tucked them under its feathers.
After a soft chirp, its claws grabbed the Azure Fire Paulownia Tree below and lifted it directly.
Warm light from the fire immediately enveloped it.
The black Spirit Chicken waved its wings and flew toward the north.
At the same time.
On the Path of the North Sea.
"Why bother with the Ice Dao inheritance when it’s not as important as Fanming? Let’s go first, if there’s time after returning we can attend to that."
Wang Ba was seated in an iron boat.
He was carefully pondering over the gold paper in his hand.
It was the True Martial Sutra that Wang Xu had previously left for him.
With his abilities, he had already mastered it completely.
The only thing left was cultivation.
But at the moment, he frowned deeply:
"This thing, both mortals and cultivators can practice... However, the price to pay is that the cultivated mana will be suppressed by the essence and blood, not becoming..."
