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Chapter 24: Retreating in the Face of Difficulty! Refining the Spirit Treasure!

The four Late-stage Innate Sacred Beings confronted each other, each holding a spirit treasure, and the scene was momentarily very stiff.

BOOM!!

The Five Elements Killing Sword and the Compass Spirit Treasure bombarded the formation.

Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun didn’t make a move; they just watched quietly.

The Innate Earth Formation suddenly emitted endless yellow light, instantly suppressing the violent Laws and surging magic power that bombarded the formation.

The Innate Earth Formation is both neutral and upright, mainly focused on suppression!

Seeing how easily this large formation suppressed their attack and spirit treasures, Wu Xing and Xuan Chen’s expressions sank.

“This is troublesome!”

Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun were originally strong men in the Late-stage Golden Immortal Realm, and they were well-known, plus they had such a tyrannical Innate Formation.

Although they themselves didn’t use full power, after some calculations, the odds of winning were slim.

“Fellow Daoist protects Mu Gong so much; is it because he has an old relationship with him?”

Wu Xing silently put away his Killing Sword and looked at Zhen Yuanzi with a gloomy gaze.

‘I want to kill him too if I can!’

Zhen Yuanzi took a deep breath and calmly said, “Fellow Daoist misunderstood. Zhen Yuanzi and the Mu Gong whom the Fellow Daoist spoke of do not know each other, and there is no cause and effect, but…”

Hearing Zhen Yuanzi’s “but” again, Wu Xing and the others couldn’t help but twitch their brows slightly, resisting the urge to speak out, choosing to listen to him.

“The so-called Mu Gong is indeed not in my dojo. If Fellow Daoists encounter him outside of my dojo, you can kill him at will.”

Understood!

Entry to the Dojo is not allowed!

Taoist Wu Xing and Xuan Chen looked at each other and immediately understood the crux of the matter.

However, they were relieved to hear that Zhen Yuanzi and Mu Gong did not know each other.

“Okay, I hope Fellow Daoists will remember what was said today.”

Things could not be done, and Wu Xing and Xuan Chen were not people who did not know how to advance and retreat.

If the stalemate continued, it would also damage their Sacred dignity, although it had already been severely damaged during this period of time.

Wu Xing looked thousands of miles away.

A palace created at will, in which Wu Xing and Xuan Chen sat.

“Fellow Daoist of the Five Elements, did you really let this go?” Xuan Chen’s resentment could not be dispelled.

In the previous encounter, he suffered a great loss. Not only was his soul damaged, but he also spent a lot of elixir to repair the wounds on his immortal body.

“Let it go? Hmph, let’s make a note today, and it will not be too late when we reach the Perfected Immortal Realm in the future.”

The Taoist of the Five Elements was a majestic overlord; never had he been so humiliated.

“What Fellow Daoist says is reasonable, but I don’t believe that Mu Gong will never come out.”

Xuan Chen stared fiercely at Wuzhuang Temple thousands of miles away.

The aura of the majestic Late-stage Golden Immortal had been reduced to squatting outside the dojo, and of course, there was no such thing as a holy, supreme, and noble personality anymore.

But for the sake of their future path, they were reluctant to give up the many Spirit Treasures and Spirit Roots.

Meanwhile, even though Wu Xing and Xuan Chen were extremely unhappy, Zhen Yuanzi on the other side couldn’t be happier.

He took the blame for no reason, not to mention offending two Sacred Beings of the same realm.

The most important thing was: why did Mu Gong know that he owned the Ginseng Fruit Tree?

Ever since Zhen Yuanzi had gained sentience to the present, he had never left the temple, and only Hong Yun had entered.

“Don’t look at me; it wasn’t me! I didn’t tell anyone.”

Seeing the puzzled look from his old friend, Hong Yun immediately waved his hand in denial.

“I know it’s not you; I just want to ask, do you know who this Mu Gong is?”

Zhen Yuanzi scolded with a grin.

They had been old friends for hundreds of Yuanhuis; how could he not know who Hong Yun was?

Different from himself, his friend Hong Yun was very fond of wandering in the Primordial World and was aggressive at the time, but fortunately, his cultivation was not bad, so he was not beaten to death.

He even suspected that it might have something to do with Qiong Qi’s visit to him.

“Mu Gong? I’ve never heard of him. I’ve heard that there is an Innate Sacred Being in the Endless East Sea that inherits a ray of Yang energy from Heaven and Earth. It seems to be called some kind of Gong.”

“Right, it’s Dong Wanggong!”

“However, it is said that his time of transformation is similar to that of you and me. He should not be in the Mid-stage of the Golden Immortal Realm, and that Mu Gong doesn’t have that Pure Yang Daoism.”

Hong Yun thought about it carefully.

“Forget it, let’s drag him out and ask him in person.”

That being the case, Zhen Yuanzi didn’t intend to waste any more time.

Outside the main hall of Wuzhuang Temple, where the Pocket Dimension was located.

This was his dojo, and all changes were clear in his heart.

With the Hunyuan Whisk in his hand, Zhen Yuanzi swept towards the void.

BOOM!!!

There was a violent roar, the void shook, and space ripples spread out.

“Huh? There is a formation guarding it.”

The formation was not broken, but Zhen Yuanzi’s curiosity was aroused instead.

“Why don’t you let me use the Innate Cloud Fire to burn it?” Hong Yun was eager to try.

He was very clear about Zhen Yuanzi’s strength. Although it was just a casual blow, it was not something that an ordinary Mid-stage Golden Immortal could resist.

It seemed that this formation was not weak!

Zhen Yuanzi gave an ‘hmm’ and silently backed away a few steps; he also really wanted to see how strong this formation was.

Hong Yun’s original Innate Cloud Fire was not weak; you must know that his Acquired Middle-grade Spirit Treasure was forged with this fire.

“ATTACK!”

Zhen Yuanzi saw Hong Yun let out a low cry and point out, and a bright red spirit fire appeared in the void with a bang.

Hong Yun’s manipulation was subtle; the flames only burned that inch of the ground, and in an instant, the space made a ‘click’ sound like jade shattering.

Cracks appeared in the void that was originally empty.

“Hehe, how can a mere formation be able to resist my Innate Cloud Fire? Pfft!”

Before Hong Yun could finish his words, a brilliant spiritual light flashed in the void, and the Cloud Fire, which was still in flames just now, was instantly extinguished.

Hong Yun: “….”

“I don’t believe it anymore! I can’t burn you, and I can’t break it?!”

The ash-faced Hong Yun immediately sacrificed the Fire Cloud Sword and was about to strike a few times fiercely.

“Why are you holding me? Let me go! I have to chop him out!”

Hong Yun wanted to push Zhen Yuanzi’s hand away, but it didn’t work.

“Okay, okay, don’t forget that you are still injured, so why be so angry?”

Zhen Yuanzi pulled Hong Yun away angrily.

“Are you a firecracker? Exploding at the slightest touch?”

“He was seriously injured before, and he must be recovering from his injuries now. When he recovers from his injuries, he will come out.”

“Can he still run away?”

Zhen Yuanzi said confidently.

The Innate Earth Formation immediately started to operate; at most, it would just consume some spirit energy.

He would not make the same mistake as before.

“Little Friend Mu Gong, Zhen Yuanzi is very polite. Since you are here, it is destined. The Old Daoist is waiting for you to talk about it.”

After finishing speaking, Zhen Yuanzi ignored it and went on his own.

Penglai Immortal Island.

Is Yuan Lian recuperating?

Of course not; a drop of the Divine Water of Three Glories would have healed a mere minor injury long ago.

At this time, he was refining the Spirit Treasure he acquired.

The great halberd in Li Yuan’s hand; with the fall of its owner, the imprint on this Spirit Treasure had also disappeared.

But this Spirit Treasure was very resistant to Yuan Lian’s refining.

“I advise you to be good; don’t force me to obliterate your spirituality!”

Yuan Lian stared at the giant halberd with a cold expression.

Hum!!

The treasure still resisted.

“It doesn’t know good from bad! REFINE!” Yuan Lian was not used to it.

(End of this chapter)

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