That sounds really... off.

Before anyone else could react, the platform for receiving gifts was already set up.

Qu Haifeng smiled at Gongyangsun and Elder Helian, "Please, both of you."

One is the dean, the other is the representative dean, and there is also Qu Haifeng supervising them. Can you just give them any random gift to appease them?

Definitely not.

Aunt Haifeng was like that; she had gotten rained on herself, so she wanted to tear other people's umbrellas apart. Thanks to her, Jia Xitong successfully received two precious gifts.

As for the other cultivators who were just watching the spectacle?

It wouldn't be appropriate for the other parties not to give anything since all three big shots have given gifts.

Jia Xitong cleverly instructed her second senior brother to shout at the top of his lungs, making sure everyone could clearly hear who sent what.

Humans are naturally inclined to save face and compare themselves to others.

Now we all know who delivered the good gifts and who delivered the bad ones.

Moreover, this will be engraved in stone and placed in the most prominent position in Dingtian Academy. If the gift were too ordinary, it would be ridiculed by countless people.

The little raccoon perfectly understood the psychology of a group of people, and Xianlongfeng made a fortune from this!

Huo Rui never expected that this crisis would turn into an opportunity.

He knew better than anyone how poor Dingtian Academy was now. The treasure vault, which had once been a small savings store, was now completely empty. Now that he had suddenly received a windfall, he was incredibly excited.

As for the others...

They will never come to see the bustling scene at Xianlong Peak again!

##

Since Shang Yanting was injured and fell into a coma, Xian Longfeng has been somber and tense.

The grand formation has now been deployed, and the crisis has been temporarily averted.

Everyone was able to relax for a rare moment.

Good luck either doesn't come at all, or it comes in abundance.

"Host has woken up!"

On a bright and sunny morning, the raccoon's voice pierced the sky, so excited that it stuttered.

"Host, dear!"

I missed you so much!

“muamuamuamua!”

Xi Tong pounced on Shang Yanting like a whirlwind. Although she missed him, she didn't mind at all. She excitedly bounced around on Shang Yanting while calling Li Tuo over.

"Teacher Tuo, my host has woken up."

Li Tuo followed, running at breakneck speed.

The examination and assessment proceeded smoothly and efficiently.

He examined it carefully, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper. "Your Majesty's pulse... the spiritual energy is mixed and the pulse is disordered, which is no different from usual."

It's a bit strange that His Excellency has already woken up under these circumstances.

Is that strange?

Hearing this, Jia Xitong stood on the blanket and looked at him. "Host's eyes are glazed over. It seems like there's something wrong. Could he be like me before, suffering from the aftereffects of a hidden injury?"

"This... let me take a closer look."

Li Tuo placed his fingers on Shang Yanting's wrist again, while Shang Yanting's dark eyes were fixed on the man and beast before him, devoid of any warmth.

Of course, there was no temperature.

The monster he hated most recently suddenly appeared in front of him; he was already being kind by not immediately crushing it.

In the original story, Shang Yanting didn't know how he had just finished cultivating when he suddenly opened his eyes to find a physician and that annoying little magical beast in front of him. Just like Jia Xitong and Li Tuo had no idea that the body in front of them might have had its inner core replaced.

However, Shang Yanting in the original novel was much more sensitive.

The unfamiliar surroundings were definitely not the Demon Palace. He had an excellent memory; he had seen this place in the Mirror of the Heart.

Compared to sight, perception is the most direct.

He was conscious, but unable to move anything except his eyes. The intertwining of spiritual and magical energies within his body was constantly draining him.

Shang Yanting, the author of the original work, understood this feeling very well. He experienced the same thing when he absorbed Wan Zhi. However, his spiritual power was far too weak at the time, and the demonic power he absorbed from Wan Zhi instantly devoured his spiritual power.

Although these two forces were draining his body, Shang Yanting in the original novel also had another feeling—health.

Having suffered too much pain, Shang Yanting in the original novel suffered from many hidden ailments.

He felt an unprecedented comfort in this body, as if the shackles that had been pressing down on him had been removed in an instant. This was a feeling he had never experienced since his foundation was destroyed.

Shang Yanting, the author of the original work, was stunned.

He looked at the person and the beast surrounding him, discussing various things because of this body, and instantly realized that he had arrived at the place in the Mirror of the Heart.

Where is he now?

Is it another Shang Yanting?

Shang Yanting had made this speculation long ago.

He was half-believing, half-doubting, and uncertain. But at this moment, this absurd thing felt like an extreme irony, slapping him in the face repeatedly.

He is who he is; how could he allow a second version of himself to exist in the world?

In the original story, Shang Yanting's murderous intent arose.

If he could move now, the man and beast in front of him would be dead several times over.

"Ugh, I really think the host has lost their mind."

The raccoon let out a wail, "Look at my dear host, he's not saying a word, he's not moving, and his eyes are practically rolling to the sky."

Is that a white eye?

Li Tuo looked at it again uncertainly. Why did he feel a murderous aura?

"My precious host!"

The raccoon was so anxious that it started stomping its feet. Then it took out the Primordial Taiyi Pill from its bag and put it in the raccoon's mouth.

This tastes like the Primordial Elixir!

More than a century later, when Shang Yanting tasted this flavor again, a figure immediately came to mind.

That's how that person force-fed him food back then.

After so much time, he had long since reached the highest position on the entire Aotian Continent. At his level, what kind of treasure couldn't he find, provided it still existed? He sent people to search for the method of making the Primordial Taiyi Pill, and found the Spirit Marrow, True Soil, Heavenly Ginseng Fruit, and Six Rabbit True Fire, but he couldn't gather the last one: the Langmu Tree.

The Langmu tree has disappeared; only that person possesses the Primordial Taiyi Elixir.

He had seen that person in the illusion before!

In the original story, Shang Yanting was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't even notice the pulling sensation on his soul.

"I'm dizzy, my host is dizzy again!"

Jia Xitong exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly urged Li Tuo beside her to quickly take her pulse and treat her. Meanwhile, inside the Demon Palace, a pair of cold eyes opened and stared coldly ahead.

A thought that had never crossed his mind before suddenly popped into his head: Could it be that... that person didn't intentionally abandon him, but was instead trapped in that world?

Same face, same name.

That person looks stupid, so it's understandable that he wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the two.

Could it be that she disappeared because she mistook someone from that world for him, and gave the medicine and care that was meant for him to that person from that world?

The more Shang Yanting thought about it, the more likely it seemed, and the faster his heart beat...