When Su Rui appeared at the Xiangshui Pond outside Heshan Cloud Valley, a large army of ants blocked his way.
"Master, I finally waited for you to come back!"
The little ant escaped from the army of ants and landed in Su Rui's palm. Su Rui heard his screaming voice in his mind.
Suri scratched his head. This guy was a little too clingy, like a teddy puppy.
However, despite his disdain for it, Su Rui still infused it with some Yuan Shen Qi, which immediately gave its soybean-sized body a hint of psychedelic color. In addition to the antennae, it also had two unicorn horns on its head, making it like an ant in a dream.
"Wow, Master, this time the true energy is so dreamy and beautiful. Can you give me more?"
Even the little ant's voice had a hint of ethereality.
Upon hearing this, Su Rui was not stingy and infused it with dozens of Yuan Shen Qi.
After these streams of true energy were released, two pairs of transparent little wings shining with dreamy colors grew on the back of the little ant. When it flew, they were even accompanied by sparkling stardust, which was very beautiful.
"Oh right, Master! I've become the Ant King. Look, these are all my subordinates!!"
The little ant flapped its cute psychedelic wings and said proudly while pointing at the army of ants on the ground.
No one knew how he issued the order, but many ants that had been hiding in the bushes and leaves also crawled out, instantly making the ground in front of Su Rui look like it was covered with a blanket.
Su Rui took a closer look and thought that there were probably more than 100,000 ants covering the ground. Moreover, these ants were composed of different species, including black ants, fierce ants, small yellow house ants, yellow macaque ants, bullet ants, red fire ants, etc. There was even a small group of army ants.
In every ant colony there is a queen ant, which is either white and tender or transparent.
Su Rui was directly shocked by the growth of the little ant. It had only been a short time since he came to Heshan, but this guy had developed an army of 100,000 ants. It was really unexpected.
In order to show his encouragement, Su Rui infused a lot of Yuan Shen Qi into the many queen ants under his command.
"Little guy, now that you have grown up, please deliver a message to Tongqu County for me according to the original development plan!" After every queen ant had received the treatment, Su Rui said to the little ant.
"Master, just give me your orders, I promise to complete the task!" said the little ant eagerly.
Su Rui thought about it and felt that it would take quite a while for an ant to go back at its speed. He considered whether he should take a few deer with him, but in the end he decided that it would be more convenient and covert for an ant army to move.
Su Rui had actually found out the location of Tongqu County, so he gave the direction to the little ant and asked it to lead the army of ants to Tongqu County. He also asked it to abandon the army and fly back to Heshan alone to find him if anything went wrong.
Watching the army of little ants gathering together and forming a formation like a small aircraft carrier with many cruisers, heading towards Tongqu County, Su Rui jumped into the Xiangshui Pond and returned to the Chuyun Valley in Heshan.
When swimming through the gate guarded by the forbidden women, Su Rui clearly felt the fear of the forbidden women towards him. They only dared to ask him to show his disciple token from a distance and did not dare to come close to check.
When they returned to Tian Xingtai's residence, the two ghost maids did not dare to approach him. Su Rui asked them the reason, but the two ghost maids said that there was an inexplicable pressure on him, and if they got close to him, they would feel as if their soul was frozen.
Su Rui thought it was just the pressure brought by the Tongbi Shenyuan and ignored it.
Not long after he returned, the Ghost Mother appeared beside the Heavenly Punishment Platform. She came here with the orders of Taoist Qiao San. When she saw Su Rui, she said:
"Su boy, Taoist Qiao San asked me to come over to get the black silk and verify your cultivation!"
Su Rui felt even more relieved after hearing this. If Taoist Qiao San came in person to verify his cultivation, he would still be a little nervous, but since he was not coming and only the Ghost Mother came, there was nothing to worry about. Su Rui was confident that the Ghost Mother could not see through Yuan Shen's true qi!
He had originally prepared four black silk threads in his small cloth bag, and with the thread he took back from Hu Mei'e, there were exactly five threads, enough for the task.
After handing the five black threads to the Ghost Mother, he used the Yuan Shen Qi to transform the Xuan Yin Qi into a cloud-like state and showed it to the Ghost Mother for verification.
The ghost mother didn't know what she was thinking, she just took a look from a distance and regarded it as verification.
At this moment, Su Rui once again clearly felt the ghost mother's closeness to him.
"Su boy, you've passed the second level test. According to Taoist Qiao San's decree, you must break through to the third level of the Xuanming True Classic within a month and provide thirty strands of black silk! To ensure you can complete the task, Taoist Qiao San specially asked me to bring you an unrefined Xuanyin Banner. With this banner, you will have fewer restrictions and more convenience when refining the black silk!"
As she spoke, she pulled out a small black banner with black evil energy rolling around from the back of her head and threw it towards Su Rui.
After the small banner left his hand, it immediately grew into an eight-foot-long banner. The banner was filled with evil spirits, and black silk-like objects like tentacles kept extending and floating into the surrounding void.
However, these silk threads seemed to be very afraid of Su Rui, and they dragged the banner in another direction, moving far away from Su Rui.
Seeing this, the Ghost Mother's eyes flashed with a dark light, and she secretly sent a message to Su Rui, "Su boy, I'm afraid Qiao San will join forces with the demons outside to rebel in the near future. If there is nothing else, you'd better leave Yungu as soon as possible!"
Su Rui couldn't help but be a little stunned when he heard this. After thinking for a while, he ordered two ghost maids to go to the deacon's hall to get some clean quilts and cotton mattresses.
After the two ghost maids left, he asked the ghost mother, "Who are the outsiders that Master has teamed up with? Is there anyone I know?"
The Ghost Mother pondered for a moment before saying, "There's the Corpse King of Corpse King Valley, the Golden Horn King of North Wind Mountain, the unorthodox master Di Jue Zhenren, and so on..."
Su Rui's eyes lit up when he heard this. Wasn't Di Jue Zhenren close to the Heshan Sect's headmaster? Why did he get involved? Could it be that he was also trying to get a glimpse of Heshan Dao's wealth?
Or was it that Taoist Qiao San had no idea that True Man Di Jue and Sect Leader Heshan had a relationship, and he fell into the trap set by Sect Leader Heshan, and True Man Di Jue was just a chess piece placed by Sect Leader Heshan next to Taoist Qiao San?
The situation here is so confusing that Su Rui doesn't know for a moment whether this is the conspiracy of Master Heshan or the plan of Taoist Qiao San.
But he had already decided that he must participate in this rebellion! Only in this way would he have a chance to get close to Di Jue Zhenren and get clues about Tian Tong Lao Ren's whereabouts.
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