"Who cares about you? I'm just afraid that you'll go astray and no one will help me manage the Tianquan Temple."

Yan Gong came closer and saw Meng Po's wandering eyes, and immediately laughed out loud. However, the latter's face became even colder, and her eyes became increasingly confused.

"What are you laughing at? Did I say something wrong? Our Tianquan Holy Temple has the fewest disciples among the eight holy temples."

"Just tell me if you care about me. We've known each other for hundreds of years. Why are you being so polite?"

Meng Po rolled her eyes at Yan Gong and left in the simple and bright corridor without answering. Yan Gong followed behind. He knew that Xia Xiao and A Zhu would not wake up in a short time. Compared with them, he still preferred to tease the more serious Meng Po, so he said:

"I am only a little more talented than you. Every time I advance, aren't you able to catch up in a short time? So don't be upset. From a certain perspective, you win."

"Which angle?"

Meng Po asked this question, and Yan Gong was speechless. He said something to comfort her, but Yan Gong was still serious. She was really worthy of her. Seeing that he didn't answer in a short time, Meng Po snorted angrily:

“Stay away from me!”

Having said that, they are always inseparable, which is the envy of others.

In the spiritual spring, Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu were keen on absorbing the source of energy. The latter woke up early, stood on the shore made of colored stones, destroyed her old clothes, and playfully put on a new red dress with a flick of her finger.

"Strong power means convenience. I don't have to buy clothes anymore."

Ah Zhu hummed a few times and sat on the shore to play with water. These highly condensed source energies were all very heavy, but in her hands they were nothing like ordinary water. In the previous process of absorbing source energy, Ah Zhu broke through her own shackles and became a sixteenth-level strongman. In other words, even if she did not use her own divine power, her source energy cultivation alone had already reached this level.

The little narwhal in her body was also affected, but he had been very quiet during this period, like a silent middle-aged man, and no longer chatted with Ah Zhu as often as before. She was used to it, because he said he had to grow up and had some growing pains, so Ah Zhu would wave his fingers and play in the water alone on the shore, making it change into various shapes.

A woman in a red dress was on the shore, while another was still in the spiritual spring. The deep-colored spiritual spring could not be seen how deep it was, and even how wide it was because of the surrounding source energy. But in it, Xia Xiao seemed to be in another world, constantly absorbing power from it to make himself stronger.

This absorption process was extremely long, but Xia Xiao's injuries were indeed completely healed, and he no longer had to endure the pain like before. Xia Xiao's practice also had its limits. After absorbing the source energy to a certain level, he could no longer continue and had to exit the state, standing beside Ah Zhu and worrying.

"Such a good thing, I really want to take some away."

"Didn't they say I could take it away?"

"Forget it. We've used it enough. It's better not to do that. It will be easier to deal with you in the future."

After Xia Xiao left the spiritual spring, he found that it had dropped by at least several centimeters. This obvious change made him feel embarrassed to take even a little bit away. He and Ah Zhu had absorbed too much energy. When Yan Gong Meng Po saw that so much spiritual spring had been lost, she felt distressed, but she was a little comforted when she saw that Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu had not taken any more away.

If they still carry around after eating, it will be hard for the Heavenly Palace to come down. To express his gratitude, Lord Yan gave them two empty rings, which contained a lot of spiritual medicines and holy fruits. Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu naturally couldn't ask for such a favor, but Lord Yan insisted again and again, which was a test of their thickness.

"This is just a small token of our appreciation. It only represents our personal appreciation and has nothing to do with the Heavenly Palace. Other palace masters and hall masters have also prepared gifts and will give them to you later. You have made such a hard trip, you must accept them."

Even though Xia Xiao and Azhu were not polite people, they felt that they had taken advantage of the situation and felt a little embarrassed. However, they underestimated the benefits they would bring to the Heavenly Palace, so they had no choice but to accept it and put the empty ring on their fingers. Azhu looked at the ring Xia Xiao gave her. The ring made of the energy of living beings was more dazzling than anything else.

"They don't know you're awake yet, how about I go and inform them?"

"Let's not do that. We have nothing to do now, so we're ready to leave."

"Then we must inform you. We in the Tiangong are a celestial force, so we must send you off in style."

"Well... I'll have to trouble you, Senior."

Yan Gong was about to leave, but when Xia Xiao asked about Que Dan, he asked Meng Po to inform everyone. In fact, it was just a thought, but in front of A Zhu, they all maintained extreme respect and did not dare to show off their skills. So Meng Po told everyone that they had woken up on behalf of Yan Gong. At the same time, Yan Gong took the two to the punishment hall.

Because Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu were not in a hurry, they could just walk around and talk a little more to improve their relationship. After leaving the simple-style Tianquan Temple, Xia Xiao asked:

"In fact, I have always been curious why there are strong people in the South China Sea who lure the weak people from the lower world to the Xishu world? What is the purpose of doing this?"

"Since you asked, I won't beat around the bush and will tell you straight away. This is to supplement our own strength and suppress other continents. Secondly, it is to check whether there are any strong men from Xishu who have escaped to the worlds below. In Xishu, people here are not allowed to go to the worlds below to dominate. Although there are strict rules and regulations now, there are still many people who do so!"

"It kills two birds with one stone."

Mr. Yan nodded and said:

"There were no such things in the past, but there were a few more tens of thousands of years ago, so we had to pay attention. It was also for the stability of other worlds. Existences beyond this world must be pulled up, otherwise that world will soon collapse and perish. This is also one of the responsibilities of the strong, but it has changed because of business and interests."

After all... no one wants to do something for free. Lord Yan did not say it, but took Xia Xiao and Azhu to the Punishment Hall. They had not paid attention to it before, but now they found that although there were many palaces in the Heavenly Palace, they were all different.

The previous Tianquan Temple gave people a sense of comfort and simplicity, and a faint fragrance of herbs and spring water. At this time, some of the palaces they passed by were majestic and magnificent, while others were remote and quiet, as if they were shrouded in mist. As for the end of their journey, it was a terrifying place, and everyone who came and went was shocked.

I saw that this hall had a plaque of "Criminal Hall". The door of the hall was like the mouth of a ferocious ghost. There were red lanterns hanging high everywhere, but there was no joy at all. There was only an endless murderous aura. It seemed that no matter how fierce a person was, he would be suppressed by it and could not turn over. The whole hall was like a furious King Kong. There was always a ghost in the halo. Xia Xiao's heart trembled when he looked at it, and he could not help but marvel.

"What a great torture hall! It looks so majestic."

"The Heavenly Palace has rules that the Palace Master cannot enter his Palace at will, so I will send you here."

"Thank you, senior."

There were also three people waiting in front of the door. The owner of the Punishment Hall standing in the middle was tall and strong, and he looked very majestic in his devil costume and cloak, but he was polite in front of Xia Xiao, and the evil ghost's face seemed to have lost a lot of hostility. After introducing himself, the owner of the Punishment Hall invited the two to enter the hall.

Compared to the light gate of the Tianquan Temple, this iron-toothed gate that rises and falls is like a big evil mouth that can swallow everything, which made Xia Xiao and Azhu feel a little scared when they took the initiative to walk into it.

The corridor in the Punishment Hall was dark, with human heads as torches and new wax oil, which filled the air with an oppressive atmosphere that seemed to make it difficult for evil spirits to cry out. Ah Zhu held Xia Xiao's hand, feeling a little scared, but the latter was mostly thinking about my desolate hall. When would there be such a scene?

As one of the founders of the Desolate Palace, although Xia Xiao was not good at managing things, he also hoped that the Desolate Palace could achieve such an achievement. Not to mention building such a large barrier, as long as there are various departments in the Desolate Palace and they are well equipped, it can be regarded as a great wish. But it is not easy to achieve the responsibilities of each department like the Heavenly Palace, without the need for the Palace Master to manage more. It will take at least hundreds of years to form such a pattern.

But Xia Xiao felt that the Desolate Palace would be ready sooner or later, and it had a majestic and magnificent style, which would make a name for itself in prosperity and bring prestige to the sunset.