Chapter 246 The Origins of the Scheme (2)
Jiaojue immediately opened a soundproof enclosure, and Jixiu began to discuss the details in private.
With Ji Rong's treasure, things became much easier.
Xi Tong first formally requested leave from the Rare Bird Forest. She gave the person in charge a considerable sum of money, explaining the reason and retaining her original position, while also successfully obtaining a five-year recuperation period.
Then, Xi Tong contacted old acquaintances.
The right way is: money can pave the way.
When you're down on your luck, no one pities you; when you suddenly become rich, the whole world knows.
The news that Xi Tong possessed treasure spread like wildfire among the servants at the Golden Summit of Kunlun Mountain.
As soon as Xi Tong and Ji Rong started walking, these well-informed fellows, like leeches drawn to blood, took the initiative to contact Xi Tong, and soon Xi Tong obtained useful information.
The cultivator currently managing Wang Yue's cave is You Hu Yao, a seven-tailed fox cultivator. She is an upright fox who dislikes seductive matters the most. You Hu Qing is her cousin.
Wang Yue valued Hu Yao's strengths, which is why she entrusted her with the personal management of her household affairs.
Otherwise, given Wang Yue's status in the Golden Cauldron Palace, she could easily summon eight or ten emperors to serve her personally and put on a show of the grandeur of the main gods.
Wang Yue's cave dwelling was naturally located by the Immortal Spring. As soon as Xi Tong led Ji Rong there, they saw a white fox waving its seven tails and activating the cave dwelling's magic array from a distance.
Upon seeing this scene, Xi Tong's face stiffened. She escorted Ji Rong to the entrance of the cave and said, "It is said that Hu Yao dislikes cultivators like me who have been involved in worldly affairs the most. I guess she must think that I bewitched her cousin You Hu Qing."
Ji Rong, I will wait for you here. You can go there by yourself.
If you offer her a great reward, she will surely be tempted.
I've heard that in the past, she used this method to obtain some cultivation sustenance to support her family. This must have happened more than once or twice, and Wang Yue must have tacitly approved of it.
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong immediately nodded. She spread her wings and used her beak to comb the wind-blown feathers back into place, saying, "Go wait for me at the entrance of the cave. If I've reached an agreement with her, I'll come out to meet you."
Having tidied herself up, Ji Rong walked with her head held high to the entrance of the cave and called out, "Qing Ji Zi of Yu Xu Palace has come to pay her respects to the Great Sage Wang Yue. Is the Great Sage here?"
Upon hearing the words "Jade Void Palace," Hu Yao immediately stood up. With a light step and a beaming smile, she opened the formation and said to Ji Rong, "I was unaware of the arrival of distinguished guests today. The Great Sage is not here. What can I do for you? I can convey your message."
Ji Rong laughed and said, "It's nothing serious. I recently gained a new older sister. She is injured, and I heard that the immortal spring at the Great Sage Wangyue's place is useful to her. I also heard that the immortal spring can cleanse the body and help cultivators like me with inconspicuous bloodlines to advance, so I came here eagerly."
As she spoke, Ji Rong suddenly stepped forward, took Youhu Yao's right paw, and quickly slipped a simple storage ring onto her paw, saying, "This ring looks so good on your paw, fellow Daoist. It's clear that I made the right choice coming here today."
As always, this storage ring had no restrictions. Youhu Yao merely glanced inside and was immediately lost in the glittering spirit crystals.
Her smile deepened immediately, and she said, "I wonder how long you sisters wish to stay. The Great Sage of Wangyue is the most benevolent; if the time is short, she will allow it."
Ji Rong had no idea how long they would have to stay, so she tentatively replied, "Two hours will suffice."
Upon hearing this, Youhu Yao pretended to take off the ring and said, "It's fine within an hour, but two hours is too long."
Ji Rong stretched out her wing claws and grasped Youhu Yao's weak claws, saying, "Yes, yes, fellow Daoist, we'll soak for an hour and a half. Even if my sister hasn't recovered, we'll still leave. Is that alright with you?"
Youhu Yao's eyes darted around before she nodded and said, "Come with me."
Ji Rong flapped her wings and went outside, saying to Xi Tong, "Come on, shrink down, let's go soak together."
Upon hearing this, Xi Tong quickly transformed into a small black bird and perched on Ji Rong's back.
Ji Rong walked in and came to Youhu Yao's side, saying, "My sister is here, fellow Daoist, let's go."
Youhu Yao glanced at Xi Tong, who was curled up like a baby bird, and made a few hissing sounds in her throat.
She opened a hidden door in the cave and led them quickly through the passageway toward the fairy spring.
She activated a protective array in the outermost room, pointed to the pool inside, and said, "You can soak here. When the time is up, you must come out."
"If you get caught by the guards, Blackbird, you should know that someone like you will only be able to go to the Delicacy Pavilion."
Then, Youhu Yao placed a water clock on the table, set aside an hour and a half, and then, as if avoiding something unclean, quickly ran out.
Once Hu Yao left, Xi Tong revealed her true form and pulled Ji Rong towards the pool. She sighed, "I told you they were greedy. You gave us so many spirit crystals, but they only offered us the worst pool to appease us."
This pool is fine for healing my skin wounds, but if you want to cleanse your body, you'll need the topmost pool.
Ji Rong blinked her big, bean-sized eyes mischievously and said, "It's alright, you just soak in the water and protect me."
We discussed this before. I have a plan that will make your wish come true. You just soak in it; this time, I'm determined to succeed.
After saying this, Ji Rong, clutching the Ze Ming Pearl she had borrowed from Jiao Jue, found the spring. Then, she poked her head out and let the spring submerge her body.
She plunged all her roots into the water, and using her roots to carry the tiny mountain and water deity into the spring.
Ji Rong's roots twisted and turned hundreds of times, and with brute force, he broke through dozens of formations, finally capturing a small wisp of golden source.
Where the source of the flow overflowed, a magnificent array stood, so exquisite that Ji Rong's remaining roots could not break through it at all.
While Ji Rong was hesitating, the Mountain and Water God, who had absorbed a trace of the source flow in the water, suddenly had a layer of charred, glaze-like fluid appear on his body. When this fluid touched the wisps of the source flow that were escaping, it seemed to come alive, and they wrapped around the Mountain and Water God and stretched towards the gap.
The narrow gap in the great formation was suddenly widened by the intense flow of the source within. Upon seeing this, Ji Rong immediately used the remaining roots to draw out most of the remaining source within her body and forcefully poured it into Shan Shui's mouth.
Then, she channeled her spiritual power, sending her roots along the crack created by the source flow. She then enlarged the roots, thus widening the opening slightly.
Once the mouth had completely swallowed the head of the Mountain and Water God, Ji Rong unhesitatingly severed all the roots that were stuck in the formation.
Then she rolled the remaining broken roots into a bundle and, like a wooden mallet, hammered it into the Mountain and Water God's body. She struck it three times hard before finally driving the Mountain and Water God's body in.
As soon as the Mountain and Water God entered, the breach squeezed out all of Ji Rong's severed roots and closed automatically, as if it had never existed.
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