Chapter 77 Temptation
Gu Qingqing hurriedly stepped forward and put the seven smoother stones back in their original positions, then once again cast a hand seal to conceal Ji Rong's appearance.
"Is the dragon acting up again?" Ji Rong used his roots to lift the sea chart and handed it to Gu Qingqing.
Gu Qingqing put the sea chart into her storage ring and said, "I don't know, but this time we are very fortunate to have him covering for us here."
After saying that, Gu Qingqing circled around Ji Rong again, stomped on Ji Rong's thickened roots with her foot, and said with great joy in her tone, "Look at you, how strong you are now!"
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong's face immediately turned ashen, like a tree root.
Ji Zhuang flapped his wings, causing Feng Qing to tumble to the ground.
Ji Zhuang, however, seemed not to see it and sprinted over.
Upon seeing Ji Rong, whose body was covered in swollen roots and seemed twice as strong, he choked up and said, "Sister, you've suffered! How did you become like this?"
Feng Qing followed behind, her body swaying wildly as she took short, quick steps.
Ji Rong felt great when she woke up this time. She felt that her back was straighter than ever before, and she couldn't help but want to tease her brother.
She said, "What's wrong with me? What's wrong with me? Brother, do you still want to eat me?"
Ji Zhuang looked at his sister, carefully examined her, and said, "I don't want to eat anymore, but I want to make a nest on your head."
After saying that, Ji Zhuang opened his beak and began to weave on Ji Rong's head.
Gu Qingqing quickly flicked her tail away from him and said, "Stop weaving. If you weave it all for her, how will she take it back later?"
Ji Zhuang, whose head had been pulled away, turned his bird head upside down and was about to peck at Gu Qingqing's head, which startled Gu Qingqing, who quickly dodged back.
"Hahaha," Ji Rong laughed as she watched this scene; at this moment, they seemed to have returned to the time when they first arrived on the reef island.
Before Ji Rong could finish laughing, Ji Zhuang flapped his wings and said with a serious face, "Sister, quickly put all these roots away. You look like a ball of grass now."
After saying that, Ji Zhuang picked a blade of grass from his nest and quickly plucked it into a ball shape in front of Ji Rong, saying, "Sister, you are like this now."
Ignoring Ji Rong's face darkening again, Ji Zhuang continued, "You look even worse now."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong wanted nothing more than to bite Ji Zhuang a few times, but she didn't move. Her roots were firmly planted in the ground, yearning for the nourishment of the spiritual vein.
So Ji Rong could only sigh and say, "I feel empty inside and can't move."
These words made Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuangzhi feel troubled.
They didn't have much flesh and blood to cut off to feed Ji Rong, and even if they did, their cultivation was barely enough, and the little tree inside Ji Rong's body might not need it.
Go and capture a dragon or a phoenix with decent cultivation to nourish Ji Rong's body?
They clearly don't have that ability.
Jiaolongjiaojue was quite wealthy in the past.
But after eating like this for so many years, seeing that he went from twelve dishes to eight, and now only has four dishes left, with one dish not even full, it's clear that this dragon is soon becoming as poor as them.
Are you suggesting we let Ji Rong squat here drinking the wind for a hundred or two hundred years? If so, she'd probably turn into a tree by the end.
Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang were so worried that their faces were wrinkled like skin.
Ji Rong adapted quickly, simply because it wasn't her first time being a tree, and she was used to it.
She still had her sights set on the spiritual veins and felt it necessary to tell Jiao Jue about the call of the shattered shadow.
She optimistically stretched out her tendrils and wrapped them around Ji Zhuang's feet, saying to him, "Brother, call the dragon over for me. I have something important to discuss with him."
Ji Zhuang agreed, but then turned back and said, "Sister, let's not think about that spirit mine anymore."
"I've already checked, they're all taken. At worst, I'll go work in Ligu City to support you."
Before Ji Rong could answer, Gu Qingqing chuckled and said, "How much money can you make?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Zhuang glared angrily at Gu Qingqing before spreading his wings and flying away.
It's no wonder that Gu Qingqing changed her mind at the last minute; Linghu is truly worried about the current predicament of not being able to get off or stay in the water.
They're not like the bachelors they used to be; this island is teeming with people who need to eat and drink.
If the dragon is determined to make a big splash, then let it make one.
Otherwise, when the heavenly palaces send generals down to exterminate them again, they may not be as lucky as they were last time.
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Jiao Jue arrived just before dark, and immediately sat down next to Ji Rong on the ground.
Thick water vapor rose from the cliff, and in the lingering sunlight, it made them feel as if they were still in the spiritually rich Zhongzhou mountain range.
Ji Rong sensed that Jiao Jue was in low spirits, so she decided to tell him what the dragon scale had told her. She said, "I heard half a sentence while I was absorbing the large scale you gave me."
As Ji Rong spoke, she observed Jiao Jue's reaction. Seeing that there was no change on Jiao Jue's face, she continued, "The shattered phantom said, 'My son, Jue.'"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiao Jue's claws immediately reached into the soil, severing more than a dozen of Ji Rong's whiskers, causing Ji Rong to frown.
"If that's all you wanted to say, you didn't need to come to me." With that, Jiao Jue turned to leave.
Ji Rong hurriedly said, "Of course not. Didn't you see my sea chart? There are four spirit crystal vein mines there. Even though my brother said they are all owned, what are your plans?"
Jiao Jue didn't have a good plan at the time. He was only concerned about his deceased friend's belongings and didn't pay attention to the claw marks on the picture.
Upon hearing this, he extended another paw towards Ji Rong and said, "Let me see that sea chart again."
Ji Rong then nodded to Gu Qingqing.
Gu Qingqing hurriedly took out the sea chart, and with the help of the dying sunlight, she confirmed the locations of the four spirit crystal vein mines.
After looking at the nautical chart, Jiao Jue had some guesses in his mind. He said, "No wonder the bloodline of the Lich Clan is so diluted, yet they can still survive."
He narrowed his eyes, looked up and sneered, "This Lich lineage must have bribed some of the main gods in the heavenly palaces with spiritual veins. They are indeed not easy to deal with."
He shifted his body and rehearsed beside Ji Rong. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Call that old bastard Wu Yue over tomorrow. The Lich Clan has been mingling on the island for years, so there must be some of their members up here!"
The tree-like Ji Rong was very popular, and even Jiao Jue stayed until the moon was high in the sky before leaving.
Feng Qing made a nest on Ji Rong's head and stayed there, unwilling to come down; finally, Gu Qingqing used her claws to pinch the back of its neck and forcibly lifted it back into the hole.
The next morning, Jiao Jue arrived at daybreak. He was constantly drawing and grinding the stone until it made a hissing sound.
Gu Qingqing, still half asleep, came out with her tail drooping and discovered that it was Jiao Jue carving inscriptions.
They seem determined to stay here permanently.
Ji Zhuang then summoned Wu Yue, who came with him.
Once Wu Yue had settled down on the smooth stone, Jiao Jue stopped clawing.
He coiled back under Ji Rong's root, spread the sea chart open with his two claws, and looked up, saying, "Old man, call that Wu Yue over here and ask who owns these spirit crystal mines?"
The witch stepped forward and examined it carefully, then said uncertainly, "It should be ours. Our ancestors recorded that four large mines were discovered here."
Upon hearing this, Jiao Jue and the others' eyes lit up.
Gu Qingqing was so happy that she kept scratching her leg and said, "What Adu said is true? Your ancient witch clan even discovered a spirit crystal vein here back then?"
The witch nodded and said, "That's what the ancestral books say."
Wu Yue said, "This old man will call Wu Yue over to ask him. May I ask why you ask this, sir?"
Jiao Jue didn't answer, but narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled, saying, "Good thing."
He leaned his head in front of Wu Yue, his words full of temptation, and said, "Old man, do you want to take back your mines without marriage? I can help you."
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