At this moment, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan turned to the Third Elder and said, “You should go out and look for the Ancestor. If you find him and he doesn't want to come back, just stay by his side and make sure he doesn't get swindled!”
“And make sure he doesn't eat anything he shouldn't and end up poisoning himself to death!”
The Third Elder of the Ancient God Clan nodded helplessly.
Sigh... having an Ancestor like this is truly exhausting!
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly asked, “Do you think it's true that the Immortal Saber is in the hands of the Qingshan Sect's Saint?”
“After all, even that young Emperor of the Tianqi Dynasty guessed it was with the Qingshan Sect's Saint, and...”
The Third Elder had originally wanted to say that their Ancestor had claimed so as well.
But on second thought, he felt their Ancestor's information was completely unreliable.
It was strictly for reference, with no practical value whatsoever!
The eyes of the Patriarch and the others flickered.
They had no idea how their Ancestor, who stayed at home all day, had managed to get himself involved in this.
Right then, Hu Bugui's eyes shifted, and he spoke up cautiously, “Patriarch, I've heard some mortals say that some fools possess a special sensory ability!”
“Our Ancestor might also have this kind of sixth sense. He sensed that the Fourth Elder had run into trouble, but his perception was incomplete...”
The three of them were taken aback. “Fools actually have that kind of ability?” the Patriarch couldn't help but mutter.
At this point, the Second Elder stroked his beard, pondered for a moment, and recalled, “There does seem to be such a saying. As the ancients put it: when the Heavenly Dao closes a door, it is bound to open a window for you...”
The Patriarch's eyes gleamed as he looked at the Second and Third Elders. “How about we find an opportunity to secretly steal the Qingshan Sect Saint's storage bag?”
The Second and Third Elders' eyes lit up, both feeling that this was highly feasible!
They would only be stealing his storage bag; they wouldn't be hurting or beating anyone!
Even if those old fogies of the Qingshan Sect found out afterward, the worst they would do is give them a beating, right?
If they could obtain the Immortal Saber, a beating would be well worth it!
Besides, once they had the Immortal Saber, who knew who would end up beating whom?
With that in mind, they began to split up and take action.
The Second Elder would stay home to nurse his injuries and guard the house!
The Third Elder would go look for the Ancestor to prevent him from getting swindled.
Their two storage bags were still in the Ancestor's hands; they couldn't let him squander everything!
As for the Patriarch, he would personally set out to find Lu Ming!
Meanwhile, the Grand Elder was out traveling!
As for Baili Mo, who was the Fourth Elder of the Ancient God Clan, they were still unsure whether he was dead or alive!
...
Meanwhile, Lu Ming was busy studying the Qingshan Sect's body refining technique.
After giving the bandit five hundred spirit stones earlier, they had headed straight to the Southern Frontier to find the Demon Emperor.
Sure enough, the bandit never showed up again.
Once Lu Ming and his companions arrived in the Southern Frontier, they discovered that the Demon Emperor had already pacified the region.
Lu Ming was quite surprised that the Demon Emperor had managed to settle the Southern Frontier so quickly.
And here they were, thinking they had come to help!
Upon inquiring, they learned that when the Demon Emperor and his army had marched in, the Southern Frontier was already in complete chaos.
As it turned out, a pig riding a turtle, accompanied by a grey-feathered bird, had caused the uproar.
Taking advantage of the Southern Frontier's Gu King being in seclusion, they had completely ravaged the region's Gu worms!
Word had it that they went around scattering poison while singing, first knocking out all the Southern Frontier's Gu practitioners.
Then, they dug up everyone's Gu worms and devoured them!
It was said that the grey-feathered bird had eaten so much that its color had actually changed!
It had turned into a vibrant, multi-colored shade of black!
By the time the Gu King emerged from seclusion, the three menaces had already vanished without a trace!
Although the cultivators hadn't died, they were left without their Gu worms, causing their strength to plummet drastically!
When the Demon Emperor arrived with his army, the Southern Frontier's Gu King was busy picking up the pieces and hunting for the culprits!
Thus, without the slightest shred of guilt, the Demon Emperor had decided to kick them while they were down and wipe out the Southern Frontier!
After listening to the Demon Emperor's tale, Lu Ming, Big Yellow, and Wang Defa fell silent!
Needless to say, that trio was definitely Zhu Wuneng and his crew.
There couldn't possibly be that many coincidences. They just hadn't expected them to be so incredibly bold!
To think they had stirred up such a storm in the Southern Frontier and actually managed to pull it off. Fortunately, their luck was decent.
They just wondered where the trio was now.
“Do you know where they are now?”
Lu Ming turned to ask the Demon Emperor.
“No idea! We haven't seen them since we arrived. They've likely already left the Southern Frontier!”
Lu Ming nodded. Under the current circumstances, it wasn't a bad thing for Zhu Wuneng and the others to be roaming around outside!
Subsequently, Lu Ming also briefed the Demon Emperor on the situation they had encountered.
As a result, the Demon Emperor didn't hesitate for even a single minute. He immediately abdicated his throne, passing it to General Tiger.
Then, taking his remaining sons with him, he headed straight to the Central Province's Bandit Sect to become bandits!
He had long grown tired of being the Demon Emperor. Although he had taken the throne back then because of love, in truth, he had never wanted to be the emperor at all.
Deep down, he simply had no interest in ruling.
Now that the opportunity had presented itself, he naturally had to seize it and kick the throne away.
As for whether he would be punished by the Xiaotian Ancestor in the future, he couldn't care less!
After all, they had the Little Ancestor. What was there to fear?
Worst-case scenario, they would just let the Little Ancestor take the blame!
Meanwhile, General Tiger had never dreamed that just as he had resolved to be a loyal and upright general, he would actually ascend to the throne through completely legitimate means.
He had actually become the Demon Emperor through a proper succession.
This couldn't help but make him sigh with emotion. A tiger's life was truly unpredictable, like large intestines wrapping around small intestines, and small intestines wrapping around hard lumps of dung...
...
Lu Ming inspected the spiritual herbs that had been watered by Zhu Wuneng with immortal spirit water.
Surprisingly, a celestial light was swirling around them.
This caught Lu Ming off guard as well. To think these spiritual herbs had actually developed a trace of immortal qi?
Looking at these spiritual herbs, Lu Ming began to organize the herbs required for the fourth tier of the Qingshan body refining technique.
He was truly traumatized by being mugged by that Half-Immortal. He wanted to become stronger as quickly as possible.
After researching, he found that mastering the fourth tier of the Qingshan body refining technique was the fastest method—aside from being rather painful.
Once the fourth tier of the Qingshan body refining technique was mastered, one would be impervious to spells and capable of directly withstanding the Tribulation Lightning of the Heavenly Dao.
Although he didn't actually need to withstand any tribulation lightning.
But most importantly, as long as a single drop of blood remained, he could restore himself to his original state.
This was practically tailor-made for a disaster-prone protagonist like him.
By now, he had found substitutes for all the various spiritual herbs.
It wasn't that he didn't want to use the genuine ingredients; he simply couldn't find them!
Lu Ming muttered to himself, As a grand protagonist, isn't it perfectly normal for me to use substitutes for spiritual herbs?
Who knows, maybe it'll even make me stronger?
After sorting out the spiritual herbs, Lu Ming realized he was still missing an herb called the Vajra Bodhi Fruit, as well as the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning.
For the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning, Lu Ming planned to look for Punishment Lightning and the others to see if they could help.
But as for this Vajra Bodhi Fruit, Lu Ming had never even heard of it!
Still, judging by the name, it was likely a Buddhist item and a spiritual herb meant to strengthen the physical body.
After all, it contained the words “Vajra” and “Bodhi”!
Wow... I really am a protagonist. I can even deduce that!
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