90: Gu worm, the worm of Xuanjian Sect

Yang Siyi's cheap old man, of course, was also beaming with joy, and after hearing Xun Ya's words, he was even more overjoyed.

The Purple Cloud Sect, that was a major backer. If they could latch onto this backer, the entire Xuanjian Sect could walk sideways in this Juefeng Secret Realm.

Furthermore, Yang Yuan himself was from a pill refining background. If he could learn a few essential pill refining techniques from the Purple Cloud Sect's Protector Elder, he might even make further progress and elevate his status within the Xuanjian Sect!

As Yang Yuan thought about it, a few chrysanthemum-like smiles couldn't help but appear on his wrinkled old face, which bloomed open as if withered wood had met spring.

"Yes, yes, Elder Yang's words are reasonable."

"Elder Zhuge and the Sect Master are still too worried; they need to be more optimistic."

"Moreover, with me personally forging a fine weapon for Xu Xi, he will have a handy weapon for this trip into the Juefeng Secret Realm, allowing him to move as he wishes, and his strength will naturally improve further."

The Peak Master of the Artifact Forging Peak spoke immediately afterward, also with a radiant expression, because through this trial, the Personal Disciples had reclaimed many sword-forging shops.

At least, their Artifact Forging Peak's resources were unaffected, and they even made a small profit... "The spirit stone reserves are quite substantial; it seems they didn't hold back on their illicit gains."

"It's just... how did you old men of the Hall of Offerings hide so much of this stuff?"

"Could it be that Thin Horse Gate handed all these things over to you?"

While the discussion hall was passionately debating, Xu Xi had already returned to his courtyard.

Alone in his room, he sorted through the storage bags of the Hall of Offerings Elders. At first, Xu Xi was only amazed by the huge amount of spirit stones, but then, his expression couldn't help but turn strange.

Xu Xi was already accustomed to those spirit stones. What Xu Xi found strange was why the group of Elders in the Hall of Offerings would possess drugs like "I Love a Stick of Wood"!

Previously, at Thin Horse Gate, Xu Xi had also collected many such items, along with quite a few women's garments.

These were specifically designed to attract men's attention; any one of them worn by a woman would be enough to make onlookers feel hot all over, their eyes fixed intently on them.

However, Xu Xi hadn't expected that Thin Horse Gate would have so thoughtfully prepared so many good items for the Hall of Offerings.

"I suppose those maids brought them along, just to please these old fellows. They really got a good deal."

A hint of helplessness flashed through his mind. Xu Xi was very clear about the good deeds Thin Horse Gate had done, including the part where the Hall of Offerings colluded in their evil, which only made Xu Xi feel a flicker of regret.

Sympathy was out of the question; Xu Xi had no such inclination. He only thought how awesome it would be if he were the one enjoying it.

This was the Another World Version of Bacchanalia plus Pro!

"Forget it, forget it, let's not think so much for now."

"These good things, I'll save them for my precious Xue Qing and the others. I have to enjoy myself first."

Pushing aside the distracting thoughts, Xu Xi had no intention of wasting these items now that he had them.

Anyway, he wasn't without people to wear them. Just imagining the fiery scene when Ye Xueqing and the others put them on made Xu Xi's heart warm up again.

Immediately after, he pulled out Liu Xuanfeng's storage bag, which was what Xu Xi was most eager to explore.

Xu Xi couldn't even imagine the treasures in the hands of a seventh-stage Entering Profundity expert, let alone items from Liu Xuanfeng, who had lived for nearly a hundred years.

If a tomb were built for him, it could serve as a ruin for juniors to gain experience.

His divine sense probed within, and Xu Xi first saw mountains of spirit stones, and not just low-grade ones.

Among them, there were not a few mid-grade spirit stones, numbering tens of thousands, and even over a thousand high-grade spirit stones.

For Xu Xi, to whom spirit stones were just a number now, this amount of spirit stones was no small figure.

It must be said, "killing and arson brings wealth" is indeed an eternal truth.

"There's also a pile of martial arts, but they're useless to me. While the original owner's talent would allow him to learn them, it would take too long. It's better to just use the Kasai technique (unique skills) the system infused into me."

"The moves I currently possess are sufficient."

Continuing to explore inward, besides the spirit stones, the most eye-catching items were a pile of martial arts techniques.

Ancient secret manuals were neatly arranged, among which were not a few cultivation insights and rubbings of the Xiaoyao Sect's supreme art, the Xiaoyao Heart Method.

However, no matter how many martial arts techniques and cultivation methods there were, they were completely useless to Xu Xi; perhaps they could only be used to prop up a table leg.

Continuing his investigation, items like spirit herbs and treasure artifacts also broadened Xu Xi's horizons, but none of these were enough to truly move Xu Xi.

If Xu Xi were to ask Xia Junling for these things, it wouldn't be very difficult.

It wasn't until Xu Xi saw something contained within a transparent vessel that a strange look appeared on his face.

"Gu worm?"

"Not a mainstream item in You Province. I didn't expect Liu Xuanfeng to raise such a thing."

"But... there's only one?"

"Gu worms have always come in pairs, at least two. If there's only one, where did the other gu worms go?"

"Have they already been used?"

Quickly taking out the transparent vessel, Xu Xi withdrew his divine sense, returning to reality.

Looking at the lonely gu worm in the transparent vessel in his hand, constantly attacking the container, trying to escape, Xu Xi stood frozen, pondering continuously, a small head filled with great confusion.

"Squeak, squeak~"

"Squeak, squeak~"

One after another, sparse strange sounds came. Xu Xi could clearly perceive that these were the wails of the gu worm inside the vessel.

"Is this transmitting a signal? Has it detected the scattered sub-worms?"

Looking at the gu worm continuously emitting signals within the vessel, Xu Xi concluded that this must be the mother worm.

However, the gu worm's constant chirping, meaning it was summoning its sub-worms, greatly puzzled Xu Xi. This was the Xuanjian Sect, after all!

"Interesting, is it a spy in my Xuanjian Sect?"

"Let me see who it is."

With a thought, a doubt arose in his heart, and Xu Xi decided to investigate himself.

He didn't plan to stand by and watch, but instead poured spiritual energy into the vessel, continuously encroaching upon the gu worm.

In a short while, Xu Xi detected a familiar aura: Liu Xuanfeng's spiritual imprint.

However, with Liu Xuanfeng's current state of life and death, the imprint was instantly dissolved by Xu Xi and replaced with Xu Xi's own mark.

It was at this moment that Xu Xi once again sensed the scattered marks of the sub-worms.

Besides the one in the Xuanjian Sect, there was another one, extremely far away, which Xu Xi couldn't detect for now.

But, just this one sub-worm in the Xuanjian Sect gave Xu Xi enough surprise.

That location was the Hall of Offerings!

"Interesting, interesting."

"Not only does your Hall of Offerings collude with the Acacia Sect, and an Ying Province dynasty, but now there's also a Xiaoyao Sect. Truly a double-crosser!"

As he pondered, Xu Xi found it amusing and no longer lingered on Elder Peak. Instead, with a "whoosh," he quickly rushed to the Hall of Offerings.