175: Chapter 175: Xiuxiu, an ancient celestial deity!

The round-faced girl flicked her ponytail behind her and widened her beautiful eyes slightly, saying, "Yang Simu, is it really you?"

Yang Simu instantly focused his gaze, his heart filled with disbelief!

Because the girl before him was none other than Ruan Xiu, the only daughter of the blacksmith shop's Saint, General Ruan Qiong, from Lizhu Blessed Land!

Of course, she held another, more secretive identity: she was the Fire God of the Ancient Heavenly Court from ten thousand years ago!

Yang Simu said in shock, "Miss Xiuxiu, how are you in the River of Time?"

Ruan Xiu parted her red lips slightly, about to say something.

However, at that very moment, another turbulent wave surged toward them!

The flames surrounding her were instantly suppressed!

Yang Simu noticed that Ruan Xiu's face had turned slightly pale; clearly, she had overexerted herself and was somewhat exhausted.

He suddenly realized that Miss Xiuxiu had not yet fully recovered her strength; she wasn't even in the Ascension Realm!

Ruan Xiu must have forcibly invoked the power of the Fire God to enter the River of Time!

But her current body could not withstand this power, which was why she showed signs of exhaustion.

When Yang Simu thought about how the girl must have been searching for him, he felt inexplicably moved.

"Miss Xiuxiu, I have no way to repay you. How about I offer myself to you?" He almost blurted out this thought.

However, thinking that they were both currently in a tributary of the River of Time with their fates unknown, Yang Simu's expression instantly became serious.

He hurriedly poured his Spiritual Qi into the talisman token in his hand.

Within the fine wood grain of the shuttle, iridescent light seemed to flicker, darting like an arrow!

The shuttle, which was originally only the size of a date pit, immediately expanded to the size of a fishing boat!

Yang Simu supported one end of the shuttle with one hand and jumped into it.

Immediately after, he wrapped one arm around Ruan Xiu's willow-like waist.

Don't let the fact that Miss Xiuxiu spent every day smithing fool you; her waist was truly soft.

Especially when facing Yang Simu, those two mountains of hers were becoming quite substantial!

Amidst a soft cry from the ponytail girl, she was already standing in the shuttle.

Ruan Xiu's pretty face flushed slightly, and she glared at Yang Simu with no real lethality.

She then looked at the shuttle beneath her feet and said with some surprise, "This shuttle is actually a divine talisman artifact capable of ignoring the rules of the Dao and traversing the River of Time at will?"

"It can help a Pure Martial Artist travel between two worlds!"

"Even ten thousand years ago, this was a rare treasure. Where did you get it?"

Yang Simu asked with a smile, "Miss Xiuxiu, you should still remember the original gatekeeper at the east gate of the town, right?"

Ruan Xiu nodded gently.

Yang Simu grinned and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this shuttle was given to me by Zheng Dafeng."

"However, Zheng Dafeng didn't hand this shuttle to me directly."

"He probably knew that after I reached the Golden Body Realm, I would frequently enter the River of Time to temper my physique, and the dangers I would face can be imagined!"

"So, Zheng Dafeng secretly placed this shuttle on me, so it would naturally appear when the time was right!"

Speaking of this, Yang Simu bared his teeth slightly and said, "Brother Zheng Dafeng is too polite. When I go back, I must thank him properly!"

With such a good thing, how could Zheng Dafeng not have told him sooner?

Being swept into a tributary of the River of Time, even for an Ascension Realm Cultivator, it would be a life-or-death struggle!

Yang Simu had been quite terrified just now!

Shouldn't he settle this account properly with Zheng Dafeng?

Ruan Xiu's expression was strange; she felt that Yang Simu's smile was somewhat creepy.

The girl lowered her head slightly to examine the shuttle beneath her feet and couldn't help but reach out to touch it.

Occasionally, one could see a snow-white steed stepping on arrows, flying past like a rainbow!

There were also birds fluttering on branches, lifelike!

The shuttle was unaffected by the churning waters of the River of Time, breaking through waves and traversing at will!

What a 'White Colt Passing a Crevice'!

Yang Simu remembered that this shuttle was actually originally given to Li Huai by Old Man Yang.

Li Huai took this shuttle and threw it around, and eventually, of course, it was lost!

Zheng Dafeng spent half a day of effort and finally found it in a pile of corn husks in a roadside outhouse.

Yang Simu's words had awakened Zheng Dafeng, allowing him to successfully reach the peak level of martial arts.

For this great favor, although Zheng Dafeng didn't say much, he had always kept it in his heart.

Therefore, while in Old Dragon City, in addition to feeding Yang Simu punches, he had quietly placed this shuttle into the shattered blessed land within that jade pendant.

Adding flowers to brocade is nothing; sending charcoal in the snow is what makes one memorable!

However, what Zheng Dafeng might not have expected was that Yang Simu had indeed remembered him, but had been thinking about how to settle the score upon returning!

Yang Simu took a deep breath and asked again about his previous doubt: "Miss Xiuxiu, you still haven't told me why you appeared here?"

Hearing this, Ruan Xiu narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly.

Yang Simu then noticed that in the pupils of this ponytail girl, there was a flame-like red, as if they were two stars!

The Fire God of years past had the duty of governing the eternal stars!

Ruan Xiu blinked her eyes, raised the corners of her mouth, and smiled: "I just felt a familiar aura from the Ancient Heavenly Court from ten thousand years ago coming from the River of Time!"

"And your aura was also within it at the time!"

"I couldn't believe it at first, but I still wanted to come and take a look."

Hearing Miss Xiuxiu's words, Yang Simu immediately widened his eyes.

He also suddenly recalled that just now, during his Breakthrough, he had indeed seen a towering golden palace in his mind.

Inside this golden palace, there was a tall Golden Body Puppet!

At that time, Yang Simu truly felt that he was as insignificant as a mayfly!

Whether it was facing the Dharma forms of the Saints of the Three Religions at the northernmost end of the eastern Baoping Continent!

Or on the ramparts of the Great Wall of Sword Qi, facing the Sword Qi of Grand Sword Immortal Chen Qingdu and Great Sword Immortal Zuo You!

Or initially facing the three Golden Body Puppets in the Hundred Thousand Mountains that were as tall as mountains.

Yang Simu had never felt this way before!

The haughtiness in the indifferent eyes of the Golden Body Puppet remained fresh in his memory!

Xiuxiu just said that the other party was very likely one of the deities from the Ancient Heavenly Court from ten thousand years ago!

But the problem was, after that battle to ascend to heaven ten thousand years ago, most of the Heavenly Court deities had perished or undergone Reincarnation.

Even Tuoyue Mountain in the Wilderness World, one of the Ascension Platforms once managed by the ancestor of female Earth Immortals, had been used for Sword Inquiry by Chen Qingdu, Guan Zhao, and Dragon Lord ten thousand years ago and could no longer be used.

So, who exactly was that Golden Body Puppet that Yang Simu saw?!

Of the five supreme deities of the Heavenly Court, besides the Lord of the Heavenly Court who did not appear in the battle to ascend to heaven, there were the Sword Bearer, the Armored One, the Fire God, and the Water God!

Beneath the five supreme deities were the twelve high-ranking deities: The Executioner, the One-Eyed One, The Resonator, Celestial Lord Qingtong, and the Lord of the Heavenly Moon!

The Dreamer, the Silent One, the Replicator, the Planner, The Disruptor, and the Lord of the Thunder Department!

The last "unnamed" high-ranking deity had no records in later generations, nor any title; it was more like a distant gesture of respect!