704: Chapter 6 Where is my master?

"What's the deal between you and the kunlun mirror?"

Hearing Meng Li's question, Taotie scratched its head, recalling as it answered: "About one hundred, two hundred, no, three hundred... Oh, I've slept for too long and can't remember the specific time. Anyway, before I stayed here to sleep, I met a person, no..."

"He wasn't a person, but a fox who had Cultivated into human form."

"We Taotie can never get enough to eat. To suppress hunger, besides constantly eating, we can only sleep."

"But it's very hard to fall asleep on an empty stomach."

"So, before sleeping here, I was always looking for things to eat. As long as it was edible, I ate whatever I saw."

"Then a fox couldn't stand it anymore, found me, and had a fight with me."

"I was hungry, so I didn't win."

"That fox won, but didn't do anything to me, only made me guard the kunlun mirror here. Then, it also cast a Spell that allowed me to sleep peacefully here; once asleep, I wouldn't be hungry. It also said that as soon as someone woke me up, I wouldn't have to guard the kunlun mirror anymore and could go wherever I wanted."

"Then, I just slept until now."

After Taotie finished speaking, Chen Jingqiu, Ta Ba Yuer, and Bu Lu Gu Hong looked at each other.

Meng Li pondered for a while but reached no conclusion.

In the plot he knew, no one matched that description.

However, he didn't think too much about it.

Taotie's awakening was consistent with the plot in his memory and had nothing to do with him.

Even if that fox demon wanted to cause trouble, it wouldn't necessarily look for him.

But just in case, Meng Li still asked: "What did that fox look like when it turned into a human?"

Taotie thought for a moment and replied: "I don't remember the specific look very clearly, only that it was a male fox. When it turned into a person, its hair was black and white, very neat, and it was wearing blue clothes at the time. I don't remember anything else."

Meng Li nodded, noted this information, and then asked: "Where are those people whose Essence you absorbed?"

Taotie understood the implication and said aggrievedly: "Master, I'm hungry."

"I know, I'll find some demons for you to eat later."

Taotie's eyes lit up: "I want to eat thousand-year-old Great Demons. Their Essence is plentiful and easy to digest."

Meng Li glanced at it sideways: "Do I look like a thousand-year-old Great Demon to you?"

Taotie felt a warning from its Primordial Spirit and instantly cowered: "Seven or eight hundred years is also fine."

Meng Li stared at it without speaking.

Taotie lowered its head: "Five or six hundred years is also acceptable."

Meng Li still didn't speak.

"Three or four hundred years will do."

"..."

"It can't be any lower. The Yao Race's Cultivation is slow to begin with; after one or two hundred years, they mostly just become spirits, and their Essence is only worth a few ordinary people."

Chen Jingqiu, Ta Ba Yuer, and Bu Lu Gu Hong had strange expressions.

If it weren't for the fact that Bu Lu Gu Hong had indeed been saved, they would never have believed that the aggrieved, repeatedly yielding "person" before them was the legendary Vicious Beast Taotie.

Meng Li withdrew his gaze: "Business first."

"Oh." Taotie agreed, then sensed for a moment and pointed in a direction: "They are over there."

"Then let's head over quickly," Chen Jingqiu said.

Meng Li shook his head and turned to ask Taotie: "They were poisoned by you, so they should be under your control, right?"

Taotie nodded.

"Then call them over, it saves us the trouble of looking for them," Meng Li ordered.

Taotie followed the instructions, turned toward the direction it had just pointed, and let out a low roar: "Roar~~"

Before long, three figures leaped from the distance, arriving nearby in a few bounds.

The three were exactly Chen Feng, Shen Yu, and Shu Dian.

Their condition looked similar to Mao Fire's before; although they were human, their forms and behavior were like beasts, clearly affected by the Beast Poison and having lost their sanity.

Upon arriving, the three instinctively wanted to pounce on Chen Jingqiu, Ta Ba Yuer, and Bu Lu Gu Hong.

But with one roar from Taotie, they stopped.

Subsequently, Taotie reached out and absorbed from the three across the air.

As the Beast Poison was withdrawn, Chen Feng, Shen Yu, and Shu Dian became normal at a visible rate and then all collapsed to the ground.

This was because their Essence had not been returned; without the support of the Beast Poison, they were directly weakened.

Seeing this, Chen Jingqiu, just like Ta Ba Yuer before, hurried over to check and wake them up.

"Chen Feng, wake up, Chen Feng..."

"Shen Yu, Shen Yu..."

"Shu Dian, Shu Dian!"

After a period of shouting, the three woke up one after another.

"Prince Jing Qiu, why are you here?"

"Mao Fire? No, it's Taotie!"

"Prince Jing Qiu, run quickly!"

Seeing the three subconsciously protect him as soon as they regained their senses, Chen Jingqiu was moved. He then spoke: "Chen Feng, Shen Yu, Shu Dian, don't worry, Taotie has been subdued. It won't hurt us."

Taotie has been subdued?

Chen Feng, Shen Yu, and Shu Dian were greatly surprised.

Then, the three carefully observed Mao Fire, who they remembered was possessed by Taotie's Primordial Spirit.

Seeing that she indeed had no intention of hurting anyone, they believed it a bit more.

Next, Shen Yu tentatively asked Chen Jingqiu: "Prince, you did this?"

Shu Dian said: "Why is it still attached to Mao Fire's body?"

Chen Jingqiu scratched his head and said truthfully: "It wasn't me, it was Elder Brother Meng who subdued Taotie. As for why it's still attached to Mao Fire... Taotie devoured Mao Fire's Soul the moment it possessed her and even digested part of it. Now Mao Fire's Soul is incomplete; if it leaves, Mao Fire won't live long."

"But don't worry, Elder Brother Meng said there's a way to solve it..."

Then, he explained the method Meng Li had just mentioned.

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Feng, as the Senior Brother, cupped his hands to Meng Li and said: "I am Chen Feng. I beg the Mister to take action and save my Junior Sister."

"We beg the Mister to take action and save our Junior Sister!" Shen Yu and Shu Dian followed suit.

Chen Jingqiu also said: "Elder Brother Meng, please save Mao Fire."

Meng Li glanced at them and said calmly: "On what grounds?"

"Repairing a Soul requires a price. I have no relation to you, and we only met today. Mao Fire being possessed by Taotie's Primordial Spirit was not caused by me. Why should I pay a price to help you save someone?"

Chen Feng, Shen Yu, Shu Dian, and Chen Jingqiu were stunned.

After a short while, Chen Feng said: "Mister's words are reasonable. We were being presumptuous."

"I wonder what the Mister requires to be willing to treat my Junior Sister?"

Shen Yu also said: "As long as it's something we brothers can do, we will definitely not refuse!"

"That's right."

Seeing them like this, Meng Li spoke bluntly: "I am quite interested in things like Magic Treasures and Divine Artifacts. I have heard that the Upper Guigu lineage has a Magic Treasure called the 'refining demon pot', which contains its own universe and can store objects or capture people."

"If you are willing to give me the refining demon pot, I will take action to save Mao Fire."

"This..."

Hearing this, Chen Feng, Shen Yu, and Shu Dian showed hesitation.

"If you are unwilling, I will not force you."

"I can have Taotie directly leave Mao Fire's body, and you can find a way to save her yourselves. Or we can maintain the status quo, but to prevent Taotie from causing trouble, it must stay by my side. In other words, Mao Fire must follow me."

Hearing this, Chen Jingqiu said: "Elder Brother Meng, you misunderstand. It's not that Shen Yu and the others are unwilling."

"It's just that this refining demon pot is the supreme treasure of our Upper Guigu; it has always been personally kept by our Master, and we cannot make the decision."

Speaking of this, he looked around and didn't see Chen Fu, so he couldn't help but ask Taotie: "Where is my Master?"

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