Chapter 886: Returning (II)
Chengshui Marsh.
The gloom over Jiangbei had gradually faded away. Bright light reflected across the surface of Chengshui Marsh. The Converging Water had also thinned, and one could vaguely make out the wreckage at the bottom.
The air trembled faintly as the pitch-black great void revealed itself. An elderly man in green robes emerged, holding a talisman. He stood suspended in midair, his complexion slightly flushed, and began coughing, Cough... cough...
His cough stirred ripples across the water’s surface, causing it to flash with a hint of golden light. A young man, also in green robes, appeared behind him and stepped forward cheerfully.
“Uncle, are you feeling better?”
The elder kept a stern expression, his voice slightly hoarse as he replied, “Mount Changhuai is, after all, the leading sect of Wu State... not so easily dealt with...”
This was none other than Daoist Master Yuan Xiu, Si Boxiu. He glanced at Chi Buzi before him and frowned. “And yet you didn’t even make a move? Three strands of Metallic Essence. If you’d truly given it a go, you might have seized one for yourself.”
Thinking back, he still looked regretful and said with a sigh, “That was the Metallic Essence left behind by the True Essence and Divine Fiend True Monarch Tianwu... That Fruition Attainment is still unclaimed. The essence itself is a thing of beauty. Even if True Monarch Tianwu had some scheme, he acted with honor. At the very least, he would have risen to a subordinate station...”
“Haha...” Unexpectedly, Chi Buzi laughed twice, glanced northward, shrugged, and replied, “Uncle, you know I’m the most suspicious sort. Just looking at that thing gives me the creeps. I’m no saint; if I really tried to attain True Essence, who knows if I’d even succeed? I fear the lord’s backup plan would send me off to the afterlife before I got there.”