Such boastful words!

“Heaven and Earth in One Spoon”?

With this indescribable tongue?

Jian Chou looked at these five characters on the spoon handle, couldn’t help tapping it with her finger, then directly infused spiritual power into the silver spoon, but it showed no reaction at all. If Jian Chou’s common sense wasn’t wrong, this was just a silver spoon that was at most somewhat strangely shaped.

It seemed to be merely a mortal artifact.

Yet it dared claim “Heaven and Earth in One Spoon”?

Originally, Jian Chou didn’t like this strange design at all, always feeling something evil about it, but seeing these five characters “Heaven and Earth in One Spoon,” she truly couldn’t be certain.

For a moment, Jian Chou hesitated.

Throughout this process, Little Marten kept looking at her pitifully.

Seeing her absorbed in thought, Little Marten’s eyes rolled around. It carefully placed its two paws together in front of itself. Seeing Jian Chou still contemplating the spoon, he became somewhat nervous.

One, two, three!

Swoosh!

Little Marten’s body tensed, directly becoming a lightning bolt, instantly bursting out considerable force, breaking free from Jian Chou’s palm and rushing toward her other hand!

The instant Jian Chou felt Little Marten breaking free, she immediately looked over, unexpectedly discovering Little Marten’s target was the spoon she held.

For a moment, she didn’t grip firmly, the silver spoon slipped from her hand, immediately snatched away by Little Marten!

She stared in surprise with wide eyes.

“Wu wu wu!”

Little Marten, like a victor, held the silver spoon and stood at the lotus leaf’s edge, raising its head high.

Then it lowered its head, placed the silver spoon at its feet, pressed one paw on it, pointed at the spoon’s bowl with the other paw, stuck out its tongue, and pointed at Jian Chou.

Jian Chou’s mouth twitched.

Little Marten’s gestures were very clear—she could completely understand their meaning—

It wanted her to lick the spoon, too!

In your dreams!

Without needing to speak, Jian Chou’s expression perfectly conveyed her meaning.

“Wu wu wu…”

Little Marten seemed somewhat puzzled. It lowered its head and licked the tongue-shaped bowl, then raised its head, swaying its tiny body left and right, eyes squinting, one paw patting its belly, acting as if it had eaten and drunk its fill and found it delicious.

Delicious?

Was there something on this spoon that made Little Marten lick it so happily?

Jian Chou couldn’t help pondering again.

However, while she was thinking, Little Marten seemed to have determined that Jian Chou wouldn’t accept its goodwill and share this boundless delicacy with it, so it simply began licking directly.

Its small tongue, covered in saliva, licked every part of the silver spoon, as if wanting to lick the entire spoon away.

Jian Chou, just coming back to her senses and seeing this scene, felt somewhat broken inside.

Little Marten was considered spiritual, so this spoon shouldn’t have major problems, but one tongue constantly contacting another tongue…

Moreover, one of them looked so strange, truly giving the feeling of Little Marten licking some evil beast’s tongue.

…

Forget it, too lazy to care about it.

With this thought, Jian Chou’s mind immediately returned to the main path—

Dijiang Guyu.

Whether Gu Qingmei had been eliminated or not, she really wasn’t clear.

But regardless of whether she was still there, this Dijiang Guyu couldn’t fall into others’ hands. Who knew if it would eventually fall into Xie Buchen’s hands?

Absolutely…

Cannot let it go.

Throwing out Ghost Axe, Jian Chou directly stepped onto it. Looking back, Little Marten was still licking endlessly. She directly swept her sleeve, sending out a gust of wind that rolled up Little Marten!

“Wu wu wu!”

What are you doing?

What is this for?!

Little Marten was shocked!

Its body immediately left the lotus leaf, but its silver spoon was still on the leaf!

“Wu wu wu!”

For a moment, Little Marten became even more anxious.

It struggled outward desperately, extending its two small paws as far as possible, hugging fiercely outward!

The silver spoon!

At the critical moment, it finally hugged it back!

The next moment, Little Marten’s body was uncontrollably rolled back into Jian Chou’s sleeve.

Simply traumatized!

Scared the baby to death!

Little Marten dramatically stuck out its tongue, two paws tightly hugging the silver spoon, carefully raising its head to look at Jian Chou, fearing she might throw away the spoon again.

Unexpectedly, this time Jian Chou only glanced at it, then directly controlled Ghost Axe, gradually rising higher and higher from the river surface…

The rushing, mighty river water below immediately became more distant, and Jian Chou’s field of vision became increasingly broad.

On the flat terrain, the great river flowed forward, with occasional tributaries joining.

Little Marten, seeing Jian Chou no longer paying attention to it, finally put its marten heart back in its stomach. It tentatively climbed up along Jian Chou’s arm, then sat on Jian Chou’s shoulder, its tail naturally encircling behind Jian Chou’s neck.

Holding the silver spoon with both front paws, Little Marten stuck out its tongue and began licking again.

One person with a marten sitting on her shoulder, the marten holding a silver spoon with both paws, tongue extended, licking constantly.

Jian Chou immediately felt helpless.

While ascending, she turned to glance at Little Marten.

Little Marten shivered, immediately stopping, still holding the silver spoon with both paws, but quickly retracting its tongue, mouth tightly closed, like a good child seriously listening to teachers in an academy.

Pretending!

Jian Chou smiled slightly.

Little Marten felt cold air behind it, just thinking of making some flattering gesture when Jian Chou had already turned her head away.

The view below became even more expansive.

Looking around, all was flat and vast wilderness.

The great river flowed, seemingly more than one. Looking from this river, far and near, there were quite a few rivers interwoven across the entire green plain, connected like a spider web.

Following the flow upstream, Jian Chou’s gaze gradually extended far.

At this moment, she finally opened her eyes in surprise…

That was…

The great lake where they had stayed before?

The great lake was at the center of this spider web of rivers.

Countless rivers extended in all directions, dispersing everywhere.

To Jian Chou, this was a very strange water distribution.

She frowned.

Casually choosing a direction, she continued flying forward.

There were some item rewards in Jade-Green City that those with the opportunity could obtain, but Jian Chou’s goal wasn’t this. What interested her was only Dijiang Guyu!

She must seize Dijiang Guyu before Gu Qingmei finds it.

However, with the vast earth, who knew where Dijiang Guyu was?

Jian Chou immediately got a headache.

Due west.

A high mountain suddenly appeared before Liao Kong, startling him so much that he nearly dropped his magical artifact.

Walking on the riverside plain for so long, he had only seen flat ground. If there were protrusions above ground, they were merely some vegetation and small earth mounds formed by river erosion.

Walking all this way, Liao Kong finally knew how good Jade-Green City was.

Magical artifacts were everywhere on the ground. Almost wherever he stopped to look, he could see something good.

Though he was a monk without much material desire, finding some excellent magical artifacts, what wasn’t there to be happy about?

So Liao Kong had collected quite a few things.

Now he stared blankly at the mountain ahead.

This mountain appeared strangely, with a very odd shape—

Like a pot?

Due north.

After the four light rays had repositioned, no one knew who was where.

What Gu Qingmei most hoped was that the damned green light had been defeated and eliminated. Unexpectedly, after gaining entry, looking carefully, that green light was still there, now in due north!

Too infuriating.

No one knew who exactly remained, making this final round full of variables.

Those who had originally promised not to compete for Dijiang Guyu—none spoke now.

Were they already eliminated, or had the situation changed, generating new thoughts?

In the Killing Red Small Realm, everyone didn’t know each other’s identities. Even if someone snatched the bone jade, they could completely blame others…

Calculating this way, Gu Qingmei felt danger.

Not knowing others’ intentions and identities was extremely oppressive.

What she could do was find it before everyone discovered Dijiang Guyu!

Spreading her hands, an ancient beast hide map appeared in her palms.

Hmph.

Standing on the riverbank, Gu Qingmei’s eyes held slight pride.

No one knew how much effort she had put into this Killing Red Small Realm—so many texts that she read until dizzy, but there were always some useful records she would note down.

Finally, she found this incomplete map.

The previous two trials were clear and straightforward, so no map was needed. But now, when everything needed searching, having a map, Gu Qingmei would immediately become the strongest and most advantaged person here.

She looked carefully.

A mountain, drawn on the map’s southwest.

According to the texts, this should be where that pot was located.

Dijiang Guyu must also be here!

Determining the direction, Gu Qingmei unhesitatingly controlled her sword, heading straight southwest!

A flowing light streaked across the sky, instantly disappearing.

Due west.

“The Celestial Mountain has a god, shaped like a yellow sack, red as cinnabar fire, with six feet and four wings, chaotic and faceless, knowing song and dance—this is truly Emperor Jiang.”

Meng Xizhou recalled this passage, sighing in his heart.

Dijiang Guyu…

According to ancient books, it was a “god,” or rather, a divine beast.

He wondered if Miss Gu Qingmei was still there.

If she wasn’t, not competing for this treasure would be quite unwise, right?

Thinking this, Meng Xizhou climbed out of the river water, the stone disc floating beside him. He casually glanced sideways…

Damn it.

At that instant, Meng Xizhou was completely stunned!

That green light hadn’t been eliminated!

He wanted to seize Dijiang Guyu? This was simply dreaming!

For a moment, he forgot that besides Gu Qingmei, there were originally two very powerful seniors from due west and due east.

For a small fry like him, barely entering this round was already extremely fortunate.

He should consider this as gaining experience and not think too much.

Drip drop.

His clothes, soaked by river water, constantly dripped downward.

Meng Xizhou stepped onto the riverbank but suddenly felt something under his foot. Moving his foot to look, an ancient, large blade lay in the riverbank mud!

At that instant, his eyes brightened!

Could this be an opportunity?

Without hesitation, Meng Xizhou bent down and lifted the large blade. Under spiritual power infusion, the blade immediately emitted brilliant silver light!

A good magical artifact!

Finally, some harvest!

It seemed Heaven still pitied him.

Thinking of the hardships of getting nothing along the way, Meng Xizhou truly wiped bitter tears for himself. Holding the large blade, he wanted to howl toward the sky, but when his gaze turned, he suddenly saw the stone disc…

Eh.

Something strange.

The four rays of light on the stone disc still showed everyone’s traces.

Meng Xizhou’s light ray remained in the west position unchanged, but the other three rays were coincidentally beginning to converge toward a certain position from three different directions!

Seeing this, Meng Xizhou felt his scalp tingle!

Had they found it?

Due south.

Jian Chou had originally just wandered randomly, but seeing one red light on the stone disc moving with clear purpose, not taking any detours and heading straight toward a certain direction, Jian Chou had a strange feeling…

This red light was too unusual.

She thought about it. Among everyone, only Gu Qingmei seemed to show some understanding of the Killing Red Small Realm, while others weren’t clear. Originally, she had some suspicions about the due west person, but obviously, Court Justice Zhang had been eliminated by her, so what remained—

Only Gu Qingmei!

She hadn’t left!

And she was heading straight toward a certain direction!

Easily, Jian Chou immediately knew—she was going for Dijiang Guyu!

Then, for Jian Chou, who wasn’t familiar with this place at all, she just needed to follow at the fastest speed.

At that instant, Jian Chou made her decision, directly controlling her axe, changing direction, watching the progress route displayed on the killing disc, she couldn’t help but gradually smile.

Due north.

Gu Qingmei, traveling at full speed, had originally not noticed the stone disc.

But that green light was too glaring, and it was quickly followed!

At one glance, Gu Qingmei immediately knew—

This green light was following her!

Shameless!

Simply shameless!

When she looked last time, this green light couldn’t even find its bearings. How could it now accurately judge Dijiang Guyu’s location?

Speaking plainly, wasn’t it just following her?

Gu Qingmei directly cast a spell, controlling her flying sword to stop.

She suddenly turned around, looking in all directions.

No one!

However, on the stone disc, that green light was rapidly approaching her!

No one around, and even when she slashed toward that green light, it was like a mud ox entering the sea, no response.

This was the same as seeing Ye Pianpian during entry.

The Killing Red Small Realm was truly incredible, strange.

As long as they held killing discs, they were invisible in this world. They could see everything in this world, but couldn’t see each other holding Killing Red discs, couldn’t even mutually attack!

That meant even if Gu Qingmei knew someone was tracking her, waiting for an opportunity, she couldn’t prevent it!

Frustrating!

Intensely frustrating!

“Despicable villain!”

Unable to bear it anymore, Gu Qingmei finally couldn’t suppress her intense emotions and cursed loudly.

This was the first human voice from the stone disc after the reshuffling.

The other three people still in Jade-Green City naturally all heard this voice.

Liao Kong was already very close to that mountain. He touched his bald head, looked at the red disc, and couldn’t help advising: “This is Miss Gu from Kunwu, right? Amitabha, please don’t be anxious or angry. This monk absolutely won’t compete with you for Dijiang Guyu.”

What use is you not competing?

Gu Qingmei didn’t think a peaceful monk could outcompete her.

What she was wary of, what she hated, were just others!

Meng Xizhou, on the other side, hearing this, was simply stunned.

After carefully studying the red disc for a while, he finally understood the reason for Gu Qingmei’s words!

Unexpected!

Completely unexpected!

The senior was so shameless!

Wanting to compete for something others desperately needed, actually following the opponent’s traces—this was like wanting to kill someone while making them hand over the knife!

Really…

Right up my alley!

Meng Xizhou’s gaze immediately became fervent. Though knowing he probably lacked the strength to compete, being able to see everyone’s traces and directions here was rare, so…

If there’s excitement, why not join?

Almost without hesitation, Meng Xizhou directly threw out a staff, stepped on it, and rode the staff into the clouds!

Miss Gu from Kunwu!

I’m coming too!

A red light rushed from the western edge of the stone disc toward where the other three lights were about to converge!

Gu Qingmei, who had finally calmed her anger, was now caught in a difficult choice.

Go or not go?

Going to find Dijiang Guyu would be inviting wolves into the house, very likely making wedding clothes for others; not going to find Dijiang Guyu could certainly stop that green light’s tracking, but she would never obtain Dijiang Guyu!

Such a dilemma!

With fluctuating emotions, difficult to decide.

The sword light beneath her feet also changed with her mood.

Just then, another red light joined the stone disc. Looking up, Gu Qingmei was almost angered to death!

The light originally far in due north had also seemed to discover opportunities here, following the scent like a killer!

In the other three people’s eyes, Gu Qingmei had become a piece of fat meat!

That green light had also stopped, and Gu Qingmei could see it was not far from her!

This feeling was frustrating to the extreme.

What rotten Green Leaf Ancestor, what lousy Killing Red Small Realm!

This setup was truly deadly!

Gu Qingmei had a map and knew of Dijiang Guyu’s existence, but there were several followers whose strength might exceed hers!

One careless move, and she might not only fail to get Dijiang Guyu but also be severely undermined!

Among these many “followers,” that green light was the most shameless, standing so close as if bearing a grudge against her!

She could sense the opponent’s presence from the stone disc but had no solution.

With her chest heaving, Gu Qingmei’s expression had become extremely ugly.

Neither advancing nor retreating was possible—what to do?

Not far away, Jian Chou actually couldn’t see Gu Qingmei either.

Just seeing this red light stopped there, motionless for a long time, she found it inexplicably amusing.

This truly wasn’t her being shameless, but…

Things were just so coincidental.

Without following Gu Qingmei, with her half-baked knowledge of this Killing Red Small Realm, she might search until the end of time without finding a hair of Dijiang Guyu.

Oh, wait, Dijiang Guyu probably didn’t have that.

Cough.

Anyway, Jian Chou was just acting according to circumstances.

Look at that red light nearby—wasn’t it doing the same?

Jian Chou felt she was just an ordinary person who couldn’t transcend convention.

Narrowing her eyes, her elongated eye tails seemed tinged with divine ink, creating an inexplicable seductive charm.

Jian Chou slightly curved her lips, standing in mid-air above this vast river plain, gently reaching out to stroke Little Marten, who was still licking the spoon.

Poor Gu Qingmei, what would she do next?

On the stone disc, four light rays fell into an extremely strange and delicate situation.

Three lights remained motionless, very close to each other.

In the distance, one light was rapidly approaching.

Between movement and stillness, every moment was extremely difficult to endure.

Gu Qingmei’s expression became uncertain, sometimes angry, sometimes vicious…

Wishing she could chop these people behind her to pieces!

“Buzz…”

A light sound suddenly came from Gu Qingmei’s sleeve.

She was slightly startled—communication spirit pearl?

Instinctively taking out the spirit pearl, a message appeared in her mind.

“Elder Gu asked about junior sister’s whereabouts again. How goes the Killing Red Small Realm journey?”

It was Xie Buchen’s voice!

At that instant, Gu Qingmei felt the stifled breath in her chest suddenly dissipate—her senior brother had initiated contact…

Her hand holding the spirit pearl trembled.

Thinking of her current predicament, just wanting to find suitable magical artifacts for her senior brother to cultivate a Dao seal, was Heaven going to make things so difficult for her?

Asking if it went smoothly?

She wasn’t smooth at all.

Gu Qingmei suddenly felt both powerless and wronged, slowly describing her current situation.

In the end, she even had a crying tone.

“…Senior Brother, they’re all bullying me! Now following behind me, making me afraid to search for the bone jade…”

Silence from the spirit pearl.

“Heh.”

After a long while, a light laugh came.

Gu Qingmei, already driven to wipe her tears, heard this and was both surprised and embarrassed: “Senior Brother, what are you laughing at!”

“What’s there to fear?”

A light voice sounded, yet had a power to calm hearts.

Gu Qingmei, crying with red-rimmed eyes and tearful gaze, hearing this, was completely stunned: What’s there to fear? What did this mean?

“Senior Brother…”

“Pick a reasonable direction and fly out at an even faster speed on your sword.”

Xie Buchen didn’t explain much, just said this.

In Kunwu’s mountain cottage, Xie Buchen sat behind a simple, carved long desk with many jade slips arranged before him.

Having said that, he put down the book in his hand, extended his left hand, pressed his ring finger on a blue jade slip, applying slight pressure to slide it before him.

The communication spirit pearl glowed hazily, floating three feet before him.

Gu Qingmei’s voice with slight sobbing transmitted from the pearl into his mind.

“I… I’ve already flown out on my sword. Senior Brother, do you have some strategy?”

Strategy?

Xie Buchen lightly tapped the jade slip surface, his lips curving slightly, just glancing at the open old book beside him.

On the slightly yellowed page, old ink marks were printed.

A breeze came, stirring the pages, making the writing somewhat blurred.

When the wind passed, that page fell back.

At the corner, four ink characters, clear yet aged.

—Luring them into the trap.

Lightly withdrawing his gaze, Xie Buchen closed the book, looking again at the communication spirit pearl.

Someone wanted to snatch Dijiang Guyu?

Then let’s see if they had the ability.