“Bai Mei, you’d better find out.”

Black Dragon sat quietly at the side, Bai Mei sat on the meditation cushion. At this moment, he slowly opened his eyes. A token slowly appeared in front of him.

This token was pitch-black and completely inconspicuous. A black bulge suddenly appeared under the token. The black bulge slowly expanded and finally exploded. A puppet fell out.

Bai Mei carefully put the doll away and looked up at Black Dragon.

“Black Dragon, this is your business. It has nothing to do with me. You’d better watch your tone.”

Black Dragon sounded anxious.

“Bai Mei, don’t lie to me. This is a matter of life and death. If the Immortal Ascension Door is really found, what I did in the lower realm will be exposed.”

Daoist Bai Mei said leisurely, “Black Dragon, I’m telling you, you have nothing to do with me. If you continue to speak like this, please leave.”

“Bai Mei, what do you mean?”

“What do you mean by what I mean?”

“Didn’t you take this benefit? You took a lot. When the time comes to investigate, do you think you can escape with those humans’ style?”

Daoist Bai Mei was about to flare up, but when he heard Black Dragon’s words, he felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

Those humans were indeed cautious. They would not let go of any small detail. With Bai Mei’s relationship with the Black Dragon, if anything happened to the Black Dragon, Bai Mei would definitely be implicated.

The two of them were indeed in the same boat. If either of them got into any trouble, the other would be thinking of ways to protect them.

He coughed and there was a short silence between the two of them. Both of them gave the other some space to calm down for the time being.

“Black Dragon, I naturally understand your reasons. However, this is your business now. I think you should still take some responsibility and not always push the problem to me.”

“I’m sorry. I was a little anxious just now, but it’s really critical now. Since there are no humans below who have found the Immortal Ascension Door, it’s no big deal. At most, I’ll let those humans be arrogant in the lower realm for a period of time. I’ll deal with them all after I break through.”

“That’s right. I’ll help you keep an eye on it so that nothing big will happen below. You can rest assured and take care of yourself first. That kid below is indeed quite capable. If you don’t use some methods, it won’t be easy to deal with him.”

Black Dragon left Daoist Bai Mei’s cave abode unhappily. He looked back at the place shrouded in smoke and weighed the pros and cons.

The reason why he said this to the Daoist Bai Mei was to announce that he would not interfere with the management of the lower realm during the period before his breakthrough. No matter what happened, it had nothing to do with him.

Daoist Bai Mei knew that Li Yuanqing had such a powerful Dharma treasure in his hands. How could he let Li Yuanqing grow up in the lower realm in peace?

However, Black Dragon couldn’t care less now. These humans were becoming more and more ridiculous in the lower realm. If Bai Mei could really deal with Li Yuanqing, it would be considered clearing the trouble and taking revenge.

In any case, he could not interfere with that Dharma treasure anyway. He would treat it as a gift to Bai Mei. At most, he would plunder some spirit stones from the lower realm. Other than that, he would not lose anything else.

Black Dragon looked at Bai Mei’s cave abode gloomily. His entire body slowly turned into smoke and disappeared from the small mountain.

In the cave abode, there was a one-meter-tall wooden figure in front of Bai Mei.

This little guy was much taller than the puppets he had used before.

Moreover, although it looked like wood, if one looked carefully, they would discover that under the patterns of the wood was human flesh.

This one-meter-tall little person was not tall, yet his figure was very well-proportioned and extremely muscular. His muscles were well-defined and his facial features were very regular. His entire body was engraved with wooden patterns, making this puppet look like it had become a spirit.

Daoist Bai Mei licked his lips and gently rubbed the puppet’s cheek with his withered palm.

“That Dharma treasure is a good treasure. Black Dragon did not even know that such an artifact had appeared in his territory before. He’s really stupid.”

“It’s all prepared for Master! It’s all prepared for Master!”

Behind Daoist Bai Mei, a parrot puppet on a simple wooden frame shouted repeatedly.

Daoist Bai Mei smiled and nodded slightly.

“Just nice, it’s on me. Although I lost a clone this time, it’s worth it if I can obtain this Dharma treasure.”

“Get it, get it.”

Bai Mei instructed softly, “Alright, stop talking.”

As he was thinking, he suddenly remembered that he had sensed that strange fluctuation in the lower realm just now.

“Could it be that the Immortal Ascension Door has really been opened?”

Bai Mei frowned.

“That’s not right. With their mortal bodies, it’s impossible for them to pass through the Immortal Ascension Door. If it’s really opened, they’ll only die. There’s nothing to worry about.”

Another black token appeared in Daoist Bai Mei’s hand.

He had lost an Immortal Ascension Token in the lower realm. If that Immortal Ascension Token fell into the hands of the humans and they opened the Immortal Ascension Door, wouldn’t that be…

The more Bai Mei thought about it, the more uneasy he became. Although this was a very small probability, it could not be underestimated.

Fortunately, Black Dragon did not know about this now. As long as he dealt with Li Yuanqing during this period of time and snatched the token back, those humans would not be able to come up at all. Everything would end successfully and there would be no trouble.

Bai Mei made up his mind. He slowly brought his right hand to his lips and placed it between his lips.

In the blink of an eye, he took his finger from his lips and slowly pressed it between the puppet’s eyebrows.

There was a red vertical crack between the little puppet’s eyebrows. At first, the blood was bright red. Then, the color gradually dimmed. If one looked carefully, they would be able to see the subtle blood fighting to enter the puppet’s skin.

It was unknown how deep it went, but in the end, it only left a faint red mark. The puppet with its eyes closed slowly opened its eyes.

There was no spirit in his round eyes. His pupils constricted slightly from their enlarged state and gradually focused on Daoist Bai Mei in front of him.

“Master!”

Daoist Bai Mei did not stay idle. An array disc had appeared under his butt at some point in time. The patterns on the array were very bright and dazzling. At the corners of the array, there were a few spirit stones with very rich spiritual energy.

The power in these spirit stones was constantly flowing out. They followed the patterns on the array formation and finally gathered on the puppet in the center.

The puppet’s body was gradually filled. It was as pale as wood just now, but after a while, it vaguely had the color of blood. The cells inside were also filled, and its entire body immediately became round, looking more like a living person.

“You know what to do.”

“As you say, Master.”

In Sea City, under the huge waves of the river, there was a small swaying boat. On this long and narrow boat, more than ten exploration team members were working together to support the thin shield outside.

“Everyone, work harder. That guy is already an arrow at the end of its flight. We’ll be able to leave soon!”

“Go for it!”

Under the river, a very huge shadow swam slowly. It was a strange-looking fish. When its mouth opened, the distance up and down was even longer than its entire body.

However, this monster clearly did not intend to swallow the small boat with his huge abyss mouth. He was slowly playing with these expedition members, using his muscular tail to constantly stir the wind and waves, making the entire boat sway above the river, in danger of falling at any time.

On the small boat, the exploration team members were sweating profusely as they circulated the spiritual energy in their bodies. This was a life and death moment. No one could care less about saving their strength. They wished they could use all their strength on the shield, afraid that it would break.

If this shield was broken, it would mean their death.

“Captain! Be careful.”

The small boat kept climbing up along the vertical surface of the wind and waves. It was already dozens of meters high.

The monster below finally stopped stirring up the wind. It looked at the small boat that was standing upright in midair in satisfaction and slowly welcomed it with its mouth wide open.

He had finally had enough fun. He wanted to swallow everyone on this ship as nourishment.

However, at this moment, golden light suddenly flashed in midair.

All the wind and waves stopped, and the river was completely quiet. The small boat was still floating in midair, but they did not have the intention to fall. It was as if time had stopped here.

They did not know what had happened when they saw their teammates looking out in surprise.

Originally, they were already destined to be the delicacies in the monster’s stomach. But now, they suddenly paused as if they were saved.

“What happened?”

“What the hell is going on?”

“Are we saved?”

“It must be the Sword Immortal. It must be the Sword Immortal protecting us!”

They cheered in their happy environment and they went around looking. Beside the river, a very thin and lonely figure was slowly walking into the distance.

“Look who that is.”

“Sword Immortal, it must be the Sword Immortal.”

“Sword Immortal, don’t leave!”

The Sword Immortal was the faith of the entire human race. However, that person’s footsteps were still very firm as he walked away from them.

“Sword Immortal.”

The shouts behind did not stop that person. They watched as the figure left. Just as they were worrying about how to go, the boat suddenly fell uncontrollably again. They exclaimed and fell, and the entire boat fell into the river.

The small boat was shattered. These expedition team members stuck their heads out of the water and looked at the river in surprise.

After a while, a huge black shadow slowly floated up at their feet, scaring them away.

The expedition members gathered on the riverbank and looked warily into the middle of the river. In the back, half of the monster’s body was floating on the surface of the water, and the other half was still hidden below the surface. However, the monster was completely lifeless, and only its body was left.

“Dead?”

“Don’t tell me he’s pretending?”

“He’s dead!”

“Well…”

Everyone was stunned.

They had come to the Great River today to capture another relatively common octopus. The meat of that octopus was very firm and contained a huge amount of spiritual energy. It could strengthen one’s body after eating it.

Although it was not very efficient to absorb spiritual energy directly from this meat, this octopus meat had also become one of the favorite meats of the entire Sea City. They all liked to eat the meat of this demon beast.

It was also because there were more and more such meat to eat that the bodies of the humans in Sea City became stronger.

“This is a gift from the Sword Immortal!”

Suddenly, someone shouted.

The others knelt on the ground and kowtowed in the direction where the lonely figure had left.

After Li Yuanqing saved this expedition team, he rushed to Sea City. It was not that he had gained anything from returning from the Golden Light Lake, but he felt a very pressing pressure.

Where was the world that the wood spirit clone had brought him to? Why was that world so strange? The power inside was completely different from here. Could there really be other more powerful spaces?

At the very least, where did Black Dragon come from? This was a huge question.

Li Yuanqing still had a large number of medicinal pills in his hands, but these medicinal pills were no longer very useful to him. He had to seek higher-level medicinal pills now.

Signing in in the Demon Realm was no longer enough to satisfy Li Yuanqing’s needs. Fortunately, he still had this book of spirit pills.

This book recorded a few very powerful medicinal pills from ancient times. These medicinal pills were extremely powerful, but their destructive power was also very strong. Ordinary bodies might not be able to withstand them. They needed a lot of materials to assist them and use them to temper their bodies to an acceptable level.

What Li Yuanqing did not lack the most were materials. He vaguely felt that if he wanted to come into contact with another world, he had to increase his current strength as soon as possible. At the very least, reaching the eighth-grade Formation Arrangement Realm was definitely not enough.