I picked up the scattered attributes

"……so?"

"Even if no one can activate it, the Killing Cauldron is still a former reincarnation artifact. It records the aura of any living being that has ever appeared in the Southern Heaven. And even though the One-Eyed Stone Clan is cursed, they still have a trace of imperial blood flowing through their veins, which allows them to mobilize the Killing Cauldron to a certain extent."

Finally, the two arrived at the foot of a large mountain. The old man Xuanhuang added one last explanation: "Although it cannot be used to directly activate the Killing Cauldron to kill enemies, it should be able to sense the location of several people."

At this point, he walked forward shakily and kicked the mountainside.

"Old Woman Shi, wake up!"

Feng Xia: "?"

All around was quiet, with only a few unknown birds flying by.

Immediately, the old man Xuanhuang felt embarrassed.

He gritted his teeth, and suddenly the cane in his hand transformed into surging primordial yellow energy, crashing down on the mountain for the second time with a loud bang!

This time, a deep, rumbling roar finally echoed from the depths of the mountains.

The next moment, a beam of yin-yang divine light shot out through the sky!

"Xuanhuang, you bastard, you dare disturb this old woman's sleep again! Believe me or not, this old woman will refine you into a killing cauldron!?"

……

Chapter 1028

call out--

The Yin-Yang Divine Light spiraled past, slicing the Xuanhuang Elder's cane in two!

The mysterious yellow energy on the cane was assimilated into the Yin-Yang divine light, which followed closely like a persistent, intractable disease.

The old man Xuanhuang was startled and dodged repeatedly, finally letting the yin-yang divine light shoot into the starry sky and disappear.

"Old Granny Shi, all I did was wake you up. Why are you so furious?"

After that, the old man Xuanhuang couldn't help but shout out.

Deep in the mountains, a tall figure slowly emerged; it was none other than a one-eyed stone giant.

However, the stone on her body is covered with the marks of time, and weathered sand and gravel keep falling as she walks, which shows how old this one-eyed stone giant is!

"Is that what you call waking someone up? That's clearly calling back their soul!"

The stone giant grumbled as it approached, exhaling a stale, musty breath: "Moreover, it's not easy for the old woman to have lived this long. Every time she awakens, it's a huge drain on the Divine Source Stone. Do you know that after this, the remaining amount of that Divine Source Stone will only last for a few million years?"

The old man chuckled, "Don't worry, don't worry, it's just a divine source stone. Once you've used it up, I'll find you another one."

Feng Xia was utterly speechless.

Is the person the Old Man Xuanhuang is looking for really that short-tempered?

"And I don't know if it's just my imagination, but there seems to be something fishy going on between these two..."

His gaze swept back and forth between the two, and in a flash, countless thoughts flashed through Feng Xia's mind.

However, he was too lazy to concern himself with their private affairs. Sensing the inquiring gaze from the stone giant, Feng Xia stepped forward and smiled, "Fellow Daoist, I am here to use the power of the Killing Cauldron to find the whereabouts of several of my old friends."

"It was such a trivial matter."

The stone giant glanced at Feng Xia, then nodded: "Wait here for me for a moment."

Immediately, she turned back and walked into the depths of the mountains.

After the stone giant had gone far away, the old man Xuanhuang seemed to be recalling the past, and chuckled at Feng Xia, saying, "As long as one is not a congenital saint, even an emperor will die of old age, which is why I used the divine source stone to extend her life."

—You're kidding me.

I've never heard of such a thing as a Divine Source Stone!

Moreover, at least fifty million years have passed since the end of the Heavenly Pattern Divine Kingdom. Even the Great Emperors who attained Dao after birth cannot live that long. If such a treasure really existed, wouldn't it have been snatched up by powerful beings long ago?

The former point is based on Fuuka's perspective and knowledge.

The latter point is based on intelligence.

However, seeing that Elder Xuanhuang was unwilling to talk about it, Feng Xia did not pry into his private affairs. He nodded and asked meaningfully, "Besides that great purge back then, did the Divine Kingdom have any other backup plans? Fellow Daoist, you have been guarding this place for many years. Are you perhaps guarding the Killing Cauldron?"

The Old Man of Xuanhuang knows so many secrets, yet he has remained in the Southern Star Region...

I didn't think much of it before, but now that I think about it, there's probably more to it than meets the eye!

"Why is the Southern Sky Star Region called the Southern Sky?"

The old man smiled slightly and asked a seemingly unrelated question: "I do have a mission, but it is not to guard the Killing Cauldron."

Before Feng Xia could ask any more questions, the stone giant returned and nodded to Feng Xia, saying, "Come with me."

Feng Xia quickly followed.

The old man Xuanhuang also wanted to come along, but after being glared at fiercely by the stone giant, he quickly begged for mercy and retreated.

"Never mind that old scoundrel. Fellow Daoist, do you have any personal belongings of the person you're looking for? So that I can activate the Killing Cauldron to sense them."

The passage deep in the mountains is far more profound than expected.

In the final part, it was completely submerged in the Yin-Yang Divine Light!

"Personal belongings? I have them!"

Feng Xia took out the personal belongings of Lu Tiancheng, Yu Hui, and the others, and with a burst of magical power, handed them to the stone giant.

"With these, things will be much easier."

Suddenly, a yin-yang divine light shot out from the stone giant's single eye, merging and resonating with the surrounding yin-yang divine light. Feng Xia's brow twitched suddenly, and then he felt the sixth main star, which was transformed from the Killing Cauldron beneath his feet, tremble without warning!

The Yin-Yang Divine Light evolved into a circular portal. The portal opened, and the stone giant raised his hand and threw all the things that Feng Xia had handed over into it.

Feng Xia: "..."

Good heavens, so the Killing Cauldron is used so casually?!

"To put it bluntly, my clan was originally powerless to activate the Killing Cauldron. We only borrowed a bit of its power by relying on the bloodline of the imperial clan and resonating with it slightly."

Seemingly sensing Feng Xia's thoughts, the stone giant explained in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoist, just wait a moment, and the results will be forthcoming soon."

Feng Xia nodded: "Then I will thank you in advance, fellow Daoist. May I ask how I should address you?"

"Name? That's no longer important."

Unexpectedly, the stone giant shook his head and said, "Fellow Daoist, you were able to persuade Xuanhuang to come to me, so you must have considerable influence."

Feng Xia nodded and smiled, "It's nothing special. I just killed the Lord of the Blood Demon and broke his immortality."

Stone Giant: "..."

Does this guy even know what he's saying?!

However, seeing that Feng Xia did not appear to be faking it at all, she hesitated for a moment, unable to find any reason for Feng Xia to deceive her—besides, such a clumsy lie could be easily exposed by confronting Elder Xuanhuang later.

"If that's true, no wonder he was willing to come all this way."

After finishing his speech, the stone giant suddenly became serious and said, "However, after I help you find your old friend, I hope you can also do me a favor. It's a very simple favor that doesn't require any effort from you; just pass on a few words for me."

Her attitude was very sincere, and Feng Xia figured there was no reason to refuse.

So he nodded slightly in agreement: "If it can be done, then of course it can be done."

The stone giant remained silent for a moment, then said something shocking: "This old woman is about to die."

Feng Xia almost thought he was hallucinating: "Fellow Daoist Shi, are you really not joking? You said before that you still have enough Divine Source Stones left to last you for millions of years..."

"Where in this world could there be such a heaven-defying treasure as the Divine Source Stone?"

Upon hearing this, the stone giant shook his head and said hoarsely, "He thought I didn't know, but I have always been very clear that the so-called Divine Source Stone is actually his innate origin."

Feng Xia's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this.

Is the Divine Source Stone the innate origin of the Xuanhuang Elder?

"The innate deities are without birth, old age, or death, but I am not an innate being; my lifespan is finite. I have only been able to survive until now by relying on the innate origin."

She shook her head vigorously again and said, word by word, "But what's the difference between this kind of life and being a puppet?"

"We haven't said it for so many years because neither of us was willing to be the first to speak."

"But ultimately, a decision still needs to be made."

……

Chapter 1029

—I don't know either!

Feng Xia actually wanted to answer like that.

Even someone with a brain and toenails would know that there must be at least a 500,000-word novel between the Xuanhuang Elder and this old woman from the Stone Clan (though it's not outwardly apparent).

However, because these two had lived for so long, none of their words sounded real to Feng Xia.

What? You say you've been clinging to life for fifty million years, living too long, living in a daze like a puppet, to the point that you've developed the intention to die?

I'm sorry, I really can't empathize with that.

After all, he's still a young man in his late twenties, barely fifty.

"What do you want me to help you with, fellow Daoist?"