Eating bizarre things in public upgrades my status; the Special Affairs Bureau wants me to join them

"The nine-section jade cong is not on my person."

Jiang Xiong shook his head as he listened to He Li's words.

"That thing...is on a small island near the sea."

"You should already know about it..."

"That thing can accept certain substances, but the process is troublesome and complicated, requiring a lot of preparation."

"I can't possibly try that kind of thing in a crowded and chaotic place like Shanghai, can I?" Jiang Xiong's words made sense; that thing seemed to require some kind of ritual to activate.

And there's no guarantee that it won't cause a big commotion.

It's normal for Jiang Xiong not to carry something with him that contains mysterious power.

However, after saying that...

He then revealed something else to He Li...

"The Nine-Section Jade Cong, Yin Yunzi seems to know something about it. After I got it, he was the one who guided me on how to use it."

"He even gave me a statue that is said to contain the will of the gods from the upper realm."

He said as long as I worship that thing...

"As long as we offer a sacrifice to that thing..."

"Then you can gain power."

As he spoke, he sneered, "Of course, I'm not stupid, so naturally I can't believe everything he says."

"So I didn't use that statue at all; I just buried it on the island where the nine-section jade cong was placed. But I think his instructions on how to use the nine-section jade cong were correct."

"Therefore, I removed the idol that was originally meant to be worshipped..."

"It's been changed to a statue of Mazu!"

"Unfortunately, after all this time, the nine-section jade cong still hasn't given me much of a reaction..."

His face was full of regret.

He Li was stunned.

You're told to worship the gods of the upper realm, but you worship Mazu?

You're such a clever little devil!

He Li couldn't help but ask, "How did you come up with the idea of ​​changing to worshipping the statue of Mazu?"

"I chose it on purpose..." Jiang Xiong didn't hide anything: "I was worried that worshipping idols randomly would lead to bad consequences, considering that some gods don't have very good personalities..."

"That's why I specifically chose Mazu."

"At least, if something really goes wrong and it involves Mazu, it shouldn't be enough to kill me."

"After all... he was a good deity!"

Huh? I'm speechless.

Suddenly, a laugh came from behind.

He Li subconsciously turned around and saw Yu Ji covering her mouth, looking like she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Seeing He Li looking over, she stared at Jiang Xiong with a mocking expression: "The Nine-Section Jade Cong is an ancient Shu sacrificial object. You're using something from the ancient Shu Kingdom used to worship their righteous god to worship a later god from a coastal region?"

"If those gods and immortals really exist..."

"Do you think Mazu would dare to accept it?"

"You expect her to give you a reaction? If I were her, I'd want to kill you. A reaction...?"

Yu Ji laughed even more unrestrainedly.

"You should be thankful that gods and immortals don't exist, or at least that their power can't easily descend upon the world, otherwise... you would have been crushed by Mazu's power long ago!"

"You think you're still alive?"

Jiang Xiong was stunned when she finished speaking.

He knew that the nine-section jade cong was from the ancient Shu kingdom.

But how could he know so many intricacies? He only saw Yin Yunzi give him a statue to worship, and he thought that any statue would do, so he chose to worship Mazu.

Who knew it would turn out like this?

"So... I prayed to the wrong person?"

"No wonder that thing never reacted."

"I still don't have enough time..."

"I initially thought it was a problem with the program; I even asked Yin Yunzi to confirm it several times..."

Jiang Xiong muttered to himself, a self-deprecating smile on his face, while his eyes were filled with helplessness. He felt that if he had worshipped the right deity, things might not have turned out this way.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in life.

"Alright, enough with the nonsense."

Seeing that Jiang Xiong was still in a daze, He Li spoke up.

"Where exactly is the island you mentioned located?"

"Where is the Immortal Mountain Token located?"

Hearing his words, Jiang Xiong came to his senses: "The island is in the sea area where you were looking for me before, fifteen kilometers ahead... and the token in this ruin is at the deepest part."

"Just keep going forward..."

hum! ! !

As soon as Jiang Xiong finished speaking, an invisible force enveloped his entire body with a familiar feeling. The discomfort from the suppression of his soul caused his consciousness to momentarily become hazy.

Before he could even react, a streak of crimson blood, carrying unparalleled power, struck straight at his head...

*Thud!* *Bang!*

The skull was pierced by a line of blood.

Jiang Xiong's body collapsed, lifeless.

He Li coldly glanced at the corpse with its eyes wide open in death, then returned to Yu Ji and the other man: "Come on, since you're here, let's go check out the deepest part of the ruins while we're at it."

"Let's see if we can get the token."

"Yes, yes!" Yu Ji and the other person nodded quickly.

On the way, Mu Lan took out Yin Yunzi's "Golden Elixir"...

"What should we do with this?"

He Li glanced at the object and shook his head: "Let's hand it over to the Kyoto team for research after we get out."

"I suspect that this thing is the power that Yin Yunzi obtained from the immortals and gods of the upper realm at a price. Such a thing... let alone not knowing what use it is."

"Even if he really is useful to us..."

"It should not be used lightly."

"Otherwise, if we really get targeted by those strange beings in the upper realm, it will be troublesome."

Although He Li was arrogant, he was not stupid.

The Qi Refiners in the Middle Realm are strong enough, and those he has encountered so far seem to be only mid-to-lower level cultivators in the Middle Realm. There must be even more powerful beings above them.

If the Middle Realm is like this, what about the Upper Realm?

He wasn't confident he could defeat those strange beings in the upper realm, who might actually be god-like figures.

At least, not yet.

Therefore, the "golden elixir" within Yin Yunzi's body...

He Li will not remain on his body.

"The powerful beings of the Upper Realm... heh, although I don't have absolute confidence in defeating you right now, I'll devour more of those demons and monsters when I head to the Middle Realm..."

"When the time comes, you won't even need to come knocking on my door; I'll personally go to the Upper Realm and taste your saltiness!"

He Lixiao's insidious nature.

Seeing his expression, Yu Ji couldn't help but secretly use her supernatural powers to see what kind of nonsense He Xiangli was thinking about with that sinister smile on his face.

It's okay if the results aren't synchronized.

As soon as they were in sync, Yu Ji sensed He Li's thoughts and knew he wanted to experience the blandness of immortality...

This startled her so much that her eyes widened in surprise.

She wanted to say something.

However, before she could speak, several pairs of scarlet eyes appeared in the dim, dilapidated stone corridor not far away, and many figures could be vaguely seen moving around.

Moreover, those people were faintly gleaming with a cold light, and it seemed that they were all carrying weapons.

However, these are not normal people.

They are all... insane Qi practitioners!

Roar! ! !

With a low growl, those scarlet eyes flashed, and in the blink of an eye, they were right in front of the three.

As a faint, fishy wind blew, sword light and blade shadows, mixed with a faint light that seemed to be formed by magical power, rained down on the three of them, as if to cut them to pieces.

He Li, seeing this, was not afraid at all.

"That's it? You guys aren't good enough!"

He spoke, and a howling wind, carrying a chilling coldness, swept through the corridor like a storm, instantly freezing the frenzied Qi cultivators who were charging at him in place.

Yu Ji and Mu Lan's hearts skipped a beat upon seeing this.

The power to freeze others?

They suddenly remembered that before coming to Shanghai, He Li had used something at the villa...

As a result, the temperature around the villa plummeted, even freezing countless flowers, plants, and trees to death. Could it be that He Li gained the ability to freeze others after that incident?

This ability wasn't gained by eating monsters.

Is this... his own power?

They were surprised, but Mu Lan glanced at the completely immobilized, crazed Qi cultivators before her and asked with slight suspicion, "This must be your true martial arts essence, right?"

"Your true meaning of martial arts... has changed?"

"I guess so!" He Li nodded.

His martial arts essence was originally wind, but later he used the dew to transform it into a special cold wind.

This cold wind is extremely powerful, freezing others with ease, and is no less powerful than ordinary supernatural abilities.

The three of them talked as they walked.

The cold wind blew through the passage without any further obstruction.

As they passed through the passage and appeared in a hundred-foot-deep canyon shrouded in gray mist, Yu Ji suddenly pointed ahead: "Look ahead..."

"Is that a token?"

He Li looked up upon hearing this and saw what appeared to be a high mountain shimmering with blue light in the distance, shrouded in gray mist.

Several tokens were floating on that hilltop.

Moreover, He Li's eyesight was astounding; he could even see through the thin mist a long staircase shrouded in a faint red glow in the mountains... This scene inexplicably felt somewhat familiar to him...

"This place... the more I look at it, the more it resembles a recruitment test site for disciples by a cultivation sect???"

"Could it be that those tokens...?"

"Actually, it's a disciple's order???"