A man from the Big Dipper, starting his charlatanship at Mount Tai.

"Hmph! Attack all you want! But remember our bet," the Purple Mansion Saintess reminded him.

"Alright! Let's see who's the best then!"

The Holy Son of the Purple Mansion made the first move, striking out with a palm. Purple energy came from the east and transformed into a giant hand, which pressed down on the Holy Maiden of the Purple Mansion.

The Holy Goddess of the Purple Mansion remained calm and unhurried, using the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder to defend against the enemy, instantly shattering the Purple Mansion Holy Son's purple aura.

The two had faced off many times and were very familiar with each other's moves.

"Holy Son, you don't seem to be as powerful as you say. This level of strength is not enough to defeat me."

The Holy Maiden of the Purple Mansion sighed. After exchanging more than a dozen blows with the Holy Son of the Purple Mansion, she realized that apart from a slight increase in his divine power, the Holy Son of the Purple Mansion was no different from before.

While this is indeed the case, the Holy Son of the Purple Mansion cannot tolerate the Holy Daughter of the Purple Mansion treating him this way.

"Don't be too happy yet!"

[The Purple Sun Shines Brightly!]

Behind the Holy Son of the Purple Mansion, a purple sun rose slowly, scorching the surrounding air and distorting the void itself!

However, faced with this ultimate move from the Purple Mansion Bible, the Purple Mansion Saintess simply raised her delicate hand and then lightly tapped her finger.

The next second, the Dao Source Ring on her middle finger shone with a dazzling Dao light, allowing her to instantly resonate with the myriad Daos of heaven and earth!

With the power of all paths surging upon her, the aura of the Purple Mansion Saintess suddenly skyrocketed!

"what?!"

The Holy Son of the Purple Mansion was shocked. If he remembered correctly, the Holy Maiden of the Purple Mansion could only enter this state occasionally, and it was only effective sometimes. Why was it so effective today?

"Boom!~"

With a mere wave of her hand, the Purple Palace Saintess shattered the Purple Palace Saint Son's Purple Sun.

Immediately afterwards, the Holy Maiden of the Purple Mansion closed her eyes and recited the Purple Mansion Scripture, and the five great gods of the Dao Palace appeared at the same time!

The five Dao Palace Gods simultaneously sealed off all Dao, instantly rendering the Purple Mansion Saint Son's prepared move a dud.

Auspicious purple clouds are coming from the east!

As the Five Great Dao Palace Gods sealed off the myriad Daos, the Purple Mansion Saintess had already completed her power accumulation!

Purple clouds surged within the Purple Palace Saintess's chakra, forming a vast picture of purple energy coming from the east. Starting from the chakra, it passed through the five internal organs, followed the dragon spine, and finally disappeared into the forehead and brow.

Her forehead, as white as jade, seemed to be interwoven with innate Dao patterns, outlining endless purple energy.

Purple energy, like a dragon, soared into the sky, complementing the Purple Palace Saintess's altar map and forming a divine picture of purple energy coming from the east! It then pressed down on the Purple Palace Saintess!

"Pfft!~"

Before the divine image could completely suppress the attack, the Holy Son of the Purple Mansion had already vomited blood, his bones and flesh shattering inch by inch.

I surrender!

Seeing no hope of victory, the Holy Son of the Purple Mansion decisively conceded defeat.

He was badly injured, and when he said he was admitting defeat, he coughed up several mouthfuls of blood.

The Purple Mansion Saintess withdrew her finger and glanced indifferently at the Purple Mansion Saint Son, whose eyes still held resentment:

"Since we have already lost, we should accept our defeat and hand over the black gourd."

Purple Mansion Saint Son: "........."

The Holy Son of the Purple Mansion knew that the Holy Daughter of the Purple Mansion had seen the resentment in his eyes, and also knew that the Holy Daughter of the Purple Mansion didn't care about his reaction.

Knowing this only fueled his anger and dissatisfaction.

We're all from the same holy land, at least give him some face in front of outsiders, you bastard!

snort!

Zixia is an unruly and disloyal woman.

Even if the Holy Land were to try to match them up, he wouldn't have the slightest intention of getting along well with her!

From this day forward... I will diligently cultivate myself and abstain from women!

.......

After completing the mental preparation, the pent-up frustration in the heart of the Purple Mansion Saint Son dissipated considerably.

His eyes no longer bulged, his gaze was no longer filled with resentment, and his chest no longer heaved violently.

A few seconds later, the Holy Son of the Purple Mansion got up from the ground, took out a black gourd from his pocket, and threw it directly to the Holy Maiden of the Purple Mansion.

The Holy Maiden of the Purple Mansion raised her hand and took the black gourd into her grasp, then looked in the direction where Lin Xiu was.

On the viewing platform, some sharp-eyed cultivators noticed the actions of the Purple Mansion Saintess.

"Huh? Who is the Holy Maiden of the Purple Mansion looking at?"

"That direction... seems to be Immortal Lin's rest room?"

"Why did the Holy Maiden of the Purple Mansion look at Immortal Venerable Lin after defeating the Holy Son of the Purple Mansion?"

"Could it be... that the Holy Maiden of the Purple Mansion really has an improper relationship with Immortal Venerable Lin? Was her defeat of the Holy Son of the Purple Mansion so easily to clear her name?"

"I knew it! Those rumors weren't unfounded!"

"But...didn't Immortal Lin clarify that those were all rumors spread by Ye Fan?"

"Clarification is one thing, but look at the way the Holy Maiden of the Purple Mansion looks at you, there's clearly something wrong with her!"

"That's right. If there's no connection, why would the Holy Maiden of the Purple Mansion specifically look towards Immortal Venerable Lin?"

"Hehe, this is getting interesting. If I remember correctly, Xia Jiuyou is also in the Four Extremes Group, right? What do you think it would be like if the two of them started fighting?"

"Wow! I absolutely have to buy tickets for that show! I'm going right now!"

The cultivators exchanged knowing glances, their gossip-loving spirits burning brightly.

However... in a way, they weren't wrong.

The Holy Maiden of the Purple Mansion did indeed beat the Holy Son of the Purple Mansion so badly in order to fulfill her promise to Lin Xiu.

........

.....

A few minutes later, the black gourd was delivered to Lin Xiu by the Holy Maiden of the Purple Mansion.

"Brother Lin, as agreed, I have brought you this black gourd."

"However, is this black gourd really as good as the Dao Source Ring you gave me, as you say?"

The Holy Maiden of the Purple Mansion wondered if Lin Xiu was deliberately deceiving her to put her mind at ease.

"It's comparable, of course it's comparable."

"In a sense, I still benefited from you this time."

Lin Xiu smiled and accepted the black gourd from the Purple Mansion Saintess with great satisfaction.

This black gourd is the legendary Immortal-Slaying Gourd, which originally belonged to the King of the Azure Heaven. After the King of the Azure Heaven died, it was corrupted and later obtained by the Holy Son of the Purple Mansion.

Of course, the most important thing... is its bizarre origins.

It is speculated that it was likely one of the supreme artifacts that was broken during the ancient war of the Yinghuo star gods, equivalent to a damaged imperial weapon.

Before heading to Beidou, Lin Xiu had also thought about how he could obtain the Immortal-Slaying Gourd.

However, he never expected that he would awaken the system and also obtain the complete imperial weapon, the Golden Battle Banner.

Otherwise, he would definitely follow the conventional route: first, eat the sacred fruit, then follow Ye Fan for a while, and finally, when he has the strength, go to the Northern Region to get the Divine Furnace of the Departing Fire and the Immortal-Slaying Gourd.

The Fire Furnace protects you, and you hide inside it, constantly trying to trigger the Immortal-Slaying Gourd. Isn't this shield-and-poke gameplay pretty appealing?

It can only be said that it is a matter of timing and fate. If Lin Xiu were to take the Immortal-Slaying Gourd now, not only would the method of taking it be different from what he originally intended, but the way he would use it would also be greatly changed.

From a practical standpoint, since Lin Xiu already considered himself a senior, it wouldn't be appropriate for him to harm a junior like the Purple Mansion Saint Son. Therefore, Lin Xiu chose to have the Purple Mansion Saintess handle the matter on his behalf.

In terms of usage, Lin Xiu's choice was not for self-protection, but rather...

"Hey~"

Lin Xiu raised his hand and waved, and a gourd vine and seven gourds flowing with seven-colored immortal light flew out from his sea of ​​wheels.

These seven magic gourds were picked from the gourd vines by Lin Xiu, roots and all, after the gourd brothers' spirits returned to the immortal realm.

At that time, Lin Xiu discovered that after the Calabash Brothers' primordial spirits returned to the Immortal Realm, the seven treasure gourds showed signs of re-nurturing ownerless primordial spirits.

Lin Xiu then conducted a deduction on the spot and confirmed that the seven treasure gourds' ability to regenerate primordial spirits was sufficient to gradually repair the Immortal-Slaying Gourd!

Although the repair process will take a long time, requires the use of ancient Soul-Character talismans, and has extremely demanding growth conditions, it is indeed possible to repair it.

[It can only be said that the system is far too overpowered. The magic gourd formed by the Heavenly Dao of the Calabash Brothers world by intercepting system components is different from ordinary magic gourds.]

The Calabash Brothers world is just a small microcosm.

If the Heavenly Dao of the Shrouding the Heavens had intercepted the system components, it would likely have created at least a True Immortal level... or even a higher level entity.

"Weng~"

Under Lin Xiu's control, the gourd vine actively extended its emerald green tendrils toward the Immortal-Slaying Gourd and successfully connected to the gourd's mouth.

"go with!"

Immediately afterwards, another pool of divine spring water flew out from Lin Xiu's sea of ​​consciousness. The gourd vine took root in the spring water, constantly absorbing its nutrients.

At the same time, the seven treasure gourds also burst forth with divine light, helping the Immortal-Slaying Gourd to regain its sentience.

......

Under normal circumstances, Lin Xiu would need to reach at least the Great Sage or even Quasi-Emperor realm to perform such operations on the Gourd Immortal Vine and the seven treasure gourds.

Fortunately, the system components that were recycled were also classified as system rewards.

Lin Xiu... has perfect control over the system components!

Under Lin Xiu's control, the gourd vine continuously supplied nutrients to the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, and the seven treasure gourds continuously injected their newly born primordial spirits into the Immortal-Slaying Gourd.

If this continues for a while, the Immortal-Slaying Gourd will develop a faint trace of intelligence!

This wisp of intelligence, though far inferior to that of an Emperor-level weapon, is still much better than its previous state of complete destruction.

Just as the Holy Maiden of the Purple Mansion was surprised by Lin Xiu's extravagant gesture of bringing out a pool of divine spring water, the Immortal-Slaying Gourd underwent another strange change.