Chapter 420: The Demon Abyss Crisis

Among the pile were countless spiritual treasures of various grades, heaped together into small mountains. Some were complete and undamaged, some had minor damage, and some were already somewhat worn out.

Uh, he did not want to know where these things had come from at all.

Thinking about how, in the original story, Tushan Qing habitually used his venomous tongue and sharp mouth on everyone, often provoking them until they could no longer endure it and attacked him, only for him to retaliate by killing or injuring them, and regardless of the outcome, he would always clean them out completely.

He would then toss their belongings into one of his storage rings without a second thought and rummage through them only when he needed something.

Xiao Shou therefore understood the origin of this storage ring.

But he really did not want to know.

Xiao Shou stared at the ring gloomily, wondering how he should return it.

Seeing Xiao Shou holding the ring with an unhappy expression instead of looking pleased, Fu Young was secretly delighted. He immediately smiled and comforted him. "If Master doesn’t like it, just return it the next time you see him."

"Stupid brat. I’ll definitely deal with you later." Tushan Qing who was sitting on top of a cloud while studying the jade slip had never stopped sensing Xiao Shou. Therefore, after hearing Fu Young’s words, he was so annoyed that he could not help muttering to himself while secretly thinking about how he would deal with Fu Young the next time they met.

"Achoo!"

"Mm! All right, then." Xiao Shou agreed, then looked at Fu Young, who had suddenly sneezed. He felt that his beloved disciple’s smile earlier had been a little too radiant.

However, after looking at the various people who were either flying over or using the Minor Teleportation Technique to hurry over, he could not help thinking that they had arrived at quite a convenient time.

They had not come even after such a long time since the battle ended, yet the moment Tushan Qing left, they all came rushing over.

Were they really that afraid of him?

After everyone landed, Lu Wuchen awkwardly cupped his hands and asked, "Young Master Xiao, has your grandfather already left?"

"More or less."

Tushan Qing belonged to the Spirit Fox Realm, the higher Spirit Realm above the Heaven Origin Realm, so the matters here had nothing to do with him. Xiao Shou did not want to say much about it and simply changed the subject.

"Have you all learned more about the situation outside? How are things now?"

"The city lord has already closed the gates of all four cities. Thanks to your defensive formation plate, the defensive barrier that had been struck by the demonic aura and was on the verge of collapse was given enough time to repair itself."

Lu Wuchen sighed before continuing, "Just now, all the sect masters and I received secret voice transmissions from our sects. We were informed that the areas outside the sect protecting formations are now filled with demonic aura and Demon Abyss cultivators."

"Now all the disciples are trapped inside their respective sects. The elders of my sect have repeatedly tried to investigate the details of the Demon Abyss invasion, but every time they leave the sect protecting formation, they are intercepted by the Demon Abyss. The casualties have been severe." The Sect Master of the Azure Frost Sect frowned.

The Gate Master of the Ninefold Elixir Gate sighed, worry appearing on her face. "Those of us with sect protecting formations and defensive barriers are still relatively fortunate. But what about those villages and towns without defensive barriers, as well as the cities and small sects with relatively weak defensive barriers? We have no idea what their situation is now."

"Then the most urgent matter is to first break the siege around the Holy City, then gather information about the Demon Abyss and discuss a practical countermeasure?" Xiao Shou had great confidence in Fu Young’s intelligence. He immediately turned toward him and asked without worrying whether it would make him lose face as his Master. "Young’er, what do you think?"

"The information is too scarce, so it is impossible to make a reliable judgment." Fu Young shook his head. After saying this, he continued, "However, I do have an idea concerning the demonic aura surrounding the city that we can try. As long as we eliminate the demonic aura, we should be able to obtain some information about the Demon Abyss cultivators hiding within it."

After saying this, Fu Young sent Xiao Shou a voice transmission. "Master, do you still remember the Divine Fire from Yingzhou Celestial Isle?"

"You mean my spiritual flame?" Xiao Shou’s heart stirred when he heard this.

Before he could think about it further, Lu Wuchen, who had already witnessed Fu Young destroy the clone of a powerful expert from the Upper Realm with a single technique and therefore no longer dared to regard him as merely a junior, immediately asked, "May I ask what idea Young Friend Fu has in mind?"

"Mm! Then I’ll give it a try." Xiao Shou immediately nodded.

Under everyone’s astonished and confused gazes, he teleported to the membrane of the defensive barrier in the sky. After passing through the first layer of the defensive barrier, he waved his hand and controlled the formation plate to open the second layer.

Before the demonic aura could invade, he immediately sealed the barrier again.

Facing the demonic aura that continuously eroded his protective spiritual light, he was just about to take action when he unexpectedly discovered that Fu Young had followed him.

"Young’er?"

"I wouldn’t let Master act alone, and I’m not the only one who came here." After saying this, Fu Young looked behind him.

Xiao Shou turned around and saw the enormous Frostheart Fleeting Battleship wriggling its massive body as it burst through the two layers of defensive barriers.

The others also took advantage of the fact that the barrier pierced by the Frostheart Fleeting Battleship had not yet had time to repair itself and flew out.