Mysterious mirror hanging high

Shending Capital, Ziji Palace

The smoke rising from the incense burner enveloped the entire hall in mist. Ying Ba was half lying on a soft couch covered with brocade, with the collar of his black robe open, revealing his thick and strong chest.

"Try this, my lord."

Zhao Nu leaned in his arms, picked up a grape with her white fingertips and fed it to Ying Ba, letting Ying Ba's big hands rub her body wantonly.

His Highness's thirty-six men in white were spinning to the beat of the "Rainbow Dance," their sleeves fluttering and revealing their slender waists that were totally unlike those of men.

Ying Ba suddenly pinched Zhao Nu's chin and said, "The bones of today's puppets are more delicate than those of last month."

It turns out that these gracefully dancing dancers are not real people, but puppets controlled by Zhao Nu!

The corners of Zhao Nu's eyes sparkled with a peach-like light, and the transparent silk thread wrapped around his wrist shone slightly: "My lord, you have a keen eye."

The handsome young man laughed out loud, and the silk thread at his fingertips suddenly straightened.

All the dancers were frozen in the moment of leaping, spider-web-like fluorescent filaments emerging from their joints.

"My lord, Zhao Nu has been researching puppets these days and has unlocked quite a few interesting moves... These puppets are incredibly tough, unlike those fragile real-life cultivators. I'll give you some new fun later."

Ying Ba laughed heartily: "Zhao Nu, among all the male favorites I have in the immortal world, you are my favorite. I only brought you with me to the mortal world this time because you can always do something fancy for me! That's what makes it fun!"

When the two were being affectionate with each other, Ying Ba suddenly frowned, stood up abruptly, flew out of the palace, and looked towards the direction of Penglai Fairyland.

"This spiritual fluctuation is..."

Ying Jin, leaning on a cane, appeared outside the palace. The white-haired old woman narrowed her cloudy eyes and said, "Just now, I used the [Water Mirror Technique] to observe and discovered a very high-level secret cave in the wilderness of the Central Plains of Penglai Xianzhou. It seems to be from the Buddhist sect."

The long staff in her hand drew a dark blue track in the void, and the scene thousands of miles away condensed into a water mirror light curtain at the tip of the staff.

"I've lived a lifetime and can be considered knowledgeable, but even in the immortal world, I rarely see Buddhist caves of this magnitude..."

There was a rare hint of surprise in her hoarse voice. In the light curtain of the water mirror, a gilded pagoda was hanging upside down from the clouds. The base of the pagoda was a blooming thousand-petal golden lotus, and on each petal of the lotus was floating an ever-changing supreme scripture.

A milky white spiritual mist gushed out from the heart of the lotus, condensing into the images of eight heavenly dragons in mid-air, illuminating the entire wilderness in every detail.

In terms of talent and ability, Ying Ba was far superior to Ying Jin, a cultivator with a short lifespan. Even in the immortal world's Shending Immortal Dynasty, he was considered a genius. Naturally, his status and vision were far higher than Ying Jin's. However, even he couldn't help but be secretly shocked when he saw this scene:

"The status of this cave heaven... is probably even higher than the [Golden Feather Tower] that I participated in in the fairy world before!"

The so-called [Golden Feather Tower] is a famous trial cave in the [Second Heaven] of the Immortal Realm. Back then, the Shending Immortal Dynasty spent a huge price and consumed countless spiritual resources and treasures in exchange for a mere five places.

Ying Ba struggled to win sixth place in a small competition within the Shen Ding faction. He had no chance of entering the [Golden Feather Tower], but because he was the youngest son of the current Immortal Emperor of the Shen Ding faction in the Immortal Realm and was born into a royal family, he was able to squeeze out the fifth-place prodigy and get in.

It was also because of the trip to [Golden Feather Tower] that he got a great opportunity, which allowed Ying Ba to soar to the sky and achieve what he has today.

If he had not acted so extravagantly and brought shame to the Immortal Dynasty, he probably would not have fallen to the lower realm and done such dirty work.

Now, in this remote and small realm, there appeared a secret cave realm with a higher status than the [Golden Feather Tower]?

A fiery light flashed in Yingba's eyes.

"Haha... This place is truly the birthplace of this king!"

Ying Ba murmured, "If I can seize the opportunity in this cave, perhaps when I return to the fairyland, I will have a chance to compete for the throne of the Immortal Emperor!"

Ying Jin looked a little worried. "Could this be a trap? The ancient Buddhist traditions in Xianzhou are quite common. Even if there are Buddhist cultivators who ascended, their achievements are probably limited. It's unlikely that these are the caves and heavens sent down by those ascended Buddhist cultivators to their own sect."

"But what if you say that an ownerless cave of extremely high status just happened to fall from outer space into the Immortal Continent Realm? Isn't the probability of that too low?"

"A trap? Impossible!" Ying Ba flatly denied. "A bunch of bumpkins from the lower realm, could they afford to use a secret cave realm of this rank as bait? Then I really have to look up to them."

"Besides... even if it really is a trap, so what?"

Ying Ba's lips curled up slightly as he sneered, "Even if all the local gods of the entire Xianzhou Realm were tied together, it wouldn't be enough for me to defeat them with one hand. Are they setting up an ambush for me, or are they digging their own graves?"

"Aunt, you and Zhao Nu will stay in the mortal world while I go to Penglai Immortal Continent... Humph, these Immortal Continent rats have been stealing tribute from my Immortal Dynasty for tens of thousands of years. Now it's time to pay them back with interest!"

Ying Jin frowned and whispered, "Baer, ​​be careful and don't be too confident!"

Then he turned to look at Zhao Nu: "You go with Baer, ​​and I will stay alone in this world."

Zhao Nu's expression froze, and he replied respectfully, "Yes!"

Ying Ba and Zhao Nu turned into two streams of light and quickly flew away from Futu Fairyland and flew towards Penglai Fairyland.

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Penglai Fairyland, Zhongzhou Region

Two streaks of light streaked across the sky and landed in front of a half-leaning gilded pagoda. The light gradually dissipated, and it was Ying Ba and Zhao Nu.

The entire void of the Xianzhou Realm has been filled with [Universe Sand]. Even the two people who have achieved perfect spiritual cultivation are unable to travel through the void, and can only use escape techniques to travel on their way.

Even though the speed of escape of a cultivator who had reached the perfect state of transformation into a spirit was astonishing, it still took the two of them three days and three nights to fly from the Futu Fairyland to the Penglai Fairyland.

"My lord, three days have passed. Could it be that the Immortal Continent's God has already plundered all the treasures in the Buddhist cave?" Zhao Nu looked at the gilded pagoda in front of him and said worriedly.

"Don't worry!" Ying Ba said confidently, "A cave-like secret realm of this rank must contain extraordinary treasures. It must be guarded by powerful formations or spirit beasts. It won't be easy to seize the opportunity."

"Back then, when I entered the trial cave heaven [Golden Feather Tower], I spent over ten years trying to obtain a treasure that would greatly benefit my physical training! These country bumpkins from the Immortal Continent are inferior to me in terms of inherited skills, magical powers, combat power, and aptitude. They want to seize this opportunity? It will take them dozens or even hundreds of years!"

"Go in!"

The two flew into the pagoda without hesitation. When they entered the pagoda, they suddenly heard a roar behind them. When Ying Ba turned around, he saw that the door to the pagoda entrance was inexplicably closed!