Even hybrid monsters have their day

"What?!" Geng Miaowan jumped up from her chair in surprise, attracting curious glances from those around her. Even Miao Renfeng looked at her with a questioning gaze and asked, "Miss Geng, what's wrong?"

At this moment, a beam of red light appeared above the disciple's palm, and he withdrew his hand with some disappointment. At the same time, Ershan's voice rang out, "Mid-stage Qi Refining."

Geng Miaowan snapped out of her daze, awkwardly pointing towards the second mountain, and said, "This actually glows..." She lowered her head, a look of regret in her eyes. In her haste, this was the only excuse she could come up with, but how embarrassing it must have been to say it out loud.

Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, Yin Qianze gave a disdainful snort, looking at her as if she were a primitive human who had just emerged from some remote corner. If Miao Renfeng hadn't been there, he would definitely have added his own comments about his opinion of her lack of knowledge.

Fortunately, Miao Renfeng was an easygoing person. After hearing her say that, he chuckled twice and completely believed her explanation that she had lost control because she saw the beam of red light. "No wonder you were so surprised. This is the most precious treasure of our Green Mountain Sect. You would never have the chance to see it outside."

"Yes, yes..." Geng Miaowan nodded and sat back down in her chair, saying to Luan Hao, "Are you sure that's a Nuwa Stone?"

"Of course, I passed by the Nuwa Stone a thousand years ago, so how could I be mistaken?"

Nuwa Stone! It's actually Nuwa Stone! It's the Nuwa Stone that Xiaobai has been longing for.

Luan Hao's confirmation made Geng Miaowan overjoyed. The thought that Xiaobai's cultivation might be restored made her smile. After the initial shock, she felt a sense of relief, like finding something she had been searching for a long time, or finding it unexpectedly.

In her extreme excitement, Geng Miaowan did not notice Luan Hao's unusual behavior, assuming that he was just as shocked as she was when he first saw the Nuwa Stone.

So for the rest of the time, she lost all interest in watching the test properly, only paying special attention at the end. Ershan returned the Nuwa Stone to Miao Renfeng. Miao Renfeng then carefully carried it and disappeared behind the main hall.

At this moment, she desperately wanted to hide herself and follow Miao Renfeng to see where he had hidden the Nuwa Stone. But unfortunately, Yin Qianze was watching her with a cold and mocking gaze.

From the moment the old man saw her embarrassing moment at the start of the test, he had been staring at her with that kind of look, which infuriated her. She couldn't help but maliciously wonder what kind of chain reaction it would trigger if she suddenly disappeared in front of him—maybe he'd have a heart attack and collapse from fright.

However, she didn't have time to argue with him about these things right now. Although the item was still in Miao Renfeng's hands, it was still uncertain whether he would lend it to her or not. But knowing its exact whereabouts was a good thing.

She rushed back to tell Huangfu Aoran the news. She believed that once they recovered their cultivation, Xiaobai would continue to appear without him having to push her back.

"Are you serious?" Huangfu Aoran's face was filled with surprise and joy. Even Xu Ruwen looked astonished and asked her with some uncertainty, "Is it really the Nuwa Stone?"

"Luan Hao admitted it himself."

"Luan Hao, tell me, is it true?" he asked again to Luan Hao in Geng Miaowan's sea of ​​consciousness. Luan Hao replied impatiently, "I said it is, so why are you being so fussy and suspicious like a woman?"

Normally, his words would have certainly incurred Huangfu Aoran's displeasure, and might even have sparked a duel. But today was different. After learning the whereabouts of the Nuwa Stone, Huangfu Aoran was clearly in an extremely good mood, so he generously overlooked Luan Hao's words and burst into laughter, feeling a dizzying sense of happiness that came too suddenly.

The sound was so loud that Geng Miaowan felt the entire house vibrate.

After laughing, he suddenly stood up and walked towards the door. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's hurry up and ask Miao Renfeng for the Nuwa Stone. Then I can restore my cultivation."

Geng Miaowan watched him walk to the door with a smile on her lips, and then...

Suddenly remembering that Miao Renfeng had mentioned the Nuwa Stone as the most precious treasure of the Green Mountain Sect, she called out to him, "Wait a minute."

Huangfu Aoran looked at her with puzzled eyes, his golden-gray pupils wide. "What?"

“Miao Renfeng said that the Nuwa Stone is the most precious treasure of the Green Mountain Sect. I think he cherishes it very much, so he might not be able to take it out so easily,” she analyzed.

"I don't care if it's precious or not, he dares not give me what I want?" For the sake of the Nuwa Stone, Huangfu Aoran is showing signs of evolving into a bandit.

“You can’t say that. We haven’t figured out our mission at the Green Mountain Sect yet. If you rush over here and get into a conflict with Miao Renfeng, and he drives us down the mountain, then we won’t have any stones left, let alone the Nuwa Stone.”

Huangfu Aoran snorted and shook off the hand that was already gripping the doorknob. He sauntered back into the house, sat down heavily, and a feeling of something visible but intangible welled up inside him.

"Don't be upset. At most, I promise you that I will find a way to get the Nuwa Stone before we go back so that you can restore your cultivation." Geng Miaowan sat down next to him and comforted him.

At this moment, Xu Ruwen, who had been silent until now, spoke up, "How many Nuwa Stones are there?"

His question drew the attention of both Geng Miaowan and Huangfu Aoran, and they both looked at him simultaneously, asking, "What do you mean?"

Xu Ruwen casually leaned back in his chair, switched the arms he was holding, and then spoke again, "Do you remember when I told you that a sand crawling insect demon once told me that there was a Nuwa Stone in the demon's hand on Mount Buzhou?"

His words were like a stone thrown into an abyss, the ripples spreading outwards in concentric circles, endlessly.

Geng Miaowan certainly didn't know the answer to this question, so she naturally looked at Huangfu Aoran sitting next to her. Huangfu Aoran also had a thoughtful expression on his face. After thinking for a while, he said, "I remember that when Nuwa repaired the sky, she refined 36,501 five-colored stones. She used 36,500 stones to repair the sky, and the extra one was just thrown away."

He spoke these words in a very ordinary tone and expression, but Geng Miaowan felt a pang of sadness, a sadness she felt for Nuwa. (To be continued.)