All the heavens began with Huo Yi

“I have already obtained the souls of your two junior brothers, and I can give them to you now.”

"I can actually hear your voice? This senior is extremely kind and virtuous. May I ask your name?"

Prince Zhang had ruined both his ears, but now that he heard Su'er's voice, he subconsciously thought that Su'er was some powerful and experienced elder.

"It's just a minor spell of mind control. My name is Suer. I'll take your two junior brothers' souls, but even if you get them, they won't be of much use."

"Senior, you may not know this, but once I return to my master's side, with my divine soul, it won't be difficult to reshape my junior brothers' bodies. It's just that their physical bodies won't be as good as before." A smile that hadn't appeared on Prince Zhang's face for a long time appeared, perhaps because he saw hope.

"Then you can wait quietly in this Floating Pagoda Prison. Anyway, I have already cleaned up this Floating Pagoda Prison. I have found the souls of your other two junior brothers and I will bring them back to you."

Upon hearing Su Er's promise, Prince Zhang was already in tears. He had been sitting dejectedly against the wall, but immediately bent his knees and kowtowed to Su Er.

"I am deeply grateful for your kindness and virtue. I cannot repay you now. When I return to Sizhou, I will repay you even if it means going bankrupt. I will do whatever you need."

The Sizhou mentioned by Prince Zhang is the sacred site of the Great Sage of Sizhou, also known as the Great Sage National Teacher Bodhisattva Wang.

What Prince Zhang meant was that he couldn't repay the debt, but his master could.

"Young Prince Zhang, please rest well. I have other matters to attend to outside, so I'll be leaving now."

Prince Zhang lost his sense of Su'er, but he was both happy and somewhat afraid.

He was certain that Su Er came to Xiaoxitian to get rid of Huang Mei. Righteous men were still around, and that was why he was happy.

However, he was also afraid that Suer was no match for Huang Mei, and that another righteous man would perish in this Little Western Paradise.

After bidding farewell to Prince Zhang, Su'er leaped out of the Floating Pagoda Prison and arrived outside the prayer wheel.

A beautiful figure was already waiting for Su'er outside the prayer wheel. When Kang Jinxingjun saw Su'er come out, he immediately ran to Su'er's side. "Su Lang, Su Lang, I met an old man in the pagoda. He was carrying a gourd and said that he was an acquaintance of yours and wanted to see you. Do you recognize this old man, Su Lang?"

(This was arranged on purpose, since the big monkey sent it.)

Upon hearing Kang Jinxingjun's description, Su'er knew that the visitor was Yuan Shoucheng. However, during their last trip to Wuzhuang Temple, Zhen Yuanzi mentioned the name "Old Hong," so perhaps Yuan Shoucheng was just a fake name.

"Of course I know him, Kang Jin. Take me to pay him a visit." Su Er knew that this cheat-like immortal was about to give him another cheat. How could he wait for such a good thing?

The Pagoda was not far from the Pagoda Prison, only a dozen miles apart. For the two who could ride the wind and fly, it was just a matter of a few breaths.

Once Su'er approached the pagoda and landed on the ground, looking up from the foot of the pagoda, one couldn't help but marvel at the magnificent temple.

The octagonal, multi-tiered eaves and brackets, with thirteen layers from top to bottom, resemble thirteen blooming lotus petals.

The auspicious clouds and mythical beasts carved on the pagoda walls are lifelike; the guardian deities are majestic and awe-inspiring; and the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are compassionate and solemn.

The pagoda is over a hundred meters tall, comparable in height to the surrounding mountain peaks.

Several smaller towers stand around the main tower, connected to it by iron chains, as if to lock it up and prevent it from flying away.

Suer climbed the tower steps, pushed open the door, and walked inside.

Because the tower has no windows, many candles were lit inside for illumination.

"Sir, we meet again."

Yuan Shoucheng was painting on the wall at that moment. He didn't turn around to look when he saw Su Er enter, but he still said to Su Er with his back to him, "It's freezing outside. It's good to come into this tower to avoid the wind and snow. Please wait a moment while I add a couple more strokes to this painting."

Suer didn't mind at all, and simply sat quietly on the ground with Kang Jinxingjun by the fire.

Before long, Yuan Shoucheng also put down his brush and came to Su'er's side.

However, he did not look at Su'er first, but pointed at Kang Jinxingjun with a smile and said, "You little girl are very lucky. If the heavenly secrets do not change, you will definitely join the Yellow Eyebrow Sect and end up in a miserable state."

Upon hearing this, Kang Jinxing immediately stood up and bowed to Yuan Shoucheng, saying, "What you say is true, Su Lang helped me escape from my suffering; he is indeed my lucky star."

After Yuan Shoucheng finished speaking about Kang Jinxingjun, he turned his gaze to Su Er and said, "Hmm, it seems someone has tampered with this gourd. Has it been to Wuzhuang Temple?"

Suer didn't expect that Yuan Shoucheng would notice his gourd first, but Suer still nodded to show that he had indeed been to Wuzhuang Temple.

"As expected, but your gourd is still so tattered. Using such a gourd for soul refining and consumption will not be very effective. Do you have any Luojia fragrant vine on you?"

“Yes, sir.” Su Er took out all the Luojia fragrant vines he had collected earlier and handed them to Yuan Shoucheng.

Yuan Shoucheng took the Luojia incense vine, crushed it into powder, opened the gourd lid, and soaked the powder inside.

He then made a hand seal and muttered a few words. In the blink of an eye, the ordinary old gourd was transformed into a completely different thing. It was brown on top and blue on the bottom, and inlaid with pearls and gold leaves. In an instant, it was upgraded from a street vendor's item to a work of art.

“It draws upon the essence of the mother plant to nourish itself. This time, I'll help you refine this gourd. Next time, you can go find the monkey who gave you the wine; he's quite knowledgeable about this.” Yuan Shoucheng said, tossing the gourd back to Su Er.

"Thank you, sir."

It's only right to say thank you when someone helps you.

However, these things are secondary. Yuan Shoucheng couldn't have called him here just to help him upgrade the gourd, could he?

"Sir, did you summon me here because of something important?"

"Hehe." Yuan Shoucheng stroked his white beard and laughed, "It's not that important. Although you have a coat of fur to protect you, it must be uncomfortable in this freezing weather. I'll teach you a way to warm up. Do you want to learn?"

“Of course I’ll learn,” Su Er said. Why would you refuse something that’s free? After all, it’s not like those little tissues for inflammation that an old lady on the street is handing out.

What Yuan Shoucheng was going to teach Su'er was a method of self-preservation. He could draw a circle on the ground and rest inside it. It would be extremely difficult for a low-level demon to enter the circle.

However, it is completely impossible to rely on self-defense techniques to defend against enemies stronger than oneself.

Just as Yuan Shoucheng said, this is just a warm-up method.

"Okay, okay, thank you sir. It's much warmer in here than outside without the air conditioning."

Yuan Shoucheng waved his hand, "It's just a little trick. There was some noise on the south bank yesterday. Why don't you go and take a look?"