Master, don't tease me, you can't handle three of them.

Ji Chen fell to the ground with a thud.

"Ouch!" Ji Chen rubbed his sore bottom, secretly complaining in his heart, "Couldn't you be a little gentler?"

Ji Chen inwardly scoffed, but outwardly remained composed. He stood up, dusted himself off, and was about to bow when he said, "Previous..."

Before he could even utter the generational name, Ji Chen saw Xu Yaoguang appear in front of him.

So, so beautiful...

Xu Yaoguang looked at Ji Chen's dazed expression and said, "Are you stupid?"

Wow, her voice is so nice...

Ji Chen snapped out of his daze and involuntarily stood at attention, saying, "Hello, beautiful sister. My name is Ji Chen. My cultivation level is at the early stage of the Golden Core realm. My hobbies are alchemy, eating, and teasing Yun Qi!"

"Pfft, hahahahaha." Xu Yaoguang laughed at Ji Chen's self-introduction. This kid was much more interesting than her fellow villager.

"Beautiful sister, my friend's situation should have stopped, right?" Ji Chen asked tentatively.

"Don't worry, he's fine." Xu Yaoguang knew what Ji Chen was thinking.

"Tell me, after all this hard work and trying to get my attention with these little tricks, what do you want?" Xu Yaoguang only asked Jing Shu and the other two; everyone else followed the normal procedure.

"I want the Azure Light Cauldron!" Ji Chen said bluntly.

“Okay,” Xu Yaoguang agreed.

"Ah, ah?" Ji Chen was prepared to accept all kinds of questions and difficult questions from Xu Yaoguang, but the result was... okay?

"What, you don't want it anymore?" Xu Yaoguang teased.

"No, no, no, I want it, I want it! I just didn't expect you to be so decisive. As expected of you, you're so quick to do things!" Ji Chen showered Xu Yaoguang with compliments, making him smile from ear to ear.

"Alright, it's not just me who agreed. Qingguang Ding also chose you."

Xu Yaoguang waved her hand, and the Azure Light Cauldron flew out from behind her. After circling Xu Yaoguang twice, it arrived in front of Ji Chen.

Ji Chen didn't stand on ceremony. He used his spiritual power to cut his finger and placed it on the Azure Light Cauldron.

"Om-"

A dazzling light burst forth from the person and the cauldron, drawing the attention of everyone in the secret realm. Even those still inside the palace sensed something amiss.

The nascent soul raised an eyebrow. So, they've found the right person?

Ji Chen sensed a small cyan cauldron appear in his consciousness; the artifact had recognized its master, and the contract was complete.

Ji Chen slowly opened his eyes, and seeing the emotions conveyed by the Azure Light Cauldron in front of him, he knew why it had chosen him.

All because he called Xu Yaoguang "beautiful sister"! Yes, that's right! It's all because of those four words!

The Azure Cauldron continued to transmit its thoughts. The gist of it was, "Good lad, you have good judgment. I'll protect you from now on!"

Ji Chen's lips twitched; the noble and mysterious image of the artifact in his mind had just shattered.

However, my sister is indeed beautiful inside and out! Ji Chen nodded heavily towards the Azure Light Cauldron.

Qingguang Ding admired him even more.

Xu Yaoguang watched the interaction between the man and the cauldron, a faint smile in his eyes.

Xiao Qing is naturally active, and with someone like Ji Chen, she's guaranteed to be happy, no doubt about it. Oh well, thank goodness I didn't let her go with that fellow villager. He's not a bad person, but he seems really stubborn.

"Alright, take it to your friend. The time for the secret realm to reopen is approaching."

The Azure Cloud Cauldron reluctantly flew into Xu Yaoguang's arms, bidding him a final farewell. It knew that Xu Yaoguang didn't want it to watch itself slowly dissipate; its fall a thousand years ago was enough.

Looking at Xu Yaoguang's increasingly transparent body, Ji Chen understood what was going on. He dropped his nonchalant attitude and said seriously, "Don't worry, beautiful sister, I will treat Xiaoqing well."

Xu Yaoguang smiled and nodded, then teleported Ji Chen and the Azure Light Cauldron back together.

Xu Yaoguang's body gradually dissipated. Now, she was about to disappear completely... Would she meet him again after she vanished?

"Probably..." Xu Yaoguang's smile vanished completely.

Ji Chen obtained the Azure Light Cauldron, but his mood was somewhat heavy due to Xu Yaoguang's disappearance.

Lu Yunqi patted Ji Chen's shoulder hard, causing Ji Chen to stumble.

"How can you live with yourself after making such a fuss about me like that?!"

Lu Yunqi was furious when he thought about how Ji Chen had actually said he could whimper in order to lure out Yao Guang's remnant soul.

Lu Yunqi only noticed that Ji Chen's expression was off after he finished fighting, and asked, "What's wrong? Didn't you get the Azure Light Cauldron?"

Ji Chen sighed deeply, "Let me bandage your wound first!"

Lu Yunqi's injury was on his back, and he couldn't bandage it himself, so he could only take a hemostatic pill first and then ignore the rest.

While bandaging Lu Yunqi's wounds, Ji Chen recounted what had just happened. The Azure Light Cauldron had already entered Lu Yunqi's consciousness when he was teleported.

"So that's how it is." Lu Yunqi wasn't particularly moved after hearing this. Yao Guang had already died a thousand years ago, and now he was simply returning to the earth. If they couldn't attain enlightenment and ascend to heaven, they would all face the same fate someday.

Just as Ji Chen finished bandaging Lu Yunqi, the entire secret realm shook violently.

Ten days have passed.

In an instant, everyone was teleported out of the secret realm and back to Yao City.

"Huh? Where are Brother Zhang and the others?" Ji Chen looked around but couldn't find Jing Shu and the other two.

“They’re from the Cloud Burial Sect, why don’t we go ask them?” Lu Yunqi turned his head, gesturing for Ji Chen to look at Li Shang and the others not far away.

The two men knew Li Shang, and after exchanging greetings, they left the place together.

Meanwhile, news of the strange phenomenon that suddenly appeared in the Yao Guang Secret Realm spread like wildfire. Some people said it was the appearance of a divine artifact, but no one knew who it would end up with.

"What? There are no such people?" Ji Chen wasn't too surprised when he heard this, after all, the names Zhang San and Wang Er sounded too fake.

Lu Yunqi was the same; he had already guessed that it wasn't his real name.

“But they have my sect’s disciple token, so they must be from the Cloud Burial Sect. They were probably sent in by Master.” Li Shang took a sip of tea and said calmly.

Those who boarded the spirit ship underwent rigorous checks; this situation could only be due to the master's arrangement. But who exactly was it? Li Shang recalled the talisman; those who intervened back then must have been them…

Meanwhile, at the other inn, Jing Shu was tied up on the bed by Han Luo.

However, Jing Shu was not afraid at all, and instead provocatively said, "Master, you treat your disciple like this, I am truly heartbroken."

Han Luo's brows twitched. "Shut up."

“If Master wants to shut his disciple up, there is an easier way,” Jing Shu said with a wicked smile.

This matter dates back to when Jing Shu was teleported back to the secret chamber by Xu Yaoguang...