The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 174 - 173: Another Big Commotion

Chapter 174: Chapter 173: Another Big Commotion

Lin Wangchen and Ren Bingyan exchanged a glance and cautiously retreated a distance.

It wasn’t so much a matter of morality, but rather that they couldn’t outcompete them.

The real issue was Xuanyuan You, who was making all sorts of arrogant claims without taking any actual action; he even positioned himself at a safe distance, ready to make a quick escape at any moment.

Song Baobao wiped off her sweat and disdainfully said, "Xuanyuan You, what’s with all the fuss? Everyone knows you’ve got nothing but your mouth."

"At least I have a mouth. You don’t even have a brain, exerting so much effort for just a small bottle of Demonic Beast Blood? Haha," Xuanyuan You’s words were truly venomous.

He successfully made the Sword Sect disciples with a conscience turn red with embarrassment.

But some glanced covertly toward Song Qinglian.

When the fire turned towards herself, Song Qinglian couldn’t keep silent and said warmly, "Fellow Xuanyuan is mistaken, my younger sister made the greatest contribution, she received the Demon Core..."

"Whoosh!"

Before she could finish, Xuanyuan You loudly interrupted Song Qinglian, causing a commotion.

Anybody with a brain knew the truth of the matter.

Thinking of a cover-up? Too late.

However, it was an internal affair between sisters, and outsiders really had no place to comment.

Song Baobao looked bewildered for a moment, then tilted her head and said, "Yeah, why did I only get a small bottle of Demonic Beast Blood? I played my trump card after all."

"Little sister!" Song Qinglian exclaimed embarrassingly, "Your sister will keep it safe for you for now, I’ll give it to you after we leave the Secret Realm."

"Okay, okay." Song Baobao nodded naively.

Then she ran up to Xuanyuan You and declared with her head held high and chest puffed out, "Did you hear that? My sister is just keeping it safe for me temporarily."

"Are you dumb? Why would you want someone else to keep your things? People used to keep things for me when I was young, but they never returned them until my parents got angry, and only then did they give them back," Xuanyuan You said with disdain as he looked at her, then rattled on and on, "You’re so foolish, yet you have the nerve to say you’re friends with Little Profiteer? You haven’t learned a bit of her shrewdness; I don’t even want to be your friend anymore."

Xiaojiu, who was involuntarily dragged into this, fell silent.

She had only asked for a few questions of skepticism, not expecting such a performance.

He had managed to embarrass all the Sword Sect disciples present.

The two of them whispered to each other for a while.

Meanwhile, the people of Sword Sect were discussing who should go down to the bottom of the pool to search for treasures. In the end, Su Songting, Nangong Qi, and Song Qinglian went down, while the others stayed on the shore to prevent the Tianxu Sect from interfering.

Xiaojiu did not show herself.

She mainly feared being recognized.

Xuanyuan You and Song Baobao were discussing their respective gains, and from Song Baobao’s pitiful rewards, Xuanyuan You regained his confidence and showed off for quite a while.

Lin Wangchen and Ren Bingyan and the others were about to leave.

Ren Bingyan called out, "Fellow Xuanyuan, we’re leaving now."

"Ah?"

Xuanyuan You was in the midst of an excited conversation.

Song Baobao looked up with hopeful eyes, "I’m going with you to find Xiaojiu? We had an agreement to search for high-level Demonic Beast eggs together."

"Then shall we go together?" Xuanyuan You said excitedly.

Xiaojiu was speechless.

She didn’t want to deal with these two unreliable types.

But she didn’t put a stop to their wild fantasies either.

Even if Song Baobao wanted to follow them, Song Qinglian wouldn’t allow it.

Unless Song Qinglian didn’t care about her reputation and wasn’t worried about how to explain to her family upon returning.

Just as Xiaojiu was about to send a secret message to Xuanyuan You to pull out...

Suddenly, a loud boom erupted.

The ground, which had been stable, suddenly collapsed right where the Han Pool was.

"Bad news! Quick, to the sky!"

"Ah—"

"Save me! Fellow disciples, save me!"

The disciple from the Sword Sect standing above, caught off guard, screamed as he fell down.

A few who reacted in time levitated with their swords.

The collapsing area was immediately refilled by the cold water of the pool, creating a loud rushing sound.

Some regained their senses and tried to pull up the falling disciples.

The only one from the Sword Sect not affected was Song Baobao.

Because Song Baobao had just approached Xuanyuan You, she was relatively far from the Han Pool.

Both of them were staring, dumbfounded, at the unfolding events, including Xiaojiu, who was shocked.

"What on earth happened?" Xuanyuan You exclaimed in alarm.

Song Baobao ran over, wanting to help rescue people, "I’m going to help our senior brothers and sisters."

Lin Wangchen, Ren Bingyan, and others also went to lend a hand and pull up those who had fallen.

The only one who didn’t move was Xiaojiu.

Xuanyuan You was about to run over to help.

"Stop!" Xiaojiu stopped him with a transmitted message, "Those people aren’t in danger, stay out of it. If you go to rescue them now, they might think you’re there to harm them."

"Surely not," Xuanyuan You was skeptical.

Xiaojiu scoffed coldly, "Just now, you were the most conspicuous one, with your poisonous mouth."

"That, um... hehe. Wasn’t I just unable to sit back and watch?" Xuanyuan You wouldn’t admit he had been disparaging others; he was issuing righteous criticism.

Xiaojiu scanned the area beneath the collapse with her Divine Sense.

Below, several zhang deep, a large hole had been dug out at some unknown time.

The recent fighting on the surface had caused the not-so-thick layer of rock to teeter on the edge of collapse. The fact that it could have held on a bit longer before collapsing was already impressive.

The incident had thrown everything ahead into chaos.

At that moment, Broken Sword flew back like a streak of light and swiftly entered the Contract Space.

Almost at the same time, Xiaojiu noticed something extra in the palm of her hand?

It was extremely cold to the touch, causing her to shiver, and in an instant, her palm felt nearly numb.

It was only because she quickly concentrated Spiritual Power in her palm that she didn’t drop the object.

Xiaojiu looked down at her palm.

It was a completely transparent crystal radiating a dim blue glow, dazzlingly beautiful.

"Ice Soul Stone?" Xiaojiu was shocked.

"Haha, dog owner, this is a gift for you," Sword Spirit bragged boastfully.

Xiaojiu quickly took out a Spiritual Jade Box, placed the Ice Soul Stone inside, sealed it with a Seal Spirit Talisman, and put it into her Storage Ring.

She did it all in one breath!

Only then did Xiaojiu slowly circulate Spiritual Power in her palm, dispersing the cold chi, "Did you cause this big commotion at the Han Pool?"

"I just dug some Spirit Stones, nothing much," Sword Spirit didn’t think it did anything to invite divine wrath or human resentment, "I found an Ice Soul Stone while I was leaving and just took it to give to you. I’m generous, right? I treat you well, right? I don’t need anything from you in return, just a small piece of Spiritual Marrow will do."

"Oh, what’s that? I didn’t hear you," she feigned ignorance.

"Dog owner, playing dumb again, huh!" Sword Spirit huffed.

Sword Spirit didn’t actually need Spiritual Marrow, it was just used to making such statements.

In its eyes, Ice Soul Stones weren’t as useful as Spiritual Marrow.

Ice Soul Stones were only beneficial for Cultivators with an ice Spirit Root’s cultivation, while most others with different Spirit Roots used them for cooling purposes. Of course, this wasn’t their primary use; otherwise, they wouldn’t be ranked among the top three strange stones in the Cultivation World.

Because after a person died, as long as they had a small piece of Ice Soul Stone in their mouth, it would preserve their body indefinitely, as if they were still alive.

Additionally, sometimes critically ill powerhouses would use Ice Soul Stones to seal themselves, waiting for their sect to rescue them.