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Suo Bing was a little confused. "Why is Young Master suddenly so sure?"

"Yes. But, how are we going to get to the bottom of this lake? " When Ding Hong thought of this question, he could not help but have a headache. Suddenly, he felt a few groups of people approaching him with spiritual energy fluctuations. "Someone's coming." He hastily gave Suo Bing a color and controlled the painting to quickly ascend to the sky, then went around to hide in the distance.

"Eh, I heard someone talking earlier, why is it gone now?"

"You've lived for over a hundred years. You're old and useless, right?"

"Go, grandpa is in my prime right now, what do you know?"

"Then how do you explain this?"

"I was drunk yesterday and didn't wake up, okay?"

"Alright, you, hurry up and find the lake. After you're done, go back earlier!"

Although they were still talking, their voices gradually became distant. Ding Hong and Suo Bing were standing on the fixed sky painting, so they could see them clearly. Who were these two people speaking to? It was actually two armored wolf demon soldiers!

Ding Hong originally wanted to capture them and ask them about it, but if he was discovered, there would be a lot of trouble, so he decided to let them go.

"Could it be that this place is very close to the Spirit God Tower?" Ding Hong frowned and asked.

"Spirit God Tower?" This was the first time that Su Bing had heard this name, "I do know that in the west of this place, there is a black, barren mountain range called Spirit Stone Mountain."

After hearing what Suo Bing said and seeing the Spiritual God Pagoda in front of him, Ding Hong quickly deduced that the Spiritual God Pagoda was actually the Spirit Stone Mountain range!

"Doesn't that mean we're already close to the place where the Monster race is located?" He originally had no idea how to forge a sword, but now that he had come along, his frown deepened. Even Ding Hong himself started to suspect if he had grown a few wrinkles.

"Why don't we go to the nearby towns to ask around?" Suo Bing suggested.

They had already spent quite a bit of time on the road, and now that the sky had turned dark, they estimated that it would be soon. "Alright, let's go find a place to stay."

Without wasting any time, he activated the painting and was ready to search for a village.

Perhaps it was because this place was too close to the Monstrous Clans, but it was a circumference of a hundred miles. If one could not even detect the scent of humans, then how could they come into the village? He had no choice but to head east. As a result, they unknowingly entered the Qi Kingdom.

As the sky darkened, they finally found a small town. As he thought of entering like this, he felt that it was too shocking. He stopped in the distance and walked inside.

After a busy day on the side of the road, the vendors started to pack their stuff and rush home. A few poor people came to the places where the vegetables were sold and picked up the leaves. There weren't many people, and most of them were elders and children. Suddenly, her eyes froze. She saw a tall and slender woman who looked like a weak willow swaying in the wind. She was also picking up vegetables. However, she seemed a bit ashamed. Her face was covered with a washed and untied cloth.

She walked slowly, occasionally wiping the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand, afraid that the stain would fall on it.

Just as Ding Hong was observing him, the woman actually raised her head and looked over. However, she would occasionally look at the left side of his feet. Ding Hong was stunned. He looked at both sides of his feet. He was standing next to a few vegetables that looked better. Seeing this, he smiled at her in embarrassment and stood to the side with Suo Bing.

The woman came to his side, picked up the vegetable leaf, and walked away.

Ding Hong looked at her until she disappeared into the distance. Turning around, he took out a few taels of silver from his bosom and gave it to Suo Bing. "Give this to her. I'll wait for you at the inn ahead." As he spoke, he pointed to a place in front known as the "Great Cloud Inn".

Su Bing nodded, his body flashed, and he actually disappeared in the blink of an eye. This surprised Ding Hong for a moment. Then, he recalled that her family's secret scripture recorded such a spell, so it was normal for him to not know of it.

He walked forward until he reached the Cloudsoaring Inn. Just as he took a step forward, he actually felt a layer of prohibition. Suddenly, a few balls of extremely strong spiritual energy fluctuations fiercely came over and even formed a charge!

Ding Hong was startled. He took out his Heavenly Jade Flute and carefully walked into the inn.

"Fairy Xiao, in my opinion, I'll still directly go to the clouds tomorrow morning …" It was a man's voice, but he stopped midway because they saw Ding Hong.

Arriving at the inn, Ding Hong was also able to clearly see the scene inside the inn. There were eight people in the inn, five men and three women, including a monk. As for four of them, Ding Hong actually knew them. It was Xiao Qin and Ye Yusan. Zi Shuang and the others. The last one, on the other hand, surprised Ding Hong.

"Eh? Who are you? Why are you coming in without anyone noticing?" Ye Yu was surprised to see him walk in just like that.

"Heavenly Jade Xiao?" When the monk among them saw the jade flute in Ding Hong's hand, he turned his head to look at a woman in a light blue dress. "Fairy Su, Fairy Xue, is this Almsgiver from Penglai?"

Now that Ding Hong was wearing a mask, his temperament was even more different than when he just came out of Penglai City. He looked dignified and majestic, which made it difficult for Su Ting to recognize him.

Su Ting frowned. She felt that there was something familiar about the person but couldn't recall anything: "I don't know him." She looked at the other Penglai female disciple and asked, "Junior apprentice sister Yutang, do you recognize her?"

So it turned out that the woman was called Xue Yuzhi. She took a glance and shook her head. "I don't."

Ding Hong had restrained all of his strength when he entered because he was afraid that his spiritual energy would leak out and be casted by someone else. Recently, his yin and yang energy had become stronger and more integrated with the world's spirit energy. If he didn't search carefully, he wouldn't be discovered. Although those words were said, there were still people who noticed it because he touched the ban just now. However, the person who set up the ban did not say it out loud.

When Ding Hong entered, he saw these things and couldn't help but feel strange. Only he knew Xiao Qin, so he shifted his gaze to her.

Xiao Qin nodded at him, "Young Noble Feng, what a coincidence."

Releasing the sword Qi, Xiao Yan put away his Heavenly Jade Xiao. After saying 'what a coincidence' to Xiao Qin, he sat down at a table by himself. Seeing that the other party was ignoring their group, the man with the loose hair harrumphed coldly and said, "What an arrogant fellow."

He was the one who had set up the ban.

"Senior apprentice-brother." Beside him sat a calm looking man. He whispered, "Remember what Master said when he came out."

The man glanced coldly at Ding Hong and said no more.

"Oh, Senior Sister, do you remember someone playing the flute in the Innate Pavilion half a year ago?" Xue Yuzhi suddenly whispered into Su Ting's ear.

With this reminder, Su Ting suddenly remembered something. He turned his head to look at Ding Hong and exclaimed, "It's you!"

"Ah, Fairy Su remembered me." Ding Hong laughed.

At this moment, Suo Bing also walked in from outside. She looked at the people around her indifferently and sat down at the table that Ding Hong was at. She said, "It's done."

Ding Hong nodded.

Su Ting originally wanted to say something, but when she saw Suo Bing, especially after seeing her appearance, she suddenly frowned and stopped talking.

Ye Yu Sang and Zi Shuang looked at each other. They could feel the Yin Yang energy on Ding Hong's body. It was the same as the one on Fu Sang back then, but it was much stronger. The two were very surprised. But judging from Ding Hong's appearance, he did not pay any attention to them, nor did he continue to make guesses. He just sat there quietly.

The monk at the side said, "Since we know each other, let's continue discussing the matter from before."

Ye Yu Sang said, "Senior Brother De Kang, I think we should just follow the original plan. Tomorrow morning, we should use the Water Repellent Pearl to protect everyone and dive into the depths of the lake. After finding the treasure, we should gather everyone and retreat in time!"

"I don't think so." The man said, "Recently, I heard that the Devil Sect was about to make a move. There are even some rumors that Hierarch Su and One Inhale had arrived near the Dreamy Cloud Swampland. "This way, with the original demons and rogue cultivators, we'll be in even more danger!"

"Are you going to the bottom of the Dreamy Cloud Swampland?" Ding Hong suddenly interrupted.

"Oh?" The monk looked at him and said with a smile, "Could it be that Benefactor also wants to go there?"

Ding Hong smiled and said, "I just came over from that side, but found out that I have no way to start."

Xiao Qin continued, "Then, would Young Noble Feng be interested in travelling together with me?"

Ding Hong said, "In that case, of course I am willing."

Seeing that no one had any good ideas, Ye Yusan said, "We won't be able to discuss anything much like this. We'll head to the Dreamy Cloud Swampland first thing tomorrow morning, alright?"

"Then that's it. This little one still has some matters to attend to. I'll meet with you at the Great Cloud Inn tomorrow morning."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

The man and his junior also stood up and said: "We also have some matters to attend to, so we'll be leaving first." He cupped his hands in apology and left.

Only Ye Yu Sang, Zi Shuang, Xiao Qin, Xue Yu Zhi, Su Ting, Ding Hong, and Suo Bing were left in the huge inn.

"Hehe, Junior Sister and I still have some matters to attend to. See you in the morning." Ye Yushan and Zi Shuang also stood up and left.

The room was even emptier. The shopkeeper and waiter seemed to have been told not to get close, or else they wouldn't have missed it for so long. There was no sound in the air.

Su Ting suddenly broke the deathly silence. "Young Master Ding, how have you been?"

"Heh, Senior Sister Su, you've been living quite well lately." Ding Hong laughed.

"Then why are you wearing a mask at all times?" Sutin didn't understand.

"Well, of course there's a reason." Ding Hong did not want to discuss this issue, "Senior Sister Su, how is the Rain Master Xuan recently?"

Hearing him talk about the Rain Master Xuan by himself surprised Su Ting. He thought for a moment and said: "She has been doing better than you recently."

These words confused Ding Hong. He asked doubtfully, "What do you mean by that?"

Su Ting looked at him and slowly said, "Junior sister Yu has been very close with Wu Hui of the Unreturned Palace."

Ding Hong was stunned for a moment. "Just this?"

Su Ting frowned: "Is it not enough?"

"Ha, I thought what was the matter? If he marries Mo, remember to give me his blessings. " Ding Hong laughed. In his heart, he thought how correct his thoughts were. All girls had this kind of mentality. If it wasn't for his experience in Jiu Sang, he probably would have been submerged in this pool of water.

Su Ting looked at her and suddenly laughed: "In that case, I was thinking too much."

Ding Hong smiled, then looked towards Xiao Qin. "Fairy Xiao, we are really coincidental."

"Yeah, what a coincidence." Xiao Qin replied indifferently. Although his tone was calm, outsiders could feel the coldness within. Su Ting couldn't help but frown. He didn't know what these two had against each other.

Ding Hong asked, "Senior Sister Su, what is at the bottom of the Dreamy Cloud Swampland that caused so many disciples to gather here?"

It's because a treasure called the Water-Devouring Pearl appeared in the Dreamy Cloud Swampland recently." The answer he got from Xue Yuzhan. After she finished speaking, she did not stop. She looked at Ding Hong with a pair of curious eyes and asked, "Hey, how was your flute practice? Could it be that it's still as unpleasant as it was half a year ago? " As he said this, he frowned and made a gesture of covering his ears with his index finger. Taking advantage that Su Ting wasn't paying attention, he even stuck out his tongue towards Ding Hong.

"Hehe …" Ding Hong smiled at her in embarrassment and did not reply.

"I'm resting." Xiao Qin stood up and walked upstairs.

Su Ting glanced at her. It seemed that a girl's natural instinct for jealousy was to look down on her. Since nothing had happened to Ding Hong, he sat down from the table, followed closely by Suo Bing.

Su Ting looked at Suo Bing strangely, but didn't ask. Xue Yuzhi, on the other hand, was naturally lively and lively. He asked Suo Bing, "Who is he to you?"

Suo Bing said calmly, "Master."

"Pfft." Ding Hong just took a cup from the middle of the table and poured himself a cup of water to drink. Hearing Suo Bing's straightforward words, he immediately spat it out.

Su Ting and Xue Yu looked at each other in dismay. They were also stunned by his words. Then, both of them looked at Ding Hong with a strange expression.

"What kind of expression is that!" Ding Hong had an awkward expression as he loudly cried out his grievances in his heart. He then hastily drank some water.

Suo Bing seemed to know what they were thinking and said indifferently, "I've never slept with Young Master before."

"Cough, cough" Ding Hong's throat was suddenly stuck again. However, he hurriedly stopped the pouring of tea, causing him to cough.

Su Ting and Xue Yuzhi's faces also looked a little awkward. Xue Yu grinned and said: "I know, I know."

"It's getting late, we'll be going to rest first. The shopkeeper and the waiter are in the back room. If you're hungry, you can go get them." Xiao Qin stood up and tugged at Xue Yu.

Xue Yu really wanted to argue and brag with Ding Hong, but under Su Ting's glare, she could only obediently follow him. When he left, he made a face at Ding Hong.

"Whew." Ding Hong took a breath and asked Suo Bing, "Shall we go order something to eat?"

Suo Bing said, "As Young Master wishes."

Ding Hong nodded his head and went to the back hall. He discovered that the shopkeeper was actually gambling with the waiter and the chefs, and upon seeing that there was a customer, he hurriedly accepted the customer. He stood up and said, "Young Master, what's the matter? There are all kinds of specialties in the store, and the rooms are also empty. "

"Just a few light dishes, some rice, and two rooms."

"Alright, Young Master, please wait." He turned around and kicked the waiter and the chef, then viciously said, "Hurry and get to work! "If you win this daddy's money, then don't even think about slacking off!"

The two of them left with beaming smiles. Ding Hong also returned to the front. After dinner, he went upstairs to rest.

The night passed in silence. On the morning of the second day.

As usual, Suo Bing cultivated until very late. After resting for a while, she woke up again during the crowing of the chickens and sat early on the first floor of the inn, waiting for Ding Hong.

There seemed to be a lot of people today. Although the sky wasn't bright yet, there were already a lot of people seated. Furthermore, they all had reserved auras and carried various magical equipment on their backs. It was obvious that they were people with decent cultivations! In addition, there were quite a few people walking back and forth on the streets, most likely cultivators.

What was the purpose of such a group of people coming so early?