Ghost Valley Mountain.
In the open space in front of the wooden building.
Watching Luo Xiu scold the Black Gold Crow, all the cultivators present were dumbfounded. Their jaws almost hit the ground as they felt they must be dreaming.
That was the Divine Beast Golden Crow, for heaven's sake! How could it have no dignity?
"This Mortal Realm lowlife… how does this young master seem so familiar with Elder Jinwu?"
"Did you hear that? Elder Jinwu just called him 'Young Master' and said he's co ho… Could this place really be his ho?"
"My heavens, what is this young master's background?"
"No wonder he could enter the Stele Matrix so easily. It turns out he's lived here since he was a child!"
"..."
Rembering what they had said to Luo Xiu before, the cultivators felt utterly ashad and were overwheld with regret.
If only we'd known this young master had such a background and was a true powerhouse, we'd have treated him like an ancestor! Why did we have to follow those two idiots, Yang Ju and Xing Rui, and join in their ruckus?
At this mont, the expressions on Yang Ju and Xing Rui's faces were as ugly as if they had just eaten filth. They wished they could find a hole to crawl into and disappear.
Amidst the silence, Luo Xiu suddenly leaped onto Lao Ba's back, looking down upon the crowd.
Then, a smile spread across his face as he announced loudly, "Sorry everyone, but Ghost Valley Mountain really is my ho, so… I can indeed do whatever I want here."
"Now, you can all get the hell out. This is my ho, and you are not welco!"
"As for those afflicted by the Ghost Wolf Curse, you're not even worth my ti. Leave behind the herbs you gathered. The Ghost Wolf Curse will disappear once you leave the Ghost Valley Mountain territory."
Hearing this, the cultivators looked at one another, unsure of what to do.
Luo Xiu then turned to Luo Xian and Luo Qingxian, smiling. "You two fairies, feel free to look around. I have sothing to take care of outside and will be back soon."
After giving his instructions, Luo Xiu rode Lao Ba into the sky, vanishing in an instant.
Back in the clearing, the cultivators watched Luo Xiu depart before turning their gazes toward Luo Xian and Luo Qingxian.
One cultivator sidled up to them with a sheepish smile. "Um, you two fairies, since you seem so close to the young master, could you possibly put in a good word for us?"
"That's right, fair-haired fairy! It was our fault for being blind and offending the young master earlier. We hope he will be magnanimous enough to overlook our transgressions and allow us to stay."
Luo Xian smiled faintly. "If you still have the nerve to stay, you can ask him yourself when he gets back."
"Fairy, please, won't you help us? I really don't want to miss this opportunity! Please let stay!"
Luo Xian's face was devoid of expression. "Sorry, this isn't my ho. I can't make that decision."
She added, "Of course, if I were him, I certainly wouldn't welco guests like you either."
At this, Luo Qingxian spoke. "If you don't leave the mountain now, you will likely be in trouble when he returns."
"Forget it!"
In the crowd, Yang Ju grit his teeth, turned, and strode away.
"The world is full of endless opportunities. Why fixate on a single Ghost Valley Mountain?"
"If we can't be in Ghost Valley Mountain, does that an we can no longer cultivate?"
Xing Rui nodded emphatically. "Young Master is right! What's the big deal? Let's go!"
With faces full of resignation, the other cultivators sighed and had no choice but to follow Yang Ju down the mountain.
「A short while later.」
After the crowd had left, the two won looked at each other, montarily speechless.
"I can't believe this is actually that profligate's ho."
"This Taoist Ao… what exactly is his origin?"
"He couldn't have a background in the Celestial Realm, could he?"
"..."
「anwhile.」
Amidst a stretch of towering mountains and steep ridges, Luo Xiu sat steadily on Lao Ba's broad back. "Speaking of which, Lao Ba, what is going on? Why has Ghost Valley Mountain changed so much?"
"Well, that's a long story," Lao Ba chuckled, then said in its raspy, duck-like voice, "Previously, His Majesty's dojo wasn't located in this spatial plane. To adapt to the environnt on Earth, His Majesty had to seal all of us creatures away."
"It was only when His Majesty left Earth and sent the dojo back to the Divine Oracle Cave Heaven that we were unsealed. All of us creatures living in Ghost Valley Mountain then returned to our original forms."
Luo Xiu nodded slightly. "I rember Black Fatty ntioning this before."
Lao Ba smiled. "In short, your finding when you were little, and even stumbling upon that fellow Black Fatty—it was all arranged by His Majesty."
"My true form is a Golden Crow, and Black Fatty is a Youming Ghost Wolf. Before leaving, His Majesty entrusted both of us to guard the dojo and await your return."
"And His Majesty also said that once you returned, we could leave with you. We wouldn't have to stay in this godforsaken place anymore. I'm so sick of it!"
Luo Xiu asked, "Master knew all along that I would co back?"
"Of course!" Lao Ba declared proudly. "His Majesty's cultivation has reached the level of Divine Communication. He can perceive the most profound mysteries and peer into the past and present."
Luo Xiu fell silent.
Lao Ba added, "Later, I'll take you sowhere. You might find the answers you're looking for there."
Luo Xiu asked, "Where has Master gone now?"
Lao Ba chuckled sheepishly. "Actually, I don't know either."
"..."
Before long, Lao Ba led Luo Xiu to Black Fatty.
Black Fatty was darting through the forest, searching for a big, plump chicken. After chasing for a long ti, however, it still hadn't caught one.
With Luo Xiu and Lao Ba joining the hunt, the trio worked together and finally managed to capture the fattest chicken of all.
A short ti later, when Luo Xiu returned to the wooden building, he found the two fairies sitting by the entrance, not having gone inside.
"What are you two doing, sitting by the door?"
Luo Xian rolled her eyes. "Since you, the host, weren't back, how could we just wander around?"
Lao Ba transford into a small Bage Bird and landed on Luo Xiu's shoulder, chuckling. "Young Mistresses, our young master went to catch a chicken for you. He said you both needed to nourish your bodies."
Hearing this, both won's faces blushed.
Luo Xian protested softly, "Don't talk nonsense. We are not your 'young mistresses'."
Just then, Black Fatty ca strutting over with a large, fat chicken in its mouth, its voice booming, "Young Master, let's get to it! It's been ages since I've had your cooking!"
When the two won saw the chicken in Black Fatty's mouth, their beautiful eyes widened in shock.
"Is… is that a Yunluan Chicken?!" the usually aloof and reserved Luo Qingxian couldn't help but exclaim.
"Oh, this fairy knows her stuff."
Lao Ba said proudly, "Let tell you, of all the delicacies in Ghost Valley Mountain, this Yunluan Chicken is the most exquisite. The thought of it makes my mouth water!"
The corner of Luo Xian's mouth twitched. "This… this is a Demon Beast with the bloodline of a Divine Beast, and you're just eating it like a common chicken?"
"What's wrong? Don't tell you're turning your nose up at it, Fairy?"
Luo Xian was speechless. Do I even have the right to be picky? Still, this is just too extravagant!
Luo Xiu walked into the house. "Alright, since this is your first ti as guests in my ho, I'll cook for you myself. Feel free to look around. I'm heading to the kitchen."
"..."
「After a good while.」
Luo Xiu smiled as he looked at the two won sitting cross-legged on the floor, channeling their Qi and regulating their breathing.
"Once you fully digest the dicinal power in the chicken soup, the vital energy you lost from the scorpion poison should be restored. You might even advance your cultivation."
Lao Ba sat on the floor imitating a human, its bird legs stretched out straight. It let out a burp and said, "I'm telling you, Young Master, you need to make another ten als of that soup!"
"You really went all out to help the two young mistresses heal. I'm getting jealous! If you try to tell this isn't true love, you could beat to death and I still wouldn't believe you!"
Luo Xiu glared at Lao Ba. "Cut the crap. My relationship with the two fairies is one of pure friendship."
Nearby, Black Fatty licked its paws and added, "That Yunluan Chicken was cooked with Blue Blood Poisonous Ganoderma and various rare Spiritual dicines to neutralize the toxins... Drinking a single bowl of this soup is practically the sa as consuming a Heavenly Grade Elixir, but the flavor alone makes it all worth it!"
Luo Xiu didn't feel like wasting any more words. Suddenly rembering sothing, he looked at Lao Ba. "By the way, you ntioned you were going to take sowhere. Where to?"
A short ti later, Lao Ba led Luo Xiu to the entrance of a cave dwelling.
Luo Xiu asked curiously, "I've lived on this mountain for so long. How is it that I've never known about this cave dwelling?"
"Heh, this is a cave dwelling that His Majesty hid. If he didn't want you to know about it, how could you?"
"Alright, Young Master, go on in. There's sothing inside that His Majesty left for you."
"..."
「anwhile.」
At the foot of Ghost Valley Mountain, in a certain part of the Ferocious Land.
Yang Ju gazed up at the giant flying vessel in the sky, the corners of his mouth curling into a slight smirk.
Xing Rui smiled. "Young Master, they've received the summons and are all on their way."
Yang Ju glanced back toward Ghost Valley Mountain and said coldly, "You peasant, just you wait… I will make you face reality!"
"..."
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