Chapter 1677: Chapter 768: Rescuing the Heavenly Fox (Part 2)

He took out a jade slip and handed it to the Daoist boy.

The young Daoist boy hurriedly went, and before long he arrived at the Heavenly Beauty Garden and found Zuo Gongming.

Zuo Gongming was Hidden Dragon Ancestor’s most competent disciple, with high cultivation. He was ordered to guard the Heavenly Beauty Garden and watch over Hu Xiaoliang, the Heavenly Fox.

Hidden Dragon Ancestor calculated that Chen Yindou would come to rescue his brother, so he set up a Heaven and Earth Net, just waiting for Chen Yindou to fall into the trap.

The Daoist boy handed the jade slip to Zuo Gongming and smiled, "Brother Zuo, the master cares for you. He obtained the Immortal Dao Talisman for your cultivation and immediately sent me to deliver it. The master also instructed you to cultivate diligently."

Zuo Gongming was both surprised and delighted: "I have been worried these past few days that others have been cultivating their Primordial Talismans, while I’ve been guarding the Heavenly Beauty Garden, delaying my cultivation. Master still cares for me!"

After thanking the Daoist boy, he entered the jade slip with his divine sense to examine the Primordial Talismans recorded inside.

"It’s really the Primordial Talisman corresponding to my Immortal Dao!"

Zuo Gongming was overjoyed and was intent on studying these talismans diligently. However, he was also worried about lingering too long in the jade slip as Chen Yindou might come to rescue his brother, so he hesitated for a moment and withdrew his divine sense.

He sat upright in the Heavenly Beauty Garden, his divine sense covering every direction.

The entire Heavenly Beauty Garden was already layered with seals, especially every gate which had prohibitions set, guarding against Du Yiran’s divine skills.

He was already a Taiyi Golden Immortal, his realm higher than Chen Yindou and others combined. Even if Chen Yindou’s Daoist skills were superior to his, as long as he fell into his trap, there would be no escape!

Zuo Gongming sat for a while, his mind unsettled, and remembered the Primordial Talismans in the jade slip. Hesitating, he thought to himself, "I’ve waited for more than a year, and Chen Yindou hasn’t returned. A year has passed without his return; he surely won’t come now. Let me take another look..."

He was worried about negligence, so he sent a part of his divine sense into the jade slip, researching those Primordial Talismans again.

The structure of the Primordial Talismans and Dao Patterns was vastly different, containing the most fundamental truths of the Great Dao. Zuo Gongming, being extraordinarily clever, found himself unknowingly immersed in them, difficult to extricate himself from.

Yet, he was still rational and quickly came to his senses, withdrawing his divine sense, continuing to vigilantly observe his surroundings, and staying alert for any unusual activity in the Heavenly Beauty Garden.

A short while later, he couldn’t help it again and sent some of his divine sense into the jade slip, continuing to study.

Thus, repeatedly, as his study of these Primordial Talismans deepened, he became more and more obsessed. The talismans seemed to have a peculiar allure, enticing him into unconscious indulgence.

His courage gradually grew, and he spent increasingly longer periods immersed in the Primordial Talismans.

Suddenly, a slight wave of anomaly rippled through, and Zuo Gongming immediately became alert, without hesitation activating the seals all around the Heavenly Beauty Garden!

His reaction speed was not slow, and instantly, the Heavenly Beauty Garden was shrouded in layers of prohibitions, severing all voids!

"Did I catch him?"

Zuo Gongming could hardly believe it and quickly rose to look towards where the Heavenly Fox was, a sinking feeling in his heart.

Hu Xiaoliang, the Heavenly Fox, had vanished without a trace!

"This is bad!"

Cold sweat dripped down Zuo Gongming’s forehead as anxiety filled his heart. "Master instructed me to guard the Heavenly Fox and wait for Junior Brother Chen to walk into the trap, but unexpectedly, because of my distraction over the Primordial Talisman, he rescued the Heavenly Fox! How am I supposed to explain this to Master?"

Others may not know the importance of the Heavenly Fox, but he understood thoroughly.

The Heavenly Fox was Chen Yindou’s brother. Back then, the four of them came to the Immortal Court together. Du Yiran and Sha Qiutong each had their strengths, but Hu Xiaoliang was just a Nine-tailed Fox with impure blood. In the Heavenly Court and the Immortal Court, such a wild fox wouldn’t even qualify to guard the gates or be kept as a pet—it would either become a demon in the Lower Realm or end up as a meal.

However, Hidden Dragon Ancestor still, for Chen Yindou’s sake, arranged a respectable position for Hu Xiaoliang as a decoration in the Heavenly Beauty Garden.

Chen Yindou left and never returned. Hidden Dragon Ancestor said that Chen Yindou would surely come to rescue the Heavenly Fox, and now he really did, yet I couldn’t keep Chen Yindou!

Chen Yindou mastered the Primordial Talisman, and he’s also Chen Shi’s grandfather, yet he fled right from under my nose!

This responsibility is by no means small!

A portal opened thousands of miles away from the Immortal Court, revealing Du Yiran, Chen Yindou, Sha Qiutong, Creation Little Five, and Hu Xiaoliang’s faces.

"Boom!"

The portal closed, and Du Yiran repeatedly opened and closed gateways, leading the four behind the door away from the Immortal Court, escaping far away.

When his mana was nearly exhausted, he finally stopped, gasping for breath.

Sha Qiutong handed over an Immortal Pill, Du Yiran raised his head and swallowed it, regained his breath, and laughed, "It’s not in vain that we’ve been lurking in the Immortal Court for more than a year; we finally found the opportunity!"

Sha Qiutong was a bit puzzled and said, "Zuo Gongming’s defenses have never had any flaws. I’m not sure why he suddenly seemed distracted today, allowing us a chance to take advantage."

Chen Yindou said, "His intelligence is no less than mine. Even though he’s in the open and we’re in the dark, saving someone from him was nearly impossible. His moment of distraction is indeed strange."

As they were still puzzled, the door of the room they were in suddenly creaked open from outside, revealing the smiling, aged face of Hidden Dragon Ancestor.

The five inside the room were all horrified, each preparing their divine abilities and raising their magical treasures.

Creation Little Five even raised the Qiankun Rebuilding Furnace but then remembered that this Qiankun Rebuilding Furnace was precisely the treasure refined by Hidden Dragon Ancestor!

Raising this treasure against Hidden Dragon Ancestor, isn’t that seeking death?

Nevertheless, among the five of them, the strongest treasure was indeed the Qiankun Rebuilding Furnace. In the face of Hidden Dragon Ancestor, they had absolutely no chance of winning.

"Good disciples, come out and have a chat," said Hidden Dragon Ancestor.