The Days of Being Forced to Become the Savior of a Cultivation Civilization

He shook his head:

"Never mind. It seems we've been used."

He briefly summarized how he and Yingzi captured Li Guandai.

Qian Xintong understood, picked up the pendant and pondered:

"Did she slip this into my clothes when she left...?"

Zhi Yue reached out and probed the spring water. It appeared normal, showed no reaction to the reverse energy, and he sensed no aura of sorrow.

"But I didn't feel any change in the water."

He finally felt relieved and took a good look at the spring.

One pool with two springs.

The spring that shines brightly is called Yangquan, and its water is clear and transparent.

On the other side was a pitch-black spring.

The water in the pool was dark and opaque, like a puddle of ink, but when you scooped it out and splashed it, it became just as clear.

The water is clearly separated from each other, yet it is constantly changing, just like the gourd, like different versions of movement and stillness.

Like two agile fish, one black and one white, swimming in the pond.

"It contains the Eight Trigrams on the outside and Yin and Yang on the inside. Who dares to say they can fully understand what our ancestors left us?"

With one hand behind her back and the other fiddling with the light blue gemstone, Yingzi slowly approached Zhiyue and the other person.

Qian Xintong was still trembling a little; she was currently only at the Reverse Yuan Realm physique.

Yingzi waved her hand, a blue light flashing in her eyes, and Qian Xintong's clothes instantly dried, all the moisture being drawn away and returned to the spring.

Zhiyue was speechless:

"If you've got this much skill, why didn't you do it sooner?"

Yingzi waved her hand dismissively, feigning profundity:

"It's just to create some private space for you two."

Qian Xintong rolled her eyes and ignored him.

Zhiyue ignored him as well, still focusing on examining the spring water and the pendant.

Yingzi scratched her head:

"Oh, by the way, I've already asked Honglan to send that pendant for testing. It's probably a mineral I've never seen before, possibly a modification technique used by the Cangmu Cult to isolate Shang's aura."

He saw that Qian Xintong also had one in his hand, which he held in his arms, and exhaled.

"So that's how it is. One real and one fake pendant had us completely fooled."

Qian Xintong sighed:

"Sigh, I'm really useless now. After dealing with the Cangmu Cult for so many years, even the locals can react faster than me now."

Zhiyue comforted him:

"This isn't your fault. The seal on your cultivation is real, so it's reasonable for your perception to be reduced."

Qian Xintong shook his head:

"I know, but I just can't get over it."

Zhiyue simply patted her shoulder lightly and said nothing more.

Yingzi was still fiddling with the stone when she walked to the spring:

"You country bumpkin, don't meddle. Professional work should be done by professionals."

His eyes lit up with a deep blue light, and he dipped one hand into the Yangquan spring, closing his eyes to savor the sensation:

"Hmm...not at all—"

He hadn't noticed any change in the water, but just then, the aquamarine gem in his hand suddenly emitted a bright light, causing him to momentarily lose focus:

"What the hell?"

He came to his senses, took a few steps back, and looked puzzled, causing ripples in the pool.

Zhiyue: "What's wrong?"

Yingzi looked serious and was about to explain.

croak.

A frog's croak came from the pond.

"A...little frog?"

Qian Xintong looked at the little frog that had appeared out of nowhere with a puzzled expression.

It was all green, blinking its two big eyes, tilting its head to look at Yingzi, just like that stream five hundred years ago.

croak.

Another croak of a frog pulled Yingzi out of the whirlpool of memories.

He snapped out of his daze and looked at the little frog.

To be precise, it's the indentation on its forehead.

He had only seen such a scene twice.

One place was by the stream, another was on the stone slab at the entrance, and now, this is the third place, or perhaps, two more.

croak.

Yingzi raised her hand and looked at the light blue gemstone, which was rhythmically emitting a faint glow.

"The Eye of Tidaric..."

The name of this gem, this key, is the Eye of Tidaric.

In mythology, in that distant, dreamlike era, all the waters of the continent, including countless rivers, lakes, and seas, originated from the stomach of the giant frog that devoured the sky.

It controls the waterways of the continent of Pound, it makes the rivers surge and the water vapor rise.

He is the progenitor of frogs, the son of clear streams, Tidaric.

Yingzi slowly stretched out her fair little hand and gently poked the frog's sticky back, just like she had done by the stream years ago, next to Liu Pingfeng.

The latter did not dodge and let him touch her.

Zhiyue: "It seems you are indeed very popular with small animals, Elder Kunziying."

Yingzi did not respond.

He silently extended the aquamarine gem toward the frog—plop, the frog twirled the gem into its mouth with its tongue and swallowed it.

Qian Xintong: "Swallowed it?"

This scene took the three people present by surprise.

Yingzi froze on the spot; this scene was completely different from what he had expected.

But just then, a splash of light blue light appeared on the frog's forehead, and the gemstone seemed to merge directly with the frog.

"Ribbit, frog life feels so boring, but following you makes it feel a little better, ribbit."

Qian Xintong's mouth was open in an "o" shape:

"<(°Д°)> The frog is talking!"

Zhiyue was also surprised, but what made him feel at ease wasn't that the frog could talk, but rather that he could actually see disdain on the frog's face:

"Ribbit, that big tree can even transform into a human shape! Is it strange for a frog to talk? Ribbit!"

Qian Xintong's eyes were vacant:

"Oh, right. Wait, how did you know!"

"Because I recognize Viminari Frog, I recognized this guy's aura immediately. Especially this little... or rather, this old guy, it's particularly obvious."

It was obviously referring to Yingzi, after all, this wasn't the first time the two had met.

Yingzi, however, looked serious:

"Could you be... the son of Qingxiliu...?"

The frog turned around and looked at Yingzi with its big eyes:

"Don't use such an old-fashioned name, quack. I've remembered that name for you for five hundred years. From now on, you'll call me Tidaric."

"Five... hundred years? You're only a little over a hundred—oh~ okay, my good uncle."

You're quite the deceiver; you fooled me, you fooled the entire Kun family, you fooled the whole continent of Pangde!

Zhiyue was initially puzzled, then suddenly realized, and finally spoke in a strange and ambiguous tone.

Yingzi realized she could no longer hide the truth, so she had no choice but to lay it all out:

"Yes, I lied about my age. Only your parents know about this in the entire Kun family, because I grew up with them when I was young."

Yingzi cursed inwardly:

His grandma's.

Since he joined the Kun family, he had kept his true age a secret for over four hundred years. He never imagined that a frog would reveal it in a single sentence.

Qian Xintong nodded silently:

"That's not surprising. A Qi Condensation Realm expert who is over five hundred years old is much more convincing than one hundred years old."

Yingzi twitched the corner of her mouth:

"What if I really am a child prodigy?"

Qian Xintong: "He's still a bit lacking compared to me."

Tidaric jumped onto Yingzi's shoulder:

"Quack, I've been soaking in this lousy pond for hundreds of years. I've had enough. From now on, I'll follow you around and roam."

This reminded Zhiyue:

"By the way, Lord Tidaric, you—"

"Don't use honorifics when you talk to me, quack. I've only lived a few more eras than you, and I'm not used to you speaking like that."

"Alright, anyway, Tidaric, have you noticed any strange changes in your body?"

Tidaric blinked his big eyes:

"No, I just woke up because it was noisy.

But suddenly I felt that my past frog life was so boring and meaningless, so I decided to jump out and follow you guys to explore everywhere.

Zhi Yue pondered, wondering if Tidaric was so powerful that he hadn't been corrupted, or if the pendant was just another decoy with no real use.

If it's the former, that would be best; but if it's the latter, what is the real purpose?