With the Eight Immortals' magical treasures in hand, even a mortal like myself! Ha!

Nangong Wan? I never expected that I would be caught by Nangong Wan.

No wonder Gu Qing felt that the other party's spiritual sense was superior to his own, even though they were both at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Nangong Wan was originally a Core Formation cultivator, but due to her cultivation method, her cultivation level fluctuated, but her spiritual sense must have always been quite high.

Upon hearing that it was Nangong Wan, Gu Qing laughed and said, "You're taking me back to the Hidden Moon Sect, right? Can we cultivate together there? Does the Hidden Moon Sect's cultivation involve physical or spiritual exchange? I'm open to both."

With a sharp "slap," Gu Qing was slapped across the face by Nangong Wan.

Gu Qing was a little dazed after being hit, then realized that he had spoken too rashly, which was why he was hit.

"Don't worry, after you come back to the Hidden Moon Sect with me, we will arrange a cultivation partner that you like, but it will definitely not be me," Nangong Wan said with a serious expression.

"Hiss—" Gu Qing touched her slightly red cheeks, thinking to herself, "Can't the other person just talk properly? Why do they have to resort to violence and ruin the harmony?"

"I want to go back to Yellow Maple Valley!" Gu Qing said with a serious expression.

"Hehe! That's not up to you." Nangong Wanke didn't give in to Gu Qing at all.

"Even if you get my body, you won't get my heart," Gu Qing said in one last desperate attempt.

"Having you is enough." Nangong Wan said as she stepped forward, preparing to lift Gu Qing up.

Gu Qing estimated it weighed over a hundred pounds, but for a cultivator, that weight was nothing; he could lift it with one hand.

Seeing that Nangong Wan was about to make a move without any shame, Gu Qing hurriedly said, "I have a batch of top-quality thousand-year-old spiritual herbs on me, which I want to offer to the Hidden Moon Sect. No, I want to give them directly to the Fairy. Then the Fairy can directly refine the Youth Preservation Pill."

"Hmm? Kid, I advise you not to try any tricks." Nangong Wan was still very wary, as she knew that Gu Qing could freeze a Core Formation cultivator for a quarter of an hour.

Even a late-stage incarnation like the Old Monster of the Azure Sky couldn't escape it.

However, female cultivators at the Core Formation stage have little resistance to thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, especially the Youth Preservation Pill.

Seeing Nangong Wan's wariness, Gu Qing could only say, "Your divine sense should be able to detect that I have very little magic power left. How could I possibly activate a magic treasure? You are overestimating me."

After examining Gu Qing, Nangong Wan found that he indeed had very little magical power left, and his meridians were also damaged to some extent from forcibly consuming a thousand-year-old spiritual medicine.

If it is not repaired in time, it may damage the foundation in the future.

Seeing this, Nangong Wan finally stepped forward and reached out to touch Gu Qing's body. Just as she crouched down, Gu Qing suddenly leaped up, trying to tackle Nangong Wan to the ground.

Nangong Wan was prepared and struck Gu Qing directly with her palm. Gu Qing's blood surged and he spat out a mouthful of blood onto Nangong Wan's light veil.

Gu Qing collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, while Nangong Wan strangely remained in the posture of striking out, her chest somehow pressed against by a bamboo flute.

"Ha, ha, ha, hahaha!" Gu Qing gasped for breath, struggled to get up from the ground, then laid Nangong Wan, who was dressed in white, flat and covered her face completely with the light veil that covered her cheeks.

"Young man, what do you want to do? Hmm! Stop it, young man, I... Hmm!" Nangong Wan quickly lost her voice.

The tenderness lasted only a moment. Gu Qing's cheeks flushed red, making her look extremely abnormal. She then staggered to get her iron crutch to support herself, not even sparing the corpse of the Qin family patriarch.

Not daring to linger, Gu Qing left the spot with his cane, leaving Nangong Wan lying on the lawn, her clothes disheveled.

After a moment, the disheveled Old Monster of the Azure Sky appeared. He was surprised to see Nangong Wan lying on the ground, but he still went forward to check on her and was relieved to find that she was alright.

The old monster of the Azure Sky then sent several streams of magic power into Nangong Wan, and Nangong Wan was able to move her body again.

"You wretched brat, don't let me catch you!" Nangong Wan said angrily.

The old monster of the Azure Sky said with amusement, "What, what did Gu Qing do to you? It seems he still likes our Hidden Moon Sect quite a bit."

"Alright, now's not the time to talk about this. Let's hurry up and find a way to bring that guy back." Nangong Wan seemed a little annoyed, but her cheeks flushed an unnatural red.

It was clear that Gu Qing had just done something shameful to Nangong Wan.

"Hehehehe, which way did that kid run off to? Old Monster will definitely catch him and hand him over to Fairy for punishment," Old Monster Cangqiong said with a grin.

As she spoke, Nangong Wan handed something to the old monster Cangqiong and then pointed in a direction.

Without hesitation, the old monster of the Azure Sky transformed into a streak of light and vanished from the spot.

After seeing the old monster Cangqiong leave, Nangong Wan threw away her veil. Seeing the marks on the veil, she felt very uncomfortable. Just as she was about to turn and leave, she stopped and picked up the veil from the ground, her heart filled with complicated emotions.

On the other side, Gu Qing, leaning on his cane, fell from the sky after flying only a short distance.

"I can't fly anymore, I really can't fly anymore." Gu Qing felt a buzzing echo in his ears, so much so that he temporarily lost his hearing of the things around him.

Sensing his physical condition, Gu Qing could only tap the mountain in front of him twice with his cane. Finally, the mountain split open, and Gu Qing transformed into a beam of light and flew into the depths of the mountain range to hide.

Not long after Gu Qing went into hiding, the Old Monster Cangqiong arrived outside the mountain. Seeing the clear split marks on the vegetation, the Old Monster Cangqiong guessed, "This kid must be hiding nearby. Let me see where he is."

The old monster of the sky was not in a hurry, but instead released his divine sense to slowly investigate.

Unfortunately, the Old Monster of the Azure Sky failed to detect it.

"Where did this kid hide? Could he be underground?" Old Monster Cangqiong had a guess in his mind, but unfortunately he was not good at earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic that allows one to escape underground), and since this was Yuanwu Kingdom, he couldn't make too much of a commotion.

After all, the mountain range is hundreds of miles long, and it would be difficult to explain if it caused too much of a commotion.

"Forget it, I have plenty of time. I'll just wait here for a bit." The old monster of the Azure Sky decided to use a simple method: wait for Gu Qing to come out.

Inside the mountains, Gu Qing was calming his mind and absorbing mid-grade spirit stones to restore his mana in his newly opened cave.

Half a month passed, and Gu Qing regained his magical power, but his meridians were injured multiple times and would not heal for a while.

However, Gu Qing was not without options. He knew that the gourd contained a magical medicine that could cure all diseases and bring the dead back to life.

Gu Qing didn't know how to use these effects, but that didn't matter; Tieguai Li himself probably knew how.

Thinking of this, Gu Qing did not hesitate and took out the body of the Qin family patriarch. The body of the Qin family patriarch had been kept in the gourd for half a month and was no different from a living person.

Gu Qing made a sword incantation with his hands, pressed it against his temples, and began to chant: "The Eight Immortals cross the sea, each displaying their unique abilities. Fellow Daoist, quickly come here to help me cultivate."