Sixty years of blacksmithing, a single hammer blow forging a celestial being.

Are you going to give me the snow lotus?

Li Ping'an glanced at the dragon and understood what it meant.

He accepted the Xuan Tian Snow Lotus without any hesitation.

After several twists and turns, I never expected that the Xuan Tian Snow Lotus would actually return to my hands.

It was truly bizarre, fantastical, and full of twists and turns.

Li Pingan couldn't help but sigh.

However, the dragon's mouth was still open.

He exhaled a foul-smelling odor from his mouth.

Another crystal-clear raw stone was expelled.

"What is this?"

Li Ping'an was curious when he saw the dragon using its spiritual power to carry the raw stone over.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an egg.

There are cracks on it, is it about to hatch?

This is actually a dragon egg from a jiaolong!

What does this mean? Are you going to give me the eggs too?

Li Ping'an was shocked by what he saw.

Did I really cause this dragon such a huge shock? It even wants to give me its egg?

What he didn't know was that at this moment, the dragon already regarded Li Ping'an as the supreme five-clawed golden dragon.

So he wanted to give his dragon egg to Li Ping'an.

This is how they prayed that their descendants could obtain a position by the side of the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon.

From then on, he rose to prominence and even had the hope of ascending to the heavens.

After hesitating for a while, Li Ping'an finally accepted the dragon egg.

There shouldn't be any major problems.

After all, the five-clawed golden dragon had submitted to him, so he accepted it.

I wonder if the little dragon will hatch from this dragon egg?

The thought of the black dragon's immense destructive power filled Li Ping'an with a mixture of joy and anticipation.

If I were to raise this little dragon into an adult dragon...

Wouldn't that mean having a powerful helper by my side?

After taking the dragon egg, there was nothing else worth exploring here.

Li Ping'an then waved his hand, signaling that the dragon could leave.

The dragon bowed repeatedly to Li Ping'an for several miles.

Then the entire dragon body burrowed into the mud and disappeared.

After the dragon disappeared, Li Ping'an finally breathed a sigh of relief.

I must say that this trip to Central Lake was extremely dangerous.

Unexpectedly, they all turned out to be the biggest winners in the end.

Not only did they obtain the Xuan Tian Snow Lotus, but they also obtained the black dragon's egg.

This time, we really made a fortune.

However, in that instant of relief...

Li Ping'an felt a sharp pain in his head, as if he were being pricked by needles.

Everything went black, and he fainted.

There was no other way; I had simply overdrawn too much of my mental energy.

The moment the pressure was relieved, he fainted.

When Li Ping'an woke up again, he was greeted by a pitch-black night sky.

A faint warmth and cozy firelight emanated from the left.

Turning my head, I saw Lu Shuang staring at a campfire, silently adding firewood to it.

Seeing Li Ping'an turn around, Lu Shuang's face lit up with joy.

"Senior, you're awake! I thought..."

He stopped there, his face full of relief.

Li Pingan rubbed his still slightly dizzy head and slowly sat up.

"How long have I been unconscious?"

He was surprised to find that all his clothes had been changed.

"My clothes..."

Upon hearing this, Lu Shuang blushed slightly and said...

"There's no other way. It was vomited out of that dragon's belly, it was just too filthy and smelly. I can only help you change it."

"What? You changed it for me?"

Li Ping'an was shocked to hear this.

No, how could an old man like me let such a young girl change my clothes?

And she knew nothing about it.

Thinking about this, Li Ping'an felt a little embarrassed.

Lu Shuang's cheeks were slightly flushed, and she kept her head down without saying a word.

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

After a long while, Li Ping'an finally took the initiative to speak to her.

"What day of the trial is it now? Is the trial over?"

Lu Shuang shook her head and said, "It's only the second night now, there's still one more day of trials to go before it ends."

"I see!"

Li Pingan nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.

He was afraid that if he remained unconscious for too long, the trial would end soon.

He hadn't yet done the task Hongling had given him.

"What are your plans now?" Li Pingan asked Lu Shuang.

Lu Shuang shook her head and said.

"I didn't really want to participate in this trial in the first place. Now that I've gone through so much hardship and barely survived, I should consider myself very lucky. I don't plan to look for any more herbs or points; I'll just wait for the trial to end and then leave."

Li Pingan nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then asked.

"Can you do me a favor?"

"What kind of help do you need? Please tell me, senior." Lu Shuang said solemnly, "You are my savior, and I will grant you whatever you ask."

Li Ping'an said, "I have something I need to retrieve, but I feel dizzy and lightheaded. I'd like to ask you to come with me."

"Okay!" Lu Shuang blinked her beautiful eyes and asked, "What do you want to get? Where is it?"

Li Pingan took out the rolled-up map from his pocket and said.

"I don't know where it is either. There are directions on this map. I heard it's in the mountains."

Upon seeing Li Ping'an's map, Lu Shuang couldn't help but feel somewhat shocked.

"What? You actually have a map of Misty Valley?"

"Yes, what's wrong? Is that strange?"

Seeing Lu Shuang's strong reaction, Li Ping'an couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

Isn't it normal to have a map? Don't you guys have one?

"Of course not!" Lu Shuang shook her head vigorously, like a rattle-drum.

Do you know why this Misty Valley is called Misty Valley?

Li Pingan shook his head.

Lu Shuang explained, "The Misty Valley is shrouded in fog year-round, filled with all sorts of unknown dangers and teeming with monsters. To this day, no disciple has ever been able to fully understand the terrain of the Misty Valley. They have to explore it bit by bit, but even then, it's difficult to know exactly what the terrain of the Misty Valley is like. Let alone having a map."

"And this map of yours..." Lu Shuang glanced at the map in Li Ping'an's hand, her shock deepening, "It's incredibly detailed. Just this one map alone would be enough to cause a frenzy among everyone!"

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing this, Li Ping'an couldn't help but glance at the map in his hand again.

This map is so precious and rare.

He couldn't help but wonder why Hongling possessed such a precious map.

And he even gave it to himself, just so that he could go to this trial ground to retrieve something for him.

For a moment, Li Ping'an couldn't help but become curious about Hong Ling's identity.

Why did he have such a detailed map?

Forget it, I don't want to.

Li Pingan shook his head. Since he had promised someone, he had to fulfill his promise.

He handed the map to Lu Shuang and pointed to one of the locations on the map.

"The person who commissioned me said that thing is nearby. Could you come with me to retrieve it, and then we'll leave this trial grounds?"