Chu Tian saw him finish eating and observed his appearance before speaking directly.
"You're here to tell me that a ten-thousand-year-old Zi Yu Vine was discovered not far from here, aren't you?"
"Uh... How did you know?" Miao Zuo was taken aback.
"I also know that your name is Miao Zuo and you are a talisman cultivator." Chu Tian smiled faintly.
"Uh..." Miao Zuo didn't know what to say, just stared blankly at Chu Tian.
"You're telling me about the ten-thousand-year-old Zi Yu Vine because it has a guardian spirit beast, right?" Chu Tian continued.
Miao Zuo nodded.
"A mere level four magic beast shouldn't pose much of a threat to you. However, your item was stolen, and you lack a proper weapon, correct?"
As Chu Tian finished speaking, Miao Zuo continued to nod.
"This broken knife you're holding, you picked it up, didn't you?"
By the time Chu Tian said this, Miao Zuo's gaze towards him had changed.
"You... you've been monitoring me? How do you know all this? Who are you?" The man began to doubt.
"Heh, would you believe me if I said I calculated it?" Chu Tian stared at Miao Zuo with a smile.
The other party pondered for a moment, then shook his head faintly.
"I knew you wouldn't believe me. Let's just wait and see. Since we're here for the ten-thousand-year-old Zi Yu Vine, let's go get it!" As he spoke, Chu Tian had already turned and walked in the direction of the Zi Yu Vine.
Miao Zuo stood rooted to the spot, hesitated for a moment, and then, pursing his lips, followed.
Walking forward along the mountain forest, on a rock face ahead, was a vine plant that wasn't very thick, about just over a meter in height.
On the vine, there were prickles resembling feathers.
Its entire body emitted a hazy purple glow.
Chu Tian smiled as he saw Miao Zuo following him from a distance.
He was afraid this fellow wouldn't dare to follow, but since he did, that was enough. As for the actual situation, he would explain it slowly later.
Chu Tian leaped forward, arriving beneath the rock face, next to the Zi Yu Vine.
"Be careful!"
Miao Zuo shouted from afar.
Chu Tian, however, smiled faintly. This fellow was still so kind-hearted.
He still reminded him to be careful, but he omitted the address "Big Brother."
Hiss...
A purple snake less than a foot long, with a ferocious open maw, lunged directly at Chu Tian's throat.
Chu Tian raised his hand and flicked a finger.
Crack...
It struck the snake's head directly.
This creature was called a Zi Jin Yu Mang. Chu Tian had exerted considerable effort to deal with it last time.
After landing, this creature's body became extremely large.
However, this time, it didn't get a chance to land. It was directly straightened by Chu Tian's flicked finger, then fell limply.
The Zi Jin Yu Mang's tough body had completely ruptured. Outwardly, it appeared unchanged, but internally, it had become a puddle of mush.
"It's yours..."
Having finished, Chu Tian plucked the ten-thousand-year-old Zi Yu Vine and threw it to Miao Zuo.
Last time, he came to collect the ten-thousand-year-old Zi Yu Vine to gather spiritual medicine for Old Yang, to refine the Nine Revolutions Pill for him to use during his tribulation.
However, after returning, before the pill could be refined, Old Yang had already begun his tribulation.
He had passed it safely, so Chu Tian was not worried at all.
"It's... it's for me?" Miao Zuo held the ten-thousand-year-old Zi Yu Vine, looking at Chu Tian with disbelief.
The latter smiled, "Follow Big Brother, and you'll never miss out on good things."
Chu Tian was using this to entice him.
Last time, their relationship had also been merely one of cooperation from the start.
This time, starting anew, Chu Tian didn't want any regrets.
He wondered if this so-called "time reset" was meant to let him retrace his previous steps.
Or perhaps... when the time came, he would be teleported back.
If it was meant for him to retrace his steps, why?
Could it be that along the way, he had missed some important places?
Last time, in this secret realm, he had only reached the second level, and this secret realm had a total of nine levels.
Because he had entered that illusion and destroyed many things, it caused the secret realm to collapse.
Chu Tian now thought that it didn't seem to add up.
This secret realm shouldn't be so fragile. Could some powerful being be manipulating things?
As he was lost in thought, Chu Tian suddenly snapped back to reality. His previous wandering thoughts had overlapped with his initial entry last time, but the thoughts themselves were different.
Last time, after obtaining this item, his mind had begun to wander.
He was thinking...
Arriving at the Xuan Tian Star, the Sea of Death.
Someone had predicted this countless years ago.
However, Chu Tian now knew that all of this was left behind by his grandfather... Chu Batian.
Even the formation of the four cities in the Sea of Death was related to Chu Batian.
The four main cities were also things his grandfather had left for him.
At the same time, it was impossible that he hadn't foreseen Chu Tian entering this Sacred Spirit Realm.
Perhaps, among the high-ranking officials of the Sacred Spirit Realm, some clues could be found.
Perhaps even things left behind by Chu Batian.
His arrival in the Yin Yang Realm was also arranged by his grandfather.
His eating the Blue Gold Spirit Fish, replenishing the power of the Seven-Colored Supreme Bone, everything...
It all seemed to be within Chu Batian's calculations.
"Holy crap... could it be..."
Thinking of this, Chu Tian's eyes suddenly lit up, his face filled with shock.
"B... Big Brother... what's wrong?"
Miao Zuo, seeing Chu Tian fall into a daze after giving him the item,
was carefully observing Chu Tian, feeling that this person was very strange.
Suddenly, Chu Tian let out a loud shout, startling him.
"It's nothing..." Chu Tian casually replied.
But his heart was pounding.
Did his grandfather live longer, or... did he also possess a similar time-resetting ability?
What was he planning all along by making arrangements in various places?
As far as he could see, his grandfather was trying to save the Pi Universe? To save Blue Star?
However, Chu Tian vaguely felt that it wasn't quite like that.
If not, then what was his grandfather plotting?
He... Chu Tian!
He might be a crucial piece in his grandfather's plan.
Every place he went, Chu Batian's presence was felt, leaving behind many good things for him.
It was as if he was being trained.
From all these signs, this point was confirmed.
But the final outcome was not yet certain.
Chu Tian walked along, pondering these matters, and suddenly felt a great discomfort, a sense of oppression arising within him.
From his rebirth in the Heavenly Dao World until now, he felt like a puppet on strings.
He was acting for the sake of the common people, for the fate of saving Blue Star and the destiny of the human ancestral land.
Now he felt as though he had been arranged by his grandfather.
Everything was under his control.
A feeling of being unable to break free from the constraints made Chu Tian feel as if a stone were pressing on his chest.
The suffocating feeling grew stronger, and he wanted to roar.
Miao Zuo, following Chu Tian, kept staring at his face.
Chu Tian's complexion was changing, from purplish-blue to dark, then to rosy pink.
Different colors constantly shifted, and different expressions also changed.