Chapter 1566 Swapping Zones
"It's really you! How did you get in?" Chen Xuan asked in surprise.
Although he had some suspicions, he was still very shocked to learn that this guy was the unkempt Daoist.
"Sneaking into the Gu family alone, what is that? I've also been to the other two major families! Their clan secret realms, I've walked in and out freely!" the unkempt Daoist said proudly.
Chen Xuan grabbed the unkempt Daoist by the neck: "You big swindler, you cheated my spirit stones, give me back my spirit stones!"
Back then, the unkempt Daoist had asked for fifty spirit stones, claiming he couldn't enter the spirit pool. Now, the unkempt Daoist had entered, wasn't this fraud?
"Heh heh, I even lent you my Qiankun bag, so these fifty spirit stones are the rental fee," the unkempt Daoist said with a laugh.
Chen Xuan: "......"
Can you be a human being!
"Forget it, I'll give you these fifty spirit stones." Chen Xuan waved his hand, too lazy to argue about this matter further.
He had important things to ask.
"Won't you be discovered after sneaking in?"
The unkempt Daoist chuckled, "Don't worry, the disciple I knocked out will sleep for at least half a month."
"Why did you sneak in?" Chen Xuan couldn't help but ask.
The unkempt Daoist was already quite old and could no longer use the power of the spirit pool for rebirth.
The unkempt Daoist said, "Although I can't undergo rebirth, the spirit pool contains a lot of energy, which can help me improve my cultivation."
"Oh, then I'll start cultivating quickly."
Chen Xuan impatiently closed his eyes and began to refine the energy of the spirit pool.
He had wasted a lot of time in the dispute with the Gu family disciples just now.
The unkempt Daoist shoved his identity spirit token onto someone, took the other person's identity spirit token for himself, and then threw the Gu family member back into the area where he was. After doing all this, he then sat cross-legged beside Chen Xuan, refining the energy of the spirit pool.
"Huh? Why is there no energy?"
A moment later, the unkempt Daoist opened his eyes and quickly looked at Chen Xuan: "How is this guy cultivating? I can't even snatch any energy..."
To his surprise, the unkempt Daoist quickly distanced himself from Chen Xuan. Only when he reached the edge of the ninth area could he sense energy.
He grumbled, "I knew I shouldn't have come."
Now in the ninth area, because of Chen Xuan's presence, it had become very difficult for the unkempt Daoist to absorb energy. However, it was not so easy for him to withdraw now; he could only stay here.
An hour passed in the blink of an eye.
The unkempt Daoist woke up from his cultivation. He opened his eyes, and a wisp of white energy entered his body through breathing.
He reached out and probed into the spirit pool, his eyes showing deep shock: "There's no energy left in the ninth area. Isn't the ninth area too weak?"
The unkempt Daoist suddenly looked up and saw Chen Xuan sitting cross-legged in the distance, enveloped by a white light, like a large cocoon.
"My heavens, didn't this guy absorb all the energy in the ninth area?" the unkempt Daoist frowned.
In another blink of an eye, another hour passed. All the white light around was absorbed by Chen Xuan. He also slowly opened his eyes and saw the unkempt Daoist looking at him.
"Why are you looking at me?"
"Like an idiot!" the unkempt Daoist said sourly.
"You unkempt Daoist, why are you cursing people?"
Chen Xuan pouted.
He clenched his fists, feeling that his condition was good. His cultivation was already approaching the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, and many impurities had appeared on his body, which was due to his physical talent being further refined.
This time, the harvest was good.
He said to the unkempt Daoist, "Let's go to other areas."
"If we don't go anywhere else, are we just going to waste time here?"
The unkempt Daoist was extremely dejected. He had only absorbed a tiny bit of energy, and Chen Xuan had absorbed the rest.
"Our identity tokens seem to be only valid in the ninth area. Right, how did you get to the ninth area?" Chen Xuan suddenly frowned and asked.
"Actually, our identity spirit tokens can temporarily go to other areas, but not for long, otherwise the spirit pool will attack. I've already swapped identity spirit tokens with others. If we want to sneak into other areas, we can only find people to swap identity spirit tokens with."
"It seems that's the only way."
Chen Xuan nodded, "Unkempt Daoist, do you have any good ideas?"
"Of course, but you'll have to listen to me later," the unkempt Daoist said.
"Alright," Chen Xuan nodded.
The unkempt Daoist leaped onto the water surface and headed into the distance, as if walking on flat ground.
Chen Xuan frowned but quickly followed.
"Where are we going? This doesn't seem to be the location of the eighth zone?"
He caught up with the unkempt Daoist and couldn't help but ask.
In Chen Xuan's memory, the eighth zone was not in this direction.
"We're going to the fourth zone!"
"The fourth zone?"
Chen Xuan frowned.
"Yes, I've already inquired about it. The entire spirit pool area is divided in a Nine Palace Grid format. The areas bordering the ninth zone are the eighth and fourth zones."
"Alright, let's go to the fourth zone first!"
Chen Xuan had expected to go to the eighth zone, but he was even happier to go to the fourth zone.
The ninth zone had already brought him such a rich harvest. If he went to the fourth zone, with the enhancement of the dense energy, his strength would likely increase further.
Soon, they arrived at the fourth zone.
As soon as Chen Xuan stepped into the fourth zone, he felt that the energy in the fourth zone was at least three times denser than that in the ninth zone. No wonder so many people liked to go to the top-ranked zones; it made sense.
Following that, Chen Xuan had a second feeling: an invisible repulsion, faintly warning him, as if the spirit pool would attack him if he ignored the warning.
Therefore, they didn't have much time left and had to find identity spirit tokens quickly.
Suddenly, Chen Xuan stopped in his tracks, looking into the distance with a strange expression.
He saw a man and a woman soaking in the pool water in the distance. The man was meditating with his eyes closed, slowly absorbing the energy of the spirit pool.
Behind him, a voluptuous woman, wearing only her undergarments, pressed her full chest tightly against the man's back. Her five slender fingers, like green onions, rested on the man's shoulders, gently massaging him.
Damn it, I thought you guys were here for a vacation!!
Chen Xuan was dumbfounded.
At this moment, the unkempt Daoist winked at Chen Xuan, then suddenly rushed towards the man and woman, shouting urgently, "Brother Haoran, save me!!"
The man, who was indulging in the moment, suddenly opened his eyes and saw the unkempt Daoist: "Gu Lu, what happened?"
This man was named Gu Haoran, a direct descendant of the Gu family.
Although his cultivation talent was good, he didn't like cultivating; he preferred beauty.
The seductive woman beside him, although also from the Gu family, was Gu Haoran's father's adopted daughter, Gu Ziyan. They had secretly pledged their lives to each other.
The reason Gu Haoran called the unkempt Daoist "Gu Lu" was precisely because the face the unkempt Daoist was using was called Gu Lu. Gu Lu was Gu Haoran's cousin, and they had a very good relationship.