Since Gu Zhendong had already spoken, Li Qin and Li Mu naturally had no further objections.

Besides, they both wanted to go up the mountain to take a look. Li Qin's earlier remarks were simply out of displeasure with He Xinyi.

Having arrived at the entrance to a mountain of treasures, how could they not climb it to seek those treasures?

However, when they reached the summit, everyone was dumbfounded.

The mountain wasn't particularly high, only about two or three thousand meters in vertical height.

This was nothing for Gu Zhendong and the Li siblings.

Although He Xinyi was a rich young lady, she was a true aristocrat and had focused on physical training from a young age. Climbing a mountain was just child's play for her.

Climbing was indeed easy, but once they reached the summit, they realized that even that simple task had been a waste of time.

Because the mountaintop was bare, with absolutely nothing there!

"That's not right. There's no way there wouldn't be anything here. Don't forget, Zhu Jiuyin came from this place. At the very least, its nest should be on the mountain!"

Li Mu said with an earnest expression.

Li Qin said weakly, "Found it. You're talking about this, right?"

The others came to Li Qin's side and saw a massive volcanic crater.

Looking down into the crater, they could even see churning magma!

But besides the magma and heatwaves, there was nothing else.

As for the Crimson Blood Tree recorded in the Li family's secret manual, there was no sign of it at all.

Li Mu couldn't help but feel relieved.

"Luckily, Chen Xiao isn't here. Otherwise, if he knew there was no Crimson Blood Tree here, I'd be in deep trouble!"

Li Qin rolled her eyes at her brother, and Li Mu stuck out his tongue.

As for He Xinyi, she felt utterly dejected, all her hopes dashed.

So much for heavenly treasures! Is this all there is?

"In that case, it seems we'll have to go down and take a look!"

Li Qin said calmly, her attitude resolute.

Li Mu touched Li Qin's forehead. "Sister, have you got a fever and fried your brain? That's magma down there..."

"What are you worried about? I didn't say *I'm* going down. Xiao Hei, it's time for you to work!"

Li Qin smiled faintly and patted her stomach.

Xiao Hei's head popped out from inside her clothes.

Seeing the volcanic crater, Xiao Hei was visibly excited. With a leap, it jumped down and began darting back and forth among the volcanic caves.

The others didn't have Xiao Hei's agility, so they could only sit on the mountaintop, waiting foolishly.

***

Meanwhile, at the moment the golden light flashed, Chen Xiao felt a tremendous suction force, as if it were trying to pull his soul away.

Chen Xiao was very familiar with this sensation; it was coming from the Yin-Yang Jade on his chest.

Chen Xiao didn't resist, and then everything went black before his eyes. When he regained consciousness, he had arrived in the world within the Yin-Yang Jade.

But this time was different from the last. Last time, only Chen Xiao's divine sense had been drawn in.

But this time, Chen Xiao could clearly sense that his physical body had entered as well.

In the distance, the magnificent palace was still there, but as before, it was still out of reach.

Just then, Chen Xiao suddenly felt a gust of wind, and then the sky darkened.

He looked up and saw a massive thing descending from the sky!

Chen Xiao quickly jumped to the side, a leap of several hundred meters, barely managing to dodge.

The massive thing was none other than Zhu Jiuyin's severed body.

Zhu Jiuyin had also been sucked into the Yin-Yang Jade.

Not just its body, but also its head.

The snake's head with fleshy wings didn't fall to the ground, nor did it pay any attention to Chen Xiao. Almost as soon as it appeared, it flew toward the magnificent palace.

Chen Xiao scoffed. "Tch, wasting your energy..."

Chen Xiao remembered that he had walked for a long time last time, and the distance between him and the palace hadn't shortened in the slightest.

So this snake's head was naturally wasting its energy as well.

But just five minutes later, Chen Xiao was dumbfounded.

Because the snake's head had actually flown into the palace.

"Damn it, how could it fly in?"

After the snake's head flew into the palace, it vanished without a trace, and Chen Xiao stood there, consumed by rage!

"Damn it, I refuse to believe it. If it can do it, why can't I?"

Chen Xiao thought to himself, *I chopped off Zhu Jiuyin's head. There's no reason why it can go somewhere that I can't.*

However, more than half an hour later, the distance between Chen Xiao and the palace hadn't shortened in the slightest.

To be precise, Chen Xiao had simply been going around in circles for the past half hour.

Because Zhu Jiuyin's body, which had fallen next to him, was still next to him after he had been walking for more than half an hour.

Chen Xiao was furious and kicked Zhu Jiuyin's body.

"Damn it, you stinking bug can do it, so why can't I?"

Chen Xiao had previously thought that the reason he couldn't reach the palace was simply because his cultivation wasn't high enough.

But his cultivation was clearly above Zhu Jiuyin's. Zhu Jiuyin could go, but he couldn't.

That theory was therefore disproven.

Whether it was because Zhu Jiuyin's corpse was beginning to rot, or because Chen Xiao's kick was too hard, a piece of flesh actually fell off Zhu Jiuyin's body after his kick!

Seeing this piece of flesh, Chen Xiao was instantly stunned, because he discovered that Zhu Jiuyin's flesh was actually a treasure, filled with extremely rich spiritual energy.

It surpassed the Buddha's Hand Tuo from before.

Chen Xiao's eyes lit up instantly. As expected of a ten-thousand-year-old demon beast, it really was a treasure from head to toe!

The spiritual energy in this flesh was comparable to spiritual medicine, and the scales could be refined into a suit of armor that was impervious to blades and spears, and resistant to water and fire.

It was just that Chen Xiao wasn't a caveman and couldn't get used to a life of eating raw meat and drinking blood. He couldn't eat raw meat directly.

Fortunately, he had the supernatural power of the Quenching Fire Qilin Eyes. Under the scorching flames, Zhu Jiuyin's flesh instantly emitted the aroma of food.

After roasting it, Chen Xiao immediately began to devour it. He wondered how the snake's head would react if it knew its body was being eaten.

In any case, Chen Xiao was enjoying himself.

After eating one piece, Chen Xiao found that he wasn't full, so he ate another piece. He still wasn't full, so he ate another piece...

After eating four or five pieces in a row, Chen Xiao finally felt full.

Not just full, but even stuffed.

Because his stomach was swelling up at a visible rate!

It should be known that Chen Xiao had a model-like figure, with a flat and muscular stomach, not a single excess of fat, only eight chocolate-like abdominal muscles.

But at this moment, the way his stomach was bulging was almost on par with Pigsy!

Moreover, his stomach was still swelling continuously, looking like a woman about to give birth...

If he continued to stuff himself like this, Chen Xiao would only explode and die!