Chapter 1118 Meeting Again

"Lì—"

A fire phoenix appeared in mid-air, an old man with a large belly standing on top of it.

The Chu family patriarch, Chu Hongchen, immediately knelt down upon seeing the old man, respectfully saying, "Hongchen respectfully welcomes the arrival of the Ancestor!"

This pot-bellied old man was none other than Chu Changqing, the Ancestor of the Zhushen Sect (God-Slaying Sect).

His appearance was exactly the same as the remnant soul Chen Xiao had seen in the Abyss of Nine Doubts.

"Little friend Chen Xiao, we meet again!"

Chu Changqing said with a smile.

Chen Xiao was slightly stunned, "Senior Chu, you remember me?"

"Of course, I remember."

Chu Changqing smiled, "The remnant soul is also a part of me. What he sees is what I see. We just met, how could I not remember?"

Hearing this, Chen Xiao suddenly understood.

Chu Hongchen, however, looked blank, asking in confusion, "Ancestor, who is he…?"

"Who he is, you don't need to know."

Chu Changqing said coldly.

He didn't have as good an attitude towards Chu Hongchen as he did towards Chen Xiao.

And Chu Hongchen didn't dare to have the slightest complaint. Chu Changqing was his grandfather's, grandfather's, grandfather... In front of the Ancestor, he was a grandson among grandsons, with only obedience to his name.

"Little friend Chen Xiao, this is not the place to talk. Let's find another place, please come with me!"

After Chu Changqing finished speaking, he stepped on the fire phoenix and flew towards the island.

Chen Xiao looked at Chu Changqing, then at Chu Qingluan.

Chu Qingluan immediately said, "Chen Xiao, you don't have to worry about me, quickly go with the Ancestor. Oh right, leave Little Hongchan to me to take care of."

Little Hongchan was still sleeping in Chen Xiao's arms, and even when Chen Xiao fought with Chu Hongchen just now, she hadn't been woken up.

"Alright, after I've asked what I want to know, I'll come find you."

Chen Xiao handed Little Hongchan to Chu Qingluan, then flapped his wings and flew up, closely following the fire phoenix.

The two flew directly to the sky above Jile Island (Paradise Island), which was very large, with many palaces and halls on the island.

The names of various ancient martial sects were written in front of the halls, presumably where the martial artists of each sect lived and cultivated after arriving on Jile Island.

There was a towering mountain peak on the island, and Chu Changqing stepped on the fire phoenix and flew directly to the top of the peak.

There was a pavilion at the top of the peak. Chu Changqing led Chen Xiao into the pavilion and pointed to a stone bench, saying, "Little friend Chen Xiao, please take a seat."

Chen Xiao sat down. Before he could speak, he heard Chu Changqing say, "Little friend Chen Xiao, I've made you laugh."

At first, Chen Xiao didn't react, but then he suddenly realized that Chu Changqing wasn't as cold-blooded and ruthless as Chu Hongchen.

He had lived on Jile Island for hundreds of years without change, which meant that Chu Hongchen's changes were likely man-made.

Then who was behind this, it was as obvious as a bald man's lice.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao couldn't help but shake his head, "Senior Chu, your methods are really not clever, failure is to be expected."

"Yes, I originally thought that letting those descendants sever their emotions would allow them to devote all their energy and mind to martial arts cultivation, but the human heart has too many distractions. Besides emotions, there are also greed, jealousy, hatred, anger, and so on… These inherent flaws cannot be completely eliminated."

Chu Changqing said with a helpless expression.

"It's not that the human heart has too many distractions, it's that you think of the human heart too simply."

Chen Xiao smiled slightly.

He didn't want to delve deeper into this topic, so he took the initiative to change the subject, "Senior Chu, our last meeting was too rushed. I still have many questions I haven't asked you, so I've come to the island today to bother you. I hope you don't mind."

The problems of Jile Island cultivation were too complicated and involved too much, and Chen Xiao didn't want to participate in it.

Moreover, his purpose here was just to get answers to a few questions. He wanted to ask them quickly and then leave.

"Little friend Chen Xiao is too polite. I welcome you, I'm afraid it's too late, how could I mind? If you have any questions, just ask."

Chu Changqing said with a smile.

"Senior Chu, last time I asked you where the bottom of the Wangchuan River (River of Forgetfulness) is, you left in too much of a hurry and didn't tell me the answer."

The last time they met, Chen Xiao was about to get the answer, but Chu Changqing's remnant soul trembled a few times before disappearing.

"The Wangchuan River is in the Underworld, and the boundary gate to the Underworld is located on Binghuo Island (Icefire Island), but it's not easy to pass through the boundary gate of the Underworld. First of all, you need to find a zouyin ren (a soul traveler)."

Chu Changqing said.

Hearing this, Chen Xiao was stunned. He felt a little confused.

He didn't expect that the boundary gate to the Underworld was actually located on Binghuo Island.

In that case, the sacred relic in Binghuo Island was also a sacred relic in the Underworld.

If he calculated it this way, there was still one sacred relic whose whereabouts were unknown.

Chen Xiao was somewhat disappointed to hear this answer.

However, he still had to take things one step at a time. Now that he knew the location of the Underworld, he still had to get his hands on this sacred relic first.

As for the zouyin ren that Chu Changqing mentioned, they were a type of ghost official in the legends, part-time ghost officials.

They were living people, but they traveled between the yin and yang realms, doing errands for the Underworld.

Chen Xiao didn't know any zouyin ren, but since these strange people existed, there must be a way to find them.

After getting the answer to the first question, Chen Xiao asked a series of questions in one breath.

"Senior Chu, what's the deal with that little fire phoenix, Xiao Wu? Also, why did you leave a wisp of remnant soul on the wutong (phoenix tree)? How did you know that the Yin-Yang Jade was on me? By the way, you also told me to move the fire phoenix into the Yin-Yang Jade, but as soon as she went in, she flew away. Are you plotting against me?"

"Cough cough, so many questions, let's take them one by one."

Faced with this series of questions, especially the last one, Chu Changqing coughed awkwardly twice, "Knowing that the Yin-Yang Jade is on you isn't difficult. I'm not blind. You were burned naked all over your body at the time. As long as you have eyes, you can see the Yin-Yang Jade on you."

"As for moving the fire phoenix into the Yin-Yang Jade, I just said that casually. You and I have no grievances or enmity, how could I plot against you? I didn't expect it to fly away by itself either…"

Chen Xiao frowned slightly, "So you know that the Yin-Yang Jade is a spatial magic treasure? How do you know?"

"Young man, the answer to this question is also very simple. The reason I know this is because I've seen someone use it before. You're not the first owner of the Yin-Yang Jade!"

Chu Changqing said with a slightly arrogant tone.

Chen Xiao thought to himself that he didn't even dare to consider himself the master of the Yin-Yang Jade, and most of the time he was being led by the nose by it!

But naturally, he wouldn't say such things, and instead continued to ask, "Senior Chu, I wonder who its former owner was?"

"The answer to this question can answer all your previous questions."

Chu Changqing said calmly, "The owner of the Yin-Yang Jade is also the owner of Xiao Wu. Before Xiao Wu became a nether phoenix, she was his battle pet. And the reason why I left a wisp of remnant soul on the wutong tree was also on his instructions…"