"Not bad, for the past eighteen years, I've been wandering around Island No. 5 and its surroundings, inquiring about Brother Xi, Brother Di, Brother Xun, and your Fifth Brother's news, even the situation of those few Mo Men cultivators didn't let go, but there was never any definite echo." The girl said slowly.

  "I only heard the shopkeeper of Dianji Pu mention that you, fifth brother, appeared on Wuhao Island over a decade ago and purchased some demonic beast materials. I didn't expect that after all these years, we would meet again. But I wonder where Huida brothers are now?"

  "No news is good news!" Zhao said comfortingly: "Those few Mo Gate cultivators haven't appeared either, have they? In that case, those people are probably already dead. If so, then Da Ge and the others might still be alive."

  "Not bad, I think so too." The girl showed a faint smile, as if someone finally understood her thoughts.

  "But why doesn't Brother Xi come find us?" The girl said softly, it was unclear whether she was asking Zhao Di or just talking to herself.

  Zhao Di said, "Twenty years ago, Big Brother Xi was already preparing to make a breakthrough in his cultivation. He must be in seclusion somewhere, undergoing rigorous training! I've heard that when making a breakthrough in cultivation, one often needs to be in seclusion for a very long time."

  The girl smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you, Fifth Brother, for your comfort. Although it's possible that Big Brother Xi might do this, considering his personality, he would likely leave us some information through certain channels before going into seclusion, rather than leaving us with no news at all. The demonic cultivator that Big Brother Xi dealt with was not ordinary, especially the blood-red short sword he released gave me a feeling of being unfathomable. I'm really worried about Big Brother Xi's safety."

  Later on, the girl couldn't control her emotions and started sobbing.

  This is a very rare thing for cultivators, especially for a mid-term foundation-building cultivator.

  Masters are always emotionally numb, especially Taoist masters, who emphasize the suppression of the seven emotions and six desires, with no sorrow or joy, no grief or resentment, and a state of mind that is as calm as an ancient well without ripples.

  Therefore, except at critical moments of life and death, extreme emotions are rarely seen among the cultivators. The girl's low sobbing attracted the attention of many cultivators.

  Zhao Di understood that the bitterness that had been suppressed in her heart for over a decade had finally found an outlet, like the Yangtze River bursting its banks, and once it started, it was hard to stop.

  "Miss Red Dust, let's change places. I have something to show you, and you'll understand," Zhao Di said to the girl in a voice transmission.

  The girl paused, stopped crying, and replied through the transmission: "What thing?"

  After Zhao passed on a sentence, the girl showed an extremely surprised expression and said: "This is indeed true!"

  Zhao nodded and flew towards a secluded area on the island, with the girl following closely behind.

  After a while, Zhao Di and the girl stopped in an uninhabited valley.

  The young girl said in a trembling voice: "Fifth brother, do you really have evidence of the demon gate cultivator's downfall? You're not just comforting me and deceiving me on purpose, are you?"

  Zhao took out a tattered crimson cloak and tossed it to the girl, saying: "Red Dust Fairy, please take a look."

  This thing is indeed the remains of Mo Meng's young master, damaged by the puppets. Zhao Di felt that this half-piece blood-colored cloak had a very special refining technique and some reference value, so he put it in his storage bag.

  "It's indeed a demonic object. Judging from the aura it emits, its owner should be from the same sect as those few demonic cultivators. But why is Fifth Brother certain that this object belongs to the person who fought with Big Brother Xi?" The girl asked in puzzlement.

  "That person referred to himself as the Young Master, and this corner of the cloak explains that." Zhao Di said, pointing at the corner of the cloak.

  The young lady looked closely and indeed, there were embroidered the words "Dedicated to the Young Master of Yi Men".

  "It's indeed the Blood Intent Gate!" The girl exclaimed in a low voice, and at the same time, she deeply believed in the origin of this blood-colored cloak.

  Zhao Di casually threw a fireball, turning the cloak into ashes, and said: "This thing was found on that small island where we parted ways. It should be a defensive artifact. Since it's broken like this, that young master of the demonic sect is probably in grave danger! On the other hand, Xi Ge is much safer. He must be in seclusion somewhere, breaking through to form his elixir. Fairy, why don't you return with me to the inner star and cultivate slowly? You'll have plenty of opportunities to meet Xi Ge again!"

  "Thank you, Fifth Brother. The knot in my heart for over a decade has finally been untied by more than half. But I still need to go to some places and verify some things before returning to Xingxing Island!" The girl's mood had improved significantly, but her words were filled with determination.

  Zhao Di knew it was no use persuading her anymore, so he bid farewell to the maiden and returned alone to Penglai Fairy Island.

  Although he used some flashy tricks to deceive the girl temporarily, with the girl's infatuation, it is unknown whether she can really put down this matter.

  In any case, knowing that there was still one survivor among his old friends was already very good news for Zhao Di.

  "Blood Intent Gate!" The girl muttered after Zhao Di left.

  ……

  Zhao Di arrived at Penglai Fairy Island and went straight to the town.

  Now he has enough elixirs, planning to return to the cave mansion to refine and take them, cultivating until the late stage of foundation building, even impacting the great way of forming elixirs!

  For this, he needs to buy a lot of elixir-making auxiliary materials.

  His spiritual beast, the Ice Wind Snake, had also reached a critical moment in its impact on the second-level demon beast, and similarly needed to use the second- and third-grade Jiaolong inner elixir to refine some Huajiao Dan for it to take and cultivate.

  In addition, there were several jade slips in the storage bag of Mo Meng's young master that recorded some powerful magical techniques. Although he had obtained the "Hunyuan Jue" and would not be greedy for power to practice magic, there were a few incredible secret techniques among them that even non-magic practitioners like him could learn. This made him very excited, and he planned to take this opportunity to cultivate it as well. For this reason, he also needed to purchase some items in preparation.

  Apart from this, the fifth-grade demon beast materials in his storage bag were already very rich. He believed that with the help of a large number of high-grade spirit stones, he could definitely refine many top-grade spirit artifacts!

  If he could purchase some high-grade puppets, such as those that reached the Foundation Establishment stage cultivator's level of puppetry, then he could allocate a top-grade spiritual tool to these puppets, allowing his strength to ascend to another level.

  If several foundation-building puppets use high-grade spiritual artifacts to launch an attack at the same time, even a cultivator in the Core Formation stage might find it difficult to defend against!

  Zhao Di has many plans and there are indeed many things to buy, so it's necessary to make good preparations.

  He put on a black hood and first went to the "Qiao Qi Ge" shop, but soon came out disappointed and turned to another puppet-selling store, still returning in disappointment.

  In this huge bazaar, only three shops sell puppets. The two largest ones don't have the foundation period puppet he wants, so he can only try his luck at the last one!

  But as soon as he proposed buying a puppet with real strength, the originally enthusiastic shopkeeper immediately turned cold and unfriendly, and unceremoniously asked him to leave the store.

  Look at the shopkeeper's attitude, as if Zhao didn't come to do business with him, but to look for trouble!

  Zhao Di knew there must be something fishy about it, but for the time being he didn't know how to get wind of it.

  After spending a few pieces of spirit stone and hiring a local guide, Zhao finally found a solution. Although the guide's cultivation was only at the Qi Refining stage 7 or 8, he didn't know the reason behind it, but he told Zhao that there was a place where you could hear any news, as long as you paid a certain amount of spirit stone.

  Then Zhao Di arrived at this spiritual tea house called "Wan Tong Tea House".

  The idle tea shop owner leaning on the armchair saw a monk wearing a bamboo hat enter the store, and his eyes scanned the opponent's body, surprisingly finding that he was a mid-term foundation-building monk.

  He hastily stood up, pulled away a fellow who was about to go and greet Zhao Di, and whispered: "I will personally entertain this noble guest, you go and entertain the other guests." Then he walked in front of Zhao Di, bowed very politely and said: "I didn't know that senior had arrived, I apologize for not welcoming you from afar, please forgive me!"

  The first update! Today's third update.