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Chapter 1135 - 904: Help!_2

What exactly is going on with Miss Qi? Why hasn’t she replied yet? Should I go to her palace and take a look?

Jiang Yuan withdrew his thoughts, lowered his head, and looked at the tiger-shaped mark on his palm left by Shi Hu’s "stamp," pondering how to use this thing again.

Back then, Shi Hu said that no matter when, if needed, the mark could be used to summon it. But since he doesn’t practice cultivation immortality nor has spiritual power, he has kept the mark but hasn’t found a way to activate it, nothing happens when he clicks it.

"Master, I just heard the elder talking about the Elder Dragon." A dog’s head sneaked out from the side, baring its teeth and whispering, "That fool really doesn’t know what’s good for him, can’t even distinguish right from wrong. Master, don’t be angry with him, woof."

"Everyone has their own aspirations, why should I be angry with him? Besides, there’s no right or wrong in this matter, just like standing at a crossroads, going left or right is one’s own choice. We believe giving up the ascension of the divine beast is a pity; the Elder Dragon, however, thinks gaining freedom is better, it’s a personal choice, others have no right to judge right or wrong."

Jiang Yuan paused for a moment, then laughed, "Of course, since he chose this path, he has to walk it even if it means kneeling, just don’t complain. The Elder Dragon has lived for thousands of years, he’s not a child who doesn’t understand anything, he should get this logic."

Seeing the master speaking, Ling Di, with curiosity, asked, "The shape of this summoning mark... could it be the future White Tiger?"

Unexpectedly, the previous "wild fantasy" indeed came true, making Old Dog tremble with excitement.

On the Menghua Treasure Ship, the Vermilion Bird and Yan Xuan, whose future Black Tortoise status is secure, are sleeping; the Elder Dragon doesn’t want to ascend as the Azure Dragon. So, the master directly took his divine format. Now, there’s a mark that seems to be the White Tiger, indeed all Four Symbols Divine Beasts are to be gathered!

"Yes." Jiang Yuan nodded, explaining, "It’s the same as the reincarnation of the divine beast like the Elder Dragon. It was found by Xuanyuan Yangguang back then, but it wasn’t willing to take on the role of savior.

The Elder Dragon Zhou Jian was suppressed at Yellow Dragon Ridge; while Shi Hu was suppressed in the Secret Realm of Wo Hu Temple.

Later, the Nine Nether Peach Tree in the suppression array of Shi Hu was discovered by the demon monk Guang Hui. With the intention of extending his lifespan, he harbored evil thoughts, causing the Wo Hu Temple incident to almost cost tens of thousands of cultivators their lives."

This is the summoning mark left after I saved Shi Hu, it’s just..."

The three words "don’t know how to use" were something he couldn’t bring himself to say.

Ling Di suddenly realized, "I understand, with the example of the Elder Dragon before, the master is worried that Shi Hu is also greedy for pleasure and unwilling to ascend as a divine beast, right?"

It immediately pricked up its ears excitedly, "Master, don’t worry, I’ll help summon it back. By then, you won’t even need to speak. If it dares to say it doesn’t want to be a divine beast, just take its divine format away!

Woof woof, I know quite a few tiger-type demon beasts, and there are demon cultivators with upright conduct too. If this news gets out, they’d be desperate to kneel at the courtyard’s door and would be willing to come for a heavenly opportunity.

The Elder Dragon doesn’t want to ascend as the Azure Dragon, and don’t we just have a Transformed Flood Dragon Bai Yunqi? For him, it’s also a great opportunity, woof woof!"

Jiang Yuan immediately extended his palm, "Then you give it a try."

"Buzz~"

Ling Di placed her soft little paw pad on the mark, injected spiritual power, and then there was a light hum. The tiger-shaped mark floated off the palm and hovered in mid-air, growing larger and larger.

After a few seconds, the silver tiger-shaped mark "connected successfully," stretched lazily, moved around a bit, and bowed to Jiang Yuan, saying, "Benefactor, save me!"

Jiang Yuan: ???

It was indeed Shi Hu’s voice, what’s going on now?

The tiger-shaped mark floating in the air said with grievance, "Ever since the benefactor saved me from that sunless place, I’ve been traveling the Wilderness World, enjoying the majestic mountains and rivers, utterly unrestrained in my freedom!

But about three months ago, I heard that there is an ancient secret realm sealed in Yunmeng Mountain, exclusively for the Lord of Yunmeng Mountain and his confidants to enter for training. It is rumored that there are exotic plants and beasts in the ancient secret realm that have long been extinct in the outside world, and even fragments of the Celestial Realm. I was tempted and found a way to sneak in..."

It paused, sounding injured and even lacking the strength to speak, sobbing, "I didn’t expect it was deceiving me!

It’s not an ancient secret realm at all, but a sealed Ghost Realm — a world fragment from the void, polluted by the Ghost Realm!

Benefactor, my purification ability isn’t strong, but this Ghost Realm is massive and extremely dangerous. I’ve been trapped here for nearly two months, if I can’t get out soon, I fear I’ll be polluted and turn into one of those terrifying creatures! Boohoo... benefactor, save me!"

"Trapped in the Ghost Realm, and you wish for my master to risk themselves to save you?" Ling Di’s ears were perked up, and he asked incredulously, "If that’s the case, why didn’t you seek help sooner, waiting until my master summoned you to open up and ask for help?"

Shi Hu felt even more wronged upon hearing this, and the tiger-faced mark almost cried out, "I also wanted to seek help, but I’ve been suppressed for too long, and I really didn’t want to be restrained anymore, just wishing for freedom; plus, I was too arrogant about my own abilities, so I didn’t use the Communication Stone.

At the critical moment, I couldn’t seek help from outside, and the only mark given to my benefactor, I don’t know why, couldn’t be activated until now when the benefactor summoned me, I could finally contact the outside world!"

Jiang Yuan immediately understood — this thing hadn’t been recognized by the system.

It’s like an incompatible plugin, although it’s here, I can’t use it, Shi Hu also couldn’t use it to contact me. Only when the Old Dog used external force to intervene did the tiger-shaped mark function properly.

He then extracted the keywords; the Lord of Yunmeng Mountain is none other than Miss Qi’s elder brother, Sang Lishan, isn’t it?

He remembered when they met, he spent a lot of money on elixirs to numb the pain, definitely the dog with a big stash. Vaguely remembered Sang Lishan mentioning back then, that numbing the injuries and pain urgently had an urgent matter to handle.

And for a while now, there has been no response from Miss Qi. She might be helping her brother with the Ghost Realm sealed at Yunmeng Mountain, right?

"Is the news about the so-called secret realm something you heard from Jun Yan?" Jiang Yuan’s mind flashed a light, connecting all the clues!

As expected, Shi Hu was slightly taken aback, "What? Benefactor knows Jun Yan as well? Damn! That kid tricked me! I’ll make him pay when I get out!"

Jun Yan once mentioned that Shi Hu had been trapped by someone for many years, barely saved, swearing to have endless fun in the Wilderness. They hit it off immediately, becoming close friends, but not lingering long, leaving freely and disappearing without a trace, unable to be contacted.

From this, he deduced, what Shi Hu said about not having a Communication Stone, being unable to seek help from the outside world is true.

And the so-called "Ancient Secret Realm" sealed under Yunmeng Mountain, Jun Yan was either really unaware or intentionally deceived Shi Hu.

It’s greedy after all, thinking that Lord Sang’s sealing of the Ghost Realm must be meticulously layered to prevent anything strange from leaking out, how could it easily get in?

Layer upon layer of obstacles didn’t stop its reckless plundering, just like there’s a path to Heaven, but it chose Hell with no doors, and now it’s stuck, unable to escape.

Luckily, it possesses White Tiger Divine Power under Heavenly Dao’s favor, by coincidence, he was about to look for him, and with Ling Di’s help in summoning it could finally ask for help.

Swapping for someone less fortunate, sneaking into the sealed Ghost Realm without being able to seek help from outside, they’d probably just silently perish from pollution inside.

Perfect timing, Qing Niao and Yun Que are about to finish the Mizhang Ridge instance. If they could make this Ghost Realm an instance, then assigning sections for them to level up, wouldn’t that be killing two birds with one stone?

"Oh my, you’ve really gotten yourself into a fix... you say, how should my master save you? Can you initiate a teleportation to bring us over?" Ling Di frowned, baring its teeth, not understanding its recklessness at all.

Seeking to explore the secret realm is understandable, but at least keep a backup plan!

Coincidentally, it happens to be a bizarre and filthy place, she thought to herself, not daring to easily set foot there again, missing another opportunity to shine.

Shi Hu shook its head naively, "It’s not possible, I’m now heavily injured, and my spiritual power is severely depleted; the key point is that in this place, to prevent anything strange from escaping, there are many arrays!

What should I do now? Benefactor, please find a way to save me again, I don’t want to die! I haven’t had enough fun yet! To die now is such a loss for me, boohoo..."

Upon hearing its words, the Old Dog slightly raised its brows, thinking to itself that he should just shut up!

Playful, always thinking of wandering everywhere, how is it different from that Elder Dragon? If the master saves a guy who also doesn’t want to take responsibility after all the trouble, how angry would he be?

Perhaps, it’s better to just let you fend for yourself.

By then, the White Tiger Divine Power will disperse into heaven and earth once more, recondensing into a well-behaved little tiger that the master can bring back directly to teach and raise, wouldn’t that be more obedient and hassle-free?