My Five Bigshot Seniors: I am The Most Coddled Junior!-Chapter 110 - 62: Star Washing Stone

"Your Excellency, what are you looking at?" Rong Ye curiously asked beside Long Wuya.

Long Wuya seemed to be awakened, turning his head and seeing Gu Qingqing and the others. He was momentarily stunned and then remembered that he had been in such a hurry that he brought Gu Qingqing along.

His gaze fell on Gu Qingqing, and he discovered the Little Pixiu in her arms. The Little Pixiu seemed to feel his gaze and hurriedly hid in Gu Qingqing’s sleeve, not letting Long Wuya find it.

He paused, seemingly a bit surprised.

"Is that a Pixiu?" he said somewhat uncertainly, because due to Gu Qingqing’s Word Spirit, what people usually saw wasn’t the Pixiu’s true form. But Long Wuya, with his high cultivation level, could probably see its real form.

Gu Qingqing looked at the frightened Little Yu in her arms and nodded. Since Long Wuya could tell, it proved his cultivation was very high, not someone they should provoke. Before such a person, it’s best not to play any tricks!

Long Wuya’s gaze landed on Gu Qingqing, and he took a closer look at her.

After all, although Little Yu was not fully grown, it was still a Divine Beast, not easily willing to be close to humans. Gu Qingqing being able to win Little Yu’s approval indicated she must have something extraordinary about her!

Looking for a while, he surprisingly found that he couldn’t see through this little girl in front of him at all.

It was as if something on her concealed everything about her, presenting a seemingly real state, but in truth, it was all a facade!

With his cultivation and experience, it was the first time he encountered such a situation!

"This little girl, quite interesting." Unable to see through Gu Qingqing’s situation, Long Wuya didn’t force it, "I scared you just now; take this as a gift for apology."

Saying this, Long Wuya raised his hand and tossed something to Gu Qingqing.

Gu Qingqing caught it with her hand, looked at it, and found it was actually a rare refining material, the Star Washing Stone. This stone was incredibly precious, almost nonexistent on Xuantian Continent, and as she heard from Si Lin and the others, its supply in the Sub-immortal Realm wasn’t ample either, causing bloody storms whenever it appeared!

Her Mixed Immortal Silk was a growth-type weapon that would need the Star Washing Stone for upgrades in the later stages. She thought she would have to go to the Sub-immortal Realm to find it, but unexpectedly, Long Wuya gave it to her just like that!

Gu Qingqing hurriedly shook her head, wanting to return it to Long Wuya, but he didn’t want it at all. With a wave of his hand, Gu Qingqing and the others were gently pushed out.

"Little girl, this place isn’t somewhere you should be. Having the Little Pixiu follow you means you are destined for each other. Treat it well!" Long Wuya’s voice echoed in Gu Qingqing’s ears as she saw him turn around, continuing to stare at the water in front of him, then disappeared from sight.

The force sent them out some distance before dissipating. After they landed, looking back at the place where Long Wuya was, they found nothing there, a bit astonished.

"It must be an Array; we didn’t even feel it just now," Rong Ye speculated as he saw Gu Qingqing still staring there. He looked at her hand, "Little Qingqing, what did that gentleman give you just now?"

Due to the angle, neither Rong Ye nor Jun Wu saw what Long Wuya gave Gu Qingqing, so he asked her.

Gu Qingqing paused and opened her hand to show them the Star Washing Stone she held.

"A Star Washing Stone, what generosity!" Rong Ye exclaimed in amazement as he looked at the Star Washing Stone in Gu Qingqing’s hand.

"That gentleman must be of the Dragon Clan, right? His aura didn’t seem human," Jun Wu commented upon seeing the Star Washing Stone in Gu Qingqing’s hand. Even he wouldn’t be able to casually give away a Star Washing Stone. He remembered Long Wuya’s demeanor when searching for the Dragon Scale and speculated.

[Dragon Clan?] Gu Qingqing blinked, a bit confused.

"Yes, the Dragon Clan indeed still exists, but they rarely appear in the world. I didn’t expect there to be a Dragon Clan in the Secret Realm!" Jun Wu nodded, confident in his judgment.

Gu Qingqing’s mouth fell open, completely unexpected that she had just been with a legendary Dragon Clan member, who even gifted her such a precious Star Washing Stone!

The Little Yu in her arms blinked at the Star Washing Stone, then at Gu Qingqing, finally collapsing into her arms, seeking a pet.

Gu Qingqing petted Little Yu’s fur, feeling a bit calmer.

"Thankfully, it was a reasonable dragon, or we would’ve been in trouble." Thinking about how her attacks were easily neutralized, Rong Ye said with some relief.

Gu Qingqing and Jun Wu exchanged a glance and nodded in agreement.

...

After sending Gu Qingqing and the others away, Long Wuya returned to the water’s edge. Looking at the bottom of the pond, he watched for a while, then sat cross-legged nearby.

"Zhu Qi, you have awakened." He stated this as a certainty, not a question. He had sent Gu Qingqing and the others away because the mysterious entity in the depths had awakened.

Candle Seven is a Candle Dragon. It wasn’t originally in the Secret Realm; it was causing trouble and was caught by the owner of the Secret Realm, then imprisoned at the bottom of the pond, and Long Wuya is the one guarding this Cold Pond.

Long Wuya is an Azure Dragon. Logically, he should never have ended up here watching over Candle Seven, but in reality, it’s Long Wuya’s Primordial Spirit here. He had long since died, but because he remains in the Secret Realm, his Primordial Spirit hasn’t perished, so he was assigned to guard Candle Seven.

The Secret Realm has been wandering through space. This is the first time it has fused with a plane, allowing the people of that plane to enter, and Candle Seven and Long Wuya spend most of their time asleep, especially Candle Seven, who found the bottom of the pond too boring and slept for thousands of years.

Long Wuya woke up because he sensed the aura of the Dragon Scale. He hurried back because he felt something unusual with Candle Seven, but when he returned, the anomaly vanished. Just as he was talking to Gu Qingqing and the others, Candle Seven unexpectedly woke up, so he quickly sent everyone away.

"I just felt an aura that made my heart flutter, so I woke up." Candle Seven’s voice was muffled. It has known Long Wuya for tens of thousands of years, so it had nothing to hide and spoke directly.

Upon hearing this, Long Wuya was somewhat surprised. A moment ago, apart from himself, there were only Gu Qingqing and two others here!

"Are you talking about that little girl?" Among the three people, the only one Long Wuya found special was Gu Qingqing.

The mysterious aura surrounding Gu Qingqing always felt familiar to him, as if he had sensed it somewhere before, yet he couldn’t recall it now.

"I don’t know, I just know that after you let those humans leave, that feeling disappeared." Candle Seven was still in a daze and replied with some dissatisfaction.

Long Wuya said no more, mulling over who exactly Gu Qingqing was.

Candle Seven didn’t mind not hearing Long Wuya’s voice. It wasn’t fully rested anyway, and with no one to chat with, it went straight back to sleep.

The Cold Pond grew quiet all of a sudden.

...

After Yue Zhao and Nan Hua hit the road together, their team grew much larger. Whenever they encountered danger on the way, Nan Hua and Yue Zhao didn’t always make a move, only stepping in when the others couldn’t handle it.

No one had any objections, since they came to the Secret Realm intending to train. If they never took action, Yue Zhao and the others might have abandoned them long ago.

Their cooperation worked well, and their progress moved much faster.

During this period, many in their team made significant advancements in their cultivation and also harvested plenty of spirit flowers and herbs, which made them very pleased.

"It’s been seven days since we entered, and we still haven’t heard anything about Little Qingqing. Do we really have to wait until we reach the Secret Realm Center to find Little Qingqing?" Nan Hua twirled his fan, feeling a bit irritable.

Over the past seven days, they had fully realized the dangers of the Secret Realm. Put it this way, anyone following them would not have survived this long if they had been alone in the Secret Realm!

This made them more worried about Gu Qingqing’s safety. Even though Gu Qingqing’s cultivation was higher than the others, and she had the Word Spirit Technique as assistance, they couldn’t rest easy for a day without seeing Gu Qingqing.

Mentioning this, Yue Zhao’s mood also soured, and the usual smile on his face disappeared.

He patted the dust off his body and looked at Nan Hua, "Take out the talisman, and let’s attempt to contact Rong Ye together!"

"Alright!" Upon hearing this, Nan Hua immediately stood up.

The two exchanged a glance, each took out a talisman from their Qiankun Ring, input Spiritual Power simultaneously, and watched as the golden lines on the talisman slowly lit up. They held their breath, nervously waiting. The Spiritual Patterns on the talisman flickered for a moment, then extinguished, reverting to an ordinary talisman in their hands. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Failed again!" Nan Hua’s hand gripping the talisman turned slightly pale, his expression a bit grim.

"The talisman flickered just now, doesn’t it mean we’re relatively close to Rong Ye? It didn’t happen before." Yue Zhao reflected on the recent moment, pondering out loud.

"It seemed to flicker just now." Nan Hua frowned, recalling with effort, and said uncertainly.

"Since we can’t contact through the talisman, let’s hurry to the Secret Realm Center. This way, we can see Little Qingqing sooner." Yue Zhao put away the talisman and said.

"I understand." Nan Hua nodded, showing he got it.

After that, Yun Ran and his group quickened their pace. To move even faster, Nan Hua set up a Spirit Gathering Array every time their Spiritual Power was depleted during rest, helping them recover, and as time went by, their cultivation improved once more, and they couldn’t care less about the hardships of the journey!

Feeling the anticipation of everyone, Nan Hua glanced at Yue Zhao, receiving a faint smile from him, causing him to roll his eyes, admiring Yue Zhao’s trickery more!

...

In contrast to Yue Zhao and the others’ smooth journey, Si Lin encountered his first crisis since entering the Secret Realm after eight days!