As for the intelligence of the Golden Beast, Qin Lingyun had always been puzzled. The true grade of the Golden Beast was very low, only a first-grade lower product, and the intelligence of a first-grade lower spirit beast was only slightly higher than that of an ordinary wild beast.

  The IQ of the Golden Beast is frighteningly high! Qin Lingyun had never made a contract with the Golden Beast, and usually when she needed it to do something, just one glance, one gesture or one word was enough. The Golden Beast's insight was much stronger than that of ordinary humans, and it seemed to be able to understand human language as well.

  Qin Lingyun's intuition as a cultivator told her that keeping this golden beast by her side would bring her great benefits, so she didn't delve deeper into its intelligence.

  For half a year, the Golden Beast ate a lot of spiritual pills and medicines, not just Qi-Enhancing Pills, but also some Yellow Spirit Pills. However, it was as if it had eaten ordinary food, without any special changes occurring.

  "Let's just go with the flow, go see Zhao Xiang, and after a brief explanation, we should head to the agreed-upon location."

  Qin Lingyun lightly jumped out of the door, at this time it was early morning, thin fog lingering in the garden, the east had just appeared a fish belly white, through the thin fog shrouded garden, Qin Lingyun soon arrived at the front hall of the pavilion, two servants standing nearby saw Qin Lingyun and immediately greeted her.

  As he walked up the stairs to the second floor, Zhao Xiang, who was practicing his internal energy, immediately opened his eyes.

  Qin Lingyun nodded in approval: "Your vigilance is quite good, what's your current state?"

  Zhao Xiang was originally sitting on a rush cushion on the ground, he immediately stood up and said respectfully: "Master, I officially advanced to the second layer of Qi Refining three days ago."

  "Progress is good, keep up the effort."

  Qin Lingyun never said she would take Zhao Xiang as a disciple, but Zhao Xiang always called her "Shifu" (master). In his eyes, Qin Lingyun had saved him and he was grateful. Although she was cold to him, Qin Lingyun didn't correct him. The pure yang energy in Zhao Xiang's body was extremely precious, so it was better to be kind to him usually, which would also reduce the possibility of future betrayal.

  "This time I will be away for a long time, so I'm leaving Chang Qing Garden to you. During my absence, you must work hard and practice diligently."

  Qin Lingyun swept her palm, and a stream of spiritual light flew out from her storage bag, suspended in front of her.

  This is a pale red small sword, only the lowest grade of inferior spiritual instrument, obtained by Qin Lingyun after killing the cultivator who followed the hegemonic mouse.

  "This spiritual fire sword is given to you, and this one too." Qin Lingyun took out a storage bag.

  Zhao Xiang's face immediately showed a delighted expression. Since becoming an immortal cultivator, he had always wanted to obtain a treasure, and now that he finally had one, he was overjoyed.

  Taking over the Linghuo Sword and the Storage Bag, Zhao Xiang said: "Master, rest assured, Changqing Garden is left to me. Besides, I will work hard to cultivate myself and won't slack off."

  In these six months, Zhao Xiang cultivated extremely hard. Apart from his strong yearning for immortality, it was mainly to avenge the deep blood feud he carried on his back.

  "In my absence, I hope you won't go to Kyoto to assassinate the Emperor. The reason for this has already been explained by me before, so take care of yourself."

  After Zhao Xiang learned that the Great Wei State had the support of cultivators behind it, he tried his best to restrain himself and did not attempt to avenge himself with low cultivation.

  After finishing all the handovers, Qin Lingyun left Changqing Garden and flew towards the direction of that street market.

  "I don't know if Mei Han San You has arrived."

  Qin Lingyun sensed a wisp of Mei Han San You's primordial spirit, as if they were in a place not far from here.

  Qin Lingyun did not fly over openly, but instead sensed their location, released a frosty mist on herself, and then slapped on a concealment talisman to hide her body and divine sense, quietly lurking past from one side.

  In a forest not far from the town, three monks stood there. One of them, a fat monk, looked anxious: "Why hasn't he come yet? It's been several days already. If we still can't wait for him today, the whirlpool in Nujiang may have disappeared."

  The tall and thin man beside him wore a grey robe, his face gloomy, without saying a word.

  Another woman with a rather elegant appearance sneered and said: "It's better if they can't come, anyway even if they do come, we won't be able to get those rare medicinal materials."

  Fatou scolded: "Third sister, don't talk nonsense. Whether or not we can get the medicine is unimportant, our lives are what's most important. If that female cultivator doesn't come, we won't have a chance to retrieve our Primordial Spirits. Are you willing to put your life and death in someone else's hands?"

  After waiting for a while, Qin Lingyun suddenly withdrew the ice frost mist and dispersed the stealth effect when she saw that Mei Han's three friends were not setting up any traps nearby, her figure slowly revealing itself.

  "Who?" Fat Master Mei Dahai immediately circulated his spiritual energy throughout his body, alerting him. While the tall and thin Mei Qing Shui and Sanmei Han Wei both took out their magical tools, for a moment, the treasure light flickered uncertainly.

  Mei Dahai saw Qin Lingyun standing expressionless in front of him and let out a sigh of relief, cupping his hands together: "So it's a fellow Taoist who has arrived."

  Mei Dahai's face was calm, but his heart was shocked. Just a moment ago, he had scanned the past with his divine consciousness and found that the spiritual power fluctuations emitted by Qin Lingyun had already reached the eighth layer of Lianqi.

  I remember a year ago, Qin Lingyun had just refined her Qi to the sixth layer, but in just one year's time, she has already advanced two layers and become an eighth-layer cultivator like them. They spent over a decade cultivating from the sixth layer to the eighth layer, the gap between them is too great.

  At such a speed, even the Tianling Root may not be able to catch up, and the combat power of this female cultivator in front of him is also astonishing. Mei Dahai couldn't help but have a question in his mind: What identity does this female cultivator really have?

  Mei Qing Shui and Mei Han Wei were equally shocked in their hearts.

  Qin Lingyun smiled and said, "The three Taoist friends indeed keep their promises. Since that's the case, we'll set off to Nujiang Secret Land immediately. However, don't think about playing any tricks along the way. Don't forget, I still have a strand of your primordial spirit in my hands."

  Mei Dahai smiled wryly and said: "Brother, you're joking. How dare we show off our skills? The whirlpool of Nujiang is about to disappear, let's hurry over."

  Then Qin Lingyun and Mei Han San You flew towards the direction of Nujiang together.

  Standing on the long, dark peak, the icy blue light enveloped her body. Qin Lingyun looked down and saw that the turbulent waters of the Angry River flowed rapidly below, like a huge yellow dragon rushing past, carrying with it waves of yellow mud and sand. At this time, it was also the most urgent moment of water flow throughout the year.

  The whirlpool leading to the Nujiang Secret Land is just below the rapids, and this whirlpool only opens for a limited time, only two or three days, so no one has ever discovered it, until Mei Qing Shui, one of the three friends, accidentally got sucked into the whirlpool and discovered its secret.

  Mei Qing Shui pointed at a place on the Nujiang River: "The whirlpool is right below, everyone follow me."

  Having said that, Mei Qing Shui transformed into a green light and plunged into the torrent, while Mei Da Hai and Han Wei Ran followed closely behind.

  Waiting until Mei Han's three friends all entered the water flow, Qin Lingyun finally spread a layer of icy blue spiritual power shield on her body surface. With a slap of her palm on the spirit beast bag, the blood-sucking lion beast transformed into a purple light and took the lead in entering the water.

  Qin Lingyun didn't believe Mei Han and the three friends at all, no matter what they did with their hands and feet, she would let the blood-sucking lion beast take the lead in entering the water to explore the way first.

  The three treasures of Mei Han's friends were shining brightly in front of them in the water, and the three magical artifacts were aimed at the position where they had entered the water from three different directions.

  "As soon as we see that female cultivator fall into the water, take advantage of her momentary instability and attack together. At least there's an 80% chance we can kill her instantly." Mei Qing said with a hint of cold light in his eyes.

  "Kill that woman and I will imprison her soul, torturing her thoroughly to vent the hatred in my heart."

  Mei Dahai hesitated and said: "Are we being too reckless? After all, that female cultivator is not an ordinary person."

  Han Weiyan was slightly dissatisfied and said: "Big brother, when did you become so timid? This is a great opportunity, we absolutely can't miss it."

  Mei Dahai furrowed his brow and said: "I'm worried that one strike won't be enough, she'll instantly annihilate us through her Primordial Spirit."

  "Han Wei said calmly: 'Don't worry, big brother, we can succeed together.'"

  Just as they were communicating with each other in secret, a purple ripple entered the water. Mei Qing Shui and Han Wei Ran were about to take action when Mei Da Hai immediately shouted: "Don't move, it's that spiritual beast!"

  Mei Qing Shui and Han Wei Ruo also saw at this time that what had not entered the water was not that female cultivator, but a huge spiritual beast. Its mouth had two fangs gleaming with cold light, and its eyes shone with cruel light in the water.

  Mei Han and the three friends all felt a chill in their hearts, none of them dared to make a move. A year ago, they had witnessed the strength of this spiritual beast, they had long been intimidated by it, how could they dare to take action? Moreover, that female cultivator was extremely cautious, actually using her own spiritual beast to scout ahead, their plan for a sneak attack had already been foiled. Now, except for honestly taking Qin Lingyu to the Nujiang Whirlpool, there was no other way.

  The body surface of the bloodthirsty lion beast was covered with a layer of purple awns that excluded the river water, its two eyes like bronze bells stared at Mei Han and his friends without moving, and a low growl came from its mouth. This was its threat and warning, as long as the three of them made any unusual movement, it would immediately pounce on them and tear them to pieces.

  Sensing nothing unusual below, Qin Lingyun transformed into a blue light and headed towards the water.

  As she entered the water, the icy blue glow on Qin Lingyun's body surface perfectly isolated the water flow and her body. Opening her eyes, Qin Lingyun saw a yellow underwater world.

  As she sank her body downward, the water flow became clearer and clearer. By the time she reached the riverbed, Qin Lingyun could already see various aquatic plants with her naked eye.

  "The line of sight was blocked by the river water mixed with yellow sand, and at that moment it was a good opportunity for a sneak attack. I'm afraid Mei Han San You might have had such an idea, but unfortunately it was ruined by the blood-sucking lion beast." Qin Lingyun's lips curled up in a cold smile.