Steadily becoming a saint, the immortal officials hired me to tend the horses

After Li Ya disappeared, Zhang Buku immediately panicked. He flew into the air, and from above, the vast monastery stretched out endlessly. The interconnected courtyards seemed endless, dizzying to behold. He scanned the area but could not find any trace of Li Ya.

It wasn't just Li Ya. He couldn't see a single living creature!

Thoroughly alarmed, he began to fly around, searching for Li Ya.

"Brother Li!"

He called out loudly, but unfortunately, there was no response.

The eeriness and horror intensified, making him feel that danger was approaching.

No matter where he flew, he saw no human figures or traces. Gradually, he felt that the courtyards he passed by became increasingly repetitive, causing his consciousness to blur.

He did not know how long had passed before he gradually descended into a courtyard.

The world spun!

His eyelids grew heavy!

This feeling made Zhang Buku extremely uncomfortable. He half-knelt on the ground, supporting himself with his hands, feeling on the verge of fainting.

"Damn it... I can't... fall here..."

Zhang Buku struggled to maintain his last shred of rationality.

He vaguely heard footsteps approaching from nearby. He turned his head with difficulty and saw a blurred, overlapping figure approaching. It seemed to be an old monk in a cassock.

The old monk crouched down in front of him. Before Zhang Buku could see the monk's face, he saw the monk's hands, bony and gaunt, like a pair of ghostly claws, with very long nails.

These hands alarmed Zhang Buku and instinctively filled him with fear.

A faint chirping sound came from afar, making him feel dazed, as if he had heard this sound somewhere before.

The old monk beside him stood up and turned to look, his body trembling, seemingly chastising something.

Suddenly.

The old monk's figure vanished into thin air, and he felt something land on his shoulder.

His consciousness quickly cleared, and the world in his eyes returned to normal, no longer shaking.

Once he was fully awake, he quickly stood up and turned his head to see a sparrow perched on his shoulder.

"It's you!"

Zhang Buku exclaimed with joy. It was this sparrow that had led him to the cave back then, where he obtained the Demon Core and learned the axe technique. He would never forget this sparrow.

He instinctively wanted to grab the sparrow, but it suddenly flew away, landing on the courtyard wall, chirping nonstop.

Zhang Buku couldn't understand it, but seeing the sparrow tilting its head, he immediately understood and followed the sparrow.

The sparrow flapped its wings and flew away, and Zhang Buku hurriedly chased after it.

After a while, the sparrow landed on a stone statue along the courtyard path. As Zhang Buku approached, he was astonished to find that the face of the statue was Li Ya's face.

The statue's body was a Buddha statue, wearing a cassock with Li Ya's face on it, making Zhang Buku feel very uneasy.

He began to call out to Li Ya, but unfortunately, received no response.

Gu An, in the form of a sparrow, looked at Zhang Buku and sighed inwardly.

This kid's physique and cultivation were good, but his Divine Sense was lacking and needed more practice.

Gu An flapped his wings, continuously pecking at Li Ya's statue, guiding Zhang Buku.

Zhang Buku took the hint and pushed the statue, but nothing happened.

Gu An landed on the statue's head, using his beak to peck at the statue's face, then looked up at Zhang Buku.

"I understand! Move aside!"

Zhang Buku stepped aside and said in a deep voice. Gu An immediately flew away.

Zhang Buku swung his fist and smashed the statue's head with a punch.

Rumbling—

The ground shook violently, spatial ripples appeared in the sky above the monastery, revealing various colors. Soon after, blood-red lights appeared, quickly replacing the clear sky.

In less than three breaths' time, the monastery was under a night of blood, terrifying and horrifying.

Zhang Buku stared ahead and found that all the stone statues had turned into white bones, hideous and terrifying.

He leaped into the air. From above, the once boundless monastery now covered a mere hundred-zhang area. In front of one temple, Li Ya was tied to an old tree, a ghostly claw covering his mouth and a ghostly hand pressing on his chest, preventing him from breaking free.

These two ghostly hands' arms extended behind the tree, making one wonder how terrifying their owner was.

"Brother Li!"

Zhang Buku roared in anger, leaping with a stone axe in hand. Just as he flew into the courtyard, the temple door suddenly opened.

"I didn't expect you to see through my formation! Remarkable, young human!"

A hoarse voice came from the darkness behind the door. Then, an old monk in a cassock walked out. His figure was gaunt, his skin dark and covered in corpse spots, and his pupils had lost all color, pale to the extreme.

Zhang Buku said nothing and swung his axe.

Cutting through the mountain!

With one swing, the sky and earth trembled. The old monk vanished from his spot, and the temple was split in two, with the connecting walls shattered, the cut extending outside the monastery.

Gu An, in the form of a sparrow, landed on a distant eaves, watching the battle unfold.

Zhang Buku was no match for the old monk, but Gu An could assist with his Divine Sense.

The battle erupted in full scale!

The monastery soon turned into a flat field, more and more evil ghosts emerging from the ground and rushing toward Zhang Buku.

Zhang Buku was deeply surrounded, fighting more and more valiantly.

"Who? Show yourself!" the old monk suddenly shouted in anger. Whenever he was about to kill Zhang Buku, a powerful Divine Sense would strike him, throwing his Divine Soul into chaos and making him lose focus.

No one answered him, and Zhang Buku was killing with red eyes.

Gu An multitasked, using Divine Sense to help Zhang Buku while observing the Minor Heaven and Earth within Divine Exotic City.

The powerful restrictions of Divine Exotic City could not stop his Limitless Freedom Step. As long as he locked onto the auras of Zhang Buku and Li Ya, he could step in instantly.

Now he could enter and exit Divine Exotic City freely, utterly unhindered.

Entering Divine Exotic City revealed its vastness. The city's Minor Heaven and Earth numbered at least a thousand. Some Minor Heaven and Earth were larger than the entire Taicang Dynasty. Combined, the internal space of Divine Exotic City was likely wider than the entire continent.

Gu An saw Chi Jiuxiao and An Hao being pursued, the pursuers likely from the Seven Stars Spirit Realm, led by a Loose Immortal.

He also saw the Nine-Finger Divine Lord single-handedly facing endless divine and ghostly armies in a heaven and was constantly using Divine Skills, domineering and unrivaled.

Gu An tried to kill an evil ghost nearby but gained no life span from it.

He instantly abandoned the idea of venturing through Divine Exotic City.

These evil ghosts seemed to be from a single power, a power even Gu An could not fathom.

The being who created Divine Exotic City must have a realm far beyond the Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal.

Time flew by quickly.

An hour later, Zhang Buku finally managed to kill the old monk, though it was Gu An's Mana that had initially eliminated him, with Zhang Buku's axe energy following closely.

Killing the old monk did not grant Gu An any life span either.

Zhang Buku landed, gasping heavily. He reached the old tree and cut off the ghostly hands, causing Li Ya to fall, whom he caught.

He subconsciously looked back but saw no trace of the sparrow.

He couldn't care much about that and focused on attending to Li Ya.

"Brother Li! Brother Li!" Zhang Buku whispered, using his Spiritual Power to heal Li Ya's wounds.

At the same time, Gu An had already returned to Mystic Valley.

To Zhang Buku and Li Ya, Divine Exotic City was incredibly far from the Supreme Sect, but to Gu An, it was just a step away.

He approached the Pill Furnace in his room, preparing for alchemy.

Not only Li Ya and Zhang Buku encountered troubles today, but several other old friends did as well, so Gu An decided to stay in Mystic Valley and wait.

"Divine Exotic City Immortal Spirit..."

Gu An seemed to catch something just now. He stood before the Pill Furnace, pondering while beginning to place herbs into the furnace.

...

In the dark hall passage, An Hao and Chi Jiuxiao were walking quickly.

Chi Jiuxiao suddenly stopped, leaning against the wall, and whispered, "We can stop now."

An Hao looked around and asked, "Where is this place?"

They had just flown out of a Minor Heaven and Earth and ended up in this hall passage. After walking for a long time, passing numerous intersections, they had lost their way.

They couldn't forcibly break through the walls or even penetrate them with their Divine Sense, making An Hao very nervous.

Chi Jiuxiao sat down, placing a small cauldron in front of him, then inserted two incense sticks.

Watching him light the incense, An Hao frowned and asked, "What are you doing?"

Black blood seeped from Chi Jiuxiao's mouth. He forced a smile and said, "Those scum from Seven Stars Spirit Realm dared to hire two Loose Immortals to deal with me. I indeed couldn't defeat them, but since Qin Xunyin can call for help, so can I!"

An Hao widened his eyes and quickly asked, "Aren't you from overseas? Who can you call?"

"Heh, my master is a being surpassing Loose Immortals. Once I light this incense, he will sense it and come to rescue us quickly..." Chi Jiuxiao grinned.

Surpassing Loose Immortals!

An Hao was stunned.

He sat down and said, "Since you're calling your master, I'll call mine as well!"

He began calling his master in his mind.

Previously, he had managed to call his master through his thoughts.

But he was unsure. Last time, he wanted his master to save Xuan Tianyi, and his master didn't come right away, though he did act later. He wasn't sure under what circumstances his master would act.

"Your master? Forget it. What formidable cultivator could the Supreme Sect have?" Chi Jiuxiao couldn't help but laugh.

An Hao said, "My master is definitely stronger than yours."

"Kid, don't disrespect my master!" Chi Jiuxiao glared at him.

An Hao was about to say that Chi Jiuxiao had also disrespected his master.

Suddenly, the hall passage began to tremble, and a powerful killing intent attacked from the darkness.

"Damn it! They caught up so fast!"

Chi Jiuxiao immediately stood up, grabbed the small cauldron with the incense, and pulled An Hao along, flying quickly.

Though strong at the Ninth Layer of Nirvana Realm, he couldn't break through the walls or ceiling, so he could only fly close to the ground.

"Chi Jiuxiao, you can't escape!"

Qin Xunyin's voice came from behind, filled with frenzied excitement.

At the same time.

Outside Divine Exotic City.

Lv Baitian and a group of Supreme Sect cultivators watched the city gate, discussing their plans after entering the city.

Suddenly!

A terrifying aura came from afar, startling everyone outside the city to turn and look.

They could only see a streak of light breaking through the sky, disappearing into Divine Exotic City in the blink of an eye, swift as lightning, and couldn't see what was within the light.