From Shenzhen to Hong Kong, I traveled along the Western Passage of Shenzhen-Hong Kong. After two hours, I returned to the Mi family's manor.
Since it was still daytime, Mi Ding Cheng wasn't home. I asked the driver to inform him and returned to my room. I wanted to pour my witchcraft energy into the Qingzhou cauldron as soon as possible.
Liang Tianxin had told me that we would depart in seven days. Counting the time, five days had already passed. In the next two days, I had to work overtime to fill the Qingzhou Cauldron with witchcraft energy. So, I didn't plan on going out for the next two days.
However, when I returned to my room, I frowned. Fox Lady Yaoyao wasn't in the room, and neither was the snake spirit.
Did Mi Ding Cheng arrange for them to stay in another room?
I closed my eyes and extended my spirit sense. I quickly searched the entire manor, but I didn't find any trace of them.
I couldn't help but feel slightly anxious. When I left, I had specifically told them not to go out. Now that there was no trace of them, it couldn't be that something had happened to them, right?
I hesitated for a while, but I didn't go out to look for them.
After all, the Spirit Snake had the power of a Heavenly Master. Fox Girl Yaoyao was slightly weaker, but she also had the cultivation of Shi Yao. With their strength, it wasn't an exaggeration to say that they could do whatever they wanted in Hong Kong. Even if they got into trouble, they had the ability to protect themselves. I didn't need to worry too much.
With that thought, I sat down and put their matter aside. I took out the Qingzhou cauldron and began to pour my witchcraft energy into it.
Time flew while I was cultivating. After pouring my witchcraft energy into the cauldron twice, it was getting late. I felt a little tired, so I stopped. I got up and stretched my body. I wanted to rest for a while.
There was still no news of the snake spirit and Yaoyao. I felt restless. As I was thinking about going out to ask someone, I sensed the snake spirit's aura outside the Mi family's manor.
I walked out of my room and went to the outside of the villa. I saw the snake spirit and Yaoyao coming from afar. Mi Ding Cheng and a few other unfamiliar faces were with them.
Seeing me, Yao Yao who was silently following behind everyone suddenly showed an expression of surprise. She ran over from afar and seemed to want to say something to me, but I don't know if it was because she was too excited that she stuttered or because she was shy, she opened her mouth and in the end only called out 'gege' and then hid behind me.
I smiled faintly. This little fellow was still so shy. However, seeing that she could follow the Spirit Snake and the others out, she had improved from before.
Soon, everyone walked in front of me. Compared to Yao Yao, the Spirit Snake was much more carefree. She chuckled and patted my shoulder. "Didn't you say two or three days? What took you so long?"
I knew his personality, so I didn't mind his actions. I slapped his hand away and ignored him. I turned to Mi Dingcheng and asked, "Where is Elder Mi taking them?"
Before Mi Dingcheng could reply, a young man with a jade-like face standing at the side spoke first, "You must be Master Zhou Yi, right?
I've heard my father and Master Long mention you these past few days, and I've been looking forward to meeting you. My wish has finally come true today. "
My father?
Lord Long?
I was stunned for a moment before I reacted. This rich young master in front of me should be the son of Meding City. As for that so-called 'Lord Long', it was probably a name given by the Spirit Snake. I didn't find it strange at all.
However, Mi Dingcheng's son was quite fluent in Mandarin, which was rare.
I nodded indifferently as a form of greeting.
My expression was cold, but it didn't affect the man's enthusiasm. He said warmly, "I've been busy with work these past few days, so I didn't get to see Master Zhou excavate our Mi family's ancestral grave. I've heard my father talk about the situation at that time, and I really admire him."
It was the first time he had met me, but Mi Dingcheng was familiar with me. He knew that I had a cold temperament, so he interrupted with a smile, "Although my son is young, he's very interested in metaphysics. He's excited to meet Master Zhou. Please don't blame him.
As for Miss Yao Yao and Master Long, they just went out for a walk and ate some of Hong Kong's specialties. "
My expression softened and I nodded. "So that's how it is.
Since they've been eating for a whole day, I don't think they need to eat dinner. I'll bring them back first. "
Then, I didn't bother with the father and son. I called the Spirit Snake and Yao Yao to return to my room.
The Spirit Snake didn't seem to want to go. He said that he wanted to watch a dance or something, but I slapped him on the head. Then, he calmed down and followed me with a reluctant face.
After we returned to my room, I asked them what they had been doing while I was gone.
The Spirit Snake told me that after I left, they stayed in the room, eating, sleeping, and watching TV. The next day, Mi Dingcheng's son, Mi Tai, the young man who had been pestering me, suddenly came back. He was different from Mi Ding Cheng, who believed in metaphysics. His son was a materialist, and he didn't believe in ghosts or spirits. I guessed that Mi Ding Cheng had heard about what had happened in the past few days, so he said that we were all liars and wanted to confront us.
Mi Ding Cheng couldn't stop him, so he barged into the room and met the Spirit Snake and Yao Yao.
If I had been there, I wouldn't have paid attention to such a person. I would have just punished him and thrown him out. Unfortunately, he met the Spirit Snake.
At that time, this fellow was feeling bored. When he met Mi Tai, he immediately became playful and used all kinds of spells. He was so scared that he was completely dumbfounded. In the end, he no longer mentioned his previous doubts and turned to worship the Serpent Spirit.
The Spirit Snake was a master who relied on flattery. He had been bullied by Tong Tong and I for so many years. At this moment, when he heard Mi Tai's flattery, he was so happy that he became happy and played with him. In the following days, Mi Tai brought him everywhere to play. Not only did he go out, but he also brought Yao Yao.
The Spirit Snake looked embarrassed. "These days, I've promised to teach Mi Tai some cultivation techniques. However, he's a Flood Dragon, so his cultivation technique is different from a human's. That's why he wants me to pick some cultivation techniques to teach Mi Tai."
Mi Tai didn't care about Yao Yao at first. However, after the Spirit Snake told him that Yao Yao's cultivation base wasn't low, he started to flatter her. The little girl was shy, so she couldn't bear it. Reluctantly, she went out with them to have fun.
I couldn't help but sneer. This Mi Tai was interesting. I had heard from Mi Ding City that he had two sons who worked in the government. Mi Tai should be one of them.
This man was worthy of being a government official. He was smart and cunning. Seeing that the Spirit Snake and Yao Yao were innocent, he tried to coax them. He had almost cheated them of their cultivation techniques.
The Spirit Snake was careless. Mi Tai could hide his thoughts from him, but he couldn't hide it from me.
Hong Kong was full of metaphysics. Mi Tai was born in the Mi family, a family that relied on metaphysics. How could he not believe in metaphysics?
Most likely, he was just acting. He wanted to use this method to get close to the Spirit Snake or me.
It wasn't a big mistake. It was just that his method was annoying.
If he had come to me openly, I would have given him some pointers as long as he had the talent to cultivate, considering his relationship with Mi Ding City. However, he wanted to use this method. Moreover, he wanted to target the innocent Spirit Snake and Yao Yao. From this, it could be seen that he didn't have a good heart. No matter how talented he was, I wouldn't care about him.
After I understood the reason, I didn't ask anymore. I took the Black Evil Seal from the Spirit Snake's body and sent him back to the Ink Dragon on my back. I rested for a while before continuing to pour my shaman energy into the Qingzhou Cauldron.
For the next day and night, besides eating, I focused on the Qingzhou Cauldron. Finally, on the evening of the second day, I filled the Qingzhou Cauldron with shaman energy.
After that, I told Yao Yao to go to another room. Then, I closed the door and carefully took out the Xuan Yuan Sword's sword case. I wanted to try again. I wanted to see if the Qingzhou Cauldron, which was filled with shaman energy, could activate the sword case again.
Today was the seventh day since I had promised to meet Liang Tianxin. There was only one night left. Of course, I didn't have time to replenish the Qingzhou Cauldron with shaman energy. However, compared to my promise with Liang Tianxin, activating the Xuan Yuan Sword's sword case was much more important. As long as I could activate the sword case again, it wouldn't matter even if I turned against Liang Tianxin tomorrow. With my current cultivation, I didn't care about him and the hunchback old man.
After making up my mind, I carefully placed the Xuan Yuan Sword's case against the night sky outside the window. Then, I placed the Qingzhou Cauldron on top of the case and quickly hid to the side. I held my breath and focused.
Time ticked by. After half a minute, there was still no movement from the Xuan Yuan Sword's case. I sighed helplessly. Last time, when the Qingzhou Cauldron had just been placed in Xiang Liu's leather bag, the Xuan Yuan Sword's case had shot out a sword light. This time, half a minute had passed. It was obvious that there was no effect.
It seemed that the small cauldron filled with shaman energy could only activate the sword case once. It couldn't be activated multiple times. Now, I could only hope that the other small cauldrons could also activate the sword case.
Although I was slightly disappointed, I wasn't discouraged. I had tried to activate the sword case, and each time, it consumed half of the Dao Qi in my body. If I activated the sword case again, the power of the sword light that shot out would naturally increase, but the Dao Qi consumed would also increase. I reckoned that I would soon reach my limit. From this, it seemed that the other five small cauldrons were enough. I didn't need to place my hopes on activating the sword case again. If I activated the sword case too much, no matter how powerful it was, the Dao Qi in my body wouldn't be able to support it.
Everything would be in vain. Moreover, this Qingzhou Cauldron was related to whether or not I could go to Chiyou's tomb.