Her mother asked what Duan Gujin looked like and what he was wearing.

"Mom, why are you asking all this?"

Xiao Yueyue looked at her mother, puzzled.

Her mother then chuckled and said: "My dear, someone has done you such a big favor, and you're not even thanking him. That's not right. I think that Duan Gujin might be the descendant of some important figure in the Blood Killing Sect!"

"Oh!"

Xiao Yueyue was unsuspecting and thought her mother really wanted to thank Duan Gujin.

So, she described Duan Gujin's appearance and attire to her mother.

After listening, her mother told Xiao Yueyue to go rest.

Before long, she summoned her two subordinates, instructing them to cover their faces and to search for Inner Sect Disciples of the Blood Killing Sect.

"Just spread out the search for him. It's best if you can find him, but it's also fine if you can't! Once found, bring him here! Make sure no one else knows you've captured him! You must divide into two groups and take the best Flying Spiritual Beasts with you!"

The middle-aged woman said.

"Okay!"

The two subordinates took the orders and immediately mounted the best Flying Spiritual Beasts of the Spirit-controlling Immortal Sect, and then they flew out in search of Duan Gujin.

"If I could get my hands on an Innate Spiritual Object, that would be wonderful!"

The thought of the Innate Spiritual Object mentioned by Xiao Yueyue made the middle-aged woman take a deep breath. She knew the value of an Innate Spiritual Object and was well aware that if she could get one, perhaps she could elevate the Spirit-controlling Immortal Sect from a Second-class Sect to a First-class Sect.

However, unbeknownst to her, the two subordinates she had sent out did not find Duan Gujin.

After bidding farewell to Xiao Yueyue, Duan Gujin used the Heavenly Demon Nine Steps repeatedly to save time.

Once his Primordial Power and Spiritual Power were almost depleted, he would consume a drop of Ten-thousand-year-old Divine Milk.

Once the Medicinal Power of the Ten-thousand-year-old Divine Milk was fully activated, he would once again use the Heavenly Demon Nine Steps to rapidly advance towards the nearest large city with a Teleportation Array.

Even though the middle-aged woman's subordinates rode the best Flying Spiritual Beasts of the Spirit-controlling Immortal Sect, Duan Gujin reached the nearest large city and used its giant Teleportation Array to transport himself to a large city not far from the Blood Killing Sect.

Then, Duan Gujin continuously used the Heavenly Demon Nine Steps and rushed towards the Blood Killing Sect at a rapid pace.

In this way, it took him less than half a day to return to the Blood Killing Sect.

Back at his residence, he sat cross-legged to recuperate and restore his strength.

The next day, he went to find an Alchemy Boy and asked if anyone had been looking for him during his absence.

The Alchemy Boy immediately told him that Elder Wan had been looking for him.

Upon hearing this, Duan Gujin promptly went to find Elder Wan.

After meeting with Elder Wan, Duan Gujin learned that Elder Wan wanted him to participate in this year's suppression conference.

After Elder Wan's introduction to the suppression conference, a strange expression crossed Duan Gujin's face.

It turned out that the conference was a result of the Major Sects of the Jiuzhou Continent discovering that the Devil Clan of the Hundred Saints Mountain had been raiding the Human Race and had killed many members of the Human Clan.

Consequently, the Sect Masters of the Major Sects in the Jiuzhou Continent were angered. They decided to launch a major cleanup operation in the areas close to Hundred Saints Mountain and the Human Race World to punish the nearby Devil Clan.

"This operation will involve Martial Saint Realm experts taking action. These Martial Saint Experts will be confronting the Demon Saints of the Devil Clan. In short, in the next one or two months, you'd best be ready to fight at any time," Elder Wan stated.

Hearing Elder Wan's words, Duan Gujin was speechless.

He had just had an encounter with the Devil Clan, and now he heard that the Human Clan was going to battle with them.

After thinking it over, he told Elder Wan about some of the things he had witnessed on Hundred Saints Mountain.

Elder Wan took a sharp breath after hearing this.

"Duan Gujin, never venture into Hundred Saints Mountain alone again; it is too dangerous!"

"Yes, I understand."

Duan Gujin's eyes flashed. Suddenly, he had some concerns that a Demon Saint might come seeking the Nine Nether Earth Fire.

Thus, he released the Nine Nether Earth Fire for Elder Wan to see his harvest at the Hundred Saints Mountain.

Seeing that cluster of flames, Elder Wan was immediately dumbstruck.

When Elder Wan heard from Duan Gujin that the cluster of flames was an Innate Spiritual Object, he became instantly stupefied.

He couldn't believe his eyes; he rubbed them vigorously to make sure they weren't playing tricks on him.

Duan Gujin, seeing Elder Wan's action, knew what he was thinking.

"Elder Wan, you can communicate with it using Divine Thought. It has interacted with the Human Clan before and understands our language!" Duan Gujin hastily said.

"What? Has this Innate Spiritual Object actually developed Divine Wisdom?"

Elder Wan's voice trembled slightly as he spoke.

In his understanding, he only knew that if a Demon Beast's cultivation reached a certain realm, it might awaken its divine wisdom.

But in his knowledge, he wouldn't think that a cluster of flames, or a stone, or a plant, after cultivating to a certain realm, would also possess divine wisdom.

But now, what was before his eyes was a cluster of flames, a flame with which he could communicate using Divine Thought.

If someone had told him that the cluster of flames was like a living entity, he would have thought that person was an absolute lunatic.

"Can I really communicate with it?" Elder Wan became excited.

"Yes, communicate with it using Divine Thought, greet it!" said Duan Gujin.

"Alright!"

Elder Wan was suddenly as if he had been injected with adrenaline; his Divine Sense reached out, confirming that the cluster of flames he was now looking at was indeed a cluster of flames that he couldn't discern clearly using Divine Sense Inspection, and Duan Gujin wasn't fooling him.

He promptly extended a strand of Divine Thought towards the Nine Nether Earth Fire, inquiring.

"Hello there, my friend!"

"I'm not well at all, I've been treated as a fool, looked over again and again, what's there to be good about!"

The Nine Nether Earth Fire, having been instructed by Duan Gujin to put on a show, was instantly enraged; it never thought that it would be scrutinized by an old man like a monkey, which made it instantly annoyed.

Receiving the response from the Nine Nether Earth Fire, Elder Wan was taken aback; he hadn't expected that the Nine Nether Earth Fire could, just like a human, have its own little emotions.

After a while, he then understood that this was what Duan Gujin meant when he said the Nine Nether Earth Fire had awakened its Divine Wisdom.

"My god! Does this mean that the intelligence of this Nine Nether Earth Fire will become as formidable as that of the Human Clan?"

This thought flashed through his mind.

He had only read about Innate Spiritual Objects in some ancient classics before but had never witnessed a real one.

Hence, he thought that even if these Innate Spiritual Objects had awakened divine wisdom, they wouldn't be like the Human Clan.

It was like how, after Demon Beasts developed divine wisdom, many from the Devil Clan in terms of wisdom were still inferior to the Human Clan, and could even be played in circles by them.

But now, Elder Wan saw that the cluster of flames indeed had its own consciousness, and could have little emotions just like humans; this sufficiently proved that the Innate Spiritual Object before him had successfully awakened its Divine Wisdom, and it would become capable of independent thought like the Human Clan in the future.

"How intelligent is it?"

Elder Wan quickly sent a silent telepathic message to inquire Duan Gujin.

"It's as cunning as an old fox! Don't try any tricks around it, it's very seasoned in the ways of the worldly society!"

Duan Gujin replied telepathically.

"Oh!"

Upon hearing this, Elder Wan was momentarily at a loss for words.

An old fox?

Seasoned in worldly society?

This is Duan Gujin telling him not to underestimate the intelligence of that Innate Spiritual Object!

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