Tang Ning knew that calling Xiao Zhan at this time would not help, so she could only wait for her to absorb and refine the elixir before talking to her again.

With her temperament, she might not be able to lose her temper so easily. Tang Ning was ready to fight a protracted war. Fortunately, the weather was sunny here and there was no danger.

The green gourd was placed next to the Immortal Zhan Sword at this moment. Xiao Zhan, as the body of the sword soul without a real body, could go in and out of the Tian Zhan Sword, but he could not bring the gourd into it.

Tang Ning's eyes flickered. After a long time, he finally couldn't help but stretched out his hand and took the gourd into his hand like a thief.

This move has certain risks. Xiao Zhan was already angry with him. If she steals the gourd now, she will be even more angry and the matter will be even more difficult to end.

But Tang Ning could not bear it as she saw the gourd within reach. After he took the gourd into his hand, he stared at the Heaven-Zhanying Sword, fearing that Xiao Zhan would come out from inside.

After a while, but there was no movement, he finally relaxed and began to study and observe the gourd carefully.

The surface of the dark green gourd is plain and unremarkable, the color is exactly the same as the green vine. It has neither the characteristics of simplicity and vicissitudes nor the perception that is different from others. There is no aura surrounding it. Anyone who looks at it will feel that this seems to be an ordinary gourd.

Even if you hold an ordinary gourd in your hand, it doesn't feel very good to the touch.

This thing actually contains solidified spiritual energy and innate energy. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you wouldn't believe it even if you cut off his head.

Tang Ning played it back and forth in her hands and carefully observed it. There was a small hole in the mouth of the gourd. Just now, Xiao Zhan pulled out the Heaven-Zhanying Sword and fired a stream of sword energy into the gourd. Then, the "ice cubes" of solidified spiritual energy inside fell one after another.

It is innate energy.

Obviously, these solidified spiritual energy "ice cubes" are condensed on the innate energy. Xiaozhan's injection of sword energy disturbed the balanced structure inside, causing the solidified spiritual energy "ice cubes" to shatter. Under the impact of the innate energy,

Then, the "ice cubes" of spiritual power and innate energy came out of the gourd one after another.

From this point of view, it is the solidified "ice cube" of spiritual power that suppresses the innate energy that is ready to move.

But this is not right! Now that the solidified spiritual ice cubes have broken into pieces and floated out, the innate energy has been suppressed back into the gourd by the small slashing sword energy and has not floated out again. This shows that there must be something weird inside the gourd.

The innate Qi is so heavy and powerful, that this gourd can actually seal it, which shows how extraordinary this thing is. It is a pity that his spiritual consciousness cannot penetrate the inside of the gourd. Once his spiritual consciousness enters the inside, it is like a mud cow entering the sea, without any reverberation.

Therefore, he could only deduce the internal structure of the gourd from the external and recent events. He did not dare to inject spiritual power into the internal structure like Xiao Zhan. If the innate energy leaked again, no one would be able to save him.

After playing with it for about an hour, Tang Ning reluctantly put the gourd back to its original place. Now, his dissatisfaction with Xiao Zhan's behavior of forcibly occupying the gourd became lighter. Even if he had this thing in his hands, he couldn't control it.

It would be better to leave it to Xiao Zhan, who might be able to make a difference at the critical moment.

Xiaozhan can suppress the overflowing innate energy back into the gourd with one blow, which shows that she has the ability to control the gourd, but it is not known whether her ability comes from herself or from the Tianzhan Sword.

Speaking of which, the leakage of the innate energy at that time was also caused by the Sky-Zhutting Sword. It was Xiaozhan who fired a ray of light into the Sky-Zhutting Sword. In this case, could it be that the Tian-Zhutting Sword is the key to controlling this gourd?

The more Tang Ning thought about it, the more likely it became that the Heaven-Destroying Sword was buried here and the gourd grew from the giant tree. The two might really be related.

According to Xiao Zhan, she hid the Tian Zhan Sword here. Why did she hide it in this location? The Tian Zhan Sword has a strong connection with this place.

The color of the Sky-Destroying Sword is dark green, and the color of this gourd is also dark green, the same color as the vines all over the mountains and fields here.

A crazy idea suddenly appeared in Tang Ning's mind. Is it possible that the Sky-Destroying Sword also grew from this giant tree?

Since the gourd filled with innate energy grows from this tree, why can't the Sky-Destroying Sword be native to the tree? As a weapon, people's inherent impression is that swords are made by refining, but who would think of a sword as a weapon?

The handle of the sword was refined into the shape of a noodle stick? Unless its original shape was like this.

If this inference is true, the Sky-Destroying Sword and the gourd are things that go hand in hand, and are the "fruits" grown by this giant tree. Then what is the origin of this giant tree?

The innate Qi was born when the heaven and the earth were not yet opened. This gourd contains the innate Qi. In other words, this gourd already existed before the heaven and the earth were opened. Then this giant tree...

The more Tang Ning thought about it, the more bizarre it became, but at the same time it felt perfectly logical and reasonable.

If not, how could this giant tree be so huge?

If not, how could such a strange gourd be produced?

Just as he was deep in thought, after an unknown amount of time, a white light flashed inside the Tianzhan Sword, and Xiao Zhan emerged from it, wrapping his hands on his chest and looking at him coldly.

Since the True Yuan Pill he carries is a fifth-level low-grade elixir, and both of them have broken through their current cultivation levels, the spiritual power and purity contained in the True Yuan Pill are no longer suitable for their cultivation levels, so Xiao Zhan

The speed of refining and absorbing the True Essence Pill is much faster than before.

Seeing her appearance, Tang Ning offered the elixir knowingly: "Master Zhanxian, please listen to me first."

Xiao Zhan swallowed the pill in one gulp and turned around: "I don't talk to thieves who steal things."

After saying that, it turned into white light and returned to the sword.

In this way, about ten days passed. Tang Ning didn't know the exact time, so she could only estimate.

Every time Xiao Zhan finished absorbing and refining the elixir, he would get out of the Tianzhan Sword. Therefore, he could take the opportunity to say a few words to him. As a result, of course, needless to say, Xiao Zhan ignored him at all, as if he didn't exist at all.

………

"Master Zhanxian, we must have a serious talk."

"We can't stay here forever. The purpose of this trip has been successfully completed. Not only did you get the Sky-Destroying Sword, but you also got the gourd unexpectedly. I have some credit for this. I don't ask for anything else now.

I ask you to take me away from this place."

Xiao Zhan looked at him coldly and said nothing.

"Even for your own sake, we have to leave this place. Only when we get outside can I get you food and drink. I promise you that as soon as you leave this place, I will immediately provide you with a hundred jars of good food.

liquor."

"I did something wrong by stealing the "ice cubes" from the gourd. I couldn't hold it back because I was greedy for a moment. I shouldn't get angry with you later. You don't remember the faults of villains. Don't be the same as me."

"This gourd has more treasures than those "ice cubes". I swear I will never think about this gourd again, and you should stop worrying about those "ice cubes"."

"I have a share of the credit for getting this gourd. If I am rewarded based on my merits, I should also get some benefits."

………

Tang Ning's lips were worn out, but Xiao Zhan still stared at him coldly, as if he was watching a monkey jumping up and down.

"How on earth do you want to take me out of this place? I will agree to it no matter what the conditions are."

"Give me back what you stole." Xiao Zhan finally spoke.

Tang Ning didn't expect that she could be so stubborn. It seemed that this matter would not be resolved until it was resolved.

"Okay, I promise to return it to you."

Xiao Zhan stretched out his hand, seeing that he wanted him to return the "ice cube" he had swallowed immediately.

"Not now, I have already eaten those ice cubes. I will definitely return them to you if I have a chance in the future."

"When exactly?"

"When I get it next time."

"No, I need it now."

"Let's do this! Can I calculate the interest for you?" Tang Ning took out all the True Essence Pills from the storage bag: "These will be considered as this year's interest. Until I find the "ice cube" and return it to you, there will be more every year.

Give me twice the amount of elixirs and spiritual wine."

"No, you have to give it back to me now."

"But I really don't have one! I can't just conjure it out of thin air!"

"Then you think of something yourself, I'll wait here."

It was too much to bully someone. When Tang Ning saw that she refused to accept anything, she couldn't help but feel a little angry. She stopped begging her and left in a flash, finding an exit on her own.

He flew all the way along the green vines of the mountains, and after walking for more than half a day, he finally left the mountains. As far as he could see, he saw a desolate and vast desert.

The endless desert is as far as the eye can see, in stark contrast to the lush green mountains, like two rivers intersecting.

One side is boundless green, and the other side is vast desert.

After leaving the mountains and entering the desert, not only did the earth change its appearance, but even the sky changed its color.

The originally blue sky, as clear as the wind and sunny, soon disappeared from the field of vision, and there were only dense clouds overhead, with layers of dark clouds overlapping one another, as if they were about to collapse.

The desert was endless, and Tangning didn't know how far he had fled. It could have been a few days, or it could have been more than ten days. There was no foreign object within the detection range of his spiritual sense, let alone any words. The whole world was dead silent.

There are no living organisms.

He had to go back to where he was and beg Xiao Zhan for mercy and peace.

"In the past few days, I have searched the entire mountain range covered with green vines, and there is no second gourd. It seems that there is only one gourd. Master Zhanxian, you see there is no other way to compensate for your loss."

Tang Ning would not say that she looked for an exit, only that she was looking for a gourd for her.

"Unless you give me back what you stole, don't expect me to forgive you, you thief."

"Then no one should go out, and I won't beg you. Let's just wait here to die together."

Tang Ning was at her wits' end and felt angry. She couldn't tolerate her anymore and said angrily. After that, she sat down cross-legged, swallowed the True Essence Pill and closed her eyes to practice Qi.

(End of chapter)
Chapter completed!