Chapter 339: Chapter 338: Can Also Solve the East Water Island Matter
After that, Jiang Zuo sent Liu Yiyi the list of materials required for the Array. He could begin the preparations as soon as they arrived.
Just then, Liu Yiyi asked, "Fellow Daoist Po Xiao, have you contacted my master?"
Po Xiao: "No, but I’m already aware of the problem."
Liu Yiyi: "Do you have a solution then, Fellow Daoist?"
Po Xiao: "Just prepare the materials. They might be the key to resolving this."
Liu Yiyi: "Okay, I’ll contact them right away. My master will cover the cost of the materials, so there’s no need for you to spend anything, Fellow Daoist Po Xiao. @Xiao Xiaomo, Xiaomo, you guys hurry up with your things too."
Liu Yiyi didn’t think Po Xiao was just saying that to get her to prepare the materials more eagerly. After all, even if Po Xiao hadn’t said a word, she would have contacted them at top speed regardless.
More importantly, from what they knew of Po Xiao, he would never stoop to such a thing.
Meanwhile, Xiao Xiaomo felt particularly helpless. She was the one who had to run the errands.
Xiao Xiaomo: "@Liuyue Xue, have your people send them over quickly."
Liuyue Xue: "I’ve already called them. The rest is up to you, Fairy Xiaomo."
Xiao Xiaomo: "..."
’I should’ve gone over there myself,’ she thought. ’Then again, it doesn’t matter. I’m finally free from babysitting those two little terrors.’
’I’m liberated!’
’As for the homework and clothes... What gets sent, and how much? As if they get to decide!’
’She would make sure that on East Water Island, one of them would be agonizing over their wardrobe, and the other would be stuck doing nothing but homework.’
On the other side, just as Jiang Zuo was about to ignore the group chat, something suddenly occurred to him.
’Didn’t I just see Demon Cultivator Mo Yan post something?’
Sure enough, Mo Yan had tagged him: "@Po Xiao, Boss Po Xiao, I’m out of seclusion! The refining of the Dream Crystal Stone is complete, and I really did comprehend the Nightmare Space.
If you need help with anything in the future, just ask me. I’m an expert at finding tombs."
This message appeared for just a moment before disappearing.
Fairy Mo Yan retracted a message.
Fairy Mo Yan: "@Po Xiao, Boss Po Xiao, I’m out of seclusion! The refining of the Dream Crystal Stone is complete, and I really did comprehend the Nightmare Space.
If you need help with anything in the future, just ask me. I’m an expert at getting things done."
Jiang Zuo was left speechless.
Still, it was quite a surprise that Demon Cultivator Mo Yan had comprehended the Nightmare Space so quickly. ’It seems her trip to the Holy Land was quite beneficial for her.’
Po Xiao: "Let me see a picture of the Dream Crystal Stone."
Soon, Mo Yan sent a photo.
The photo showed a beautiful girl with long, straight black hair. Dressed completely in black, she was holding a dark red Crystal Stone in her hands.
Countless red threads swam within the Crystal Stone, looking just like blood vessels.
Jiang Zuo nodded. It seemed the Dream Crystal Stone had been refined perfectly.
However, the person in the photo was interfering with Jiang Zuo’s mental model, blocking his view of the Crystal Stone’s vein-like patterns.
Po Xiao: "Send it again. Photoshop the person out."
Fairy Mo Yan: "..."
The moment they saw Po Xiao’s message, Chi Xue Child and the others on the plane burst out laughing.
Chi Xue Child sprayed his popsicle everywhere.
Across from him, Liuyue Xue’s face darkened. If she could, she would have stabbed Chi Xue Child with the Heaven-Breaking Spear right then and there.
Seeing Liuyue Xue like this only made Chu Qing laugh even harder.
But at her side, Chu Qing asked Chu Qing, "What’s so funny?"
Chu Qing’s expression immediately turned serious, and she suppressed her laughter. "Nothing. It’s not funny at all."
Chu Qing genuinely didn’t find it funny.
It wasn’t the least bit interesting.
If her Sister Xiao hadn’t ordered her to come, she wouldn’t have.
’These people aren’t entirely sane.’
She suddenly felt the urge to do some blacksmithing.
Mo Yan retorted indignantly, "What’s so funny? You Daoist Cultivators are all emotionally unstable. Sooner or later, you’ll suffer a Qigong Deviation."
Blade Master Hai Bian recovered quickly. He said to Mo Yan, "So, why did you have to put yourself in the picture in the first place?"
Liu Yiyi, phone in hand, said, "She wanted to scare Fellow Daoist Po Xiao. One look and you’d think it was a nightmare."
Demon Cultivator Mo Yan shot Liu Yiyi a glare. ’I’m still very pretty and cute, you know.’
Then, Mo Yan spoke disdainfully, "You people have no foresight at all. Boss Po Xiao is indifferent to many things and forgets easily. This is the perfect time to send a photo so he can get familiar with my face.
What if we happen to cross paths one day and he doesn’t recognize me and suppresses me?"
Chi Xue Child, who was desperately apologizing to Liuyue Xue, couldn’t help but chime in when he heard Mo Yan’s words. "That message you just retracted might be what makes Fellow Daoist Po Xiao remember you."
Mo Yan was full of confidence. "I retracted it fast. Boss Po Xiao is incredibly busy; he’s definitely not staring at his phone. It’s fine.
If you ask me, we should all gather around, hold up the Dream Crystal Stone together, and then take a picture to send.
Boss Po Xiao will definitely get familiar with all of us then."
Liuyue Xue immediately moved away from Mo Yan. ’I don’t want to die yet.’
Chi Xue Child and Blade Master Hai Bian were in awe of Mo Yan. ’Are all Demon Cultivators this reckless?’
’Wouldn’t becoming ’familiar’ like that just get you killed faster?’
At this moment, Chu Qing spoke up. "Uncle Po Xiao must have been waiting a long time, right? Aren’t you going to send the photo?"
Chu Qing was being especially thoughtful.
Hearing Chu Qing’s words, Mo Yan froze. ’Oh crap, I forgot.’
Jiang Zuo, however, wasn’t paying attention to when Mo Yan would send the photo. He was thinking.
What he had told Liu Yiyi earlier—that these materials might be the key to resolving the situation—was true. He wouldn’t deign to say something if it wasn’t.
’Trick them into getting the materials? Deceive them into acting faster?’
’He had no need for any of that.’
However, resolving the situation would be difficult, especially when it came to the most crucial factor: Su Qi.
His main objective was to ensure Su Qi successfully completed her Tribulation Crossing; dealing with East Water Island was merely incidental.
Naturally, Jiang Zuo hoped Su Qi would be able to use the things he had prepared for her Tribulation Crossing, but it was hard to say if she’d even get the chance.
Jiang Zuo shook his head and stopped overthinking it.
’I’ll set it up first. We can worry about whether it gets used later.’
Better to be safe than sorry.
He never worried about wasting anything on Su Qi. As long as there was a chance it could be useful, he would try to prepare it.
Just then, Jiang Zuo saw the new picture Mo Yan had sent.
Sure enough, there was no one in the way this time.
Then, in his mind’s eye, the blood-like veins within the Dream Crystal Stone began to expand, growing more and more complete until they started to resemble a person.
After a long moment, with the Dream Crystal Stone as its boundary, a complete humanoid network of veins appeared before Jiang Zuo.
A complete, humanoid network.
"A complete Dream Crystal Stone? Her luck is really something else. It seems this is part of the reason why Demon Cultivator Mo Yan succeeded so quickly," Jiang Zuo mused in surprise.
A complete Dream Crystal Stone signified the integrity of the space within it. There were many things that could be done with it.
But that was all for the future.
For now, he could only use it as an ordinary Storage Space.
Pulling his thoughts back, Jiang Zuo decided to go out and survey the terrain.
Killing two birds with one stone wouldn’t be so easy. Being an armchair strategist was useless.
Just as he reached the door, Su Qi’s phone suddenly rang. (He had her phone with him now.)
He glanced at it and saw it was a call from her aunt.
Jiang Zuo didn’t hesitate and answered, "Auntie?"
"Oh, it’s Jiang Zuo. Has Su Qi entered seclusion?" his aunt asked.
Jiang Zuo: "Yes, she just went into seclusion. Is something wrong, Auntie?"
"I heard you beat up an Element? You’ve looked into the problem at East Water Island, right? Are you confident?" his aunt asked.
Jiang Zuo frowned. ’Why do I get the feeling Auntie was looking for me specifically?’
’Did she call Su Qi’s phone just to confirm that she was in seclusion?’