Luo Qi, who had no friends, was so angry at their constant barrage of words that he almost fell backwards.

Gu Xia, the only one who did not join their argument, was studying the spirit boat. She shook her head and smiled sporadically, "What are you talking about?"

Gu Xia suddenly slapped Luo Qi on the shoulder, frightening the young man so much that his eyes widened. "What are you doing?"

"Don't listen to their nonsense." She grinned, "I treat you as a friend."

Luo Qi's mind hadn't yet come to its senses. He was somewhat flattered and subconsciously raised his eyebrows, "Really?"

The other four brothers turned around with distorted expressions.

To be honest, Gu Xia didn't let him go either.

"of course it's true."

Gu Xia blinked slightly and waved at him without changing his expression, "So my friend, now is the time when I need you."

Luo Qi: "?"

He was slightly confused when Gu Xia pulled him over. He saw this person pointing at the place where he had just squatted to study, looking at him eagerly, "I just checked, the speed of the spirit boat depends on the maintenance of the spirit stone, which means-"

"If we have enough spirit stones, we may be able to shorten the journey by half."

Luo Qi felt something was wrong, "So what?" What does this have to do with him?

Gu Xia stretched out her two hands, spread them in front of him, and tilted her head innocently, "So... give me some spirit stones, my friend."

"???"

Your friends and my friends seem different.

Luo Qi almost laughed out of anger, "So you laid so much groundwork just for this idea?"

He simply wanted to pry open this guy's head to see what his brain circuits were like. How could a person be so self-righteous?

Gu Xia looked at him without changing her expression.

"Where are the spiritual stones you just extorted from the mermaids?"

Luo Qi recalled the scene in which the gorgeous and beautiful palace was almost stripped of its wall tiles, and he gritted his teeth and spoke word by word.

"Hey, hey, hey, how can this be called blackmail?" Ye Sui'an waved the folding fan in his hand and walked over slowly. "We helped you so much this time, isn't that what we deserve?"

There is no free lunch in the world. They saved so many people, so what's wrong with getting some compensation?

Gu Xia nodded secretly, and her tone changed and she sighed faintly, "You know, I'm really poor."

"To be honest, I have elderly parents and young children to take care of..."

I'm sorry, Master, she didn't mean to say he was old. As for the other things, Gu Xia didn't lie either. She still had a bunch of spirit swords and two contracted beasts to raise, so there was nothing wrong with saying that.

Luo Qi's mouth twitched uncontrollably, "...wait a minute."

Is this right, he asked?

Finally he couldn't resist any more, he began to pour spirit stones in a daze, and soon they piled up into a small hill, emitting a soft glow.

Luo Qi didn't even blink an eye. For the mermaids, this small amount of spirit stones was not enough for them to take seriously.

Gu Xia, who was watching from the side, became jealous again.

"Are the mermaids so rich?"

Xu Xingmu was so itchy that he said, "I should have pried that brick back earlier."

There is a huge pile of spirit stones embedded on it.

Jiang Chaoxu pressed his brows and said, "I say, that's enough."

Spare their palaces and their bricks, too?

He really didn't want to hear his tribe members calling them "the poor bastards who pried off the wall tiles" when he went back.

So shameful.

*

With enough spirit stones as a supplement, after discussing it, the few people simply threw them all in. After the spirit boat trembled slightly twice, it instantly flew out like an arrow.

The five people, whose faces were covered with wind, blew their hair together.

"So fast."

Gu Xia sincerely sighed, "So this is 'money power'?"

Although they didn't quite understand, the four brothers strangely understood the meaning of her words.

After all, even they had never experienced being able to turn a spirit boat into a meteor.

"The thunder tribulation is still there, proving that they should all still be alive."

The jade slips of other people did not respond for the time being, probably because they did not notice.

Ye Sui'an was still fiddling with her jade slip. He suddenly looked up and was stunned for two seconds. "Wait, is this my illusion? Did the position of the lightning strike change?"

Although the distance was far, they were at a high place, and the thunder tribulation of the Spirit Transformation Stage was conspicuous enough, so they could still vaguely see the trajectory of the thunder when it struck.

But the thunder that just fell was obviously not in the same direction as the previous ones.

Several people looked at each other, wondering what had happened over there during this period of time.

At this moment, the jade slip in his palm suddenly lit up. As soon as he picked it up, he heard a noisy movement, as if many people were talking at a very fast speed. But even so, the sound of thunder in the background was still hard to ignore.

"Gu Xia."

Yu Heng's voice came from the other end. The boy's tone was obviously on the verge of going berserk. After seeing that it was Gu Xia who sent him the message, he calmed down a little and asked, "What's the matter?"

"We should be the ones asking you this." Ye Sui'an said with a click of the tongue, "What's going on over there? Why did the direction of the thunderbolt change?"

The later the thunder tribulation is, the longer it takes for each one to brew. Anything can happen during this period of time, so when a cultivator is going to undergo the tribulation, he needs to clear the area in advance, not only to prevent innocent people from being harmed, but more importantly to avoid interference from the outside world.

Now the location of the thunder tribulation has suddenly made a sharp turn. It is impossible for Xie Baiyi to run away while being struck by lightning, right?

The scene was a little too magical, and they didn't even dare to think about it.

Yu Heng's voice instantly became full of murderous intent, "It's all the fault of those stupid bastards from the demon race."

"Ok?"

The few of them were still confused when they heard a few familiar voices coming from the other side, "Quickly stop him", followed by Yu Heng's howl, "It's me, Senior Brother, loosen your legs, loosen your legs... Ahhh, my ribs are really broken."

After a series of crackling noises, Yu Heng took a deep breath, hissed as his wound was pulled, and explained, "Too many demon kings came. We are no match for them. Senior Brother had no choice but to rush out of the thunder tribulation, causing his meridians to be on the verge of collapse."

The young man's angry and sad voice came from the jade slip:

"Gu Xia, the senior brother... has been possessed by a demon."

"what?!"

Gu Xia was slightly stunned, wondering if his ears were broken, "Xie Baiyi? Possessed by a demon? Are you kidding me?"

Just mentioning these two words together seems outrageous.

That’s Xie Baiyi, the darling of heaven, the chief of Lingjian Sect who has been slaying demons and eliminating evil along the way and has a heart dedicated to the great Dao.

How could he suddenly become possessed?

This news was too sudden, and several people from Taiyi Sect were stunned.

……