Since the other party had said this, he was already making a concession. They wouldn't let him go without an IOU, so he could only agree.
In fact, for him, was it important whether or not there was a written contract? He was the one who took the item. The debt of borrowing the Mountain and River Cauldron would be put on him. It would alert the Sage State. Borrowing the Mountain and River Cauldron in the name of Ice Pavilion would be blamed on the Ice Land.
He could only pray that the person behind the scenes would keep his word and return it. Otherwise, Granny Xue would be the first to come after him.
But he had to do it. Otherwise, neither side would let him go. If he followed the instructions of the person behind the scenes, he would at least have a chance of survival.
Setting up an IOU was easy. He just needed to bring the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. The agreement was that it would be returned within a month!
As for whether it could be returned within a month, Chuan Ying wasn't sure. It was useless even if he wasn't sure. The benefits from the person behind the scenes weren't for nothing.
After leaving the IOU, Chuan Ying wrapped the Mountain and River Cauldron in a piece of cloth and left. Chi Qingli wanted to send someone to escort her, but Chuan Ying refused. No need!
Chi Qingli's expression was uncertain. Now that things had come to this, how could she not know that everything before was an illusion? The other party's ignorance was intentional. Their real goal was the Mountain and River Cauldron. If she hadn't followed their orders and the cauldron wasn't in their hands, they wouldn't have been able to borrow it.
The reason was simple. Just like how they couldn't steal from Chuan Ying, the cauldron was in the secret room. If they didn't take it out, Chuan Ying wouldn't be able to steal it either.
Thinking back to how her heart had been racing and how she had pretended to be an old flower, she felt a little flustered.
In short, she had fallen into a trap!
Looking at the IOU, Nie Zhenting's face darkened. "Sect Leader Chi, if they don't return the Mountain and River Cauldron, what will happen to the Han Empire?"
Chi Qingli sighed. "It's not a big problem if they don't return it. Granny Xue's grandson-in-law borrowed it in the name of Ice Pavilion. If Granny Xue's people come forward, we won't dare to refuse. This is the foundation of the Han Empire. Granny Xue has to take responsibility for this. Otherwise, no one will believe the Ice Land in the future. "
Hundred Creek Valley Elder Cheng Hu said, "Sect Leader Chi, are you sure that she is Chuan Ying and not an imposter?"
Chi Qingli: "Don't worry about that, I met him at the Ice and Snow Pavilion. A lot of people witnessed it. At that time, he was accompanied by the Rainbow Inn's manager, Chu Anlou, and other people from the Ice and Snow Pavilion. It can't be fake."
Liao Pingdong, the Supreme Palace Elder, said in a deep voice, "Why bother? Why did you provoke him? If anything happens, none of us will have an easy time."
Chi Qingli immediately hid some things to defend herself. "Did I want to provoke him? He was the one who wanted to come. How could I stop him? If it were you, who would be able to stop him? "
She couldn't tell him the truth, so she changed the topic, "What we can do now is to report this to the Misty Pavilion immediately!"
…
In the Boundless Pavilion, at the bottom of the Celestial Lake, in front of a large transparent crystal window, the lake water was dark blue, and there was sunlight seeping down from above, creating a magnificent scene.
The Boundless Pavilion's Pavilion Master, Lan Ming, stood in front of the crystal window, raising his hand to move in front of the window. Outside the window, a Flood Dragon stuck to the window and played with his hand.
A man and a Flood Dragon interacted. In the depths of the lake, two larger Flood Dragons could be vaguely seen swimming. It was terrifying!
Chief Steward Ban Hai came and presented a letter, "Pavilion Master, the one surnamed Shao has sent another letter."
Lan Ming, who was interacting in front of the window, waved his hand and said indifferently, "Didn't I say that I won't write to him anymore?"
Ban Hai hesitated for a moment and said, "Pavilion Master, I'm afraid you have to read this letter."
Lan Ming slowly turned his head to look at him. Seeing his reaction, he knew that he must have a reason for saying this. He put down his hand in front of the window and took the letter. He found that there were only a few words on the letter, but these few words were enough to make his pupils shrink.
The content of the letter was: I know who you are, Wu!
He read these words carefully again and again. If it were an outsider, they wouldn't be able to understand, but he did. Swish! The letter had already been crushed in his hand. He gritted his teeth and said, "A mere mortal dares to be so arrogant in front of me!"
Ban Hai folded his hands and remained silent.
…
In the territory of Qin, deep in the mountains, next to a mountain stream, a tall and sturdy man with long hair and bare arms stood with his hands behind his back. He had been resting with his eyes closed. It was Wu Chang.
Hei Shi, who was standing quietly at the side, suddenly looked up.
He saw a bird mount land and three people jump down. One of them was Chuan Ying, who was holding a heavy cloth bag.
Seeing Wu Chang personally arrive at the meeting place, Chuan Ying was shocked. He stepped forward in fear and bowed, "Greetings, Holy Venerable!"
He had never officially seen Wu Chang before. He had only seen him twice from afar, but his style was not ordinary. Coupled with Hei Shi's respectful attitude, it was obvious who he was. Therefore, he could recognize him at a glance.
Wu Chang, who had his eyes closed, was indifferent. His long hair was occasionally lifted by the mountain wind. His side profile looked like it had been cut by a knife or axe.
Hei Shi looked at the cloth bag in Chuan Ying's hand and asked, "Did you get the thing?"
Chuan Ying hurriedly said, "Fortunately, I didn't disappoint you!"
Hei Shi immediately reached out and took the cloth bag. He held it with one hand and opened it with the other, revealing the black cauldron. He observed it for a while and turned to face Wu Chang, "Holy Venerable, it should be that thing."
Only then did Wu Chang open his eyes. He turned around and grabbed the handle of the cauldron. He held the cauldron in his hand and glanced at Chuan Ying coldly. Chuan Ying's heart jumped.
He turned the cauldron in his hand and looked at it. He grunted, "Chuan Ying, you did well this time."
Chuan Ying hurriedly said, "This is my duty." Hearing the other party say his name, he did not know whether he should be happy or not.
Wu Chang did not say anything else.
Hei Shi immediately asked about the process of borrowing the cauldron. Chuan Ying told him everything in detail. He did not dare to hide anything. Who knew if there were people from this side in the Han Imperial Palace.
After confirming that there were no problems, Hei Shi waved his hand and said, "All of you can leave first."
After the three people left, Hei Shi turned around and said, "Holy Venerable, I'm afraid Chuan Ying will face questions when he returns."
Wu Chang said, "Then don't go back first. Hide first and wait for me to return."
Hei Shi asked, "When will Holy Venerable return?"
Wu Chang said, "I can't be sure of the situation there for the time being. The return date is uncertain."
Hei Shi said, "Chuan Ying and Han Imperial Palace only have a month to borrow the cauldron. If the cauldron is not returned within the time limit and Chuan Ying does not show up, it will be difficult to get away even if she returns to the Ice and Snow Pavilion. Holy Venerable, it is not easy to plant such a person in the old witch's side. "
Wu Chang said, "Whether to return the cauldron or not, I will make a decision after I see the situation there."
Hei Shi was slightly shocked, "If you don't return it, I'm afraid this matter will get out of hand."
Wu Chang said, "So what if it gets out of hand? It was the old witch's people who borrowed it. What does it have to do with me?"
Hei Shi was stunned and immediately understood. If the cauldron was not returned, it meant that the cauldron was more useful than Chuan Ying. If the cauldron was not returned, Chuan Ying would no longer need to live in this world.
Whoosh! A black bag on the ground was sucked into Wu Chang's hand. He opened the bag and put the cauldron in it.
Looking up at the sky, his long hair suddenly moved without any wind. Swoosh! Wu Chang turned into a shadow and shot into the sky.
Hei Shi cupped his hands and watched him leave …
High up in the sky, he did not stop for a moment. He flew at a speed that was far faster than flying mounts.
After arriving at the edge of the boundless desert, Wu Chang floated in the air and observed the terrain below for a while. He chose a desolate mountain as his back and landed in the desert with a swoosh.
Looking around coldly, Wu Chang opened the black bag in his hand and took out the Heaven Swallowing Ring and the Mountain and River Cauldron. He hung the black bag on his waist.
With one hand holding the cauldron and the other holding the ring, he walked slowly up a sand dune and looked at the vast expanse.
He looked down at the ring and cauldron in his hand and suddenly clapped his hands.
"Dong …" A dull, ear-piercing sound echoed, and there was something strange in the sound.
Once this sound came out, it seemed to have a strange connection with the sand here. There was a faint trembling sound in the sand.
Wu Chang carefully analyzed the reason and quickly understood that the strange sound made by the ring and cauldron clashing could resonate with the gaps between the sand in the desert.
His gaze suddenly turned to the front, and several sand scorpions suddenly broke out of the ground. This strange resonance seemed to make the sand scorpions unable to stay in the sand and had a feeling of desperately crawling out and fleeing in panic.
From this, Wu Chang confirmed that the cauldron and ring clashing had a special effect. No one had discovered it before.
However, it was understandable. Even if the few Saints obtained this thing before, who would have thought of bringing the cauldron ring to the boundless desert to do a tapping test? Those who did not see the Demonic Book would not have thought of this.
"Dong … Dong … Dong …"
Wu Chang, who had seen the signs, immediately knocked with both hands. In the end, he found that the resonance reaction to the desert seemed to be able to spread further.
Looking around, there were more and more sand scorpions crawling out of the desert.
He kept knocking and paying attention to the reaction in the desert. He secretly tried to figure out what the receiving object was.
At first, he suspected that it was the sand scorpions in the desert. Just like Niu Youdao's reaction at that time, could there be anything else in this desert other than the sand scorpions?
However, seeing that the sand scorpions could not stand the sound and fled after hearing it, he began to doubt his own judgment.
After repeated knocking, gradually, he could not even see the escaping sand scorpions within the range of his vision. There was no reaction in the surroundings, and his heart was full of doubts. Could it be that the Demonic Book was tampered with? Or could it be that he could not stand in one place and had to keep changing places?
No matter what the situation was, since he was here, he definitely had to do a comprehensive test. After all, the desert was so vast, and he did not know when he could summon the receiving object. He planned to spend a day to try and walk around the desert later.
About half a day later, in the evening, a man and a woman suddenly appeared at the top of the mountain behind.
Wu Chang's perception was extraordinary. As soon as the two appeared, Wu Chang immediately turned his head to look, and the thing in his hand kept knocking.
After the young man and woman pointed and chatted for a while, they both flew down and landed on the sand dune next door.
The woman shouted, "Hey, big guy, what are you doing?"
The knocking stopped. Wu Chang slowly turned around and stared at the two of them. He flashed the things in his hands and asked in a deep voice, "Are you here to receive it?"
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