"You only have one month. If you break the contract again, I will no longer care about our previous friendship!" Ao Hong glanced at Yuan Qiu and said coldly.
"I understand, I understand." Yuan Qiu shrank his neck and walked back behind Shen Luo.
"You can actually refine the Green Blood Gu?" Shen Luo's eyes flashed, and he communicated with Yuan Qiu through voice transmission.
"Because I am not fully conscious, my cultivation progress has been very slow over the years, so I just spent most of my time on refining Gu. It's strange to say, but since I woke up, every time I refine Gu, it has gone smoothly, and the success rate is much higher than before. Not to mention the seventh-grade Gu worm, I can now even refine the eighth-grade Gu worm." Yuan Qiu replied proudly.
Shen Luo's heart beat fast when he heard this. The eighth-grade poisonous insect is useful to Taiyi. He could ask about it in detail if there is a chance.
"I have some business dealings with Fellow Daoist Yuanqiu. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you two." Ao Hong turned to Shen Luo and the other two.
"How could that be?" Shen Luo shook his head slightly, his expression calm.
Nie Caizhu was not very familiar with Ao Hong and Yuan Qiu. She stood beside Shen Luo and did not speak.
"Brother Ao, I am here this time to return the Blood-soaked Nine-Chi Pearl that I borrowed earlier. Please take a look at it." Shen Luo collected his thoughts, took out a white jade box and handed it over.
Ao Hong already knew why Shen Luo came. He reached out to take the jade box, opened the lid, and a surge of dragon energy suddenly poured out.
I saw the blood-soaked Nine-Chi Pearl lying quietly in the center of the jade box. The dragon energy it emitted caused the water vapor nearby to surge continuously. It was almost the same as when it was first borrowed, and not much spiritual power was lost.
"Fellow Daoist Shen is truly a trustworthy person." Ao Hong breathed a sigh of relief, closed the lid, put away the jade box, and looked at Shen Luo with a hint of gratitude in his eyes.
The Blood-soaked Nine-Chi Pearl is the most precious treasure of the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea. He lent it to an outsider, but many people in the Dragon Palace did not agree with it and had been whispering about it in private, and some even complained.
Now that the treasure has been returned, he can finally put the worry that had been weighing on his mind at ease.
"Brother Ao generously lent me the pearl and helped me a lot, so of course I have to return it in its entirety." Shen Luo said.
"Speaking of which, how is Brother Shen's treasure being refined?" Ao Hong asked curiously.
"With the help of the Blood-soaked Nine-Chi Pearl and another treasure, it has been successfully refined." Shen Luo nodded.
"That's good." Ao Hong nodded without asking about the details of the treasure.
Then the two chatted for a while and discussed the situation in Chang'an City and Qingqiu Mountain.
"This time, in addition to returning the Blood-soaked Nine-Chi Pearl, I, Shen, have a few things I want to ask Brother Ao." Seeing that the groundwork had been almost laid, Shen Luo changed the subject and got to the point.
"Brother Shen, feel free to say whatever you want to say." Ao Hong also restrained his expression.
"I met Yuan Qiu on the way to the Dragon Palace. He was fighting with several fish monsters. After asking, I learned that a force called the Ten Thousand Monsters Alliance appeared in the East China Sea. They were making quite a fuss and even claimed that they would wipe out all the human cultivators in the East China Sea area. I wonder if it's true or not?" Shen Luo asked.
"It is true. The origin of the Ten Thousand Demons Alliance is mysterious, as if it appeared out of thin air. Now most of the monsters in the East China Sea have joined it. They even sent an invitation to our East China Sea Dragon Palace." Ao Hong said coldly.
"It's indeed very brave. I guess Brother Ao has no intention of joining this alliance?" Shen Luo asked tentatively.