Xiao Fei barged into the swamp inhabited by the Green-Eyed Toad, encountering many of its offspring along the way.
Some of the more powerful ones directly extended their tongues, attempting to coil around Xiao Fei and devour him.
Xiao Fei no longer concealed his actions. He directly used his yellow gourd, collecting every toad he encountered. The captured toads could be refined into blood water to fertilize the Jianmu tree.
Along the path, he had already collected over a dozen Green-Eyed Toads, ranging in strength from Heavenly Immortals to Immortal Lords.
Xiao Fei's audacious behavior had already attracted the attention of a Golden Immortal realm Green-Eyed Toad.
As he collected another Immortal Lord realm Green-Eyed Toad into his yellow gourd,
"Whoosh!" A crimson long tongue suddenly shot out before him. Xiao Fei, with no time to react, was pierced through the chest by the tongue.
Facing an attack from a Golden Immortal realm expert, he had no ability to resist or evade. He was instantly killed before he could even see the opponent's shadow.
Even his comprehension of the Way of Devouring was useless.
Xiao Fei knew his own limitations and had never intended to contend with a Golden Immortal expert. He decisively crushed the jade token in his hand.
The phantom image of Xuan Tian Dao Zun appeared and was immediately controlled by Xiao Fei. With a grab of his large hand, he caught the crimson long tongue.
The Golden Immortal realm Green-Eyed Toad, unable to hide from the phantom image of Xuan Tian Dao Zun, was pulled out along the tongue.
A giant toad, larger than a mountain and radiating golden light all over, was pinned beneath the phantom image of Xuan Tian Dao Zun, unable to move.
"Quack, quack, quack..."
"Bold human, how dare you attack me!"
Even though it was captured, and realizing it was merely a phantom image, it showed no fear and continued to speak arrogantly.
As the Green-Eyed Toad struggled, the phantom image of Xuan Tian Dao Zun began to slowly dissipate.
Xiao Fei dared not hesitate. He raised the yellow gourd and aimed it at the Green-Eyed Toad and the phantom image of Xuan Tian Dao Zun, unleashing a torrent of suction.
The Green-Eyed Toad had initially believed the phantom image of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal could not kill it, but it never expected the true threat to be the yellow gourd.
At this moment, feeling the gourd's powerful suction, it tried to struggle and escape but was firmly held down by the phantom image.
The life-saving jade token given by Xuan Tian Dao Zun, while unable to kill a Golden Immortal realm expert, was sufficient to subdue one for a short period.
"Whoosh!"
The Green-Eyed Toad, along with the phantom image of Xuan Tian Dao Zun, was sucked into the gourd.
Xiao Fei retrieved the yellow gourd and peered inside with his immortal sense.
He wondered what level of treasure this gourd truly was.
After a Golden Immortal realm Green-Eyed Toad was collected into the gourd, it could not resist in the slightest. It lay quietly inside, awaiting refinement into blood water.
As for the phantom image of Xuan Tian Dao Zun, it also floated quietly within the gourd, having fallen into a dormant state.
It was a pity the jade token had been crushed. Otherwise, perhaps he could have retrieved the remaining phantom images and made do with them for another use.
Xiao Fei put away the yellow gourd and simultaneously released several clones.
"Everyone, split up and take everything valuable from this place, especially immortal stones. Don't leave a single one behind."
A Golden Immortal must have lived for at least a million years. The wealth accumulated over so many years would undoubtedly be considerable.
Furthermore, it had so many offspring, it should have stored quite a bit.
Since even their ancestor was taken, it was only natural to take all its offspring as well.
At the very least, it would allow the Green-Eyed Toad family to be reunited.
Otherwise, the surviving offspring would be deeply saddened by the loss of their kin, experiencing unbearable grief.
The various clones acted in concert, collecting any Green-Eyed Toad they found into the gourd as fertilizer.
Valuable items were stored in his spatial dimension.
After half a day, Xiao Fei emerged from the swamp and successfully retreated with the Flying Fish.
Behind him, the swamp had vanished, replaced by a barren desert.
The clones had swept through, leaving the swamp completely clean, not even a blade of grass with immortal energy remaining.
Even the tiny tadpoles in the small puddles, capable of even the slightest movement, were collected into the yellow gourd.
To prevent the Golden Immortal realm Green-Eyed Toad from regenerating from a drop of blood, Xiao Fei, still uneasy, used the Law of Devouring for the first time.
The moment he activated the Law of Devouring, all the immortal energy, spiritual energy, poisonous gas, miasma... in the swamp.
All the energy surged into his body. He was unable to refine such a vast and complex amount of energy, as he did not possess the physique of a Dao Worm.
If this mixed energy remained within him, even if it didn't cause him to explode, it would continuously damage his physical body and soul.
Fortunately, his soul had long since merged with the Creation Jade Disk.
Anything his physical body could not endure, he directly excreted into the Creation Jade Disk. The Creation Jade Disk then transferred this energy to his spatial dimension.
Upon absorbing this complex energy, the spatial dimension actually increased its time flow rate by another point, reaching 191 times the normal speed.
This was an unexpected delight. In the future, he could use this method to increase the time flow speed of his spatial dimension.
After Xiao Fei had absorbed all the energy from the swamp, the once vibrant swamp had become a lifeless desert.
Having successfully completed this endeavor, Xiao Fei found a place to hide and waited for the Green-Eyed Toad in his yellow gourd to yield results from its refinement.
After about half a year had passed in his spatial dimension, he opened the yellow gourd.
The moment he opened the gourd, two beams of light, one large and one small, flew out and landed on the Crystal Tree.
Xiao Fei looked at these two golden beams, feeling a bit perplexed.
Generally, a Golden Immortal could only possess one Great Dao.
This Green-Eyed Toad did not appear to be a chosen one, being rather ordinary. It was unlikely to possess two Great Daos against all odds.
Moreover, these two beams were of different sizes, one bright and dazzling, the other appearing rather ethereal.
Xiao Fei mused, perhaps it was related to the phantom image of Xuan Tian Dao Zun.
At this point, looking back into the yellow gourd, all the Green-Eyed Toads that had been collected, as well as the phantom image of Xuan Tian Dao Zun, had been refined and vanished without a trace.
Inside the gourd, only a large gourd of blood water remained, and nothing else.
Xiao Fei immediately poured all this blood water at the roots of the Jianmu tree.
The Jianmu tree experienced another period of vigorous growth, and a fresh branch sprouted from its top.
The Crystal Tree beside the Enlightenment Spring, after absorbing the two golden beams, bore two more fruits.
One of these fruits was robust and plump, while the other, at first glance, was underdeveloped and looked shriveled.
...
Unbeknownst to Xiao Fei, because he had borrowed the phantom image of Xuan Tian Dao Zun to kill a Golden Immortal realm Green-Eyed Toad,
The demon race's powerful cultivators could easily detect a clue and deduce that Xuan Tian Dao Zun must have intervened.
Two Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm demon cultivators directly found Xuan Tian Dao Zun, dragged him out, and beat him up again.
The beating left Xuan Tian Dao Zun incapacitated for three months.
After being beaten, Xuan Tian Dao Zun could only swallow his pride and endure the pain.
While lying in bed recuperating, he still cursed Xiao Fei, vowing never to give him jade tokens again.