Chapter 1420: 比羿强三倍

The phantom was startled. "It must have been caused by falling into the Weak Water. The Immortality Elixir is so renowned; how could it possibly have such a side effect?"

The others' expressions were unreadable. According to what he had just mentioned, he clearly became muddled after taking the Immortality Elixir, which was why he fell into the Weak Water.

No one could say for sure whether he turned into this monster because of the Immortality Elixir or the Weak Water.

"Was the Immortality Elixir you took from the Queen Mother of the West?" Yun Jianyue hastily asked. Shun had used this very item to tempt them earlier, and if it had problems, wouldn't that mean Shun harbored malicious intentions?

The phantom shook its head. "I don't know about that. I was already dead at the time. It was the Heavenly Emperor who bestowed the Immortality Elixir; I don't know if it came from the Queen Mother of the West."

"Since you were already dead at the time, how did you know the Heavenly Emperor saved you with the Immortality Elixir?" Yan Xuehen shrewdly spotted a problem.

"I..." The phantom was about to answer when it suddenly clutched its head and said painfully, "I don't know, it seems someone told me, but who was that person? Ahhh, I can't remember at all."

Seeing his pained appearance, Zu An worried he would become demonized again and hastily said, "If you can't remember, don't try. Do you know how to cross this Weak Water?"

At the same time, he was curious about who exactly told him.

Why did he always feel a strong sense of conspiracy?

Distracted, the phantom gradually calmed down. "The Weak Water cannot be crossed, but I was born from it, so I can carry you across."

As it spoke, the phantom returned to the body of the Yaoyu. It then swam to the shore and exposed its back.

"How can we impose like this?" Zu An felt a bit awkward. Now that he knew the other party wasn't a monstrous beast but a person, it felt truly improper to let him be a mount.

"You have completely freed me. I haven't even had time to thank you properly, so carrying you for a short journey is nothing," the Yaoyu said in human speech, its face now devoid of any ferocity.

Unable to resist his enthusiastic invitation, Zu An led the three women onto his back.

It had to be said that its body was enormous and its back broad; even with four people standing on it, it didn't seem crowded at all.

Yun Jianyue secretly transmitted her voice with vital energy: "Be careful, it might be a trick. It would be dangerous if he carried us to the middle of the Weak Water and suddenly threw us in."

Yan Xuehen frowned. "In your eyes, is everyone a bad person?"

Yun Jianyue's phoenix-like eyes narrowed. "Ice Stone Woman, with your personality, you wouldn't even know if you were sold out. Such things happen often in our Sacred Cult; our members often share experiences on how to corrupt upright and famous immortal maidens. I certainly don't want to hear about you one day."

"You!" Yan Xuehen was both embarrassed and annoyed. Even if she was ignorant of worldly affairs, she understood the meaning of "corrupt."

"Don't worry, he's no longer the same Yaoyu as before," Zu An replied. He had a Rage value system, which allowed him to indirectly judge whether the other party harbored good or ill intentions towards him. "Yun Jianyue, after all, comes from a deceptive demonic... *cough*... Sacred Cult, so a little extra caution is normal."

Both women simultaneously turned their faces away, clearly still angry with each other.

Zu An had a headache. He could only ask the Yaoyu, "By the way, do you know what the Queen Mother of the West's Immortality Elixir is?"

The Yaoyu swam very smoothly in the water, making it feel like flat ground for the several people on its back. The Weak Water, originally turbulent, became unusually calm after it passed by. It had to be said that this world was very miraculous.

"The Queen Mother of the West's Immortality Elixir is very mysterious; only a very small number of people in the world know about it," the Yaoyu said, shaking its head slightly, evidently belonging to the group who did not know.

"Could you tell me more about the Queen Mother of the West?" Zu An continued to ask. Before, he had only heard this name in myths, but now that he was in the Unknown Land and found out she was real, he couldn't help but pay attention.

"The Queen Mother of the West originated from Kunlun, and no one knows her true origin," the Yaoyu said slowly, seemingly recalling. "But her status is very high, so high that even the Heavenly Emperor treats her with courtesy. The place where the Queen Mother of the West resides is called the Jade Pond, where the vital energy of heaven and earth gathers, allowing spirit medicines like immortal peaches and the Immortality Elixir to grow there. But I can't remember much more. After all, I've been a monster for too many years, and my consciousness has suffered irreversible damage, making me forget many things from the past."

At this moment, Yu Yanluo asked again, "Do you still remember Hou Yi?"

Hearing that name, the Yaoyu shuddered, and the people on its back were nearly thrown into the Weak Water.

"My apologies, I was startled and couldn't control myself," the Yaoyu hastily apologized, stabilizing its body again.

"It seems you remember," Zu An said, also growing interested.

"It's hard not to remember that person," the Yaoyu sighed. "A very, very long time ago, so long that I can't even recall the exact time, I believe I was also killed by him once. After all these years, you are the only other man, besides him, who has ever conquered me."

Zu An's expression was odd. Could this guy stop misusing words? It sounded so weird.

Yun Jianyue, meanwhile, asked curiously, "Oh, you said Hou Yi killed you? Aren't you unkillable?"

This was the most troublesome thing for them just now; every time they killed him, he would revive.

The Yaoyu replied, "Hou Yi has a very powerful bow and arrows, a divine artifact. If I'm struck by one of those arrows, I cannot revive."

Zu An and the others had a thought. Shun mentioned that Hou Yi shot down nine suns with a bow and arrows, so it must be this one.

But how is it so similar to the Sun-Shooting Bow passed down through generations in the Demon Imperial Family? Could it be the same one?

But now the Sun-Shooting Bow is in the Golden Crow Crown Prince's hands, and he's with the Demon Emperor. If he passes the trial and gains the divine artifact's recognition, surely their Sun-Shooting Bow won't just fly into his hands, right? After thinking for a moment, Zu An chuckled. Shun only said that after passing the hero's journey, one could gain the divine artifact's recognition, not necessarily the Sun-Shooting Bow.

"It's just that my constitution is special, and I was created by the Weak Water and resentment," the Yaoyu said, its tone full of gratitude. "So after a long time, once the divine power of that arrow dissipated, I revived again. Later, I met you, and thankfully, you completely freed me."

The others said a few humble words, then Yan Xuehen pointed at Zu An and asked, "How does Hou Yi's strength compare to his?"

The Yaoyu hesitated for a moment, then said, "Much higher than him, even higher than all of you combined."

Everyone was speechless.

How blunt.

However, a shadow fell over their hearts. With such a large gap in strength between them and Hou Yi, they might not successfully complete his hero's journey.

*The First Cause of All Realms*

Seemingly sensing their solemnity, the Yaoyu, to lighten their mood, said, "However, there's one thing he's three times stronger at than Hou Yi."

"What is it?" Everyone's spirits lifted. A strong point in this area? They would then need to fully leverage this advantage.

"Back then, Hou Yi also had a very, very beautiful woman by his side, whom they seemed to call Chang'e," the Yaoyu recalled. "But the women by your side have beauty comparable to Chang'e's, and there are three of them. Isn't that three times stronger than him?"

Zu An was speechless.

The three women's faces flushed slightly. Although being praised as beautiful as a legendary immortal maiden was a joyful thing, why did this compliment sound so strange?

Yun Jianyue hastily said, "Don't misunderstand, he and I don't have that kind of relationship."

Yan Xuehen immediately echoed, "Neither am I!"

She seemed to fear that lagging behind even a little would make her appear guilty.

Zu An gave her an annoyed look. This woman was clearly lying with her eyes open.

Yu Yanluo's cheeks blushed, but she didn't deny it.

The Yaoyu said with a chuckle, "Similar, very similar indeed."

"What's similar?" the three women asked curiously.

"The woman next to Hou Yi back then also denied it like that, but didn't they still become husband and wife later?" the Yaoyu said smugly, as if seeing through everything.

The three women were speechless.

Zu An hastily said, "Ahem, senior, do you know what kind of monsters will be ahead?"

"Ahead is the Sanglin Forest, which is the territory of the Fengxi," the Yaoyu replied.