Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

However, this Lu Sheng is quite the cunning fellow. After a moment of shock, he quickly regained his composure and put on a flattering expression, saying obsequiously to Chen Tian, “Hey, Fellow Daoist Yang, you've really misunderstood! How could I possibly hog all the good stuff for myself? I was just coming in to scout things out first. If I found it wasn't dangerous, then I would have brought you in.”

Lu Sheng's skin is truly thick beyond belief, actually daring to utter such blatant lies. What 'scouting things out'? He clearly intended to use Chen Tian as bait, so he could monopolize all the treasures here.

Chen Tian isn't some three-year-old child, of course, and he saw through his intentions at a glance. However, Chen Tian didn't expose him, but instead sneered, “Fellow Daoist Lu, you really tricked me badly just now! If I hadn't had a trick up my sleeve, I'm afraid I would have already died. Tell me, how should we settle this debt?”

“This…” Hearing Chen Tian's icy tone, Lu Sheng was immediately stunned.

With his intelligence, he naturally understood that while Chen Tian's words seemed like a complaint, he was actually holding him accountable. If he couldn't provide a reasonable answer, then Chen Tian would attack in the next moment.

Understanding this, Lu Sheng's heart immediately panicked. After a moment of thought, as if he had made up his mind, he gritted his teeth and took out another piece of decayed wood, handing it to Chen Tian and saying, “It was indeed my mistake just now. To compensate for my fault, I'll give this piece of Soul Nourishing Wood to you, Fellow Daoist. I hope that after you accept it, we can write off the unpleasantness from before.”

“Soul Nourishing Wood!”

Upon seeing Lu Sheng take out such a decayed piece of wood, Chen Tian was immediately surprised.

This piece of wood was exactly the same as the Soul Nourishing Wood that Lu Sheng had given him before. In other words, this was also a piece of Soul Nourishing Wood.

Chen Tian really didn't expect that Lu Sheng would actually have another piece of Soul Nourishing Wood on him.

The reason Chen Tian had questioned Lu Sheng in such an aggressive tone was to get some more benefits from him. Therefore, when he saw Lu Sheng take out this piece of Soul Nourishing Wood, Chen Tian was extremely pleased.

Of course, although he was happy in his heart, Chen Tian's expression remained as usual, and he said indifferently, “Alright, seeing Fellow Daoist Lu's sincerity, let's just write off what happened before.”

As he spoke, Chen Tian took the Soul Nourishing Wood from Lu Sheng's hand, glanced at it, and put it into his storage ring.

At this time, Lu Sheng, considering the urgency of the situation, had no choice but to swallow this bitter pill for the time being.

Lu Sheng knew that the freezing effect was extremely limited. After a while, those golden beetles would recover, so in the meantime, he had to get the Green Jade Scepter and then rush out!

Thinking this way, he didn't delay any longer and hurriedly looked at the lotus stone platform suspended in mid-air.

He remembered very clearly that the Green Jade Scepter was hidden inside this lotus stone platform.

However, as soon as Lu Sheng glanced at this lotus stone platform, his face couldn't help but freeze immediately.

Although he had vaguely seen the damage on the lotus stone platform from outside the cave before, because the distance was far and there were countless golden beetles blocking his view, he couldn't see clearly how severe the damage to the stone platform really was.

However, after taking a closer look at this time, Lu Sheng was surprised to find that the treasured blade was still intact, but the Green Jade Scepter next to it was strangely missing half.

“This… what's going on?”

Seeing the Green Jade Scepter with only half remaining, Lu Sheng opened his mouth in surprise, his mind blank.

After seeing his appearance, Chen Tian couldn't help but sneer in his heart. But how could Lu Sheng have imagined that the other half of the Green Jade Scepter would actually be in Chen Tian's hands.

And Chen Tian wasn't a fool, of course, he wouldn't tell Lu Sheng that he had taken half of the Green Jade Scepter. So, he also pretended to be surprised and said, “Oh, Fellow Daoist Lu, what's going on here? Why is only half of the Green Jade Scepter left?”

“I don't know.” Lu Sheng shook his head, his face full of frustration.

Seeing this, Chen Tian couldn't help but snicker in his heart, but his face still wore a puzzled expression, and he said lightly, “Fellow Daoist Lu doesn't need to be sad. The reason why half of the Green Jade Scepter disappeared may also be the work of those beetles.”

“That's right!” Hearing Chen Tian's words, a cold light suddenly appeared in Lu Sheng's eyes, and he said in a cold voice, “It must have been eaten by those beasts!”

The situation in front of him was too strange. Besides putting all the responsibility on those golden beetles, Lu Sheng really couldn't find a second explanation.

But after thinking about this, Lu Sheng felt even more frustrated.

After all, his biggest purpose in coming in was to obtain this Green Jade Scepter.

But now that only half of the Green Jade Scepter was left, wouldn't all the efforts he had made before be in vain?

Thinking this way, the annoyance in Lu Sheng's heart couldn't help but deepen.

“Buzz… buzz buzz buzz…”

At this moment, the noisy sound that had been silent for a long time outside suddenly erupted violently again, as if those golden beetles might recover from their frozen state at any time.

Noticing this, Chen Tian's heart suddenly trembled, and he quickly said, “Fellow Daoist Lu, time is urgent, let's take the treasure first.”

After hearing these words, Lu Sheng instantly came back to his senses, knowing that there wasn't much time left, so he didn't object. He nodded, and the two of them each took out their long swords. With their combined efforts, they instantly blasted the lotus stone platform open.

After the lotus stone platform turned into stones and fell, the half of the Green Jade Scepter and the long blade were completely revealed, quietly suspended in mid-air.

Seeing this, Lu Sheng gritted his teeth, and then his figure rose into the air, quickly grabbing towards the Green Jade Scepter in mid-air.

Although only half was left, Lu Sheng was still unwilling to give up. He planned to take it out and study it carefully to see if he could find that secret.

Soon, Lu Sheng came to the side of the half of the Green Jade Scepter. Just as he was overjoyed and reached out to grab it, suddenly, a strange black shadow flashed past his eyes, so fast that it caused him to feel a trance.

When Lu Sheng recovered again, he was shocked to find that the half of the Green Jade Scepter had strangely disappeared!

“What did you say?”

Hearing Chen Tian's words, Lu Sheng did not hide the killing intent in his eyes, and the look in his eyes towards Chen Tian gradually became cold.