Shi Feiyang had never considered stealing the Golden Spider; he always liked to carry out his actions with a clear conscience and legitimacy. Since the Golden Spider had been obtained by Zheng Dianxian, he had no intention of stealing or robbing it.

But after being entreated by Bai Guanhong, his thoughts changed:

From a human's perspective, the Golden Spider was private property of the humans; since it had already been obtained by Zheng Dianxian, it was rightfully his, and to take it by force would be morally wrong.

But from the perspective of other species, the Golden Spider didn't want to go with Zheng Dianxian - it was kidnapped against its will. He had every reason to rescue it!

"Indeed, indeed," Shi Feiyang patted Bai Guanhong's head, "Let's go see your Golden Spider sister first. If she wishes to stay with him, we must not force her away; otherwise, we'd be no different from him. If she wants to leave, we'll take her with us."

He took Bai Guanhong and left Black Valley, flying directly over Yuan River toward the edge of Qiandao at Big Bear Ridge. This was where Zheng Dianxian had caught the Golden Spider, and knowing the treasure was within reach, he came here for secluded Cultivation, even establishing a Bitter Bamboo Temple on the spot.

Looking down from the sky, they saw amidst a vast expanse of bamboo forest a three-part courtyard, with bamboo fences, bamboo buildings and pavilions, bamboo flowerbed railings... Everything was made of bamboo, appearing extremely delicate and refreshing.

Bitter Bamboo was the special product of this mountainous region; large bamboo could grow as thick as a person's thigh, reach the sky, and be tougher than iron. Ordinary fires could barely singe it, and only by repeatedly burning it with the blast furnace used for smelting iron could one extract a kind of bitter sap; its produced bitter shoots could also be used for medicinal purposes.

It was rumored that some within the Zhushan Sect had used it to craft Flying Swords, thereby creating a unique characteristic.

Bai Guanhong saw that there was Immortal Law prohibition in the bamboo temple, and on top of that an illusion that prevented a clear view into the temple.

He worriedly said, "This Defensive Array is powerful. We'll have to figure out how to sneak in…"

"Why sneak around so surreptitiously? Just go down, knock on the door, and ask for the spider," Shi Feiyang, with Bai Guanhong in tow, landed in front of the temple gate and prompted Bai Guanhong to knock.

Bai Guanhong, who had grown from a Stone Silkworm to human and had never spoken to a human Sword Immortal as an equal, especially feared Zheng Dianxian, a Sword Immortal of the Taiyin Mysterious Sect who seemed to embody the Righteous Path to his very core.

He wasn't afraid, but his legs involuntarily went weak.

Taking a deep breath, then exhaling, and inhaling deeply once more… only then did he approach the gate to knock.

Soon, two young girls, one dressed in green and the other in white, emerged. They were Zheng Dianxian's disciples, Xin Qing and Wu Jiu. They looked at Bai Guanhong, then at Shi Feiyang standing behind him. Both young men had no evil aura and were polite in demeanor. "What brings you two fellow Daoists here?" they inquired.

"I've come to find my sister," Bai Guanhong said.

The two female disciples exchanged glances, contemplating that among their small group of master and disciples, none had a brother: "Who is your sister?"

"My sister is a millennium-old Golden Spider."

The two women were shocked. After their master had captured the Golden Spider years ago, he joyfully claimed, "My Dao is complete," then abandoned his original domain, moving here with his disciples, and even spent time and effort to build this bamboo temple, preparing for a lengthy battle.

He specifically cautioned the two women, "The Golden Gate treasure we plot to obtain was left behind by the ancient Guang Chengzi. It is plentiful in number and of high quality; all the immortals on the Righteous and Demonic Paths covet it. The entire future success hinges on that Golden Spider, so we must be extremely cautious in our actions, revealing not a whisper. We must not let anyone know we're after the Golden Ship, nor that we have the Golden Spider in our possession."

The three disciples kept as tight-lipped as a sealed bottle, living in seclusion for years, with no fourth person knowing about the Golden Spider. And now, a righteous young man declared the Golden Spider was his sister - clearly, he came with ill intentions!

As Wu Jiu was about to say more, Xin Qing stopped her, knowing this was something they couldn't handle, and told Wu Jiu to quickly invite their master out.

As fate would have it, Zheng Dianxian was in deep meditation at that very moment and could not be disturbed lightly, leaving Wu Jiu to come out alone, her face a picture of helplessness.

Bai Guanhong said, anguished, "You have captured my sister, kidnapped her from the border of Qian and Gui! I don't know what means you've used to torture her these years, how much suffering you've made her endure, and now you're concocting excuses to prevent our siblings from meeting!"

"You are a human, how can you claim a spider as your sister?" Xin Qing questioned. "If you say you are close siblings, can you provide any proof?"

""""Although I am a human now, I wasn't back in the day! Just bring her out, and once we see each other, I will recognize her as my sister and she will recognize me as her brother. What other proof do we need?"

Xin Qing felt that he was being unreasonable and clearly just coveting the treasures of the Golden Ship, deliberately looking for trouble to snatch the Golden Spider.

She changed her expression and sneered coldly, "There is no need for you two to feign sincerity as a pretext. If you want to see our Golden Spider, just say so directly. You don't seem like followers of the crooked path. Once my master finishes her meditation, we will report to her and she will decide whether or not to grant your request."

Bai Guanhong said angrily, "Feign sincerity? She is my sister indeed! I've known her for five hundred years! You just bring her out, and I will speak to her face to face. If she doesn't recognize me or I am mistaken, I will apologize to you on the spot and will cease to disturb you!"

Xin Qing also grew angry, thinking to herself that if he coveted the treasures, he should just say so; even her master had said that the treasures inside the Golden Ship were difficult to obtain for their family alone—acting rashly might backfire and benefit the intruding demons instead. Therefore, they needed to seek help from those of the Righteous Path. If they had spoken honestly, cooperating to claim the treasure was not out of the question. What was the point of this charade? It was so pointless!

As the two sides were still arguing, Shi Feiyang took out a crystal ball about a foot in diameter, breathed a puff of True Qi onto it, and light energy surged within. Soon it displayed the inside of a long stone casket, like a coffin, with a large spider squatting inside, its body covered in golden bristles, and a pair of long pincers like human arms resting in front.

He asked Bai Guanhong, "Is this your sister?"

Bai Guanhong leaned close to the crystal ball, scrutinizing it carefully, then joyfully said, "Yes, yes, yes, this is my Golden Spider sister whom I have not seen for over a hundred years!"

Shi Feiyang lifted his hand, and the crystal ball hovered in mid-air, surrounded by a layer of radiant light. He then took out the Heavenly Treasure Mirror he had used against the Cold Centipede and pointed it at Bai Guanhong. He refracted the image onto the Golden Spider and said to Bai Guanhong, "Call her."

The Golden Spider, who had been sleeping, suddenly saw the image of a young man appearing in front of her and excitedly calling her, "Golden Spider sister! Golden Spider sister!"

The Golden Spider reflexively stretched out her long pincers to pinch the intruder but grasped nothing. Then she heard the young man shout again, "Don't you remember me? I am the little Stone Silkworm from back then!"

She was initially bewildered, ready to tear the disturber to shreds and eat him, but hearing the words "Stone Silkworm," she suddenly remembered the stories of old.

Stone Silkworm, Green Worm, Golden Silkworm, Fire Silkworm, Ice Worm... These were all Primordial Species, exceedingly rare. In her thousand years of life, she had only ever seen one Stone Silkworm. Eagerly, she looked at the image in front of her, trying to recognize, making a hissing sound.

Shi Feiyang could grasp the meaning of her words, but he also couldn't fully understand.

Bai Guanhong understood everything clearly and said excitedly, "It's true! I was the little Stone Silkworm from Black Valley! I loved to eat Black Line Worms and gnaw Pig Poria. You specially searched for many, making a nest in your cave, wanting me to marry you by moving in. I didn't agree, and you even caught many Sandworms, biting them in front of me to burst and scare me..."

As he recounted the past events, the Golden Spider finally believed him. Still, in her memory, that Stone Silkworm was more than two feet long, plump, and utterly unsightly. She had only considered mating with him because, besides herself, he was the only other Primordial Species in the valley... She simply could not connect the ugly silkworm with the current human youth.

Bai Guanhong informed her, "I have since followed the Dragon Emperor, who has helped me overcome the Three Calamities and transform. I have cultivated into human form! I thought of you and specifically went with the Dragon Emperor to Black Valley to find you, only to discover you had been gone for a long time. I feared you had met with foul play, but luckily the Dragon Emperor was able to deduce Heaven's Secret and figured out you were still alive, so he brought me to save you!"

The Golden Spider hadn't expected that the little Stone Silkworm, once not as advanced in cultivation as her, had not only cultivated his Lifebound Embryo but had also transformed his body and cultivated into human form. She immediately admired him, waving her long pincers and screeching continuously.

Bai Guanhong also became excited and said to Shi Feiyang, "My sister wants to come out and be like me..."

He was about to reason with Xin Qing and others when Shi Feiyang stretched out his hand to pull him aside and spoke directly to Xin Qing, "We have confirmed it. This Golden Spider is indeed his sister and has been imprisoned by you for many years. If you know what's good for you, quickly bring her out. I won't demand an apology from you. It will be up to her whether or not she seeks revenge on you. If you continue to hinder and make up excuses, I won't be polite any longer!"

"Fine then, so the intruder means no good!" Xin Qing immediately, along with Wu Jiu, released their Flying Swords, "Everything will have to wait until my master emerges from her Meditative State!"

"First, release the Golden Spider, then we can discuss the rest!" Shi Feiyang stepped forward, put his hand into the midst of the sword lights from the two, snatched the treasure swords out of their hands, wiped his hand over them, and the light faded. He threw them into the Bitter Bamboo hundreds of steps away.

Xin Qing and her companion were shocked to find the enemy so formidable, and they quickly tried to retreat, activating the Defensive Array.

Shi Feiyang then pointed a finger, and many dark shadows appeared in the air. It was the Taiyin Earth Net he had collected from the bottom of Yan Lake long ago. He netted the two women and lifted them off the ground. They shot through the air and traveled hundreds of miles to a dense forest in a mountain range. The Taiyin Earth Net was retracted, and the two women fell into the thick underbrush.

Shi Feiyang, accompanied by Bai Guanhong, entered the temple and soon found a room with a stone coffin buried underground. He broke the Prohibition, lifted the lid of the coffin, and inside was the Golden Spider.

"Golden Spider sister!" Bai Guanhong rushed over joyously.

The Golden Spider reflexively tried to pierce the newcomer with her long pincers, but when she recognized him, she refrained from harming him. She screeched at him again and again.

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