I was drenched in sweat on my back after witnessing the tragic scene, and there was an indescribable stickiness against my skin. Beads of sweat the size of soybeans rolled down my face, one by one.

When the next thunderclap sounded, it would be my turn and Geng Jin's to enter the alchemy furnace.

I desperately tried to move my buttocks, but they remained motionless. I looked at Geng Jin, who showed no signs of panic. On the contrary, he had an unusually excited expression, with a fierceness and madness that didn't match his age. He seemed like a gambler with bloodshot eyes, calmly waiting for the next round to begin.

I tried and found that I could still move my fingers. I reached into my sleeve and took out the powder given to me by Old White Ape, holding it in my sweaty palm. Success or failure would be determined in this moment. If I failed, I would turn into a pill.

A thunderous "crack" sounded as lightning struck the gate of the palace, causing a stone column to collapse with a loud crash. The White Apes screamed in fear.

A white duster swept over like a snake, binding me tightly.

The Grand Master and the Second Master each wrapped Geng Jin and me and threw us into the alchemy furnace. In that moment of flying through the air, I sprinkled the powder from my hand onto the three old monsters.

All three of them screamed in agony simultaneously, their dusters losing their power. Geng Jin and I fell to the ground, and I saw that the duster in Geng Jin's hand had turned blood red. As I scattered the powder, he took advantage of the momentum and swung the duster at the three old monsters.

I didn't know what kind of powder Old White Ape had given me, but the three old monsters fell to the ground, wailing incessantly. Their dusters danced wildly as Geng Jin stood by, chanting something. Before long, the three old monsters revealed their true forms—they were three enormous sea turtles.

So, the so-called immortals were these three island-guarding sea turtles? What an irony.

"Master, spare us! We didn't know our master had returned. Please spare us!" The three giant turtles spoke in human language, prostrating themselves on the ground, begging Geng Jin for mercy.

I looked at Geng Jin in astonishment. At this moment, though he still looked like a young boy, he was dressed in white, his eyes gleaming. He said to the three sea turtles, "You three wicked creatures thought you could take over while I was away? After feeding you for so many years, it's time for you to repay the favor. Quickly enter the alchemy furnace and be refined into pills to help me ascend as an immortal!"

With that, regardless of the turtles' pleas for mercy, he used a technique to shrink them to the size of mustard seeds and threw them into the alchemy furnace.

After a few loud bangs, the alchemy furnace returned to tranquility.

It turned out that Geng Jin was the true White Robed Immortal.

What a mantis catching cicadas while the yellow sparrow stood behind—hiding behind the scenes for so many years, letting the three sea turtles do all the work, only to snatch the prize in the end.

I watched in stunned silence, petrified in the main hall.

At this moment, I finally understood that before Yin Mu died, the unfinished sentence he wanted to say was "Beware of Geng Jin." Unfortunately, it was too late.