Jiang Zuo was only a Tier One Cultivator, so it was impossible for him to truly perform Spirit Detachment. Only souls or Primordial Spirits could leave the body.

And a Primordial Spirit was not something Jiang Zuo could possess at his current level.

His spirit appearing on the battlefield was akin to Spiritual Perception.

When his Spiritual Perception gathered, it took on Jiang Zuo’s characteristics. This caused the Fire Elemental Minions to resonate with it, making them think Jiang Zuo was physically present.

Jiang Zuo was also using this perception to conquer the Fire Elements.

This perception could be understood as a spiritual manifestation or a spiritual projection.

However, this Spiritual Perception was aimed primarily at the Fire Elements, so he couldn’t see the actual situation around his physical body.

And right now, Jiang Zuo had no idea that his room was on fire—the war between the Fire Elements had sparked a real blaze.

In the service building, the little girl of the He Family was pressed against the window, shouting, "Dad, Dad, look! There’s a fire over there!"

Boss He, who was processing documents, froze for a moment before crying out, "A fire? Where?"

As he spoke, Boss He rushed to the window to look. He recognized it at a glance—it was Jiang Zuo’s residence.

Boss He had a vivid memory of Jiang Zuo, the man who had casually produced a Second-Grade Spirit Stone to cover his travel expenses.

He immediately made a call to have someone extinguish the fire.

From his vantage point, he could only see smoke and some flickering firelight coming from the small house.

He couldn’t see anything else clearly.

Boss He immediately said, "Xiaoye, go find your mother. I need to go over and take a look."

Xiaoye nodded, then asked, "Can I bring Mom with me?"

Boss He replied irritably, "It’s fine if your mother is willing to bring you. But you can’t bring her."

Xiaoye mumbled a dejected "oh" and didn’t argue with her dad.

Extinguishing a fire wasn’t a major problem for the hotel, so they had firefighting equipment on hand.

Soon, several hotel employees arrived at Jiang Zuo’s residence. They set up a water pump, connected it to the source, and immediately began to fight the fire.

But by the time Boss He arrived, the fire was still burning, yet the water had been turned off. It wasn’t that they had run out of water, but that there was no point in spraying it.

The boss was astonished and asked, "Is there a problem?"

An employee immediately replied, "Boss, it’s a huge problem! The water can’t touch the building at all. No matter how much we spray, it’s useless. There must be an Array blocking it."

Boss He frowned. This was not a good sign.

"So, did anyone go in to rescue him?"

The employee nodded. "Someone tried, but they couldn’t get inside. They wandered around for a long time and ended up right back where they started. There must be a Maze Array, too."

Faced with this situation, they were helpless. All they could do was squat there and watch the fire, feeling utterly powerless.

Boss He was growing anxious. Jiang Zuo was associated with a special disciple from the Holy Land. If anything happened to Jiang Zuo, things wouldn’t go well for him either.

Especially over something as trivial as a fire.

But he truly hadn’t expected that disciple from the Holy Land to treat Jiang Zuo so favorably as to set up a protective Array right away.

After some thought, Boss He decided to use his own connections to find some Cultivators. They didn’t need to be very powerful, just strong enough to put out the fire.

Just as Boss He took out his phone, a man holding a fox appeared beside him. The man smiled. "Sir, is there anything I can help you with?"

The man had a gentle, trustworthy aura.

So Boss He immediately said, "Yes, actually. There might be a guest still inside the room. I was wondering if you could possibly help rescue him?"

The man smiled faintly. "No problem. However, my Xiaoli is a bit of a picky eater..."

"I’ll have the kitchen staff give their full cooperation until they’ve prepared a dish that satisfies you, sir," Boss He said at once.

’He wasn’t blind. He could naturally see that the fox was no ordinary animal. How could a normal fox have three tails?’

’Don’t be ridiculous,’ he thought. ’The fox’s owner must be a Cultivator. Luckily, all he’s asking for is a meal. How could I possibly hesitate over such a good deal?’

The man holding the fox said with satisfaction, "Then I’ll be troubling you, Boss. Don’t worry, I’ll go save the person now and break this Array while I’m at it."

The man with a Three-tailed Fox named Xiaoli was, of course, Gu Jiansheng. They had arrived a few days ago, but Xiaoli simply couldn’t get used to the local food.

He’d heard the chef here was the best in all of Chuanhe Town, so he had planned to come and see for himself today.

He happened to overhear the earlier conversation and, knowing this man was the boss, Gu Jiansheng naturally wanted to ask for his help.

So, putting out a fire and saving a person was a trivial matter, something he could do with a flick of his finger.

Then, Gu Jiansheng walked in, proceeding with the conventional methods for breaking a Maze Array.

Well, a moment later, he found himself back at the entrance.

’It’s just a mere Maze Array... ’

He had failed to break the Array.

"..."

"Heh, interesting. I underestimated this Array. Alright then, let me try breaking it with one percent of my focus. Xiaoli, how long do you think it will take?"

Xiaoli didn’t respond. It was very hungry.

Then, Gu Jiansheng began to break the Array once more.

A moment later, Gu Jiansheng was back at the entrance again.

He had failed to break the Array.

Gu Jiansheng and Xiaoli: "..."

’This makes no sense.’

"Heh, amusing. This time, I’ll reluctantly use five percent of my seriousness."

A moment later, he had failed to break the Array.

Heh, ten percent.

Failure.

Heh, twenty percent.

Failure.

Thirty percent.

Failure.

After a long while, Gu Jiansheng threw his hands up in frustration. "One should just brute-force these Arrays! Why bother with following proper procedures? Right, Xiaoli?"

Xiaoli: "..."

"A dignified Tier Four Peak expert, with one foot already in Tier Five, and you can’t even break a mere Maze Array set by a Tier One? Have you no shame?" The sudden voice startled Gu Jiansheng and his fox.

The person who had appeared was none other than Jiang Zuo. He had noticed Gu Jiansheng as soon as he entered the Array, but since he wasn’t trying to brute-force his way through, Jiang Zuo hadn’t planned on bothering with him.

After all, he still needed to absorb the Spiritual Liquid.

Fortunately, he had just finished absorbing it, right as Gu Jiansheng’s patience ran out.

With Gu Jiansheng’s Cultivation, brute-forcing the Array would have been instantaneous. The Array Stones could never have withstood the Spiritual Qi fluctuations from someone approaching Tier Five.

It couldn’t even withstand a Tier Three.

This Array was only good enough to bluff a Tier Two.

Seeing Jiang Zuo, Gu Jiansheng froze again, then gritted his teeth. "Po Xiao, you damn bastard."

Xiaoli hid in Gu Jiansheng’s arms, baring its teeth and growling at Jiang Zuo, looking as if it wanted to tear him to shreds.

It only dared to be this bold when its master was present.

Without its master, it would have long since scurried off to cower somewhere.

It knew from deep experience just how terrifying Po Xiao was.

Jiang Zuo spoke up. "So, what are you doing here? There’s no need to chase me all the way to the Holy Land just to cause trouble."

’What am I doing here?’

Gu Jiansheng couldn’t possibly bring himself to say he was here to rescue the guest in the house, because that guest was Po Xiao. The realization made him feel awful.

It was like he had eaten shit.

’This guy is so unlikable. Why didn’t the fire just burn him to death?’

Jiang Zuo didn’t pay him much mind, but he glanced at the Three-tailed Fox and commented offhandedly, "This fox is about to grow its fourth tail. That’s pretty fast."

Jiang Zuo’s words stunned Gu Jiansheng. Even Xiaoli was baffled; it didn’t feel like it was about to grow a new tail.

Gu Jiansheng then asked excitedly, "How can you tell?"

"I saw it with my eyes."