"Stop!" Seeing that the other party had caught his breath and seemed to want to continue attacking, Youyou had no choice but to speak up to stop him.
The other person paused for a moment, as if only then noticing them.
"You are the celestial maiden of this sect!" He seemed to recognize her identity, a hint of guilt flashing in his eyes, yet he still gripped his sword tightly, giving You You a deep look. "I apologize, I had no intention of destroying your immortal sect, but today I have no choice but to borrow your spiritual veins to heal my wounds! When the great undertaking is accomplished in the future, I will repay your sect tenfold!"
After saying that, he raised his sword again, made a hand seal, and slashed down with all his might towards the spirit pool.
Then... it bounced back from the formation!
This time, the bounce was even more powerful. He was like a sack that had been knocked away, flying from the direction of the Spirit Gathering Pool towards this side in a flash, and then crashing down in front of You You and the others with a thud, face down.
Youyou: "..."
Yuan Qi: "..."
Ling Qi: "..."
Everyone: "..."
It was... kind of awkward!
"This... how is this possible?!" The man looked incredulous, even doubting the existence of immortals. He felt his blood surging and spat out a mouthful of blood, looking even more miserable than before.
Youyou sighed, suddenly feeling less nervous, and couldn't help but say, "Alright, you can't break this formation."
"What kind of formation is this?" He was still in shock, clearly not yet recovered from the shock.
"It's just an ordinary defensive formation." Compared to the complex formations that Yuan Qibu made, which were so intricate that it was impossible to discern how many layers they had, this really was just an ordinary defensive formation.
"This is impossible! Who set up this defensive formation? It's so hard to break!" He had just used all his strength to strike, but he couldn't budge the formation at all. It wasn't just in the lower realm; even in the immortal realm, there were few formations that could withstand his sword strike.
“Oh, I made it!” Yuan Qi replied proactively.
The immortal glanced at You You, then at Yuan Qi, seemingly struck by something. He swayed as he stood up again, gripping his sword tightly. "Impossible! I don't believe I can't break a defensive formation!"
After saying that, he gathered his strength again and rushed towards the formation. His entire body resonated with a series of clanging sounds from the Spirit Pool.
"..." As expected of someone who has already become an immortal, he is still quite persistent!
This time, no one stepped forward to stop it, because it seemed there was no need to.
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Youyou scratched her head helplessly, then turned to Yuan Qi and said, "Father Yuan, I can only trouble you to help him sober up!"
"Okay." Yuan Qi still had a kind and unassuming smile on his face, and gently responded. Then, in a flash, he flew out and beat the other party up.
Three minutes later...
"I was wrong!" A certain immortal, covered in blood and with a freshly bruised and swollen face, was forced to kneel before You You in submission. He weakly glanced at Yuan Qi beside him, his body trembling slightly. This person… is so strong!
"What's wrong with you? We kindly saved you, why did you destroy our sect's Spirit Gathering Pool?" You You really didn't understand why a patient like him would cause such a ruckus as soon as he woke up.
"I'm sorry!" The man looked guilty, his eyes flashing with struggle. He gritted his teeth and replied, "My name is Nie Zheng. My heart meridian was accidentally burned by strong lightning. Only extremely rich spiritual energy can suppress it. In my haste, I thought of using your sect's spiritual vein. I know this was wrong, but I really had no other choice. I have no complaints if you want to punish me."
The more he spoke, the more anxious he became. He glanced at You You and said, "But, my celestial maiden, I have very urgent business to attend to. Could you please make an exception and lend me the spiritual vein? I, Nie, am willing to swear an oath to my inner demons that I will repay you tenfold, no! A hundredfold!"
Youyou was speechless. Even in this state, they were still thinking about the spiritual vein!
But he spoke with such sincerity, his eyes full of earnestness, that he even raised a hand as if he wanted to make a vow on the spot.
Yuan Qi, who was standing beside him, pondered for a moment before suddenly speaking, "The injuries on your body were caused by the Boundary-Breaking Lightning?"
“Indeed… How did you know?!” Nie Zheng nodded subconsciously, then looked at Yuan Qi in shock. There is a barrier between the three realms. Forcibly descending to the lower realm will result in being struck by the boundary-breaking lightning and having your soul scattered. He survived because he had something to rely on, but he was also seriously injured, which is why he had to go against his principles and try to take the spiritual vein to heal his injuries.
But how could these mere mortals know about the Boundary-Breaking Lightning? He carefully recalled being utterly defeated just moments before. Although he was severely injured, ordinary mortals shouldn't possess such abilities. And the aura emanating from his opponents…
He belatedly glanced at the other person, his eyes widening. "You... when you attacked just now, you weren't using spiritual power. You were using..."
"Yes, divine power," Yuan Qi replied with his usual friendly expression.
“God… God…” Nie Zheng gasped, glanced at Yuan Qi, then at You You, and thought of the impenetrable defensive array again. He murmured in disillusionment, “Could it be… that I didn’t break through to the mortal realm, but ascended to the divine realm!”
Youyou: "..."
Yuan Qi: "..."
Ling Qi: "..."
"No, not at all!"
It's quite beautiful to imagine!
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"Huh?" He was completely dumbfounded. He confirmed once again the aura around Yuan Qi that was even more intense than immortal energy. If it was a god realm, then what was it?
"Alright, alright!" You You wasn't going to waste any more time arguing with him and said directly, "First of all, we know you're an immortal from the upper realm, and secondly, this is indeed the True Evolution Sect in the mortal realm. You'd better tell us honestly how you came down to the lower realm? And what are you planning to do? What is this so-called important matter you mentioned? Finally, as for the spiritual vein, our sect only has one, and it's impossible for us to give it to you, so give up!"
A hint of struggle flashed in Nie Zheng's eyes, as if he was unwilling to reveal too much.
"Think carefully before you speak..." Youyou reminded him, "If you tell the truth, perhaps we can still help you. But if you don't say anything, just based on the fact that you just knocked out a disciple of our sect and used the Spirit Gathering Pool's defensive array to sharpen your sword, even if you're sick, we won't let you off easily!"
"..." Sharpening the defensive formation, could you please not be so hurtful? Suddenly I feel even more like vomiting blood!
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Nie Zheng glanced at You You, then at Yuan Qi beside him, hesitated for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and said, "I am indeed an immortal under the command of Emperor Yuntian of the Upper Realm. This time I have come down to the Lower Realm on the Emperor's orders to eliminate the traitor Jing Chen of the Immortal Realm and to retrieve the ancient artifact Mingxin Mirror."
"An ancient artifact?!" You You was stunned for a moment.
Why is it another artifact? Were these things mass-produced in ancient times?
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