"I can agree to give it a try, but if it's too dangerous, don't blame me for giving up."
The Jade Sword Fairy, her fairy robes fluttering, said, "I'll do my best; I'm not really confident."
"Before we go, you should find out the good stuff in this secret realm. We also need to strengthen our forces."
Qin Xiao immediately made his request.
The Jade Sword Fairy stared at Qin Xiao for a moment with her beautiful peach blossom eyes, "I have a method that can bind a fair soul contract."
Qin Xiao touched his nose. "That's how it should be. Let's bind the contract first."
The woman formed a mudra with her hands, mobilizing the spiritual energy within her body.
A complex array of spiritual runes appeared in the air. "Enter your aura and energy, and a contract can be formed."
Qin Xiao looked at the spirit pattern, but didn't recognize it. He made contact with it with his spiritual power and received a general message from it.
It was pretty much the same as what the other person said, and I didn't sense any other meaning.
Qin Xiao instructed his tamed beasts in his mind, "If there are any problems later, just take action."
The beast tamers and the beasts themselves are the most closely connected beings; if there is a problem with this contract, they will definitely be able to discover it.
Qin Xiao tentatively channeled his mental power and spiritual energy into the device.
The spiritual rune shone brightly, then split in two and merged into the space between the two people's eyebrows.
After a while, Qin Xiao didn't feel anything unusual, but he did feel a binding force in his heart.
If the contract is violated, the spirit rune will explode in the mind or soul.
After signing the contract, the woman with the jade sword visibly relaxed considerably.
Standing beside Qin Xiao, the somewhat ethereal figure appeared rather frail.
"By the way, what's your name again? And who are you?"
The woman looked at him and, for the first time, revealed a smile without any attempt to hide it.
"My name is Yun Yun. I was once the peak master of Zi Xuan Peak, one of the nine peaks of the Lingying Immortal Sect. When I left the Tianxuan Realm..."
Because of the machinations and the destruction of the Heavenly Profound Realm, this small realm was also unable to escape the effects of the apocalypse.
Over the long course of time, all those disciples who were tainted by the aura of the end times have perished, and I, too, perished in body and spirit.
Fortunately, they had the Void Spirit Jade, which saved them from disaster. Some of their more powerful fellow disciples survived.
Because he didn't want his spirit to perish, he had no choice but to transform his spirit into a vessel, preserving a trace of his true essence.
"What kind of end is this that's so terrifying?" Qin Xiao asked curiously, as the word had already appeared several times.
When the end was mentioned, a hint of fear and pain appeared in Yunyun's eyes.
"The End... the End Tide of All Realms is a wave that cleanses everything and returns to the origin, unstoppable and irreversible."
Qin Xiao frowned, somewhat disbelieving this claim; perhaps it was only terrifying to the other party's world.
The two had reached a preliminary cooperation agreement, and Qin Xiao immediately instructed Youyou to turn around and begin searching for the team members who had been separated earlier.
Where is the next great baby?
Qin Xiao asked impatiently.
"Um, well, aside from giving those mother and daughter some good stuff, the rest can be arranged casually."
"I'll help you fulfill the contract, then I'll take the other spiritual weapons. The cultivation resources we get in return will be split 50/50."
"Then go to the Black Smoke Domain. There are a few decent spiritual weapons there. Once you enter the forbidden area, find an even better pair for your two Daoist partners."
Before I fell into slumber, the Lotus Peak Master and her daughter also transformed into spiritual weapons, which seem to be a perfect match for you two Daoist partners.
Qin Xiao nodded, then waved his hand and said, "Hey, don't just blurt that out. What do you mean by 'Daoist partners'? We're just friends."
Yun Yun looked at him with a puzzled expression. "The way that mother and daughter looked at you was very different from how ordinary people look at you."
"Ahem, never mind that, we're just good friends. Alright, alright, let's get everyone together and set off."
Soon, following the routes where they had split up, Qin Xiao found all his teammates and brought them back.
He briefly explained to them that he had made a deal with the woman, and that she would lead the way to find the spirit weapon later.
At Youyou's speed, more than four hours later, the group arrived at the Black Smoke Domain in the north from Jilei Mountain in the east.
In Qin Xiao's view, this black smoke domain was simply a place where miasma, poisonous gas, and fiery energy were mixed together.
Thick fog obscured everything, and black smoke billowed everywhere.
"This Black Smoke Domain is filled with extremely potent miasma and poisonous gas. A slight misstep can lead to the destruction of bones and flesh, and the extinction of the soul."
Yunyun, perched on Youyou's back, spoke with a serious expression.
Before it got completely dark, Qin Xiao, guided by Yun Yun, had Youyou head straight for the location of the spirit weapon.
The spiritual weapons Zhang Muye and Lin Ling obtained were a hammer and a handkerchief.
Black smoke hammer, smoke curtain.
The functions are similar: refining, releasing, and storing toxic fumes, which are highly corrosive and toxic.
For those flesh-and-blood beasts, it's a deadly weapon.
Moreover, its toxicity and corrosiveness can be enhanced, making it a decent piece of equipment with good growth potential.
As for Ye Qingya and Ye Qinghuan, Qin Xiao told them that he had other arrangements, so they had no objections.
Ilya controlled the ground to surge, and a huge stone pillar, hundreds of meters high, rose from the ground.
It was completely dark by then, so the group made do with resting on the stone pillars for the night.
The next morning, as dawn broke, the jade sword where Yun Yun resided began to spin rapidly.
Qin Xiao, somewhat speechless, crawled out of bed and began packing to leave.
"Advance along this black smoke domain, and deep within there is a smoke array formed by the terrain. You must break through that array to enter the forbidden area."
This was just information about the forbidden area that Yun Yun had given Qin Xiao.
As for anything else, that's all.
Because so much time has passed and no one has maintained it, this Smoke and Silk Formation has become perfectly integrated with the terrain.
The usual methods and seals for opening the formation are no longer effective; now, the only way to enter is to forcibly break the formation.
Qin Xiao was a little worried. Was this kind of formation from the cultivation side really that easy to break?
But since we're already here, we might as well give it a try.
Soon, following Yun Yun's guidance, in less than an hour, Youyou led them to the edge of the great formation.
The area was completely shrouded in black smoke, obscuring any terrain or buildings.
"Does this confirm that the forbidden area still exists?"
Qin Xiao stroked his chin, looking at the slightly billowing black smoke below.
"This forbidden area was formed by extracting all the spiritual energy from the earth's veins in this small world; it is a self-contained paradise within."
As long as this small world hasn't completely disappeared, this forbidden area should still exist, though the condition inside is hard to say.
Yun Yun frowned as she looked at the area of black smoke, but she was still confident in the existence of the forbidden area.
We're unsure if everything inside still exists, and we don't know the extent to which the forbidden area has been damaged.
"Alright, let's try it out first. Hey, blow some of this black smoke away."
Yoyo's body swelled up, and streams of air, from weak to strong, began to gather and blow.
The thick black smoke was stirred by the strong wind, but in the blink of an eye, it was shrouded in even more black smoke.
A faint light shield appeared intermittently in the black smoke.
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