Qin Ran was sitting by the lake carving a wood sculpture. As he was carving, without any warning, he suddenly found himself in a dark and narrow space.
This space is like an underground cave. It seems as if there has been no wind since time immemorial. One can smell the musty odor lingering over time.
"Where is this?"
Qin Ran raised his hand and looked, but there was nothing in it, even the knife and the wood carving were gone; he clearly remembered that he was making a token of his love for Zhuifeng.
"What's going on?"
He looked around again. The environment here was dark and damp, and there was nothing...
No, at a certain moment, his eyes blurred and he suddenly saw a white-haired old man with his back to him in the corner.
The old man was sitting cross-legged there, he was thin and wearing a thin willow-green shirt.
"Who are you?" Qin Ran asked.
A voice sounded in this space, answering his question: "Haven't you been looking for me?"
Qin Ran was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted. He stared at the old figure and said in a deep voice, "Devouring Demon Willow?!"
"Not too stupid."
Qin Ran looked around the space again and realized that this should be the sea of consciousness of the Devouring Demon Willow, and he should be in the state of primordial spirit at this moment.
"Senior, you brought me here. What do you want me to do?" he asked.
Unexpectedly, the Devouring Demon Willow also asked: "What do you want to do by bringing me here?"
This refers to the fact that Qin Ran planted the Extreme Devouring Demon Willow on Danfeng.
“I saved you, didn’t I?” Qin Ran answered calmly, and immediately became the savior of the Devouring Demon Willow. “If I hadn’t broken that branch, Elder Ning would have found your remaining soul.”
"So, let me ask you, what do you want?" The Devouring Demon Willow was surprisingly easy to talk to. She wanted to repay the life-saving grace. "You saved me, what do you want in return?"
"It is my great honor to save you, Senior. I dare not ask for any reward." Qin Ran said, "Senior, just let me go."
However, Qin Ran saw clearly who Devouring Demon Willow was. This guy was a typical demonic hero. In order to achieve harmony with the Dao, he did not hesitate to devour the entire Hengduan Mountains and kill countless lives. Would he be grateful to such a creature and be kind enough to pay him a reward?!
“What if you go out and destroy me?” Seeing that Qin Ran was not fooled, the Devouring Demon Willow stopped pretending.
Qin Ran's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, because that was exactly what he was thinking. He had originally decided to move the Devouring Demon Willow away from the center of the spiritual energy and the center of the mountain protection formation as soon as he left.
"How could I?" He flattered with a blank expression, "My respect for my seniors is like the surging river, which is endless, and like a flood, which is out of control..."
The Devouring Demon Willow interrupted Qin Ran and said, “Let’s make a deal!”
Here comes the devil's deal.
Qin Ran bowed to the old figure and said, "Senior, please speak."
"If you retrieve the Dao fruit for me, I will teach you the method of splitting your spirit." said the Devouring Demon Willow.
Qin Ran did not hesitate and responded neatly: "Okay!"
No matter what, just agree to it first. When you get out, the first thing you do is chop down this devilish willow branch.
But would the Devouring Demon Willow make such a low-level mistake? No!
I only heard the old voice say: "To ensure that neither of us will break the deal, let's make a soul contract."
Soul contract?
Qin Ran was invigorated, and quickly raised his hand to stop the operation of the Soul Contract of the Devouring Demon Liu Li, saying: "Senior, I think we can still discuss this deal."
What is a soul contract? It means literally, a contract between souls.
This is a relatively "fair" contract that is prevalent in this world of cultivation without etiquette and morality. Once a contract is in effect, the parties cannot violate it. Even if they have the thought of violating the contract, they will be punished by the contract.
And Qin Ran had no intention of following the deal to find any Dao Fruit. Wouldn’t it be a death wish to sign such a contract? In addition, signing a soul contract with a big boss who had countless souls, wasn’t this a bit...
"What suggestions do you have?" asked the Devouring Demon Willow.
“How about you stop making things difficult for me, and I won’t touch you after I get out?” Qin Ran said, “How about this deal? We can make a soul contract.”
"I'm just injured, not brainless." The old voice showed emotion, "Why do you, a young human, keep teasing me?"
"I think you were the one who teased me first." Qin Ran said calmly, "You want me to go find the Dao fruit? Where is the Dao fruit? The Dao fruit is in Lingnan Xianzong. Do you think too highly of me? Do I look like someone who can go to Lingnan Xianzong to get the Dao fruit back for you?"
The old voice paused for a moment, then gave a new deal:
"First, I won't kill you. After you get out, you are not allowed to touch me. Second, I need Tao fruit, and you have one on you. I will use the first level of the Spirit Division Technique to exchange it with you. From now on, for every Tao fruit you have, you can get one more level of the Spirit Division Technique from me."
This deal seemed a bit sincere, so Qin Ran agreed: “Okay.”
Then, the two of them perfected the details of the transaction, such as:
“Qin Ran must not let anyone know that the Devouring Demon Willow is still alive.”
"Qin Ran cannot change the position of the lake bottom array center and the spiritual energy center."
"When the Devouring Demon Willow is imparting its magic or releasing Qin Ran's soul, you cannot make any changes," and so on.
One of them is a demon hero, and the other is an old and cunning little fox. They don't trust each other at all and are afraid that the other party will cheat in the transaction.
Their specific deal consisted of just two terms: one was non-aggression, and the other was exchanging Dao fruits for martial arts techniques. Written on a piece of paper were just two lines; but their additional conditions were one after another, enough to take up more than ten pages.
After discussing for a long time, they finally signed the Soul Contract. The Devouring Demon Willow cast the spell, and Qin Ran took it over, and it was finally completed.
Then the Devouring Demon Willow taught Qin Ran the first level of the method of dividing the spirit and the method of nourishing the spirit.
The name of the skill is "Nine Extremes Soul Devouring Demon Skill".
The Devouring Demon Willow transmitted the skills directly to Qin Ran's mind. Qin Ran looked at the skills in his mind and was ecstatic. He said to the Devouring Demon Willow, "I have heard of your great name for a long time, but I still don't know how to address you."
"I take my species as my surname and my technique as my name, that is Liu Daoji!"
“Senior Liu…” Qin Ran bowed to the white-haired old man’s back and said, “Please send me out, or they will do something stupid.”
"No problem!"
The two of them had been scheming against each other for most of the day. At this time, the white-haired old man in the corner finally turned around, but before Qin Ran could see his face clearly, his soul was sent back to his body.
So he did not see the sinister smile of the white-haired old man named Liu Daoji.
“Since you already have a soul, you should know the wonders of it. I don’t believe that you won’t be tempted after seeing my soul training method…” Even though they had signed the soul training contract, Liu Daoji still set a trap in the training method, “If you practice my training method, you will be my soul! Hahahaha…”
This trap is very strange, and Liu Daoji did not violate the soul contract.
Because there is no problem with the technique itself, he did not set any traps, it is just that this technique belongs to Liu Daoji. Once practiced, it will be marked with the mark of Liu Daoji's soul and eventually become his clone;
And Liu Daoji had no intention of harming Qin Ran. In his opinion, this was a gift to Qin Ran!
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