The blade, now tempered by the immortal spring, was no longer the same as before. As soon as it appeared, a cold light flashed, illuminating the deep night as if it were daytime.
With a whoosh, the blade transformed into a fierce beam of light and shot towards Zhou Cong.
Zhou Cong was startled and quickly dodged, but even so, a piece of hair on the side of his head was still shaved off, revealing his white scalp, making him look a bit cute and funny.
The next instant, the knife landed on the branch of another red maple tree in the green belt on the other side of the two of them, and transformed back into Chu Nian, still lying leisurely on her side, looking at them with a faint smile.
Zhou Cong's face was deathly pale. Although his ear was not injured, he knew very well that if the knife had been just an inch closer, his ear would have been gone, and not only his hair, but also his scalp, and possibly even half of his head.
"A sword demon?!" Yang Qiuyu exclaimed in utter shock, "So that ancient sword was actually a sword demon!"
She quickly composed herself and said, "Since you have the opportunity to take human form, then leave. Why did you take away the Night-Shining Pearl, the most treasured artifact of my Xuanyuan Sect?"
Chu Nian said coldly, "You don't even know what that thing is, yet you shamelessly claim it as your sect's most treasured artifact!"
Yang Qiuyu's heart stirred upon hearing this: Although she and Zhou Cong called the bead a luminous pearl, neither she, Zhou Cong, nor even the master who passed the bead on to her truly knew what the bead was; they only knew that it had been passed down from ancient times.
The only thing her master was certain of was that the bead contained immense magical energy, and if it could be absorbed and refined, it would surely lead to great achievements.
Unfortunately, Yang Qiuyu has held it in her hands for who knows how many years, and still cannot absorb and refine the energy within.
Hearing Chu Nian say this, she asked, "Oh? From what you're saying, you know what it is?"
Chu Nianxin said: If you don't know, how could I know?
But wouldn't it be beneath her dignity to say such a thing?! She gave a mocking smile and said, "Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you, much less what that thing is for or how to use it. Just give up on that idea!"
Yang Qiuyu said coldly, "That is an item passed down in my sect. Please return it."
Chu Nian: "Even if you want to go back, it depends on whether it wants to go back or not!"
Yang Qiuyu: "What do you mean by that?"
Chu Nian: "What I mean is, it's its own choice to follow me and not follow you anymore, and there's nothing I can do about it."
That's true. At least with her, you get to eat; with Yang Qiuyu, you don't even get to eat, and Yang Qiuyu is always thinking about how to eat your food.
Yang Qiuyu sneered, "You've taken it for yourself, so of course you'll say that. Since you say it doesn't want to follow me, then take it out and let it talk to me itself."
Chu Nian thought for a moment and said, "Alright." With that, she threw the ball, which was already as big as a hot air balloon, out of the spatial artifact.
This thing is now enormous; it takes up half the sky as soon as it appears. There's simply no place to put it on the road, so it just floats in mid-air.
Zhou Cong and Yang Qiuyu's eyelids twitched as they watched.
Chu Nian then asked the "hot air balloon": "Hey, Yang Qiuyu said you are the treasure of their Xuanyuan Sect and she wants to take you back. What do you mean by that?"
"This stupid woman is determined to refine us; we don't want to follow her."
"That's right, you can't get sashimi if you follow her."
"Forget about sashimi, there aren't even any medicinal herbs to eat."
"We've been with their Xuanyuan Sect for tens of thousands of years, and we haven't even grown a head yet! How dare they call us their sect's most prized treasure!"
...
Yang Qiu's face flushed and paled in turns as she pointed at the hot air balloon and questioned Chu Nian, "What is this thing?"
Chu Nian: "It's the luminous pearl you've been talking about. It's grown so fast since it came with me!" She even showed a hint of pride as she said this.
"You're talking nonsense!" Yang Qiuyu cursed angrily, pointing at Chu Nian and shouting, "Where did you put our luminous pearl? Hand it over right now!"
Chu Nian pointed at the hot air balloon: "Isn't that it!"
Yang Qiuyu: "You're kidding me!"
Zhou Cong also said, "A scholar can be killed but not humiliated. You actually tried to fool us with something like this? Do you think we're all idiots?"
Without saying a word, the two simultaneously unleashed their respective magical weapons from the left and right, launching a barrage of attacks at Chu Nian.
Chu Nian directly severed their connection with their magical artifacts using his mind, then collected their artifacts and shouted, "You can't fight here! Aren't you afraid of being on the front page tomorrow?"
Zhou Cong was shocked to see her put away his magic weapon so easily. Others might not know him, but how could he not know her?
He was originally an immortal. Although he is now inside Zhou Cong, a human from the spirit world, his soul is an immortal soul! Who can take away the magical artifacts he controls? Unless the other party possesses an immortal soul stronger than his.
Zhou Cong felt this news was quite explosive.
The reason he was able to preserve his soul from destruction when the Immortal Realm collapsed and instead travel to this Spirit Realm was because he was the supreme powerhouse of the Immortal Realm, and his soul was naturally exceptionally powerful.
Let alone in this spirit realm, even in the former immortal realm, the number of souls stronger than his could probably be counted on one hand.
Could it be that the sword demon before him is actually a sword immortal even more powerful than him?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a chill and demanded of Chu Nian, "Who exactly are you?"
Chu Nian: "Didn't I already tell you that?"
Zhou Cong: "An ordinary sword demon could not possibly have taken my magic weapon."
Chu Nian nodded and said, "You're right, I'm not an ordinary sword demon."
Zhou Cong: "Then what exactly are you, the sword demon?"
Chu Nian said with a serious face, "I am no ordinary sword demon."
Zhou Cong: ...
After a moment of stunned silence, he realized he had been tricked and flew into a rage, roaring, "It's either you or me today, die!" With that, he lunged at Chu Nian.
Yang Qiuyu was actually quite shocked to see that Chu Nian was able to take her magic weapon.
However, she and Zhou Cong had different ideas. She thought that if she couldn't win, she would leave, so she was ready to retreat. She originally planned to secretly send a telepathic message to Zhou Cong, fight and retreat, and find an opportunity to escape far away. Who would have thought that Zhou Cong would be completely enraged and rush forward to fight the knife hand to hand.
You're still just a flesh and blood person, what advantage can you gain from hand-to-hand combat with a knife! Yang Qiuyu felt resentful, but since she and Zhou Cong had developed feelings for each other, she couldn't just leave like that. So she pounced on Chu Nian from the other side, deciding to flank her from both sides.
But at the same time, she was also secretly communicating with Zhou Cong telepathically.
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