"Sigh... It's been so long since I've seen anyone. I'm very happy, but I'm quite envious of you all being able to move around freely and without restraint. However, I've been sealed here by my sorcerer for many years to suppress those evil spirits. These evil spirits have been quieter for a while now."
"I thought I should have a chance to travel around, but I need someone destined to break my seal temporarily."
"If you release me, I can give you endless power. By the way, I've discovered you have a friend who is badly injured. Chaos needs these things; I sensed it from your spiritual sea. Don't accuse me of invading your privacy..."
“Those who are destined to meet will meet, so I am asking you to help me break the seal in this way. Once the seal is broken, I can temporarily leave this place for a while and wait for those evil spirits to appear. I will then return and will never let those evil spirits bewitch the people. Rest assured!”
"Moreover, this is killing two birds with one stone for you. You're just adding a few talismans with ease, and you'll also gain my endless power. These are things that other cultivators long for, and you can obtain them with ease. Isn't that wonderful!"
Seeing that this person was eager to break the seal, Xie Zhou looked at the small pavilion next to the strange creature and indeed there were several sealing stone pillars. However, Xie Zhou was not so easily fooled. This person kept mentioning breaking the seal, so it seemed that he had some connection with the strange creature.
She didn't want the incident with the dragon to happen again, so she was extra careful. She pretended to be tempted by the strange consciousness, and then Xie Zhou said, "Such benefits are certainly what you all look forward to, but where exactly is this seal?"
The consciousness was completely unaware that this was a trap set by Xie Zhou. Knowing that she was willing to agree, it quickly blurted out, "Right next to that strange ancient creature."
Upon hearing this, Xie Zhou became even more certain that the consciousness that had suddenly entered his spiritual sea must be that strange ancient creature.
At this moment, the system also sent a message, saying: "Host, the Soul Grass has been discovered, and this consciousness has clearly identified it as that ancient monster. It's really cunning, actually trying to use you to break its seal and thus be reborn?"
"Hmph! Not a chance..."
Xie Zhou didn't say anything, but just smiled, revealing a greedy look on his face, and pretended to say, "I'll respectfully accept your offer."
Seeing that he agreed, the strange creature from the upper realm quickly said, "To break the seal this time, we still need your mental strength. So please expand your mental sea, relax your vigilance, and focus your mental strength on those sealing pillars."
Xie Zhou did as instructed, just as the strange creature was about to devour her spiritual sea.
She immediately gathered her consciousness and launched a fierce attack on the strange creature's mental power.
What's going on here?
"They actually dared to set their sights on me!"
After forcing out that unusual consciousness, Xie Zhou continued to intensify his attacks on the ancient monster's spiritual power.
"Boom..."
Under the intense onslaught, that consciousness fled in all directions.
There was absolutely no way to deal with it; Xie Zhou had forced the ancient monster's spiritual power out of its own sea of consciousness.
The strange creature, which appeared motionless from afar, was unaware that its spiritual power had been severely damaged.
The first time it attacked the strange creature, it suffered a setback and its mental strength was severely damaged, so it did not make any further moves.
Xie Zhou smiled, a hint of sarcasm in his voice, and said, "This ancient monster is truly cunning. Luckily, I noticed it early on. System, let's continue searching for the Soul Grass. This ancient monster shouldn't bother me anymore for a while..."
The system echoed Xie Zhou's sentiment, saying, "Of course, but this ancient monster is indeed unfathomably powerful. We must be cautious. Although it was sealed, it still managed to separate its spiritual power? It seems the seal needs to be reinforced!"
"Um……"
Xie Zhou nodded.
She then continued her search for the Soul Grass, quickening her pace as she followed the system's guidance and moved closer to the strange creature from the Upper Realm.
As she walked, she idly played with the storage ring she had obtained from the leader of the men in black, tossing it into the air occasionally.
The system then suggested, "To strengthen the seal, perhaps you could look at that ring. Wasn't the leader of those men in black after the ancient artifact? Moreover, the system senses that there seems to be something else inside the host's ring. Why don't you look for it again?"
Xie Zhou then recalled that when she found the key earlier, she did see the shadow of other things inside the storage ring, but at the time she was too eager to enter the barrier to pay attention to it.
The strange object calmed down for a while, so Xie Zhou opened his storage ring again and quickly took out a secret letter.
The letter was very well packaged, with multiple layers, and it always looked mysterious. Xie Zhou quickly saw the contents of the letter and learned that this ancient monster possessed a key that could open the treasure vault of an ancient emperor. This was the real reason why the leader of the men in black came to release the ancient monster.
"You still have the key?"
"Treasure?"
This piqued Xie Zhou's curiosity. He folded the letter and hid it in his storage space before continuing to walk towards the strange creature.
The strange creature was furious that it couldn't seduce Xie Zhou. Not only had it lost its wife and its army, but its spiritual power had also been severely damaged. Although the seal here was weakening day and night, the strange creature itself was also seriously injured. It would need a lot of spiritual power to suppress the seal.
Therefore, the ancient monster had to burn its already severely damaged spiritual power to greatly enhance its strength, which might also allow it to break through the seal and let a wisp of its consciousness slip out.
Just as Xie Zhou was searching for the Soul Grass, the strange creature was rapidly gathering its spiritual power and quickly created another clone of itself. The chains on the sealing pillar were being blown about by the wind, making a clanging sound.
A clone appeared behind Xie Zhou, who was still crouching down in the weeds searching for the Soul Grass.
"call……"
A powerful breath assaulted Xie Zhou from behind, causing her to stiffen slightly before she exhaled a breath of stale air, thinking, "This thing is really troublesome, it's here again..."
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