Xie Zhou cleared the blood he had collected on his ship, cast a spell, and placed it near the mouth of the spirit insect. Soon, the blood flowed into the insect's body like tiny worms.
"It seems the blood curse has taken effect."
Luo Fentian turned to look at Song Wu, who was lying to the side, practically lifeless. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Why can't you just live a good life? Why did you have to come here to die?"
Although Xie Zhou had already seen the blood flowing into her mouth, he was still a little worried. He used his spiritual power to check on her and found that her body was indeed improving and was not getting worse. Only then did he finally feel relieved and take the spirit insect.
Let her lean on your shoulder and rest.
"Although she has been rescued, her body is still severely damaged, and her spiritual energy is almost completely depleted. She needs to be moved to Yaochi as soon as possible, where the abundant spiritual energy can help her recover."
Luo Fentian had some understanding of this technique before. His body was being over-exhausted, and he needed an immediate influx of abundant spiritual energy to stabilize his current form.
Xie Zhou couldn't help but frown. Going to Yaochi was certainly very important, but given the current physical condition of the spirit insect, moving it would likely endanger its life.
It would be better to let them stay here and give her a good rest for a while, which would also allow her to recharge her strength.
"But why hasn't he woken up after so long?"
Luo Fentian squatted down and gently checked the spirit insect's breathing, finding nothing unusual. "It's probably because it was quite exhausted just now. It needs to soak in the Jade Pool for five days and five nights to slowly wake up. There's no way to wake it up quickly now."
Indeed, once the foundation is damaged, it is very difficult to recover, but Xie Zhou believes that you still have a certain possibility with your own strength.
He then turned to look at the lifeless boy lying on the stone wall and shook his head helplessly.
They really do look alike. Even I, their master, almost couldn't tell them apart. If it weren't for the fact that they spoke differently, their attitudes were different, and their clothes were different, it would be really hard to suspect that they were two different people.
But how could there be two people in this world who look so alike? Could it be another trick of the Forgotten Spirit Palace?
Luo Fentian followed her gaze and shook his head helplessly as well. "Such a good child, yet he insisted on studying things that weren't his own. Now look what's happened, he doesn't even have a name, so he can just stay here peacefully!"
In the end, Song Wu still had family members who would take care of him even if they died here. But this innocent boy was going to be left here forever.
They might become one of those headless corpses outside, crawling aimlessly in the cave, or they might be refined into food for magical beasts. In the end, there is no good ending.
"It was all his own choice. When he came here, we told him that if he left now, he might be able to get away unscathed. But these two people are so strangely similar. They are just like Song Wu. They are willing to risk their lives for that so-called century of spiritual power."
Xie Zhou clenched his fists. If he hadn't killed Song Wu back then, not only would the spirit insect have died, but even if he had managed to escape, he wouldn't have survived for more than a few days.
Using such a vicious curse would definitely have a backlash. Both of them should have been able to see that when Song Wu knelt on the ground, he had no spiritual energy left.
Perhaps he was trying to seize the magical beast in order to gain hundreds of years of cultivation to repair his spiritual root, but he didn't expect to accomplish nothing.
Xie Zhou looked around and saw that everyone's eyes were different. Some were worried about how to explain their master's departure, while others were still greedy for the magical beast's century-old spiritual power.
This is probably the difference in people's hearts; when everyone pays the price for it, they forget that they are just ordinary people.
"Junior sister, what should we do next?"
Luo Fentian could clearly see that the person in front of him took a deep breath, picked up the spirit insect in his arms, glanced back at the magical beast, and gently shook his head.
"I'm tired, let's go back!"
Afterward, the two gave up on subduing the magical beast and turned to leave the cave, naturally followed by the aimless people behind them. After all, if even someone like Xie Zhou couldn't subdue it, how could they possibly have the strength?
Now everyone can clearly see that Xie Zhou possesses extraordinary power, and naturally they are wary of her, so they are unlikely to dare to oppose her in the future.
Upon hearing this, Luo Fentian followed closely behind. As the two left, the old man blocked Xie Zhou's path just before they were about to leave.
“I have been here for a thousand years, guarding the magical beasts. I can see that he is not a bad person at heart.”
The old man looked inside helplessly; the quiet was gone, and the old signs were gone.
Xie Zhou handed the spirit insect in his arms to Luo Fentian, who was standing to the side, and said, "You wait for me over there."
Then they went to the other side with the old man and started talking about things.
"A thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye. You should know a lot about magical beasts. They are not so easy to tame."
The old man gently shook his head, then nodded, "It's not exactly a magical beast, and although it has a bad temper and isn't easy to tame, once it has chosen a master, it will never let go and will go through fire and water for its master without hesitation."
This is quite clear: Xie Zhou can gain more by recruiting magical beasts to his own use.
If it were anyone else, they would probably do it without hesitation, but Xie Zhou really felt tired now. She didn't know why, maybe it was because of what had just happened, or maybe it was because of the two lives that had been lost that made her see things clearly.
Regardless of the reason, given the current situation, no one wants her to stay here any longer.
"I've lived with magical beasts for thousands of years. Their temperament isn't bad; it's just that their divinity is immense, and sometimes they lose their composure when trying to control their inner selves, which causes them to become restless. What they might lack is a master who can control them. Perhaps that master will appear in the future, or it could be you."
The old man, who had been standing nearby, had clearly seen the two tears Xie Zhou had shed on the magical beast. The beast neither rejected them nor went berserk; instead, it became very quiet. This suggested that the person in front of him might be the beast's future master.
If it were anyone else here, the old tortoise probably wouldn't want to talk to him so much, but this girl in front of him is the only person in the past thousand years who has been able to go in.
Those who came in later don't count; only this one is someone who properly completed his task before entering.
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