As expected of a [freshman]!
These people, who usually kept a low profile outside, embroidered their eye totems in places unseen by others. But here at the bottom of the cliff, they probably thought no one would come in, that it was their own private domain, and now they could finally expose themselves openly, making it as big as they wanted.
The person who came left in a hurry, carrying a jade bottle in both hands. The three-legged golden crow's fierce reaction was probably manifested in that jade bottle.
The male cultivator was only at the late Foundation Establishment stage. Shi Xuan took out a talisman and patted it on his back as he walked past.
The black-clad male cultivator was instantly frozen in place. That was Shi Xuan's powerful composite immobilization talisman; let alone a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator like him, even a Golden Core cultivator would have difficulty resisting it.
In the blink of an eye, Shi Xuan immobilized him, first taking his jade bottle, then dragging him behind a tree, tying him up, and throwing him into the silver frost.
Shi Xuan hid behind the bushes with the jade bottle and opened it.
In an instant, a powerful surge of spiritual energy emanated from the bottle's mouth, radiating a faint golden-red light.
The three-legged golden crow beside Shi Xuan suddenly rushed over, circled the jade bottle twice, and its body was enraged by golden flames. It opened its mouth, probably wanting to cry out, but then held back, thinking of their current situation.
The spiritual energy emanating from the jade bottle was remarkably similar to that of the three-legged golden crow. Judging from the crow's reaction, Shi Xuan guessed that it must be the blood of its companion. And the reason it pushed itself off the cliff—was it trying to save someone?
Shi Xuan glanced at the three-legged golden crow. It was quite picky; wasn't it afraid of being captured and bled out? The golden crow's blood was clearly a treasure highly beneficial to cultivation.
The golden crow stared at Shi Xuan with its small eyes, looking pitiful.
"Well, never mind," Shi Xuan sighed. After all, he had just declared himself incredibly kind on the mountain, so he might as well be kind again. Besides, Shi Xuan also wanted to figure out what the [Newcomer] organization was up to.
The cultivator who had been thrown into the silver frost stared wide-eyed in horror, not knowing why he had been moved to a different place when he was perfectly fine, and his spiritual energy was stagnant, making him unable to move.
"Who is it!" Shi Xuan took away his immobilization talisman, and as soon as he could move slightly, he scrambled up in terror and cried out.
Shi Xuan didn't speak, but observed him for a while.
The cultivator was still filled with fear, shouting, "Who is it? What do they want?! Come out!"
Being locked up in solitary confinement, unable to see anyone else, he became even more panicked and distraught.
Having observed the cultivator sufficiently, Shi Xuan took out his "Myriad Flowers" crafted from Shadow Gold and, comparing it to the cultivator's appearance, completely replicated him.
In front of the three-legged golden crow, Shi Xuan transformed on the spot, from a bright and beautiful female cultivator into a somewhat lewd male cultivator. The appearance was exactly the same as the person she had just seen, without the slightest difference.
The three-legged golden crow stared with its small eyes, looking again and again, and then sniffing the air, before finally confirming that this person was Shi Xuan in disguise.
Shi Xuan took out another jade bottle from his spatial storage, poured the liquid from the original bottle into it, and then put it back. He then took the empty bottle and returned the way he came.
This time, Shi Xuan left openly and honestly. The three-legged golden crow, being sensible, did not approach and followed her at a distance.
Shi Xuan swaggered along the path to a crevice in the mountain wall, where there was an entrance. Once inside, the space opened up and became quite large.
There stood a high platform resembling an altar, faintly glowing with the spiritual light of layers of arrays. At the very top of the platform, another three-legged golden crow lay weakly, its blood flowing along the array on the ground, staining the platform a golden-red hue.
Below the platform, two male revivalists dressed like Shi Xuan stood guard on either side of the steps leading up to the platform.
Seeing that Shi Xuan had left but returned, one of them said, "Why are you back again?"
Shi Xuan held up the bottle in his hand and said in a gruff voice, "Don't even mention it. I was halfway there when another red bird suddenly attacked me and spilled the bottle."
"Why weren't you more careful?" The gatekeeper was clearly displeased. He looked at Shi Xuan and said, "You didn't steal it, did you?"
"What are you saying!" Shi Xuan glared angrily, looking furious as if she had been slandered.
But inwardly she scoffed, thinking, "So what if she's greedy?"
The other person frowned and said, "Forget it, let him go."
Then he turned to face Shi Xuan and said, "Be careful this time, we don't have enough health to begin with."
Shi Xuan nodded and walked up the stone steps to the high platform.
On the high platform, the other three-legged golden crow lay on the ground, barely alive, glaring at Shi Xuan with hateful eyes.
Shi Xuan bent down and used the jade bottle to take a bottle of blood from the formation, taking the opportunity to observe the formation on the altar.
This was not the soul-shifting array she had seen before; it looked more like a secret technique for transferring power, very similar to the feeling she had when her spiritual roots were replaced.
In addition to having his blood drawn... Shi Xuan searched his memory and found that he had indeed seen this kind of formation before!
The notes in the Azure Dragon Secret Realm Illusion contain a secret technique for forcibly forming a contract, and this is it!
When a cultivator captures a high-level spirit beast that is unruly and refuses to form a contract with him, he puts it into this beast-taming formation, nourishes the formation with his blood, and then feeds it beast blood every day to force the two to merge. Finally, he uses this formation to forcibly establish a master-servant contract. Even divine beasts cannot escape this formation.
So, this three-legged golden crow was captured by someone using some unknown method, and a large formation was set up to forcibly bind it. Judging from the looks of it, it's nearing the end, and the binding is about to take place.
Beyond this formation, there's also a trapping beast formation. Even if another three-legged golden crow came, it would be useless; it couldn't save its companion. That's why it sought out Shi Xuan.
The three-legged golden crow, as expected of an ancient divine beast, was quite intelligent and capable of understanding human affairs.
Shi Xuan looked through the entire formation and already had a plan for breaking it.
"What's going on? Hurry up!" The guards below were getting impatient and urged Shi Xuan on.
"They're here!" Shi Xuan straightened up, took the jade bottle, and began to descend the steps.
Seeing that Shi Xuan had gone downstairs, the two men turned around and continued to stand guard.
Shi Xuan put away the jade bottle, slowly approached the two, and when he was closest, he took out two immobilization talismans and stuck them on the two people, one on the left and one on the right, and activated them.
The two guards were immediately immobilized without even uttering a cry.
Shi Xuan unceremoniously tied the two people up and threw them into Yinshuang to keep the first one company.
At this moment, only Shi Xuan remained within the area of the high platform.
She strode up to the high platform, took out a batch of high-grade spirit stones, and continued to set up the formation around the original Golden Crow formation, using the spirit stones as a medium to connect the new formation with the old one.
The formation was taking shape little by little, and just when it was about to be completed, a surge of spiritual energy from outside suddenly rushed in.
"You dare, you brat!"
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