“Junior Brother, Zhang Gu isn't your real name, is it?”
Just then, Shentu Yun, who looked like a young beautiful woman, suddenly spoke to Yang Che with a strange expression.
Yang Che was startled, then remembered something and couldn't help but touch his face.
Sure enough, for some unknown reason, his face had returned to its true appearance, transforming back into that ordinary, plain look.
“Senior Sister, I apologize. Previously, because I provoked a great enemy, I was afraid of bringing you…”
Before Yang Che could finish speaking, Shentu Yun suddenly waved her hand and said, “Junior Brother, no need to apologize. Actually, Senior Sister also kept something from you. Let's just call it even.”
As she spoke, Shentu Yun suddenly wiped her face.
Yang Che was instantly stunned.
An unbelievably beautiful, world-shaking face appeared before him.
Although Tianxie Ziyin's appearance had already given Yang Che a strong sense of self-control against so-called 'beauty', seeing Senior Sister Shentu Yun's true appearance at this moment still made him momentarily dazed.
However, it was only for a fleeting moment before Yang Che returned to his usual composure.
This caused Shentu Yun a small degree of surprise and astonishment.
“Senior Sister, my true name is Yang Che. Aside from my name and appearance being disguised before, everything else I told you is true.”
After Yang Che finished speaking, he turned to the Nine-tailed Sky Fox and said, “Junior Yang Che greets Senior Tianhu.”
The Nine-tailed Sky Fox remained in her lazy posture.
She lay sprawled in the treehouse, seemingly finding even the slightest movement superfluous.
“Yang Che, you said before that you needed a finger-sized soul nourishing wood to refine the Soul Stabilizing Pill?”
The Nine-tailed Sky Fox asked, her voice carrying a hint of interest regarding the Soul Stabilizing Pill Yang Che intended to refine.
Yang Che quickly replied, “Yes, Senior.”
The Nine-tailed Sky Fox then said, “It should be to eliminate the side effects of that special wine in your body, right?”
Upon hearing this, Yang Che was startled and quickly checked his body, only to find that the side effects of the heaven soul wine had actually disappeared?
Not only that, he was even more pleasantly surprised to sense that his cultivation had also advanced by leaps and bounds, vaguely nearing the Core Formation Middle Stage.
This huge change naturally made Yang Che once again extremely surprised.
Shentu Yun, who was beside him, immediately said, “Junior Brother, Senior Nine-tailed Sky Fox helped you eliminate the side effects of the heaven soul wine and assisted you in completely absorbing all the remaining wine power of the heaven soul wine.”
“So that's how it is. Thank you, Senior Tianhu.”
Yang Che cupped his hands again in thanks, expressing his heartfelt gratitude.
The Nine-tailed Sky Fox, however, said, “No need for thanks, this is Karma. The cause of your Nourishing Yuan Pill back then led to today's effect. This good cause and good effect are now completely settled. Next, I want to make a deal with you, which is also a matter of Karma. I wonder if you dare to accept it?”
Yang Che pondered for a moment, then immediately said, “Please enlighten me, Senior Tianhu.”
“As you can see, this soul nourishing wood is already dying. When that happens, it will completely become a rootless wood, and its soul nourishing effect will permanently remain, with no further improvement whatsoever. I was already at my limit, and it is only by relying on this soul nourishing wood that I have managed to cling to life until now.”
“Many years ago, Su Tian of the Su Family in Dark Abyss City discovered this soul nourishing wood and actually used a strange Ancient Treasure in his possession to break through the Formation Restriction guarding the soul nourishing wood, intending to dig it up. However, he underestimated my strength and was almost killed by me here. In his haste, he managed to obtain a small branch and escaped, heavily injured.”
“However, this battle also consumed a significant portion of my Lifespan again, and now my days are numbered.”
The Nine-tailed Sky Fox paused slightly after saying this.
She then continued, “The deal I want to make with you is this: you help me destroy the Su Family, and then take my soul crystal to find all my Incarnations from back then. According to the secret method I teach you, you will test them and choose the most outstanding one to merge with my soul crystal and obtain my Legacy memory.”
“If she is unwilling, you may kill her and continue to choose the second one. The curse of my Tianhu Clan requires our kind to continuously search for a way to break it.”
“And if you accept these two tasks, I will let you obtain all my remaining cultivation power and the Qian Yuan Thorn, the supreme treasure of my Tianhu Clan.”
“This treasure was obtained by my clan's ancestor in one of the Immortal Caves of the ancient mighty figure who cursed my clan. Although it has some flaws and limitations, its powerful Divine Ability to tear space is still mysterious and unfathomable even to someone at my Soul Transformation Peak realm.”
After the Nine-tailed Sky Fox finished speaking, a small, pointed cone-shaped treasure suddenly floated out from the tree hollow and hovered in front of Yang Che.
The treasure was entirely dark gold in color, with a strange light flowing over it.
“Hold it and try stabbing the surrounding Restriction.”
Yang Che, as instructed, grasped the Qian Yuan Thorn, infused it with magic power, and fiercely stabbed towards the surrounding Restriction Formation.
With a 'buzz'.
A circular hole immediately appeared where the Restriction Formation was stabbed.
“This…”
Yang Che was incomparably shocked.
Shentu Yun, who was beside him, also felt it was unbelievable.
Both of them were very clear about how powerful the defensive capabilities of this Restriction Formation were.
Yet this Qian Yuan Thorn, with just a light stab, managed to break open a hole?
After retracting the Qian Yuan Thorn, the hole on the Restriction immediately closed.
Yang Che's mind raced, and he immediately thought of many things, so he quickly asked, “Senior Tianhu, is this Qian Yuan Thorn useful against unstable space barriers where Space Rifts exist?”
The Nine-tailed Sky Fox said, “Naturally, it is useful. However, that requires even greater magic power support, and as I just said, this Qian Yuan Thorn has some flaws and limitations.”
“For example, after one use, it cannot be used again within twelve hours. Sometimes, it might even mysteriously instantly drain all the user's magic power, so while its Divine Ability is strong, it must be used with caution.”
Yang Che's mind spun rapidly, constantly weighing the pros and cons.
He was undoubtedly very tempted by this Qian Yuan Thorn.
However, he also deeply understood the importance of 'Karma' for Immortals.
If he accepted this treasure and failed to fulfill the two tasks, the good cause and good effect could very likely turn into bad cause and bad effect.
Destroying the Su Family was something he also wished for, so there was no doubt about this matter, no need to even consider it.
However, finding the Nine Incarnations of the Nine-tailed Sky Fox was not an easy task.
Moreover, he would have to test each of them and choose the most outstanding one to merge with Senior Tianhu's soul crystal.
If she was unwilling, he would even have to kill her.
In this way, if he was even slightly careless, the possibility of it turning into bad cause and bad effect was very high.
However, the path of cultivation itself involves acting against the Dao, and being so hesitant would only lead to a loss of freedom.
Ultimately, after much thought, Yang Che agreed to the deal.
Next, the Nine-tailed Sky Fox finally left the tree hollow and floated down gracefully.
It was then that Yang Che clearly saw that when the Nine-tailed Sky Fox's nine long white giant tails unfurled, even though they had lost their luster, they still possessed an extremely strong visual impact.
“Yang Che, your Physical Body is very strong. With my secret art assisting you within your body, you will just barely be able to withstand all my remaining cultivation power. However, after you obtain this power, it will only last for nine days. After nine days, this power will disappear. Therefore, within nine days, you must return to Dark Abyss City and destroy the Su Family.”
After the Nine-tailed Sky Fox finished speaking, she very decisively disappeared, transforming into a wisp of white light that drilled into Yang Che's body.