Shi Shuchen was somewhat stunned. The Muxu Wind-Calming Eye was actually the eyeball of a ferocious beast?
And it could even attack the person using it?
He had never learned any of this. He only knew that it was extremely rare and possessed tremendous power.
Yet Yuan Shu spoke with such certainty, as though she had seen this object long ago. It was impossible not to believe her.
Shi Shuchen pressed his lips together, about to say something, when Yuan Shu’s voice came again.
“Put it away. It’s a treasure when used as an alchemy ingredient, but you shouldn’t take it out casually under normal circumstances. It isn’t easy to control.”
Even a cultivator at the Divine Transformation realm could not withstand the power of this ferocious beast’s eyeball with their spiritual soul!
“But what about Peak Master Yao…”
“I’ll go help him.”
Shi Shuchen had only just begun to speak when Yuan Shu interrupted him.
“Since you can break through that ball of light’s barrier, send me inside.”
Shi Shuchen frowned deeply, clearly disapproving.
“The power within that barrier is extremely complex. Even Peak Master Yao has no way to break free. How do you intend to save him?”
“You don’t need to worry about that. I have my own way.”
Yuan Shu said nothing more, but determination shone in her eyes.
If this had been any other formation, she might have hesitated. But this formation had been created from the power of the underground spiritual vein.
The underground spiritual vein’s source power was close to her. Just like the blades of wind and cones of wind from the formation earlier, it absolutely would not harm her!
What was more, she had other trump cards as well.
Shi Shuchen knitted his brows. Seeing that he could not persuade Yuan Shu, he let out a quiet sigh.
“You’ve really made up your mind?”
“Mm.” Yuan Shu answered without hesitation.
Yao Qianci… When she had been expelled from Qingyun Peak, he alone had stepped forward without regard for the consequences to speak up for her. He had also been the first to invite her to join Yaoyun Peak.
No matter what, she had to save him!
As the two spoke, the spiritual power surrounding Yao Qianci within the barrier had already begun to dim.
The influence of the fiendish baleful aura on human cultivators was simply too powerful!
“Don’t waste any more time, Peak Master Shi. Begin.”
Since Yuan Shu was so determined, Shi Shuchen let out another inward sigh and nodded.
However, he silently made up his mind that if anything happened to Yuan Shu inside the barrier, he absolutely would not stand by and do nothing!
While watching Shi Shuchen use the formation plate to break through the barrier surrounding the ball of light, Yuan Shu conversed with the Hehuan Divine Tree in her mind.
“The fiendish baleful aura… Are you really confident you can deal with it?”
“Don’t worry, Shushu. If you didn’t have that Baize spirit inside you, I wouldn’t dare guarantee anything.”
“But with it, I can tell you with complete certainty: Go on in! That fiendish baleful aura won’t be able to do a thing to us!”
The Hehuan Divine Tree’s tone was light and carefree. It had not taken the fiendish baleful aura suppressing Yao Qianci seriously at all!
The Baize spirit? So that was why!
Yuan Shu suddenly understood.
The Baize spirit had been able to influence Helan Ying, and the fiendish baleful aura within this formation had been left behind by Helan Ying.
That meant the Baize spirit could control this fiendish baleful aura as well!
No wonder the Hehuan Divine Tree was so confident.
Yuan Shu was reminded of Xiao Li. He had been the one to give her the Baize spirit, and it had ended up helping her immensely.
Shi Shuchen had already used the formation plate to open an entrance in the barrier around the ball of light. He turned his head and looked at her.
Yuan Shu nodded at him. Without the slightest hesitation, she flew straight toward the ball of light.
A moment later, she appeared inside it.
The black lotus sensed the intrusion of an outsider, and strands of surging black power shot toward Yuan Shu.
Yet just as they were about to touch her, they suddenly halted.
They had sensed a familiar aura on her—a pressure originating from the power of a superior being!
The black power circled around Yuan Shu for a moment. Then, all the fiendish baleful aura abruptly withdrew into the black lotus, as though a group of mice had spotted a cat.
Standing outside the formation, Shi Shuchen could not see the scene clearly, but he could still sense the fear emanating from the fiendish baleful aura. His eyes widened in shock.
Yuan Shu actually possessed such an ability?
It was not only the fiendish baleful aura within the black lotus. Even the power of the formation, formed from the underground spiritual vein’s energy and trapping Yao Qianci, lost its hostility when it drifted near Yuan Shu.
It circled around her like a group of obedient children.
However, when Yuan Shu tried to make it release Yao Qianci, she failed.
Yao Qianci was the source of spiritual power it sought to replenish itself, and Helan Ying had personally ordered it to block the people from the Luoxian Sect.
It could not disobey Helan Ying’s command.
Yuan Shu frowned. The voice of the Hehuan Divine Tree came from within her sea of consciousness.
“Shushu, let me handle this. The Divine Tree’s power is more than enough to sever these strands of spiritual power.”
Yuan Shu lightly nodded. Following the Hehuan Divine Tree’s guidance, she raised her hand and condensed a sharp blade from divine power.
Then she flung it toward the spiritual power wrapped around Yao Qianci!
Outside the formation, Shi Shuchen watched Yuan Shu surrounded by countless strands of spiritual power.
His heart inexplicably quickened.
For the first time, he felt that someone could look so stunningly valiant while casting a spell.
The usually beautiful and charming face, with its faint smile, had lost all traces of coy sweetness. Once her expression turned solemn, it took on an indescribable, icy beauty that made it impossible to look away.
As he was thinking this, the sharp blade plunged into the spiritual power. It moved incredibly fast, and with a single sweep, a large portion of the spiritual power binding Yao Qianci was severed.
After another sweep, all the spiritual power wrapped around Yao Qianci was completely cut apart!
The astonishing speed left Shi Shuchen outside the formation staring wide-eyed.
Even the spiritual power within the formation, which possessed a trace of intelligence from the underground spiritual vein, sensed that something was wrong.
What kind of power was this?
How could an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator possibly possess such strength?
Yuan Shu gave it no time to react. With a flash of her figure, she swept to Yao Qianci’s side and pulled him into her arms.
The sharp blade in her hand transformed into strands of divine power that enveloped them both, temporarily creating a safe space within the barrier.
“Yao Qianci?”
Yuan Shu patted Yao Qianci’s cheek. The person in her arms was deathly pale, his eyes tightly shut, and he showed no response.
Yuan Shu frowned, her gaze falling on the black lotus above his head—the embodiment of the fiendish baleful aura.
She immediately activated the Baize spirit.
Strands of white spiritual power spilled from her fingertips, spreading over the black lotus in their entirety.
The black lotus shrank back. Under the white spiritual power, its black petals began to wither and fall one after another.
When the final black petal dropped, Yao Qianci’s long lashes trembled, and he finally opened his eyes slowly.
Yuan Shu’s heart eased, and a smile bloomed across her face.
“Yao—”
She failed to notice that the expression on the man in her arms was somewhat abnormal.
Before she could finish speaking, a handsome face suddenly moved close to hers. The words that had just left her mouth were completely sealed against her lips.
Yuan Shu’s eyes widened slightly as she stared at the man who had suddenly risen and kissed her. For a moment, her mind went blank.
Shi Shuchen outside the formation was frozen in place as well.
As a Peak Master of the Luoxian Sect, he was acquainted with the other Peak Masters.
Just as Yao Qianci knew that Shi Shuchen was skilled in formations, Shi Shuchen knew that Yao Qianci was devoted to alchemy and had never shown any interest in women.
Yet now, he had personally witnessed Yao Qianci take the initiative to kiss a woman.
And that woman was Yuan Shu!
