You have to know, back in the Demon Realm, there were plenty of demon women who threw themselves at the Eldest Prince.
But without exception, the moment they got close to the Eldest Prince, they were sent flying by him.
They would crash to the ground, their fates unknown.
Everyone in the demon race knew that the Eldest Prince only had the revitalization and the grand cause of the demons in his heart.
But what was going on right now?
The Eldest Prince was holding a woman? And a human cultivator at that!
No, no, no, the pressure in this teleportation channel must be too intense. There was absolutely no way the Eldest Prince could actually fall for a human cultivator!
The crowd exchanged glances, affirming the conclusion they had reached after pondering for a long while.
At this moment, Yuan Shu had no time to care about the wild imaginations of the demons behind her. She was completely dizzy and disoriented, oppressed by the immense pressure within the channel.
Since her rebirth, it was the first time she had a clear understanding of her own weak strength.
The Qi Refining stage was truly something even a dog would despise!
While complaining inwardly, she reached out and tightly wrapped her arms around Li Xie's neck, her red lips accidentally brushing against his shoulder.
Li Xie was speechless.
Was Yuan Shu doing this on purpose?
Did she know he hated women and was deliberately trying to seduce him?
A voice in his heart kept telling him, "Throw her out. Throw her out and let the pressure of this teleportation channel crush her into meat paste."
But his arm had a mind of its own.
It steadily supported Yuan Shu without the slightest tremor.
It wasn't until the group completely passed through the teleportation channel and stepped onto the ground inside the secret realm that Yuan Shu voluntarily jumped down from his arm.
His arm suddenly felt empty.
Li Xie's gaze flickered imperceptibly. His spread fingers relaxed, and he slowly lowered his hand.
The interior of the secret realm was like a small world isolated from the outside, surrounded by dark green mountains and trees affected by the dark element.
Hidden among the trees, a black grand hall stood quietly ahead.
The demons' eyes lit up with pleasant surprise. "After searching for so many days, we finally found it!"
"That is the Qingxuan Hall left behind by Qingyunzi. Inside are mostly the treasures and dark element cultivation methods he left behind!"
"Quick, let's go take a look!"
The demons spoke over one another, but they didn't forget to turn and look at Li Xie. It wasn't until Li Xie nodded that the group of Demon Guards scrambled to rush toward the hall!
"Where are you going?"
Li Xie had only looked away for a moment when he saw Yuan Shu shifting her feet, preparing to slip away from the side of the group. He frowned.
"Ahem, I think the flowers over there are quite pretty. I wanted to go pick a couple." Yuan Shu pointed to a cluster of wild flowers on the side.
Li Xie understood. With a wave of his hand, he released a wisp of spiritual energy and plucked the two most beautiful flowers from the wild flower cluster.
With another wave of his hand, he pulled Yuan Shu over to him.
"Follow closely and don't play any tricks!"
Yuan Shu raised an eyebrow but didn't speak. She reached out and took the two flowers he handed her.
Yuan Shu followed a step behind Li Xie into the Qingxuan Hall. Everything inside the hall that could be moved had already been looted clean by the Demon Guards.
What remained were things protected by defensive barriers or items that ordinary Demon Guards could not obtain.
For example, the floating spheres of light containing cultivation methods in the Qingxuan Hall, as well as high-tier dark element pills and magical artifacts enveloped in light.
Yuan Shu audibly swallowed her saliva.
Although she had seen many treasures in her previous life as the Sect Master of the Joyous Union Sect, seeing those hundreds of floating spheres of light still made her heart flutter.
Yuan Shu originally wanted to sneak away and look for her own fortuitous encounters.
But since Li Xie wouldn't let her go, then... she could only reluctantly snatch food from the tiger's mouth?
Among those spheres of light, there were indeed several that she currently needed.
Having made up her mind, Yuan Shu turned her head to look at Li Xie, who was staring straight ahead at the spheres of light, and a faint smile curled her lips.
Li Xie didn't notice her expression, his eyes fixed intently on those spheres of light.
He had guessed that the items in this secret realm would be highly valuable.
But he hadn't expected there to be several scrolls of long-lost dark element cultivation methods, as well as a scroll of the Demon Spirit Codex, a cultivation method perfectly suited for demons!
This technique was divided into two parts: primary and auxiliary. The primary was the sovereign, and the auxiliary was the subject.
It could be used to train a batch of absolutely loyal Demon Spirit Soldiers who would only serve the one cultivating the primary incantation!
Moreover, the primary incantation could absorb the power of those cultivating the auxiliary incantation to aid in cultivation, merging the whole into one.
He had only seen fragments of its description in the demon race's archive pavilion, never expecting to see it here!
This founding ancestor of Qingyun Peak, Qingyunzi, was truly an unconventional genius!
As a member of the orthodox immortal sects, he actually possessed a supreme demon cultivation method?
Excellent, excellent!
Moved by the prospect, Li Xie did not hesitate and immediately raised his hand, ordering his men to bring Su Lingxi forward.
Yuan Shu turned her head and glanced at the still-unconscious Su Lingxi, raising an eyebrow.
She remembered the book mentioning that Su Lingxi had accidentally entered a secret realm in the forbidden grounds of the Luoxian Sect with the Second Senior Brother of Qingyun Peak. She obtained many fortuitous encounters there, which made her immortal cultivation journey even smoother.
The book didn't specify which secret realm it was, but looking at it now, could it be this ancient dark element secret realm?
She just didn't know where things had gone wrong to allow this demon Eldest Prince to impersonate the Second Senior Brother, Zhai Shuo.
Now, it seemed this fortuitous encounter had nothing to do with her anymore?
Yuan Shu didn't know that it was precisely because of what she had done to Shu Linyuan and Shen Qi at Qingyun Peak that their attitudes towards her had changed.
This lowered the two men's affection for Su Lingxi, forcing Su Lingxi to seek out other senior brothers to farm affection and make up for her slow cultivation speed.
And the person she sought out was the Second Senior Brother, Zhai Shuo.
It was just that the timing was wrong, and she happened to encounter Li Xie, who was impersonating Zhai Shuo to infiltrate the Luoxian Sect in search of the Qingyun Astral Qi.
Li Xie played along, using Su Lingxi as cover to ascend Qingyun Peak, thus avoiding anyone's suspicion!
Changes in "Zhai Shuo's" temper were understandable. After all, he had been away from the sect for many years and experienced a lot, so a bit of change was normal.
Not to mention, the little junior sister Su Lingxi was accompanying him.
If it wasn't the real Zhai Shuo, who would dare impersonate him?
And now, because of this discrepancy in timing, Su Lingxi had recognized the wrong person.
Following the imposter Li Xie back to the sect resulted in her currently being captured.
Li Xie had long discovered that this Su Lingxi of Qingyun Peak had a rather special bloodline, seemingly possessing a trace of immortal heritage!
Though faint, it was real!
As long as he activated the power of the immortal bloodline within her body, the overwhelming immortal energy could suppress the magical arrays enveloping these high-tier treasures before him!
This would buy him time to snatch the treasures inside!
This was also the reason why he brought Su Lingxi along after obtaining the Qingyun Astral Qi.
The Qingyun Astral Qi could be substituted by others, but only Su Lingxi had this immortal energy!
Dark red energy poured into Su Lingxi's body, stimulating her bloodline to erupt.
A moment later, Su Lingxi let out a miserable scream, and a powerful ripple of transparent spiritual energy burst from her body!
Immediately after, a wisp of transparent, seven-colored flowing light separated from her, which Li Xie grabbed and hurled at the magical array in front of him!
