After Yuan Qing and Xu Juan led the disciples of the Tianxuan Sect and Dixuan Sect, who had been trapped here in previous years, out of the area, Lin Xiao closed the exit. He then turned around and walked up to Venerable Pantu, who was almost transparent and looked as if he would dissipate at any moment.
Lin Xiao looked at him with a calm expression.
Half-lying on the ground, Venerable Pantu did not move. His eyes were closed as if he was waiting for the moment of his complete dissipation.
Lin Xiao sighed softly and said to him,
"You won the bet. I will unseal you now. What I promised you before still counts."
Hearing this, Venerable Pantu kept his eyes closed, but the expression on his half-white, half-black face relaxed slightly, almost imperceptibly.
Using the Heart of the Secret Realm, Lin Xiao directly erased the seal that trapped him.
The reason he changed his mind again and decided to unseal Venerable Pantu was because of the man's act of saving others at the cost of nearly sacrificing his own soul body.
Even though Lin Xiao knew that Venerable Pantu, as a Nascent Soul cultivator, might not have done this out of pure guilt, he was definitely taking a gamble with the goal of making Lin Xiao change his mind and unseal him.
However, Venerable Pantu's action at least showed that when he needed Lin Xiao's help and knew where Lin Xiao's bottom line was, he would take the initiative to step back.
After all, the murdered disciples of the two sects had nothing to do with Lin Xiao, and Venerable Pantu had shown his willingness to compromise. Furthermore, the Lingxian Sect also needed such a knowledgeable local cultivator. Therefore, Lin Xiao was willing to accept Venerable Pantu and still fulfill the conditions he had promised earlier.
Moreover, there was another reason for Lin Xiao to do so.
That was because on the way back with Yuan Qing and the other, Lin Xiao had to accommodate their travel speed, leaving him quite idle. So, he checked the rewards for this secret realm exploration mission in his private inventory.
This mission rewarded three items in total: Spirit Stones x100, Soul Nourishing Wood x1, and Myriad Realms Iron Bucket x1.
He didn't know what the Myriad Realms Iron Bucket was used for yet.
But he knew about the Soul Nourishing Wood!
Although Lin Xiao had never seen this item, these words were very familiar to him.
Combined with the only soul body he had encountered so far...
The reason why the always considerate system sent this item was self-evident.
Furthermore, he specifically used the appraisal function to check it.
[Top-grade Soul Nourishing Wood. It is an excellent material for nourishing souls. Each piece can be used for a very long time, and when not in use, it can be placed in a place full of Yin energy for maintenance. Once a soul body is absorbed and nourished by the Soul Nourishing Wood, it cannot be separated from the wood without a physical body.]
Looking at the extremely weak Venerable Pantu on the ground, Lin Xiao didn't waste words and directly took out the Soul Nourishing Wood from his private inventory, placing it next to Venerable Pantu.
This piece of Soul Nourishing Wood was very large, about half a meter long and as thick as two adult arms. Its surface looked as if it had been polished for many years, pitch-black and gleaming with a moist luster.
As soon as it was placed next to Venerable Pantu, he seemed to be sucked into it. In a short while, he was completely connected to the Soul Nourishing Wood.
In just this brief moment, Venerable Pantu's soul body solidified a bit, no longer looking like it was about to dissipate as before.
Having been saved, Venerable Pantu breathed a sigh of relief. Examining the Soul Nourishing Wood connected to his lower body, he spoke:
"Little boy, to think you actually possess such a large piece of Soul Nourishing Wood."
When he saved the people earlier, he had somewhat overestimated the strength of his current soul body and almost caused his soul to scatter. He originally thought that this part of his soul body was going to perish in this broken secret realm, but he never expected this young boy to carry such top-grade Soul Nourishing Wood!
For a moment, Venerable Pantu felt that he was not meant to die. Perhaps this Lin Xiao was the noble benefactor destined to help him through this tribulation.
He suddenly felt a bit of confidence in Lin Xiao's previous promise to help him retrieve the rest of his soul body and physical body.
Sun Yigao crouched down in surprise, carefully examining this magical piece of wood on the ground.
Seeing that this wood called Soul Nourishing Wood looked like a piece of ink-colored jade, he couldn't help but reach out to touch it, feeling a warm and smooth texture.
Meanwhile, Lin Xiao observed Venerable Pantu's current appearance.
Now, Venerable Pantu's soul body could completely curl up inside the Soul Nourishing Wood, and whenever he wanted, he could also extend various parts of his body out of it.
However, he had to keep at least one-third of his body inside and could not completely separate from the Soul Nourishing Wood.
For example, if he wanted to reveal his upper half, his legs basically had to remain inside the wood.
And if he wanted to stretch out his legs to walk, he had to retract his upper half into the wood.
Lin Xiao imagined that scene in his mind.
Tsk.
Once he took Venerable Pantu out, he definitely couldn't let him wander down the mountain casually, lest he scare the villagers.
And right now, this was exactly what Venerable Pantu was doing.
He stuck his two legs out from one side of the Soul Nourishing Wood, then popped his head out from the other side, and stood up on his legs.
What Sun Yigao and Lin Xiao saw was a piece of wood lying horizontally on the ground suddenly sprout two legs and a head, and then stand up.
It looked like a giant character 'six', just with all the strokes connected.
Sun Yigao couldn't help but sigh in admiration: As expected of the cultivation world, it truly broadened his horizons.
Lin Xiao held back his laughter and turned to prepare for their return.
First of all, the medicinal field in this Spirit Heart Valley, which Venerable Pantu had carefully tended for decades, had to be taken away.
After all, he had previously said that if Sun Yigao took him as a master, he would give this medicinal field to him.
Although taking him as a master was impossible now, Lin Xiao had also promised to find his soul body and physical body for him!
So it wasn't too much for him to take this medicinal field, right?
Lin Xiao handed the task of collecting this medicinal field to Sun Yigao and Venerable Pantu. He even gave them two shovels, telling them to dig up the soil of the medicinal field as well, as he wanted to pack it all up and take it away.
After all, although he now had the Heart of the Secret Realm in his hands, this secret realm only opened for two months every year. If he left the medicinal field here, it would be inconvenient to harvest and care for the herbs, so Lin Xiao decided to pack everything away.
Hearing his words, Venerable Pantu was a bit surprised. This was a massive field!
"Could it be that you have a high-level storage magical treasure?"
Ordinary storage bags and the like couldn't possibly hold such a large field!
Venerable Pantu recalled that many years ago, from his Qi Condensation stage all the way to his Foundation Establishment stage, he had only used low-level storage bags with very small capacities.
To think that this kid was not only at the eighth level of Qi Condensation at such a young age, but he also had quite a few good things on hand.
He couldn't help but sigh with emotion. This kid's sect truly spoiled him...
Lin Xiao had no idea what he was thinking. He just paused for a moment when he heard 'high-level storage magical treasure,' and then thought about his massive private inventory. That should count as a high-level storage magical treasure, right? So, he gave a perfunctory nod.
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
