Covering the Sky: Fairy, I really need to control you properly.

Based on Liu Ruyan's understanding of Zixia, this woman was aloof and disliked arguing with others. Her first reaction to such a situation should have been to retreat.

But this person in front of them not only didn't back down, but instead took the initiative to provoke them, as if they weren't afraid of them turning against them at all.

Little did she know that the person standing before her was not the aloof, innate Dao embryo at all.

"Peak Master Liu and Young Master Yang Mo are both prominent figures. In the middle of the night, deep within the Purple Bamboo Grove... are they exchanging Daoist techniques?"

"I'm a very tight-lipped person," Xu Jinhuan changed the subject. "I won't say a word that I shouldn't say."

Liu Ruyan stared at him for two seconds, then suddenly smiled.

That smile was alluring and captivating, but Xu Jinhuan could clearly see that there wasn't a trace of a smile in her eyes.

"Little girl, are you threatening me?"

"I'm just stating the facts," Xu Jinhuan said.

"After all, if this gets out, it won't be good for anyone. Peak Master Liu, your reputation, and Young Master Yang Mo's position as Holy Son, right?"

Liu Ruyan looked at Xu Jinhuan with a deep, melancholy gaze.

"You're very brave."

"It's alright," Xu Jinhuan said, "I'm just a bit afraid of dying."

Liu Ruyan remained silent for a moment.

She was weighing her options.

Killed Zixia?

She is from the second level of Sendai Heaven. If a fight really breaks out, Fairy Zixia will definitely not be able to leave this bamboo forest.

But then?

Zixia is a member of the Holy Lord's lineage, the most outstanding disciple of Tian Shu Peak in this generation, and a pre-selected candidate for Holy Maiden. If she dies in the back mountain of Zizhu Peak, the Holy Lord will definitely investigate thoroughly.

The traces left by the second layer of Sendai cannot be completely eliminated.

Once it's discovered...

She glanced at Yang Mo.

This young man, who was seduced by her, was a pawn she had carefully cultivated, and the key to her long-term plans in the Purple Mansion Holy Land.

If this kind of thing is exposed, everything will be over.

not worth.

"What do you want?"

"I don't want anything in particular, I just remembered that there's something I'd like to ask you two for a favor."

"What kind of help?"

"I need to borrow something."

"Borrow what?"

"Young Master Yang Mo, I heard you have a black gourd on you?"

Yang Mo subconsciously raised his hand and pressed it against his waist, where a small gourd, no bigger than a palm, hung. It was completely black and inconspicuous.

"You're eyeing it?"

Xu Jinhuan nodded: "Let me borrow it for a bit."

"My eyes have seen something I shouldn't have tonight, Young Master Yang Mo. Tell me, if everyone in the Holy Land knew about your relationship with Peak Master Liu, would your position as Holy Son still be secure?"

"You don't want this to happen either..."

Yang Mo's face turned ashen, but he couldn't utter a word.

This is a precious protective charm that my grandfather gave me. If it falls into the hands of the people from Tian Shu Peak...

Xu Jinhuan continued, "I only need to borrow that gourd for three months, and I'll return it when I'm done. And I promise, I'll keep tonight's events a secret, not a single word will escape my notice."

Yang Mo looked at Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan remained silent, her gaze lingering on Xu Jinhuan's face.

After a long while, she sighed softly.

"Mo'er, give it to him."

"Peak Master!"

"Give it to him." Liu Ruyan repeated, "It's just a broken gourd, it's useless to keep it, give it to him."

Yang Mo gritted his teeth, reached down and untied the black gourd from his waist, then hurled it at Xu Jinhuan.

Xu Jinhuan raised his hand and caught it.

Unexpectedly, it came to me without any effort at all.

He put away the gourd and nodded to the two of them.

"Thank you. I won't bother you any longer. Farewell."

After saying that, he turned around and left decisively, taking large strides, which was not ladylike at all.

But nobody cared about that at the moment.

Yang Mo stared at his back, her gaze so gloomy it seemed to drip water.

"I'm not afraid she'll break her promise. There's a restriction left by my grandfather in that gourd. She can take it, but she can't use it. Once she realizes she can't use it, she'll naturally come back to beg me."

……

Xu Jinhuan walked through the bamboo forest until she was sure she was out of the two people's sight before she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Got it!"

He was internally ranting and raving.

Zixia Fairy's divine sense echoed softly: "You certainly have a lot of nerve."

"It won't do if it's not big enough. In that situation, if you chicken out, you're dead," Xu Jinhuan said. "By the way, we got the gourd. Take a look."

He handed over control of his body to Zixia.

The moment Zixia took over the body, she felt a weight in her hand. She looked down and saw the black gourd lying quietly in her palm, completely black and inconspicuous.

"Is this the Immortal-Slaying Gourd you mentioned?"

Can this thing really be repaired? Can it really become an ultimate imperial weapon?

she does not know.

But she knew one thing: from this day forward, she was truly bound to this damned tree.

"It should be correct," Xu Jinhuan said. "However, it seems to be under a restriction. Try to see if you can activate it."

Zixia tried to probe in with her divine sense.

The next moment, she frowned slightly.

"It's sealed."

"Can it be untied?"

"Not for now," Zixia said. "The person who set the seal is far more powerful than me. Forcibly breaking it would only trigger the restriction."

Xu Jinhuan fell silent.

Why go through all that trouble only to get something unusable?

Even if we obtain the weapon spirit from the stone archway of the Northern Plains King's family, will we be able to successfully repair this thing?

Zixia suddenly said, "However, I have the Purple Mansion Mountain and River Map. If I use the power of the Mountain and River Map to nurture it, I might be able to slowly wear away this restriction."

"How long will that take?"

"I don't know," Zixia said. "It could take a month, it could take a year, or it could..."

"It's also possible that the person who set up the restriction will come knocking on our door before it can be worn away."

Fairy Zixia: "Dead tree."

Xu Jinhuan: "Hmm?"

"If you dare to control my body again, I will self-destruct and take you down with me."

Xu Jinhuan: "..."

He silently retracted the thread that had been itching to be touched again.

Zixia snorted coldly and said nothing more.

Under the moonlight, the purple figure streaked across the night sky and gradually disappeared among the distant mountains.

……

Inside the cave at Tian Shu Peak.

Zixia sat cross-legged on the stone bed, holding the black gourd in her hands, and probed into it inch by inch with her divine sense.

Xu Jinhuan remained in the sea of ​​suffering, while the tree remained the same, motionless.

But he always felt that he had something extra about him.

I can't quite describe the feeling, but it's just clearer?

He tried to sense his surroundings. The sea of ​​bitterness, with its purple waves gently surging, and the spring of life flowing gurglingly, were all the same as before.

But unlike others, he could sense that something seemed to be gathering deep within those roots.

It was very faint and light, like a seed sprouting.

[First Dao Fruit Condensation Progress: 1/100]

Xu Jinhuan was taken aback.

When did it go up?

He recalled his experiences tonight: possessing, negotiating, and taking the gourd.

That's it?

He was a little confused, but he didn't think too much about it; anyway, an increase was a good thing.

Xu Jinhuan didn't have time to delve into the laws governing the condensation of this fruit; there were more pressing matters at hand.

"Zixia," he said in his heart, "the Northern Plains royal family has a stone archway in the Holy City, right?"

"Yes, there is," Zixia replied. "The Holy City of the Northern Region has stone archways set up there by all the holy lands, and even the four great immortal dynasties of the Central Continent have properties in the city."

"At the Wang Family Stone Archway in Beiyuan, there is a strange stone called the Pagoda," Xu Jinhuan said. "You must go there as soon as possible, buy it, and cut it open."