"Zhiyi, you're the child I've raised. You should know my temper."
"What if I don't agree?"
"You will."
"Sister Ling, you're being willful."
"There's no other way. Remember, if I'm really controlled by the consciousness generated by Moyan's subjective spiritual root, use these silver needles to pierce my Tian Gong acupoint. This might be our only chance."
"Sister Ling—"
"If not, Zhiyi, you'll have to watch me die."
Song Zhiyi fell silent.
This was what he was even less willing to see.
But.
What if he made a mistake with the acupuncture and accidentally killed Sister Ling?
What kind of desperate situation would he face for the rest of his life?
"Zhiyi, these are all my choices. No matter what the consequences are, it has nothing to do with you. You don't need to feel guilty."
"Sister Ling—"
"I know you're a good kid. You were before, and you'll be in the future. Just remember, this is my wish. I've never asked anything of you kids, and I can't bear to see you kids die for Moyan. Will you just agree with me, okay?"
Song Zhiyi hesitated for a long time.
Finally, he slowly nodded.
Time now.
All things on the Nine Provinces Continent.
Were frozen at this moment.
Time.
Also came to a standstill.
The primordial spirit of Zhao Shuning in Moyan's spiritual world.
Her cold eyes.
Suddenly opened.
The aura around her.
Started to turn scorching.
Originally, the black shadow had reached the last door outside Zhao Shuning's spiritual world, but at this moment, it was bounced out of her body by her suddenly awakened spiritual power.
In reality.
Zhao Shuning's eyes also opened.
She looked at everything around her.
Then at Moyan, who was standing still.
All this.
Was so similar to what was recorded on the silver plate.
All things in the world.
Stopped moving.
Time.
Became static.
Everything around was so quiet.
Only she.
Was the only body that could move on the Nine Provinces Continent.
Zhao Shuning said, "Stone Soul, you might miscalculate."
A black shadow.
Tore directly out of Moyan's body.
Moyan's body was also immobile at this time. They were all stuck in the previous time dimension.
So at this moment.
The Millennium Stone Soul couldn't control Moyan either.
It was still just a black shadow without a physical body, just like what Zhao Shuning had seen in the spiritual world.
"What on earth are you, little thing?"
Why hadn't it seen through her thought before?
This was the first time such a thing had happened in thousands of years.
"All you've wanted for a thousand years is to find a powerful enough host body. But unfortunately, Buran is upright and has the bloodline of the Ancient Great Emperor in his body. You can't touch him. Now, Moyan's body probably won't last long under this star formation. Do you need to change your plan?"
"Even if Moyan's body can't bear it and finally explodes, with my power, it'll be easy for me to escape. And do you think those who participated in the strangulation of my host body today will be my match?"
Saying this.
The black shadow paused.
It already had human thinking.
After thousands of years of change.
It had long become extremely intelligent.
Now this little thing seemed like a different person.
Obviously.
She could just let everything happen as it should. Anyway, she should be able to survive in the end. She had the power of the Karma Fire Red Lotus in her body, and it couldn't touch her.
Why?
"Are you trying to negotiate terms with me?"
Although it was a question, the answer was already certain.
"Yes."
The Millennium Stone Soul became interested.
"What do you think gives you the qualification to negotiate terms with me?"
Zhao Shuning reached out her hand to the black shadow.
She turned the palm of her right hand.
Towards the black shadow.
The black shadow didn't move.
It didn't know what this little thing was up to. It was always right to be cautious.
"You can try if you can enter my spiritual world."
Was she giving it a second chance?
"You're seeking your own death."
The black shadow's figure was gloomy and confident.
Zhao Shuning raised her eyebrows.
Then she said, "Try it first."
The black shadow approached.
A cloud of black mist wrapped around Zhao Shuning's wrist in case she played a trick.
But Zhao Shuning's eyes were so clean.
The black shadow said, "Stupid human, actually daring to oppose the gods."
Saying this.
It got into Zhao Shuning's palm.
But.
The next moment.
The black shadow was beaten out of Zhao Shuning's body.
Zhao Shuning's spiritual world.
Was much stronger than the Stone Soul had imagined.
Moreover.
Her body.
Seemed different from ordinary people.
The Stone Soul stopped its figure clumsily.
Zhao Shuning opened her eyes at this time.
She said, "Now, I should be qualified to negotiate terms with you."
If it weren't for the reminder from the silver plate and the long talk with Yun Ruoqian on the boat that night, Zhao Shuning might not have discovered the strangeness of her body.
Her body.
Five hundred years ago.
Had a barrier introduced into it by her grandfather with his spiritual power.
That barrier.
Was taken from Qianji Sha.
The barrier formed by the spiritual souls of countless elites.
Speaking of Qianji Sha.
People on the Nine Provinces Continent had all heard of it.
It was a place for strong people founded by Ye Feng.
Many people thought.
That Qianji Sha had just hidden itself in the world.
There were countless rumors about the sudden disappearance of Qianji Sha.
But none of them were ever confirmed.
The strong on the Nine Provinces Continent thought that Qianji Sha still existed.
But that wasn't the case.
Hundreds of years ago.
Qianji Sha was completely strangled by a suddenly appearing mysterious person.
That mysterious person at that time.
Was Moyan.
It was also the first time he used the power of the Stone Soul.
But Moyan didn't expect that Ye Feng of Qianji Sha was actually a cunning old fox.
Before everyone in Qianji Sha died.
He actually gave an order for them to use the Ring Spirit Formation and inject all their spiritual souls into his body.
And Ye Feng, relying on this sudden power.
Managed to escape from that hellish pursuit.
But.
The backlash of the spiritual souls was an extremely painful thing.
Ye Feng's lifespan.
Would surely be greatly affected.
Ye Feng had to go find his benefactors.
His benefactors.
Were Feng Qingchen and Yu Ge in the Fantasy Mirror.
Feng Qingchen and Yu Ge showed Ye Feng a way and also gave him a wisp of the spiritual power of Luo Feiyan after her ashes were scattered.
After that.
They let him come directly 460 years later.
At that time, Gu Qingqing was already dead, and Ye Xingchen, who was still in swaddling clothes, was also brought by Ye Feng 460 years later.
Here.
Following the hint from his benefactors.
Ye Feng found an abandoned child with excellent bones.
Then he injected a wisp of Luo Feiyan's spiritual soul from her previous life into this child's body.
Moreover.
He raised this child until the age when she could just remember things.
And along with that wisp of Luo Feiyan's spiritual power injected into the baby girl's body, there was also the power gathered by the spiritual souls of countless spiritual medicine masters and alchemists from Qianji Sha.