"Did Brother Su co out alone?" Xu Luo asked calmly, continuing his inquiry. He was almost certain now that the annihilation of the Su Family had little to do with Su Qingyi.
"No, it was a group of people. I just had nothing to say to them, so I left on my own. As for them… hah." Su Qingyi gave a cold laugh and said no more, but the disdain on his face was obvious to anyone who wasn't blind.
"Alas, conflicts and disputes between people are quite normal. Brother Su doesn't need to dwell on it," Xu Luo said comfortingly.
"No, you don't understand. Those people… heheh… they're a bunch of cold-blooded creatures. They have no humanity whatsoever. Rember my words: if you ever see with a group of people one day, do not, under any circumstances, co over to greet . Otherwise, you'll be in great danger!" Su Qingyi said, looking at Xu Luo seriously.
Xu Luo's heart ward. He nodded. "I understand."
"eting a brother like Luo Tian on this trip to the Central Plains Star Continent has been a reward in itself. As your elder brother, I don't have anything particularly valuable on , so let give you this jade tablet." As he spoke, Su Qingyi took an exquisite, palm-sized, perfectly square jade tablet from his robes. It emanated an exceptionally lustrous glow.
The front of the jade tablet was engraved with the character for "Su," and the back depicted a purple vine that resembled a swimming dragon!
It was identical to the Dharma Aspect that Xu Luo had just seen Su Qianqian manifest!
Xu Luo suppressed the shock deep in his heart and looked at Su Qingyi. "Brother Su, what is this?"
"Heh, this is the identity dallion for the Su Family of the Ancient Race Continent. You might not get a chance to set foot on the Ancient Race Continent, but it has other uses. If you wear it, your speed at gathering Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi during cultivation will be thirty percent faster!" Su Qingyi said with a smile. "What can I say? Your Brother Su is just too poor and has nothing of value."
"This… if it's an identity dallion, how can I accept it?" Xu Luo was touched. This Su Qingyi was actually a very simple person—and a simple, good-hearted one at that.
They were complete strangers who had just had a pleasant chat, yet he was willing to give away sothing so valuable.
A thirty percent increase in cultivation speed might not sound like much, but this was a treasure that any Martial Artist would dream of!
In fact, it wasn't much inferior to a Spirit-Connected Magical Artifact!
"It's nothing. I have more than one of these on . And if by so chance you do make it to the Ancient Race Continent one day, you can use it to find ." Su Qingyi smiled, then said, "Alright, this nice chat has eased my worries quite a bit. I have to go now. Take care!"
"You're leaving already?" Xu Luo was a little disappointed. He had genuinely wanted to talk more with Su Qingyi.
"Why wouldn't I leave? You're not actually going to take to find a Holy Beast, are you? Stop joking." Su Qingyi chuckled. He clearly thought Xu Luo's offer to help him find a Holy Beast was just a lie.
"Er…" Xu Luo didn't know how to explain. After all, they'd had a pleasant conversation, and Su Qingyi had given him such a precious gift. Saying anything more would seem disrespectful.
"Will we et again?" Xu Luo asked after a mont of silence.
"If fate wills it, we might have a chance to et again. You should work hard on your cultivation. If you break through to the Sword Saint realm one day, you'll be able to enter the Ancient Race Continent. You'll find more opportunities there!" With that, Su Qingyi gracefully flew away.
"There are quite a few Spiritual Objects in this Small World. It's pretty interesting. This poor bastard is going to go gather so Spirit dicine. Goodbye, Brother Luo Tian!"
"Goodbye!" Xu Luo waved at Su Qingyi's receding figure. He had been hesitating just now, wondering whether to tell Su Qingyi the truth.
But after so thought, he held back. No matter how kind-hearted Su Qingyi was, he would never let Su Qianqian go. Their positions were completely opposed.
If he revealed the truth, even if Su Qingyi didn't turn on him and try to kill him, their parting would certainly not be as reluctant and friendly as it was now.
'To resolve this feud, I'm afraid I'll have to wait until the day I'm strong enough to stand as Su Qingyi's equal…' Xu Luo muttered to himself before leaving the area as well.
He didn't go looking for Su Qianqian. The black tower was too fast; even if he used his Shaking Light Step at full power, he probably couldn't keep up. He figured Su Qingyi understood this as well, which was why he had departed in a completely different direction from the one the black tower had taken.
...
After entering the black tower, Su Qianqian felt like she was flying for a very, very long ti before it finally stopped. It was pitch-black all around, and she had no idea where the tower had taken her.
Outside was dead silent, without the slightest sound.
Su Qianqian couldn't help but ask, "Where are we?"
"The bottom of a lake," the Divine Thought replied again.
"The bottom of a lake?" Su Qianqian was startled for a mont, then asked, "Why did you save ?"
"Your soul is very pure. I am willing to beco your Lifebound Magical Artifact," the Divine Thought transmitted once more. "But you must take away from here."
"Really? You're willing to beco my Magical Artifact?" Su Qianqian's face lit up with joyful surprise. She still couldn't figure out why this Spirit-Connected Magical Artifact had taken a liking to her.
'A pure soul… That's too vague a reason.'
Su Qianqian guessed that the most likely reason was that the profound state she had entered in the mont before attempting suicide had resonated with the tower.
"Yes, I am willing to beco your Magical Artifact and recognize you as my master," the black tower confird again.
"That's wonderful! Thank you!" Su Qianqian couldn't stop her tears. In just a few short months, she had gone from heaven to hell.
She had gone from being the little Princess of a powerful family to a holess wanderer, then to being hunted down and hovering on the brink of life and death.
She never expected such a turn of events at this critical mont, and she found it hard to control her emotions.
"However, it will take two days before we can leave," the black tower's Divine Thought transmitted again.
"Two days? Why? When I ca in, it was through a crack in space!" Su Qianqian didn't know that the crack had closed shortly after she entered.
"The crack you ntioned only appears once every three hundred years, and it only opens for a very short ti each ti. It has already closed," the black tower's Divine Thought conveyed.
"What a coincidence," Su Qianqian said in astonishnt.
"This is fate."
The Divine Thought from the black tower made Su Qianqian cover her mouth and chuckle lightly. She then said, "Alright, it really is fate. Is the person who was chasing still after ?"
"No. A young man led him away," said the black tower's Divine Thought.
"What? There are outsiders in this Small World?" Su Qianqian was surprised. She hadn't encountered anyone else since entering this Small World.
"That's right. A few days ago, a large number of young mbers of the Human Race entered. I observed them for a few days, but finding no one suitable, I left." The black tower's Divine Thought was impassive, but Su Qianqian could sense its pride.
'When it says "no one suitable," it must an it looked down on all of them!'
Then, Su Qianqian's face suddenly turned a little pale. A possibility occurred to her, but she imdiately shook her head, denying her own suspicion.
"It can't be such a coincidence…" Su Qianqian muttered to herself, grumbling, "Even though the timing fits, it's impossible. It can't be him. It absolutely can't be him!"
What Su Qianqian had thought of was how, before entering the Celestial Break Mountain Range, she had seen people active on its outskirts from a distance.
And this year's sect conference was being held at the Jade Balance Sect, near the Celestial Break Mountain Range!
The timing was right. Su Qianqian had once jokingly told Xu Luo that she would take him to the sect conference.
When the black tower ntioned that a young human male had led her pursuer away, Su Qianqian, for so reason, imdiately thought of Xu Luo.
She then dismissed her own guess, but a sense of unease lingered deep in her heart.
"Then how are we supposed to leave?" Su Qianqian asked.
"From what I've heard the newcors say, a passage out of the Small World will open in two days. When the ti cos, we can just leave through that passage," the black tower's Divine Thought conveyed to Su Qianqian.
"But… the person hunting will probably use that chance to leave too, right?" Su Qianqian was a little worried. Although the black tower seed powerful, she feared it was no match for her pursuer.
"I… have an incomplete Transformation Skill here. I traded for it from an old pine tree. Though it's not complete, it's more than enough to change your appearance. As for your aura, I can seal it for two hours. That way, we can leave," the black tower's Divine Thought transmitted, a hint of emotion in it for the first ti.
"A Transformation Skill? Such a Cultivation Technique exists?" Su Qianqian was astonished. She felt that this black tower was too mysterious; it seed to know a great many things.
"That's right. I will transmit it to you now."
Afterward, the black tower transmitted the Transformation Skill to Su Qianqian, sending it directly into the depths of her soul via thought.
As if she had been practicing it for many years, Su Qianqian grasped this Forbidden Skill almost instantly.
"Thank you. What should I call you?" Su Qianqian thanked the black tower.
"Just call Black Tower," the black tower's Divine Thought replied, carrying a hint of pleasantness.
"Well, Black Tower, I don't know if I'm qualified to be your master. If you stay with , I'm afraid we'll face many crises in the future. I might not even be able to protect you." Su Qianqian's spirits were low. She decided to be honest with this Spirit-Connected Magical Artifact and not hide anything.
"It doesn't matter. With here, no one will be able to hunt you down. Once we leave this Small World, you can leave the rest to ," the black tower said.
"Are you really… just a Spirit-Connected Magical Artifact?" Su Qianqian couldn't help but ask, genuinely shocked.
"Who told you I was a Spirit-Connected Magical Artifact?" The black tower's emotions seed to fluctuate, its Divine Thought laced with a question.
"You did! You said you were willing to beco my Lifebound Magical Artifact…" Su Qianqian was a bit speechless. 'You're the one who said it,' she thought. 'Besides, if you're not a Spirit-Connected Magical Artifact, what are you? A person?'
"Sigh… So much ti has passed that I've nearly forgotten what I am. I've grown accustod to existing in the form of a Magical Artifact…" The black tower's Divine Thought was suddenly filled with an emotion only humans possess, tinged with a deep sorrow.
Su Qianqian was utterly stunned, her voice trembling slightly. "You're not an Artifact Spirit… You're…"
"That's right. I am human. To be precise, I am a human soul!" The Divine Thought was suffused with bitterness and helplessness. It sounded extrely ancient, as if it had co from a distant past, filled with a desolate flavor.
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