Zhang Jian had obtained a magical artifact at an overseas loose cultivators' conference years ago, trading it with someone for the spiritual grass he had collected over the years. For a Qi-refining loose cultivator like him to have a magical artifact was already extremely rare. This magical artifact was a jade pick carved from a piece of North Sea cold jade, and it didn't have any powerful attacking abilities. Its function lay in not damaging the spiritual energy's origin when taking treasures.

  He used the sharp edge of the jade spade to cut open the belly of the purple toad, and then carefully took out the Xuanji Dan from inside.

  Xuan Yue's Purple Toad, its body was as hard as iron and stone, only after it stopped breathing and the spiritual energy dissipated would it become like an ordinary beast, vulnerable to slaughter. The essence of its entire body was concentrated in the Xuan Ji Dan in its abdomen. Zhang Jian carefully picked up the Xuan Ji Dan with both hands, unable to resist admiring it for a moment. From now on, his foundation building would rely on this.

  The outer appearance of the Xuanji Dan doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary, resembling a fiery red egg that feels scorching hot to the touch. After being taken out, when it encounters the outside wind, its surface temperature begins to drop.

  Zhang Jian had long been prepared, he took out a leather pouch made from the skin of a nine-colored deer he had hunted down years ago, which could wrap up the spiritual energy of those heavenly treasures and prevent it from leaking out. He carefully put them away and then didn't stay any longer, flying downwards in a hurry.

  Although the skin, flesh, tendons and bones of Xuan Yue's Purple Toad were all treasures, if it were in the past, he would have taken the whole thing back to his cave. But now, compared to the ancient cultivation cave that might exist below, this was nothing.

  ……

  Mo Zi Chen, at this moment, seemed to be going through a great tribulation.

  When she saw the eyes of that Taoist sealed in ice, she seemed to be possessed by an evil spell, her whole body was unable to move even a fraction, including her eyeballs. The surroundings, the sky and the earth outside, seemed to have ceased to exist, leaving only one pair of eyes in her field of vision.

  Those eyes looked soft and warm, yet seemed to carry an air of dominance, deep and vast like the starry sky, as if all sorts of worldly things were hidden behind this pair of eyes. The gaze seemed to possess a magical power that made it impossible for people to refuse, making Mo Zichen unable to move his gaze away.

  Suddenly, she felt a buzzing in her mind, as if countless messages were pouring into her brain in an instant. Her head was about to explode.

  For a moment, she seemed to be inside a raging fire and yet also in the midst of an icy glacier. The sensations of ice and fire constantly alternated within an instant. In a daze, she seemed to see countless things that she had never seen or heard before, but didn't know what they were. Memories became chaotic, things she saw one moment were completely forgotten the next.

  It was as if she had a feeling of being lost in time, unsure what day it was or how much time had passed.

  Mo Zi Chen suddenly thought of a phrase: "In dreams, one does not know one's own body is a guest." Now, she was like a lone boat in the vast universe, and even her body was no longer her own.

  From the outside, Mo Zi Chen was standing in front of the Daoist priest. The huge ice block that had sealed the Daoist priest had melted away at some point, and the stone chamber had become cool and clear. The Daoist priest's Fa body was standing upright, his hands forming a seal, his eyes gleaming with spirit, as if radiating colors like a rainbow.

  Mo Zi Chen's eyes were locked onto his, and the two pairs of eyes seemed to have some kind of mysterious connection. A stream of spiritual energy was flowing through this invisible bridge into Mo Zi Chen's body.

  Tou Tou looked at her with some worry, not knowing what to do for the better.

  This little spirit beast, which had just begun to understand spiritual wisdom, vaguely felt that it seemed to have done something wrong. However, this matter seemed to be engraved in its memory, making it unknowingly bring Mo Zi Chen here.

  Time was slowly passing, Mo Zi Chen and the Taoist were only a few feet apart. In the space between them, a five-colored cloud had appeared, with dense spiritual energy spreading out in all directions. The sparkle in Mo Zi Chen's eyes began to fade, as if she had become a walking corpse. Only those with the keenest eyesight could vaguely see that there was still a hint of life left deep within her pupils.

  At this time, no one saw that the jade pendant hanging in front of Mo Zi Chen's chest, covered by her clothes, suddenly became radiant and flowing. The original emerald water sealed inside seemed to come alive, constantly flowing within the jade pendant, wanting to break through and overflow.

  A five-colored auspicious cloud slowly rose from between the two of them, and then rose to Mo Zi Chen's head, starting to slowly fall down, covering her from head to toe, as if it was about to completely engulf her in the next moment.

  But this moment has yet to arrive.

  When the man rushed into the stone cave, the first thing he saw was such a strange scene.

  His body paused for a moment, and his eyes revealed a look of wild joy, shouting: "Ancient Repairing Method Body?"

  Before his words had fallen, he didn't stay any longer. He flew forward with a big hand open, and the palm shadow that covered the sky came to grab the Taoist's body.

  Only a moment slower than him, a purple light flashed by, and another Xuan Yue Zi Wang Chan flew out from behind the stone wall. Seeing the scene in the stone room, it was stunned for a moment, then shouted loudly at Tiao Tiao.

  In the stone cave, the originally balanced spiritual energy flow was finally broken at this moment. Mo Zi Chen raised her head, and her eyes suddenly became clear. As if in an instant, she woke up from a confused state. At this moment, she became spiritually clear and refreshed, compared to when her internal strength was first formed, that feeling was stronger by hundreds of times.

  At that moment, in her heart, she heard a soft sigh. The voice was extremely light, almost imperceptible, and it echoed in her heart with a strong sense of unwillingness. Then, it disappeared without a sound.

  That five-colored auspicious cloud disappeared in an instant, and the Taoist's eyes suddenly shot out a brilliant light. In this instant, his entire person seemed to have come alive, with spiritual energy overflowing from his body, his eyes flashing like lightning. With a sword gesture, he shouted: "Quick!"

  This sound was like a Buddha's golden bell, making the lion's roar. The precious sword hanging from his waist, after this loud shout, seemed to have a spiritual nature, flying up on its own. In the air, it drew a semicircle and absorbed all the spiritual energy. Then, with the sword blade horizontal, it heavily collided with the man who rushed forward.

  No one saw that five-colored auspicious cloud, all of which had entered Mo Zi Chen's body and was absorbed by the jade pendant hanging in front of her chest.