Chapter 3077: Release the Spirit Demon
Ye Liuyun also immediately came before that Grand Hall, sizing up the Primordial Spirit Demon inside.
"Can you see me?" the Primordial Spirit Demon said, seeing Ye Liuyun staring at him, unable to resist asking directly.
"Not bad, my Golden Pupil can see through!" Ye Liuyun also confirmed.
As soon as he saw that small old man's squinting, wiggling expression, he almost laughed out loud. But he held it in, showing nothing.
Ye Liuyun immediately shifted his attention, sizing up the Grand Hall that trapped that spirit demon.
This Grand Hall is a treasure, with extremely strong formations inside and out, which he couldn't break. But he could directly use the Technique to destroy the Grand Hall and release that spirit demon.
Having a way to release that spirit demon, he also had leverage for negotiation.
At that moment, seeing him inspect the Grand Hall, the spirit demon thought he was looking for a way to attack it.
"Don't bother thinking, I can't break this Grand Hall even with Primordial Power. If you can break this Grand Hall, I'd even have to thank you!"
"However, that White Ape earlier, I was just joking with you, no malice. You didn't suffer any loss, so don't take it to heart."
"During your time in this Secret Realm, I won't move against you; you just need to promise not to reveal my secret."
The spirit demon also wasn't sure if Ye Liuyun could truly break the Grand Hall; he just wanted Ye Liuyun not to bear a grudge, so later negotiations wouldn't go badly. Since Ye Liuyun came to find him, he certainly wouldn't release him for no reason.
Ye Liuyun also said to the spirit demon: "I'm not interested in your affairs, and I don't mind your earlier trick on me. I can indeed rescue you by destroying the Grand Hall. But I want to make a deal with you."
"Can you really break the Grand Hall? Is it with that Technique?" the spirit demon also asked Ye Liuyun for confirmation.
"Not bad, my Technique can shatter any physical object!" Ye Liuyun also confirmed.
"Oh?" the spirit demon's eyes shifted, then he asked Ye Liuyun: "Tell me your conditions; if they're not too excessive, I can agree. But if they're too excessive..."
Instead, the spirit demon pretended not to be in a hurry, sat down, and began negotiating terms with Ye Liuyun.
Ye Liuyun ignored his attitude and spoke directly: "I want to bring some people to train for a while at the Artistic Conception Stone Forest. I also won't leave this Secret Realm together with the He family."
"We won't touch your other resources in the Secret Realm, and you guarantee our safety. As for the He family disciples, you may handle them as you wish; I won't interfere. How about that?"
After Ye Liuyun finished speaking, the spirit demon felt delighted. Since Ye Liuyun was negotiating terms, it showed he was confident he could truly break the Grand Hall. If he could leave immediately, he certainly wouldn't want to slowly cultivate a physical body; he still preferred his spirit demon form.
Moreover, he thought Ye Liuyun would make a lion's demand, but unexpectedly it was just bringing some people to train at the Artistic Conception Stone Forest. This request meant nothing to him. The Artistic Conception Stone Forest sits there; whether he uses it or not makes no difference to him.
Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun had already made up his mind: if the spirit demon disagreed, he would directly use the Technique to kill it together.
He didn't make other demands because he felt the resources in this Secret Realm were just average; having them or not wouldn't matter much.
The spirit demon pretended to ponder for a moment, then said to Ye Liuyun: "Well then, since you have no other excessive demands, I can accommodate you, allowing you to train freely within the Artistic Conception Stone Forest.
"But your activity range must be limited to that area; you cannot go outside."
Ye Liuyun didn't care how he put it; as long as he agreed, that was fine. So he immediately agreed as well.
"No problem, we'll only train within the Artistic Conception Stone Forest, not leaving that area."
Thus they reached an agreement. But when Ye Liuyun tried to sign a Divine Soul Contract, he ran into trouble: the Grand Hall shields against Spiritual Soul Attacks, so they couldn't sign a Divine Soul Contract.
If he didn't sign a Divine Soul Contract with that spirit demon, he wouldn't dare bring others
to bring along, for if the spirit demon suddenly changed its mind, he'd surely be unable to watch over so many people at once. And that spirit demon could, with a single thought, kill people or move them away; then those people would all become hostages of the spirit demon.
The spirit demon, however, felt pleased inside, feigning helplessness as he said: "There's no way, this Grand Hall shields everything; I also can't sign a Divine Soul Contract with you.
"But I can guarantee that once you let me out, I will sign a Divine Soul Contract with you, and I will absolutely not violate the agreement we reached."
Although he said that with his mouth, in his heart he was thinking that once he left, he could move freely and no longer worry about using some Primordial Power; then it would be his word that counted.
Rather, he might as well kill Ye Liuyun to prevent him from leaking this place's secrets. Afterwards he would shift the Secret Realm away, so no one could find him again.
Ye Liuyun also considered that possibility. But without releasing the spirit demon, he couldn't sign a contract with it, nor dare bring others along.
"Fine. Remember your guarantee, or you'll regret it!" Ye Liuyun also agreed.
"Of course. Rest assured, I keep my word!" the spirit demon also feigned agreement.
But his squinting, wiggling expression made Ye Liuyun more wary. Although the spirit demon always wore that comical look, one couldn't judge his thoughts solely from his expression.
Ye Liuyun immediately fired the Technique at the Grand Hall's formation core. This strike would not only destroy the formation but also directly blast a hole in the Grand Hall.
Seeing Ye Liuyun's Technique so formidable, the spirit demon also knew even he couldn't block it. So he also made up his mind: after leaving, he would first strike Ye Liuyun, absolutely not giving Ye Liuyun the chance to attack first.
So when Ye Liuyun withdrew his Technique, the spirit demon instantly flew out of the Grand Hall, not even having time to rejoice, immediately employing Primordial Power to lock down Ye Liuyun, while simultaneously using Spatial Power to squeeze him.
Ye Liuyun had also been staying alert. When the spirit demon moved, he immediately used Time Power to freeze time, first borrowing the strength of Space World to blast open the binding and squeezing forces, then he released his own Soul, rushing into the spirit demon's Sea of Consciousness.
The spirit demon's Soul Power was not much weaker than his, likely having trained for a long time. But he had only cultivated a single Soul. Ye Liuyun immediately dragged that spirit demon's Soul into his own Sea of Consciousness.
When Ye Liuyun restored the Time Flow Speed, that spirit demon didn't know what had happened before, merely discovered that he had actually already arrived in Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness, and was also covered by the Ten Thousand Gods Command, and Divine Soul Power was also being rapidly devoured, immediately he flusteredly made excuses to Ye Liuyun.
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