Chapter 570: Palace‑Attired Beauty

Qing Lin took the initiative to find him and even had him take charge of drafting the divine soul contract to dispel his worries.

"Could it also know that I have the Ten Thousand Gods Command? That's why it had me draft the contract, so I wouldn't suspect anything?"

Ye Liuyun also felt puzzled in his heart.

Logically, the contract he drafted would surely not harm him, yet this little fellow signed it without hesitation. It doesn't seem like it intends to harm him either.

"Never mind, first find Liang Xue then talk!"

Thinking this through, Ye Liuyun had Qing Lin lead the way to find Liang Xue.

Qing Lin no longer delayed, shrinking its body even smaller, like a little green dog, it leapt into Ye Liuyun's arms, urging him to rush to the central region of the Secret Realm.

Ye Liuyun now had a map, and with Qing Lin's help, he confirmed his direction, making further action much easier.

Moreover, Qing Lin was very familiar with the situation inside the Secret Realm, and would even let Ye Liuyun know in advance where any high‑level ferocious beasts were, so he could avoid them.

Wherever there were treasures Ye Liuyun could collect or ferocious beasts he could defeat, Qing Lin would also remind him, urging him to seize the treasure.

When seizing treasures, Qing Lin would stand aside watching the excitement, cheering Ye Liuyun on. After Ye Liuyun dug out the monster's core, he gave his entire physical body to Qing Lin.

When Ye Liuyun encountered low‑level ferocious beasts, he would also release Bai Hu to join the fight. However, in this Secret Realm Bai Hu seldom met any beast it could defeat; most of the time it assisted Ye Liuyun, cleaned up the battlefield, and helped gather medicinal herbs.

Qing Lin's way of eating is always to burn the food with green fire and then absorb the energy. Ye Liuyun also doesn't know whether it is cultivating or if it always eats like this; when he asks, it doesn't answer.

When not fighting, they traveled through the void, so overall their speed was still quite fast.

Three days later, Ye Liuyun had already approached the central region of the Secret Realm. The sensation of Liang Xue's divine sense mark on her body had indeed become much stronger.

However, this Secret Realm might be somewhat special. Although he felt Liang Xue was not far away, he could never sense her exact location, only knowing the general direction.

In the central region of the Secret Realm there was a hidden canyon.

At the canyon's entrance, black fog permeated the air, and not a blade of grass grew.

The black mist possessed extremely strong corrosiveness, yet its range never expanded nor drifted away with the wind; it simply gathered at the valley mouth, blocking outsiders from entering.

Outside the black mist, a woman dressed in goose‑yellow palace attire stood not far away, observing the situation here.

Her cultivation realm was the Yin‑Yang Triple.

Upon reaching this realm, a martial cultivator's comprehension of Heaven and Earth Power deepens and its application becomes more proficient; consequently, their bearing far surpasses that of ordinary people.

This woman was tall and slender, graceful as a jade pillar. Her fair skin, paired with the goose‑yellow palace robes, gave her an outstanding demeanor that made anyone who saw her mistake her for a celestial maiden descended to the mortal world.

At this moment, Heaven and Earth Power gathered around her; the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, her figure flickered, and she slipped through the black mist into the canyon.

The Heaven and Earth Power surrounding her pushed the black mist aside, having absolutely no effect on her.

The woman easily pierced the black mist and arrived in the valley. Inside the valley, however, was a completely different scene: rare medicinal herbs covered the ground, and birdsong mingled with floral fragrance.

Here the wild and barbaric aura was even stronger, and the environment remained more pristine.

The woman drew a deep breath, casually plucked a few bunches of flowers, and began to stroll through the valley, gradually heading deeper into it.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun also brought Qing Lin and rushed to the outside of the black mist at the valley entrance.

He and Qing Lin had already seen from afar the woman in goose‑yellow palace attire entering the mist. Ye Liuyun also felt that Qing Lin seemed even more anxious, urging him to speed up.

Before the black mist, Ye Liuyun had just emerged from the void when Qing Lin's whole body ignited with green fire and charged straight into the mist.

Ye Liuyun also had no idea why it was in such a hurry!

He dared not recklessly charge into that black mist. He first tried to hide within the void, then pass through the valley mouth, only to discover that the space inside seemed different from the outside.

Passing through the void, he could not fully enter this mountain valley.

Left with no choice, he had to try to force his way in with sheer strength. After observing for a while, he summoned his full strength, using the Primordial War God to gather Heaven and Earth Power, his whole body simultaneously covered in Golden Crow Holy Fire, and only then dared to approach the black mist.

Although his speed was fast, the black mist's potent toxicity corroded even faster.

As soon as he entered, the Golden Crow Holy Fire was almost extinguished by the black mist. Fortunately, the Heaven and Earth Power drawn upon by the Primordial War God also had some effect.

Ye Liuyun had exerted all his various powers to the utmost, which barely allowed him to pass. Though it seemed only a few breaths, it nearly exhausted all his strength—more than a major battle would consume.

After entering, he had no time to think; he immediately ran to one side, entered the Xuan Kong Shi, took out a Spirit Stone, and began to replenish his True Essence. Since the situation inside the valley was unclear, he dared not advance recklessly before his True Essence recovered.

Here he could also absorb the wild and barbaric qi at the same time, so this time his cultivation proceeded even faster than usual.

At this moment, Qing Lin had already caught up to the woman in goose‑yellow palace attire.

"Huh, little guy, where did you come from?" The woman saw Qing Lin making various human‑like expressions and gesturing, and was instantly attracted to it.

"This little qilin seems highly intelligent; bringing it back as a pet would be quite nice!"

After a moment's thought, she began to ask Qing Lin: "Do you have a master?"

Qing Lin nodded, then pointed to its own eyes, and then pointed to a golden ornament on the woman's body.

"A master? Eyes? Golden?"

In an instant she realized, smiling as she asked: "Is your master that Golden‑Pupil youth? Are you from the Outer Region?"

Qing Lin nodded repeatedly, then ran to the woman's feet and rubbed against them.

"All right, then follow me for now. When I meet your master, I'll hand you over to him."

The woman said this, then produced a Spirit Fruit for Qing Lin to eat. Qing Lin swallowed the green fruit in one gulp, whereupon it clung to the woman and refused to leave.

The woman had originally intended to keep this Qing Lin, using it as an opportunity to find Ye Liuyun, but unexpectedly Qing Lin shook its head, then hugged her leg, and finally leapt straight into her arms, clinging to her and refusing to let go.

"Do you want to follow me forever?" the woman found it somewhat unbelievable, but still asked aloud.

Qing Lin, however, happily nodded.

The woman was no fool either; she immediately inspected the contract in Qing Lin's Sea of Consciousness and discovered that this Qing Lin had signed only an ordinary equal contract with Ye Liuyun. "No wonder this little thing wanted to betray its master—it turned out they had merely signed an equal contract."