Chapter 100: The Spirit Spring Space is Mine!

"What are you all talking about?"

Just as Qiongqi was boasting and admiring the sudden change in Yu Chunlan's complexion, footsteps suddenly came from behind him.

Along with the *patter-patter* of increasingly heavy water vapor.

All the prisoners in the vicinity suddenly tensed up or began to tremble.

Almost everyone's eyes turned fearful.

Yu Chunlan hadn't understood the situation at first, but when she looked over, she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar from head to toe; it was as if someone had struck her brain with a club, leaving it buzzing.

She saw it!

A snake woman, twisting her slender waist, her emerald-green snake tail slithering forward on the ground.

A Fierce Beast, Hui.

A fox woman, white from head to toe, even her eyelashes and hair were pale, with nine white tails unfurled behind her, her eyes tightly closed.

A Fierce Beast, Nine-Tailed Fox.

Surrounded by smoke-blue water vapor, seawater surged and spread outward from beneath his feet like a tide; his sea-blue long hair wound down to a long fish tail, his chest was sturdy, and in his hand was only a Two-edged Three-pointed Knife.

Yu Chunlan's lips trembled.

"A merman from the Endless Sea... how could he be here?"

She suddenly thought of the two Mermaid Eggs that had been auctioned off at the auction house.

She had originally thought they were stolen by Lu Ren through some unknown method.

Thinking about it now...

Could it be that the merman before her had handed them to Lu Ren? One after another, the wardens had all arrived at the Eighth Layer.

Even Qiongqi felt a bit of pressure.

He shifted his hooves uneasily.

"Why did you bring so many people?"

The snake woman's expression was innocent, yet it hid a malicious smile, "Isn't this what you wanted?"

The fox woman to the side asked coldly: "What exactly is the treasure?"

The merman smiled, not caring at all about the feelings of the other cultivators captured here, as the tides of the Endless Sea were scattered everywhere by him.

He looked gentle, but the words he spoke made one's blood run cold.

"Regardless of what treasure it is, capture them and search their souls to ask; if they don't want to hand it over, they'll have to."

A giant fire-red dog was burning with flames all over its body; the moment the merman's water vapor approached it, it was scorched until it crackled and popped.

It lowered its two front paws, and a crackling sound like boiling flames came from its throat as it growled.

"Kill her! Whatever it is will fall out!"

"Let me do it!"

Yu Chunlan's face turned pale once more.

Although she had never seen this Demon Beast, she could tell what it was just from its appearance, which only made her feel more dizzy and faint.

Fire Beast.

How could there be a Fire Beast?

Wasn't it said that the Fire Beast was already dead?

Beside it, a bovine Fierce Beast covered in long hair, looking like a moldy dumpling, rumbled in its throat, "Can't kill her, the master didn't say..."

Hai Yan rolled his eyes and flicked his shimmering silver tail, "That's why I hate you brainless Fierce Beasts the most."

"Aoyin, it's been I don't know how many years, and you still haven't made any progress."

Yu Chunlan's complexion grew even uglier.

She had never imagined that the Tianlao, which everyone in the Lu Family spoke of with terror, was divided into nine layers, and that there were actually nine wardens within it.

These wardens...

They were all actually Fierce Beasts!

What exactly did Lu Ren want to do? Why did he contract so many Fierce Beasts? Was there truly no one in this cultivation world who could keep him in check? Question after question gradually formed in Yu Chunlan's mind, yet in the end, no one could give her an answer.

The fox woman gently exhaled a breath of white mist.

The Mist of Inundation carried a sense of coercion, making Yu Chunlan's scalp tingle.

She heard the merman ask with a smile: "Little girl, we don't want to make things difficult for you; will you hand it over yourself, or shall we search your soul, break your bones, peel your skin, pull your tendons, dissolve your blood, and then... take it out?"

Yu Chunlan's body shook with every word he spoke.

By now, she had to hand it over whether she wanted to or not.

Looking around, there was no way out. There were quite a few cultivators who had been captured.

But when these few wardens appeared, they were all scared out of their wits.

One by one, they all huddled into the corners, hoping to rely on them...

That was no different from dreaming.

The unwillingness and resentment in Yu Chunlan's heart grew deeper; she dug her fingernails into her palms until they bled, but she knew that as long as the green hills remained, there would be wood to burn, so she had to bite her lip tightly.

"I..."

"I'll hand it over."

Two words filled with hatred and despair were spat out.

Along with them, a curved Crescent Moon was spat out, which had been fused into the Necklace on Yu Chunlan's neck.

Yu Chunlan's eyes widened.

Her eyeballs were full of bloodshot veins as she watched with resentment while the few Demon Beasts took away her Necklace.

"Is this the master's treasure?" Qiongqi curiously fiddled with the Crescent Moon on the Necklace, "Is it a storage item?"

He quickly lost interest, looking bored as he shifted his gaze and pursed his lips.

"What use is this?"

"If Master wants a storage item, aren't there plenty of those?"

"At the very worst, my stomach could be used too!"

Within the belly of a Fierce Beast, one can swallow the world.

He curled his tongue, looking as if he were contemplating his beastly life.

"Or is it that Master's storage items really aren't enough? Otherwise, shall we think of a way to capture a Pixiu?"

After all, a Pixiu has no anus...

Just open its mouth and it's a good bag...

Naturally, the Fierce Beast's suggestion was met with indifference by the other Fierce Beasts.

Hai Yan gripped the Crescent Moon and probed it with his Spirit Power.

His eyes widened quickly, filled with intense astonishment.

"This is!"

"This thing... is indeed a treasure; it must be reported to Master immediately."

Hai Yan made a prompt decision; he turned and vanished without hesitation, clutching the Crescent Moon Necklace tightly in his hand, leaving no chance for the other Fierce Beasts.

The fox woman opened her eyes abruptly, her expression fierce as she looked toward the place where Hai Yan had vanished, her figure flickering and disappearing.

"Roar!"

Aoyin roared in fury, diving into the netherworld to give chase to Hai Yan.

Such an opportunity to earn merit could not be monopolized by that dead fish alone.

Yu Chunlan was filled with unwillingness, watching them walk away with her space, her heart practically dripping blood.

Why?!

On what grounds?!

This wasn't what she wanted! That clearly belonged to her!

Lu Family.

"Oh?"

Lu Ren had not expected that the Spirit Spring Space he had been longing for would end up in his hands so quickly.

He had thought it would take some time.

He had not expected the Fierce Beast to bring it back so soon.

When he closed his eyes and probed it with his Spirit Power, he instantly discovered the mysteries within the Spirit Spring Space.

Hai Yan restrained his water vapor, with only his seaweed-like smoky blue long hair representing his identity.

He smiled warmly.

"Master, I did well, didn't I?"

"May I ask Master for a condition?"

(End of chapter)