Chapter 778

The formidable strength displayed by the hunchbacked old man before also let Qiu Wuxin know that the background of this group of people, the woman in white clothes, was somewhat extraordinary; the other party was definitely not an ordinary rogue cultivator of the local area, but very likely a disciple of a big sect from another cultivation world.

Although a strong dragon does not suppress a local snake, even if the woman in white clothes and they were truly disciples of a Nascent Soul sect from outside, Qiu Wuxin was also not afraid of offending the other party in the "Tianhai Cultivation World."

It's just that, in case the woman in white clothes was truly a core disciple of a Nascent Soul sect from another cultivation world, traveling outside, she might have formidable protective means left by her elders on her.

Facing such foreign cultivators whose background was unknown and who possessed many high-tier magic treasures and spiritual objects, even Qiu Wuxin, a heaven's pride who had been focused on by a Nascent Soul sect since childhood, also had a hint of caution on his face at this moment.

Arrogant as he was, but being able to cultivate all the way to the ninth layer of Jin Dan, Qiu Wuxin was naturally also not someone who was simple-minded and reckless when encountering things.

Even though he had already occupied an absolute advantage at the moment, Qiu Wuxin still first tried the method of attacking the heart, wanting to see if he could save himself some effort and let the woman in white clothes take the initiative to hand over the "Thunder Infant Fruit" herself.

However, facing Qiu Wuxin's verbal temptation, the woman in white clothes' face was very firm and didn't waver in the slightest because she was in a dangerous situation.

The woman in white clothes, while casting spells to control the flying boat under her feet, also took out a third-grade mid-quality spiritual talisman, transforming into a giant axe and slashing toward Qiu Wuxin who was chasing relentlessly behind her, wanting to use this to force back the opponent and widen the distance from him.

"Hmph! Truly not knowing what is good for you; with just this little ability, do you think you can escape?"

Seeing that the woman in white clothes not only didn't pay attention to what he said, but instead dared to take the initiative to take action against him, Qiu Wuxin's face also appeared somewhat displeased.

After an angry reprimand, the "Li Huo Chi Xin Sword" in Qiu Wuxin's hand transformed into a streak of powerful crimson blood light and rushed toward the front, not putting the other party's attack in his eyes at all.

A moment later, the crimson blood light collided with the giant axe released by the woman in white clothes in the air.

It's just that the giant axe, under the powerful attack of the crimson blood light, only supported for a short while before it soon disappeared between heaven and earth, not helping the woman in white clothes block Qiu Wuxin for long.

Seeing that the spiritual talisman attack she cast was actually blocked by the opponent so easily, a burst of surprise suddenly appeared on the woman in white clothes' face.

Facing Qiu Wuxin, she, who seemed to be already at her wit's end, could only desperately increase her magic power to drive the flying boat under her feet to accelerate and escape from here.

But the woman in white clothes' cultivation, compared to Qiu Wuxin, was after all much worse; although she had already exerted her strength to cast spells wanting to shake off the opponent, a quarter of an hour later, she was still caught up by Qiu Wuxin and had her path blocked in front as expected.

"Fellow Daoist, it ends here today!"

Seeing Qiu Wuxin, who was facing her with frost on his face and already prepared to take action against her, the woman in white clothes, who had originally had a very firm expression, also had a hint of panic flash in her eyes at this moment.

"This Fellow Daoist, wait! This little girl still has words to say!"

Perhaps knowing that she could no longer hide, at this moment, the woman in white clothes no longer had the calmness from before, and after shouting somewhat flusteredly at Qiu Wuxin, she took the initiative to take out a wooden box that was originally tied to her waist.

"Fellow Daoist is truly formidable; even Old Qi failed to drag you down. We were not defeated unjustly today; since Fellow Daoist only came for this object, then since you won, you can take this thing!"

"However, before this, Fellow Daoist must give me a promise: you are not allowed to find trouble for us next, and let the three of us leave the secret realm safely; otherwise, even if I destroy this thing today, I will not let your Excellency get your wish."

After saying this, the woman in white clothes had another mass of somewhat strange blue flames in her hand, and the flames rapidly wrapped around the wooden box, continuously exuding bursts of scorching spiritual light, as if she would burn the wooden box in her hand to ashes in the next moment.

Seeing that the other party actually used the "Thunder Infant Fruit" to threaten him, a hint of displeasure suddenly appeared on Qiu Wuxin's face not far away.

But when he saw the serious look on the woman in white clothes' face, which didn't look like empty words, Qiu Wuxin hesitated slightly for a moment, but still took the initiative to stop the "Li Huo Chi Xin Sword" that was preparing to attack the other party in mid-air.

Seeing the crimson flying sword not far in front finally stop, the woman in white clothes, who had been nervous all along, finally breathed a sigh of relief slightly.

"My Falling Maple Valley has no life-and-death enmity with you; today I, Qiu, only take the Thunder Infant Fruit. As long as you, Fellow Daoist, hand over this object, there is nothing for us to dispute; you, Fellow Daoist, can naturally leave safely."

"Fellow Daoist, rest assured, my Falling Maple Valley is after all a Nascent Soul big sect; it won't go back on its word. As long as you don't go against us next, where you want to go is your own business; I can guarantee here that Falling Maple Valley will not find trouble for you again."

Hearing the promise made by Qiu Wuxin in his mouth, there wasn't much change on the woman in white clothes' face, and she shook her head with a calm expression: "Although you, Fellow Daoist, are from a Nascent Soul sect, this empty guarantee alone makes it very difficult for me to believe that you won't go back on your word after you get the spiritual object."

Seeing that the other party didn't believe him, there wasn't much surprise on Qiu Wuxin's face, and he replied directly: "Then what kind of guarantee does your Excellency need to be satisfied? You might as well just say it!"

"I didn't bring a soul contract with me this time, so I won't make things difficult for you, Fellow Daoist; but if you want me to believe you, your Excellency must first take a Heavenly Dao oath; this requirement shouldn't be too much for you, right!"

A soul contract is a contract that can bind the life and death of both parties, and the restrictions on cultivators are extremely huge; generally, unless encountering life-and-death matters, very few cultivators will be willing to take the initiative to sign this kind of contract with others.

As for the Heavenly Dao oath mentioned by the woman in white clothes, it is relatively simpler; it is an oath made by a cultivator directly to the Heavenly Dao of this interface, which does not require too many cumbersome steps, nor does it need to prepare contract notes beforehand.

It's just that the credibility of the Heavenly Dao oath, and the restrictions on ordinary cultivators, are far from being as high as the soul contract.

Even if a cultivator violates his Heavenly Dao oath after taking the oath, it will only affect his state of mind when he breaks through the cultivation realm later, and he might not be favored by the Heavenly Dao because of this, inviting inner demons to enter the body and causing the breakthrough of the realm to fail, which does not pose a direct threat to the cultivator's life.

This kind of agreement method, which has relatively less cost, is also a relatively common way for many ordinary cultivators in the cultivation world to promise the other party.

Although the Heavenly Dao oath will only have some influence when breaking through the cultivation realm, it has no restrictions on those cultivators whose path has already been cut off and who have no hope of breaking through the next major realm.

But for a cultivator like Qiu Wuxin who has already cultivated to the ninth layer of Jin Dan and has a high probability of breaking through the Nascent Soul realm, the situation is somewhat different.

If he violates his Heavenly Dao oath, it might not have any influence on Qiu Wuxin for a while, but when he breaks through the Nascent Soul realm in the future, the entry of inner demons is very likely to cause his breakthrough of the realm to fail and his path to be cut off.

It is precisely because she saw this point that the woman in white clothes took the initiative to ask Qiu Wuxin to take the Heavenly Dao oath.

"Since you, Fellow Daoist, insist on this, I can agree to you; but this is my bottom line. If you dare to make any more requests to me in a while, don't blame me for not reminding you beforehand."

Hearing the requirement proposed by the other party, Qiu Wuxin just remained silent for a moment, then nodded and agreed to the other party's opinion, opening his mouth to take the Heavenly Dao oath toward the woman in white clothes.

Seeing that the other party was so straightforward, the woman in white clothes nodded with satisfaction, and without too much hesitation, directly threw the wooden box in her hand toward the location where Qiu Wuxin was.

After sending out the wooden box in her hand, the woman in white clothes didn't continue to stay on the spot, but directly turned around and changed direction to escape rapidly.

It's just that before the flying boat under her feet could leave very far, a golden light suddenly shot over from the side; the woman in white clothes hurriedly stopped the flying boat and dodged to the side, and when she turned around, a majestic golden lion had already blocked in front of her.

This "Golden Lion Puppet Beast" had been seen by the woman in white clothes before; Qiu Wuxin had used it to contain the woman in black clothes, her companion, and knowing who was taking action against her, she immediately turned her head and revealed a look of shock.

"Fellow Daoist Qiu, what is the meaning of this? Your Excellency has already taken the Heavenly Dao oath just now; why are you still unwilling to let me leave?"

Seeing the surprise on the woman in white clothes' face, Qiu Wuxin, who was holding the wooden box that the other party had just thrown over, suddenly revealed a hint of triumph on his face.

"Heh heh! Fellow Daoist is truly somewhat naive; this kind of Heavenly Dao oath, I have taken it seven or eight times even if not ten times before, and I have long not cared about these."

"Perhaps you will feel that things like inner demons obstructing the path have a great influence on a cultivator's breakthrough in cultivation, but to me, this is actually not scary at all; at most, when breaking through cultivation, I will seek one or two spiritual objects that restrain inner demons."

"Compared to this, I am more afraid that I will not have the opportunity to break through cultivation in the future; if there is no opportunity to go further, what meaning does inner demon obstruction have for us?"

"You have cultivated for so many years, how can you not even see through such a simple truth."

"Your Excellency appears to be full of righteousness on the surface, but didn't expect that you are such a shameless person behind the scenes, actually being able to betray the Heavenly Dao oath you took so easily."

"Ha ha..., the cultivation world is originally a place where the weak are the prey of the strong; whether it is full of righteousness or a shameless person, in the end, isn't it whoever has strong strength has the reason!"

"Do you think those high and lofty Nascent Soul Old Ancestors are all good people? Being able to cultivate to the Nascent Soul realm, which one of them didn't climb up on the corpses of countless low-tier cultivators, and how many dare to say that they have never done anything against their conscience? There are so many shameless people in this cultivation world, so I am not missing one."

Seeing the somewhat frustrated look on the woman in white clothes' face when she angrily reprimanded him, Qiu Wuxin felt even more triumphant in his heart at this moment, giving him a sense of pleasure in playing with his opponent.

But facing Qiu Wuxin's going back on his word, the woman in white clothes, although very angry at this moment, didn't appear too panicked, and continued to ask: "Fellow Daoist, you don't let me go; what exactly do you still want?"

"It's been so long, Old Qi and the others should be catching up soon; I advise you to see when it's good and stop, lest you get nothing in a while."

Although the woman in white clothes said it very seriously, but to Qiu Wuxin's ears, it made him unable to help but laugh on the spot. "Heh heh! Fellow Daoist, I am truly somewhat admiring your naivety now; even at this time, you still dare to bargain with me here."

"Not bad, those two companions of yours are indeed formidable; even if I encounter them, it will be somewhat tricky, but dealing with you won't be so troublesome. Even if they catch up now, it is impossible for you to leave here safely."

"In view of the fact that you took the initiative to hand over the "Thunder Infant Fruit" just now, I don't want to do things too absolutely; if you, Fellow Daoist, are willing to take the initiative to hand over your storage magic treasure, I can let you leave here."

"Your Excellency just went back on your word, and now you come to deceive me like this again; am I really that naive in your eyes? I think this proposal of yours is not good at all; it's better to just let me leave directly."

Hearing Qiu Wuxin's cold threat, the woman in white clothes no longer had any anger on her face at this moment, first shaking her head with a calm expression and directly rejecting his proposal, and then a hint of relaxation also appeared on her face.

"Hmph! Do you think you still have a choice now?" Seeing the woman in white clothes suddenly say this, Qiu Wuxin heard this and snorted coldly, and the "Li Huo Chi Xin Sword" that had been circling around him immediately revealed a burst of blood-red spiritual light.

"Your Excellency managed to deceive the Thunder Infant Fruit from my hand with great difficulty, but didn't open it to take a look; do you trust me so much?"

Just when Qiu Wuxin was preparing to take action to deal with the woman in white clothes, a sentence suddenly said by the other party made him suddenly stop, and he hurriedly looked toward his waist.

Only to see the wooden box that was originally exuding a trace of white thunder light, at this moment, its color suddenly turned pitch black in an instant, and bursts of "crackle" sounds of thunder and lightning crossing were transmitted from above.

"This is... this is not the Thunder Infant Fruit!"

Seeing this scene, Qiu Wuxin was also incomparably shocked at this moment, hurriedly throwing the wooden box at his waist rapidly into the air, making it stay away from himself.

But this wooden box he had just thrown out suddenly exploded in the air; before Qiu Wuxin could react, a black iron cage flashing with white light immediately trapped his whole person inside.

"Small tricks, still dare to show ugliness in front of me!"

Qiu Wuxin, who was trapped in the black iron cage, seeing that this thing could only trap the enemy and had no attack, didn't reveal a look of panic, hurriedly manipulating the "Li Huo Chi Xin Sword" outside to turn the sword light and stab toward the iron cage, wanting to break free for himself.

However, this black iron prison, facing the attack of the "Li Huo Chi Xin Sword," this fourth-grade magic treasure, was unexpectedly very solid, contrary to Qiu Wuxin's expectation, and was not destroyed by his one sword.

"This Heavenly Gang Ice Prison Talisman of mine, although it is a small trick, it is refined from the skin of a fourth-grade shapeshifting demon beast in the sea; although its power is not yet comparable to a fourth-grade spiritual talisman, it is not something that an ordinary third-grade top-quality spiritual talisman can compare to."

"This is a rare treasure on my body; if it weren't for the fact that you, Fellow Daoist, forced me too much today, I really wouldn't be willing to take it out!"

"Just now, this little diversionary tactic, although it could deceive ordinary people, with your cultivation, Fellow Daoist, it shouldn't have been so easy to be fooled; blame it on the fact that you are truly too greedy; you wanted the spiritual fruit but didn't know how to be satisfied, and now you have gained nothing!"

Seeing Qiu Wuxin desperately driving the "Li Huo Chi Xin Sword" to attack the black iron prison beside him, there was not too much worry on the woman in white clothes' face, and she specially came to this black cage to mock Qiu Wuxin, who was trapped, for a sentence.

The wooden box that the woman in white clothes took the initiative to hand over after being caught up by Qiu Wuxin before didn't contain the "Thunder Infant Fruit" she said, but a third-grade top-quality spiritual talisman with huge power.

This "Heavenly Gang Ice Prison Talisman" itself carried a trace of ice-thunder spiritual energy, and before being put into the wooden box, it was tampered with by the woman in white clothes, deliberately disguised as a high-tier thunder-attribute spiritual object; it was indeed very difficult to discover the abnormality without opening the wooden box to look closely.

Plus the woman in white clothes deliberately pretended to compromise at that time, and the appearance she revealed when forcing Qiu Wuxin to take the Heavenly Dao oath was very serious; this point also made him not expect that the other party was actually plotting against him from the beginning.

After all, the woman in white clothes' cultivation was only sixth-layer Jin Dan; compared to Qiu Wuxin, who held a fourth-grade magic treasure, the gap in strength was not just a little bit, which indeed also made Qiu Wuxin relax his guard against her somewhat.

Just when receiving the wooden box, because Qiu Wuxin was in a hurry to intercept the woman in white clothes who wanted to take the opportunity to escape, he didn't hurry to open the wooden box, nor did he discover the abnormality inside in time, which was why he finally fell into the trap designed for him by the woman in white clothes.

"The Heavenly Gang Ice Prison Talisman can at least trap your Excellency for half an hour; Fellow Daoist, just stay here with peace of mind; I will take this Thunder Infant Fruit first, and this little girl will not accompany you!"

After mocking Qiu Wuxin for a few sentences, the woman in white clothes took out another wooden box containing the "Thunder Infant Fruit" at her waist, deliberately showing it off in front of the other party, and only then turned around with a smile and transformed into a streak of light, preparing to stay away from here.

Just when the woman in white clothes turned around to leave, a white light suddenly lit up in front, and immediately after, a black figure appeared out of thin air before her eyes, blocking her.

"Senior Sister Yu, why is it you? Has Old Qi also broken free?"

Seeing the woman in black clothes suddenly appear before her eyes looking at herself with a happy face, a hint of joy naturally appeared on the woman in white clothes' face.

Just when she wanted to greet her companion, she suddenly felt a trace of something wrong in her mind and hurriedly stopped her figure.

"No, you are not Senior Sister Yu!" The woman in white clothes' expression changed slightly, and after shouting a sentence, she directly released a sharp sword blade toward the woman in black clothes in the distance.

That woman in black clothes, facing such a sharp sword blade attacking, had no change in her expression at all; after being hit by the sword blade, she directly dispersed rapidly in front of the woman in white clothes, transforming into a group of golden butterflies fluttering in five colors.

These golden butterflies flashed with bursts of dazzling light, soon arriving around the woman in white clothes and surrounding her in the middle.

"Who is your Excellency, hiding here and sneaking an attack on me!"

Regarding the woman in white clothes' inquiry, no one answered her in the surroundings; after being surrounded by these golden butterflies, she immediately took out a flying sword magic treasure in her hand and sent out several sword lights to behead the few butterflies around, wanting to break free from the harassment of these butterflies rapidly.

However, although these golden butterflies didn't look formidable, their number was truly too many; the woman in white clothes beheaded dozens of them in succession, but the number of golden butterflies around actually didn't decrease but instead increased by quite a bit.

"This spiritual insect, could it be a diversionary tactic!"

Discovering that she had clearly beheaded several golden butterflies just now, but there were no corpses falling, the woman in white clothes also reacted that these spiritual insects seemed to be transformed by illusions.

Seeing this, the woman in white clothes cast a spell to take out a white spiritual pearl magic treasure and placed it on her head; after a burst of white light flashed, the hundreds of golden butterflies that were originally surrounding her suddenly disappeared, leaving only a dozen or so still circling beside her.

Just when the woman in white clothes broke the spiritual insect illusion technique before her eyes and prepared to leave here, five copper mirrors suddenly fell from the sky, transforming into five copper mirrors and surrounding the woman in white clothes in the middle.

Before the woman in white clothes could cast a spell to break this cage, these five copper mirrors surrounding her rapidly shot out more than ten purple spiritual lights, fixing her figure in mid-air and unable to move.

Just when the woman in white clothes was casting a spell preparing to break free from the control of these purple spiritual lights, a cyan-clothed man drilled out from one of the copper mirrors and stepped forward to snatch the small wooden box containing the "Thunder Infant Fruit" at the woman in white clothes' waist.

"Fellow Daoist, truly good means; didn't expect that I and he were fighting like a snipe and a clam, but in the end, it was cheaper for you!"

The woman in white clothes, who had just cast a spell to break free from the purple spiritual light restraint, saw the cyan-clothed man standing not far from her with his back to her, checking the wooden box in his hand, and spat out a sentence somewhat unwillingly.

Before, in order to break free from Qiu Wuxin's pursuit, she had already consumed a large amount of magic power in her body, and later she cast a spell to drive a high-tier "Heavenly Gang Ice Prison Talisman"; now the magic power left on her body was not much.

And this cyan-clothed man who appeared suddenly, being able to approach her side silently just now, and being able to snatch the "Thunder Infant Fruit" from her hand so quickly, whether it was personal cultivation or combat strength, seemed to be above her.

Clearly she had already successfully trapped Qiu Wuxin, who could have thought that at this final moment, another person would suddenly emerge to snatch the "Thunder Infant Fruit" halfway, and also pluck the victory fruit that originally belonged to her.

Thinking that so many of them had been busy for so long, but in the end, it was making a wedding dress for others, the woman in white clothes looked at Song Qingming at this moment, besides being resentful, there was also a hint of unwillingness on her face.

As for Song Qingming, after confirming the spiritual fruit in the wooden box, it was indeed the "Thunder Infant Fruit" that Feng He had mentioned to him before, a hint of satisfaction also appeared on his face.

Immediately after, he took out a cloth bag that had long been prepared, carefully packed it, and carried it at his waist, only then turning around to look at the woman in white clothes not far away.

"Why is it you again!"

After seeing Song Qingming's face clearly, seeing that the person who snatched the "Thunder Infant Fruit" from her hand was none other than the person who snatched her companion's formation plate in the market before, the woman in white clothes couldn't help but be surprised in her mouth.

Thinking that every time the other party appeared, it seemed that there was nothing good for her, a hint of disgust also grew in her eyes when looking at Song Qingming unknowingly.

"If I had known this, back then outside the "Wind and Thunder Palace," I should have driven him away first!"

The woman in white clothes felt a burst of regret in her heart at this moment, but didn't dare to express it too much in front of Song Qingming, and could only look at the other party somewhat displeased.

Seeing that the other party was so surprised after seeing him, there was no hint of surprise on Song Qingming's face; he smiled slightly at the woman in white clothes and waved his hand to put away the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" that trapped the other party.

"Being able to meet with Fellow Daoist several times, it is indeed a hint of fate!" (End of chapter)