94: Chapter 94: Different Thoughts

A terrifying golden sword beam surged out from the jade talisman, slashing straight toward the protective barrier!

With a thought from Xiao Yuan, a corner of the Formation opened up! The two displayed tacit understanding at this moment!

The golden sword beam drove straight in, heading directly for the Late Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator!

"No—!"

That person desperately channeled spiritual power, summoning out all his defensive Magical Artifacts!

But before the jade talisman treasure, those defenses were as fragile as paper!

Boom!!!

The golden sword beam slammed into him, slicing him directly in half!

The corpse fell to the ground, eyes wide open in death.

"The first one," Xiao Yuan said calmly.

The sword beam from the jade talisman treasure did not stop, continuing to slash toward the second person!

That person screamed in horror and turned to flee, but was trapped by the Formation, unable to budge!

Boom!

Another person fell!

The remaining two turned deathly pale, desperately attacking the Formation in an attempt to escape!

Xiao Yuan raised his hand with a wave, activating the Formation!

The power of the Five Elements rotated, transforming into countless streams of Sword Qi that strangled toward the two!

"Ah—!"

Amidst miserable screams, the two were chopped into pieces by the Sword Qi.

Four Foundation Establishment Cultivators, completely wiped out.

Xiao Yuan pulled back his hand and looked at the golden sword beam still barging around inside the Formation.

That was the power of the jade talisman treasure; after one blow, most of its power still remained.

With a thought, the Formation shrank, trapping the sword beam within it. Reasonably speaking, the power of a jade talisman treasure was not something the Formation he set up could withstand, as it was equivalent to an attack from the Early Golden Core stage.

Although Su Ruotong was only at Early Foundation Establishment and could definitely not unleash Golden Core level power, if forcefully driven, it could still achieve the power of Peak Foundation Establishment.

If it attacked forcefully, his Formation wouldn't be able to stop it at all. However, Su Ruotong had already activated it twice, so its power had naturally diminished.

Therefore, the jade talisman treasure was still trapped by Xiao Yuan's Formation.

Of course, Xiao Yuan doing this wasn't burning bridges; he was merely taking precautions! In case Su Ruotong moved against him, with her possessing the jade talisman treasure, he wasn't confident he could beat her!

As the jade talisman treasure was trapped, Su Ruotong's face turned pale in an instant.

Her eyes widened as she looked at Xiao Yuan in disbelief.

He... he trapped the jade talisman treasure?

That jade talisman was connected to her mind and soul! At this moment, she couldn't even sense it!

A chill rose from the depths of her heart.

What... what was he trying to do?

Kill her and steal her treasure? She had also been guarding against Xiao Yuan. This was precisely why she had hesitated and was reluctant to act.

Placing one's safety on laughable Sect fellowship—that would make one a true fool!

She instinctively took a step back, her eyes filled with vigilance.

Ye Qingcen was also stunned, opening her mouth slightly, unable to say a word.

Su Li stood behind Xiao Yuan with a calm expression. She knew Xiao Yuan wouldn't do such a thing, but one always had to guard against anyone!

Xiao Yuan glanced at Su Ruotong and waved his hand.

The Formation was dispelled.

He reached out to grasp the air, and the golden sword beam fell into his hand, turning back into a jade talisman.

Holding the jade talisman, Xiao Yuan walked toward Su Ruotong.

Su Ruotong's body tensed up, her palms covered in sweat.

He wouldn't...

Xiao Yuan stopped in front of her and handed her the jade talisman.

"Here."

Su Ruotong was stunned.

She looked at the jade talisman, then at Xiao Yuan, momentarily unsure if she should take it.

Xiao Yuan wasn't in a rush either, holding up the jade talisman and waiting for her.

After a few seconds, Su Ruotong reached out to take the jade talisman, her voice slightly dry: "Are... aren't you afraid I'll turn against you?"

Xiao Yuan smiled: "If you intended to turn against me, you wouldn't have acted earlier."

Su Ruotong fell silent.

Xiao Yuan continued: "Thank you for your help, Senior Sister. I will remember this favor."

He paused, then added: "As for me entering the Secret Realm under the identity of another School..."

Su Ruotong hurriedly said: "Rest assured, I won't breathe a word of it."

Xiao Yuan looked at her and said indifferently: "Then thank you, Senior Sister. Speaking of which, I also have to thank you for not announcing to the outside world after taking back the jade talisman treasure back then. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been forced to follow another Sect just to enter this Secret Realm!"

Su Ruotong froze, then caught the dissatisfaction in his voice.

Not announcing it publicly...

When Xiao Yuan returned the jade talisman treasure back then, he had indeed mentioned that Zhao Mingfang and Chen Yin coveted the item. Although she had been angry at the time, she hadn't gone to cause trouble for those two.

Looking at it now, her failure to clarify that the jade talisman treasure had been recovered caused Xiao Yuan to be held in resentment by those two.

Seeing Xiao Yuan's dissatisfaction now, those two had likely caused him no small amount of trouble. Xiao Yuan might have even narrowly escaped death several times.

At this thought, a surge of guilt welled up inside her.

"I'm sorry," she said softly. "It was my oversight, causing you to suffer such injustice."

Xiao Yuan waved his hand: "What's in the past is in the past."

He only wanted to express his dissatisfaction without intending to settle old scores. Regardless, she had helped him just now.

Although, even if she hadn't acted, relying on his trump cards he could still have killed those four Foundation Establishment Cultivators, Xiao Yuan likely would have been exhausted or paid a steep price!

In truth, he should actually be thanking her!

Seeing his demeanor, Su Ruotong assumed Xiao Yuan was still angry.

She took a deep breath and raised her right hand: "I, Su Ruotong, swear upon my Dao Heart that I will never leak the matter of Xiao Yuan entering the Secret Realm under another School's identity. If I violate this oath, my cultivation shall never progress an inch, and I shall die consumed by Heart Demons!"

She looked at the two Jade Maiden Palace Qi Refining Disciples: "You two swear as well."

The two Disciples hurriedly spoke up and swore the oath.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Yuan was slightly startled. In truth, whether they swore or not didn't matter. Even if the Sect investigated, he could simply deny it.

The Sect wouldn't cling to such a minor matter endlessly either! Su Ruotong was taking it too seriously.

However, thinking about it, she was probably worried Xiao Yuan might harbor thoughts of killing them to silence them, so she simply wanted to ease his mind!

When it was Ye Qingcen's turn, she bit her lip and looked at Xiao Yuan with a resentful gaze. Thinking back to when Xiao Yuan left the Sect, he had even dragged her off to bully her thoroughly once.

Yet meeting now, this fellow actually wanted to force her to swear an oath. Was she really that bad?!

Xiao Yuan felt a bit uncomfortable under her gaze and coughed dryly: "Um... Senior Sister Ye?"

He was indeed very embarrassed right now. It was one thing to have his identity recognized, but now he was with Su Li, and their relationship was quite intimate.

He felt like a husband caught red-handed cheating by his wife!

Ye Qingcen huffed and turned her face away.

But she still raised her hand and said reluctantly: "I, Ye Qingcen, swear upon my Dao Heart that I will never leak... this matter... Hmph!"

After finishing, she let out a soft huff, glared fiercely at Xiao Yuan, and then turned a sour gaze toward Su Li.

Su Li looked at Ye Qingcen with some confusion, though she could vaguely sense that the relationship between Ye Qingcen and Xiao Yuan seemed anything but simple.

She gave Xiao Yuan a deep look, a playful smile hanging at the corner of her lips!

Seeing her like this, Xiao Yuan could only show a helpless expression. At a time like this, he really didn't know what to do!

Since this girl was throwing a tantrum, let her be! Either way, he wasn't going to coax her!

At this moment, he turned his gaze toward the remaining dozen or so Spirit Medicines that were over ten thousand years old, most of which were fire-attributed!

Moreover, the most precious among them was even comparable to the finest Foundation Establishment spirit item! Using it to refine Five Elements foundation establishment pills would definitely produce top-tier quality!

Su Ruotong and the others also looked at those dozen-plus Spirit Medicines, and the atmosphere on the scene instantly grew somewhat oppressive again. How were these Spirit Medicines going to be distributed?!

One had to know these were treasures coveted even by Nascent Soul old monsters!