533: A spirit that loves traveling and exploring.

You Yuan was stunned.

Her small mouth slightly agape, eyes fixed, she pointed at Yao Delong:

"You..."

It took her a while to react, and she covered her forehead with a look of frustration,

"... Oh my god! I miscalculated! I forgot that your body is a giant incinerator with an exorcism function! You burn trash more ruthlessly than anyone!"

She waved her hand impatiently,

"Fine, fine! You win! Physical assessment... Excellent! Top-tier excellent! Are you happy now?!"

"Haa..."

With a faint exhale, You Yuan's shoulders, which had been held straight, seemed to slump slightly.

She remained floating in mid-air, though her hands didn't quite know where to rest.

Her fingertips unconsciously twined around the jet-black hair falling over her chest.

She gazed seemingly casually toward the chaotic Void Realm in the distance, and her voice finally stopped feigning pretentiousness:

"The previous rounds... were just following the old rules, going through the motions."

She paused, her tone carrying a rare and imperceptible hint of... nervousness? And anticipation?

"The last sentence... brat,"

She turned her head, her eyes that could see through the cycle of life and Reincarnation staring straight into Yao Delong's eyes,

clear as a newborn infant's, "How... do you intend to 'use' me?"

No matter how Yao Delong answered—whether it was "to wield a sword across the world, slaughtering in all directions,"

or "to guard the Sect, protecting my fellow Daoists," she might appreciate it, but that would be all, just like the many stunning candidates she had briefly encountered over her ten thousand years of existence.

However...

Until Yao Delong made a solemn promise that he would definitely take her to see all the scenery of the world and taste all the immortal wines and spiritual foods...

At that moment!

The aloof Artifact Spirit girl, whose spirit had been dormant for thousands of years, felt the lively spark deep in her eyes ignited completely!

"Swish!"

She floated forward abruptly!

That stunning, cold face instantly moved close to Yao Delong's face,

so close that she could count his eyelashes! Their nose tips were almost touching!

The aura of an ancient Artifact Spirit vanished completely, and a long-suppressed excitement and anticipation belonging to a young girl exploded!

Her crystalline eyes seemed to have fallen into a billion stars, so dazzling that one dared not look directly at them!

"Really?!"

She lowered her voice, carrying a trace of irrepressible, trembling excitement, like a little girl who had finally waited for an adult to fulfill a promise of candy,

"You... you will really run around everywhere? Go to very, very far places??

Those legendary 'Drunken Immortal Workshop', 'Heavenly Cloud Seascape', and the 'Ten Thousand Year Snow Honey Dew' that can melt a person's Divine Soul...

will you take me to all of them? Are the stars now... still as bright as they were in ancient times?

When the moon is full... are there really delicious mooncakes? And that 'Great Evolution Star Boat' that is said to span the sea of stars?

Can you really see one hundred thousand worlds in a day once you board it? ..."

She rattled off a series of questions, as if she wanted to pour out the doubts she had accumulated for thousands of years in an instant!

Her face was filled with pure curiosity and longing.

"Ahem, ahem!"

She seemed to realize she had been too "improper," and straightened her posture, forcing a stern face, though her earlobes blushed a faint red,

"Hmph! This Fairy... I mean, as the spirit of a supreme Dao Artifact,

one needs to personally experience the vast Mortal World, the flow of Yin and Yang, the growth and decay of all things, only then...

only then can one keep one's spirituality clear and one's edge sharp! Understand?

Staying in this 'little dark room' for a long time, what's the difference from being in jail?

Even the best sword will rust! This principle... you understand, right?!"

Yao Delong looked at her tsundere expression, her slightly red ears,

and that look of feigned explanation that couldn't hide her excitement, and felt a warm current mixed with amusement well up in his heart.

He nodded solemnly, his gaze incredibly earnest:

"I understand. I promised you, to travel the mountains and rivers, to eat through all the realms, I will never break my word!"

"Hmph!"

You Yuan turned her head away abruptly, but the genuine, heartfelt smile on the corner of her mouth,

like snow melting and flowers blooming, could no longer be suppressed. "Good!"

she said softly, her voice as clear as the first drop of dew on a spring morning.

The next moment!

"Clang—hum—!!!"

A clear sword hum, more melodious than any before!

It was no longer the Evil Qi of a weapon slaughtering the worlds, but like an ancient kite bird finally awakened and freed from its cage, singing a song of joy and freedom in the high heavens!

The entire Hill of Laws suddenly erupted with an unprecedented, profound light!

Two supreme dao rhymes, one black and one white, soared into the sky,

chasing and intertwining, finally turning into a beam of pure, black-and-white Dao light!

That light, carrying a sense of joy and peace as if returning to the mother's womb, pierced through the Void Realm!

It accurately and unerringly... took the initiative to land in Yao Delong's open palm!

It felt warm to the touch.

Not the coldness of metal, but a temperature and resilience of life.

The sword form had not yet been completely outlined, but the flowing, perfectly balanced Yin and Yang dao rhyme, which seemed to contain the secrets of the Universe's creation and destruction,

had already resonated, achieving a perfect harmony like water and milk with the Sunset Glow Illuminating Yin-Yang Art in his body,

the Great Sun Sacred Body, and even the divine fire deep within his Primordial Spirit!

No refining needed! It was as if... it belonged here! It belonged to him!

"From now on, whenever an enemy stands before you..."

You Yuan's voice, cold yet carrying an unprecedented lightness and a trace of irrepressible excitement, rang directly in Yao Delong's heart, "I shall cut them down for you!"

The words were decisive, a vow after acknowledging a master.

But immediately after, the girl's coquettish tone emerged, completely ruining the domineering aura from just a moment ago:

"However! It's a deal! Delicious food! Fun things! Not a single one can be missing!

This deal, you've hit the jackpot! Keep it to yourself and be happy, kid!"

Immediately, her voice turned serious, with a hint of warning that was also like playful prodding:

"However, don't get happy too early! immortal slaying dark kite, slays immortals and butchers demons!

Every sword strike requires a terrifying amount of pure Yin Yang Origin! With your pathetic little cultivation..."

She paused, gauging Yao Delong's sea of Yuan power.

"To fully activate my core Yin and Yang Law, if you want a one-hit kill... at most, it can support—one stick of incense!"

Her voice carried a playful tone, "So, hurry! Hurry up and get stronger! Become as strong as a real beast!"

"For..."

Her voice returned to that young girl's infinite longing and joy for the distant galaxy,

"So we can go play in more! More fun places! Those so-called Top Ten Immortal Realms, Eight Directions Ghost Markets, I! Want! To! Go! To! All! Of! Them!!"

The words "want to go," filled with endless anticipation, echoed in his mind for a long time, like the clear cry of a kite bird spreading its wings.

Yao Delong gripped the warm, flowing, yet Yin and Yang dao rhyme-filled artifact embryo in his palm, feeling the strange contract interwoven with that heavy power and lively anticipation.

He looked up, gazing into the depths of the Immortal Mausoleum.

Late Stage Soul Transformation? Great Sun Sacred Body newly formed?

Not enough!

Still far from enough!

To fulfill this heavy promise of "sightseeing," what he was carrying on his shoulders...

was a Dao Artifact that required the power to burn the heavens and boil the seas to be fully wielded! And a super foodie Artifact Spirit who had been hungry for thousands of years!

A determined and wild arc lifted the corner of his mouth, and he muttered to himself:

"One stick of incense, huh... That's enough!"

"Hundred Refinements and Mad Extreme Old Devil? Next time we meet, it'll be white blade in, red blade out!"