344: Capture Xuan Tian

[You thought of Qingming.]

[This Qingming... is really quite useless.]

[Without much thought, you immediately sent your Divine Thought soaring and asked via transmission:]

["Qingming, what kind of supreme treasure can turn a Medicinal Pill into a Nine-veined one? How could you not know?"]

[Qingming's voice sounded calmly in your mind: "Of course I know. It is the 'xuantian treasure mirror'."]

["The xuantian treasure mirror?"]

[Qingming explained slowly: "The xuantian treasure mirror once belonged to your Qin Immortal Clan. Later, for some reason, it appeared within my body..."]

["In two thousand years, it has appeared fewer than five times in total. Each time, it used Divine Ability methods to escape. It is very difficult to capture."]

["However, I already have a rough idea of the area where it has recently hidden."]

[Through Qingming's explanation, you roughly understood.]

[You immediately made up your mind: such a supreme treasure must be obtained.]

["Qingming, since you know the area where it's hiding, why haven't you trapped it?"]

["There are things you don't know..." It began to explain in detail...]

["Furthermore, even if it were trapped, it couldn't be subdued for the time being, and it would easily alert the enemy," it added at the end.]

[You roughly understood Qingming's explanation in your heart.]

[Qingming's investigation of the Tianhuang Secret Realm was the same as you using your Divine Sense to inspect your own body.]

[This "Xuantian" was like a virus in the body; if it was in its latent period, it would be very difficult to detect its specific location.]

[Unless one found the exact hiding place of this "virus" and then found a way to resolve it precisely.]

[Of course, this situation was only relative to an Innate Spirit Treasure like "Xuantian."]

[If it didn't have strength like "Xuantian's," it naturally wouldn't be so troublesome.]

[You continued to press: "Then when do you plan to subdue it?"]

[Qingming said calmly: "Once my master... that is, your younger sister, achieves a Soul Transformation Breakthrough, she can subdue it together with me."]

[You nodded in understanding. With the cultivation of a Nascent Soul Cultivator, one cannot control the Law Power; it is indeed very difficult to subdue an Innate Spirit Treasure.]

[Even if forcibly subdued, one could not exert its true strength.]

[But you caught the meaning in Qingming's words.]

[It turned out that Qingming had known about the existence of the xuantian treasure mirror all along and wanted to wait until Qin Yu reached Soul Transformation before subduing it for her use.]

[But since you were already at Soul Transformation, you naturally didn't want to wait any longer.]

[Besides, wouldn't it be better to keep such a supreme treasure for yourself?]

[Suppressing the excitement in your heart, you hurriedly asked via Divine Thought transmission:]

["Qingming, cooperate with me, and we'll subdue it together. What do you think?"]

[Qingming's voice remained calm: "Unless your sister agrees."]

[Before you could speak, Qingming's voice rang out again: "I have asked my master, and she has agreed."]

["Great! When do we start? What do I need to do?" You felt a surge of joy.]

["I will hide a strand of Divine Thought within your body and help mask your aura. You only need to find the location of its true body, and then I will move you both to my Origin Space," Qingming replied.]

[After receiving the response, you looked at Sun Yang: "Take me to see your Sect Master."]

[The moment the words left your mouth, your mind stirred slightly, and the "Illusionary Form Technique" quietly activated, transforming your appearance into that of Wu Bin.]

[To be safe, you also masked your aura along with it.]

[Sun Yang immediately understood upon seeing your new appearance.]

[A few hours later,]

[Sun Yang brought you to the highest point of a vast range of mountains.]

[Among an unremarkable mountain peak, he found a cave entrance hidden by a Formation.]

[At the cave entrance, the glow of a Formation shimmered. Using a jade pendant as proof of identity, Sun Yang led you into the cave.]

[The interior of the cave was dark and deep, not looking like a place for humans to live.]

[As you flew deeper into the cave, you maintained communication with Qingming.]

[About two hours later, the view suddenly opened up—it was actually a naturally formed, spacious Immortal Cave.]

[The four walls were embedded with sparkling blue-light jade stones, their flowing radiance illuminating the cave as bright as day.]

[The Immortal Cave was very expansive, with several passages extending toward unknown places.]

[Standing in the center of the Immortal Cave, Sun Yang cupped his hands toward the empty space and raised his voice:]

["Sect Master, your subordinate has an urgent matter to report!"]

[After a moment, two people walked out of two passages one after another—they were Gu Rihai and Gu Yuetang.]

[Gu Rihai walked closer with a smile: "Brother Sun, thank you for your hard work. What is the urgent matter?"]

[Gu Yuetang's gaze swept over you, her brows furrowing slightly: "Who is he? Didn't I instruct you... not to bring outsiders here?"]

[Sun Yang hurriedly explained: "Sect Master, please appease your anger. This person is a subordinate I recruited named Wu Bin. This matter concerns him, so it's best to let him report to you personally."]

[You cupped your hands as well: "Sect Master, your subordinate... accidentally overheard a monumental secret."]

[Gu Yuetang's gaze narrowed: "What secret?"]

[You lowered your voice and said with a solemn expression:]

["While at the Wangyue Tower, your subordinate happened to hear Cheng Rongrong talking with another person."]

["They said... they had already set an inescapable net and planned to beat you at your own game. When the Tianhuang Continent descends into chaos, they'll take the opportunity to capture that... that thing called 'Xuantian'!"]

[The moment the words were spoken—]

[Whoosh!]

[A beam of light suddenly shot out from between Gu Yuetang's brows, and an bronze ancient mirror emerged, suspended in the air. A phantom about an inch tall condensed on the mirror's surface—it was the artifact spirit xuantian.]

[Xuantian trembled all over, its voice laced with uncontrollable panic:]

["You... what you just said... is it true?!"]

[Suppressing your internal excitement, you cupped your hands seriously: "Your subordinate would not dare to speak nonsense!"]

[Upon hearing this, Xuantian floated back and forth, its voice trembling:]

["Oh no, no, no... I knew it... I knew it! That bastard Qingming is full of bad ideas..."]

["It's over... it's over! They're coming to catch me... what should I do, what should I do!"]

[It spoke incoherently, and even its physical body, the bronze mirror, was trembling slightly. It had clearly fallen into extreme panic and fear.]

[Gu Yuetang looked at Xuantian with a worried face: "Senior Xuantian, how about... we make peace with the Fengyun Pavilion?"]

[Gu Rihai also rubbed his hands nervously: "Yes, yes. I heard that Pavilion Master has the strength of Soul Transformation. Wouldn't crushing us be as easy as crushing an ant?"]

[Xuantian seemed completely oblivious to their words, repeatedly muttering: "What to do, what to do, what to do!"]

[Just then,]

[The space within the Immortal Cave suddenly solidified—]

[All light, shadows, sounds, and air currents were frozen like amber, motionless.]

[Xuantian's physical body jerked violently, and it let out a sharp cry of alarm:]

["Ah—!"]

["It's over!!"]

[Before it could react, the surrounding space began to spin rapidly like ripples on water, and the scene instantly became blurred and collapsed.]

[When the vision became clear again, you and the artifact spirit xuantian—along with that bronze mirror—were already in a space of absolute nothingness.]

[Xuantian stared blankly as you reverted to your true appearance, and then its whole body suddenly froze.]

[It... understood.]