As they stepped into the fortress, they were greeted by a massive, empty hall. T stone pilrs stood scattered throughout, their immense height dominating the space. The floor's stoiles, the surrounding walls, the lofty ceiling, and the intricately carved stone pilrs all shared the same bluish-bck hue, exuding an a smell and aura.

  At the end of the hall, the surrounding walls had stone doors spaced every sixty meters. Some were open, revealing paths to unknowinations, while others were closed. A massive round stoage stood at the end, thirty meters tall and three hundred meters wide.

  To the right of the stage, tall stoairs led up to the sed level of the fortress.

  "So big!" Hei Xiaolian excimed in astonishment, c her small mouth with her palm.

  "...W, mind your w, please," Yun Wuji chided her, bck lines appearing on his forehead.

  Jasmine pletely ignored Hei Xiaolian's mischief and observed the hall with her narrowed beautiful eyes.

  "There's something over there," she said, notig something. She pced her palm on Yun Wuji's shoulder, and before he could react, her body fshed. In the moment, they were above the stage.

  "..." Yun Wuji blinked his eyes and gave Jasmine a casual gnce. A Divine Master's speed was so fast that even with his own speed, it was as if they'd teleported, he couldn't even catch a glimpse of the path they crossed.

  "Did you see that red light?" Jasmine poioward the end of the stage and asked.

  Yun Wuji followed her gaze, and a faint red glow seemed to fsh past his eyes once more. He quickly walked over, bent down to touch the bluish-bck rock, and said, "It's here, uhis stage."

  "Move aside, I'll open it," Jasmiold him as she pushed him aside. Aiming her fi the tiles on the floor, a red light appeared, and she fired a thin crimson beam at it.

  Yun Wuji raised an eyebrow at her. Wasn't she a bit too 'eager'? Normally, she wouldn't lift a finger even if she were curious about something. So why was she ag so differently this time?

  What he didn't know was that Jasmihought he was angry at her, and thought that if she acted helpful, Yun Wuji might five her for the prank.

  The red beam faced almost ance, easily cutting open a hole. Jasmihen turo Yun Wuji and said, "Let's go."

  Yun Wuji nodded, and they both jumped down. After desding about 20 or 30 meters, they nded on the ground. Looking around, the space here wasn't rge, no more than thirty meters wide. It was pletely empty and , except for a ball of red light h in the ter of the area.

  The ball was about Yun Wuji's height, appearing perfectly round. The red light it emitted fluctuated, growing stronger and weaker, but overall, the light was soft and cked any offensive power.

  "Sky...Poison...Pearl."

  "Save...save...her."

  At that moment, a very faint voice suddenly echoed through the area.

  "Who is it?!" Jasmine spread her senses, sing the entire space.

  As Jasmine's voice fell, a dim white shadow slowly emerged beside the ball of red light. It was the silhouette of a woman dressed in white. Her body was small and slightly hunched, and half of her hair had turned white. All of this suggested that she was an elder, long past her prime.

  "Who are you?" Jasmine asked coldly, her gaze fixed on the white shadow.

  "I am a guardian... I am guarding my little mistress..." The old oke in a soft, yet incredibly a-sounding voice. Her gaze locked onto Yun Wuji. "I have always been searg for you... and I've been searg for you... for so long... so long..."

  "Looking for me?" Yun Wuji preteo be surprised, pointing at himself as he asked, "Or are you looking for the Sky Poison Pearl?"

  "Correct... I trolled this profound ark... jumping from dimension to dimension... all for the sake of finding the Sky Poison Pearl..."

  Jasmine's eyes widened slightly. She turo the old woman and asked, "This profound ark is under your trol?"

  "In the beginning... it was indeed under my trol... but... at that time, I had also been poisoned with a devilish poison... and every breath eroded my life and my very soul... In order to preserve my awareness and tinue guarding my little mistress... I gave up my body ay pert of my soul... what remains is only a lingering spirit... powerless to pilot this profound ark... But the ark still follows the memory imprint I left behind, relentlessly traveling through a cycle of dimensions... endlessly repeating... each cycle sting three hundred years... The profound ark's energy... has been steadily depleting... and now... its energy source... is nearly gone..."

  "Thank the heavens for their mercy... before my lingering spirit is extinguished... and before the ark's destru... you have finally arrived..."

  Listening to her, Jasmiuro look at Yun Wuji, her eyes barely cealing her astonishment. She guessed that he must have used his 'Predi' skill to find this pce.

  'This skill is way too overpowered, it defies the heavens! But this bastard is using it recklessly. Who knows what he's lost this time! Damn it! Someday he's going to get himself killed!'

  The old dy's eyes fixed on the light profound energy c Yun Wuji's body, sensing that he was a good person. She spoke slowly, her tone filled with pleading desperation. "Please... help... my little mistress... her body has been inflicted with a terrible devilish poison... In the whole universe... only the Sky Poison Pearl cure her... In order to stop the invasion of this poison... our little mistress was sealed into the Coffin of Eternity."

  "Coffin of Eternity?" Jasmine's curiosity iqued, so she asked.

  "Itle between the gods and devils..." The old dy's voice grew more and more ethereal as she reted the past. In the war between the gods and devils, her was the first to be wiped out by the poison the devils used. Her 's master sealed her little mistress in the Coffin of Eternity a her away with the Primordial Ark.

  "If I help, then I am more than willing to do so," Yun Wuji stepped forward and said early.

  "As expected, you are indeed a good person. Anyone who cultivate Light Profound Energy has the heart of a saint. I am truly relieved to leave my little mistress with you,"

  "Thank you..." The elderly woman's voice grew weaker, and slower, her figure fading away as if it were being dispersed by the wind.

  'Why did she disappear now? That doesn't add up. She should have been able to hold on for a few more years,' Yun Wuji frowned. In the his old woman stayed until Yun Che helped Hong'er. Why did she disappear so early?

  'Well, it doesn't matter. With Jasmine around, nothing g,' Yun Wuji quickly shrugged his shoulders and walked toward the red ball. With a Divine Master by his side, Yun Wuji felt an unmatched sense of reliand safety. He didn't have to waste time practig dialogue beforehand to bullshit a divine spirits, or scheme against them, he could just bst them all.

  When Yun Wuji approached the ball, it suddenly stopped flickering and froze in pce, emitting a soft ping, like the sound of gss shattering.

  In an instant, a vertical crack appeared on the ball of light. Soon after, the ball evaporated as if pierced by an unseen force, breaking apart into numerous red shards that scattered in the air before vanishing pletely.

  Though the red protective ball of light dissipated, not all of the red glow disappeared. As the ball vanished, a crystal coffin, faintly glowing with a red hue, appeared before Yun Wuji.

  Ihe crystal coffin y a petite girl, her hands crossed gently in front of her chest. She had long vermillion red hair, flowing naturally behind her.

  'Finally, I found you, my on,' Yun Wuji thought to himself. He pced a hand on top of the crystal coffin and pushed open the lid. The moment he did, a bck shroud of fog began to emanate from the red-haired girl's body, growing thicker at an arming speed.

  "What a dreadful poison! It's almost as terrifying as the Absolute God Sying Poison!" Jasmine frowned, her expression tense as she drew in a sharp breath, a chill running through her.

  Yun Wuji quickly raised his left hand and pced it on Hong'er's chest. A jade-green glow fred to life, enveloping her pletely. Uhe sing power of the Sky Poison Pearl, the devilish poison within the red-haired girl began to subside. Gradually, the ominous bck fog dissipated, ed and purified by the Sky Poison Pearl, until it vanished entirely.

  The jade-green glow of the Sky Poison Pearl faded as Yun Wuji retracted his hand.

  The girl remained in peaceful slumber, her serene expression almost making oate to make any noise, as though the slightest sound might disturb her. Jasmine frowned deeply and asked, "No signs of life? Could she already be dead?"

  Yun Wuji didn't respond. Instead, he extended his hand once more, this time emitting a pure white light. The radiant glow spread out, gently enveloping the girl's delicate figure.

  As the Light Profound Energy washed over her, the girl's long red shes fluttered gently. Moments ter, her eyes, closed for what felt like ay, slowly opened as she murmured softly, "So warm~!"

  Her eyes were like rubies, stunning and radiant. When they opened, it felt as if the dark sky was illuminated by starlight. Unlike Jasmine's bloodthirsty red, this red ure and divine, as if formed from the essence of heaven ah, breathtakingly beautiful.

  As Yun Wuji gazed at her, the girl's red eyes met his. After a moment, she blihen slowly sat up within the crystal coffin. Her delicate eyebrows arched slightly, f thin, charming crests above her vibrant eyes. With an unbearably cute smile lighting up her face, she cheerfully greeted, "Hi, big brother!"

  "Hi, what's your name, little girl?" Yun Wuji smiled warmly at her, extending his hand, still glowing with white light, to gently pat her head.

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