"Yang Che, from this moment on, I will guide your cultivation, and you will provide me with Ancient God Power. Not only that, but under my guidance, you must also find several items for me. We will seal this with a Blood Pact; neither of us is allowed to go back on our word."
How could Yang Che refuse?
Not only was his life no longer in danger, but from what the Purple-haired girl said, she even knew how to achieve Foundation Establishment with Mutated Dual Immortal Roots.
After the two established the Blood Pact,
the Purple-haired girl said, "My body is a bit special. I can't go out to the external world like this with you. I need to stay in an independent space. Since the Blood Pact is made, let's go. I'll first give you, this ant, a great gift."
As she spoke, she grabbed Yang Che, and at the same time, a Spirit Talisman appeared in her hand.
The Spirit Talisman burst forth with purple light, and Yang Che's vision blurred. He found that he had been brought by the Purple-haired girl to an 'underwater' location?
The shield released by the Spirit Talisman had the ability to repel water. Yang Che followed the Purple-haired girl into an underwater grotto.
The grotto seemed to be isolated by a Formation Restriction. It was dry inside, with no seawater, like an Immortal Cave for an Immortal.
Yang Che vaguely felt a sense of familiarity from entering the seabed to what he saw before him at this moment.
Suddenly, his expression changed.
"Could it be..."
Yang Che immediately thought of the treasure map made of that unknown black material.
This terrain and topography were precisely what the treasure map ultimately pointed to!
Yang Che was both excited and uneasy.
He was excited that he had coincidentally arrived at the treasure's location.
He was uneasy, wondering if this Purple-haired girl also knew about the treasure here?
The Purple-haired girl's speed was very fast. She almost continuously broke through Restrictions, going directly to the deepest part of the Immortal Cave.
A bronze box, enveloped in light, floated conspicuously on a stone platform.
The Purple-haired girl narrowed her eyes, about to forcibly open the box directly, when a Vicissitudes old man's voice suddenly ethereal echoed within the Immortal Cave: "If you take this stone, you must bear all of its Karma. Have you thought it through?"
The Purple-haired girl sneered, "If you're not dead, hurry up and reincarnate. Keeping a remnant soul consciousness, you, this ant, can't possibly revive. All the Karma tainted here, you can't see, let alone influence. And why would I care about Karma for what I want?"
"Who are you?" The old voice actually carried a trace of inexplicable fear.
"You are not worthy to know who I am."
The Purple-haired girl pointed a finger, forcibly breaking open the bronze box.
Yang Che saw that inside the box was an incredibly crimson, strangely smooth stone.
This stone was the size of a fist, entirely crimson, emitting a strange and dazzling flowing light.
"Yang Che, go get it."
The Purple-haired girl stood proudly.
Yang Che unconsciously walked towards the bronze box.
"This kid's cultivation is too low; he can't bear the Karma of this stone at all. You are harming him."
The ethereal old voice suddenly sounded somewhat 'schadenfreude'.
Yang Che's heart skipped a beat, and he hesitated a little.
Although he didn't fully understand, he vaguely inferred from the old man's words that if the Purple-haired girl took this crimson stone, she would be fine, but if he took it, something big might happen.
Ultimately, it was a difference in cultivation.
"Hmph, with me here, what does Karma count for!"
The Purple-haired girl waved her hand, and the crimson stone flew up, directly flying in front of Yang Che.
"Drip a drop of your essence blood on this stone."
The Purple-haired girl said, seeing Yang Che hesitate, and couldn't help but snort coldly, "An ant is an ant. Even if it becomes a valuable ant, it still has no vision."
Yang Che knew the Purple-haired girl was trying to provoke him, but after much deliberation, he steeled his heart and squeezed out a drop of essence blood onto the crimson stone.
With a 'buzz', Yang Che only felt a surge of bloody light before his eyes, instantly as if he were in a boundless blood-red world.
Here, the blood Qi was thick and churning, and endless killing intent and death intent crashed down on him like mountains.
Yang Che felt he could no longer breathe, his body so heavy he couldn't even move.
Just as the mountain-like blood clouds crashed down on him, he suddenly felt his head spin, and then found himself standing perfectly fine in the underwater Immortal Cave again.
"Hahaha, this kid is doomed. When the Demon God of the Upper Realm comes to find him, he will surely come, he's finished."
The ethereal old voice actually burst into uninhibited laughter.
"Dead ant, go to hell."
The Purple-haired girl suddenly waved her small hand, and a ray of light struck a certain spot.
"You can't protect him forever, you can't... Ah..."
After a scream, the old voice abruptly ceased.
"Let's go."
The Purple-haired girl pulled Yang Che, and they quickly returned to the original Sea Island.
Yang Che was now pleasantly surprised to find that he could mobilize his magic power.
"Look at your palm."
The Purple-haired girl suddenly said.
Yang Che immediately turned over his right palm and saw that there was a blood-red 'stone imprint'.
He unconsciously covered it with his Divine Sense.
Suddenly, he found himself entering a blood-red and scorching mysterious world.
What surprised him even more was that there was actually a blood-red sun in the sky!
The endless red earth, even the distant mountains and rivers, were dyed red.
"This is the space that the 'void illusion demon stone' comes with; it forms its own Small World. From now on, I will live in this world. When there's nothing to do, neither of us will disturb the other."
At some point, the Purple-haired girl had also arrived in this mysterious world, standing before Yang Che.
Yang Che was slightly stunned, blurting out, "How can people live here?"
The Purple-haired girl, however, was as calm as an ancient well, pointing indifferently into the distance: "Look over there."
Yang Che followed her gaze and found that where she pointed, there was actually a spacious courtyard.
This courtyard was no longer blood-red; instead, it was surrounded by a lush green bamboo forest, full of vitality and Spiritual Qi.
Within the courtyard, several exquisite bamboo houses were beautiful and magnificent.
Yang Che followed the Purple-haired girl to the front of the courtyard.
"You, stop."
The Purple-haired girl gestured, indicating that Yang Che could not enter.
"This courtyard will be my private place from now on. If you dare to take even one step inside, I don't mind chopping off one of your fingers."
As the Purple-haired girl spoke, she waved her hand, and the three ancient characters 'Purple King Pavilion' appeared conspicuously on the plaque of the courtyard gate.
"I'm tired and going to sleep. When I wake up, we will leave this sea area."
The Purple-haired girl walked into the 'Purple King Pavilion' and then suddenly turned back, saying, "You, also hurry up and recover. When I wake up, I will guide your cultivation. I will let you know what true cultivation is."
The Purple-haired girl closed the courtyard door.
Yang Che spread his Divine Sense, and then strangely discovered that apart from this 'Purple King Pavilion', his Divine Sense could freely reach any part of this world.
Besides the location of 'Purple King Pavilion', Yang Che also found another green area full of Spiritual Qi.
However, this place was clearly half the size of Purple King Pavilion.
Yang Che sat cross-legged in this green area, trying to calm his surprise and newfound knowledge.
A small void illusion demon stone actually came with such a large space, and this 'void illusion demon stone' had actually become a part of his body?
Yang Che was both happy and worried.
Recalling the old man's words and the mountain-like killing intent blood clouds he had seen earlier, Yang Che's mood was somewhat heavy.
However, since things had come to this, he could only take it one step at a time.
And what Yang Che looked forward to most was the Purple-haired girl's upcoming guidance on his cultivation.
And her phrase: 'true cultivation'.