I imitate others' cultivation, and I will never reason with you.

Chapter 203 Sui Lingzhu

"People's hearts are fickle, and no one knows what will happen in the future, but at this moment, the brotherly love between you and Fairy Ruan is still strong. Fairy Ruan is willing to save you regardless of her own comfort. What's wrong with you saying a few words to her?" Canglin was still persuading Qin Taihe earnestly.

To be fair, although Canglin felt that Ruan Xing was mysterious and dangerous, he was closer to Ruan Xing than to Qinghong Zhenjun, whom he had never met in Zhongzhou.

After all, it was she who brought the young master with her, allowing the old lady to be reunited with her grandson before she passed away, so that she would not die with hatred and regret.

It also gave him the opportunity to break free from Qin Taimo's control.

No matter what Ruan Xing's purpose was, Canglin had a trace of gratitude towards her deep in his heart.

Canglin couldn't understand. Ruan Xing didn't ask the young master to swear an oath to heaven. It was just a few words. Was it so difficult to say it?
If Ruan Xing really turns against the young master's master in the future, it won't be too late to do what he wants then!

Qin Taihe shook his head slowly, "I can't lie, and I don't want to lie to my junior sister. Although she lied to me, I can't lie to her. How can I make a promise that I can't do?"

Ruan Xing had already visited the few remaining houses.

To her great disappointment, there was almost nothing inside except some furnishings that could weakly gather spiritual energy.

After all, you are the head of the family, don’t you have any private property of your own?

After thinking about it, Ruan Xing took out Qin Taixiao's storage ring and shook Qin Taixiao's Nascent Soul figurine with his other hand.

After the explosion, Qin Taixiao's last glimmer of hope was shattered. Being held in Ruan Xing's hands like a kitten or a puppy was humiliating enough, and now he did not react at all and just let Ruan Xing do whatever he wanted.

Narrowing his eyes at him, Ruan Xing threatened: "If I wanted to kill you, wouldn't it be more convenient to just break up your soul right now? Do I still need to ask you to unlock the restrictions on your storage ring?"

There was a glimmer in the eyes of the Yuanying man, and he asked hopefully: "Will you let me go?"

"Of course not." Ruan Xing said firmly, and then smiled maliciously, "If you listen to me, I will consider your wishes. If you want to live, I will refine you into a puppet and make you my subordinate. If you want to die, I can also give you a quick death in a few days, but if you are determined to go against me, maybe I will turn you into food for one of my puppets, or use you to experiment with my newly developed pill formula. Which one do you like?"

The Nascent Soul couldn't help but shiver, and said in a trembling voice of fear: "Such a cruel demon cultivator..."

"Stop talking nonsense and solve it or not?" Ruan Xing said impatiently.

The Yuanying little man suddenly became timid, "...Resolve."

He obediently lifted the restriction on the storage ring.

Ruan Xing's spiritual sense probed in to check what was inside.

He frowned as he looked at it. There were very few things in the empty ring space.

Even the total may be less than ten thousand spirit stones.

Her tone became unfriendly. "Master Huashen, the head of the clan, this is all you have in your pocket? Is it your personal hobby to use a six-digit space artifact to protect a four-digit fortune?"

She felt a sense of absurdity as if she had been tricked.

The Yuanying little man hurriedly defended himself. Seeing that Ruan Xing was already angry, he did not dare to call her a demon cultivator anymore. "Fairy, please spare my life. It was not my intention to do this!"

They had been fighting for a while just now. He and Canglin cursed at each other for a long time, but Ruan Xing's expression never changed.

Why did he suddenly become a different person when he saw that his storage ring was empty?

She already has two spiritual weapons, why would she care about these trivial things?

Qin Taixiao was puzzled, but still explained to Ruan Xing in a panic, "Although the family treasury is nominally under the full control of the clan leader, the previous clan leader abdicated because he was about to die. Although I took over the position of clan leader smoothly, he didn't give me anything that a clan leader should have! He didn't even let me see the spiritual weapon Sui Lingzhu, which has been passed down from generation to generation, let alone other things?"

"I, the clan leader, am just a puppet in his hands. I have to bear with it because he only has a few decades left to live."

The chubby little Nascent Soul figure was trembling and looking a little angry.

Ruan Xing suddenly thought of something and asked, "So, the spiritual jade you gave to Qin Taihe with problems was also approved by the previous clan leader?"

"Of course, ever since Qin Tai Gu refused the marriage arranged by the clan leader and married a female cultivator from Zhongzhou on his own initiative, the former clan leader has been dissatisfied with his branch. I had just become the clan leader not long ago, so how could I care about a child whose parents had both passed away? It was their tacit decision to keep Qin Tai He in Zhongzhou. In their hearts, they did not consider the rebellious son of Qin Tai Gu as their own!"

Qin Taixiao said indignantly.

It seems that the story of Fairy Qingping and Qintai Gu is only beautiful on the surface.

In fact, most people in both forces do not want to see this immortal couple become a reality.

"What is the Sui Lingzhu?" Ruan Xing asked.

"The origin of the spiritual weapon passed down by the Qintai clan's ancestors is unknown. But as far as I know, the Suilingzhu is a small world in itself, with infinite space, and it can store living things. It is not an offensive spiritual weapon, nor is it a defensive one. Successive clan leaders have always used the Suilingzhu as an inner storehouse, which is not only conducive to storage, but also convenient to carry."

Ruan Xing understood after listening to it.

Isn’t this similar to the spiritual spring space mentioned in various novels in previous lives?

I don’t know whether there is any spiritual spring in Qintai’s Sui Lingzhu.

She was a little excited when she heard Qin Taixiao say that she could carry it with her. She thought that the former clan leader would not leave the treasure lying around, so it might really be on him.

He hurried to look for it among the pile of corpses outside.

However, all kinds of body parts mixed with blood, flesh and soil were piled together, making it impossible to tell who was who. Ruan Xing could only look for them according to the positions where they were standing before the explosion.

After searching for a long time without finding it, Ruan Xing used his magical powers and silently recited Sui Lingzhu in his mind, trying to catch it.

However, she had never seen Sui Lingzhu's appearance, and it was obvious that her magical power had failed.

She wanted to awaken the remaining Nascent Soul of the previous clan leader...but looking at the dying and dazed appearance of the creature in her arms, she thought that it would not be able to return to normal if she didn't nurture it for a period of time.

She sighed and walked out of the room.

We have wasted enough time here. After daybreak, the real-life simulation will have to last another day.

Because the formation barrier of Qintai Manor was destroyed, she could now even feel many unfamiliar auras outside the manor.

They hesitated and dared not approach.

I think it was the monks from other families within a hundred miles who heard the noise and came over to see what was going on.

Ruan Xing walked up to Qin Taihe and asked calmly, "Have you thought about it?"

Qin Taihe tidied his clothes, but he felt even more gloomy and depressed.

He lowered his head and said, "I have no choice. I can only tell you that I will never let Master hurt you, nor will I let you hurt Master."

This was the best solution he could think of.

"It's okay." Ruan Xing stood on tiptoe and pinched his face, then smiled at Qin Taihe's surprised and confused eyes, "If you can think of any perfect way, then it wouldn't be you."

He waved to the gloomy young man in front of him, "Goodbye."

[End of simulation]

Ruan Xing returned to the time one day ago, and faced Qin Taihe who knew nothing at this moment, with a complicated expression.

"What do you mean?" Qin Taihe looked confused.

"Nothing." Ruan Xing felt a little bored.

Qin Taihe didn't care. Instead, he happily put his arm around Ruan Xing's shoulders and said, "Then come back with me first."

Qintai He took Ruan Xing back to Qintai Manor. They talked about things that were basically discussed in the simulation. Ruan Xing couldn't help but be a little perfunctory.

Qin Taihe realized something was wrong with her and asked with some concern, "You came back suddenly this time, are you out of spirit stones again?" He hesitated for a moment and said, "When we leave, I will give you another 8,000 spirit stones."

The spirit stones he could control were only enough for him to reach the Nascent Soul stage, and he did not hold any position in the Qintai family, so the people of the Qintai family would not provide him with many resources.

He was worried that Ruan Xing had run out of spirit stones while traveling outside, and he was also worried that Ruan Xing hadn't come to see him for three to five years.

He no longer has anyone particularly close to him in this world, his master is one, and his junior sister is another.

He won't be able to see his master for a while, so seeing his junior sister is his only comfort.

Ruan Xing was stunned for a moment, then lowered his eyes and said, "Okay."

That night, Ruan Xing went out of the yard alone quietly.

The route taken in the last simulation was still fresh in his mind. Ruan Xing did not encounter any obstacles along the way and arrived outside the patriarch's yard again.

She already had some understanding of Qin Taixiao, so she could handle him even if she came alone this time.

He called on Jian to enter the hidden passage, and after passing through the formation barrier in the courtyard, he did not come out rashly.

Listening to the sound of running water, Ruan Xing and Jian Lai walked directly to within three feet of Qintai Xiao.

And Qin Taixiao still didn't notice anything.

Ruan Xing couldn't help but look at the words on the paper in front of Qin Taixiao.

It was a pity that Qin Taixiao flipped the paper too quickly, and before he could see the specific content, the paper was destroyed by Qin Taixiao's spiritual power.

She only saw the last line.

Offer the spirit pearl in exchange for extended life.

"Damn liar!" Ruan Xing couldn't help but curse in his heart.

Qin Taixiao also said that he could not touch Sui Lingzhu at all and that he was just a puppet of the previous clan leader.

No, she's already about to die, so why would there be any point in lying to her?
This bastard is really bold.

But fortunately, the last time was a simulation, and this time she saw the clues again.

Ruan Xing didn't wait any longer and took action directly, tightening the invisible thin line with his palm!
With experience gained, the speed of finding living people's silk thread is much faster than last time.

Qin Taixiao suddenly felt as if someone was grabbing his heart. He couldn't breathe and his eyes widened.

Jian Lai appeared behind him at the same time, with five fingers forming claws to grab his back.

And Gillian also suddenly flew out, piercing through Qin Taixiao's chest and dantian when he was struggling to resist the unknown force and wanted to turn around and fight back.

Ruan Xing loosened the thin thread, and then clenched his palm again.

Qin Taixiao's Nascent Soul figurine appeared in her palm.

The Yuanying man shouted in panic: "Who are you? What are you going to do!"

"You will pay for your deception." Ruan Xing walked out of the hidden passage and said coldly.

Qin Taixiao didn't care that he was already a piece of fish on the chopping board and just froze in place.

"What did I lie to you about? I don't even know you!"

"Don't worry about that." Ruan Xing snorted, "Where is Sui Lingzhu?"

Qin Taixiao's eyes rolled, and his chubby face wrinkled up. He looked miserable and cried, "Fairy, you came for Sui Lingzhu? But you found the wrong person! Although I am the patriarch of the Qintai clan, I am just a puppet. The person behind me..."

Snapped!
Ruan Xing was impatient to listen and slapped the Yuanying figurine in the face.

Qin Taixiao swallowed back the words he hadn't finished saying.

He was silent.

Ruan Xing slapped the little guy again, making half of his chubby face crooked.

The body of the Nascent Soul is a combination of consciousness, soul, and spiritual power, so it is naturally not as solid as the physical body.

His head twisted for only a few seconds and then quickly recovered.

"I'll be beaten if I speak, and I'll be beaten if I don't speak..."

Qin Taixiao said sadly and angrily.

Who is this person? It's too unreasonable!
Running to someone else's house to kill their physical body, and also torturing their Nascent Soul!

"I'll ask you one last time, where is Sui Lingzhu?" Ruan Xing asked sinisterly.

But now it's reality, she doesn't have that much time to play tricks on Qin Taixiao.

What made her feel incredible was why Qin Taixiao was not afraid of death?

His life was still in her hands, yet he dared to lie to her.

He probably didn't have any trump cards, otherwise he wouldn't have been killed so easily by her twice.

Qin Taixiao huddled up in a ball, feeling aggrieved. He no longer had the violent look he had when facing Canglin and Qin Taihe in the simulation. "I didn't lie to you. It's really not in my hands, but I can take you to find it..."

The Yuanying man raised his hand in her palm and swore, "Fairy, my life and death are hanging by a thread. How dare I lie to you? I only hope that after you find the Suiling Pearl, you can leave me a way to survive."

He spoke very humbly.

Although Ruan Xing didn't believe it, he thought it was worth a try.

With a sudden thought, he turned on the real-life simulation.

[Simulation in progress]

"Lead the way." Ruan Xing let go of his hand, raised his chin and ordered.

The Yuanying figure floated to the side and led Ruan Xing.

Ruan Xing's thoughts dissipated.

The last simulation, from going to Qintai Manor with Qintai He to pretending to be in seclusion and almost being possessed by the spiritual jade, a total of seven or eight days passed.

This time, she found Qin Taixiao on the first day after entering the manor.

Perhaps it was the difference in time that allowed her to see the letter in Qin Taixiao's hand.

However, who wrote the letter to Qin Taixiao?
The last two words "extend life" made Ruan Xing feel heavy in his heart.

Could it be... related to the devil?

She couldn't help but recall that in many previous simulations, no matter whether Xie Yao attacked South Province or Central Province, West Province was hardly affected.

While the various immortal sects outside were fighting each other to the death, the Xizhou family inside was living in peace.

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