"I-I'm afraid I can't do it!" Faced with Xiao Fan's request, Fairy Qing Wu said with great difficulty. Her fair forehead was covered in sparkling sweat.
"One month, you only have one month!" However, Xiao Fan ignored Fairy Qing Wu's bitterness and difficulty. Instead, he shook his head and said in a calm voice, "After a month, the restriction in your body will automatically activate. At that time, all your cultivation will be automatically crippled. Moreover, your body will suffer irreparable injuries. Disfigurement is a small matter!"
"Huff!" "Huff!" "Huff!"
Hearing Xiao Fan's words, Fairy Qing Wu's chest heaved up and down violently like a blower. Her breathing became extremely rapid, and her face and eyes were filled with fear.
Fairy Qing Wu did not doubt Xiao Fan's words at all.
If she did not do what Xiao Fan wanted her to do in a month's time, her cultivation would be completely crippled, her body would be severely injured, and her appearance would be completely disfigured … She could not even accept such a terrifying outcome.
"Then, may I ask why you want the murals on the twelfth floor of Tianyuan Pavilion?" Fairy Qing Wu's face was filled with a bitter smile. She said, "Tianyuan Pavilion has a total of eighteen floors. The higher you go, the more important the secrets hidden in the pavilion are!"
"Even though the secret hidden on the twelfth level isn't extremely important, it can't be ignored. If I act recklessly, I will definitely be killed on the spot by the Divine Origin Stage ancestor of my Yuan Gate who is suppressing the Heavenly Yuan Pavilion!
"Even if you want me to die, at least let me die with a clear understanding and not a muddle-headed death!"
"You don't need to know about this!" Xiao Fan shook his head. His voice was still calm.
Back in Tianying City, Xiao Fan had used the Nine Spirit-Suppressing Diagrams to send a message to all the descendants of the Magic Kingdom in the seventy-two lower prefectures. Three months later, the Prefectural Gate would open and gather all the descendants of the Magic Kingdom in the seventy-two lower prefectures.
When this happened, Fairy Qingwu was not by Xiao Fan's side, so Fairy Qingwu had no way of knowing Xiao Fan's identity as a person from the Magic Kingdom.
Now, the reason why Xiao Fan asked Fairy Qing Wu to do this was related to the issue of opening the Zhou Gate.
If Xiao Fan were to forcefully open all the entrances in the seventy-two lower provinces, the price would be too high. Therefore, Xiao Fan chose a more 'labor-saving' method.
He was looking for the universal key that could open all the gates of the lower prefectures!
About 130,000 years ago, it was said that a genius artificer appeared in the Eastern Region. This genius artificer spent his entire life researching all the state gates of the 72 lower states. When he was near the end of his life, he actually succeeded in refining a universal key that could open all the state gates of the lower states!
What the appearance of this Master Key meant was self-evident!
The Prefectural Gate was the strongest defensive barrier between the prefectures. If there was no Prefectural Gate or if the Prefectural Gate was opened, then it was very easy to be invaded by stronger foreign powers, causing the entire prefecture to fall and the cultivation resources to be completely plundered.
However, the Prefectural Gates were usually opened by themselves and had a certain pattern to follow. So, so long as one took good care of the Prefectural Gates and grasped the pattern of their opening, then the prefectures would be able to coexist peacefully.
However, the appearance of this Master Key had completely broken this balance!
Because so long as sufficient energy was poured into the Master Key, then any Prefectural Gate in the seventy-two lower states could be opened at will, and one could enter the other lower states at will.
If this Master Key fell into the hands of an extraordinary power like the Origin School, then the other seventy-one lower states would become the backyard of an extraordinary power like the Origin School. All sorts of cultivation resources would be available for the Origin School and other extraordinary powers to plunder and plunder at will.
So, when the Master Key appeared, the entire seventy-two lower states shook violently before falling into chaos. Countless people wanted to destroy the Master Key, but there were even more people who wanted to take control of it.
In the end, a great chaotic battle broke out in the seventy-two lower states for the sake of seizing and destroying the Master Key. During the chaotic battle, the Master Key had completely disappeared. No one knew that it had been silently taken away and hidden.
After that, information about the Master Key constantly spread throughout the seventy-two lower states. The Origin School had also been constantly collecting information about the Master Key's whereabouts.
When he was still in the eastern region, Xiao Fan had accidentally found out that the twelfth floor of Heavenly Yuan Pavilion contained all the information about the Master Key that the Origin School had collected over the past tens of thousands of years.
At the time, Xiao Fan had not thought much of it, but now it was perfect for him to use it. If he asked fairy Qing Wu to copy the murals on the twelfth floor of Heavenly Yuan Pavilion, then Xiao Fan would definitely be able to discover the secret within. From there, he would truly be able to find the Master Key!
Of course, it was not as if Xiao Fan could not choose to attack the Yuan Gate and forcefully seize the murals on the twelfth level of the Heavenly Yuan Pavilion.
However, the murals had been there for far too long and were extremely fragile. Let alone the aftermath of a great battle, a portion of the murals would probably dissipate if the Heavenly Yuan Pavilion itself shook violently.
So, attacking the Origin School would very likely result in the murals being completely destroyed. In the end, information about the Master Key would be completely severed, and the Master Key would forever become an unsolvable mystery. If Xiao Fan wanted to forcefully open the Prefectural Gate, he would have to expend a great deal of energy, which would inevitably worsen his injuries. The gains would not make up for the losses.
As a result, the best choice was for fairy Qing Wu to copy the murals.
"Alright, I understand!" Fairy Qing Wu could not say anything more when she saw that Xiao Fan was unwilling to tell her the reason. She could only smile bitterly before lowering her head. Then, she turned around to leave.
"Don't be in such a hurry!" Xiao Fan called out to fairy Qing Wu again before he said leisurely, "I naturally understand how difficult it is for you to reach the twelfth floor of Heavenly Yuan Pavilion. You don't have to worry that I'm purposely sending you to your death!"
"I'll give you something that can create a chance for you to safely enter the twelfth floor of Heavenly Yuan Pavilion!"
"What is it?" Fairy Qing Wu's eyes immediately lit up as her breathing quickened again.
"The Soul Replenishing Heavenly Pill formula!" Xiao Fan said as he extended his hand. Immediately, the Soul Replenishing Heavenly Pill formula appeared in Xiao Fan's hand.
"The Soul Replenishing Heavenly Pill formula!" Fairy Qing Wu's eyes immediately blazed with passion. Her face was filled with excitement, completely wiping away the dejection and despair from before.
Mu Junsu's eyes also lit up. Her breathing quickened as she looked at the Soul Replenishing Heavenly Pill formula in Xiao Fan's hand.
Fairy Qing Wu and the rest had gone to the Spirit Domain for the Great Halberd. However, the Great Halberd had fallen into Xiao Fan's hands and had been completely destroyed by Xiao Fan after he used up all the energy within it. Therefore, their mission was considered a failure.
As an inner disciple of the Yuan Gate, Fairy Qing Wu was well aware of what it meant to fail a mission in the Yuan Gate.
In the eyes of the outside world, the Yuan Gate was high and mighty. Every disciple of the Yuan Gate was indescribably noble. Being able to join the Yuan Gate was truly a blessing that could not be obtained even in ten lifetimes.
However, only when one truly entered the Yuan Gate would one understand the cruelty of the Yuan Gate.
Even if Fairy Qing Wu was an inner disciple with an extraordinary background and a somewhat special status in the Yuan Gate, she would still be severely punished if she failed the mission.
Moreover, among the group of Yuan Gate disciples who had gone to the Spirit Domain, everyone else had died. Only Fairy Qing Wu had returned alive.
Therefore, there was no need to think about it. Fairy Qing Wu would definitely be mercilessly interrogated by the Yuan Gate's Punishment Hall once she returned to the Yuan Gate. After a round of interrogation, it was very likely that Fairy Qing Wu would not be able to walk out of the Punishment Hall alive.
However, it was different now that she had the Soul Replenishing Heavenly Pill formula.
Fairy Qing Wu could use this to atone for her crimes. Moreover, the Soul Replenishing Heavenly Pill's true importance lay in the Great Halberd. This was because the Great Halberd was ultimately broken and had limited value. The Yuan Gate was only looking for the Great Halberd to retrieve it and refine other weapons.
On the other hand, the Soul Replenishing Heavenly Pill could increase the strength and power of the entire Yuan Gate. It was needless to say which one was more valuable.
After making such a great contribution, the deaths of the group of Yuan Gate disciples who had gone to the Spirit Domain and the failure of the mission to find the Great Halberd were nothing. Fairy Qing Wu was not only not at fault, but had also made a contribution.
Moreover, with this contribution, Fairy Qing Wu would be highly valued by the Yuan Gate's higher-ups. When the time came, it would not be impossible for her to safely and reasonably enter the twelfth floor of the Heavenly Yuan Pavilion.
The twelfth floor of the Heavenly Yuan Pavilion did not only have the murals of the Master Key. There were also other things. As long as one was willing, one could always find a way.
"I will definitely make a copy of those murals for you!" Fairy Qing Wu was also an extremely ambitious person. She was not willing to just be a Yuan Gate disciple in the Yuan Gate. Therefore, when Xiao Fan created a huge opportunity for her, she immediately grasped it without hesitation and said to Xiao Fan in an incomparably straightforward manner.
Of course, Fairy Qing Wu had no choice. The seal on her body determined that she could only move forward. Otherwise, behind her would be the bottomless abyss that Xiao Fan had set for her!
"One month later, I will wait for you in the Eastern Hundred Cities!" Xiao Fan turned around and said without looking back.
The Eastern Hundred Cities was a famous commercial city in the Eastern Region. People who had just arrived in the Eastern Region might not know about it, but Fairy Qing Wu was from the Eastern Region. It was impossible for her not to know.
"Okay!" Fairy Qing Wu nodded and said.
"See you in a month!" Xiao Fan did not say anything else and simply said. Then, he led Akira Yuki, Xing Qing, Lin Shan, Lime, Little Bastard, Mu Junsu, Snow Red, and Kōjirō to the distance. In just a few breaths of time, they disappeared into the horizon.
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