The secret passage.
Everyone stared at Gu Qing Shan with strange expressions on their faces.
"Are you trying to make a deal with me?"
The white-robed old man asked.
"Very much so, I sincerely need this soul, you can name your price"
Gu Qing Shan happily replied.
The white-robed old man's gloomy expression faded a bit and fell into contemplation.
Gu Qing Shan just looked at him without saying anything.
A moment of silence.
But this silence was too fragile and could be broken at any moment.
Water God had sealed off the palace and was currently searching for them, so it wouldn't be long before he found this place.
The people behind the white-robed old man were restless, seemingly ready to attack at any moment.
Gu Qing Shan could even sense the undisguised, almost tangible malice coming from the white-robed old man.
But he didn't try to hide it at all.
Does he not know how to hide it?
Or does he not care?
Gu Qing Shan's thoughts flickered quickly.
Ye Fei Li silently sent her voice through inner sight: "There's a huge soul activity underground, I can sense billions of souls moaning in pain"
Gu Qing Shan's expression didn't change at all and simply nodded, expressing that she understood.
This was truly a strange existence, to be able to control a soul body to such an extent.
Then, what exactly does it represent in Calming Soul Country?
Gu Qing Shan randomly picked up a round plate with tiny text carved on it from the pile of treasures on the ground and showed it to the other party:
"Take a look, these treasures all have various miraculous uses, as long as you agree, they are all yours"
He tapped the round plate with his hand and said:
"If you don't like these things, I have other treasures as well, as long as you agree"
The white-robed old man suddenly asked: "So your goal is to communicate with this soul for a bit longer?"
Gu Qing Shan immediately followed up: "Of course, if you are willing to trade this soul to me, I will pay a higher price"
The white-robed elder looked at the mountain of coins, then looked at the treasures on the ground, and suddenly asked, "You, do you have something like a soul armament?"
Gu Qing Shan clapped her hand and smiled: "Although Soul Artifacts are precious, I happen to have a lot of them"
"I don't believe it," the white-robed elder said.
Soul tools were the most precious tools, and their power was boundless.
The twin swords Heaven and Earth were the supreme Soul Artifacts of the Eternal Abyss.
Within the 900 million World Layers, the most valuable items were Soul Artifacts.
The appearance of each Soul Artifact was enough to cause a bloodbath in billions of worlds.
"I will make you believe me" Gu Qing Shan said.
He made a grabbing motion in the air and caught a Soul Tool from Lola before tossing it to the white-robed old man.
The white-robed old man caught it, put it in his hand, and gripped it tightly.
Countless green lines flashed in the void, cutting deep holes in the walls around the secret passage.
This was a wind-type soul armament with blades on both the front and the back.
The white-robed elder's brows relaxed.
"It is indeed a soul artifact."
As he spoke, he placed the Soul Tool into his mouth and swallowed it.
Gu Qing Shan noticed that the old man's body swelled up slightly, but soon returned to normal.
"What do you think? Can we trade now? "Gu Qing Shan asked.
The old man looked at him with a cautious gaze and spat out two words, "Yes."
Boom!!!
A series of explosions came from behind the secret passage.
That was the direction where Gu Qing Shan's group came from.
Within the lingering smoke, a figure appeared on the path where Gu Qing Shan's group came from. After a few flashes, she appeared in front of everyone.
Water God.
She glanced at Gu Qing Shan, then at the white-robed elder and declared: "I want this person dead"
The white-robed elder looked at Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan immediately replied: "Only I can retrieve my precious Soul Artifacts, I trust that you're also capable of this retrieval technique, only the master of a certain space can activate it"
The white-robed elder paused briefly, then told Water God: "I'm currently making a trade with him, we'll talk about him later"
Water God replied: "No, this person must die, we've already decided his fate"
"I'm currently making a trade with him, that great one needs something from him" the white-robed elder replied.
Water God's expression changed and coldly scoffed: "That great one? Since when did you dare to use her name to offend the will of the four of us? "
Boundless divine might flowed from her body.
Unlike the Divinities, this was a true Soul Points tide!
This power was enough to destroy all things!
But the white-robed elder didn't back down and scowled: "Stand down"
Although it was a plain sentence, his voice had already turned into a woman's voice.
This voice was unclear, as if he didn't speak often, or wasn't familiar with human language.
Hearing this voice, Water God was a bit surprised.
She slowly realized.
Water God retracted her presence, lowered her head and knelt down, respectfully replying: "Yes, Godmother"
Looking at Gu Qing Shan one last time, Water God quickly retreated from the secret passage.
"Ah, thank you, I must say, your subordinates are very responsible, they've always wanted to kill me" Gu Qing Shan said.
The white-robed elder stared at her: "I want a Soul Artifact"
Gu Qing Shan replied: "Then give this woman's soul to me, how many Soul Artifacts are you prepared to exchange for her?"
"I want all of your Soul Artifacts" the white-robed elder replied.
"What kind of trade?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"In the form of a contract, her soul will belong to you, and all of your Soul Artifacts will belong to me" the white-robed elder replied.
He took out a parchment from his mouth and tossed it to Gu Qing Shan.
The parchment hovered in the air, unfurling itself in front of Gu Qing Shan.
A contract was written on it using Divine Script.
This was a very ancient script, as recorded in the Spire Keeper's book, it was a script left behind by a prehistoric civilization that had almost never been used again in the 900 million World Layers.
Gu Qing Shan carefully read through it.
Just by looking at this contract, it was indeed a fair trade.
But this contract didn't say anything about his safety.
"You, sign the contract"
The white-robed elder spoke with an emotionless voice.
Gu Qing Shan shook her head: "There's no problem with the content, but there's too little to trade"
The white-robed elder impatiently replied: "I only want a Soul Artifact"
Gu Qing Shan asked: "What about your soul?"
The white-robed elder looked at him and mocked: "You only have a single soul"
Gu Qing Shan tried asking: "But I know how to go to other secret sealed locations, like the Isle of Void Sacrifice, the bottom of the Abyss, and the Starlight Empire"
"How laughable, all of those places have conditions to enter, with your feeble strength, you wouldn't be able to do that"
The white-robed elder casually replied.
Behind him, the faces of the people in robes slowly became blurred.
They swayed a few times in place before retreating underground.
Following that, before Gu Qing Shan could even react, several dozen long black tentacles suddenly reached out from the ground next to him.
These tentacles directly bound Gu Qing Shan, restraining him in place.
"Sign the contract, or die right now"
The white-robed elder spoke from afar.
Gu Qing Shan didn't seem to hear him at all, only looking at the tentacles around him in surprise.
From these tentacles, he could faintly make out the figures and faces of those people from before.
But their silhouettes were slowly fading away.
As Gu Qing Shan took a step forward, he was pressed down by several black tentacles and slowly pushed back.
He couldn't help but mutter: "So all of you souls are living inside the body of a monster, how unexpected …"
I can't waste any more time.
Force him to sign the contract.
Sell the Soul Artifact.
Kill him.
Steal his soul.
He could already foresee this process.
Gu Qing Shan's eyes became sharp.
His inner sight circled around the old man and activated [Shadow Shift]!
A few moments later, Gu Qing Shan's expression changed.
[Shadow Shift] didn't work!
That can't be right, [Shadow Shift] can't be affected by any restraining technique.
Unless these tentacles are one with the old man.
They are all part of a certain gigantic monster!
[Shadow Shift] naturally couldn't switch places with a part of a certain entity's body. This was the only logical explanation.
Gu Qing Shan's mind quickly turned and understood.
He immediately changed his strategy.
A bright blue-white arc of lightning abruptly blossomed within the cluster of black tentacles.
Lightning Thaumaturgy: [Dreamjolt]!
All the black tentacles froze in place.
Gu Qing Shan drew the Earth sword and swung it.
[Earth's Choice]!
The tentacles were all swept away by the pale blue sword phantom.
The Soul Points displayed on the War God UI instantly decreased by over 700,000!
Gu Qing Shan couldn't care less about losing Soul Points.
At this point, his life was the most important.
He released his inner sight to observe, only to see that the white-robed elder was also twitching in place, unable to move at all.
Indeed, the white-robed elder was one with these black tentacles!
Gu Qing Shan leapt out from the broken tentacles.
At the same time, the dim yellow hook had already taken the woman's soul into the void of space.
"Gu Qing Shan, hurry!"
Lola's worried voice resounded from the void of space.
Gu Qing Shan reached her hand into the void of space, tossed the round plate in front of herself with her other hand, and quickly tapped it with her other hand.
Instantly, the round plate gave off a flash of light.
The miniature warp formation had been activated!
The circular light of the formation surrounded the void of space and disappeared in a flash.
One breath's worth of time later.
The void of space was still empty, but the entities inside had already been warped away.
The white-robed elder didn't know what happened at all.
He only saw Gu Qing Shan activating a round plate before vanishing without a trace.
…
At another location.
The room that Gu Qing Shan's group stayed in before.
This place had already been reduced to rubble.
The two Pillar Gods had also thoroughly checked this place and left.
Everything was normal.
Perhaps sensing that there was no danger, Boss's voice suddenly resounded:
"What now?"
"Shh"
This was Gu Qing Shan's voice.
The void of space returned to silence.
They had switched to telepathy to communicate.
"What now?"
"Quickly leave"
"Why are you in such a hurry? Didn't we already escape? "
"It's already been angered by me, let's find a safe place and see what exactly it is"
The voice disappeared.
One breath.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
The entire palace complex shook as if a violent earthquake was occurring.
Tens of thousands of black tentacles pierced through the walls of the palace and shot to the sky.
These tentacles continued to move around the palace. In the blink of an eye, the entire palace was flattened.
A deep and furious roar resounded from deep underground:
"Dammit"
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