Little sister!
Bai Zihe immediately emerged from the formation and rushed to Bai Ruoyi's room.
No wonder she hadn't spoken much on the way; the蛊虫 in her mind had acted up.
He didn't know...
If his current strength was enough to forcibly remove the蛊虫 from her mind!
The蛊虫 in Bai Ruoyi's mind was attached to her soul, making it extremely difficult to deal with. He was now at the Mahayana realm, and he had a basic method for dealing with souls.
But he would only know for sure after trying.
In the room.
Bai Ruoyi lay on the bed, her face as pale as paper, devoid of any color.
Yet, her face was not calm.
Her delicate eyebrows would furrow deeply from time to time.
Cold sweat would bead on her forehead intermittently.
Clearly, she was enduring immense pain.
"Whoosh!"
Bai Zihe grabbed her hand.
A wisp of pure Mahayana realm true essence flowed into her body.
It wasn't the first time Bai Zihe had used his true essence to investigate Bai Ruoyi's condition, so he was skilled and quickly closed in.
"There!"
A hint of joy flashed across Bai Zihe's face.
This time, he had, against all odds, discovered the presence of the蛊虫 within her soul.
It was a pure white蛊虫.
It appeared faintly visible, as if it were there and not there, very illusory.
However, under Bai Zihe's powerful divine sense, it had nowhere to hide and was directly detected by him.
Furthermore.
This thing had grown quite large.
It coiled within her Sea of Consciousness, occupying a considerable space.
At that moment.
The Soul Devouring Gu seemed to sense that it was being spied upon. It stirred slightly, as if to alleviate its discomfort.
"Whoosh!"
Bai Zihe took a deep breath and carefully controlled his true essence, quietly approaching the蛊虫.
Ten inches.
Five inches.
Three inches.
It was almost within reach!
Bai Zihe's nerves were taut, daring not to be careless, for fear of failing at the last hurdle.
"Mmm..."
Just then, Bai Ruoyi let out a muffled groan.
As the sound faded.
A mouthful of blood trickled from the corner of her lips, its richness looking horrifying.
Bai Zihe's heart clenched. He could no longer bring himself to act.
"Alas..."
With a sigh, Bai Zihe withdrew his true essence.
Another failure.
With Bai Zihe's current methods, eradicating the Gu was now easy, without any difficulty.
However...
His little sister's body could not withstand the ordeal.
The backlash from the Soul Devouring Gu before its demise would be enough to instantly render his little sister unconscious.
Moreover...
This loss of consciousness would be permanent, like paper burned by fire. No method, no elixir, could restore it.
Therefore, Bai Zihe had no choice but to give up.
Xue Er and Liu Qianxun, who were nearby, also sighed.
It was too difficult.
"Crash..."
Just then, a clamor of footsteps echoed from outside.
"Little junior brother!"
"Little junior brother, are you alright?"
"Little junior brother, are you okay?"
It was Bai Zihe's senior sisters, who had rushed over as soon as they heard about Bai Zhanhong and Bai Ruoyi's troubles.
However.
Their cultivation was inferior, so they had been much slower.
"Eldest senior sister, second senior sister, fourth senior sister..."
Bai Zihe went out to meet them.
Seeing so many of his senior sisters at once, Bai Zhanhong's gloom over Bai Ruoyi dissipated considerably.
His lips even began to curl upwards slightly.
With so many senior sisters, if he played his cards right.
Surely one or two would fall for him?
At that time.
The Bai family would prosper and multiply with ease!
"Well..."
Bai Zhanhong then said to everyone, "You all chat for a while, I'll go order someone to prepare food."
With that, he retreated.
The senior sisters were not as straightforward as Bai Zihe and immediately understood Bai Zhanhong's intentions, feeling a slight shyness.
"Little junior brother!"
Yue Rushuang was the first to react. She produced a box and handed it to Bai Zihe, "This contains the medicinal ingredients you asked me to find last time."
"The materials you need to craft the Golden Marrow Pill are currently only missing the Tianshan Golden Lotus."
"However..."
"I have received definite news that obtaining this Tianshan Golden Lotus might be difficult."
Bai Zihe's sword-like eyebrows twitched as he asked, "What's so difficult about it?"
"Tianshan Golden Lotus..."
Yue Rushuang sighed and said helplessly, "As a celestial medicine of the Tianshan Sword Sect, it is the main ingredient for elixirs needed by several other Tribulation Crossing realm great cultivators."
"Therefore..."
"The Tianshan Golden Lotus has long been monopolized by the Tianshan Sword Sect, and they use it as a bargaining chip for transactions with other Longevity Sects."
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"Every Tianshan Golden Lotus is already pre-ordered by Tribulation Crossing realm great cultivators before it even appears!"
"It's almost impossible for ordinary people like us to obtain it."
"Even cultivators in the Longevity Realm attempting to forcibly acquire the Tianshan Golden Lotus would be tampering with the desserts of other Tribulation Crossing realm great cultivators."
"Difficult, difficult, difficult!"
The Profound Heaven Pavilion lived up to its name, obtaining precise information so quickly.
However, Yue Rushuang's repeated use of the word "difficult" indicated that the matter was indeed challenging, far exceeding the capabilities of the Profound Heaven Pavilion.
"It's alright."
Bai Zihe waved his hand and said calmly, "The Tianshan Sword Sect and I have a deadly feud. It has reached a point of no return."
"If that's the case..."
"Then I'll just go to their doorstep and snatch a Tianshan Golden Lotus!"
Using the Vast Heaven Pagoda, Bai Zihe was already in an invincible position.
After all, when he was only at the late-stage Integration realm, Qin Changkong couldn't see through the illusion of the Vast Heaven Pagoda at all.
And now Bai Zihe was at the early-stage Mahayana realm!
Facing Qin Changkong, he had the strength to fight with "Heaven Splitting and Earth Opening"!
Moreover.
With his improved strength.
Bai Zihe had already cleared over 150 floors of the Tongtian Tower!
Logically speaking, he should now be able to wield ancient divine weapons like the Xuanyuan Sword, the Kongtong Seal, and the Pangu Axe.
Perhaps...
Bai Zihe guessed he could only use their most basic functions.
However, even the most basic functions of these divine weapons would be enough to easily obliterate Tribulation Crossing realm cultivators like Qin Changkong!
Bai Zihe was fearless!
"This..."
The senior sisters exchanged glances.
Eldest Senior Sister Shangguan Xianling asked, "Little junior brother, what is your current cultivation?"
"Mahayana realm!"
Bai Zihe replied without hesitation.
"Hiss..."
Shangguan Xianling couldn't help but gasp.
As the eldest senior sister, she knew more about the path of cultivation than the others.
Mahayana realm...
It was a realm that many might not reach even after cultivating for hundreds of years. In the entire Longevity Realm, it signified a powerful figure.
And now.
Little junior brother, barely in his early twenties, had already attained such a realm.
It was utterly astonishing.
"Little junior brother."
After her surprise, Shangguan Xianling still shook her head and said, "The Tianshan Sword Sect has been passed down for over a thousand years and is not that simple."
"Among them, there are likely quite a few Tribulation Crossing realm experts."
"You intend to force your way in..."
"That is too dangerous."
Her meaning was clear: they did not want Bai Zihe to take such risks.
"Let's not talk about this."
Bai Zihe smiled slightly, "I'll enhance your strength first."