Bai Zihe was so powerful.
Xiao Junlin's Lingtian Sword had already been destroyed, and Qin Changkong's ultimate move, a single sword strike, had also been blocked by Bai Zihe.
At this very moment.
Xiao Junlin was completely stripped of his arrogance, his confidence, and his trump cards. To continue fighting would only lead to his demise.
If not now, then when should he flee!
"Swish..."
Xiao Junlin suddenly transformed into a streak of light, shooting towards the distance.
That speed...
It was considerably faster than a cannonball fired from a cannon.
Shangguan Xianling, Yue Rushuang, and the other senior sisters of Bai Zihe were all stunned.
"Trying to escape?"
Bai Zihe's lips curved into a slight smile.
Was there such a good thing in the world as showing off and then running away?
"Swish—"
The next moment, Bai Zihe suddenly extended his right hand.
His right hand instantly morphed into a colossal palm, the size of a house, and then he made a grasping motion towards the rapidly receding black dot in the air.
Back when he was in the Grandmaster realm, Bai Zihe could already conjure a palm with his qi.
Now...
The palm formed by true essence was even more formidable.
"Come back here!"
With a cold shout from Bai Zihe, Xiao Junlin, who had already fled over a hundred zhang, was suddenly enveloped by a powerful oppressive force.
Then...
He was grasped by a palm descending from the sky.
The next moment.
The palm retracted, and Xiao Junlin was also brought before Bai Zihe.
"Not running anymore?"
Bai Zihe looked at the person before him with a half-smile.
Xiao Junlin's face contorted in misery, completely unable to speak.
The Bai Zihe before him had already given him too many shocks, too much fear. He was simply no match for him.
In fact.
Xiao Junlin had a suspicion.
That Qin Changkong, the seventh elder of their Tianshan Sword Sect, would also be in Bai Zihe's hands was only natural, a testament to his strength.
The moment this thought surfaced, Xiao Junlin himself found it absurd.
"I..."
"I..."
Facing Bai Zihe's gaze, Xiao Junlin's earlier arrogance had completely vanished. All he wanted now was to save his own skin.
Dignity.
Rewards.
They were all nonexistent.
As long as he lived, there would be opportunities!
He was only afraid of dying here today, which would mean the end of everything.
"Bai Zihe, let me go."
Xiao Junlin felt his mouth go dry, wanting to swallow, but there was no saliva to be secreted.
Under extreme panic, his body began to tremble.
"Reasons."
Bai Zihe spat out two indifferent words.
With his former temper, Bai Zihe would have already killed him.
But now...
Bai Zihe wasn't afraid of the Tianshan Sword Sect, but he knew the power of these immortal sects and that he needed to quickly improve his strength to deal with future dangers.
And the best way to improve his strength...
Was sufficient spirit stones, high-quality, high-concentration spirit stones, for him to continuously absorb.
Once he could wield a few divine artifacts, Bai Zihe would possess the ability to protect himself and no longer worry about any opponent.
And Xiao Junlin, as a disciple of the Tianshan Sword Sect, would undoubtedly know some information related to spirit stones.
For example...
How to obtain spirit stones!
Or perhaps...
If he could tell Bai Zihe the whereabouts of the Tianshan Golden Lotus, that would also suffice.
"I..."
Xiao Junlin was slightly taken aback, then said, "My master is Qin Changkong, the third elder of the Tianshan Sword Sect, a expert in the Tribulation Crossing stage!"
What did this mean?
A threat?
Bai Zihe scoffed, a cold glint flashing across his face.
Xiao Junlin instantly felt as if he had arrived in the far north, his entire body trembling.
"I..."
Facing death, Xiao Junlin could not afford to think too much. He took out a storage bag and handed it to Bai Zihe.
Bai Zihe took the storage bag, easily erased Xiao Junlin's divine sense imprint on it, and was then able to open it.
However.
After examining the contents, Bai Zihe was slightly disappointed.
Although Xiao Junlin was Qin Changkong's disciple, he didn't have many spirit stones. There were only six mid-grade spirit stones and three low-grade spirit stones.
Combined...
It wasn't even as much as the steward Chen Bao had earlier.
But something was better than nothing, and this also brought Bai Zihe one step closer to the middle stage of the Body Integration realm.
"Not enough."
Bai Zihe put away the storage bag and looked at Xiao Junlin again.
Xiao Junlin gave a wry smile, "But... I have nothing else."
"Then..."
A cold glint flashed in Bai Zihe's eyes, "You can prepare to die!"
As his words fell.
A sword light appeared at Bai Zihe's fingertips.
As long as he injected the sword qi into Xiao Junlin's dantian and destroyed the nascent soul imprisoned within, Xiao Junlin would be truly dead.
"No—"
Xiao Junlin was truly terrified.
He gritted his teeth and said to Bai Zihe, "I can tell you a secret, but you can't kill me!"
"A secret?"
Bai Zihe narrowed his eyes slightly. "That depends on whether the secret you tell is worth your life!"
"It's worth it, absolutely worth it!"
Xiao Junlin said with great certainty, "This secret... I dare say that in the entire Tianshan Sword Sect, only I know it."
Bai Zihe's brows twitched slightly.
It seemed.
The secret Xiao Junlin spoke of was not trivial.
Bai Zihe narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and then said indifferently, "Then speak."
"If I tell you, you'll let me go?"
Xiao Junlin stared at Bai Zihe, he dared not easily believe Bai Zihe, even though his life was now in Bai Zihe's hands.
"No."
Xiao Junlin stared at Bai Zihe, and then quickly answered himself, "Bai Zihe, you must swear that after learning this secret, you will not kill me."
"Otherwise..."
"Even if I self-detonate my nascent soul and take this secret to the nine Netherworld, I will not tell you!"
His attitude made Bai Zihe even more curious.
Thus.
Bai Zihe raised his right hand and said, "I, Bai Zihe, swear that as long as Xiao Junlin's secret is valuable enough, I will spare his life."
Cultivators valued oaths the most.
After all...
Upon reaching the Tribulation Crossing stage, one would ultimately have to contend with heavenly lightning.
If one committed too many wrongful deeds, especially violating an oath, their Dao heart would become unstable, and the lightning tribulation would be even more severe.
It would be a loss that outweighed the gain.
Xiao Junlin finally felt at ease. He gritted his teeth, as if making a firm decision, and finally said, "I know of a spirit stone vein."
A spirit stone vein!
The moment these four words were spoken, Bai Zihe froze for a moment.
Spirit stones, a vein!
What a terrifying secret this was.
Bai Zihe didn't know much about spirit stones, but based on what he currently knew.
Fifty mid-grade spirit stones would be enough for him to cultivate to the middle stage of the Body Integration realm. If there were thousands of mid-grade spirit stones, he would undoubtedly reach the Mahayana stage!
Ten thousand...
Perhaps he could reach the Tribulation Crossing stage!
Only to encounter peak Tribulation Crossing experts would definitely require more.
But...
A spirit stone vein, the output of spirit stones, would be at least in the millions, right?
"Bai Zihe."
Seeing Bai Zihe's reaction, Xiao Junlin naturally knew the shock in his heart.
In fact, when Xiao Junlin discovered this spirit stone vein that day, he was even more excited and shocked than Bai Zihe, even fainting on the spot.
He only woke up the next morning.
Therefore, Bai Zihe's reaction was entirely within his expectations.
And now, he wanted to make a request, so he said to Bai Zihe, "You must know the importance of a spirit stone vein."
"So..."
"I want to make a request of you."