Zhang Ruoxi was stunned for a long while before she realized that the old swindler was calling her name. Under the gaze of everyone, she couldn't help but feel a bit timid, and her complexion grew even paler. The power fluctuations within her delicate body became more and more violent as time passed.
She turned her head and looked at Yang Kai with a questioning gaze.
Yang Kai asked in a deep voice, "Old man, you're not joking, are you?"
The old swindler said solemnly, "How could I joke about such a thing?"
"Then explain clearly to me how Ruoxi can help you seal the Sacred Spirit Essence Soul!"
Not only Yang Kai had this doubt, but everyone did. After all, Zhang Ruoxi didn't look particularly remarkable, and her cultivation was only at the Dao Source Three Layer Realm. With so many Emperor Sovereigns present, the old swindler would hardly ask her for help.
Unexpectedly, the old swindler shook his head upon hearing this. "Cannot be said, cannot be said. If you trust me, let her come over. If not, there's nothing I can do."
Yang Kai said sharply, "How can I believe you without an explanation!"
The old man spread his hands and said, "Then there's no other way. When her seal completely unravels, she might go on a killing spree in this Star Fragment Sea, and only then will the Sacred Spirit Essence Soul fall back into slumber. At that point, you'll all have to fend for yourselves."
Yang Kai's expression turned ugly. The old man was putting on a mysterious act, but there was nothing he could do about it, which was truly exasperating.
Just then, Zhang Ruoxi suddenly said, "Sir, if it can help stabilize Sister Xiao Qi, I'm willing to give it a try!"
"But your own condition right now..." Yang Kai frowned.
He didn't know what exactly was wrong with Zhang Ruoxi either. She seemed very uneasy, and the aura within her body had become strange and eerie. Although her situation wasn't as severe as Mo Xiaoqi's, it was far from optimistic.
"I'm fine," Zhang Ruoxi said, pressing her red lips together. "Please let me go, sir."
The old swindler urged from the side, "If you keep hesitating, once her seal completely unravels, it will be beyond salvation. Moreover... I might as well disclose this: the situations of both girls are ultimately due to a chain reaction. Solving the seal problem will also resolve the other's issue."
Yang Kai listened with a bewildered expression, but the old swindler looked so sincere that he couldn't help but believe him a little. He asked in a deep voice, "Does your method have any harm to Ruoxi?"
"There's no danger to her life. I only need to take a drop of her Essence Blood!"
"Essence Blood..." Yang Kai's expression froze, and he became even more convinced that the old swindler wasn't speaking nonsense. Because Zhang Ruoxi had a peculiar bloodline power within her body, which Yang Kai had never been able to understand. Now, the old swindler saying he needed a drop of her Essence Blood clearly meant he knew her bloodline was extraordinary. Perhaps hidden within that bloodline was some unique ability that could help him seal the Sacred Spirit Essence Soul.
He could actually perceive this?
"Fine, I agree!" Yang Kai responded in a deep voice and flew over there with Zhang Ruoxi.
Shortly after, the two arrived in front of the old swindler together.
The old man smiled faintly at Zhang Ruoxi and said gently, "Relax, little girl. It won't hurt you."
Zhang Ruoxi nodded slightly, took a deep breath, and prepared herself.
The old man suddenly glanced at Zhang Ruoxi again and said in surprise, "This outfit of yours... not bad. Where did you get it?"
Upon hearing these words, Yang Kai was startled.
Because beneath Zhang Ruoxi's outer clothing, she was wearing a defensive Imperial Artifact, the Phoenix Radiance Robe!
This defensive Imperial Artifact was extremely valuable and provided astonishing defense. Ever since Zhang Ruoxi obtained it, she had always worn it close to her body.
When the old man said her clothes were nice, he definitely wasn't referring to the outer clothes, but the Phoenix Radiance Robe hidden inside.
What was this old man up to? He could even see that? Yang Kai couldn't help but become wary.
Zhang Ruoxi, however, had no guard against this. She simply said indifferently, "A friend gave it to me."
"Friend..." The old man's mouth twitched obviously, and he chuckled, "Next time you see that friend of yours, give him my regards and tell him I miss him very much!"
Zhang Ruoxi said in surprise, "You know him, Senior?"
"It's been a long time since we last met," the old man answered kindly.
The two chatted back and forth, but in Yang Kai's heart, a storm was raging. He widened his eyes, looking as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.
He suddenly realized that this old man was definitely not as eccentric as he appeared on the surface, but rather somewhat unfathomable.
Because Zhang Ruoxi's Phoenix Radiance Robe was obtained from the Four Seasons Land, and according to her, the one who gave her this Imperial Artifact was the ancient Sacred Spirit, Qiongqi!
That Qiongqi seemed to be the mount of the Time Emperor. After the Time Emperor's demise, Qiongqi had been slumbering within the Four Seasons Land until the Time Divine Temple appeared that one time. After that, Qiongqi also left the Four Seasons Land and went to who knows where to roam freely.
Qiongqi was an ancient fierce beast, bloodthirsty by nature. When it came out from the Four Seasons Land back then, it startled Gao Xueting and the others guarding the exit. Fortunately, Qiongqi had no intention of harming anyone; otherwise, Gao Xueting and the others would have certainly died.
But now, the old man's words implied that he actually knew Qiongqi.
Who exactly was this old man? Yang Kai had felt something strange about him everywhere before, and now it was even more of a mystery.
Such a remarkable and extraordinary person, why did he only have the cultivation of Dao Source Three Layer Realm?