"Mother?"
Hearing Ji Xue's words, Ye Ling glanced at the red spirit in surprise. The red spirit stubbornly clung to Ji Xue's embrace, its gaze never leaving her.
Xiao Lan, perched on his shoulder, saw the red spirit in Ji Xue's arms and seemed to realize her status was threatened. She began to bare her teeth at the red spirit, declaring her ownership.
Glancing at Xiao Lan, who was also about the size of a palm, on his shoulder, Ye Ling smiled at Ji Xue and said, "It seems your own daughter is jealous."
Ji Xue said helplessly, "Master, please don't tease me. Hurry and take this spirit away. I really don't know how to handle her..."
"She's clinging to you because you've cultivated the 'Five Poisons Violet Flame Technique.' It's likely that only you in this world can make her follow you."
Ye Ling patted Xiao Lan's head, calming her down. Then he looked at the immortals and gods crawling out of the pit below and said, "This spirit can attract people from the Immortal Realm, so her background must be extraordinary."
"Take her with you for now. After I deal with the fellow on the ground, I'll study her properly."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Ji Xue could only helplessly bow to him. "Ji Xue understands."
With that, she feared Xiao Lan would be angry and cast a apologetic glance at her. However, Xiao Lan haughtily turned her head away, not accepting Ji Xue's apology.
Nurtured by Ye Ling's spiritual energy, Xiao Lan's spiritual body had completely stabilized, but she was still extremely weak, only capable of basic movements and unable to speak.
Ye Ling watched the bickering mother and daughter, shaking his head and smiling, finding it quite amusing.
"Don't ignore this immortal!"
At this moment, a sharp shout came from the ground, followed by the eruption of an exceptionally powerful aura!
Sensing the powerful aura, Ji Xue's expression changed slightly. She couldn't bother with anything else and quickly retreated to the side with the spirit.
Ye Ling, however, slightly shifted his body. The immortal, holding a long halberd, passed him by.
But before the immortal could change his move, Ye Ling struck, grabbing his head and smashing him violently to the ground!
Boom!
A black light streaked across the sky and slammed into Fulong Mountain, directly collapsing the entire mountain!
The Half-Spirit Realm trembled!
"So, so strong..."
Ji Xue in the air gazed at the billowing dust below, her eyes filled with disbelief.
Although she had experienced Ye Ling's strength and knew that he would be a top-tier powerhouse even in the Immortal Realm, she still felt incredibly shocked every time she saw him act!
The red spirit in Ji Xue's arms also shifted its attention from Ji Xue's face. It crawled out of Ji Xue's arm and flew into the air, looking at the collapsed Fulong Mountain below with a face full of astonishment.
At this moment, amidst the ruins of Fulong Mountain.
The immortal, clad in shattered immortal armor, lay on the ground, staring blankly at Ye Ling, his eyes filled with panic and fear.
"You, you..."
Only then did he realize that Ye Ling's strength far surpassed his own, and his earlier provocation was no different from seeking death!
When did such a powerful figure appear in the mortal realm?
The immortal's mind was in chaos, unable to accept reality.
Seeing that the immortal had lost the will to resist, Ye Ling stopped attacking and asked indifferently, "What is your name? Why are you guarding here? What is the Demon Blood Lotus?"
To Ye Ling's series of questions, the immortal had no intention of answering. Complex thoughts gathered in his mouth, and he finally uttered one sentence, "Who exactly are you?"
"Alas..."
Seeing this, Ye Ling sighed and shook his head. "I gave you a chance, but you didn't cooperate."
With that, Ye Ling no longer wasted time with him. Demonic energy entwined his entire body, reading his memories.
"Ahhhhhh!"
Piercing screams echoed in the Half-Spirit Realm. The white jade gate in the clouds, no longer supported by the immortal's power, began to become illusory and finally disappeared.
Ji Xue in the air couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva and tremble slightly as she watched the immortal from the Immortal Realm being soul-searched by Ye Ling.
She could naturally sense that the immortal currently being soul-searched by Ye Ling had a strength comparable to the immortal who had sealed her in Fulong Mountain back then.
In other words, if this immortal had acted back then, he could have crushed her as well!
But even so, this immortal had no power to resist when facing Ye Ling.
How strong was Ye Ling?
Ji Xue couldn't imagine, nor did she dare to think!
Soon, Ye Ling finished and threw the dazed immortal onto the ground. "As expected, this fellow was sent by the Queen Mother of the West to guard the Demon Blood Lotus..."
From the immortal's memories, Ye Ling learned that his name was Zhu Lin Guo. He was a mortal immortal who ascended during the Song Dynasty and was now a minor immortal in the Immortal Realm, serving under the Queen Mother of the West.
Since he ascended later, he had little seniority in the Immortal Realm, so he was assigned by the Queen Mother of the West to do small tasks, such as guarding the Demon Blood Lotus.
This Demon Blood Lotus was a supreme treasure of the Demon Realm. It was picked by the Queen Mother of the West in Long Yuan three thousand years ago and then planted on Kunlun Mountain.
The Demon Blood Lotus bloomed every three thousand years and bore fruit every three thousand years. When the Queen Mother of the West picked it, it was during its blooming period. The past few decades were its fruiting season.
The Queen Mother of the West's initial intention in sealing Ji Xue in Fulong Mountain was to sacrifice Ji Xue, allowing the Demon Blood Lotus to absorb Ji Xue's essence and eventually bear the Demon Lotus Dragon Crystal.
The Demon Lotus Dragon Crystal was an extremely rare treasure in the Three Realms. Consuming it greatly benefited cultivation.
However, the Queen Mother of the West did not expect that the world had changed greatly over the past three thousand years, and the mortal realm had been in turmoil. The Half-Spirit Realm formed within Fulong Mountain had coincidentally engulfed the Demon Blood Lotus.
At that time, the Queen Mother of the West was in seclusion for cultivation and did not notice the changes in the mortal realm, nor did she pay attention to the Demon Blood Lotus.
About seventy years ago, a mortal immortal somehow got wind of the fact that a supreme treasure of the Demon Realm was hidden in Fulong Mountain. He infiltrated the Half-Spirit Realm and stole the Demon Lotus Dragon Crystal nurtured by the Demon Blood Lotus.
After leaving the Half-Spirit Realm, that mortal immortal was ambushed by several other mortal immortals.
Fulong Mountain thus erupted in a battle between mortal immortals for the Demon Lotus Dragon Crystal. In the end, Ye Feng took advantage of the chaos and picked up the treasure.
Since all the mortal immortals who participated in the battle at that time were annihilated, the Queen Mother of the West could not trace the whereabouts of the Demon Lotus Dragon Crystal after she awoke.
Therefore, even though the loss of the Demon Lotus Dragon Crystal enraged the Queen Mother of the West, nothing happened.
Fortunately, the Queen Mother of the West later discovered that the Demon Blood Lotus was an extremely rare twin-born body, and a spirit was nurtured within it. The Queen Mother of the West then calmed her anger and sent Zhu Lin Guo to guard the place, preventing anyone from stealing the treasures nurtured by the Demon Blood Lotus again, and waiting for the spirit to be born.
"No wonder Ye Feng wanted to eliminate Ji Xue and all the Kas people. It turns out that the Demon Lotus Dragon Crystal he obtained was kept secret from the Queen Mother of the West."
"Only by eliminating Ji Xue and the Kas people could the Queen Mother of the West have no possibility of tracing him, allowing him to be completely at ease..."
"This means that the spirit we have obtained now is the second treasure nurtured by the Demon Blood Lotus, and its value seems to be even higher than the Demon Lotus Dragon Crystal that Ye Feng obtained..."
Ye Ling looked at the red spirit in the sky, his eyes narrowing slightly.
His mind began to stir.