Yunxi rubbed her forehead and said:
"Immortal Spirit, I clearly said we'd talk after the Shaman Clan people left. I never said you could take the Spiritual Vein once they were gone."
Immortal Spirit shook its leaves and said:
"Master, I understood it to mean we should take it after they had all left, so misunderstandings would be less likely. Besides, that place will soon cease to exist."
"Immortal Spirit, are you saying that once the Shaman Clan people are wiped out, that space will disappear as well?"
"Yes. It was originally a place meant to imprison the Shaman Clan. The Realm Spirit wanted them to perish together with those Demon Beasts that had failed to evolve. Now that its goal has been achieved, and I've drawn away most of the Spiritual Vein, that place cannot hold on much longer. Once the cultivators inside are teleported out, it will disappear too."
After taking a deep breath, Yunxi asked:
"Immortal Spirit, me being trapped here really has nothing to do with you drawing away that Spiritual Vein?"
Immortal Spirit explained awkwardly:
"Hehe, Master, you also dug up the only Life-Force Tree on this floating island. How can it all be because of me?"
Yunxi snorted. She was certain that aside from the Life-Force Tree she had dug up, what Immortal Spirit had done was also an important reason.
"Master, since it's an 'Equivalent Exchange,' let's tidy this place up and plant a spiritual plant of equivalent value. If we still can't leave this floating island afterward, then we'll fight our way out. I'll be responsible for providing you with spiritual power."
Immortal Spirit shook its leaves as it promised.
What else could Yunxi say? Immortal Spirit had stripped away an entire high-grade Spiritual Vein from someone else. She had to make