Extracting the Black Qi

The hand seals formed by Shentu Nantian, Granny Thousand Hands, and the old man with long eyebrows all landed in Yi Yun's hands.

Yi Yun activated his Energy Vision. Within Energy Vision, the Empress's relic remained dazzling, but the small black snake resembled a scar, giving this otherwise perfect relic a dangerous and malevolent aura.

Yi Yun poured his spiritual power into the Purple Crystal, using Purple Crystal power to carefully surround the evil aura.

Before making the bet, Yi Yun had already tested it and found that the Purple Crystal was effective against the Empress's relic.

When the power of the Purple Crystal came into contact with the evil aura, Yi Yun felt a shiver run through his body, as if a chill was flowing into his entire body along his meridians, making him feel a bone-chilling cold.

Hiss...

The small black snake kept hissing, enveloped by the power of the Purple Crystal. It struggled desperately to break free from the Purple Crystal's restraint.

This made Yi Yun's heart skip a beat. This wisp of black energy knew how to struggle instinctively, which meant that it was about to evolve into intelligence!

Some pills and relics, because they used too many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, were of too high grade, and had been stored for too long, could develop sentience and escape the moment a martial artist tried to consume them.

This relic of the empress has only just been refined, yet it already shows signs of developing sentience; this is truly remarkable.

If the Empress's relic truly develops sentience, especially the Black Snake, Yi Yun will be unable to separate it using the Purple Crystal.

Because Purple Crystal can only work on lifeless, ownerless energy.

Yi Yun glanced at the three Mysterious Crystal Hand seals in his hand and, without hesitation, applied them to the Black Snake.

"Call out!"

The talisman pressed down on the snake's body, significantly reducing its struggles.

"If this relic is allowed to be nurtured in the Primordial Purple Gold reliquary for another month or two, it might absorb the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, becoming even more uncontrollable. At that point, even if I have the Purple Crystal, there's nothing I can do."

"Shentu Nantian previously said that the medicinal properties of this Empress's relic would gradually diminish within the Primordial Purple Gold relic box, disappearing after a year. This was probably a fabrication by him, intended to force the Lin family to make a decision on the marriage alliance sooner."

A variety of thoughts flashed through Yi Yun's mind. He raised his head, looked at Shentu Nantian, and a playful smile appeared on his lips.

"Young Master Nantian, it's time for the second one."

Shentu Nantian's face darkened, and he snorted coldly. Enduring the excruciating pain in his soul sea, he began to condense the second seal of the Mysterious Crystal Hand.

At this time, many people were watching Shentu Nantian, including the Lin family's senior members and Lin Xin Tong.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, how could Shentu Nantian, a man who values his reputation so much, possibly embarrass himself?

However, if you want to pretend to be fat, you first have to endure the pain of having your face swollen. Shentu Nantian is now somewhat regretful. After he was injured, why did he hide his injuries and force himself to pretend to be indifferent?

The second, the third, the fourth... all the way up to the twentieth seal.

Shentu Nantian barely managed to finish.

But after twenty, Shentu Nantian found it increasingly difficult. The veins on his forehead bulged as his mental energy was exhausted. His eyes turned bloodshot, and he no longer possessed his usual calm and composed gentlemanly demeanor.

But at that very moment, Lin Xin Tong was still looking at him. In front of his future woman, Shentu Nantian didn't want to show any weakness.

What keeps Shentu Nantian going now is the arbitrary torture and killing of Yi Yun after Yi Yun's defeat.

But for Shentu Nantian, that half hour felt like an eternity!

At this moment, Yi Yun had already used the Mysterious Crystal Hand seal to completely restrain the Black Snake's struggles. Originally, Yi Yun extracted the Black Snake not by relying on the Mysterious Crystal Hand, but by relying on the power of the Purple Crystal.

He can extract the Black Snake at any time if he wants.

But seeing Shentu Nantian's appearance, Yi Yun felt that if they didn't drag it out until the very end, it would be a disservice to all the efforts Shentu Nantian had made.

"Young Master Nantian, you seem to be working very hard? Is it pain in your soul sea? Actually, you've already completed more than half of the Mysterious Crystal Hand; there are about sixty more to go. As for pain, you get used to it after a while."

When he had condensed the fortieth seal, Yi Yun looked at Shentu Nantian and said with concern.

Shentu Nantian, his face grim, gritted his teeth and said, enduring the throbbing pain in his soul sea, "You'd better take care of yourself; you only have two quarters of an hour left to live."

At this moment, an hourglass had been erected at the edge of the venue. Grains of sand flowed silently from the top of the hourglass, like life itself passing away.

Another quarter of an hour passed, Mysterious Crystal Hand seals had reached the eightieth seal.

Shentu Nantian's expression was ferocious, his forehead was covered in sweat, and his facial features were contorted.

At this point, he could no longer pretend. Even a seven or eight-year-old child could tell at a glance that Shentu Nantian was at his last gasp.

The talisman that Shentu Nantian has formed is no longer perfect.

Although he had already lost all face, Shentu Nantian still tried his best to persevere. After all, helping Yi Yun find the flaws in the Empress's relic was part of the Soul Contract, and Shentu Nantian was worried that the Soul Contract would have problems.

"Tian'er, hang in there, there's only a little time left."

At this moment, Granny Thousand Hands's vital energy transmission rang in Shentu Nantian's ears.

Shentu Nantian nodded vigorously, took out a Soul Nurturing Pill from his Space Ring, and swallowed it directly. Immediately, an abnormal flush rose to his face.

Originally, the injury to his soul sea was recovering, but after today's ordeal, it will probably take him several more months to fully heal.

He truly hated Yi Yun!

The sand in the hourglass is dwindling, until only a tiny bit remains.

Surrounded by Su Jie, the Lin Family Old Matriarch, and Lin Xin Tong, everyone was worried for Yi Yun.

There were only about a hundred breaths left! But looking at the Empress's relic, there was no significant progress.

Lin Xin Tong's hands were clasped together, her slender white fingers constantly interlacing. Even the usually calm and collected Lin Xin Tong was unable to remain composed at this moment.

"Master..."

Lin Xin Tong to Su Jie, but Su Jie also shook his head. "Even I can't see it. Perhaps only that kid's mutated eyes can see some things."

To those present, Yi Yun's mutated eyes were mysterious and elusive; they had no idea what they could see or what effects they had.

No one would have imagined the existence of Purple Crystal; Purple Crystal was something completely beyond their comprehension.

In fact, the older generation of the Shentu Family had already used their Heavenly Eye to scan Yi Yun's entire body, but they found nothing unusual. Thus, they could only accept the fact that Yi Yun's eyes had mutated.

Eighty breaths, sixty breaths, seventy breaths...

Time ticked by, and only a small handful of sand remained in the hourglass.

With time running out, Lin Xin Tong and the others were on tenterhooks. As for Shentu Nantian, although he was in extreme pain, he revealed a gleeful grin.

The only people who could arouse such hatred in him, besides Yun Yantian in front of him, were Yi Yun from a few months ago.

He had already crippled Yi Yun, and he would use even more cruel methods to torture and kill this kid!

Thirty breaths left!

Shentu Nantian's eyes were bloodshot. He looked at Yi Yun, then at Lin Xin Tong.

With his mental sea on the verge of tearing apart, Shentu Nantian had become almost insane. The way he looked at Lin Xin Tong was no longer disguised, but rather showed naked greed!

In fact, compared to torturing Yi Yun, obtaining Lin Xin Tong was the greater motivation for Shentu Nantian. The pleasure this brought Shentu Nantian was a thousand times, ten thousand times stronger than that of torturing Yi Yun!

Lin Xin Tong's expression was as still as autumn water, and she remained silent.

With only twenty breaths left, and the complete set of Mysterious Crystal Hand finished, the Lin family members held their breath; the scene was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Meanwhile, the Shentu Family members wore smug smiles.

Shentu Nantian and Granny Thousand Hands, in particular, made no attempt to conceal their ferocity and glee at that moment.

"Kid, let's see how you die!"

Granny Thousand Hands laughed like an old witch. She had endured for two years for the sake of Shentu Nantian and Lin Xin Tong's marriage, and now she had to put up with this little beast defecating and urinating on her head. She had had enough!

After Shentu Nantian married Lin Xin Tong and mastered the Empress Heart Sutra, he eventually became a top-tier Great Emperor.

The Shentu Family will not only weather the crisis, but will also become the dominant Lineage in the Tianyuan Realm.

Ten breaths!

The sand remaining in the hourglass was almost countable to the naked eye.

Granny Thousand Hands and Shentu Nantian were both focused on the hourglass, waiting for the final moment when they could get everything they wanted!

But at that moment, something unexpected happened!

The Empress Relic under Yi Yun's hand suddenly trembled, the auspicious light on the relic dimmed, and a wisp of black energy flew out from the relic and landed in Yi Yun's hand.

This wisp of black energy looked ferocious and evil. Even though it was bound by the many runes of the Mysterious Crystal Hand, it still struggled violently, like an evil black worm, giving people a chilling feeling!

At the last moment, Yi Yun used the Purple Crystal to extract the black energy hidden in the Empress's relic. Everyone stared wide-eyed, as the sudden appearance of the black energy caught them completely off guard.

What is that?

Not only the elders of the Lin family, but also many elders of the Song Family and Shentu Family, all showed surprise. The black aura in Yi Yun's hand made them feel uneasy.

Was that extracted from the Empress's relic? It seems almost alive. If I ingest the Empress's relic, wouldn't this black aura also hide within my body?

Before people could figure out what was going on with the black energy, Yi Yun flicked his finger, and the black energy, like a leech, was shot into the body of the Yi Yun -Eyed Wolf beside him!

This wild beast is the experimental wild beast that Yi Yun has chosen!

...(To be continued~^~)