Yan Chihuo aimed the disc at the demon-blood barrier and secretly formed a hand seal. The pale purple light on the disc immediately gathered at its center, then shot out in a flash, striking the blood-colored shield dead on.
The instant the purple light touched the blood-colored shield, it was like boiling soup splashed onto snow, melting a bowl-sized hole through it at once. The opening rapidly widened with a crackling sound, and in moments, it dissolved into nothingness.
Overjoyed, Yan Chihuo hurried to the stone platform and opened the Jade Box. A flood of purple light burst forth, countless times stronger than the glow of the Evil-Warding Purple Jade, dyeing the entire chamber violet.
Seeing this, Snow Fairy stepped forward and peered into the Jade Box. Inside lay a purple, brick-shaped crystal, crystalline and translucent, the purple radiance emanating from it. A thin red thread ran through the very center of the crystal. Bathed in that glow, it seemed alive, wandering and shifting without rest.
Snow Fairy exclaimed, "Purple Mysterious Jade is already a top-grade spiritual material. Yet it looks as though it can barely suppress that thread of red. It must be the essence blood of some mighty Qilin being from the Immortal Realm."
Yan Chihuo took out the purple crystal and handed it to Snow Fairy. "Let's go."
Snow Fairy froze for a moment, accepting the crystal. "You don't want it?"
Yan Chihuo said flatly, "What I need most is to undo the Restriction on me and return to the East Sea. No matter how precious this Qilin essence blood is, it is of no use to me."
Snow Fairy said, "Hm. Don't think you can move me with this Purple Mysterious Jade containing Qilin essence blood, hoping I'll let you return without obtaining the Nine-Petaled Purple-Gold