"Two."
As Ye Lin's words, like a death warrant, fell once more, Shen Junxue could no longer remain calm. Ye Lin's three drops of essence blood had already begun slowly drifting toward the two streams of Xuanmiao's energy before them.
The Xuanmiao energy, which had shown no movement at all until now, began to churn violently. In the past month, she had never seen it undergo such an enormous change.
At this sight, Ye Lin's heart settled completely. It seemed the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar had not deceived him.
"One."
The moment Ye Lin's final word fell, Shen Junxue gritted her teeth and extended a finger to cut open her chest. At once, three drops of violet blood, drawn by her will, flew toward Xuanmiao's energy.
In an instant, the six drops of blood merged into the two streams of Xuanmiao's energy. Like dry tinder meeting a blazing fire, the two streams began to roil violently.
Seeing this, joy flashed across Shen Junxue's face, and a smile appeared on her pale features. Perhaps Ye Lin had truly guessed right.
Yet without realizing it, her cultivation had long since fallen from the peak of the Heavenly Immortal realm. She had originally been at the early stage of the True Immortal realm, and her cultivation had not yet fully stabilized.
Now that she had lost three drops of her heart's essence blood, she could no longer maintain her realm, and it fell.
The next moment, the two violently churning streams of Xuanmiao energy began to merge slowly. At this sight, only two words remained in Ye Lin and Shen Junxue's hearts: It worked.
Seeing this, Ye Lin slowly drew the Mysterious Yellow All-Things Bell floating behind him back into his body. He had never trusted anyone, much less someone who had deceived him