"Rest assured, he'll come!"
Xuan Shi spoke calmly, his tone exceedingly certain.
"This man may seem cautious, but in truth... he values loyalty and righteousness above all else."
"Otherwise, back in Heaven Beyond Heaven, he would not have known full well that he was no match for this Marquis, yet still forcibly stepped forward for Hu Meier."
"Besides..."
At this point, Xuan Shi's voice paused slightly.
As the Moon-Devouring Demon Wheel turned, an extremely faint trace of Qingqiu aura drifted out from the black moonlight.
This wisp of aura was precisely what he had forcibly intercepted back in Heaven Beyond Heaven, from the connection between Hu Meier's incarnation and true body.
The aura appeared weak.
Yet the moment it emerged, the foxfire around Hu Meier visibly dimmed several degrees.
"Even if Su Shi'er does not come, as long as this wisp of Qingqiu aura is refined with the Myriad Spirits Blood Pool—"
"This Marquis can still follow the vine to find the Qingqiu Fox Lord's true body!"
Xuan Shi's voice rang out.
Hu Meier's expression remained calm, but coldness flowed through her eyes.
"You think you can find my true body with nothing more than this incomplete wisp of aura? Xuan Shi, you are underestimating the Qingqiu Fox Clan far too much!"
"Whether it is simple or not, we'll only know after trying!"
Xuan Shi chuckled softly.
As his words fell, the hand seals he formed abruptly changed.
Black light surged from the Moon-Devouring Demon Wheel.
The Qingqiu aura within was drawn forth, transforming into a thread of azure light as thin as a hair that shot directly into the blood pool below.
The blood pool spanned a hundred zhang.
Its water was as viscous as blood, and countless tiny bubbles constantly rose and burst within it.
Each bursting bubble