Retreat, Part 2

"Okay... I promise you!!"

Cloud Fragrance Hall Master gritted her teeth, her eyes almost red as she agreed to Lin Xin's reminder.

"Alright, take me to get the antidote."

Lin Xin said directly.

"Yes!"

Cloud Fragrance Hall Master suppressed the grief and indignation in her heart. She actually knew that being able to do this much was already the limit.

But she had to do it.

For the safety of the entire Cloud Fragrance Hall, and also for... that person.

Lin Xin didn't allow the others to follow, but instead, accompanied by Cloud Fragrance Hall Master and another beautiful female Pill Master, he entered the main hall alone.

Passing through the main hall, behind it was a Pill King Hall, enshrining the statue of the Origin Chaos Golden Core Holy King.

Lin Xin couldn't help but take a few more glances at the statue.

The black bronze statue, more than three meters tall, quietly sat cross-legged at the highest point of the Pill King Hall.

The image was very strange. It was carved as an extremely fat, round-shaped giant fatty.

His face was smiling so wide like Maitreya Buddha that he couldn't close his mouth.

His round belly was bare-chested, and a large character for 'Pill' could be seen on his navel.

"This is the Origin Chaos Golden Core Holy King?"

He asked curiously.

"Yes." Cloud Fragrance Hall Master said coldly. But there was no follow-up, obviously unwilling to say more to him.

Walking to a side hall, there were densely packed thousands of black drawers on the wall, with corresponding numbers marked on the drawers.

Cloud Fragrance Hall Master stretched out her hand, and the top three drawers opened at the same time, and a large number of small granular pills flew out from inside.

All the pills flew into the air in front of her according to a certain proportion, and quickly melted and fused. Condensed into a fist-sized black and bright pill.

"This is the antidote. After Divine Lord takes it, please place it behind the head of the poisoned person as a pillow. After sleeping for three days, the poison will be neutralized.

After use, please return this item. Only the unique cloud fragrance of my Cloud Fragrance Hall can nourish and maintain its magical effect. Placing it in any other place will quickly lose its efficacy and disappear."

Cloud Fragrance Hall Master said seriously.

"How many branch halls of Cloud Fragrance Hall are there in the Shadow World?"

Lin Xin suddenly asked.

"Ninety-eight."

Cloud Fragrance Hall Master answered quickly.

"The main Pill Masters you accept are all women? Where do they come from?"

"There are ninety-eight main cities in the Shadow World, among which Shadow City is the strongest force. The remaining main cities are controlled by their respective forces and ethnic groups. There are channels in the city connecting many Void worlds. Although they nominally obey Shadow City, they are actually independent forces. Our Pill Masters are gathered from these places."

The Cloud Fragrance Hall Master answered coldly.

She knew that she had to cooperate now, or she would be dragging the entire Cloud Fragrance Hall down with her.

"Afterwards, I will directly open a passage from the Netherworld Realm to enter the Shadow World. The Cloud Fragrance Hall will move into the Netherworld Realm."

Lin Xin instructed.

"Why!?"

The Cloud Fragrance Hall Master immediately bristled.

"You clearly promised before that you wouldn't interfere with us...!"

"You can choose not to move. Does Shadow City still have the strength to protect you? Or are you planning to stay in the Shadow World independently, without the protection of any power?

Or do you think that I, this Divine Lord, am away all year round and will make a special trip to guard your Cloud Fragrance Hall?"

Lin Xin's eyes turned cold.

The Cloud Fragrance Hall Master was immediately stunned.

Yes, this is not a normal time. Even Shadow City has been destroyed. Where else could be safer?

With the Dao Ancestor not appearing, the safest place is obviously the power where the Great Saint is located.

And Lin Xin is one of the strongest Azure Lake Mountain Great Saints today. Taking refuge under him is undoubtedly a wise choice.

However, once they move into the Netherworld Realm, the entire Cloud Fragrance Hall will eventually be assimilated by the Netherworld Realm, becoming a part of it, and sharing life and death with the Sun Snatcher Divine Lord.

This is not the result she wants.

But at this moment, seeing Lin Xin's increasingly dangerous eyes, the Cloud Fragrance Hall Master knew that as long as she said no.

The result would definitely be worse than death!

They had carefully studied the Sun Snatcher Divine Lord's personality information before.

Knowing that this one is a man of his word and does not allow anyone to disobey him.

His subordinates have shed blood like the sea, and the number of spirits who died under his sword is unknown. Even Celestial Venerable incarnations, no less than double digits have been destroyed by him!

Faced with such a terrifying existence, they are not much stronger than ants.

"Divine Lord, what if we are willing to exchange it for a price that will move you!?"

She suddenly said.

"A price that will move me?"

Lin Xin narrowed his eyes.

"Tell me about it."

The Cloud Fragrance Hall Master was silent for a moment.

"The Four Great Sages, Xing Pengfei, is in our hall."

Lin Xin's heart was shocked.

Xing Pengfei, one of the Four Great Sages, was someone whose strength he had personally experienced before. Although Xing Pengfei was not as strong as him and Fang Yu, once Xing Pengfei went all out, Xing Pengfei would definitely reach the terrifying level of approaching a star.

He didn't expect Xing Pengfei to be in Cloud Fragrance Hall.

"Xing Pengfei was severely injured by Fang Yu and is currently in a coma, and may die at any time. We have been trying our best to save him, but we can only barely stabilize his condition."

Cloud Fragrance Hall Master explained.

"Actually, Xing Pengfei is one of the few straightforward people in Shadow City and has always taken good care of my Cloud Fragrance Hall. In addition, he is actually my biological brother.

Healing is not our forte. If possible, Divine Lord might be able to sign a True Name Contract with him and use the power of the Heavenly Alliance of Azure Lake Mountain to save his life. This can also be considered the last condition of my Cloud Fragrance Hall."

"Xing Pengfei..."

Lin Xin's mind raced, and he quickly made a decision.

"One Xing Pengfei is not enough. A seriously injured Shadow Demon Great Saint is useless to me, so why should I waste power and resources to save him?"

"Then, what about Holy Master Fang Yu's Origin Free Peaceful Tranquility Art?"

Cloud Fragrance Hall Master's words were shocking.

As soon as these words came out, not only was the beautiful Pill Master beside her frightened, but even Lin Xin's heart trembled.

"Is this true?"

Lin Xin waved his hand and sprinkled a circle of invisible ripples, wrapping the surroundings layer by layer to prevent the prying eyes of powerful Divine Senses.

"It's true!"

Cloud Fragrance Hall Master nodded seriously.

"Fang Yu once recorded the Origin Free Peaceful Tranquility Art in order to obtain a strange elixir, and handed it over to me as an exchange. Moreover, because it is the only Daoist Art, he can only engrave this one copy, and it is impossible for a second copy of the art to appear in the world."

"Why don't you cultivate it?"

Lin Xin asked in a deep voice.

"We can't cultivate it." The Hall Master said helplessly.

"The Origin Free Peaceful Tranquility Art cultivates absolute body refinement. Moreover, it also requires a special Dao Body called the Free Body Constitution. We have searched countless areas, but we have not found this strange Dao Body."

"Where is the art?"

Lin Xin was tempted.

He always felt that Fang Yu would not die so easily. This was a kind of inexplicable intuition.

"Has Divine Lord agreed to my conditions?"

The Hall Master asked.

"I agree."

"Swear by your True Name?"

"Even if I swear by my True Name, can you restrain me?" Lin Xin laughed.

Indeed, the Hall Master was silent.

An ant, even if given a handgun, couldn't kill a normal adult. Not to mention, the gap between her and Lin Xin was even greater than that comparison.

A true name was equivalent to that handgun.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see Xing Pengfei."

The Cloud Fragrance Hall Master was silent for a moment, then spoke.

Lin Xin followed her, twisting and turning, quickly entering an underground passage. After advancing for over a thousand meters, they finally arrived at an oval-shaped amethyst hall.

In the center of the hall, within a purple lotus flower, a young man was lying quietly.

It was none other than Xing Pengfei, whom Lin Xin had met before.

Lin Xin stepped forward and waved his hand. Immediately, the purple lotus flower naturally dispersed, fading away.

He reached out and pressed on Xing Pengfei's forehead. True Essence probed into him, and his eyes closed slightly.

After a moment, he opened his eyes.

"It's Fang Yu's aura. He was severely injured by him."

"Can he be healed?" The Cloud Fragrance Hall Master became anxious, as this was, after all, her own brother.

"Yes."

Lin Xin's heart was also clear. If he could form a contract with Xing Pengfei, then he would have one more chance of survival in the great calamity.

After all, every Great Saint was a source of vitality.

This was already generally acknowledged.

"However, we must first form a contract."

Countless types of contracts flashed through Lin Xin's mind, and he quickly settled on one.

Signing a Master-Servant Contract with a rebellious Great Saint like Xing Pengfei was absolutely impossible for him to accept. Such a person would rather die than be a servant.

And the best, and only, way to save him was to transfer and strengthen his Constitution with attribute points.

But without a Master-Servant Contract, attribute points could not be transferred.

The only way was to use that contract.

Lin Xin casually grabbed in the Void, and immediately took out an ancient, light yellow parchment scroll from the Space Ring within his body.

It was covered with strange, incomprehensible symbols and words, as well as bizarre rune patterns in the style of an Evil God.

"This is a Soul Transaction Contract, Xing Pengfei. I can heal your injuries, but in exchange, you must serve me for five thousand years.

If you agree, then I will sign it directly with your blood. If you don't agree, then I will turn around and leave, letting you live or die on your own."

Lin Xin directly transmitted his thoughts.

Although Xing Pengfei was unconscious, as a Great Saint, he could not completely lose consciousness even when unconscious.

So as long as the divine sense was transmitted, he could still sense the outside situation.

Lin Xin was too lazy to say more, letting the parchment scroll float in mid-air, and forcing out a drop of silver-red blood, which flew onto it and seeped in.

With a wave of his hand, he sliced open Xing Pengfei's finger, and a drop of black-red blood flew out, also falling onto the parchment.

A Soul Contract, if not agreed to from the depths of the signer's soul, would not take effect even if forcibly signed.

Therefore, Lin Xin explained his intentions while keeping his eyes fixed on the parchment.

Two drops of blood landed on the parchment.

Lin Xin's blood quickly melted into it.

But Xing Pengfei's blood, even upon contacting the parchment, remained in droplet form.

However, this state did not last long before rapidly changing.

The blood droplet also melted into the parchment. Clearly, he had agreed as well.

The Cloud Fragrance Hall Master also breathed a long sigh of relief.

In any case, Xing Pengfei had to sign this contract.

The conditions the Sun Snatcher Divine Lord had given him were already very generous. If he still refused to sign, then his body after falling into a coma would completely become an experimental subject for Azure Lake Mountain of the Heavenly Alliance. There would be no way to resist.

Even Lin Xin would have no reason to protect him any further.

So, in reality, this matter was a great favor that the siblings owed Lin Xin.

And what Lin Xin wanted was precisely this effect.

During the Great Calamity, there were very few places where one could have a Great Saint owe a favor.

Next, he would have to see just how miraculous Fang Yu's Origin Free Peaceful Tranquility Art truly was.

Perhaps Lin Xin could find out what exactly was wrong with what he had felt before.