Su Jiu's questions grew sharper with each one.
The old man began scheming again and said, a threat lurking in his words, "I can tell you, but you have to let me out first!"
Su Jiu swept a cold glance over him, then turned her gaze to the souls on Ji Jue's body that were vainly trying to fly free.
"Would anyone like to talk?"
An argument immediately erupted from within Ji Jue.
Qiao Zirong watched, dumbstruck! After he had been caught that one time, Su Jiu had placed a defensive formation around him when she fought Ji Jue again. He had not dared step forward and make more trouble, merely watching everything unfold before his eyes.
In the end, Su Jiu released the soul of a female cultivator who looked reasonably untainted.
The woman seemed bewildered at first, then looked at Su Jiu with deep gratitude. "Ask whatever you wish, Fellow Daoist. Since you've helped me escape this sea of suffering, I'll tell you everything I can."
Seeing Su Jiu release another female cultivator, the old man immediately raised a fuss, shouting that he knew more.
At the end of her patience, Su Jiu clenched her hand. The block of ice imprisoning the heretical cultivator abruptly contracted, crushing him to pieces within it.
The other souls, who had been about to raise their own clamor, immediately fell silent.
Ji Jue gave a cold laugh and mocked the souls attempting to escape. "Did you really think she was someone easy to deal with?"
Su Jiu ignored Ji Jue and simply looked at the soul before her.
"Can you answer those two questions I asked earlier?"
After a moment's thought, the soul recalled Su Jiu's two questions.
"We learned that the Everlasting Flower could grant wishes on the fourth level of