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Chapter 45: West Saint Yuan Qianqiu

In the midst of a roaring fury, the beam of savage power surged through the Deep Sea, heading straight for the only floating island above the palace.

Different from the time when it was imprisoned before, escaping this place almost doubled the power that Ya Zi could exert. It seemed no longer satisfied with its original target and instead intended to directly sink that island!

“……”

Seeing Ling Feng and Bai’er look up without taking action, seemingly unable to do anything, Miss Vilyric frowned slightly. The priest’s staff in her hand lifted slightly, golden light faintly flickering at the tip.

Jokes aside, now that they had seen it, they couldn’t just…

But at that moment, a surging gold-red flame burst from the outside and shot into the sea, aiming at the magic light striking the island, forcefully intercepting it halfway!

“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!!”

The two immense powers collided violently, causing the entire inner sea to surge violently as countless sea demons were sent flying by the powerful current. Clearly, water could conquer fire, yet that gold-red flame burned even more fiercely in the water, immediately turning the demons trying to attack it into ashes.

“Qilin True Flame… it’s really her…”

Accompanied by Ling Feng’s quiet murmur of sentiment, the figure enveloped in the sun’s fire finally revealed itself before everyone.

It was a girl.

Named Yuan Zhi, she had briefly traveled with Miss Vilyric and the others before parting ways due to disagreements.

But at that moment, her gray hair, which was quite common in the Western Spirit Kingdom, was now filled with fire-like golden-red flames, and the petulance and arrogance in her eyes had transformed into a calm and restrained maturity, sparkling like stars in the night sky, dignified yet graceful.

Compared to everyone else present, Ya Zi seemed to know and understand her identity better.

【Spirit Saint Yuan Qianqiu, you deceiving spirit who refuses to leave! Finally willing to show yourself!!!】

“……”

The girl cloaked in flames slowly descended amidst the sea, where her path eradicated all demons, leaving no trace of evil. She landed in the Crystal Palace, precisely in front of Miss Vilyric and the other two, standing in for them to bear the savage aura and overwhelming anger from Ya Zi.

Her tone, however, remained calm.

“Ya Zi, I did not deceive you.”

“When I made the agreement with you, we were to seal ourselves beneath this valley for the peace of the region, and after a millennium we could return to the world; this agreement is still in effect.”

【Lies! If so, why don’t you come and release me? Why does your offspring still block me?!】

The Spirit Saint who awakened again through Yuan Zhi’s body, or rather the first West Saint, shook her head and merely chuckled.

“Offspring have their own responsibilities. If you want to forcefully break this seal, causing suffering to the creatures on land, they will naturally come to stop you. This does not conflict with our agreement, Ya Zi. Don’t let wicked people provoke and manipulate you.”

Clearly, while Ya Zi was brutal, he was not foolish, and the implied meaning in the West Saint’s words was quite obvious.

His assault on the surrounding seal paused for a moment, contemplating, then he projected a solemn will.

【Are you implying that there is indeed a brilliant method to maintain the seal while freeing me?】

The West Saint nodded slightly.

“Naturally, there is.”

She looked up towards the surroundings and at the three girls behind her, lightly exhaling, as if feeling nostalgic.

“A thousand years ago, in order to quell disturbances and eliminate the ancient spirit realm’s monstrous disasters, I ascended to the immortal island together with the other three saints. At that time, we were all granted an audience with the supreme God Fox and entered the 【God Fox Temple】 to pay our respects.”

“I cannot be certain of the situations facing the other three saints, but I, Yuan Qianqiu, indeed received a response from that existence.”

“The God Fox conveyed to me the 【Seven Stars Demon Suppression Technique】, used to suppress myriad evils, and temporarily repress the savage, vile energy instinctively residing within you, preventing us from having to engage in a death struggle with you.”

“He once said, the Seven Stars Demon Suppression Technique requires the power of myriad living beings to bind it, but when it collapses, it will also backfire on all beings. That is the cost, which should be unavoidable…”

“But the God said, when a millennium has passed, and the era returns to the great world, a girl will come from beyond the heavens.”

“She carries the original bloodline, wears white clothes and has black hair, is blessed by the multiple saints, and is a great practitioner. If we can win her assistance, we can thoroughly resolve the evil force within you, allowing the 【Seven Stars Demon Suppression Technique】 to release without collapsing, achieving a win-win situation.”

“In the God Fox’s prophecy, she will arrive here at the necessary moment, but how to gain her assistance requires us to seek methods ourselves…”

As she spoke, the West Saint turned her gaze backward, her transcendent and ancient, dignified eyes sweeping over the three girls, and finally landing on a certain priestess who had planned to watch the drama unfold.

“From the looks of it now, the God Fox’s prophecy has indeed come true, hasn’t it?”

Following her gaze, Ling Feng, Bai’er, and even Ya Zi at the center of the seal instinctively looked towards a certain Miss Vilyric.

“……Eh?”

“Vilyric, could it be… you are the fated person mentioned in the prophecy?!”

Seeing Miss Ling Feng suddenly sporting an expression of “The great deity is actually beside me,” the priestess, who had bizarrely become the center of the incident, hurriedly objected loudly.

“Hey, hey, hey! What the heck? I’m just over here looking for someone, not here to save the world! Don’t go dragging me into a bunch of strange troubles!”

“Uh, actually, I also feel she doesn’t really seem like the type to…”

Before Bai’er could finish her witty retort, the West Saint, bearing Yuan Zhi’s body, already spoke again.

“Young lady, did you come from the primordial land?”

“……?”

Miss Vilyric was fully aware that the so-called primordial land referred to the continent she had previously been on, which was isolated by world barriers. Though there wasn’t an official term for it, knowledgeable deities or ancient beings, including Xi Fu Lin, referred to it as such.

So, at least on this point, the West Saint wasn’t mistaken.

And although Ya Zi seemed to be adamant about seeking someone to settle the score, since the West Saint’s arrival, he had noticeably become more compliant, no longer continuing his assault on the surrounding seals. Thus, the situation gradually shifted into a negotiation and dialogue led by the West Saint.

Realizing that the other party was likely serious, Miss Vilyric also pulled back her flippant attitude and helplessly shook her head.

“So what if that’s the case? Putting aside that inexplicable prophecy and whatnot, even if I’m the person the God referred to and indeed have that capability, just like He said, what reason do I have to help you resolve your problem?”

“To put it selfishly, what’s in it for me? Are you trying to use moral arguments like 【if you don’t act, countless beings will suffer】 to coerce me?”

The West Saint broke into a faint smile and even bowed in a gesture of respect.

“May I ask how you wish to be addressed?”

“Hmm…? Oh, you can just call me Vilyric.”

“Vilyric… haha, indeed a name that fits your current image. You are right; no reward without effort, no incentive without labor. No one, not even the supreme God Fox, will give advantages to others for nothing.”

“Therefore, I have already prepared the corresponding reward for your assistance.”

The girl with golden-red hair burning like flames chuckled again, revealing a hint of mischievousness.

“I wonder, would you be interested in receiving a mount for the next generation?”

 

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