Translator: CinderTL
"Little friend, why are you so agitated?" Bai Wei glanced at the spear tip inches from her face but paid it no further attention, too weak to care.
Song Wen said, "I've carried you underground for over two hundred thousand miles. You couldn't possibly have failed to notice the Corpse Dao aura emanating from me. In the Southern Nether Continent, good and evil are irreconcilable. I have no intention of befriending a Senior like you. I've already fulfilled your request by helping you escape the battlefield. Now, hand over the Heavenly Astral Body Integration Pill immediately, and we'll part ways."
Bai Wei replied, "I don't have the Heavenly Astral Body Integration Pill on me."
Song Wen thrust his spear forward, pressing the tip against Bai Wei's dantian.
"Are you playing me?"
Bai Wei countered, "Though I don't have the pill on me, I am a seventh-tier Pill Refiner with a revered position in the Spirit Jade Palace. If I can return alive, crafting a Heavenly Astral Body Integration Pill will be no difficult task."
Song Wen scrutinized Bai Wei coldly, saying nothing.
After several breaths, the sun-chasing spear in his hand suddenly vanished.
Killing Bai Wei would only yield some spirit stones and Spirit Herbs, which would be of little use for him to break through to the Body Integration Stage.
"How can I trust you, Senior? If you return to the Spirit Jade Palace and renege on this agreement, what recourse would a mere rogue cultivator like myself have against you? Moreover, even within the Spirit Jade Palace, the Heavenly Astral Body Integration Pill must be an extremely rare treasure. You likely wouldn't be able to obtain it easily, so how could you possibly trade it with me?"
Bai Wei replied, "I swear upon my divine soul that I will provide you with a Heavenly Astral Body Integration Pill within a century. If I break this oath, may my soul scatter and spirit vanish."
As she spoke, she glanced up at Song Wen, who was staring intently at her with eyes like burning torches.
Taking a deep breath, she assumed a solemn expression and began to swear her oath.
"Heavenly Dao above, I, Bai Wei, swear upon my divine soul that I will provide the person before me with a Heavenly Astral Body Integration Pill within a century, and during this time, I will never act against their interests."
The moment her words fell, a fervent smile bloomed on Song Wen's face. He crouched down, leaning close to Bai Wei.
"Senior, you're severely injured and likely can't withstand the Primordial Qi's corrosion for long. Would you like this junior to escort you out of the Primordial Qi Death Zone to a safe place where you can recover?"
Bai Wei was taken aback, clearly not expecting Song Wen's sudden shift from arrogance to deference.
"Then I'll trouble you, little friend."
"Senior, you needn't stand on ceremony."
As Song Wen spoke, a small flying ship, only a few dozen feet long, materialized before him.
Using his spiritual power, he lifted Bai Wei and boarded the ship.
After placing Bai Wei on the deck, Song Wen activated the ship and steered it westward, intending to bypass Luyang City and head deep into the Southern Nether Continent.
Bai Wei, enduring excruciating pain, forced herself into a cross-legged position, swallowed two medicinal pills, and began circulating her spiritual power to heal her injuries.
Pfft!
The moment her spiritual power began to circulate, it seemed to agitate her internal wounds. She coughed up a large mouthful of blood, her body slumped sideways, and she collapsed back onto the deck.
Seeing this, Song Wen shook his head and flashed to Bai Wei's side.
"Senior, lie still. I'll help you heal."
Ignoring Bai Wei's potential objections, he forcefully pressed several exposed bone fragments back into place.
Then, he placed one hand on Bai Wei's torn abdomen and channeled a wisp of spiritual power into her body, aiding her in refining the medicinal pills.
Bai Wei felt the warmth spreading from her abdomen, a flicker of embarrassment crossing her eyes.
Perhaps due to the severity of her injuries, she said nothing, simply closing her eyes and allowing Song Wen to proceed.
Less than an hour later, the Giant Flying Ship hovered above a lush, mountainous region.
Bai Wei's external injuries had stabilized, but her condition appeared far more dire. She lay curled up, trembling uncontrollably, as if enduring unspeakable torment.
Song Wen knew this was due to severe damage to her divine soul, which had gone untreated for too long. As time passed, the soul wound had worsened, now flickering like a candle in the wind, on the verge of collapse.
"Senior, do you have any medicinal pills to heal the divine soul?" he asked, desperate to save her.
He didn't want Bai Wei to die, yet he had no means to help her. After all, he had never worried about divine soul injuries and thus had never prepared any such pills.
"The pills I took earlier included one for the divine soul, but it didn't work. Take me to Great Tan City. Someone there will save me," Bai Wei gasped, her voice fragmented and strained.
"In your current state, I doubt you'll survive the journey to Great Tan City," Song Wen replied.
"If I... die, all my treasures are yours. Just promise me one thing: tell my disciple Xu Mengyu... that if I'm gone, she must stop being reckless and live well. Ah..."
Bai Wei seemed unable to endure the agonizing pain in her divine soul any longer, letting out a low, guttural roar.
A flicker of regret flashed through Song Wen's eyes. He had finally obtained a chance to acquire the Heavenly Astral Body Integration Pill, only to see Bai Wei on the verge of soul scattering and spirit vanishing.
Still, Bai Wei's storage ring likely contained the Pill Formula for the Heavenly Astral Body Integration Pill.
Perhaps he could attempt to refine it himself.
Just as Song Wen was inwardly lamenting, Shadow Void's voice suddenly echoed within his Sea of Consciousness.
"Master, you can save her."
Song Wen's figure abruptly materialized within his Sea of Consciousness.
Yet his face showed no joy, only a dark, piercing gaze fixed on Shadow Void.
"Without my permission, you dare to spy on the outside world!"
A flicker of panic flashed through Shadow Void's eyes as he hastily explained.
"Master, please understand, this subordinate had no intention of eavesdropping. In the Primordial Qi Death Zone, you opened your Sea of Consciousness, instructing me to guard our surroundings. Later, in your urgency to save this human woman, you neglected to close it, allowing me to perceive the outside world."
"I'll spare you this time. But if it happens again, you know your fate." The sinister expression on Song Wen's face softened slightly. "Speak. What method do you have to save her?"
"Thank you for your mercy, Master," Shadow Void said. "You need only use the Soul Source Essence to heal this woman's divine soul."
"Soul Source Essence!"
Song Wen abruptly looked up at the Black Hole in the sky, from which a cluster of glowing motes descended.
The motes converged in his palm, forming a fist-sized sphere of light.
With a flick of his wrist, Song Wen hurled the sphere into the air. It shot through the void like a bolt of lightning.
Simultaneously, outside his Sea of Consciousness, a sphere of light suddenly emerged from the space between Song Wen's eyebrows.
But as soon as it appeared, the sphere rapidly dimmed, turning ashen gray before dissipating like a bubble, vanishing without a trace.
"What was that?" Song Wen asked, his voice a mix of shock and confusion. He immediately questioned Shadow Void within his Sea of Consciousness.
"The Soul Source Essence is the purest essence of the soul," Shadow Void explained. "Once it leaves the Sea of Consciousness, it is instantly corrupted by the turbid Qi or Spiritual Qi of the outside world, annihilating itself in an instant."
"If that's the case, how can I save her?" Song Wen asked.
"According to my inherited memories," Shadow Void replied, "in places saturated with Primordial Qi, a treasure called Cinder Abyss Jade can be found. It can serve as a vessel for the Soul Source Essence."
(End of the Chapter)
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