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Xuan Du nodded and slowly said:

"With this pearl, sealing that lingering resentment is more than enough."

"If you trust me, I will give it a try."

"If it succeeds, senior will no longer need to guard this place."

"If it fails, I will never allow that lingering resentment to awaken."

After the sound faded, silence filled the void.

The light screen remained frozen, showing the purple glow of Jin'ao Island, the smiling faces of human cultivators, and the rotation of Houtu's Reincarnation Seal, scene after scene.

Xuanji gazed at Xuandu, at that young yet composed face, at those calm yet resolute eyes.

long silence.

Then a slow grin spread across his face, revealing a smile he had never seen before in a billion-dollar fortune.

The smile was faint, yet it carried a sense of relief and ease.

"it is good."

I believe you.

The four words fell, and a great weight was lifted from my shoulders.

The gray-white figure slowly raised its hand, and a beam of light surged from its fingertips, disappearing into the depths of the void.

"Buzz".

A slight tremor occurred in the void.

A crack slowly opened from where the light had entered, and dense chaotic energy surged within the crack.

Xuan Du stared at the crack, sensing the fluctuations emanating from it, his gaze slightly narrowed.

There was indeed a very faint trace of lingering resentment within that aura.

Even if only a wisp of something from millions of years ago remains, it still sends chills down one's spine.

But the palpitation only lasted for a moment before it was suppressed by the radiance of the Chaos Pearl.

Xuan Du turned around and looked at the gray-white figure:

"Please wait here for a moment, senior. I will be right back."

As soon as he finished speaking, he stepped into the crevice, his blue robes billowing and his black hair flowing over his shoulders.

Xuanji stood in the void, watching the figure disappear into the rift.

The amount involved is hundreds of millions of yuan.

He finally found someone who could help him.

"Xuan Du..."

He spoke in a low voice, which drifted into the pure white void.

"You have calculated everything perfectly, proceeding step by step with meticulous care."

"I hope you can keep your word this time too."

As the voice faded, the gray-white figure slowly sat cross-legged in the void.

Close your eyes and wait.

......

Deep within the fissure.

The grayish-white air currents surged like a tide, tearing that void into pieces.

Xuan Du took a step forward, and the man in green remained motionless despite the impact of the airflow.

The surging gray-white airflow dispersed on its own when it approached within three zhang of him.

It was as if even the remnants of will in the depths of chaos retreated three points in front of that figure in green.

He looked up and gazed into the depths of the crevice.

There, a dim light was slowly flickering.

The light was dark red, like a sleeping heart, and each beat caused the surrounding chaotic energy to tremble for a moment.

That is the node of the Chaos Spirit Vein.

That was the place where the lingering resentment of the enemy resided, as Xuanji had described.

Xuandu stood in the void, gazing at the dark red light.

He didn't rush forward.

He simply stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze calm, as if waiting for something.

A moment later, the dark red light trembled slightly.

An aged and hoarse voice slowly emanated from the depths of the light.

"Another fool courting death?"

The voice carried a ferocity that could sink billions of dollars, like a knife scraping bone, like ice cracking stone.

Upon hearing this, Xuan Du raised an eyebrow slightly.

Instead of retreating, he took a step forward, landing a hundred feet away from the dark red light.

"Sending them to their deaths?"

"I have come here to make a deal with you, senior."

As soon as the sound faded, the dark red light suddenly froze.

The old, hoarse voice was silent for a moment, then let out a very soft sneer.

"trade?"

"You, a mere ninth-level Grand Luo Immortal, dare to make a deal with me?"

Do you know who I am?

"Do you know that back then, I was the one who personally shattered Xuanji's foundation?"

"With your cultivation level, you're nothing but an ant before him, let alone before me!"

The voice was full of sarcasm.

But beneath that mockery lay a faint hint of probing.

He had spent hundreds of millions of yuan, but he was trapped in this spiritual vein node, merging with the chaotic spiritual vein.

They can't get out, and they can't survive.

Only a wisp of will remained, clinging to life by the power of the spiritual vein's origin.

He couldn't remember the last time an outsider had set foot in this place.

He couldn't remember the last time he had heard the voice of a living person.

He couldn't remember the last time he had tasted a fresh soul.

Xuan Du gazed at the dark red light, sensing the surging remnant energy within it.

Although the fluctuations were fierce, beneath that fierceness lay a faint trace of weakness.

Even the existence of Hunyuan Taiji couldn't withstand the consumption of hundreds of millions of yuan.

A slow smile crept onto his lips.

The smile was cold, yet it carried a knowing understanding that saw through everything.

"Senior, there's no need to make a big show of it."

"If you were truly capable of killing me, you would have done so the moment I stepped into the rift."

Why wait until now?

Why waste your breath talking to me?

The sound faded, and the void fell into a deathly silence.

The dark red light stopped flickering, as if the owner of the voice was falling silent.

Xuan Du stood with his hands behind his back and continued speaking.

"The senior is trapped in this billion-dollar club, barely surviving by relying on the essence of the spiritual veins."

"Unable to get out, but also unable to die, stuck in this limbo."

"It must have been very painful, right?"

The dark red light suddenly surged, and the grayish-white air currents swirled wildly.

The old, hoarse voice suddenly rose in pitch, like the howl of a vengeful ghost.

"You're asking for it!"

As the voice faded, a dark red light surged from the depths of the light, transforming into a gigantic palm print that slammed down fiercely towards Xuan Du!

The palm print still retained the Daoist essence of the Primordial Tai Chi level.

Even just the power of lingering resentment is enough to make a half-step Primordial Tai Chi being retreat.

But Xuandu stood still, without dodging.

He simply raised his hand, and the Chaos Pearl rose from his palm.

Forty-nine chaotic restrictions lit up simultaneously, transforming into a chaotic light curtain that gently blocked the dark red palm print.

"boom!"

The palm print slammed into the light screen, causing the void to tremble and the gray-white air currents to dissipate.

But the light screen remained completely still.

The palm print vanished silently into the radiance of the Chaos Pearl, like a clay ox sinking into the sea.

In the dim red light, the old, hoarse voice rang out once more.

This time, there was an unbelievable solemnity in the voice.

"The Chaos Pearl?"

"You actually have the Chaos Pearl?"

"Impossible. That bead was lost in the depths of chaos when Pangu created the world. It's worth billions of dollars and its whereabouts are unknown."

"How could you possibly have it?"

Xuan Du gazed at the surging dark red light, his voice calm.

"Not only did I acquire it, but I also used it very well."

"Senior's palm strike just now was a remnant of the Daoist essence of Hunyuan Taiji."

"But so what?"

"The Chaos Pearl is a supreme treasure of chaos from before Pangu created the world, and it is specifically designed to counter all chaotic energy."

"The lingering regrets of the senior are ultimately formed from the condensation of chaotic energy."

"It's nothing but a paper tiger in front of the Chaos Pearl."

As the sound faded, the dark red light surged even more intensely.

But amidst the turmoil, the ferocity of before was gone.

There was only a kind of fear that was being suppressed with all one's might.

Xuan Du sensed the changes within the light, and the smile on his lips deepened.

He knew the time had come.