Many children, many blessings: Stealing the offspring of powerful figures to cultivate immortality.

The binding force in the void receded like a tide.

Mo Xie staggered, her body lurching forward, almost falling from mid-air.

His once youthful and arrogant face was now distorted by extreme anger and helplessness, his golden pupils filled with bloodshot veins.

"Gu Qinghan, how dare you!" he roared hoarsely. The Divine Machine Box behind him made a screeching sound as it struggled to withstand the weight. Several expensive parts flew off due to the forced operation and cut his cheek.

Gu Qinghan didn't even turn her head.

With a gentle tap of his slender, jade-like fingers, a white jade medicine bottle, shimmering with a faint light, seemed to be lifted by an invisible hand and slowly flew towards Mo Xie.

"Three Heavenly-grade Life-Extending Pills." Gu Qinghan's voice was completely flat, as cold as snow that never melts. "Take the stuff and get out of the Pill Tower."

The medicine bottle floated lightly into Mo Xie's arms.

Mo Xie clutched the white jade bottle tightly; it was his sister Mo Linglong's only hope for survival.

But at this moment, the medicine bottle felt incredibly heavy in his hands, so hot that his fingertips trembled.

"Jiang Yining, who gave you permission to agree to his request!" Mo Xie bypassed the control panel and tried to rush towards the woman who was being controlled by Gu Qinghan.

Jiang Yining stood there.

Her face appeared almost transparent under the intense light at the top of the tower, but the cinnabar birthmark between her brows was a breathtakingly red.

She looked at Mo Xie, without a trace of fear in her eyes.

The moment Mo Xie charged forward, Gu Qinghan casually waved his hand.

A transparent barrier, shimmering with a faint silver glow, instantly rose from the cracks in the floor tiles.

The barrier, though seemingly as thin as a cicada's wing, actually contained the power of laws of a Dao Inquiry Realm expert, directly splitting the top of the tower in two.

Moye slammed hard against the barrier, making a muffled "bang".

He was thrown several meters by the recoil, crashing into a row of precious glass medicine cabinets. All sorts of strange and unusual medicinal herbs were scattered all over the ground, but he ignored the pain and scrambled back to the barrier, frantically pounding on it.

"Let her out! Gu Qinghan, you old madman! If you have the guts, come at me!" Mo Xie's voice was already hoarse.

Jiang Yining looked at the crazed Mo Xie through the flowing silver barrier.

She raised her hand and gently placed it on the barrier wall, as if touching Moye's face, which was covered with tears and blood.

She didn't speak; Gu Qinghan had completely silenced the area. She simply moved her lips and made a mouth shape.

"wait for me."

Just two simple words.

But it was like a stabilizing force, firmly suppressing Mo Xie's emotions that were about to collapse.

Mo Xie was stunned.

He stared at those two words, his already chaotic mind feeling as if it had been doused with cold water.

I can't beat this old monster Gu.

Mo Xie gritted her teeth, her nails digging deep into the flesh of her palms.

He knew that staying here would not only be of no help, but would also become a bargaining chip for Gu Qinghan to use to threaten Jiang Yining.

Seeking the Dao Realm.

That is an insurmountable barrier for him now.

"If you die, I will dedicate my entire life to razing the Pill Tower to the ground!"

Mo Xie, separated by the barrier, made the most solemn vow of his life.

He gave Jiang Yining a deep look, then suddenly turned around, clutching the three life-extending pills, and transformed into a red afterimage as he rushed towards the teleportation array below the tower.

Gu Qinghan then turned his head slightly, his pale gray pupils looking at Jiang Yining.

"Your little dog is quite fast."

Jiang Yining withdrew her hand and rubbed her wrist, which had been pinched red.

"Thank you, Tower Master, for your magnanimity."

Gu Qinghan raised an eyebrow, clearly surprised that this woman wasn't worried at all about what he might do to her.

"You have a lot of guts."

Gu Qinghan's slender fingers traced lines in the air: "I hope your bones are as hard as your mouth."

As he moved his fingers, the array patterns on the ground began to glow with a dark red light.

The temperature at the top of the tower instantly dropped below freezing.

Jiang Yining felt as if all the blood in her body was about to freeze, but she still stood straight and even deliberately took a step forward.

"The Tower Master hasn't cured me of the Shadow Poison yet. If I freeze to death like this, your perfect test subject will be gone."

Gu Qinghan remained silent.

He simply turned away indifferently, the hem of his white robe drawing a sharp arc in the air.

"Follow me. Don't touch anything unless you want to become the rotten flesh in those jars."

Jiang Yining shrugged.

She looked at the aloof white figure in front of her, wondering how she could "eat" him.

After walking for a while, they arrived at a room so pure it was almost oppressive.

The walls and floors were all made of precious white jade, without a single blemish.

In the center of the room stood a glass table, surrounded by hundreds of tiny orbs of light that illuminated the space without casting any shadows.

The air was filled with a cold, herbal scent, mixed with a faint, almost imperceptible odor of blood.

"Lie down." Gu Qinghan had his back to her and was selecting something in front of a row of gleaming silver knives.

Jiang Yining glanced at the cold, icy glass platform.

"Lord Tower Master, is it necessary to lie down while conducting research? I think sitting is fine too."

Gu Qinghan's hand paused.

He slowly turned around, his pale gray eyes devoid of any warmth, as if he were looking at a dead object.

"You have no right to negotiate with me." He pointed to the platform. "Or do you want me to smash your bones and throw you up there?"

Jiang Yining pursed her lips.

Fine, since your cultivation level is higher, you're in charge.

She slowly climbed up the glass platform.

The touch was extremely cold, so cold that the chilling energy of the Shadow Poison within her body instantly resonated with it, and began to surge wildly up her spine.

"Hiss—" She couldn't help but gasp.

Gu Qinghan walked over, stood by the platform, and looked down at her. His slender hands were covered with thin gloves that looked like they were made of deep-sea shark silk.

"The Shadow Poison has already attacked your heart, yet you can still stand and talk to me. That's truly remarkable."

His fingers landed on Jiang Yining's collarbone.

Even though there was clothing between them, Jiang Yining felt a real chill, as if a venomous snake was crawling on her skin.

"Take it off," Gu Qinghan said coldly.

Jiang Yining froze.

Asking her to undress in front of a man she had only just met was somewhat of a challenge to her mental fortitude.

"Lord Tower Master, isn't this inappropriate?"

Jiang Yining tried her best to maintain a smile: "Doctors don't distinguish between men and women, but I still have to save face. Where do you need to be examined? I'll just lift that cloth."

Gu Qinghan let out a disdainful snort.

"I told you you have no right to negotiate with me."

He casually picked up a small silver knife and twirled it deftly between his fingers.

"Do you want to do it yourself, or should I help you?"