Heaven rewards diligence, but there are always fairies plotting against me.

"Waaaaah..."

The girl covered her face and was still crying excitedly.

"Young master, you're no better than those demonic cultivators. Why are you hitting them?"

Chu Chang: "…………"

Chu Chang initially thought he had hit the wrong person.

After all, that realistic tactile sensation wouldn't feel wrong.

Especially since this girl also has the same body temperature as a human.

So it's definitely a person!

But when he looked down, Chu Chang punched him again.

"oops!"

The girl covered her nose: "What are you doing?"

"I thought you were really human, but I've figured it out, something's not right with you."

"Something's wrong with me. I have a physical body."

"First of all, when they were chasing you, you fell to the ground, but you didn't get a single speck of dirt on you! Secondly, those two demonic cultivators were clearly chasing you, but they kept staring at me. Were they chasing you or trying to kill me? Most importantly, I punched you twice, and you didn't even bleed from your nose? Your nose is pretty tough."

Hearing Chu Chang's words, the girl finally stopped crying.

His face immediately turned cold, and he stood up: "Your cultivation level is only at the Body Tempering Realm, yet your observation skills are quite sharp."

"Am I still inside the restricted area?"

Chu Chang placed the corrosive blade against the girl's neck and said coldly, "Let me leave, or I'll kill you."

So far, Chu Chang still doesn't know the identity of the girl in front of him.

I initially thought it was an evil spirit, but it had a body temperature and a physical form.

I thought it was a person, but when I punched it, it didn't bleed.

The key point is that this strange person has no true energy aura at all.

That also proves that she is not human!

"Alright, you want to leave? There's one last hurdle!"

The girl didn't care about Chu Chang's corrosive blade.

Even though Chu Chang stabbed her immediately, she then turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared without a trace.

"It's disappeared again! Is this never going to end?"

Chu Chang cursed under his breath, but had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue walking forward.

But after taking only two steps, the surrounding air suddenly became incredibly thick, and an extremely terrifying and immense pressure suddenly and unexpectedly came crashing down on him from all directions!

The pressure was astonishing, as if it were about to crush his bones.

"A stress test?"

Chu Chang's expression hardened, and he immediately let out a low shout, attempting to forcefully resist using his physical strength.

But it didn't work!

The oppressive force was as heavy as Mount Tai pressing down on him. Chu Chang's knees buckled, and with a "bang," one knee slammed heavily into the ground, creating a deep crater.

Seeing that he was about to be crushed, Chu Chang also became fierce, a resolute look flashing in his eyes, and he released the yang energy in his body without hesitation.

At this moment, the extreme Yang constitution fully erupts!

boom!!!

An invisible, blazing sun seemed to rise within him, and the violent, scorching pure yang energy instantly transformed into tangible golden ripples that spread outwards.

Under the impact of this domineering yang energy, the cold and oppressive aura around him immediately lessened, and Chu Chang felt a sense of lightness.

Unbeknownst to him, in a dark corner not far away, the delicate girl whose face he had punched earlier was now floating there unharmed.

She stared intently at Chu Chang, her eyes filled with barely suppressed excitement, and murmured, "It really is the Extreme Yang Physique... Master, after so many years, I've finally waited for this..."

However, before she could finish her excitement, the Corrosive Blade seemed to sense something. The tip of the blade trembled violently, and a wisp of dark green blade energy instantly transformed into lightning, shooting towards the direction where the girl was hiding!

"There!"

Chu Chang roared, and with his keen senses, he instantly locked onto the girl's location.

The girl was startled, and her figure once again turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared.

This time, however, she did not continue to hide. Instead, she floated slowly to Chu Chang's side like a veil, looking down at him with an unfathomable air.

"What the hell are you?" Chu Chang gripped the corrosive blade, staring warily at the girl before him. "And where exactly is this place?"

The corrosive aura from before had no effect on the girl at all.

This made Chu Chang realize that the opponent's strength far exceeded his expectations!

Upon hearing this, the girl giggled, her voice sounding somewhat ethereal in the empty space: "Alright, since you've asked so sincerely, I'll mercifully tell you. Actually, this is the forbidden area you've been talking about! And I am the spirit of a strange artifact, a high-level one at that."

"A treacherous weapon?" Chu Chang raised an eyebrow.

"Not bad, you have successfully passed my three tests!" The girl crossed her arms and looked at him with a smug expression.

Chu Chang's eyes darted around, recalling the series of inexplicable encounters he had just experienced. He suddenly seemed to realize something and said with a strange expression:

"So... the first test is greed, tempting me with spirit stones? The second test is lust, seducing me with beauty? And the third test is this pressure test, testing my strength and physique?"

"Smart!" The girl clapped her hands and praised, "And you're not only not greedy or lustful, but you're also incredibly cunning and ruthless. To be honest, after all these years of pretending, this is the first time I've ever been punched directly in the face. I never imagined I'd be so full of flaws."

"Now that I've cleared the level," Chu Chang immediately seized the opportunity, abandoning his previous wariness and revealing a simple yet greedy smile, "then shouldn't you bow down and acknowledge me as your master?"

"Hmph, you wish!"

The girl put her hands on her hips and sneered, "I am the spirit of a top-tier artifact! With your meager Body Tempering Realm cultivation, you dare to ask me to recognize you as your master? You're dreaming!"

"Then what's the point of all this trouble, putting on this act of mystery?" Chu Chang rolled his eyes.

The girl floated closer, her expression unusually serious: "Considering your rare extreme Yang constitution, we can cooperate. My former master was trapped in a place where the extreme Yin seal can only be broken by the pure Yang blood of an extreme Yang constitution."

After hearing the girl's words, a glint of shrewdness flashed in Chu Chang's eyes, despite his seemingly honest face.

His mind raced as he secretly considered whether the other person's words were true or false.

Could this ghost-like spirit be making empty promises, trying to trick him into becoming a sacrifice to break the seal?

However, upon further reflection, the other party was elusive in this bizarre illusionary forbidden zone. If they really wanted to forcefully attack me, I probably wouldn't gain the upper hand with my current strength.

Since she chose to appear in the negotiations, it shows that her extremely yang constitution is indeed very important to her, and it is her bargaining chip.

"Cooperation is negotiable." Chu Chang tightened his grip on his knife and asked, "However, where are my fellow disciples? And where are those two demonic cultivators we were chasing?"

"Don't worry, they are in the illusion just like you. This is my test for everyone who comes in, and the purpose is to find those with the extreme yang constitution."

"As for those two demonic cultivators, they were also people who accidentally stumbled upon this place!"

Chu Chang raised an eyebrow and said, "So, all the people who have recently disappeared from our sect are because of you?"

He guessed that if that were true, then it meant that the spirit of the artifact was not a good thing either.

If I have gained some cultivation, I must find an opportunity to leave.

Or perhaps we need to completely control her.

"Of course not. I've been wandering this world searching for those with the extreme yang constitution, which is why I haven't been here long. Unexpectedly, I saw these two demonic cultivators, and then, like you, they barged in!"

Chu Chang wasn't sure if she was telling the truth, so he said, "Alright, I should leave now. Where are they?"

"Let's see!"

Before he could finish speaking, the delicate-looking girl in front of him suddenly twisted and blurred.

Immediately afterwards, she transformed into a palm-sized, ancient and mottled bronze mirror, which floated quietly in mid-air.

"Open your eyes wide and look carefully!" came the girl's haughty voice from the mirror.