Perfect Double Agent

"Fairy, would you like to buy some treasures? Newly unearthed artifacts, or half a sacred herb—choose any two." Someone greeted her.

Qingyi simply shook her head slowly, walking along the main road, stopping and starting, her eyes sweeping over each stall. There were definitely good things there, but it really required a keen eye and a lot of luck.

A moment later, she stopped in front of a stall. The stall owner was a middle-aged man with many scars on his face, as if he had been through a lot. He was not yet forty, but his hair was already full of white. She wondered what he had been through. The things in front of him were very strange.

A grayish-white stone, five broken weapons, and a dilapidated wooden boat shrouded in black mist—all were broken and ancient artifacts, their origins unknown.

"What is this?" Qingyi held the palm-sized, bare stone and examined it from all angles. Apart from sensing a wisp of spatial fluctuation, she did not notice anything unusual about it.

"Spatial coordinates. Rumor has it that you can use them to find the Void Immortal Island and enter the Immortal Medicine Garden. I heard there's an immortal tortoise inside," the stall owner said calmly, raising his eyelids slightly.

"Don't listen to his nonsense, that's just a legend. If there really was a fairy herb garden, it would be in high demand by now. Little girl, it's not your turn. Come buy from me, I have a map fragment of a fairy abode, only one divine fruit is needed," said the stall owner next to him.

Qingyi ignored it and looked at the small wooden boat instead, "And what is this...?"

The stall owner, who had been calm all along, twitched his eyelids involuntarily, and even his tone changed slightly. "The Ship of Guidance, according to legend, all those who board this ship will meet with an accident and eventually die. Therefore, it is also known as the Burial Ship. My ancestor boarded this ship and disappeared into the void. When he finally returned, only this ship remained."

"The guiding ship?" Qingyi hesitated. The black mist on this small wooden boat was very similar to the emanation of some tall, dark figures she had seen years ago.

"Do you want it? Two of these sacred herbs will suffice."

After thinking for a moment, Qingyi put down the two sacred herbs, took the two items, and headed towards a restaurant across the main road.

She didn't know if this small town had any delicacies or fine wines; she only heard that the guy really liked eating Flying Phoenix, and that was her main purpose in coming here.

Sometimes, she didn't even know what her mindset was, or what her relationship with that guy really was. She wasn't a witch, nor was she the main character of the witch. She seemed proud and didn't care about anything, but in reality, she was always doing dangerous things right under the witch's nose.

She didn't want to get involved with those three people because she had no future. She felt that she should pay back what she could now, otherwise, if she owed too much later, she wouldn't be able to pay it back.

If it were any other woman, she might offer herself in return and give up all hope. However, she felt like an alter ego, destined to eventually vanish from this world.

"Wait... three sacred herbs per herb? You're all fighting over them!" Qingyi couldn't help but exclaim as she looked at the ancient-style menu hanging in the restaurant. "Do I look like someone who owns that many sacred herbs?"

The shopkeeper was speechless. Nothing related to the Eight Treasures was cheap, let alone the Eight Treasures themselves. His restaurant had only accumulated a few in stock so far, just in preparation for the opening of the Immortal Ancient City, hoping to make a big sale.

"Three Flying Phoenixes, in red wine, and two more jars of Holy Wine."

As he spoke, a pile of sacred medicines was taken out and placed in front of him, which made the old shopkeeper's face full of black lines. This is what you call no sacred medicines?

Chapter 347 Silver Immortal Island

At the edge of the shattered little world, a figure in a white dress, shrouded in holy light, carried a food basket and holy wine. Her long, black hair was smooth and lustrous, cascading down to her waist like a waterfall. She gracefully approached, her beauty captivating.

She stood in the distance, tall and slender, with full and perfect curves, her face almost ethereal, untouched by worldly dust, her beauty transcendent.

Yet this stunningly beautiful woman was tiptoeing, her clear, bright eyes fixed on the blurry figure sitting cross-legged, afraid of disturbing him.

However, in the next instant, she was suddenly pulled over and landed in a bone cauldron. In front of her, there was a small mound, and in the space about ten feet in size, there was only a few small ash heaps besides a golden blood pool. There should have been something there, but unfortunately, it had all disappeared.

The blood pool, however, was extraordinary and perfectly preserved. The immortal radiance inside was terrifyingly rich, and a golden remnant pill, only half of which remained, floated in and out of the pool. The amazing medicinal fragrance it emitted made her unable to help but let out a soft moan, and she felt every inch of her skin was frantically active.

"An elixir soaked in immortal blood... wait!" Qingyi exclaimed in surprise.

"Your foundation is too weak. Originally, you needed a stroke of luck to improve it, but now you don't. You can cultivate the first path with the Myriad Path Tree, and you can cultivate the second path with them. You can then transcend the tribulation for the third path."

"This is too precious. It would be a complete waste for me to use it. You should use it," Qingyi refused.

"I have used several kinds of elixirs and immortal blood. Even my ox has been fused with the essence of immortal dragon blood and eaten the essence pills of immortal golden creatures. Things are meant to be used, there is no such thing as waste. The important thing is the results."

Facing those deep, unwavering eyes, Qingyi felt immense pressure. He kept spouting nonsense, and she couldn't refute him, even though she knew he was always very generous to his own people.

But the words that were on the tip of her tongue suddenly turned into, "I haven't taken my clothes off yet..."

At this moment, the whole world became quiet, and that face, which could shame the flowers and eclipse the moon, almost buried herself in her full chest, her eyes filled with shyness and her peripheral vision with timidity.

She didn't know why she was so flustered. Perhaps anyone facing this man would feel inferior and unable to muster the courage, and even the last bit of confidence would disappear completely.

"Then let's wait. The Flying Phoenix has the effect of maintaining youthful appearance, which is not bad. Wait until you finish eating." Bai Ye reached out and grabbed a jar of holy wine, looking at the darkening sky, without saying anything.

"This……"

Facing those deep, dark eyes, Qingyi couldn't bring herself to say "for you." She suddenly felt that it would be better if this guy were smaller. Even in this ancient immortal realm, she had at most been running around with her son. Unlike now, this guy was practically like her original self. Once he opened his mouth, there was no way to refuse.

“I bought two small items in a city. I don’t know what they are, but they might be useful to you.” Qingyi took out the small wooden boat and the gray stone. “One is a spatial coordinate, and the other is a burial ship. They seem rather eerie.”

"Burial ship?"

Bai Ye raised an eyebrow and his gaze fell on the black hull of the ship. At this moment, a long-lost, extremely strong vibration resonated deep within his mind.

"The aura of Lord Zangyue?"

"An Immortal King?" Bai Ye's heart trembled. Although he knew that there were many strange things in this Immortal Ancient World, and even more things that were incomprehensible, and that it was particularly favored by the Dark Cage, his first reaction was still disbelief if he heard that there was an Immortal King.

"Somewhat like him... but that person has a bad temper, so you'd better not go. Wait for our realm to attack, and my father will personally welcome this lord back..." The mark gave a warning for the first time, which shows that the other party is probably more than just having a bad temper.

People with good tempers are actually quite hard to kill, but those with bad tempers are like old demons...

"What's wrong?" Qingyi asked when she saw Bai Ye in a daze. "If there's a problem, just throw it away. I also have a bad feeling about it."

As she spoke, she picked up a piece of phoenix meat, handed it to her, and accepted it with one hand, looking extremely virtuous.

Bai Ye took the stone, chewed it, slowly shook his head, put the small boat away, and carefully examined the small stone. There was indeed a spatial imprint inside, which could not be activated by anyone below the level of a Celestial God.

"The stall owner said that it can lead to the Void Immortal Island, which has a medicinal garden. There has always been such a legend in the Immortal Ancient World. Perhaps we can look for it."

"Eat first, we'll talk after you finish eating."

Bai Ye sat opposite Qingyi, drinking his wine and watching her eat in small bites. Her slightly parted red lips and skin that glowed in the night were truly a feast for the eyes, making one's appetite surge.

"Wait...that's mine, I didn't buy it for you!"

"How can you be so petty? What's yours is mine too," Bai Ye said with a smile.

"Nonsense, you're already engaged... How come I've never heard of this before? When did this happen?" Qingyi asked, as if she remembered something.

"A long time ago... Eat your Flying Phoenix, and then we'll be on our way."

"I can't eat anymore... Where are you peeking at me..." Qingyi blushed and covered her lower abdomen, but for some reason, she still liked this cheerful person. As long as he wasn't serious, he was easy to get along with.

After a long while, Qingyi looked at the flickering firelight in front of her and the empty wine jar at her feet, and uttered words as if in a dream, "Do you think... there really is a way to restore one's primordial spirit?"

"The drawback of this technique is that it created two people, but the advantage is that marrying one is equivalent to taking two. It's a buy-one-get-one-free deal, which seems like a good thing no matter how you look at it." However, as soon as Bai Ye finished speaking, he was punched on the shoulder, and even the person behind him was trembling slightly.

"I'm serious, don't joke around. Even if she's willing, it doesn't mean I'll agree. I'm a person, with independent thoughts and my own body!"

“There definitely is. When you reach a certain level in the future, you will naturally be able to solve it.” Bai Ye whispered. He suddenly thought of a method that was simple and convenient: take out Qingyi’s primordial spirit, directly draw the dark source into the body, regenerate the primordial spirit, and then the two can be merged.

As for the aftereffects? The merged Willow God will still become an Immortal Emperor, and Huo Ling'er will still have children.

The so-called darkness is simply a matter of how one views it.

Seemingly feeling at ease, Qingyi smiled with a perfect curve, leaned against that strong and broad back, and slowly fell asleep.

……

The next day.

Qingyi felt itchy all over, every inch of her skin was wildly active, as if she were soaking in a divine liquid. After she slowly woke up, she couldn't help but let out a captivating moan.

However, when she opened her eyes, she was greeted by a void and the familiar bone cauldron.

"Where are we...?"

"Wait... What are you doing in here... Get out of here!"

"There's turbulence, I'm coming in to take shelter."

“Oh…” Qingyi replied subconsciously, but then she suddenly remembered something. You, who control time and space, are afraid of turbulence? Isn’t this obviously trying to take advantage of her? This made her shrink into the water, covering up the spring scenery revealed by her wet clothes, with only her head showing.

"boom!"

The cauldron trembled violently, as if struck by something, and involuntarily emitted a shimmering light. Even the patterns and runes seemed to revive on their own, protecting the cauldron.

"Boom!"

The explosion was so deafening that Qingyi's face turned deathly pale, and her entire primordial spirit felt as if it were about to shatter. When she looked up, the entire outside world was turned upside down, and the dense void turbulence was like countless thousand-foot-long knives. Each strike emitted a terrifying scene of creation and destruction, causing the small world outside the cauldron to be constantly opened up and destroyed.

The sheer terror was as if a supreme being was constantly attacking, capable of destroying the heavens and the earth at any moment, causing the bone cauldron to flip over continuously.

"Where do you want to take me?!" Qingyi was shocked. The spatial turbulence was far too powerful; even a giant-level sect leader probably couldn't resist it.

"Empty your mind and absorb your divine liquid, which I specially prepared." Bai Ye looked at the grayish-white stone in his hand and blocked the mouth of the cauldron. He did not expect the power of the void here to be so strong. Let alone a celestial god, even a Dunyi would be wiped out in an instant.

"Pfft..."

A figure was thrown against the bone cauldron as it flipped over, its body covered in bloodstains, like a beautiful piece of porcelain cracked open, a heartbreaking sight. After the Heaven-Mending Technique was activated, it was restored.

"Are you doing this on purpose...?" Qingyi exclaimed, trying to get up, but afraid of exposing herself, she clung to the other person like a koala, the clear touch giving her goosebumps all over her body.

"I entered the Immortal Ancient Realm for you, didn't I say that already..." Bai Ye supported the mouth of the cauldron. Although he was being pressed down from the front, and even the loose strands of hair covered his face, making his face and lips itchy, he didn't have time to feel it, because the turbulent currents outside were even more terrifying, and there were even void mysteries emerging.

"Who asked you that... Wait... Is that the Void Immortal Island?" Qingyi gazed out of the cauldron. Although the turbulent currents there were terrifying, they were like streaks of flying immortal light, so dazzling and colorful, covering the entire sky and surrounding a hazy silver giant island.

Chapter 348 The Middle Stage of Virtual Dao

The island was silvery white, radiating a terrifying void power. Its perimeter was shimmering with light, and everywhere there were dense, celestial flowers, interwoven with natural barriers of order, preventing any outside creatures from entering.

"boom!"

The bone cauldron was manipulated and smashed into it, producing a deafening explosion. Countless spatial forces from the outside surged in, trying to crush it into pieces.

However, the cauldron was made of extraordinary material. Although it was in a passive defensive posture, it remained unharmed and successfully broke through the waterfall.

"Isn't this the Immortal Medicine Garden...? Legend has it that the Immortal Medicine Garden is hidden in the void and is very difficult to find."

Bai Ye remained silent, standing in the cauldron with one arm around a woman's waist, surveying the island.

This is a world made up of silvery-white mountains. It's not very big, and apart from some glowing plants, there are no other living things on it.

On the contrary, at the center where the mountain ranges converge, there is a small circular lake more than five zhang in size. The mysteries of space are intertwined within it, completely turning into liquid. Around it, silver mountain ranges, like patterns or the umbilical cord of heaven and earth, continuously supply it with the power of the void's origin.

"The birthplace of Void Immortal Gold?" Bai Ye asked in surprise.

Now, he is no longer the naive young man he once was, and he has come into contact with many different kinds of immortal metals. He never imagined that the Void Immortal Metal that he had always longed for might be found here.

"Immortal Gold? Really?" Qingyi was also excited, her pearly teeth slightly parted, and she said playfully, "It seems my luck is still very good. Little Immortal King, aren't you going to thank me?"

“How could I dare disobey Fairy Qing’s words?” Bai Ye smiled, bold and direct.

"Mmm..." Qingyi's eyes widened as she felt the warmth on her lips. She froze, and in an instant, it stirred up a flood of memories deep in her mind. As if it were a primal reaction, she wrapped her arms around Bai Ye's waist, closed her eyes, and felt her body go limp.

A moment later, she was suddenly jolted awake by a suffocating sensation, fully regaining her senses, and forcefully pushed the strong and muscular body away.

"I need to... go into seclusion!"