"I don't know why this monster outside is doing this. He said before that he would take something from us. Has the fairy discovered anything...?"
Zhang Ling stopped talking halfway through, believing that Ding Ruozhao already understood his meaning.
"Hmph, how would I know what that old monster's purpose is." Ding Ruozhao glared at Zhang Ling fiercely with an icy face.
Zhang Ling could only smile helplessly. He had also checked his body earlier and found nothing unusual. Even his storage bag showed no signs of being touched.
Just then, the layer of gold outside twisted and deformed, eventually turning into starlight and dissipating.
"Hehe, come out, two little friends."
Then they heard a low laugh, which was the white jade skeleton. At this moment, it was sitting cross-legged in the air, holding the incense burner in its hand, looking very happy.
"Why are you teasing us?"
Zhang Ling's face was gloomy. Although he had checked his body and found nothing abnormal, he was a little annoyed by being teased like this.
"This old man doesn't have that kind of leisure. If you two weren't virgins, and I needed a bit of 'red mist energy' to activate a spiritual object on my body, do you think you could still be standing here?" The white jade skeleton snorted coldly, its tone unkind.
The so-called 'red mist energy' is a special aura that is emitted when male and female cultivators combine for the first time. Moreover, it must be a virgin boy and girl.
Red mist energy is just a saying, and is itself a mysterious thing that doesn't have much use.
He didn't quite believe this person's words about what treasure needed to be activated with this kind of aura. He felt that things were a bit strange and definitely not as simple as this old monster said.
But he had already inspected his body several times, and there was nothing unusual about his divine sense or spiritual power. He was sure of this.
"Alright, now that you're awake, then do one more thing for me. After you've done it, I'll set you free, how about that?" The white jade skeleton smiled as it watched the two people remain silent.
As he spoke, his white jade fingers flicked lightly, and two clusters of ink-black spiritual power flashed in his palm. The two clusters of spiritual power were extremely fast, like arrows, and headed towards Zhang Ling and Ding Ruozhao.
Unexpectedly, this monster attacked without any warning.
As a Golden Core cultivator, Zhang Ling instantly felt that the ball of spiritual power had a sinister power, but his cultivation was too far from that of the white jade skeleton. Although he made a defensive action, he did not avoid the black spiritual power.
As a wisp of black spiritual power entered his body, Zhang Ling felt a tingling sensation. This feeling came and went quickly, and he couldn't feel it in the blink of an eye.
But his body stiffened for a moment, and he couldn't help but reach out and scratch his neck. At this moment, a very thin black line, like a strand of hair, circled his neck.
Zhang Ling was shocked. He had no resistance against this person. He still tried to activate his spiritual power, and a layer of solid earth spiritual power surged around his body.
However, he could not remove the black thread on his neck by any means.
Ding Ruozhao's face was pale, and a black line was also wrapped around her neck.
"You don't have to waste your effort. This is my 'Nether Soul Curse'. Unless you have Nascent Soul cultivation, you can't undo it."
As the white jade skeleton spoke, a layer of black air appeared on its bone fingers and shook slightly. Zhang Ling felt as if a tight band was put around his neck, constantly tightening.
Even if he resisted with all his spiritual power, it was useless. Instead, the thread on his neck was absorbing his spiritual power, and it became larger.
Zhang Ling did not dare to act rashly.
"I don't know what the senior wants us to do. As long as the senior keeps his promise and lets us go afterwards, this little girl will be at your disposal."
While Zhang Ling's face was uncertain, Ding Ruozhao said calmly, as if she had resigned herself to her fate.
"As long as you are sensible, I will definitely keep my promise and let you go free after it's done. Maybe I'll be in a good mood and give you some guidance, which can save you some detours. As for what to do, it's very simple."
The white jade skeleton just glanced at the two of them, and his tone was more peaceful.
With a wave of his hand, he put away the incense burner, and a flash of spiritual light appeared on his body. In his hand appeared a number of inch-sized, finger-thick wooden sticks. These wooden sticks were cyan-black in color, with dark patterns on them, and were not ordinary things.
With a wave of his hand, the white jade skeleton flew the wooden sticks towards Zhang Ling and Ding Ruochao. There were a total of eighteen wooden sticks, and the two of them each received nine.
Then he heard the white jade skeleton explain. "The things in your hands are a set of special formation equipment. They will be used later. You should also familiarize yourselves with the magic formulas inside, which can better stimulate the formation."
As he spoke, the white jade skeleton threw out a cyan jade slip. Then, a flash of golden light appeared on his body, as if he was flying into the sky. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared, but a muffled voice came.
"Act in two hours. I hope you won't disappoint me, or you'll know the consequences."
After the white jade skeleton left, the two stood quietly in place, and no one spoke.
Looking at the wooden sticks in his hand, Zhang Ling's face was a little ugly. But now that his life was in the hands of others, he could only temporarily obey the monster's orders.
However, the end of being controlled by others will never be good, and he still had to find a way to escape. Zhang Ling touched the black line on his neck, and a bitter expression appeared in his eyes.
There are dangers everywhere in the world of cultivation. He encountered such a disaster just after entering the Golden Core stage. Cultivation is against the heavens. Even if he has heaven-defying treasures in his hands, if his cultivation is not as good as others, he can only be reduced to an ant.
As for the white bone's saying that he would let them go free after it was done, Zhang Ling would not easily believe such nonsense.
He couldn't help but glance at Ding Ruochao. This woman also happened to look up and meet his eyes. He saw this woman frown first, and then nod to him.
This woman's behavior was a bit abnormal. Could there be a solution? This thought suddenly arose in Zhang Ling's mind.
However, Ding Ruozhao did not speak, but with a wave of her hand, the cyan jade slip came into her hand, and she began to read the information inside.
After half a cup of tea, she finished reading and threw the jade slip to Zhang Ling. After receiving the jade slip, he released a wisp of divine sense into it to check the information inside.
The jade slip contained a secret technique called 'Soul Hooking Forbidden Technique'.
After reading the information in the jade slip, Zhang Ling couldn't help but be surprised. This Soul Hooking Forbidden Technique is only used to intercept the earth vein spiritual power when it is used.
He had seen records of this kind of spell in some ancient books. Generally, these kinds of spells are forbidden spells. Intercepting the earth veins will directly degrade the spiritual veins, or even directly destroy a spiritual vein land.
