Qin Xuan stroked his chin, lost in thought.
However, this matter had nothing to do with him; all he needed to do was stir the pot.
In the information he had just shared, he had fabricated some false details.
With such embellishment, many messages would become unclear.
This way, with the two sides verifying each other, the conflict between the Palace Master and the Grand Elder would intensify, and their attention would temporarily shift away from here.
"But Qin Xuan, your information might still be verified by them. We should act sooner, or the trouble will be significant."
Han Ye reminded him.
Qin Xuan nodded and then looked around.
His heart stirred, and his gaze fixed on the hidden passage.
"First, go in and release the Nine Dragon Seal Spirit. As long as we can reach an agreement with the Nine Dragon Seal Spirit, the rest will be much easier."
Qin Xuan stood still. He merely split off a portion of his Divine Soul, allowing his Divine Soul to enter the passage to search for the Nine Dragon Seal Spirit.
This way, if someone arrived, he could handle it.
A moment later, his Divine Soul entered the passage and began to investigate.
Passing through the passage, the front suddenly opened up, and a massive black palace appeared at the end of his vision.
The palace was surrounded by several layers of powerful Restrictions.
These Restrictions included both spatial Restrictions and Restrictions that blocked Divine Sense probing.
If Qin Xuan's Divine Sense hadn't been strong enough, he might not have detected the Nine Dragon Seal Spirit's aura.
However, upon reaching this point, he could confirm that the Nine Dragon Seal Spirit was within this massive palace.
Although only a portion of his Divine Soul had been sent, this portion of his Divine Soul was already powerful enough.
His Divine Soul arrived before the palace and cautiously broke through the several layers of Restrictions surrounding it.
A moment later, his Divine Soul followed and slipped inside.
Upon entering the black palace, Qin Xuan was momentarily stunned.
He saw that deep within the black palace was an incredibly vast plaza.
In the center of the plaza stood an extremely thick stone pillar.
On the stone pillar, more than a dozen chains formed by Mental Energy tightly bound a Dragon-shaped Spirit.
"This, this is the Nine Dragon Seal Spirit."
However, Qin Xuan did not approach rashly. He hesitated and looked around.
Around this stone pillar, thousands upon thousands of countless souls were constantly wandering.
These wandering souls howled mournfully like vengeful spirits.
From time to time, they would rush up and torment the Dragon-shaped Spirit in the center.
At this moment, the Dragon-shaped Spirit was already on its last breath, almost collapsing.
It seemed they were using countless vengeful ghost souls to interfere with this Spirit, attempting to completely wear down its intelligence in this manner.
Observing this scene, Han Ye was thoughtful.
After all, no matter how powerful this Spirit was, being continuously attacked by various wandering souls day and night in this place, over time, this Spirit would naturally lose all its intelligence.
Moreover, from the current situation, it seemed they had already largely succeeded.
At this moment, the Spirit's intelligence seemed to have lost the ability to resist, merely curling up weakly beside the stone pillar.
It was tightly bound by the Mental Energy chains surrounding it.
These Mental Energy chains pierced through the Spirit's limbs and torso.
Red runes would occasionally light up on the stone pillar.
When these runes fell upon the Dragon-shaped Spirit, the Spirit would twitch in agony.
"I must act immediately, or this Spirit will truly be completely ruined."
Qin Xuan pondered, then slowly approached, considering what method to use to release the Nine Dragon Seal Spirit.
"First, I still need to communicate with this Spirit. It will be very troublesome if it doesn't cooperate."
Having been tormented for such a long time, this Spirit must be quite stubborn.
After some thought, Qin Xuan slowly floated towards it.
The surrounding souls had already discovered Qin Xuan.
Many souls even tried to attack Qin Xuan.
However, Qin Xuan's Divine Soul was not controlled like the Spirit's.
His Divine Soul effortlessly devoured all these souls.
Seeing that Qin Xuan could actually devour these souls, they immediately retreated to the side, not daring to advance.
Qin Xuan then quickly set up Restrictions around the area to prevent these souls from escaping.
Only then did he confidently approach the Spirit.
As Qin Xuan drew closer and the surrounding souls began to stir, the Dragon-shaped Spirit bound to the stone pillar had already opened its eyes.
It looked at Qin Xuan with confusion, and when it saw that it was a human Divine Soul, it became even more bewildered.
He had been trapped here for so many years. Nuoshen Palace seemed to have forgotten him.
Could it be, people from Nuoshen Palace!
The Dragon-shaped Spirit immediately straightened up and shouted towards Qin Xuan.
"I will let myself be driven, I only ask that your sect preserve my intelligence."
He had said this once when he was first extracted as a Spirit; he only wanted to retain his intelligence.
However, Nuoshen Palace at that time had no interest.
Many times, he had actually expressed his willingness to bow down and surrender to Nuoshen Palace, as long as Nuoshen Palace was willing to preserve his intelligence.
But Nuoshen Palace had ignored him from beginning to end.
What they wanted was a Spirit without intelligence, so that they could completely control the Nine Dragon Seal.
Therefore, after imprisoning the Nine Dragon Seal Spirit here, they had never come again.
Hearing the Spirit say this, Qin Xuan was somewhat amused and exasperated.
He had thought this Spirit had always been unyielding, refusing to give in, which was why it was being tormented. It turned out this Spirit had already surrendered long ago; it was simply that Nuoshen Palace only wanted a tool they could completely control, which led to this situation.
A moment later, as the surrounding souls were devoured by Qin Xuan's Divine Soul, Qin Xuan quickly rushed to the Spirit's side.
The Spirit looked at Qin Xuan with confusion, on its last breath.
It wanted to lift its claw, but the surrounding chains tightly bound it to the stone pillar.
"You, who are you?"
By this point, the Nine Dragon Seal Spirit clearly realized that Qin Xuan's Divine Soul was not from Nuoshen Palace.
Hearing this, Qin Xuan smiled and examined the Spirit.
"Who am I? I am the one who came to save you."
Upon hearing this, the Nine Dragon Seal Spirit was overjoyed, struggling continuously, trying to break free from the surrounding chains.
But as it struggled, red runes on the chains dragged it tightly back onto the stone pillar.
The Spirit cried out miserably, then obediently lowered its head and stopped resisting.
"Big brother, no, master, if you can save me and not erase my intelligence, I will serve you as a beast of burden."
"If you have any enemies that need to be dealt with, I will help you deal with them. As long as you give me a hand, from now on, I'll follow you!"
Hearing the Nine Dragon Seal Spirit say this, Qin Xuan was delighted.
He hadn't expected the Nine Dragon Seal Spirit's intelligence to be so high, and so cooperative.
Before he even spoke, it had proactively offered to cooperate with him.
Since that was the case, Qin Xuan didn't bother to keep him in suspense and nodded.
"That's for the best. My purpose in coming here with you was originally for something else. It just depends on whether you are willing to cooperate with me."
