My best friend asked me if I was still doing system tasks.

Luo Hanying complained: "Hey, hey, hey, these two artifact spirits are really wicked. They're so black-hearted, and they're still not happy that Junior Uncle has exposed them? What right do they have?!"

Ruan Chayan sighed: [“This stalemate isn’t going to work…”]

After a long silence, Xiange suddenly spoke: "This is, after all, a divine artifact, and it will be helpful for you in completing your future missions. It would be best if you could persuade it to recognize you as its master, but there's no need to force it."

Luo Hanying said helplessly: "Imagination is rich, but reality is harsh."

They're not stupid; they've already decided to make us slaves, how could they possibly change their minds so easily?

Fu Sheng sneered: "In any case, you have no right to be picky now."

"You, and you too, now you either come with me and Bai Shun into the tomb to acknowledge your master, or you all will die here."

The two people Fusheng mentioned were Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying.

One cultivates the Way of Beast Taming, and the other cultivates the Way of Confucianism. There are no more suitable candidates than the two of them. Wenren Ya has experience serving gods, and Ji Daoyun clearly has the aura of a similar being. If they want to control their own future, they can only find a breakthrough by looking at Ruan Luo and the other two.

"You...you...you're threatening people?!" Luo Hanying was dumbfounded by Fusheng and Bai Shun's sudden falling out. ["Wait a minute?! What?! You can force someone to do this?!"]

Ruan Chayan walked to Ji Daoyun's side and asked in a low voice, "Junior Uncle, what would be the consequences if we acknowledged a divine artifact as our master?"

Leaving aside the fact that Ji Daoyun and Luo Hanying's personalities made it impossible for them to abandon the cultivators in the maze, Fusheng and Bai Shun were now threatening the lives of the four of them. They didn't think they had the ability to carve out a passage out of the underground palace.

Because Fusheng and Baishun had revealed their intentions, Ruan Chayan now felt more confident and less resistant to the divine artifact.

This is a divine artifact. Cultivators who possess divine artifacts are undoubtedly giants in their respective fields. How could she not be tempted?

Given all these preconditions, they now have to seriously consider what Fusheng and Baishun said.

Ji Daoyun said solemnly, "Once you recognize an object as your master, you will be controlled by the spirit of the artifact, and your body and soul will become containers for nurturing the artifact."

"At that time, it will not be you wielding the divine artifacts, but the divine artifacts wielding you."

Upon hearing this, Luo Hanying dared not have any other thoughts. She immediately had a good idea: "We can't accept your conditions either!"

How about we compromise?

If you release this large group of us and let us leave the underground palace, we promise not to disturb Venerable Jiang's peaceful rest.

In exchange, Chacha and I will take you out of the secret realm, but we won't acknowledge any master over you, okay? You just want to leave, right? How about we just have a simple relationship of mutual help?"

Luo Hanying believed her proposal was perfect, and that both sides could benefit from it, but the spirit of the artifact did not agree.

Bai Shun said with a half-smile, "We dare not trust cunning cultivators."

Ruan Chayan glanced at Wenren Ya out of the corner of her eye and had a sudden idea: "Xiaoxue and I can make a vow against our inner demons, then you will be willing to believe us, right?"

We promise to get you out of here safely and help you find your owner, okay?

Fusheng and Baishun looked at each other. Fusheng flew up and sat on Baishun's horn, touching the flowers on it and said, "I have no objection. It just so happens that I don't think much of you either."

"Alright, you two stay here. You two come with us to the tomb to retrieve your true forms." Bai Shun shook his head, shaking off the restless Fusheng.

The four breathed a sigh of relief. Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying swore that they would take San Qianjin and Hui Fusheng away from the Guangxu Secret Realm and protect their safety until they found a master or slave they liked.

Fusheng and Baishun's spirits were able to pass through the walls. They went to the mechanism room to adjust the mechanisms, and the wall of the side room where the four of them were located flipped up, revealing a passageway leading directly to the tomb.

Ji Daoyun routinely reminded the two to be careful, and watched their figures disappear into the dark passageway.

In the center of the tomb is the outer coffin chamber, which is only about the height of a person. Inside are layers of outer coffins and inner coffins. The inner coffins contain the relics of Venerable Jiang, who did not leave behind any remains after her ascension to immortality.

The bodies of San Qianjin and Hui Fusheng were placed on a stone platform on the north side of the tomb chamber, one on the left and one on the right in a crystal box. The painted patterns on the wall were mottled, but one could still vaguely make out the appearances of Fusheng and Bai Shun.

Before his death, Venerable Jiang requested that his tomb be like a palace for the living, so it was decorated with a strong sense of life. Screens separated the various living spaces in the tomb. The writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstones on the table were covered with a thick layer of dust. The wardrobe was full of robes, the half-open box in the corner contained all kinds of ritual implements, and the antique shelf was full of elixirs.

Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying looked around at the furnishings inside the tomb, their minds filled with exclamations of amazement.

Ruan Chayan noticed a small wooden hut in the place where a dressing table should have been placed on the canopy bed. She couldn't help but ask Bai Shun, "Was that prepared for you by Venerable Jiang? You used to be quite small."

Is it possible to change one's form after becoming a spirit?

Bai Shun realized what Ruan Chayan was talking about and denied it, saying, "No, I like to sleep on the carpet. That little house was prepared for my master's other spirit beast, and its ashes are kept inside."

Bai Shun stood before his true form and murmured, "So many years have passed, I've forgotten what that spirit beast was called."

The murals on the side outdoor passageway depict the story of Jiang Li's encounter and friendship with her spirit beast. Unfortunately, no one could have imagined that one day they would forget each other's names, so no words were left behind.

Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying both fell silent upon hearing this.

Luo Hanying said with lingering fear: "My God, they are so scary. Can they even forget their own friends?"

Mortals all pursue immortality, yet they do not realize that immortality is a terrifying curse.

Feeling a pang of sympathy for her friend's passing, Ruan Chayan instinctively said, "Xiaoxue, I will never forget you."

Luo Hanying was taken aback. Realizing Ruan Chayan's fear, she smiled and said, "I'll never forget you either; you're my best friend!"

She knew that Ruan Chayan was shy and embarrassed to ask her for anything, and she understood her thoughts and feelings.

Ruan Chayan's parents were absent during her upbringing, which left her feeling very unloved. As a result, she cherishes every close relationship. As long as her bottom line is not crossed, Ruan Chayan will always be tolerant of her friends. Even if her friends want to end the friendship, she will do her best to maintain it.

Ruan Chayan's meticulous care for Luo Hanying reflects her own childhood lack of proper care; what she gives Luo Hanying is exactly what she wants.

Ruan Chayan also enjoys the feeling of being needed; she affirms her own value by being needed by others.