Oh no, I accidentally cultivated three spiritual roots and became an empress!

Zhong Lingxin knew that it would be difficult for her to kill Qu Xin in a short time. Qu Xin had a mother who served as her mount and often gave her magical treasures, making her extremely difficult to kill. There was no need to fight her, so it was better to escape far away.

She scooped up the little nine-tailed fox, followed the direction it pointed, affixed a speed talisman, and ran off at breakneck speed.

As a native of the Tianyuan Secret Realm, the little nine-tailed fox was extremely familiar with the terrain. Moreover, it had dug quite a few tunnels to save its own life.

After turning just two hilltops, the little nine-tailed fox led Zhong Lingxin underground, traversing the tunnels while blocking the passage behind them and setting up several diversionary formations.

After traveling for about a day, the little nine-tailed fox led Zhong Lingxin into a cave.

The cave was extremely spacious, and there was a glowing stone overhead, probably left behind by the cultivators who had entered the secret realm before.

The little nine-tailed fox stood up straight opposite Zhong Lingxin, looked at her seriously, and gestured incessantly with its front paws.

Zhong Lingxin saw it pointing one front paw at itself and the other front paw at Zhong Lingxin, then placing both front paws side by side in front of it, presumably to signify equality.

She asked tentatively, "You want to form an equal contract with me?"

The little nine-tailed fox thought for a moment, then wrapped its two little front paws around each other a few more times before finally placing them side by side in front of it.

Zhong Lingxin suddenly realized and said, "You want to form a life-bound contract, so that we can share life and death from now on?"

The little nine-tailed fox nodded frantically.

Zhong Lingxin smiled and said, "A life-bound contract is of course the best, as we can mutually benefit each other. However, an equal contract might be more advantageous for you. A cultivator's life is fraught with countless dangers, and an equal contract is easier to dissolve. Have you thought it through?"

The little nine-tailed fox hesitated for a moment, then nodded firmly.

It had thought it through. This young female cultivator was considerate of its feelings and gave it a sense of kinship. It was willing to form a life-bound contract with her.

For so many years, it lived a lonely life. Now that it finally has a relative, it is unwilling to lose it and is willing to protect it with its life.

Zhong Lingxin was naturally willing to form a life-bound contract with a nine-tailed fox.

The man and the beast quickly reached an agreement and formed a pact in the cave.

In the warm yellow light, the image of a snow-white little nine-tailed fox quickly appeared in Zhong Lingxin's mind.

The little nine-tailed fox's soft, whiny voice echoed in Zhong Lingxin's mind: "Zhong Lingxin."

This was the name she heard the female cultivator named Qu Xin call out.

Zhong Lingxin happily agreed, "Okay!"

Then she asked, "And you, what's your name?"

The little nine-tailed fox was probably thinking about her tragic past again, that no one had given her a name.

She couldn't help but lower her head.

Zhong Lingxin and the little nine-tailed fox were now of one mind, and she immediately sensed the little nine-tailed fox's sadness. She smiled and said, "You don't have a name? How about I give you one?"

The little nine-tailed fox nodded immediately.

Zhong Lingxin thought for a moment and said, "My name is Lingxin. My master and Uncle Xuanyuan always like to call me Xiaoxin'er, so it's not appropriate to give you the same name as me. I hope you will be happy, so how about I call you Huanhuan? You'll have the same surname as me, and your given name will be Zhong Qinghuan. The most delightful thing in life is Qinghuan."

The little nine-tailed fox didn't understand what "the true joy of life is simple pleasure" meant, but she found the phrase extremely beautiful, and the more she thought about it, the more beautiful it seemed. She nodded excitedly and said, "Thank you, Lingxin. My name is Qinghuan, and I like Qinghuan."

Next, Zhong Lingxin found out that Xiao Qinghuan was a goddess beast.

Zhong Qinghuan is online.

After going online, Zhong Qinghuan began to clear out her inventory. She was leaving, so of course she had to take all her belongings with her.

Among her belongings was a jade slip called "Illusory Heaven Realm," which was placed next to her eggshell when she was born.

It was precisely because of this jade slip that she firmly believed that her parents had not abandoned her, but rather had no choice but to temporarily distance themselves from her.

Unfortunately, as soon as she placed it on her forehead, several words appeared: this was for cultivators only, and it was meant to be given to a destined person when she met them in the future.

She had waited for this destined person for far too long, and finally, she met Zhong Lingxin.

Zhong Lingxin took the jade slip that Huanhuan handed over.

The moment the jade slip touched her hand, it floated directly towards her forehead.

A large section of the cultivation technique rushed straight into her sea of ​​consciousness.

After a long time, Zhong Lingxin read through the first section of the technique and was overjoyed. "Illusory Heaven Realm" was a divine-level technique that complemented her "Soul Slayer" and "Silent Soul," making her attacks even more powerful.

She spun Huanhuan around in her arms and said, "Huanhuan, thank you. This 'Illusory Realm' is so useful to me. Next time I run into Qu Xin, I can set up an illusion while fighting her and kill her."

Huanhuan then took another spirit beast ring and put it on Zhong Lingxin's wrist. A flash of light appeared, and the spirit beast ring disappeared into Zhong Lingxin's wrist.

Zhong Lingxin was overjoyed. As far as she knew, spirit beast bags were more common in the Immortal Spirit Continent, and only a very small number of spirit beast rings circulated in the market.

Huanhuan has brought her family to stay with her.

Seeing Zhong Lingxin happy, Huanhuan was also happy. She transmitted her voice to Zhong Lingxin and said, "You cultivators enter the secret realm once every hundred years. Many cultivation techniques and magic treasures are lost in the secret realm. This spirit beast ring is something that other demon beasts don't want, which is why I was able to find it."

Zhong Lingxin understood. Demon beasts all love freedom. If a cultivator could agree to an equal contract, a life contract, or a soul contract, they might not be too averse to it. But as for a master-servant contract, demon beasts hate the cultivator's contract to death.

But cultivators are all ambitious, no matter how high their spiritual root value is, they all want to ascend. They would never treat a demon beast as an equal to their natal soul. Most of them are master and servant.

The monsters under the master-servant contract mostly live a miserable life. They are at the forefront of fighting and seizing resources, but when it comes to distributing resources, they often don't even get a single hair. Even worse, if they are injured, crippled, or rendered useless, they will be killed by their masters.

No wonder the monsters dislike the spirit beast ring.

Zhong Lingxin and Huanhuan are enjoying themselves here.

Above them, Qu Xin, who had taken the healing pill, lit the Soul-Chasing Incense and caught up with them.

She hated Zhong Lingxin and the Nine-Tailed Fox intensely, but she also longed for "The Illusory Realm".

At this moment, she prayed in her heart that Zhong Lingxin had not yet obtained the "Illusory Heaven Realm".

These past few days, Zhong Lingxin has been traveling underground, taking shortcuts.

Although Qu Xin was already able to control her sword, she was no longer on the outermost edge; second-tier demonic beasts had appeared.

Groups of second-tier demonic beasts, especially flying, social second-tier demonic beasts, were not something Qu Xin dared to provoke.

She sometimes has to take detours.

As she continued her circling and twisting, the first incense stick for guiding the soul was used up.

Anxious, she lit a second incense stick, cursing under her breath.

Zhong Lingxin had fallen behind her.

At this moment, she dared not even think that Zhong Lingxin would go to Lotus Ferry. She gritted her teeth and held a poison pill, intending to poison Zhong Lingxin and her nine-tailed fox to death as soon as she got her hands on "Illusory Heaven Realm".