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After an unknown amount of time, Li Xun slowly opened his eyes. He was already in excruciating pain from losing consciousness, but the moment he woke up, he felt as if his entire body was in disarray. The pain was worse everywhere, and he couldn't even muster a bit of strength. He could only slightly turn his head and observe his surroundings. Li Xun discovered himself in a natural stalactite cave, lying on a jade bed.

"You're finally awake." A very pleasant voice was heard.

Li Xun tilted his head. Following the direction of the voice, he saw that the person who spoke was a beautiful woman in purple clothes who was currently meditating with her eyes closed.

"Who are you? Where are you?"

"My name is Zi Yue. You saved our family yesterday."

"Is the little fire fox alright?"

"Are you talking about Xing'er? She is fine, but her vitality is damaged and she is currently resting." Thank you so much for yesterday. However, why did you sacrifice your life to save us yesterday? "You should know that if you agree to big brother Jiang's request, it'll be of great benefit to you."

Li Xun closed his eyes and calmly said, "When Little Flame Fox asked me for help, it reminded me of the time I was born, so it agreed to come take a look. As for why I gave my life to save you, I don't know, maybe it was fate."

"I can see that you're not even twenty this year yet. To have such cultivation at such an age, you can be considered a genius once in a thousand years. Your cultivation must be very arduous as well. Don't tell me that you're not trying to become a pinnacle existence among humans?"

"I have thought about it after an hour, but so what if I really dominate the human world? If I were to tell you that my training these past few years was just to pass the time and let me feel that I still have a little meaning, would you believe me?"

"Although I do not understand why you have such negative thoughts, I can feel that you are not lying. Our spirit beasts' spiritual senses will not deceive us."

"Can you tell me why I'm alive?"

"What was your purpose when you first accepted cultivation?"

"In the beginning, I only wanted to live, but in these past few years, I don't know why, but I always had the thought that I had nothing to live for."

"Looks like you having an inner demon probably has something to do with your training. I know that the cultivation of you humans are divided into sword moves and mental cultivation methods. You should ask someone with experience who might be of help to you." And to be able to teach a genius disciple like you, your master must not be simple. "

"My master said that the sword moves that I cultivate are different from the ones everyone has practiced before. My mental cultivation method is also incomplete, and it was something that he obtained by chance. He didn't train in either of them, so no one was able to give me any pointers. "

"Looks like you can only rely on yourself."

"Sister Yue, I'm back."

A violet-clothed, elegant Young Master appeared before Li Xun's eyes. However, his face was pale. Li Xun knew that this person should be the little fire fox's father, Zi Yang.

Zi Yue told him what she had heard.

"Lad, I can't help you with your problem. Human cultivation is completely different from us Spirit Beasts, but you are our family's savior. Other than healing your wounds, how do you want us to repay you?"

"As long as you heal my wounds quickly, I didn't try to save any of you. Right now, I just want to hurry back and reunite with my junior brothers and sisters." Li Xun's words were extremely cold, and he had only saved them on the spur of the moment.

"Young man, don't misunderstand. We truly want to repay you for saving our lives. How about this, we'll treat your wounds first and talk about the repayment after you've recovered."

Violet Sun took out a jade box. The jade box was surrounded by dense spirit energy. Opening the jade box, six golden lotus seeds appeared before Li Xun's eyes. After helping Li Xun consume the six golden lotus seeds, the Purple Sun started to help Li Xun direct the Qi within his body.

As soon as the lotus seeds entered his mouth, they dissolved into pure spirit energy. With the help of the violet sun, the six strands of spirit energy continuously flowed through Li Xun's body, repairing his damaged meridians, causing him to feel extremely comfortable.

All of his damaged meridians had been repaired, and were even more spacious and sturdy than before. Although Li Xun often had thoughts of wanting to live beyond his means, he had not lost all of his desire. After the six streams of pure spirit energy had healed his pain, they finally gathered at Li Xun's Dantian and formed a golden bead that was about the size of a fist. The golden pearl slowly rotated and continuously released spirit energy to reform Li Xun's body. At the same time, the spirit energy of the world outside seemed to be able to be absorbed by the golden pearl. Li Xun knew that he had truly obtained a great benefit this time.

"Senior, thank you."

"Don't call me senior, you are too distant. You are the savior of our family. We have grown older than you. In the future, just call us elder brother and elder sister-in-law."

"Chi, chi …" Little Flame Fox arrived at Li Xun's side at some point in time. He was obviously unsatisfied with his father's arrangement.

"Hehe, Xing'er seems unsatisfied. He said that he wants to call you big brother. Oh right, we still don't know your name."

"My name is Li Xun, and I also feel that I am very compatible with it. I will just call you Uncle Yang, Aunt Yue. You guys are all older than me."

"Haha, Li Xun, I like you more and more. Men should be more straightforward when they speak."

"Uncle Yang, I don't know what you gave me to eat earlier, but I feel like you took advantage of me."

The reason why we, husband and wife, have been guarding here all these years, is actually because of this. This Ten Thousand Year Golden Lotus Seed has absorbed more than ten thousand years of the spirit energy of heaven and earth, and has already matured for more than a thousand years, a total of twelve lotus seeds. Originally, we were prepared to break through to the twelfth stage in the future, but after this fierce battle with the Jiang brothers, our lives were injured, so it is impossible for us to break through that barrier within a hundred years. After a hundred years, we only need three of each to pass the trial, so we've decided to give all six of them to you. "You humans truly have an enviable body. The lotus seed that you ate up six of the Ten Thousand Year Golden Lotuses actually gave birth to the legendary Golden Orbs of Destiny."

"This …" Li Xun was inwardly flabbergasted. Although he did not know what the Golden Orb of Destiny was, he could tell from the two words that the spirit beast had finally said, "Legend", that this opportunity was truly too great. He immediately got up and kowtowed.

Zi Yang hurriedly stopped Li Xun and said, "Li Xun, what are you doing? Honestly speaking, although we knew that six lotus seeds would benefit you greatly, we didn't think that we would actually be able to help you produce a Golden Orb."

"I can feel it changing my body bit by bit, but it should be more than that."

"That's right, it is said that the Golden Orb of Destiny has the ability to heal injuries, and as long as it is not destroyed, no matter how severe the injury is, it will slowly recover. You saved the lives of our family of three, and this is also because of your good fortune. "

"Uncle Yang, let's not talk about saving my life. I won't be polite with you guys anymore. If anything happens to you guys in the future, I will do my best in my lifetime."

"Alright, Li Xun. Actually, we do have something we want to ask you for."

"Please speak, Aunt Yue."

We, husband and wife, have to go into closed-door training for a hundred years, so we can't take care of Xing'er." We have to go into closed-door training for a hundred years, so we can't take care of Xing'er. We hope that you can bring Xing'er into the human world and help her find a good master. Actually, you are the best choice, but unfortunately, you have a wood attribute constitution and Xing'er has a fire attribute constitution.

"Wood attribute physique, fire attribute physique, contracted space?" It was the first time Li Xun had heard of it.

"It's very normal that you don't know. Only a very few humans on this continent know of it. Whether it was humans, demon beasts, or spirit beasts, they were all divided into metal, wood, water, fire, and earth elemental beasts. Spirit beasts and demon beasts could willingly contract with humans to become their spirit beast or spirit beast. This Sword Soul Continent is actually called the Sword Soul Island, and was originally a part of the Sword Soul Continent. According to our inherited memories, tens of thousands of years ago, there was a great change in the earth that separated this continent. If you have the chance in the future, you can go to the real Sword Soul Continent and take a look. As for where the real Sword Soul Continent is, we do not know either. "To distinguish between a human's physique, spirit beasts and demon beasts can be done easily. Humans can only do this if their strength is strong to a certain degree. When Xing'er encounters a fire attribute physique in the future, she will tell you and she will choose to do so herself."

"This is actually not the real Sword Soul Continent?" Li Xun felt it was too unbelievable.

"It's quite unexpected, right? We've met some powerful humans before, and only a few of them knew of it. The ones who didn't know of it heard of it for the first time, so their reactions were the same as yours."

"If that's the case, then I have gained a bit more joy in life. I never thought that this place would only be a corner of the Sword Soul Continent." When he was learning military command, Li Xun had studied the map of the continent he was on. The Heavenly Mountain Country was about the same size as the two provinces of Su Zhe and Su Zhe on Earth, and the entire Jianhun Island was about the same size as the three continents of Asia and Europe combined. If this continent could only be considered an island, then how big was the Sword Soul Continent?

"The injuries of our husband and wife are actually very serious. Right now, we are being suppressed. We need to quickly go into seclusion." Xing'er, this child is very mischievous. I'll have to trouble you to find her master before we find one for her. "

"Uncle Yang, Aunt Yue, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of Madame Purple Star. If anything happens to him, I will definitely die before he can take care of me."

"If we can find a master for Xing'er, then its safety will be guaranteed. Aside from its master, only relatives can break open the contracted space. You just need to help it find a good master as soon as possible. "Eh, that's an interspatial ring you're holding?"

"Yes, but even though this interspatial ring is big enough, it can't contain living things."

"Hur hur, then it's fine. Wait a moment."

Not long later, Zi Yang brought out a blue grass plant and said to Li Xun, "This grass is called 'Blue Fairy Grass'. Put it into your spatial ring and check for any changes.

"Eh, there seems to be some spirit energy in the storage ring."

"That's right. In the future, as long as you don't take out that 'Blue Fairy Grass', your interspatial ring will be able to store living things."

"Then wouldn't Purple Star be able to continue cultivating inside?"

Yes, but if a spirit beast signs a contract with a human, then it will grow faster when it becomes a spirit beast. However, we spirit beasts have the dignity of a spirit beast, so once we sign a contract with a human, we cannot disobey our master's orders. It can be said that there are advantages and disadvantages to doing so.

"Chi, chi, chi." Madame Purple Star gestured cutely.

Actually, even if it didn't compare moves, Li Xun would be able to understand it.

"This child is actually impatient to follow you out."

"Uncle Yang, Aunt Yue, why can I understand Purple Star's words? Actually, it doesn't need to be gestured at."

"Oh, looks like you're quite talented, but you don't have to be surprised. There are a lot of people who are born with the ability to communicate with us Spirit Beasts."

"Hur hur, so that's how it is."

"Li Xun, take Xing'er with you. A hundred years from now, when we come out of secluded meditation, I hope you can bring Xing'er back. If you can't make it back in time, then we have our own ways to find Xing'er."

"Uncle Yang, Aunt Yue, we'll meet again in a hundred years."

Li Xun knew that a hundred years could be said to be a lifetime for the humans of the Sword Soul Continent. Even the most powerful humans could live for at most three to four hundred years, but a hundred years was nothing for spirit beasts or demon beasts.