Chapter 124: Are You a Devil?

If you didn't want to know the answer, why bother asking in the first place!

Ji Yin opened her mouth, but Xuan Yuanji immediately turned his gaze away, looking cool and detached.

Damn it! She was about to burst from holding it all in! Xuan Yuanji, are you a devil?!

Ji Yin snatched the Phoenix Feather back from Xuan Yuanji’s hand and hung it at her waist. Such a miser! It was just a little soul power; if he wouldn't give it, fine!

Xuan Yuanji walked forward, and Ji Yin immediately stepped up to follow. The others ahead had already gone quite a distance; for the sake of safety, the group had decided to stick together rather than scatter.

The spiritual energy in the surroundings remained abundant, and Xuan Yuanji could feel that the fluctuations of spiritual power around Ji Yin were even more intense. With the Seven-Star Pulse in her body, it was astonishing that she could progress so rapidly. He couldn't imagine what she might become in the future.

Then there were the talismans she used. Given her current strength, drawing them should have been difficult, yet she could unleash the maximum energy from them. Outside of Kunlun, no records of such talismans existed anywhere. Xuan Yuanji could tell that the talismans Ji Yin drew were distinct from those of Kunlun. They might look similar at a glance, but the differences were profound.

She was like a riddle, one that needed to be unraveled piece by piece.

Ji Yin toyed with the Phoenix Feather in her hand, glancing at Xuan Yuanji from time to time. "Can you walk a little faster?"

"Why walk so fast?" Xuan Yuanji countered.

"They have already gone so far ahead. Don't you think the distance between us and them is growing ever wider?"

Xuan Yuanji suddenly stopped. Did she really expect him to carry her to go catch up with Mo Chuan? "I think this pace is just fine."

"Ha! Do you think this is your own backyard?!"

"The scenery is not bad."

Ji Yin secretly gnashed her teeth. Walking behind him, she raised her hand and gestured as if to strike him—how she wished she could hit him! What was she supposed to do?

Time ticked away. Six hours had passed, yet the situation here remained unchanged. There wasn't even the sense of shifting that usually accompanied the movement of a formation. By now, there was no doubt: this was definitely a temporal illusion.

"How much do you know about temporal illusions?" Ji Yin couldn't help but ask. Mo Chuan might be skilled at breaking mechanisms, but he was certainly not adept at illusions. She had to find a way herself; she couldn't stay trapped here forever.

"For every question you ask me, you must offer one in exchange. How about that?" Xuan Yuanji stopped and looked at Ji Yin, a faint smile playing on his lips.

As Ji Yin looked up and met his smile, her heart skipped a beat. Was he trying to bewitch her to death?!

"Are you a profiteer? You’d even trade for this?"

"Are you willing?"

"Fine!" Ji Yin nodded immediately. In any case, he hadn't demanded that she answer truthfully.

Xuan Yuanji suddenly reached out, and a peach tree sprouted from the ground in front of Ji Yin, blooming with flowers in the blink of an eye.

"This..." Ji Yin stepped forward, touching the peach blossoms. She plucked a branch, and she could even smell the fragrance of the flowers. "What kind of ability is this?"

"That is your second question."

Ji Yin: "..."

"Fine, you can ask me a question now. Go ahead!"

"When did you awaken?"

Just a simple question—did he have to be so difficult? However, there was nothing to hide from him. "On the day I met you."

Xuan Yuanji nodded, satisfied with the answer. "Since you know about illusions, you naturally understand how they are formed."