223: Cooperate

Mu Wuchen gathered these spiritual flowers, Spiritual Plants, and spiritual trees very quickly. In just a few hours, the flowers, plants, and trees covering hundreds of miles were all collected into the System World without a single one left behind.

Hua Qingyan looked at the empty bottom of the cliff, then turned her head and gazed longingly at Mu Wuchen with her beautiful, emerald-green eyes.

Sensing Hua Qingyan's gaze, Mu Wuchen also turned his head to look at her.

"Miss Qingyan, that place is my secret, and it cannot afford any mishaps. If you wish to enter, please open your Sea of Consciousness and allow me to place a Soul Restriction upon you."

It was not that Mu Wuchen did not trust Hua Qingyan, but the System World was of great importance.

It was not just a Small World with a Cultivation speed a hundred times faster than the outside; it even concerned the secrets of the entire Heaven and Earth. Therefore, those who entered either never came out, or they had to be completely under his control.

The source of power there did not belong to this world, and it was even completely different from the power of this entire world; it could not tolerate any mishaps.

Therefore, he had to be extremely careful.

Although his words just now contained elements of taking advantage of someone's precarious position and threatening them, he did not care at all.

Hearing his words, Hua Qingyan was slightly stunned, and her expression changed a little.

To be placed under a Soul Restriction meant that her life did not entirely belong to herself; her very life and death were now in the hands of the man before her.

Hua Qingyan looked at Mu Wuchen again, seemingly wanting to see something on his face, but she could not fathom him at all.

What kind of man was he, really?

What was his true purpose?

Was his help earlier out of good intentions, or was he harboring malicious intent from the start?

Hua Qingyan pondered in her heart, but she could not understand or guess at all.

When she first met Mu Wuchen, she had thought she could easily see through him completely, but reality had slapped her in the face.

By now, she did not know Mu Wuchen's Realm, nor did she know his identity, nor did she know what he was plotting...

"Mu... Big Brother..."

"If I do not agree, what will you do?"

Hua Qingyan suddenly asked in return.

She seemed to want to judge Mu Wuchen's thoughts through this question.

Mu Wuchen smiled and shook his head slightly.

"Miss Qingyan, you have no choice. You can only voluntarily let me place a Soul Restriction on you, or..."

Mu Wuchen paused slightly and continued.

"Be forced to let me place the Restriction..."

Hearing Mu Wuchen's words, Hua Qingyan looked at him with a faint, melancholic gaze again.

What an insensitive man...

Every time he spoke to her, he was so blunt that it was somewhat hard to accept.

First, saying her strength was insufficient and she might be refined into a Medicinal Pill by others next time, and now saying these words...

However, Mu Wuchen's words also made her breathe a sigh of relief.

Since Mu Wuchen was willing to say this, it was highly probable that he did not truly intend to harbor malicious designs against her.

Furthermore, as things stood, she knew she had no other choice...

The Ghost Refining Sect had already found this place, meaning they likely already knew her whereabouts. Failing this time, they would certainly send more and stronger people to kill her in the future. By then, she would truly be in danger.

Compared to those from the Ghost Refining Sect, the Mu Wuchen before her was clearly much better.

Moreover, Hua Jingrou was still by Mu Wuchen's side...

Thinking of this, Hua Qingyan seemed to have made a decision.

She had no other choice; now, she could only believe in the man before her...

"Alright..."

Hua Qingyan spoke softly.

Hearing her answer, Mu Wuchen smiled slightly and nodded.

Immediately, Mu Wuchen raised his hand and placed it in front of Hua Qingyan's forehead.

Hua Qingyan slowly closed her eyes and opened up her Sea of Consciousness.

Unlike the Divine Sense Restrictions Mu Wuchen had placed in the past, Hua Qingyan was surprisingly cooperative at this moment. She even actively guided Mu Wuchen's power into every part of her Sea of Consciousness, letting him do as he pleased without any resistance, so the process proceeded very quickly.

With her cooperation, in just a few dozen breaths, Mu Wuchen had completed everything.

As the Divine Sense Restriction was planted, Hua Qingyan slowly opened her emerald-green eyes. She looked at Mu Wuchen, motionless and silent, seemingly waiting for Mu Wuchen's next move.

Mu Wuchen did not hesitate; with a casual wave of his hand, he collected Hua Qingyan into the System World.

As soon as she entered the System World, Hua Qingyan was completely shocked.

The density of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here was at least a hundred times that of the outside world!

Moreover, the space here was extremely vast, like a Small World. Possessing a Small World was not rare for her Realm, but for a Small World to possess such terrifying Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was simply shocking!

At the same time, she realized why Mu Wuchen had to place a Divine Sense Restriction on her.

Once this Small World was known to others, she feared it would suffer from the covetousness and desperate plundering of countless people!

Her hundreds of miles of Spiritual Plants had already brought upon her a monstrous disaster, and even her master had died because of it. The value of Mu Wuchen's Small World was far, far greater than her possessions...

Hua Qingyan looked down, her eyes flickering slightly.

The hundreds of miles of Spiritual Plants she had painstakingly cared for were embedded in the soil just as they were before, with no signs of damage at all. Many of the Spiritual Plants were even planted in the exact same order and manner as before...

The only difference was that the Spiritual Plants here no longer required her to exhaust the power within her body to maintain their lives...

At this moment, countless Spiritual Plants came into contact with the purer and denser Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, unfolding their branches, leaves, and flowers one after another, greedily absorbing the nutrients within the world.

Seeing this scene, Hua Qingyan's emerald-green eyes became slightly moist.

During this time, she had been truly too tired...

After her master passed away, she fled with the life's work of both of them. Because she dared not appear in the open with great fanfare, she could only find a cliff bottom with thin Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and no human presence to consume her own power to maintain the lives of these Spiritual Plants, while also having to be vigilant against danger that might appear at any moment...

Now, it seemed that those days were gone forever...

Seeing the scene before her, Hua Qingyan's heart completely relaxed, and the way she looked at Mu Wuchen became a bit gentler.

Noticing the gaze Hua Qingyan cast towards him, Mu Wuchen was slightly stunned.

Perhaps because of her Cultivation Technique and her own Physique, Hua Qingyan naturally possessed a unique gentleness. Now, displaying such a gentle gaze, even with Mu Wuchen's experience of having seen great storms and waves, he secretly thought it was a bit hard to handle...

He coughed lightly, pointed in a direction with his finger, and spoke indifferently to Hua Qingyan.

"Over there, not far away, is a large peach tree. She has been eating and drinking from me for many years. If you have time, you can go and see her..."