Chapter 2440: Small Bottle Reappearance

Upon hearing this, the deer-like monster named "Yang Lu" instantly blanched. The giant gray bird, however, which had been filled with despair, suddenly showed a flicker of joy, its gaze turning wild and bloodthirsty as it stared at its former companion.

After staring at each other for a moment, they both roared almost simultaneously. One's body suddenly expanded a hundredfold, its form instantly covered in thick, yellowish-brown armor adorned with long, sharp spikes.

The other flapped its wings, and the gray spiritual flames on its body instantly transformed into a sky-filling rain of fire, surging wildly towards its opponent.

As their forms moved, booming and explosive sounds reverberated throughout the entire space.

Seeing this, the black-robed youth snickered. He turned around, and his entire being, along with the giant bloody seal beneath him, vanished into the void behind him.

With a whoosh.

Amidst a spatial fluctuation, the black-robed youth reappeared above a rocky, uneven wasteland on the Thunder Continent. In his hand, he held a slightly trembling dark green small bottle as he scanned the surroundings.

Seeing that the surroundings were empty, with no one else present, he let out a cold laugh, flipped his sleeve, and immediately transformed into a golden rainbow, soaring into the sky.

After a short half-day, the golden light descended onto a seemingly ordinary small mountain. Once the youth reappeared, he tossed the dark green small bottle in his hand forward.

Instantly, the bottle inverted, its mouth facing downwards, and a burst of light swirled out. A tall figure wavered into existence. Although it was covered in wounds and its battle armor was mostly shattered, it was none other than the deer-bear monster.

"I guessed correctly," the black-robed youth said indifferently, glancing at the monster. "It was indeed you who survived."

"Yang Lu greets master!" the deer monster immediately declared, kneeling on one knee before the youth without a word.

"Very good," the black-robed youth said expressionlessly. "You are sensible and courageous. If you hadn't been the first to pledge allegiance to me, it wouldn't have been so easy for me to escape. Rest assured, since you have fulfilled all my requirements, I naturally won't go back on my word. I will certainly bestow upon you the True Soul Pill and bring you back to the Immortal Realm. However, before that, hand over a portion of your main soul and sign the spiritual servant contract. This will also allow me to sever all your ties with this realm."

"Yes, master," Yang Lu replied. It hesitated only slightly before opening its mouth wide and spitting out a pale green light orb. Inside, a miniature deer-like creature, shrunken countless times, was faintly visible, seemingly roaring something angrily.

"Consider this a bargain for you," the black-robed youth said, staring at the light orb. "As long as you sign the contract on this Immortal Spirit Treasure Scroll, you will be unaffected by the power of the realms and can enter the Immortal Realm without any worries. I, however, don't know how many years it will take me to re-refine this treasure." He then opened his mouth and spat out a golden scroll emanating myriad rays of light.

"Release your mind; do not resist, or I cannot guarantee what will happen," the black-robed youth instructed. He formed a hand seal with one hand and quickly pointed a finger at the golden scroll.

The next moment, myriad rays of light shone from the golden scroll's surface. Countless golden seal runes flew out from it, and with a flash, they all vanished into the light orb, circling and dancing around the miniature creature within.

A low roar!

The deer monster instantly clutched its head in agony. It felt countless things frantically drilling into its soul, instantly making it understand the golden scroll's function and the general content of the spiritual servant contract it was about to enter.

After enduring the pain and carefully reviewing the terms, the beast's heart suddenly relaxed.

According to the contract, while a spiritual servant was indeed subject to being commanded, it could avoid executing orders that threatened its life by paying a certain price. Furthermore, the contract was not permanent; it also listed conditions for termination. Although these conditions seemed strict, they did not appear entirely hopeless.

This made the beast secretly rejoice.

The black-robed youth seemed to have discerned what the beast was thinking; his expression remained unchanged, but he sneered inwardly.

After fully reading the contract and confirming there were no real issues, and that it was far more lenient than it had imagined, Yang Lu immediately cast aside all hesitation and released its spiritual defenses.

At the same time, as soon as the miniature creature's resistance within the light orb vanished, the golden seal runes flashed and disappeared into it.

After Yang Lu's main body trembled, its eyes closed, and it toppled over.

At this moment, the black-robed youth unhurriedly waved his large sleeve, and with a flash of light, retracted the golden scroll.

The light orb encapsulating the miniature creature then moved and flew back, disappearing into Yang Lu's body.

After an unknown period, when the beast shakily stood up again, it felt its entire soul was seemingly the same as before, yet it could vaguely sense an inexplicable binding force mixed within it.

It seemed this was the power of the contract on the golden scroll.

It immediately sighed inwardly and once again bowed deeply to the black-robed youth.

The black-robed youth still stood perfectly still where he was, as if he had never moved.

"Good," the youth said indifferently. "Since you have signed the contract, I will naturally fulfill my promises."

As soon as his words fell, a ripple appeared in front of Yang Lu, and a golden, egg-sized pill materialized out of thin air.

This pill looked inanimate, yet its surface shone with dazzling golden light. Wisps of milky-white auspicious energy coiled and danced around it, and an indescribable fragrance of sandalwood emanated from it.

Yang Lu merely took a whiff and immediately felt its soul incredibly comfortable, as if its whole being were floating straight into the heavens. Instantly, it was filled with both surprise and joy.

"This is the True Soul Pill," the black-robed youth slowly added. "You can consume it immediately, or you can wait until I take you back to the Immortal Realm. If I were you, I would choose the latter. While this pill can indeed enhance your soul power, it will also cause the laws of this realm to exert a repulsive force on you, greatly affecting your strength."

"Yes, master," Yang Lu replied respectfully after a slight hesitation. "I will consume it later then. That way, I can provide more assistance to master."

Then it opened its mouth again and spat out a purplish-red wooden box. It pointed at the golden pill, carefully putting it inside the box.

"Next, I will enter my secret treasure to rest for a while," the black-robed youth said, nodding in satisfaction before giving his orders unceremoniously. "You are to guard diligently outside until I emerge."

"Yes, master!" Although Yang Lu was startled for a moment, it immediately replied respectfully.

The black-robed youth twisted his body, transforming into a ball of light that shot towards the dark green small bottle high in the sky, instantly vanishing into the bottle's mouth.

A booming sound!

After a flash of light rolled over the bottle's surface, it surprisingly plummeted downwards as if weighing over a thousand pounds, directly sinking into the soil. It continued to fall until it reached deep within the small mountain's core, where it flashed and became motionless.

Seeing this, Yang Lu dared not delay. It formed a hand seal with one hand, and as yellow light radiated from its body, it silently sank into the earth and rocks.

When it vaguely reappeared near the green bottle, it merely glanced around, then sat down cross-legged with a blank expression.

Inside the bottle's space.

After the black-robed youth reappeared with a flash, he merely glanced at the space, which had become somewhat messy due to the previous battle. He slightly frowned and waved his sleeve.

Immediately, after the surrounding mist churned and shifted, all previous traces were wiped away like phantoms.

The black-robed youth then beckoned with one hand; a bright light flashed in the sky, and a seven-colored cloud emerged, shooting down with a flash.

With a soft sound.

The colorful cloud instantly transformed into a glowing prayer mat and settled motionlessly before him.

The youth's figure blurred, silently reappearing on the prayer mat. He sat cross-legged and closed his eyes to begin an inner examination with his divine sense.

"This is truly troublesome," the black-robed youth mumbled with a strange expression after opening his eyes again. "First, my vitality was damaged by the self-detonation of the Horned Chi clan's artifacts, and then I was tormented by the power of the realm's laws. It seems I won't be able to erase my internal injuries without several years of recovery. However, fortunately, besides that talisman, Grandmaster also bestowed this earth-shaking imitation artifact upon me during this descent. Although it's said to possess less than one ten-thousandth of the original's profundity, it can still shorten my recovery time by more than ten times."

Following this, he formed a spell incantation with his hand and chanted incantations.

Suddenly, the entire space trembled slightly, and the surrounding void was enveloped in a misty green glow. Countless faint phantoms of spiritual flowers and exotic herbs appeared one after another, instantly becoming dense, almost covering every inch of the entire space.

The entire space became filled with vibrant spiritual energy, as if it had suddenly come alive.

The black-robed youth stopped his incantation and grabbed at the empty air with one hand. Dark green light flashed, and a phantom of a small dark green bottle materialized in his grasp. He then flicked it upwards, throwing it into the sky.

The phantom of the small bottle shot upwards with a flash, instantly vanishing into the clouds and mist.

"Rain!"

Golden light intensely flashed around the youth's body. He then pointed a finger solemnly at the sky and let out a low shout.

A muffled thud sounded as the clouds high in the sky churned, and a gigantic bottle phantom, a hundred zhang in diameter, appeared out of thin air. It inverted, its large mouth facing downwards.

With a soft gushing sound, a tide of green liquid surged from the giant bottle's mouth and dispersed in the wind, transforming into a sky-filling spiritual rain that poured down.

An incredible scene unfolded.

The spiritual flowers and exotic herbs in the space, after being irrigated by this spiritual rain, began to grow rapidly at a visible rate.

In a flash, gigantic flowers the size of bowls and spiritual herbs resembling small trees were everywhere to be seen.

Moreover, all these spiritual flowers and exotic herbs became significantly clearer and more solid than before, emitting an incredibly potent medicinal fragrance, almost like real objects.

Seeing this, the black-robed youth was not surprised. Instead, after he changed his hand seal, wisps of green energy, imbued with medicinal fragrance, flew out from the surrounding spiritual flowers and exotic herbs, surging towards him like countless rivers flowing to the sea.

After the youth deeply inhaled the rich medicinal fragrance, he slowly closed his eyes, enveloped in the green energy.

At this moment, the gigantic bottle phantom high in the sky dissipated with a bang.