"Who told you it's a Spirit Body?"
Qin Ning smiled and said, "In this world, is a Spirit Body the only constitution with power?"
"A Spirit Body is merely the lowest of thousands of constitutions. Above it, there are Saint Bodies, King Bodies, Royal Bodies, and Emperor Bodies!"
"The Nine Revolutions Exquisite Body is a Royal Body!"
"A Royal Body..."
This made Ye Yuanyuan's eyes fill with even greater astonishment.
She had never even imagined she possessed a special constitution, let alone a Royal Body.
"Well? You didn't just reach the Spirit Sea realm, did you?"
"I have reached the third level of the Spirit Sea realm!"
When Ye Yuanyuan said this, Ye Liang, Ye Feng, and Ye Shuang were all shocked.
Just a moment ago, their young mistress was still in the Heaven Gate realm, yet after only a few hours, she had broken through straight to the third level of the Spirit Sea realm?
This was insane, absolutely insane!
"It's decent. This Spirit Nurturing Platform is still incomplete; otherwise, if you had soaked in it for a month, you would have bypassed the Spirit Sea realm entirely and stepped straight into the Spirit Platform realm!"
Hearing this, Ye Yuanyuan did not say anything more.
"Alright, everything I promised you is done. Go save whoever is important to you. I will be heading to the Imperial Capital soon, so I'll see you then!"
Qin Ning left those words behind and turned to leave.
"Aren't... aren't you afraid I'll break my promise?" Ye Yuanyuan asked, watching Qin Ning's retreating figure.
"Break your promise?"
Qin Ning turned back and smiled faintly. "You had better not. Otherwise, even if you have a Royal Body, I will show no mercy and kill you!"
Kill without mercy!
Those words were simple and direct.
At this moment, Ye Yuanyuan felt that even though she had reached the third level of the Spirit Sea realm, if Qin Ning truly wanted to kill her, he could still do it!
"Oh, right. When we meet again in the Imperial Capital, I hope you will have reached the fifth level of the Spirit Sea realm. I have a spirit technique that is suitable for your cultivation."
Having said that, Qin Ning walked away.
*Buzz...*
Right at that moment, a sudden buzzing sound rang out.
At Ye Yuanyuan's waist, a piece of rough jade suddenly shattered.
"Oh no!"
Ye Yuanyuan's expression changed, and she quickly said, "Elder Ku's life is in danger!"
"Elder Ku?" Qin Ning stopped.
Hearing his question, Ye Yuanyuan explained, "He is a servant of my Ye family, a master of the Spirit Sea realm."
"Where is he?"
"At a small mountain fifteen li from here!"
Hearing this, Qin Ning was momentarily taken aback.
"That old man, of all the places he could have run to, why did he have to go *there*?"
There? Where was "there"?
From Qin Ning's words, it was obvious that he knew something.
"I'll take you there!"
Qin Ning said helplessly, "Otherwise, I wouldn't want the maidservant I just recruited to die here."
"Thank you!"
Ye Yuanyuan did not mind Qin Ning's words. If she had previously agreed to his terms out of helplessness, now Qin Ning had truly astonished her beyond measure.
Qin Ning seemed incredibly familiar with this place, as if... it had been built by his own hands.
Yet he was only a sixteen-year-old youth, a year or two younger than her.
The group of five set off, rushing at full speed. In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, they arrived.
Before them lay a low-lying mountain range.
The peaks here were only about a hundred meters high; perhaps describing them as mounds would be more appropriate.
At this moment, the small mountains stretched out, densely intertwined.
Seeing the tangled mountains around them, Qin Ning let out a breath.
"Where is your old servant?"
"It seems he is only a few hundred yards away."
"Alright!"
Qin Ning looked straight ahead and said, "Remember, follow my footsteps. If you lose your life otherwise, I won't be held responsible..."
Having said that, Qin Ning stepped into the valley.
Ye Liang and his two companions obediently followed at this moment.
Even Old Ku could get trapped here, proving that this place was truly dangerous. They didn't want to lose their lives so soon.
Although it was originally only a few hundred yards away, it took them more than ten minutes of walking to arrive.
"Old Ku!"
Rounding a bend, Ye Yuanyuan was shocked when she saw Old Ku.
Old Ku, dressed in a black robe, had been scratched by some unknown weapon. Blood was streaming down as he hung from the mountainside, no longer in control of his own body.
At this moment, besides Old Ku, there were several other people trapped on the mountainside.
They seemed to be bound by invisible chains, unable to move at all, while bloody gashes continued to deepen across their bodies.
It was as if some invisible force was cutting their bodies apart.
"Miss, don't come any closer!"
Old Ku panted heavily, speaking weakly.
"How did this happen?"
"Isn't it all because of greed?"
Qin Ning looked toward the mountain peak and sneered, "They saw something good on the peak, got lured in, and wanted to pluck it."
Ye Yuanyuan cast her gaze toward the peak and discovered clusters of Zi Luo Elixir Flowers in full bloom.
Zi Luo Elixir Flowers were an excellent medicinal herb for refining spiritual elixirs.
Moreover, looking closely, there seemed to be more than just those on the peak.
At this moment, not only was Old Ku trapped, but about a dozen other people were also stuck there.
Furthermore, among them were no lack of experts who had reached the Spirit Sea realm.
"Young Master Qin..."
Ye Yuanyuan looked at Qin Ning with a pleading expression.
"In my opinion, all of these people deserve to die, including your old servant. But since you are my maidservant, I will spare him from death!"
Qin Ning looked toward the peak and walked forward.
He didn't seem to do anything; he merely stepped close to the foot of the mountain, and the invisible chains binding Old Ku suddenly released.
Old Ku slid down from the mountainside.
Ye Liang and his two companions rushed forward to support Old Ku.
"Remember this for next time: just because you see something good doesn't mean you should risk your life to grab it!"
Qin Ning lectured sternly.
Being scolded like this by a sixteen-year-old youth, Old Ku couldn't help but want to retort. However, seeing how much his young mistress respected Qin Ning, he remained silent.
"Kid, stop right there!"
Suddenly, a shout rang out.
From the other side of the mountain's foot, two or three groups totaling dozens of martial artists emerged one after another, surrounding Qin Ning.
"Kid, it seems you know what's going on here. Hurry up and let our companions down!"
The three groups of dozens of people seemed to belong to a mercenary group. The middle-aged man leading them spoke with a cold expression.
"Let them down?"
Qin Ning turned around, looking at the middle-aged man with a calm expression.
"Are you dreaming, or did you just not hear what I said?"
"If this old man weren't my maidservant's old servant, I wouldn't have spared him a second glance. As for those people up there..."
Qin Ning glanced up at the peak and sneered, "Leaving them hanging on the mountain to wait for death is already a mercy to them."
Not sparing a second glance... a mercy...
Hearing these words, the middle-aged man was completely infuriated.
A mercenary stepped forward and looked toward Qin Ning, immediately adopting a threatening stance.