Quickly, Mu Jinyu and Xilin soared to a height of ten thousand meters.

At such high altitudes, it was practically unreachable by anyone in the present age.

The winds were fierce and biting, yet Mu Jinyu, with his robust physique, felt no discomfort. Xilin, however, had her cultivation sealed. Although she had temporarily regained cultivation around the Mid Divine Transformation Realm, it was again sealed after using that technique.

Now she was no different from an ordinary person, and facing the chilling winds left her cheeks flushed and her body shivering uncontrollably.

"Why... choose to come to such... heights to talk?"

Xilin quivered all over, speaking with difficulty as gusts of wind threatened to distort her words.

Mu Jinyu halted, turned around, and with a cold demeanor looked at Xilin, saying blandly, "To clear your mind!"

"You?!"

Hearing this, Xilin was understandably furious, but as soon as she opened her mouth to curse Mu Jinyu, a gale swept over her, causing her to nearly topple from the sky.

At this point, she realized that unbeknownst to her, Mu Jinyu had significantly diminished the True Yuan surrounding her. Any lapse in attention might lead to her plummeting from the sky.

This sense of life-and-death beyond her control immediately doused any excitement and anticipation she'd felt when brought up here by Mu Jinyu to converse alone, replaced by an overwhelming fear.

"What exactly... do you want?!"

Xilin struggled to speak, her voice tinged with fear.

Mu Jinyu furrowed his brow slightly and waved a hand, blocking most of the incoming cold to allow Xilin to still feel the wind but not so much that she couldn't speak.

He then opened his mouth, "Let's continue our previous topic!"

"Granting you freedom isn't out of the question, but there must be restrictions. I can't just lift restrictions on you, only for you to turn around and strike or wreak havoc everywhere. I'd rather not agree to your demands!"

"As for the item you mentioned that invades others' bodies, sorry, I can't give it to you! Just forget about it!"

Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, Xilin wasn't angered; instead, she was secretly delighted.

Because down below, Mu Jinyu's tone had been both foul and unyielding, but now he was at least willing to explain, to negotiate conditions such as placing limits upon her freedom...

This indicated his sincerity.

Indeed, her suspicions were correct!

Xilin suppressed the joy inside her, but she couldn't abandon the Divine Plant, as it was her primary goal from the start.

Otherwise, she would have been happier to watch Mu Jinyu make a fool of himself.

So, how could she willingly offer to help Mu Jinyu out?

Xilin cleared her throat, saying, "Regarding granting freedom, I understand your concerns, and I can swear by Heavenly Dao that I won't act recklessly afterwards!"

"But you need to understand, we had no grievances initially; you inexplicably controlled me. Yet, I bear no grudges and am willing to assist you. Isn't restoring my freedom a gesture of your sincerity essential for establishing friendship and mutual assistance? Why then make it a separate bargaining chip?"

"This won't work!"

Xilin spoke sternly.

"So, restore my freedom, and we'll consider it forming a bond, smiling away past grievances. You face troubles now, and I have methods which I can offer in exchange for something, solving your difficulties. And I'm quite interested in that imperceptible invasive item you mentioned, naturally you should offer it to me in exchange for the solution!"

After hearing her words, Mu Jinyu surprisingly felt that she had made a valid point!

Indeed, she was about to help him, and he and she indeed have no deep-seated grievances. Seeing as she's offering to help, naturally he shouldn't continue to restrict her freedom; he should restore it.

And the solution she provides for the dilemma facing humankind certainly shouldn't come without reciprocal exchange, so he naturally needed to offer something in return!

She has a point!

He shouldn't use freedom as a bargaining chip with her!

However, if she were interested in something else, it would be different, but the fact she set her sights on the Three-Leaf Youlian gave him a headache, making things quite troublesome.

After all, this Three-Leaf Youlian is critically important and can save him in times of danger. How could he willingly trade it away to Xilin?

This condition seems unequal!

After pondering, Mu Jinyu said, "The item you've set your sights on has already acknowledged me as its master, so I can't hand it over!"

"What?" Xilin's expression changed slightly, responding, "I don't believe it! It's impossible for you to make a Divine Plant recognize a master!"

Saying this, she immediately realized she'd slipped, hastily keeping quiet, her expression shifting unpredictably.

Mu Jinyu nodded slightly, contemplating how he recently thought the mystical Little Tree and the Three-Leaf Youlian were quite miraculous, believing them to be Divine Plants.

Unexpectedly, in Xilin's Foreign Realm people's eyes, they truly are Divine Plants?

It's likely they've genuinely seen similar Divine Plants to the Three-Leaf Youlian, which is why when he manipulated it, its emitted waves garnered no response from Young Master Mu but Xilin could sense them!

And from Xilin's desire for the Three-Leaf Youlian, it's evident that it is extremely precious in their Canglan Realm, akin to a Heaven-reaching spiritual treasure!

This makes him even less inclined to simply hand over the Three-Leaf Youlian.

"If you don't believe, there's nothing I can do; change the condition," Mu Jinyu said softly.

Xilin's expression alternated as she thought for a moment, saying, "Take the Divine Plant out and show me, I want to see if it indeed has acknowledged you as a master?"

In her mind, thinking gleefully, it can't possibly have truly acknowledged him as its master!

How could such a distinguished Divine Plant possibly acknowledge a lowly human as a master? Even among the Divine Race, those who have managed to achieve this over tens of thousands of years can be counted on one hand.

Among the Human Race, there are none, how could Mu Jinyu possibly have it acknowledge him as a master, he's surely mistaken!

That works just fine, she could precisely take advantage of it not being acknowledged to seize this Divine Plant!

Thinking this, Xilin couldn't help but feel smug.

Mu Jinyu noticed Xilin's somewhat odd expression, yet he believed he indeed had the Three-Leaf Youlian acknowledge him as a master, thus wanting to let her test it out.

Will Xilin take the opportunity to seize his Three-Leaf Youlian?

Mu Jinyu wasn't the least bit worried, she's currently powerless, how could she snatch it? If she dared, couldn't he just seize it back?

If he really hasn't had the Three-Leaf Youlian acknowledge him yet Xilin manages to snatch and claim it...

It doesn't matter, he could always interrogate her for the solution against Demonic Qi then resolve her, wouldn't the Three-Leaf Youlian be ownerless again, allowing him to reclaim it!

"Alright."

Mu Jinyu, without hesitation, manipulated the Three-Leaf Youlian rooted within his Qi Sea Dantian to float outward.

The entirely jet-black Three-Leaf Youlian slowly floated and spun, appearing directly before Xilin.

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