Ting Xi gritted her teeth and nodded. "Yes!"

He was seen biting his finger, dark blue blood flowing out. He stared into the distance, sketching a rune, and then suddenly began to sing softly.

Originally, Dai Jun's complexion had been rosy red, but now it suddenly returned to normal. On the other hand, Ting Xi's face gradually paled.

Before a song could even be halfway through, Dai Jun woke up.

She looked at Tingxi with complicated eyes, her gaze falling on Lin Qi. She raised her hand and patted Lin Qi's shoulder.

The kindness shown today, I will always remember.

" …Don't remember that. Whether there's a chance is another matter."

"What?" Dai Jun's face was full of confusion.

"Your second sister has allied with the Xuan Shui snake clan to eliminate you and your merfolk tribe, killing everyone silently so that there's no trace left of you…"

As soon as Lin Qi finished speaking, the two cultivators from Feixian Pavilion who had been sent by Yunrong派 found Dai Jun.

"There it is!"

"Kill!"

A simple stroke of the killing character fell, and the two Jinxian cultivators' perfected cultivation bases exploded instantly, striking the surrounding cultivators. They felt a tightness in their chests and found it difficult to move.

Seeing this, Dai Jun's face changed immediately. He understood what Lin Qi meant.

A distant figure of a flying crane turned into three long swords, stabbing towards the Duke's life gate.

"Taking step back, "Three Swords of Crane Shadow, are you from Feihua Pavilion?"

Lin Qi held the Dihuang Sword in his hand, turning it once. A cold light flashed from before him, and the sword intent of life and death struck out, shattering a Crane Shadow Sword.

Her arm trembled, the pain momentarily numbing her. "Stop beating around the bush, do you have a plan?"

"A bitter smile played at the corner of Dai Jun's lips: 'Where would I have any countermeasures? If there were, you wouldn't have traveled thousands of miles to save me.'"

In that instant when she was imprisoned in the dungeon, Dai Jun was immensely grateful that she had sent Lin Qi into the Heavenly Azure Secret Realm at that time.

Otherwise, she would be truly calling out to heaven and earth with no response.

"The master of Feixian Pavilion sent you here, so he wouldn't have given you anything to protect yourself."

"As you said, it's a life-saving thing... I'm not dead yet."

Lin Qi: "？"

Some things cannot be used until the moment of life and death.

Lin Qi, upon hearing this, completely dispelled the idea of relying on Dai Jun.

Two Jinxian cultivators, their goals clear, went straight for Taigong without even acknowledging Lin Qi at all.

It was later the Xuan Shui snake clan who caught up, attacking anyone who wasn't from their own tribe.

The scene was in chaos.

Ting Xi took the opportunity to grab Lin Qi's hand, "Sir, right now only you can reverse the situation and find a glimmer of hope!"

"What price will I have to pay?" Lin Qi asked calmly.

She never believed that there were free lunches in the world.

"It's free of charge." The moment Tingxi finished speaking, she saw Lin Qi's face turn cold. Her heart, which had been burning hot just a moment ago, instantly turned as icy as the winter wind. She felt a bitter taste on her tongue.

At the time of the contract, he did play a little trick, but he only wanted to follow Lin Qi, hoping to seize an opportunity in the future.

Who knew that upon returning, the merfolk tribe would encounter such a drastic change... Now, Lin Qi was full of suspicion towards him, not believing his words at all.

"Ting Xi tried to explain, "There's really no need to pay a price. It's just that my merfolk clan has already been ostracized by the Phoenix clan. If you're willing to accept our offerings, it would be like replacing the Phoenix clan and allowing us to be accepted anew."

"If, in the future, you return to the Ice Phoenix Clan… it's inevitable that people will say some gossip."

What others disdain, Lin Qi received under her command. I'm afraid the Ice Phoenix clan will inevitably look down on Lin Qi.

If Lin Qi is indeed an orphaned child of the Bing Huang clan, she yearns to return to her clan and fight for glory... It's truly hard to accept what Ting Xi said.

"Only these?" Lin Qi listened, but her eyes lit up.

Ting Xi nodded slightly, "Indeed, there is only this. I have not deceived you in the slightest. If Your Lordship doesn't believe me, feel free to ask any merfolk at will."

Lin Qi lowered her eyes, "If you lie again, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Since the two had signed a master-servant contract, Lin Qi could always control Ting Xi.

She always held the upper hand in their relationship, while Tingxi was always subservient to her.

Ting Xi immediately replied, "I dare not."

What should I do now?

When Tingxi heard Lin Qi's words, a joyful expression appeared on her face.

"Please follow me, sir!"

Ding Xi led the way, Lin Qi followed behind, passing through the chaotic battlefield.

Since neither of them were particularly powerful or influential, no one was actively pursuing them with the intention of killing them.

After a moment, Tingxi led Lin Qi to a circular platform.

On top is a pale blue orb, and the pedestal is painted with ice phoenix patterns.

Counting carefully, there are actually three dark phoenix markings.

As soon as Lin Qi approached the cone, she felt a sense of familiarity.

The chill emanating from the pagoda seemed to mirror her own.

When on the way, Tingxi saw many of her mermaid kin slain by the Xuan Shui Snake's sword. She was now anxious and urged, "My lord, please ascend the platform first, make a contract with my mermaid clan, then infuse your fairy energy into the Phoenix God Pearl. Our mermaid clan's strength will immediately increase, and this crisis can be resolved!"

Lin Qi raised her foot and stepped onto the stairs.

As soon as she stepped onto the first step, the Phoenix Pearl on top of the circular platform let out a piercing shriek and shot out a magnificent ice phoenix with feathers of dazzling azure blue.

The Ice Phoenix's figure was adorned with three black phoenix patterns, its aura terrifying. As it fell upon Lin Qi, it felt like a mountain of pressure crashing down on her.

Lin Qi carried the pressure, taking one step at a time upward. The Bing Huang phantom became more lively, even flying half a circle above the orb.

When Lin Qi stood in the center of the circle, the ice phoenix phantom slowly landed on Lin Qi's shoulder and then vanished in an instant.

Tingxi said from below, "This is a remnant soul of the previous master of the Mermaid Clan. Now that the remnant soul has disappeared, a new master has taken the throne... Please, esteemed one, complete the contract as soon as possible."

Following Tingxi's instructions, Lin Qi placed the palm of her hand over the Phoenix God Pearl. The phoenix pattern hidden beneath her skin slowly floated and in the blink of an eye, it was fully revealed.

Lin Qi faintly sensed a familiar power calling to her. Behind her, a pair of six-path dark purple ice phoenix wings slowly unfolded. Even her eyes, rarely seen in this color, had turned a rare dark purple.

Ting Xi under the stage stared in astonishment at the wings behind Lin Qi.

If he remembered correctly, adults only had the cultivation of the early stage of Earth Immortals.

Such cultivation level, to have actually cultivated six dark purple phoenix patterns and even grown wings... This situation has never been heard of within the Binghuang clan.

However, Ding Xi was certain of one thing: the Ice Phoenix bloodline within Lin Qi definitely ran extremely pure.

The purer the bloodline, the more phoenix patterns will appear on one's body.

Phoenix patterns symbolize power and status.

Under Tingxi's astonished gaze, Lin Qi signed a contract with the mermaid clan through the Phoenix God Pearl.

When she channeled her celestial energy into the Phoenix Divine Pearl, Ting Xi, who had been lost in thought, suddenly jolted awake.

Then, his cultivation level rose steadily.

From the initial descent from the Great Perfection of Xuanxian to the early, middle, and late stages of Earth Immortal... what changed alongside him was every mermaid scattered across the mermaid clan's territory.