I awakened my god-tier passive skill early on and took off instantly

"Wait," Lu Xin said immediately as he walked in. "This item is destined for me!"

"Senior Sister," who was preparing to retract the Nether Blue Ice Flame, heard the voice and retracted her hand in surprise, then revealed a fierce look in her eyes:

"Who are you? How long have you been hiding here? And what did you just see?"

Faced with a series of questions, Lu Xin shook his head expressionlessly:

"Who I am is not important. What's important is that this item is destined for me!"

"Haha…" The person who had revived by possessing a body heard this and let out a burst of fierce laughter:

"How many years has it been? I never thought that I, this venerable one, would be killed and robbed today. Junior, do you know who I am?"

She didn't attack directly because she couldn't see through Lu Xin's realm, and she had only just revived by possessing a body and was still very weak.

Lu Xin naturally saw through this as well, and remained expressionless. "Who you are is not important to me. You might have been very powerful in the past, but now…"

As he spoke, he took out Red Shadow, and then a Golden Core pressure enveloped the entire stone chamber. "But now, you are no match for me."

"Impossible! How could someone in the Golden Core realm sneak in here? The old ghost's formation shouldn't have failed!"

The person who had revived by possessing a body felt this pressure and was thrown into chaos:

"Junior, this venerable one is the Cloud Valley Sacred Venerable of the past, with a Great Vehicle cultivation base. Let me go, and I can give you elixirs and magical treasures. Also, I know many treasure locations…"

However, Lu Xin didn't waste any words. Red Shadow had already slashed towards her. "Hmph, leaving an old monster like you is a hidden danger. Be destroyed!"

The Cloud Valley Sacred Venerable had revived with a wisp of her remnant soul and now only possessed insight. She could only watch helplessly as the body she had just occupied was split in two.

"Damn it!"

A resentful roar lingered in the air.

Lu Xin frowned slightly, not relaxing his vigilance. Instead, he reached out and burned the corpse on the ground to ashes, putting an end to it once and for all.

Afterward, still feeling unsafe, he walked out of the stone chamber and burned the corpse of that Junior Sister lying outside to ashes as well, just in case.

Sure enough, another scream came:

"Junior, do you have to be so ruthless?"

A faint green remnant soul emerged, only the size of a palm, looking very weak and likely to dissipate at any moment.

Lu Xin quickly gathered his magic power, trapping the Cloud Valley Sacred Venerable's remnant soul in his hand, and then prepared to clench it and crush it.

The Cloud Valley Sacred Venerable's expression changed drastically. She hadn't expected that after throwing out a question, this person in front of her wouldn't even bother with a single word and would directly try to destroy her.

So she hurriedly shouted:

"Junior, the Nether Blue Ice Flame originally belonged to me. Without my method, you won't be able to refine it at all!"

Lu Xin finally stopped this time, walked to the Nether Blue Ice Flame, and looked at the dancing blue flame, unsure of how to start.

Those sisters might have known, but unfortunately, they were already dead.

The Cloud Valley Sacred Venerable finally breathed a sigh of relief and said somewhat helplessly, "Junior, you are the most cautious person I have encountered in all these years."

"Heh."

Lu Xin snorted coldly, "A centipede dies but never falls down completely. Do you think you can stabilize me by praising me?"

The Cloud Valley Sacred Venerable's expression changed again when she saw that her little calculation had been seen through. She hadn't expected this little ghost in front of her to be so difficult to deal with, so she said directly:

"Junior, how about you help me find a body to revive in, and I'll tell you the method to refine the Nether Blue Ice Flame?"

Lu Xin raised the Cloud Valley Sacred Venerable's remnant soul and looked at it, somewhat surprised that this old monster who had lived for so long was actually so beautiful.

However, he was not a person to be bewitched by beauty, and said coldly:

"You only have one choice: either tell me the refining method, or die!"

"You…"

The Cloud Valley Sacred Venerable was furious. Apart from being schemed against by the old ghost Suspended Sky Sacred Venerable in the beginning, she had never been so humiliated.

And it was all by a small Golden Core.

"It seems you have chosen death. How much mettle."

Lu Xin snorted lightly, pretending to pinch.

"Wait!" The Cloud Valley Sacred Venerable's expression changed, and she hurriedly said, "I'll tell you."

No matter the outcome, she decided to stabilize the other party first, so she quickly told the refining method of the Nether Blue Ice Flame.

Lu Xin listened and pondered for a while, then prepared to pinch the Cloud Valley Sacred Venerable to death again.

"What are you doing?"

The Cloud Valley Sacred Venerable, an old monster who had lived for so many years, finally couldn't help but feel a little broken.

Lu Xin ignored her breakdown and said slowly:

"I don't know if the method you said has any problems. If I die, wouldn't that benefit you?"

"So before refining, I'll kill you first. Even if the method you said later has problems and accidents occur, you'll leave before me, so I won't lose too much."

"You… how ruthless."

The Cloud Valley Sacred Venerable took a breath of cold air.

"Alright, you can go now. If we're fated, we'll meet again underground."

"Wait!"

Although the Cloud Valley Sacred Venerable knew that the other party was testing her, she didn't dare to gamble and hurriedly said:

"The methods are all correct, but the final receiving position is not in the sea of consciousness, but in the dantian."

"Ah, you were indeed plotting against me. That makes me all the more unable to spare you!" Lu Xin narrowed his eyes.

Seeing this, the Cloud Valley Sacred Venerable hurriedly said again: "I guarantee that the method I'm telling you this time is absolutely correct. Also, I just saw that you're still using a high-grade magical artifact. You must not have a magic treasure yet. I know many methods for refining magic treasures."

"In addition, this place is the cave of the old ghost Suspended Sky. I know many of his secrets."

She was afraid that Lu Xin would really kill her, so she hurriedly demonstrated her value.

Lu Xin fell into contemplation upon hearing this. It was undeniable that every word the woman in front of him said was very attractive, but he just didn't know how credible it was.

Seeing him hesitate, the Cloud Valley Sacred Venerable struggled for a while and finally made up her mind. "If you're not at ease, I can let you plant a soul imprint. That way, my life and death will be in your control."

"Soul imprint?"

Lu Xin had heard of this thing, but he didn't know how to do it. "You know how?"

The Cloud Valley Sacred Venerable nodded.

"But how do I know if you have any means to break free?"

"No, after planting the soul imprint, my every move will be within your senses."

"This…"

Lu Xin finally planted the soul imprint on the remnant soul in his hand with suspicion, according to the method. Immediately, a clear feeling emerged, as if he could really decide the life and death of the remnant soul in his hand with a single thought.

"Alright, junior, you can rest assured now, right?"

Lu Xin fell into contemplation again.

The Cloud Valley Sacred Venerable completely broke down. "Junior, this venerable one can make an oath to the Heavenly Dao that I absolutely don't want to scheme against you again. Now that this venerable one's soul is damaged, I can't even leave this place alone."

"Now, we are mutually beneficial in cooperation. If we separate, separation will also cause you some losses, but it will definitely not be good for me."

Lu Xin was finally willing to believe a little upon hearing this. "Hopefully."

Afterward, he didn't hesitate, took out many array disks, walked dozens of steps out of the stone chamber, and set up an array every few steps along the passage.

Then, he sneaked into the ground and, after discovering that the original formation underground had not been destroyed, he returned to the stone chamber with peace of mind. Then, he set up another formation to cover the entire stone chamber.

He also didn't forget to trap the remnant soul.

After doing all this, he walked to the Nether Blue Ice Flame and planned to start refining it.

"Boy, isn't your caution a bit too much?" The Cloud Valley Sacred Venerable, witnessing all this, said faintly.

Lu Xin glanced at her, "If I'm not careful, will I end up like you?"

"You…"