[Middle-Lower Draw: Withstand the pressure and sternly refuse all demands for the Spiritual Field. This may be a path to survival, leading to a Sixth-Grade Opportunity, but your life will be in danger. Ominous!]

[The Worst Draw: Choose to hand the Spiritual Field to Ruan Fusheng of the Ten Thousand Corpses Hall. You will fall into a Demon Monarch’s scheme and face almost certain death. Greatly Ominous!]

[The Worst Draw: Choose to hand the Spiritual Field to Jiaang Xiaofeng of the Plague Poison Altar. He will turn on you, cast you aside like a worn-out shoe, and you will be utterly annihilated. Greatly Ominous!]

[The Worst Draw: Choose to hand the Spiritual Field to Xiao Yan’Er of the Vast Qi Tower. The Earth Vein will shatter, you will be tainted by the Heavenly Dao’s Evil Qi, and you will face certain death. Greatly Ominous!]

RUMBLE!

The four ancient divinations appeared, and Qin Xuan’s face turned ashen, his expression instantly darkening.

Jiaang Xiaofeng, and the Vast Qi Tower... How impressive.

’They speak so pleasantly to my face, but behind my back, they all want me dead!’

In contrast, from Qin Xuan’s perspective, the aggressive Jin Wuhai was the one who actually offered a chance at survival.

’Tch, they’re all beasts. In this Holy Sect where everyone’s racing to the bottom, his option just happens to be the one that won’t get me killed this time.’

A surge of anger rose from Qin Xuan.

Jin Wuhai seemed to have expected this reaction. He wasn’t surprised and instead smiled, saying, "Well, Junior Brother Qin, have you made your decision?"

Just then, another ray of black demonic light streaked in from the horizon.

It was the Incense Master of the Defeated Blood Altar, Gan Tang.

"Senior Brother Qin, I, Gan Tang, have come on the order of Altar Master Jiaang to sign the Spiritual Field contract. I hope you will make things convenient for me."

The demonic light dissipated.

A female Demon Cultivator appeared, her figure slender and her features refined. Her face was a little pale, as if she hadn’t seen the sun in a long time.

Seeing the delicate and beautiful Gan Tang, Wang Qianru immediately felt threatened.

Her mature, worldly body trembled slightly beneath her red dress as she gently gripped Qin Xuan’s shoulder.

’As a Plague Poison Altar Master, Qin Xuan would surely side with Gan Tang, who is also an Incense Master from Ten Thousand Poison Peak.’

’The Earth Vein Qi in the Spiritual Field can only supply two Purple Mansion True Demons at most. If Qin Xuan agrees to Jin Wuhai as well, Master Xiao will definitely take the shortfall from my own territory.’

Wary of Jin Wuhai’s status as a representative of the Contribution Hall, Wang Qianru didn’t even dare to breathe. Her eyes glistened as she pinned all her hopes on Qin Xuan, praying that he would remember the time they’d spent together.

Qin Xuan nodded slightly. "Senior Brother Jin, please ask Altar Master Ruan to find someone else. My Heart Rot Valley cannot accommodate so many Purple Mansion Altar Masters."

The moment the words left his mouth, Jin Wuhai’s expression turned grim.

Wang Qianru’s eyes, however, lit up. She looked at Qin Xuan with overflowing affection, pressing her mature body tightly against his side and showing off her stunning curves.

"Junior Brother Qin, do you have any idea what you’re saying?"

Jin Wuhai said coldly, "Don’t think you can act so recklessly in the Holy Sect just because you have Master Blood Tyrant Demon Child backing you."

"Let me tell you the truth, the price for refusing Altar Master Ruan is not one you can afford to pay!"

Catching a whiff of Wang Qianru’s cloyingly sweet perfume, a scent he had grown tired of, Qin Xuan frowned in displeasure.

He ruthlessly pulled his arm from her embrace, his movements clean and decisive.

"Of course I do. And for that reason, I will not be handing over the Spiritual Field’s Earth Vein Spiritual Qi to the Vast Qi Tower, either."

Qin Xuan spoke calmly, "Junior Sister Wang, I’ll ask you to relay my words to Tower Master Xiao upon your return. Thank you."

Hearing this, Wang Qianru was dumbfounded. She was so furious her voice trembled, her red lips quivered, and the anger even creased the corners of her eyes.

"Valley Master Qin, you... you’re breaking your promise! Going back on your word! What was my year of service to you for, then?"

Qin Xuan replied, "We’ll call it mutual affection, of course."

"...Shameless!" Wang Qianru’s face turned crimson with rage.

Gan Tang, standing to the side, gave Qin Xuan a deep look. ’This Valley Master Qin is incredibly bold,’ she thought, ’to dare refuse two Altar Masters in a row.’

Her already bloodless face turned even more pallid. Her slender frame seemed to shrink inside her white linen robes as a terrible thought suddenly struck her.

"Senior Brother Qin, about this Spiritual Field contract from Altar Master Jiaang..."

Qin Xuan said, "I’m not signing it."

The Spiritual Field contract slipped from Gan Tang’s grasp, and she froze in place. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

BANG!

With a single slap, Jin Wuhai shattered the great red sedan chair before him. He was so furious he began to laugh.

"Excellent. Excellent! Qin Xuan, only now do I see it. You have the heart of a wolf! Your ambitions run deep!"

Jin Wuhai continued, "It seems you already know that Earth Vein Spiritual Qi can help establish a Golden Core Blessed Land... But do you really think a mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator can swallow all the Earth Vein Qi in the Spiritual Field for yourself?"

Qin Xuan’s eyes narrowed. Demonic Essence surged in his palms as he prepared to fight Jin Wuhai to the death.

"And why not?"

’The divination mentioned my life would be in danger,’ Qin Xuan thought. ’It must have been referring to Jin Wuhai, who has reached the Foundation Establishment Eleventh Level and even formed one of the Seven Luminaries Fate Stars.’

However, to Qin Xuan’s surprise, Jin Wuhai did not attack.

"Qin Xuan, you’re utterly delusional!"

Jin Wuhai sneered, "The only reason I’m still trying to persuade you is because Altar Master Ruan, and the great one backing him, believe you are worth cultivating. You have a forty percent chance of drawing down a Purple Mansion Fate Star and establishing the strongest Star Mansion. That’s why they’re giving you this chance."

"An ordinary Incense Master could beg for a lifetime and never get an opportunity like this... But you, blinded by greed, your ambition is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant."

"To think that while still in the Foundation Establishment Realm, you’d dare to lay a finger on the Earth Vein Spiritual Qi that only a Golden Core Blood Demon ought to control..."

"Just you wait. You will regret this!"

Jin Wuhai flicked his sleeve, spat out one last threat, and turned to leave.

Qin Xuan’s pupils were as black as ink.

He watched Jin Wuhai, whose cultivation was higher than his own, depart. Then, Qin Xuan turned to look at Gan Tang and Wang Qianru, whose cultivation levels were lower than his.

"Valley Master Qin, just you wait to face the wrath of Tower Master Xiao!" Wang Qianru snarled through clenched teeth.