Qin Yi sneered coldly, directly shooting out five streams of Purple Light, forming a strange pattern that was suddenly blazing with Purple Light, directly suppressing the golden glow.

"Come out."

Qin Yi reached out and yanked, using the five streams of Purple Light to pull out a strange golden pattern from the woman's chest, akin to ghostly scribbles.

The woman widened her eyes, though her cultivation was not weak, and she had experienced many upheavals, being quite knowledgeable, still she was stunned by Qin Yi's methods.

Qin Yi trapped the golden pattern with the Purple Light, a wicked smile curling at his lips, as he swiftly formed seals with one hand, streams of Purple Light surged from his palm, turning into strands that tightly wrapped around the golden pattern.

Qin Yi's five fingers slowly closed together, and the strands of purple silk began to tighten, causing noticeable cracks to appear on the golden pattern.

"Second Elder of the Sword Sect."

Qin Yi's smile was filled with malice, his five fingers suddenly clasped together. With a bang, the golden pattern directly shattered.

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At this time, deep within a grand hall, an old man dressed in white was sitting cross-legged in cultivation, with his breathing causing the air in the entire hall to seem like it was being churned by invisible hands.

At the entrance, several men dressed in white, each carrying longswords and possessing substantial cultivation, occasionally glanced inside the hall, their eyes filled with respect and admiration.

Suddenly, the air in the hall began to riot, and the old man's qi started to become chaotic.

"Puff!"

A mouthful of fresh blood stained the ground before him.

The old man abruptly opened his eyes, his face full of pain.

"Master."

"Second Elder."

The disciples guarding the entrance rushed in with anxious expressions.

A white-clothed man stepped forward, "Master, what happened to you?"

The elder's thin old face was full of sternness as he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said in a serious tone, "Someone has broken my Heart Loss Talisman."

Everyone present had a drastic change in expression, one of them said, "That seems impossible, who could break Master's countless Heart Loss Talismans?"

"If I'm not mistaken, it's Qin Yi."

The people present were instantly dumbfounded, their faces full of disbelief.

The elder said in a deep tone, "This boy is indeed extraordinary, he absolutely must not be left unchecked. I had placed a Heart Loss Talisman on Yin Qianqian, and now Qin Yi has reached the fifth layer of the Sin Tower, and Yin Qianqian is on the fifth layer. I have now lost control over Yin Qianqian."

"Master, could it be that Qin Yi killed Yin Qianqian, causing the Heart Loss Talisman to lose its effect?" a disciple asked.

The elder nodded slightly, "That is possible. However, Qin Yi is too monstrous, and he absolutely cannot be spared. You all go inform the Sect Master and the elders, telling them to gather in the main hall in an hour, as I have something to say."

"Yes."

The men answered and left.

The elder's gaze flickered, filled with malice, then he sat back down to start healing.

It must be said that Qin Yi's luck was really good, as the Heart Loss Talisman was destroyed while the Second Elder was cultivating. The most taboo thing during cultivation is being disturbed, let alone having a Heart Loss Talisman destroyed, causing the Second Elder to suffer backlash and become seriously injured, coughing up blood. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

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Sin Tower, Fifth Layer.

The woman was full of excitement, the Heart Loss Talisman was broken.

"Qin Yi, you truly are a monster."

Qin Yi was speechless, "Is it appropriate for you as a vixen to call me a monster?"

The woman rolled her eyes unenthusiastically, "In light of you breaking the Heart Loss Talisman for me, I won't bicker with you. Besides, I decided to let you know my name, I am Yin Qianqian."

Qin Yi's mouth twitched, "That name..."

"What's wrong with my name?"

"It's too tender."

Yin Qianqian raised her jade hand and then reluctantly put it down, her smile blossoming like a flower, "I'm finally free, the feeling of freedom is wonderful."

Qin Yi slightly raised the corner of his mouth, "Then take your time enjoying your freedom, I need to go up to the sixth layer."

"I'll send you straight to the seventh layer."

"Hmm?" Qin Yi looked at her suspiciously, "What do you mean? Do you have the confidence to defeat the Tower Master of the sixth layer?"

Yin Qianqian laughed, "Stop being so violent, use your brain instead. All I need is to move my lips, and that guy from the sixth layer will let you onto the seventh layer. The Tower Master of the sixth layer is not from the Sword Sect and bears no grudge against you, there's no need for a confrontation with weapons."

Qin Yi obviously didn't believe her, each layer's Tower Master fought their way up. He was the challenger, and if he lost they'd lose the position of Tower Master, who would foolishly admit defeat and give up endless resources and wealth?

Yin Qianqian looked at Qin Yi's suspicious eyes and said, "Why, you don't believe me?"

Qin Yi nodded, he indeed did not believe her.

Yin Qianqian turned around and walked toward the stone steps, "Come on, let me show you what it means to have undefeatable charm."

Qin Yi: "..."

"What do you mean? Are you planning to seduce the sixth layer's Tower Master?"

"With my looks, do I need to resort to seduction? Just standing there, any man would bow before me. Of course, excluding monsters like you, it really makes me wonder if you're even a man."

Qin Yi's mouth twitched, "The sky's clear, the rain's clear, you suddenly think you're all that again?"

This woman, after the Heart Loss Talisman was undone, started to become arrogant, calling herself auntie with every sentence, though at her age, calling herself auntie isn't wrong. But Qin Yi always felt she was taking advantage of him.

"Little Yi Yi, we haven't settled who would win or lose, if it were truly a life and death fight, the outcome wouldn't be certain."

Little Yi Yi?

Qin Yi felt a chill, goosebumps crawling all over him.

"Stop standing there dumbly, hurry up and follow. You've broken the Heart Loss Talisman on me, of course I have to repay the favor."

Qin Yi recalled those stories from Strange Tales of Liaozhai about fox spirits transforming into humans to repay favors, and then looked at Yin Qianqian, imagining her opening her mouth to say, I'm three hundred years old, I've come to repay favors, you can do whatever you want with me.

Qin Yi felt another chill, too terrifying.

"What's wrong? Do you need to pee urgently? Shaking so much for what?" Yin Qianqian said standing on the stone step looking at Qin Yi.

Qin Yi:"..."

"Coming."

Qin Yi took steps to follow.

The two arrived at the sixth layer.

The layout of this sixth layer was quite poor, grey and cold, with stones everywhere in sight, similar to the lower layers.

"Old scruffy, come out for me."

Following Yin Qianqian's words, the metallic sound of scraping echoed in the hall.

Qin Yi widened his eyes, and vaguely saw a person over seven or eight meters in height coming out of the darkness.

Is this still a person?

However, as the light became adequate, Qin Yi realized the person wasn't actually seven or eight meters tall, but instead, he was sitting on a strange machine, at the top of which was a chair, below were mechanical legs several meters long, and the old man sitting on the chair was controlling levers, with the mechanical legs walking, each step spanning several meters, moving quite quickly.

Qin Yi was dumbfounded, unexpectedly seeing machinery in this world, because this peculiar chair had a variety of interlocking gears in operation.

And the person sitting in the chair was very old, wearing a tattered floral robe, full of large and small holes, his hair and beard disheveled, resembling a beggar.