Bù Shén shook his head, "No, Hóngxú Tiandi is still missing. I need to use him to lure the Heavenly Emperor out. After that, you can do whatever you want."
"But..."
Bù Shén waved his hand, "My mind is made up. You are also tired, go back."
Míng Zhì Tiān had no choice but to give up. Bù Shén said, "Don't even think about letting Yún Yán go. You know I won't tolerate betrayal."
Míng Zhì Tiān clenched his fists and flickered away.
In this life, he could not protect his family, his lover, or his friends. He couldn't even protect his newly sworn brother, Yún Yán, who had just reached the tenth level of Wudi Realm. He didn't have the strength or the right to secretly let him go, as he was only at the sixth level of the Divine Emperor Realm. Even with the protection of the Immortal Emperor's Eye, it was useless.
Bái Mòkāi led hundreds of people to the edge of the Shénlái ruins. After communicating with the guards, they were allowed in. They reached the underground workshop, but Bái Hàomíng and the others had already evacuated.
...
Míng Zhì Tiān thought of all the ways he could save Yún Yán and, in a flash of inspiration, thought of something.
He went to the pavilion they had visited before to find Fú Mèi. "Yún Yán has been captured. Can you save him?"
Fú Mèi was silent for a moment, then flew away. Míng Zhì Tiān watched her retreating figure, "Brother... is saved."
Fú Mèi arrived at Yún Zhī Duān and found Bù Shén Wàn Hé. "You are Bù Shén Wàn Hé?"
Bù Shén Wàn Hé looked up. With the fourth level of the Great Completion Void Realm, he dared not be careless. "May I ask who you are...?"
Fú Mèi said lightly, "Fortune and peace, eternal envy of heaven."
Bù Shén Wàn Hé's pupils widened, "You are... the master of taboo spells, the successor of Guǐ Bù?"
Fú Mèi said, "Precisely. I have been retired in the immortal realm for ten thousand years, and I have come today for one person."
"Who?" Bù Shén Wàn Hé asked, confused.
Fú Mèi said, "Yún Yán."
Bù Shén Wàn Hé said, "What is the relationship between the master of taboo spells and him?"
Fú Mèi said, "This person saved me."
"Oh, I see," Bù Shén Wàn Hé nodded.
Fú Mèi's eyes began to sharpen, "I am here to ask you one question: will you release him?"
Although Bù Shén Wàn Hé was not afraid of her, he could not handle it if she went berserk. "I will. Let's consider it making friends."
Fú Mèi nodded, conjured a golden, radiant talisman, and gave it to Bù Shén Wàn Hé. "This is the Thousand Talisman. I originally kept it for myself, but now I give it to you. It has two uses: one is the power to kill strong cultivators in the ninth heaven, and the other is to break through the bottleneck of the tenth heaven."
Bù Shén Wàn Hé held the Thousand Talisman in his hand, his heart filled with lingering fear. "This... thank you, master of taboo spells!"
If Bù Shén Wàn Hé had refused her just now, the consequences would have been unimaginable. A Thousand Talisman that could kill a cultivator in the ninth heaven of the Great Completion Void Realm. He looked at the item in his hand, unable to calm down for a long time.
"Don't tell him about me," Fú Mèi left without looking back. Bù Shén Wàn Hé immediately ordered his men to release Yún Yán.
"Is this the successor of the 卍 Talisman King Guǐ Bù, the master of taboo spells?"
...
After Yún Yán was released, he thought Míng Zhì Tiān had saved him and immediately found him. "My dear brother!"
Míng Zhì Tiān was overjoyed. "Brother! It's good that you're alright."
Yún Yán held his shoulders and said, "Did you save me? Did Bù Shén trouble you?"
Míng Zhì Tiān was stunned, then shook his head. "It wasn't me. Fairy Fú Mèi saved you."
"It was her?!" Yún Yán was slightly taken aback, clearly not expecting this. "Brother, I have something urgent. We'll talk later!"
Watching his departing back, Míng Zhì Tiān suddenly felt envious of them. At least... Yún Yán could see, while he, for the people he loved and cared for, could neither see nor touch.