Wait a minute, where is my master?

A small child not far away heard the question and hesitated for a moment before nodding slightly in response.

Seeing the child acknowledge, Yu Yaoer assumed an expression that seemed to say "just as I thought," and she began to explain to Jin Xu standing beside her.

"Young Master, the Nine Deaths Life Soul Flower is grey-white, with nine petals, and no one under the Divinity Transformation Realm within ten meters should approach it. It is surrounded by a sweet fragrance and can be taken directly. It is a rare treasure among the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures of the Nine Provinces Immortal World.

This flower contains deadly poison but can also help a person rebuild their three souls and seven spirits.

If a person consumes just one or several petals, they will be struck with intense poison. Only by consuming all nine petals of the Nine Deaths Life Soul Flower can one undergo the nine trials. If successful, their soul can be reconstructed.

If they fail, death is almost certain.

Thus, although this object has the use of saving people, it often appears as a poison in the Cultivation World.

By the way, Young Master, aside from these two completely opposite effects, the flower also has a minor side effect. Its fragrance has a tremendous attraction to canine demon beasts, causing them to have all sorts of reactions such as excitement, loss of consciousness, frenzy, and so on, when they inhale it.

I think the sweet fragrance that Little White smelled must have been unintentionally emitted by the Nine Deaths Life Soul Flower."

It was no surprise that Yu Yaoer, with her culinary insight, inferred the reason for the Husky's unexpected fainting in just a few words.

Little White, hearing Yu Yaoer's reasoning, took a deep breath!

Only then did it suddenly realize why it was so obsessed with that sweet scent, unable to control its desire to inhale it.

Meanwhile, the little Taoist thought to himself, "This Nine Deaths Life Soul Flower sounds more and more like the Cultivation World's version of catnip!"

Then, he saw the Husky, which had just awoken, rapidly inhale again.

"..."

Consequently, he quickly gestured to Yu Yaoer with his eyes.

The Little Fish Demon, upon seeing her master's look, blinked her clear yet silly big eyes, with not a single movement to follow.

"emmmm... Little Yu, use your magic to block Little White's nose temporarily, otherwise, I'm afraid she'll faint again."

The little Taoist spoke helplessly after realizing that she had not understood his silent signal.

Following the clear instruction, the Little Fish Demon swiftly conjured two water orbs and plugged them into the nostrils of the Husky.

Ten meters away.

The child form taken by the Nine Deaths Life Soul Flower also appeared quite astonished after hearing Yu Yaoer's words.

She was aware of her own deadly toxicity and life-saving effects, but it was her first time learning that the fragrance she emitted had a great attraction to canine demon beasts!

The Nine Deaths Life Soul Flower had always lived in the Qingmu Secret Realm since birth and at most had only come into contact with the various rare and exotic creatures within the Secret Realm.

There were no canine demon beasts among them.

Thus, it was only today that she learned of this side effect of her fragrance that wasn't too significant but also not trivial.

"In that case, I will have to find a way to conceal my scent in the future. Fortunately, there are hardly any canine demon beasts in the Qingmu Secret Realm."

The Nine Deaths Life Soul Flower in the form of a child murmured softly to itself.

As the little Taoist came to understand the reason behind his demon pet's unexplained fainting, he immediately remembered the matter at hand.

The illusion challenge!

The grand display by the Red Dust Mushroom had indeed been splendid and provided Jin Xu with some familiar sensations. However, the little Taoist had yet to witness the legendary illusion challenge!

"This... Mushroom supervisor, there was a bit of an incident just now, shall we continue?"

The little Taoist looked up at the mushroom floating in mid-air, not sure how to address it and therefore simply referred to it by its species name.

"I am not a supervisor, the first layer's supervisor is Little Soul, and I am just helping her. Besides, my 'Eternal Red Dust' technique can be used only once every seven days, and since you failed to enter the illusion challenge just now, even if I performed it again, it likely wouldn't have any effect on you."

The gruff voice of the Red Dust Mushroom rang out. After it spoke, it circled in mid-air and leisurely drifted towards the Nine Death Soul Flower.

Jin Xu was startled upon hearing this. He had thought he could experience the normal process of the Secret Realm when the two first arrived, as they had been so earnestly committed.

He didn't expect it to end so abruptly??

Elsewhere.

The Red Dust Mushroom floated beside the Nine Death Soul Flower.

After a series of transformations, its main body shrank, and Little Raccoon grew out from the base of the mushroom once again.

After landing on the ground, it spoke to the child in a tiny voice.

"Little Soul, that human's constitution is so peculiar. My technique 'Eternal Red Dust' had no effect on him. I'm afraid the illusion trial cannot proceed for him."

The Nine Death Soul Flower was pondering which buddy to go to for a couple of leaves to cover its own scent.

But upon hearing the words of Red Dust Mushroom, it reaffirmed in disbelief, "Mushroom, even you can't guide him into an illusion?"

The Red Dust Mushroom, now back in its little raccoon form, shook its head. The somewhat dim red-topped white-stemmed mushroom on its head swayed left and right with the shaking of its head.

Jin Xu, more than ten meters away, overheard their conversation and thus took a few steps forward.

He earnestly said, "If the overseer truly cannot put me through the illusion trial, it's no problem. I myself have a little bit of strength, and I believe that walking in the first layer of the Qingmu Secret Realm will not pose any danger to me.

Therefore, you don't need to go out of your way to disperse the Wood Spirit Beasts or take special care of us anymore."

In the eyes of the young Taoist, the overseer had indeed fulfilled his responsibilities, having even brought helpers for someone who couldn't successfully undergo the trial.

Although the final result was unsuccessful, the attitude was commendable.

Therefore, he was very sincere in his words.

But Jin Xu hadn't expected the Nine Death Soul Flower to be so resolute.

"No, although I don't know how you managed to come here without any spiritual power fluctuations, now that you're here, you must undergo the trial. Otherwise, you, a mere mortal without the protection of the 'immortality' rule, would be in danger in this first layer of the Secret Realm... Hey, hey, you!"

Midway through the Nine Death Soul Flower's speech, its tone suddenly changed.

The young Taoist, upon understanding the worry of the youngster before him, didn't waste any words.

He directly raised his left hand and activated the Fire Condensing Skill.

From the void, he conjured a fierce fire dragon that soared to the heavens.

Some things, no matter how many times you say them, aren't as effective as doing them once.

Jin Xu chose the most direct way to prove to the overseers of the first layer of the Secret Realm that even without the protection of the 'immortality' rule, he could be perfectly safe.

The Nine Death Soul Flower's mouth hung open in surprise as it watched the fierce fire dragon fly out from the hand of the little Taoist.

Despite being about ten meters away, it could distinctly feel the intense and violent heat.

The dark red flames flowing on the dragon's body seemed as if they could ignite the wood attribute spiritual energy in the air itself.

It was truly terrifying.

"Is this what you called having a little bit of strength?"

The Nine Death Soul Flower couldn't help but swallow and murmured to itself.

It no longer worried about the safety of the little Taoist before it, it was now more concerned about those cultivators who had been forcefully kept on the trial platform.

"Maybe... it's better to wait for the little Taoist to go to the Second Layer before letting those cultivators out."

A thought suddenly crossed the mind of the Nine Death Soul Flower.