She turned back in surprise to look and saw that the curtain was still there, but when she reached out to touch it, there was actually a wall blocking her way. Gu Shi Yi's heart tightened, and she turned around with an apologetic smile, saying,
"Please, sir, remove the prohibition, it's getting late, and I need to get going!"
The middle-aged beautiful woman laughed,
"This back hall is where we identify rare spirit grasses, established with a prohibition by a Foundation Establishment Late Stage formation master. Even if someone of your minor status or another cultivator at the same stage of Foundation Establishment arrived, they wouldn't be able to break it in a short time!"
Hearing this, Gu Shi Yi's heart sank even further, and she said with an apologetic smile,
"Of course, of course, the mana of the great ones is immeasurable, far beyond what a mere mortal like me could break through... I still have to trouble you to lift a hand and remove it so I can go home!"
The middle-aged beautiful woman looked at Gu Shi Yi and suddenly laughed,
"What's the rush... since you have done a service for us, naturally, I intend to reward you with something..."
Gu Shi Yi gazed at her, blank-faced, though her eyes betrayed a deep wariness, and the woman continued with a smile,
"This spirit testing bead is just a common item, merely used by the Great Sects to test one's Spirit Root when taking in disciples. Come, touch it, and I'll see what constitution you have, to appropriately award you with elixirs or a magic artifact!"
"Oh!"
She didn't believe the woman's words, but under the circumstances, she had no choice but to refuse. Gu Shi Yi braced herself and touched the spirit testing bead. The transparent bead initially lit up, then a layer of fog seemed to rise within it. As the fog rolled inside the bead for a moment, it gradually turned golden, prompting the woman to say in surprise,
"Are you a half-demon?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Shi Yi realized that compared to the Old Taoist Priest from the Exotic Beast Hall, this woman was far behind. The old man had identified her half-demon body at first glance, while this one had to rely on magic artifacts, clearly distinguishing their abilities!
"Please, sir, remove the prohibition, it's getting late, and I need to get going!"
The middle-aged beautiful woman laughed,
"This back hall is where we identify rare spirit grasses, established with a prohibition by a Foundation Establishment Late Stage formation master. Even if someone of your minor status or another cultivator at the same stage of Foundation Establishment arrived, they wouldn't be able to break it in a short time!"
Hearing this, Gu Shi Yi's heart sank even further, and she said with an apologetic smile,
"Of course, of course, the mana of the great ones is immeasurable, far beyond what a mere mortal like me could break through... I still have to trouble you to lift a hand and remove it so I can go home!"
Then, after a thought, she suddenly flipped her hand, and a crystal ball appeared in her palm,
"Come, touch this..."
Gu Shi Yi replied obediently,
"It must be that many generations of my ancestors included a Great Demon!"
The beautiful woman nodded and said,
"Indeed, although this sliver of demonic power is exceptionally pure, it's quite tenuous..."
As she spoke, her tone shifted,
"Since you possess a half-demon body, your physique must be stronger than that of an ordinary mortal. Later, when I extract something from your body, you should be able to endure till the end!"
The moment these words were spoken, Gu Shi Yi felt the hairs on her back stand on end, and she looked up in confusion, saying,
"What are you talking about, sir? I don't understand!"
"No matter how convincingly you play dumb, you can't fool me!"
The beautiful woman smiled with a hint of pride,
"Shang San, that blind-as-a-bat, had this treasure slip right by him and knew nothing of it, how lucky for me!"
At this point, the beautiful woman no longer concealed her intentions, eyeing Gu Shi Yi like a butcher assessing a pig, considering where to make the first cut. Thinking that the life and death of someone as trivial as Gu Shi Yi was no more than the flicking of her fingers, she wasn't in a rush and indulged in conversation a bit more, asking with a smile,
"There's a fine treasure inside you, don't tell me you're not aware of it!"
Gu Shi Yi's face turned deathly pale. She had never expected, after all the years of wandering the lands with the Old Taoist Priest and encountering who knows how many cultivators, none had ever discerned the Tongxuan Bright Mirror sealed within her. Today, this beautiful woman had identified it in an instant, throwing Gu Shi Yi completely off balance and at a loss for words!
This was the biggest secret she had kept for thirty years, yet it was recognized by someone else in a glance!
Seeing Gu Shi Yi's pale and frightened face, the beautiful woman laughed triumphantly and said,
"Your astonishment is not surprising. I am a natural-born Third Eye Clairvoyant, and my ability is not like those who cultivate Clairvoyance artificially in the Acquired Realm. I was born with this constitution, one in a million. When practiced to the extreme, I can glimpse the heavens above and probe the deep abyss below, and nothing you hide can escape this eye... It sees things others can't, treasures imperceptible to Divine Sense!"