At this critical moment, the girl’s lips actually curled up slightly.
Shifting her body slightly, she evaded the fatal blow, and a dark spear emerged from her palm.
A shield instantly lit up on Li Quan’s body, but the spear pierced through both the shield and Li Quan’s body in a single stroke.
“I’ve been waiting for you!”
The voice was low and powerful; these words felt as if they were piercing through Li Quan’s brain.
The remaining people stood there dazed, seemingly forgetting their own pain.
They simply stared unblinkingly at their young lady.
In their hearts, the young lady at this moment seemed to have surpassed a “Celestial” and become a “God”!
From somewhere, a cry rang out, followed by cheers from the entire field: “Whoo! Miss, you are our God!”
The sword in Li Quan’s hand fell with a “clatter.”
He gripped the long spear with both hands, his eyes wide as he stared at the girl.
“You actually…”
Before Li Quan could finish his sentence, the golden light of Heaven’s Luck began to gather in the sky and hung upside down.
Immediately, a golden light that pierced the firmament shone down, enveloping Li Quan’s body.
The voice was as cold as ice: “Heh, the Heavenly Dao wants to save the Child of Destiny!”
“Did I give my permission?!”
The girl pulled the long spear from her body and used all her strength to fiercely “stab” the Long Star Spear toward the inverted golden light of Heaven’s Luck.
The golden light was pierced through, beginning to shatter and dissipate.
The golden light on Li Quan’s body vanished, but a faint, inconspicuous red light quietly slipped away from his body. No one noticed it.
…
In an inner sect cave dwelling of the Azure Sword Sect, a young man at the ninth level of the Spirit Realm flickered in consciousness, then breathed rapidly.
“That bitch, gambling her life on the moment I drew my sword. What courage. I will definitely pull out your tendons and skin you alive.”
This person was the closed-door disciple of the Second Elder.
In the blood-washed Cai estate, there was now only a corpse in the middle of the courtyard and a girl in light red-and-white clothes splattered with blood, kneeling while holding the dark spear.
The survivors were dumbstruck.
The young lady had actually “pierced” through the heavens with a single spear.
A more intense cheer erupted.
The girl spat out a large amount of blood in response.
“Senior!!!”
Li Ze spoke with a resilient and strained tone:
“It’s fine! Luckily, I cast the Diamond Body spell in advance to protect the body. Otherwise, with that kind of pressure, I really would have died.”
Cai Xiaonuo (っ﹏c): “Is the immortal dead?”
“He didn’t die. He used a Soul Substitution Thread treasure to escape.”
“To not die after such a strike… with such a powerful treasure, does that mean he’s immortal?”
“Soul Substitution Threads are extremely rare. Each use consumes one, and there are only a few in this entire cultivation world.”
Li Ze retracted the spear into the body and said, “Those old geezers are certainly willing to spend.”
Searching Li Quan’s body, they found a storage bag and a storage ring.
Inside were five talismans and some medicinal pills.
Li Ze picked up the red sharp sword from the ground: “A mid-grade artifact. The protagonist’s treasures are truly good.”
Cai Xiaonuo looked at the person whose body had been pierced: “Then who is this dead person?”
“The soul substitute!”
Li Ze looked at the corpse, his eyes sharp and his tone indifferent: “It doesn’t matter. With me here, even if the Child of Destiny has the protection of the Heavenly Dao, I will kill him all the same.”
Li Ze’s tone gave off a feeling that everything was under control.
Because the Long Star Spear could overpower the Heavenly Dao.
Cai Jingxing and Jiang Weixi stepped forward to support Cai Xiaonuo.
Cai Xiaonuo’s mother, Jiang Weixi, hurriedly said in concern: “Xiaonuo, let mother see if you’re hurt.”
Cai Xiaonuo’s parents didn’t know she had a cultivation base, but at this moment, they didn’t care.
Cai Xiaonuo possessed: “Mom~ I’m fine. Just rest easy.”
Jiang Weixi looked at her blood-covered daughter and wiped the blood from the corner of Cai Xiaonuo’s mouth: “Mother isn’t a fool. How can you be fine looking like this!”
Jiang Weixi pulled Cai Xiaonuo into a hug…
Inside the sea of consciousness, the voice was steady: “That’s enough. We killed the Child of Destiny’s physical body; he’ll be back for revenge later.”
“It takes at least three hours to travel from the Azure Sword Sect to Youzhou City. Have your clansmen leave the Cai estate to avoid the vendetta.”
Cai Xiaonuo took her parents’ hands and placed them together: “Dad~ Mom, those immortals will come back for revenge.”
“The Cai estate cannot be stayed in any longer.”
Cai Jingxing and Jiang Weixi looked at each other: “We’ve already decided. We’ll have the clansmen scatter throughout Youzhou City.”
“Once things blow over, we’ll leave the city and flee to Yulan City, which is under the jurisdiction of the Tianyan Sect, to start over.”
Cai Jingxing shouted his arrangements: “Everyone, hurry back and pack your travel expenses and important items. In a moment…”
Cai Xiaonuo returned to her bedroom and changed into an identical light red-and-white dress.
Cai Xiaonuo straightened her dress in front of the bronze mirror, her soft voice drifting out: (﹡ˆoˆ﹡): “Does it look good!”
Li Ze muttered.
“Eh? Isn’t it exactly the same!”
“Do the people here wear one outfit until they’re old?”
(=^▽^=): “Senior, what are you muttering about?”
Li Ze sat cross-legged in the sea of consciousness and said indifferently: “Nothing. Go say goodbye to your parents.”
ᓖ(•́︿•̀)ᓙ: “Why? Isn’t it better for me to hide with my parents?”
“You are the one who killed him. If you follow them, you will only bring them harm. Didn’t you want to step onto the path of cultivation? How can you cultivate while following your parents!”
(◞‸◟): “Fine~”
Cai Xiaonuo took some things she considered important, put them in the storage bag, and went to the courtyard.
The clansmen had finished packing earlier than Cai Xiaonuo and were already waiting there.
“Dad, Mom~, I won’t be going with you. I have places I want to go and things I want to do.”
“Jingxing, look, our Xiaonuo has grown up.”
Cai Jingxing and Jiang Weixi spoke one after the other, their tones gentle: “It’s alright. Here are some travel funds for you to take.”
“Take care of yourself while you’re out. If you can’t manage out there, come to Yulan City to find us.”
Cai Xiaonuo let out a faint sob (っ﹏c).
“Don’t worry, Mom and Dad, I’ll take care of myself.”
(৹˃̵﹏˂̵৹)
Cai Xiaonuo turned and left, pausing every three steps.
Finally, she turned back to look at her parents.
“Go on, Xiaonuo! When you come home, bring back a desirable husband, and your parents will host the wedding for you.”
(////▽////)
“What are you saying~”
A brilliant smile blossomed on Cai Xiaonuo’s face, her apricot eyes curving into crescents, and her soft voice suddenly rose: “Alright~, Dad and Mom, you must take care of yourselves.”
Cai Xiaonuo waved goodbye: “I’m off!”
After speaking, she turned around, slung her bundle over her back, and walked out the door.
Three hours later, a team of cultivators led by a young man arrived on flying swords above the Cai estate, looking down at the empty residence.
Li Quan, who was respected by thousands in the sect, looked at his own tragically killed corpse, his face turning red with extreme rage.
“That bitch! Find her for me! I want to skin her alive.”
“Men, burn this place down for me.”
Passing mortals gathered around to watch and whispered among themselves.
Li Quan’s subordinate reported: “Young Master, we couldn’t find them.”
Li Quan ran his sword through the subordinate’s body.
He screamed at the top of his lungs, nearly insane: “If you can’t find them, then slaughter the entire city for me!!!”
Dozens of subordinates behind him began to cast large-scale spells, destroying people and buildings alike.
After a while, everything within a 500-meter radius was turned to ruins.
An unannounced voice echoed through the city: “Enough, Quan’er.”
Subsequently, dark, electrified, strange clouds gathered, pressing down on the ruins like a wall.
A serious middle-aged man in a yellow robe walked out from the black thunderclouds.
This person was Jun Zhuohua, the third-stage Mystic Soul Realm Sect Leader of the Azure Sword Sect.
His tone was stern: “Have you forgotten what I said! Repeat it yourself.”
“The Child of Destiny must not engage in wanton slaughter for no reason, or else his providence will decline.”
“To be killed by a mortal… you’ve completely disgraced me!”
“Go back and reflect in seclusion for half a month, and then go into closed-door cultivation!”
Li Quan spoke with a tone of resentment: “Disciple obeys your command.”
Then, a flash of golden light passed, and the group disappeared into the air.
The houses on the ground gradually restored themselves.
Inside the Azure Sword Sect, a middle-aged man in a yellow robe sat in the main hall and spoke in a low voice: “Third Elder, please give me an explanation. My personal disciple died once because of you.”
The voice echoed in the hall.
The Third Elder trembled and prostrated himself before the hall.
“Sect Leader, please appease your anger. I found a treasure at a mortal’s estate and intended to leave. But Quan’er wanted to play there for a while. I had already investigated that the estate was full of mortals without spirit roots, so I allowed it.”
The sound of a dragon’s breath came from the hall, sounding like a true dragon, with an aura that could swallow people.
Several Spirit Realm disciples passing outside the hall were so terrified their legs went weak, making them unable to walk.
“Bring the treasure forward!”
Azure Sword Sect Leader Jun Zhuohua used his divine sense to investigate the treasure, but he surprisingly could not make heads or tails of it.
“For the sake of the treasure, I will spare you this once.”
“Leave!”
…
In an inn in Youzhou City, the girl in the light red-and-white dress sat cross-legged on the bed.
Her hair was black and tied at the ends, her face was supple, and her hands were delicate and smooth.
While sitting cross-legged, a pair of long, white, lustrous legs were revealed.
Her toenails were pink, excessively cute and delicate.
Within the dark blue sea of consciousness, Cai Xiaonuo manifested a soft bed five meters in front of the long spear and was sleeping peacefully on it.
This bed was under a tall cherry blossom tree.
Three meters to the right of the bed, there was a table and two chairs, with teacups, a teapot, and a yellowed book on top.
Between the table and the long spear was a black bookshelf.
While sitting quietly, Li Ze discovered that although there were no spirit roots in the body, it could naturally and slowly absorb spiritual energy.
“These are Chaos Spirit Roots; no wonder they couldn’t be detected.”
“I know from my memories that such a thing exists, but no one has ever successfully cultivated with them.”
First, it was because Chaos Spirit Roots were extremely difficult to detect; most people possessing them were treated as mortals and never even had the opportunity to cultivate.
Second, Chaos spiritual energy was extremely violent; those possessing these roots basically all died from their spiritual energy exploding within their bodies.
Li Ze had no other choice and could only explore how to lead Qi for Chaos Spirit Roots based on the contents of the “Basic Qi Induction Method,” “Single Spirit Root Induction Formula,” and “Mixed Spirit Root Induction Formula” from memory.
After pondering for a while: “Chaos Spirit Roots are distributed throughout the body and have no physical form. It is necessary to condense spiritual energy in every part of the body and finally gather it in the dantian to absorb it.”
Li Ze tried to take a deep breath, feeling the spiritual energy with the whole body, and began to induce Qi.
The spiritual energy in the surrounding environment slowly began to gather frantically.
A spiritual energy tide surged within the sea of consciousness, sweeping toward the cherry blossom tree like a gargantuan wave.
Cai Xiaonuo heard the noise and opened her eyes blearily.
Σ(°△°|||): “Senior!!”