【Mu Qingxue: Xiaoyan, are you in Ping’an Town?】
Chen Xiaoyan, who was currently farming a dungeon, saw this message and felt puzzled.
Why would she be asked what she was doing in Ping’an Town for no reason?
【Chen Xiaoyan: Yes, leading a group farming a dungeon】
【Mu Qingxue: Someone just told me that more than a dozen people from Peerless Tower were killed by solo players in Ping’an Town. Is that true?】
【Chen Xiaoyan: Who did you hear that from? I’ve never heard of it.】
【Mu Qingxue: Of course it’s from inside Peerless Tower themselves.】
Chen Xiaoyan was momentarily stunned, recalling the dozens of Xueyan Pavilion players outside the dungeon.
Could it be them?
As the second-largest guild in the game, Peerless Tower’s influence wasn’t weak; no one should dare provoke them, right?
Except for Xueyan Pavilion.
With three healers on the team, Hongchen Rumeng hardly needed to move a finger.
However, the game had a pain feedback system, so standing still and taking hits was a bit foolish.
She definitely didn’t have any M tendencies.
***
Mu Qingxue closed the private chat and continued practicing the basic sword techniques of the Shushan Sect in the courtyard.
Like the Xiangyi Technique, she could gain ten points of Sword Intent daily.
“Open character interface.”
Character ID: Mu Qingxue
Level: 23
HP: 4600
Cultivation: Transcendent (increases percentage damage against lower cultivation levels)
Next level: Enlightened Sword (requires 5000 Sword Intent)
Sword Intent: 1460 (Cultivation +200)
Martial Arts: Basic Swordsmanship, Shadowless Trace (Passive)
Skills: Divine Sword Strike, Cold Shadow Swordlight, Instant Step, Trace-less Sword Qi
Equipment: Shushan Sect novice gear, common long sword
《Divine Sword Strike》: Sword Dao ultimate technique. Locks onto target with Sword Intent, releasing an ultra-fast slash that cannot be dodged, dealing (Sword Intent × skill level × 3) damage (Note: Instant kill if target’s HP is below 10%. Bosses in dungeons are immune).
An unavoidable skill—just ask if you’re scared.
Mu Qingxue practiced sword techniques, her mind half on the recent news about Peerless Tower members being killed by solo players.
At first, she didn’t pay much attention to it, but then an insider from Peerless Tower sent a message that made her change her mind immediately.
She wanted Peerless Tower completely dismantled.
She could overlook Liu Yue’s interference—after all, Liu Yue knew Xiaoyan.
“Tianxia Wushuang”—that despicable man even wanted to recruit her?
Since entering the Immortal Realm, Mu Qingxue had never been so furious.
Because of her divided attention, she stopped gaining Sword Intent while practicing basic swordsmanship.
So she just sheathed her sword and quit practicing.
A few points of Sword Intent were meaningless now.
The priority was dealing with Peerless Tower.
What troubled Mu Qingxue was that although Peerless Tower ranked second among guilds, its strength was not much weaker than Xueyan Pavilion.
If it weren’t for Chen Xiaoyan’s reputation as a divine healer, Xueyan Pavilion might not have been able to suppress them.
Dismantling the guild would not be easy.
But whenever Mu Qingxue thought of that despicable man from Tianxia Wushuang coveting Chen Xiaoyan, she burned with rage.
No, she had to find a way to erase Peerless Tower completely from the Immortal Realm—to make it a thing of the past.
Yet, after long pondering, she still hadn’t come up with a good plan.
Until she thought of Liu Yue, that woman…
Mu Qingxue pouted hesitantly but finally decided to contact her.
She had previously added Liu Yue as a friend but deleted her in a fit of anger a few days ago after discovering Liu Yue tried to poach from her.
Now she had to add her back, which left Mu Qingxue with a bitter taste in her heart.
But for the sake of dealing with Peerless Tower, she endured it.
***
At that moment, Liu Yue was leading level 20 Sword Pavilion members exploring the Abyss Canyon, waiting for Chen Xiaoyan to return to prepare for clearing the dungeon.
After all, knowing your enemy and yourself guarantees victory.
Outside the dungeon’s barrier, an eight-person team was teleported out.
The members were still shaken, memories of the terrifying beast horde inside the dungeon lingering in their minds.
If they hadn’t exited so quickly, the whole team would have had to respawn back at the sect.
Except for two unlucky players who were a step too slow.
“Leader, should we keep exploring?” a timid female player from Yihua asked.
Liu Yue gave a wry smile and shook her head.
They couldn’t even get past the first wave of monsters—explore?
They’d just be exploring loneliness.
If only they had a healer like Xiaoyan, maybe they could fight.
But their faction’s little healers couldn’t even hold a single wave.
The Abyss Canyon wasn’t like Monster Village, which had wide terrain and obstacles to hide behind.
It was just a narrow mountain path a few meters wide with no cover.
Even Shushan players couldn’t maneuver well and had to rely on tanks to soak damage.
Those two unlucky ones who died were players from Shence Mansion.
They were wiped out by the first wave of monsters.
The survivors quickly quit the dungeon to save themselves.
The first wave was a horde of rock-climbing wild monsters called Rock Lizards, level 10.
They hid in cracks on the mountain path, waiting for players, then suddenly dropped down for ambush—a true skyfall of justice.
There were hundreds of them.
One could imagine hundreds of Rock Lizards falling from above—a sight that scared many timid players away from the dungeon.
Liu Yue took a deep breath and opened her friend list to check Chongchong’s level.
Already level 19.
Probably just needed an hour or two farming Monster Village to reach level 20.
【Player Mu Qingxue has sent you a friend request. Accept?】
Liu Yue’s eyes widened slightly in surprise.
Hadn’t this woman deleted her before? Why add her again?
Knowing Mu Qingxue’s personality, it couldn’t be good.
She hesitated but clicked Decline.
However, before she could close the interface, the request came again.
Liu Yue stared at the request silently.
Someone as proud as Mu Qingxue wouldn’t add twice unless it was important.
Fine, she decided to accept and see.
【Mu Qingxue: Xiao Yue】
【Dao Ji Shi Kong: Hello, Xiao Xue】
【Mu Qingxue: Do you know Tianxia Wushuang?】
【Dao Ji Shi Kong: Yes.】
【Mu Qingxue: My insider just sent word. He and Wudi Tang are planning to make a move on Xiaoyan.】
Liu Yue’s expression changed sharply, a fierce killing intent flashing in her eyes.
Her nearby teammates suddenly felt the temperature drop drastically, a cold wave surging into their hearts.
They looked around confused.
What’s going on? Is it about to rain?
【Dao Ji Shi Kong: What do you plan to do?】
She knew about the guild war between Xueyan Pavilion and Peerless Tower in Ping’an Town.
Chen Xiaoyan was involved.
It was natural for Peerless Tower to harbor hatred against her.
So when Mu Qingxue said this, Liu Yue had no doubts.
Proud people usually disdain lying.
【Mu Qingxue: Peerless Tower is strong. Xueyan Pavilion can ally with Sword Pavilion to dismantle Peerless Tower completely.】
Liu Yue’s gaze sharpened to the extreme.
【Dao Ji Shi Kong: Fine, I have no objections.】
【Mu Qingxue: We’ll go find Zhen Bu Yao Jian and try to win over his Shenzhou faction. This time we’ll crush Peerless Tower with overwhelming force.】
【Dao Ji Shi Kong: Zhen Bu Yao Jian is a Shushan player. You go. I’ll focus on developing Sword Pavilion and preparing.】
【Mu Qingxue: Got it.】
【Mu Qingxue: I never thought we’d have a day to work together.】
Liu Yue didn’t reply.
She was doing this for Xiaoyan, not for Mu Qingxue.
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