“Interesting, did she sense my gaze?” Venerable Hui Kong muttered to himself, watching the young woman who had left the main group control the remains of a demon cultivator as it slowly followed behind her.
“She truly lives up to her reputation as a genius with great fortune! However, this works out well too; I won’t have to go through the trouble of concealing things anymore.”
No one among the Sword Pavilion disciples was lacking in talent.
Originally, his plan was to capture all of them at once.
But now, he had changed his mind.
The value of this female cultivator alone was equivalent to that of all the other Sword Pavilion disciples combined, even including the three direct disciples and Yue Qianchi.
An exceptional Dan Tian, this was truly astonishing.
In thousands of years, such an incredible talent had never been seen before.
Whether as material or a vessel, she was the best choice!
Song Chiyue’s desire for those three direct disciples from the Sword Pavilion already annoyed him greatly. And now she also wants to take Yue Qianchi and Yun Suxin to the Jade Pool? What about me? How could I just be left with the scraps?
Therefore, he decided not to tell Song Chiyue anything.
He wanted to keep this female sword cultivator all to himself!
…
“Ah, isn’t that Li Qingran?”
On a hilltop,
the disciples of Chixiao Peak were attacking a restricted area. Inside were many valuable items, likely the ancient residence of a cultivator. They had already opened several similar restrictions and gained much treasure.
This was also why they didn’t go when Song Chiyue called them over.
“It does seem to be her.”
Yun Zimo looked in the direction Zhang Hanxiao pointed and saw Li Qingran speeding through the mountains. She kept glancing back with a serious expression, as if she was being chased by something.
“Senior Brother, didn’t you say Li Qingran was sent to some remote corner by the Sword Pavilion?”
Xiao Yifeng glanced at Lu Changtian beside him.
Lu Changtian’s eyes turned red, he clenched his fists, his body trembling slightly, and he stared at Li Qingran with a murderous intent.
“Sen…ior Brother?!”
“What is it?” Lu Changtian withdrew his gaze, and the murderous intent in his eyes dissipated. This made Xiao Yifeng feel confused again, wondering if what he saw was just an illusion.
“I said that girl is Li Qingran, and it looks like she’s being pursued.”
“Oh.” Lu Changtian nodded: “I see. Although Li Qingran is no longer part of our Chixiao Peak, she was once our junior sister. Should we just watch her struggle? Let’s go help her!”
“Ah?” Xiao Yifeng was stunned, “Senior Brother, you’re acting strange. Didn’t you find Li Qingran disgusting? You already have Mu Baishuang as your junior sister, why would you…”
“What are you thinking? Those were just angry words.” Lu Changtian rolled his eyes, sheathed his sword, and walked down the mountain: “Do you think I’m that petty? Don’t you want to know how our former junior sister is doing in the Sword Pavilion? Come on, let’s go together.”
The remaining three exchanged glances and felt there was no problem, so they followed.
…
“You’ve been following me for so long, why don’t you show yourself?”
Li Qingran stopped in an open area. The usual gentleness on her face had vanished, replaced by coldness and murderous intent.
“Hehe, as expected of an exceptional Dan Tian, you are indeed sharp!”
A figure shrouded in demonic aura stepped out from the shadows behind a rock.
Wherever it went, flowers wilted and insects fell silent. Its late-stage Golden Core pressure was overwhelming.
“Demon cultivator remains?” Li Qingran frowned: “No, demon cultivator remains are the bones of deceased cultivators without souls, controlled by the residual thoughts of dead cultivators within the secret realm, appearing to be revived evil spirits. They have only killing instincts, no thought or consciousness, and certainly can’t speak…”
The body of the demon cultivator before her was so decayed and withered, with ghostly flames burning in its eye sockets.
It was clearly a demon cultivator remains.
But why can it speak?
Could it be…someone is controlling these demon cultivator remains?
Is the trouble at the array also related to these controlled demon cultivator remains?
“Miss, your knowledge is impressive, but unfortunately, today I must leave you here in this secret realm!”
With those words, Venerable Hui Kong controlled the demon cultivator remains to attack.
Black robes extended skeletal hands to block all of Li Qingran’s escape routes.
Late-stage Golden Core against peak Foundation Establishment, he couldn’t lose!
The female cultivator seemed frozen in place, clearly feeling the gap and despairing.
Late-stage Golden Core was powerful.
Li Qingran grabbed a handful of talismans from her storage bag.
These were ordinary thunderfire talismans, which her master often gave her. Now, including those occasionally used for missions, she had around four or five hundred.
Her master seemed to frequently refine talismans.
These ordinary thunderfire talismans were useless to her master, so she had no qualms pulling them out now.
Demon cultivators feared lightning, so she needed to weaken it first!
She threw a bunch of thunderfire talismans.
Direct confrontation wouldn’t work, she needed to suppress the opponent first.
In Venerable Hui Kong’s eyes, the girl standing still suddenly moved her hand, followed by a shower of talismans.
He swore he had never seen so many talismans flying in the sky in his life.
And these talismans were real!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Countless bolts of lightning rained down.
These bolts should have scattered randomly, but due to the demonic aura on the demon cultivator remains, they found their target accurately.
Hundreds of lightning bolts struck the demon cultivator remains, scorching both the remains and Venerable Hui Kong.
At the sect ruins, a cultivator pointed at Venerable Hui Kong, who was meditating to heal his injuries.
“Quick, look! Smoke is coming from Venerable Hui Kong’s head!”
“As expected of Venerable Hui Kong, even while healing, he’s making a scene!”
…
An ordinary thunderfire talisman couldn’t injure a late-stage Golden Core cultivator.
But hundreds of them were different.
Moreover, the demon cultivator remains weren’t genuine late-stage Golden Core; as the demonic aura on it depleted, its power would wane.
Just now, not only was its attack interrupted, but its cultivation level dropped to mid-stage Golden Core.
The demon cultivator remains spat out black smoke, looking at Li Qingran with surprise: “How…how do you have so many thunderfire talismans? Are you a talisman master?”
“I have more!” Li Qingran pulled out another batch and threw them.
These were mid-grade thunderfire talismans, fewer in number, only around seventy.
Another round of thunderous cleansing forced the demon cultivator remains to retreat, its aura weakening further to early-stage Golden Core.
“Damn, if this continues, I won’t win!”
Venerable Hui Kong’s face darkened.
Without the magic array to replenish the demonic aura, if he didn’t come up with a solution, this demon cultivator remains would be worn down to death.
“If I channel my own energy into the demon cultivator remains?”
Venerable Hui Kong stared at his hand glowing with Buddha light.
If he channeled buddha energy into the demon cultivator remains, it would increase resistance to thunderfire.
Meanwhile, the demon cultivator remains wouldn’t continuously drop in cultivation level due to consumption.
However, buddha energy injection would inevitably cause signs on the demon cultivator remains, exposing him!
The young woman reached into her storage bag.
Venerable Hui Kong watched her pull out more talismans.
This time, fewer talismans but with increasingly solemn and heavy righteous energy.
All were high-grade thunderfire talismans.
Venerable Hui Kong’s mouth twitched.
Play or not?
Can’t hold back any longer!
He took out the soul bead controlling the demon cultivator remains and placed his hands glowing with Buddha light on it, pouring in energy.
“We must…win quickly!”
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