The Hills of Chaotic Stars was located in the center of the Questioning Immortals Realm, a chaotic zone outside the East Hill Domain, West Desert Domain, South Plains Domain, and North Border Domain.
It was a melting pot of dragons and snakes. Those who roamed there year-round were all vicious and heinous villains, alongside quite a few members of the Demon Race, Devil Race, evil cultivators, and so on.
Wuji Hall was a massive faction within the Hills of Chaotic Stars. On any given day, they engaged in murder, pillage, and every imaginable evil.
Rumors said that anyone else who got tangled up with Wuji Hall was not far from their deathbed.
In the novel, it was this very Wuji Hall that the male leads ultimately joined forces to destroy.
No wonder She Yunzi's cultivation was so terrifyingly high—he was actually one of the ultimate bosses the male leads had to challenge.
Thinking of this, Xia Wantang's heart went cold. She forced herself to remain calm and immediately retorted:
"Though you and I are not of the same race, we mind our own business."
"The Hills of Chaotic Stars are crawling with demon cultivators. Does the senior plan to provoke every single one of them? You're after nothing more than the magic treasure on my body."
"Since you know I am not ordinary, do you think I lack means to preserve my life? If you insist on taking me down, I will certainly make you pay a painful price."
Right now, she could only think of a way to stall She Yunzi and find an opportunity to use the Hundred Eyes Demonic Pupils.
These words genuinely managed to bluff She Yunzi for a moment.
He knew the divine abilities of the Gold Devouring Beast; only when the target carried a Divine Grade treasure could it be so excited.
That was a Divine Grade Magic Treasure! Among all his worldly possessions, his only Divine Grade treasure was a single Gold Devouring Beast, and even that was merely at the lowest Divine Grade First Tier.
Having experienced the benefits of the Gold Devouring Beast, She Yunzi knew the gravity of the situation. He opened his mouth, wanting to say a couple more words.
The next instant, however, he saw the originally black pupils of Xia Wantang's eyes flood with an eerie purple light. Then, his mind blanked, and his thoughts abruptly ground to a halt.
Seeing She Yunzi looking like his soul had left his body, Xia Wantang quietly asked in her mind:
Little System, judging by this, did he fall for it?
If I hit him right now, will he react?
Host, absolutely not! Although the Hundred Eyes Demonic Pupils can temporarily control his mind, his strength far exceeds yours. The moment you strike him, he will snap out of it. Hurry up and run!
Xia Wantang had originally thought of seizing this opportunity to finish him off once and for all.
What a pity.
Before leaving, she cast another glance at the Gold Devouring Beast on She Yunzi's wrist:
If she hadn't been afraid of startling She Yunzi, she definitely would have stolen this detestable little fellow.
Still... she and She Yunzi were destined to be irreconcilable enemies. The next time they met, the Gold Devouring Beast would certainly become her possession.
Musing thus, Xia Wantang tore open the transmission talisman in her hand, her figure instantly vanishing into the jungle.
Phew, finally safe.
The location where Xia Wantang was teleported was not far from her previous spot—both were in the vicinity of Luoxia City.
Since she had already come this far, there was no reason for her to turn back.
The moment she touched the ground, however, she switched her physical form back to the Saintess:
She Yunzi was too powerful. If she continued to use her demon body, there was a chance she would be detected.
Originally, she had intended to use her demon body to exact revenge on those old bastards of the Xia Family, but that was out of the question now. She could only use Xia Wantang's own identity.
Luoxia City was too close to her previous location; she dared not take the gamble.
She had managed to escape by the skin of her teeth this time relying on the Hundred Eyes Demonic Pupils, but next time, She Yunzi would definitely be on guard.
She was still developing in stealth, so playing it safe was best.
Thinking this, Xia Wantang wielded her sword and flew straight toward Luoxia City without looking back.
The Xia Family of Luoxia City.
"Smack! Smack! Smack!"
"Wuwuwu, Young Master Xia Ba, please stop beating Sister Yue! Sister Yue is going to die!"
In the spacious courtyard under the blazing sun, a maidservant was being pressed down by two guards and subjected to flogging.
This maidservant's body was covered in wounds oozing blood, and her face was deathly pale. If she kept being beaten like this under the sun, she would either be beaten to death or perish from dehydration.
At the other end in the shade of a tree, a young man draped in luxurious garments sat on a chair with one leg crossed over the other. A guard on his left fanned him, while a pretty maidservant on his right peeled grapes and fed them into his mouth.
Yue's younger sister crouched by his feet, cowering and weeping as she pleaded for her older sister.
Hearing these cries, the young man grew even more annoyed. He kicked her away, stood up, shook his mass of blubber, and shouted arrogantly:
"What? Wasn't she awfully spine when she turned me down just now? Why isn't she so spine now!?"
"I am the one who calls the shots in the Xia Family! It's your blessing that I took a fancy to you, yet you dared to reject me. Am I giving you too much face?!"
As he spoke, Xia Ba directly flipped the fruit platter on the table crashing to the ground. The assembled guards and servants immediately dropped to their knees, trembling as they repeatedly stammered assent.
Right at that moment, a resounding male voice rang out from not far away, carrying a tone of considerable disapproval:
"Young Master Xia Ba, why must you make things difficult for a servant?"
Xia Ba looked toward the source of the sound and saw a handsome middle-aged man approaching with a stern expression.
Seeing this, he let out a light chuckle, his tone brimming with utter dismissiveness:
"I was wondering who it was, and here it is Uncle Xia."
"What? Your daughter became the Saintess of the Azure Cloud Palace, so you're feeling mighty grand now and dare to come teach me how to do things?"
"If not for my Xia Family, where would that wench Xia Wantang have ever gotten the chance to latch onto the Azure Cloud Palace! Don't forget, your whole family ought to be grateful to my father!"
Xia Wantang possessed breathtaking beauty, and Xia Ba happened to be her peer, so he had long harbored malicious thoughts toward her.
Yet who would have guessed that his old man lost his mind and refused to let her become his concubine, insisting she go try out to be some Saintess of the Azure Cloud Palace instead? To his surprise, she actually got selected.
They claimed the Azure Cloud Palace was a prominent and renowned major sect within the East Hill Domain, but surely it wasn't some shoddy, counterfeit sect.
Xia Wantang's cultivation was even inferior to his own. Since she could become a Saintess, he ought to at least be a Holy Son!
Having been humiliated to this extent by Xia Ba, Xia Renhe was incensed. He directly ordered the guards in the middle:
"Hurry up and let this maidservant go! To ruthlessly abuse domestic servants in broad daylight, what kind of system is this!"
Hearing this, Xia Ba panicked, his thievish eyes widening to their limit:
"How dare you?!"
With that, he recklessly prepared to make a move against Xia Renhe directly.
At that exact moment, a whistling ice blade cut through the air, directly punching a bloody hole right through Xia Ba's hand!
"Ah!! My hand! Who is courting death?!"
He immediately whipped his head around, only to see an alluring figure strolling gracefully toward them.
That exquisite, flawless, and purely beautiful face was one he would never forget in this lifetime:
"It's you?! Xia Wantang, you've returned to the Xia Family?!"
Upon seeing his daughter, Xia Renhe wore a look of pure joy:
"Wantang, you're finally back!"
Xia Ba's thoughts shifted as if he had suddenly thought of something, and he sneered:
"Could it be that you were found out by the Azure Cloud Palace and got kicked out?"
Once he finished speaking, he even put on a gloating expression, sizing her up from head to toe with a sickening gaze.
Xia Wantang instantly felt the urge to gouge this fellow's eyeballs out and feed them to pigs:
"Heh, Xia Ba, you surely don't think that because I was questioned by the Azure Cloud Palace, you and your father's family can get away scot-free, do you?"
"What kind of sect is the Azure Cloud Palace? Any of those elders could fly over here with a single kick and chop your pig head off!"
Perhaps she had been stimulated by She Yunzi.
On her journey here, she suddenly figured it out—forget about whether things matched any character persona, just charge in and do it!
In this world, strength was the supreme law.
Right now she was Xia Wantang. Xia Wantang had grown stronger, so punishing the members of the Xia Family out in the open was nothing excessive.
Even if the King of Heaven himself arrived, she was going to beat up both these old bastards and young bastards of the Xia Family.
The host is so terrifying! If she doesn't erupt in silence, she'll go crazy in silence!
Xia Wantang: Refuse to submit? Just fight. Life and death mean nothing.
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