Xu Chunniang took a single step and arrived before the hidden place. Ignoring the restrictions upon it, she walked inside at an unhurried pace.
The moment she entered, the sight before her made her heart tremble.
Little Orange lay quietly in midair, her eyes tightly shut. She had clearly lost consciousness long ago.
What made Killing Intent surge through Xu Chunniang's heart even more was the countless wounds covering Little Orange's body.
Blood flowed ceaselessly from those wounds into the formation beneath her...
At the other end of the formation, a tall male cultivator with Golden Immortal cultivation sat cross-legged in meditation.
He was intently absorbing the purified Peacock Essence Blood from the formation. Upon realizing that someone had intruded into the hidden place, his expression changed drastically.
"Who are you? Why have you trespassed into the hidden grounds of my dojo?"
"I am... here to take your life!"
Xu Chunniang raised a hand and struck the formation. All the blood flowing toward the tall cultivator abruptly trembled and surged back in reverse.
That was not all. Even the Peacock Essence Blood he had long since absorbed into his body was forced out by that strike, all of it returning to Little Orange's body.
In an instant, he became a man drenched in blood.
The tall cultivator let out a miserable scream. As he looked at Xu Chunniang, his face was filled with terror.
"Y-you, who exactly are you? I have no old grudge or recent enmity with you. Why are you harming me?"
"No old grudge, no recent enmity?"
A cold smile curved Xu Chunniang's lips. "As disciples of the Peacock Immortal Mother, you finally managed to welcome back her blood relative, only to treat her like this?"
The tall cultivator froze. He had never imagined that Xu Chunniang