Body Integration Realm

"Has Di Nüfeng hit menopause lately? Why does she keep finding new ways to pick fights with me?"

Liu Qiushui had just finished another fight with Di Nüfeng and returned to her cave dwelling.

"Phew~"

She let out a soft breath.

"Sooner or later, I'll kill that bastard. I still haven't settled the score with her over what happened last time."

Liu Qiushui could not help recalling the youth named Murong Mo.

She reached up to touch her shoulder.

That youth... wasn't all that detestable.

As she recalled scene after scene from that time.

Liu Qiushui had never experienced anything like that in her life. After all, she had been the Saintess from the moment she was born, her status standing above all others.

No one could defy her; even meeting her gaze was an act of great disrespect.

Yet there, inside that cave.

She had appeared before that youth, so fresh and unguarded...

At the time, Liu Qiushui had been extraordinarily weak. She had never been in such a state before.

Nor had she ever met a youth like him.

What a pity. He had died just like that.

"No!!"

At that thought, Liu Qiushui's eyes filled once more with blazing fury.

"That damned Di Nüfeng."

She had been unable to get along with Liu Qiushui since childhood.

And now... she had even killed her benefactor.

Liu Qiushui was just about to stride out.

Just then, one of her subordinates came to report.

Another elder of Heavenly Fiend Hall, one who had once been in the Body Integration Realm, was about to be resurrected.

Liu Qiushui glanced at the name on the token.

"Elder Sikong."

Liu Qiushui thought back.

Elder Sikong had likely died five hundred years ago.

After his death, restrictions had been set up around him, then concealed by the people of Heavenly Fiend Hall.

This was to prevent the other righteous factions from discovering him.

After so many years, it seemed he could finally be revived.

Liu Qiushui nodded. "It looks like we'll gain another Body Integration Realm combatant."

She hesitated. "Let's go. We should see Elder Sikong first. Where is he?"

"Luoshui Town."

"..."

Luoshui Town.

As everyone watched Ling Xuanxiao sever his own five senses and walk into the Government Office, they were all dumbfounded. But when they saw him emerge from the Government Office with his five senses restored,

they immediately understood Ling Xuanxiao's approach.

A loophole between the rules!

They quickly followed Ling Xuanxiao's example and discarded their own five senses.

To be honest, not many people possessed such resolve, much less dared to do such a thing.

But with their lives hanging by a thread, they could only steel their hearts.

Thus, wails of agony rang without end outside the Government Office.

"Senior Brother, I don't dare..."

"If you don't want to die, just endure it."

Back at the inn.

Lu Jing began pondering Rule Four again.

Please find a suitable partner within seven days and hold a grand wedding before everyone's witness.

Why was this forcing people to find partners?

What kind of fetish did this great Body Integration Realm cultivator have?

Did he enjoy watching people be lovey-dovey?

Zhang Tianxin told Lu Jing not to worry about it. She would handle it.

She would go outside and find a female cultivator.

Ling Xuanxiao did not refuse, though he was unwilling to do this.

But finding a suitable candidate first was at least a precautionary measure.

Li Xuanxiao, however, had never intended to marry. Once he married, it would be tantamount to taking on karma.

It would affect his cultivation. If he later crossed tribulation and ascended, those mortal ties might even shatter his dream of becoming immortal.

Actually, as long as he resolved the rule-based Forbidden Zone left behind by this Integrated Body Realm cultivator within seven days, he could exploit the bug.

Li Xuanxiao silently pondered. If he could not find a way out within seven days, it would not be too late to marry then.

Zhang Tianxin truly handled matters with remarkable efficiency.

Before long, she had brought back a female cultivator.

The female cultivator looked quite young, wearing a timid, shrinking expression.

"I... I'm Li Mengyun. I don't belong to any sect... I ran away from home behind my family's backs."

Li Mengyun cautiously glanced at the person she would marry seven days later.

Utterly ordinary.

He was truly utterly ordinary, with nothing at all worth noticing.

Am I really going to marry someone like this?

Li Mengyun was deeply disappointed.

This was completely different from the jianghu she had imagined before.

She should have encountered an incomparably handsome, aloof master.

This master would not only be immensely powerful, but also cold and merciless, yet he would fall for her alone.

But now...

Li Mengyun sniffled, feeling somewhat wronged.

Li Xuanxiao failed to notice her emotions. He briefly introduced himself, then sank back into his thoughts.

There was one more thing he needed to verify.

He lowered his gaze and saw two constables dressed in black appear on the street.

Their eyes lingered over the group.

Suddenly, one constable pointed at them and said, "You people, kill each other. Only the last one standing may live."

Everyone froze.

Rule Ten: Those wearing black are constables. You must obey what constables say.

They looked at one another.

The pair of constables folded their arms over their chests and reminded them, "I'm telling you, you don't have much time~"

At last, beneath the threat of death, someone made a move.

Once one person attacked, the rest also struck at the same time.

They could not use spells, so they engaged in the most brutal combat with the weapons in their hands.

Blood dyed the ground red.

In the end, the lone survivor stood amid the pool of blood, gasping heavily.

The two constables nodded in satisfaction and sauntered into the inn.

Seeing this scene, the town residents all fled far away.

As for the newcomers, they were utterly shocked.

Li Mengyun grew even more frightened.

This... was nothing like the jianghu in her dreams. Something was terribly wrong here. She wanted to go home.

She no longer wanted to meet any aloof master.

"Let's go."

Li Xuanxiao rose and headed downstairs.

Zhang Tianxin hurriedly grabbed him. "Those two constables are still downstairs. Are you trying to get yourself killed?"

"It's precisely because the constables are there that I'm going," Li Xuanxiao said.

Zhang Tianxin did not understand.

Li Xuanxiao shook free of her and walked downstairs alone.

At that moment, all the guests who had been in the inn earlier had fled far away. None of them dared remain with those two constables.

The two constables ate and drank as they pleased.

"Mm, we're lacking someone to sing."

The fat constable wiped the grease from his mouth, his gaze landing on Li Mengyun, who was peeking out from the stairway.

"You. Come over and sing us a tune."

Li Mengyun's body stiffened, her face turning deathly pale, but she did not dare disobey.

She trembled as she walked downstairs.

The fat constable narrowed his eyes as he sized her up. "New here? As long as you listen to us brothers in this place, you'll be fine. Understand?"

Li Mengyun nodded.

The fat constable continued, "Mm, you look obedient. Take off your clothes and sing."

Li Mengyun trembled from head to toe.