Succubus Path

"The cultivation world is inherently a place where the strong prey on the weak. Since you've chosen to see me as an enemy and wage war, you should be prepared to face the consequences," Bai Lan said calmly. "You lost your storage bag due to your own incompetence, and now you have the audacity to come looking for it from me?"

Long Aotian gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, instinctively reaching for the sword hilt at his waist. But unfortunately, those two short swords were already in Bai Lan's storage bag.

"Three years ago, you were trash. Three years later, in my eyes, you're still nothing more," Bai Lan said, stepping forward. She spoke in a low voice, as if speaking through Long Aotian to the soul within him. "A wise person like you, senior, surely knows that for cultivators, the Spiritual Root isn't the most important thing. Is Long Aotian's volatile, irritable, and suspicious nature truly worthy of your careful guidance?"

The System fell silent.

What is the Host doing? Stirring up trouble everywhere, first making Long Aotian distrust the Elderly Grandfather, and now making the Elderly Grandfather question Long Aotian.

But it was clear that the Elderly Grandfather was much smarter than Long Aotian.

"Little girl, you don't need to use such tactics to sow discord. This brat is foolish, but I'm not. I know exactly what you're planning," a slightly deep voice came from beside her ears, a Sound Transmission.

Bai Lan chuckled, her eyes lighting up.

The Elderly Grandfather's move is good. If I can learn this, I'll be much safer when communicating with the System in the future, and I won't have to hide from people anymore.

"Senior Brother Liu! What are you doing! Those are formation flags, don't touch them!"

A familiar voice came from a distance. Bai Lan's expression turned serious, and she subconsciously looked up at the barrier in the sky and the fireball that was about to fall from above.

As expected, the moment the voice fell, the barrier shattered, and the fireball plummeted down. The scorching heat washed over her once again.

This time, however, the fireball didn't hit Bai Lan because she was standing behind Long Aotian. And behind her stood another Child of Destiny, Bai Ling.

The main strategy was double halos, double safety.

Screams, roars, and the panicked cries of the dazed survivors.

True Person Zi Ling, who was currently fighting the Demonic Cultivators in the sky above, naturally noticed the situation here. She frowned slightly, and a strand of purple spiritual energy, carrying a formation flag, was inserted into the missing formation eye again. The formation shield instantly rose again.

Bai Lan finally let out a long sigh of relief.

I dodged it after all, I knew it.

Since the Heavenly Dao Rules stipulated that beings like the Child of Destiny couldn't be killed, it meant that during area-of-effect damage, the area around the Child of Destiny was the safest.

But this rule was only applicable to area-of-effect attacks and not suitable for use in dungeons or Secret Realms.

Based on Bai Lan's experience from reading novels.

Generally speaking, when running dungeons with Long Aotian, all his brothers die, all the extras die, all the female supporting characters die, and only Long Aotian and his harem survive.

Changing her perspective, when running dungeons with Bai Ling, all her sisters die, all the extras die, most of the male supporting characters die saving the female lead, and in the end, only the female lead and the male lead survive.

Her gaze shifted to the inside of the spaceship.

Others were not so lucky. That fireball had taken at least five or six lives, all of them mortals who had just had their Spiritual Roots tested.

The Azure Origin Sect had suffered heavy losses this time.

Although the people on this spaceship appeared to be useless mortals, they were all newly recruited outer disciples and Steward Disciples.

But given time, these mortals with Spiritual Roots would gradually embark on the path of cultivation. In just a few years, these hundred mortals would become one hundred elite Qi Refining stage cultivators nurtured by the Azure Origin Sect.

The Demonic Cultivators' actions had almost wiped out more than half of the Azure Origin Sect's fresh blood.

"Hahahaha." Laughter erupted from within the black mist, clearly indicating that the plan had succeeded.

Their target had never been True Person Zi Ling, but the defenseless mortals inside the spaceship.

They intended to undermine the Azure Origin Sect from its roots.

The methods of Demonic Cultivators were indeed sinister and venomous.

First, they used Demonic Cultivators of the same level, Tribulation Crossing stage, to tie down True Person Zi Ling, preventing her from attending to another area.

Then, an insider unexpectedly opened the barrier outside the spaceship. Once the giant fireball above fell, the Azure Origin Sect's fresh blood here would be mostly annihilated.

As if signaled by the Demonic Cultivator's laughter, the surrounding Demonic Cultivators also gradually withdrew from the encirclement.

True Person Zi Ling's expression was grim, but she did not pursue them. Instead, she instructed the other Foundation Establishment stage disciples: "Return to the sect immediately."

The cabin, which originally held seventy to eighty people, now had only a dozen or so remaining. The atmosphere instantly became solemn, and many of the younger children had already started trembling and crying.

Just a moment ago, they were marveling at the grandeur and beauty of the cultivation world, fantasizing about the glories of becoming cultivators.

The next moment, disaster struck. Countless people were crushed to death by the fireball before their eyes. The smell of blood and the acrid scent of burning flames permeated the air, making the atmosphere inside the cabin even more oppressive.

"I... I want to go back. I don't want to cultivate anymore, I want to go home," someone said tremblingly.

Some echoed, while others remained silent.

"It is your fortune to be able to enter the Azure Origin Sect. To be so terrified by this is to say that even if you become cultivators in the future, you will ultimately achieve nothing great," a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator said coldly.

"To become a cultivator is to gain power beyond mortals. In return, without the mindset to match this power, you will not live long even if you embark on the path of cultivation," True Person Zi Ling descended from the sky and said in a deep voice. "For those who are unwilling to join the Azure Origin Sect, we will not force them. Qing Ru, Zhang Zhiman, you two will escort those who wish to return tomorrow."

Two Foundation Establishment stage disciples stepped forward and cupped their fists. "Yes!"

"Investigate all disciples involved in this incident. Find the insider who tampered with the formation flags and issue a Profound Tier pursuit order."

"Yes!"

The surrounding crowd began to whisper amongst themselves. Those who wanted to return to the mortal world were, after all, a minority. Most people still yearned for cultivation.

"Hey."

A girl's voice came from behind.

"Yes, I'm calling you," a young woman in pink stepped forward, smiling. "I recognize you. You're the eldest daughter of the Minister of Personnel."

"Who are you?" Bai Lan frowned slightly. She didn't recall meeting this woman.

The young woman in pink chuckled softly. "How amusing. A noble lady from a prominent family doesn't remember my face? You were at the palace banquet, after all."

A princess? Could she be a princess of the Southern Kingdom?

Bai Lan quickly pulled up the relevant plot details about the young woman before her, and her eyes lit up.

Ah, this is it. She's the number one enemy of the Destined Female Lead. And this one here is also an enemy of the Destined Female Lead.

Nan Xianshi, a princess of a mortal kingdom, proud, reserved, and of noble birth. Even after entering the cultivation world, where the strong prey on the weak, she still hasn't changed her way of speaking or her habits.

However, her dual Spiritual Root talent and cultivation speed give her the confidence to be proud and arrogant.

But clearly, this personality doesn't endear her to the Destined Female Lead. The two have clashed many times, and they finally became sworn enemies due to both of them falling for True Person Qing Xuan.

Tsk, looking at it now, that True Person Qing Xuan isn't cultivating the path of detachment, but the Succubus Path, isn't he?