Hua Jing Sect, Members of the Su Family Harmed

"Who are you people?!"

Su He stared at the three men before her, her eyes filled with terror. They were dressed in flamboyant, gaudy clothes, with an air of sleaze and malice about them.

From the moment they entered, her cultivation had been sealed. A formation had also been set up around them, preventing any sound from escaping.

"Haha, what two pretty little chicks."

One of the men, a single-eyelidded fellow, said with a wicked grin, "Why don't you guess who we are?"

Su Qianqian noticed the markings on their cuffs and suddenly cried out in horror, "You're from the Hua Jing Sect!"

When Su He heard the name of that sect, her face instantly turned deathly pale with fear.

The Hua Jing Sect was a Demonic Path force within the Jinghong Empire, specializing in refining women to cultivate.

Its method of refinement was no different from that of the Hehuan Sect: through affairs in bed, they drained women dry of their vital essence and cultivation.

Yet compared to the Hehuan Sect, the Hua Jing Sect was evil beyond all measure.

The Hehuan Sect was a dual-cultivation sect, but the Hua Jing Sect was a genuine Demonic Path force. Throughout the Jinghong Empire, its name was synonymous with infamy.

How had they run into this Demonic Sect?

Anxious and terrified, Su He's eyes shimmered with tears.

The single-eyelidded man gave an evil smile and licked his lips. "Not bad. You actually recognized our sect. Then you should know what we do, shouldn't you?"

As he spoke, he stared fixedly at Su Qianqian, his gaze brimming with icy malice.

What he enjoyed most was watching the terror on the faces of young women before they died. It gave him an immense sense of satisfaction.

Sure enough, the expressions on Su He and Su Qianqian's faces changed drastically upon hearing those words.

These people truly were from the Hua Jing Sect. The fate awaiting them was already clear—an incomparably miserable one.

Su He and Su Qianqian felt their scalps tingle, goosebumps rising all over their bodies. They wanted to flee, but a burly man had seized them, leaving them unable to move at all.

Furthermore, their cultivation was sealed, and they could not mobilize even a trace of Spiritual Energy within their bodies.

At that moment, their hearts were filled with despair. How could they be so unlucky as to encounter Demonic cultivators from the Hua Jing Sect even in Qingfeng City?

The single-eyelidded man smiled wickedly and slowly stepped forward. Raising a hand, he pinched Su Qianqian's chin, examined her for a moment, then praised her.

"What smooth, tender skin."

The instant he finished speaking, his expression abruptly changed.

"Why is the spiritual qi in your body so dense? Something's wrong. You have a Heavenly Spirit Root!"

His face was full of delight as he sent his Spiritual Energy into Su Qianqian's body to investigate her condition.

A moment later, the joy on the single-eyelidded man's face deepened.

"It really is a Heavenly Spirit Root!"

Their Hua Jing Sect could devour a woman's vital essence and bloodline. If the target possessed good cultivation and aptitude, it could also improve their physical body and spirit root to a certain extent.

Although such improvement was limited, he was already at Nascent Soul Perfection. If he could improve his spirit root even slightly, it would mean he could break through to the Nascent Soul Stage—and perhaps even advance further.

Next, he examined Su He as well, only to discover that both women actually possessed Heavenly Spirit Roots.

"Hahaha! I casually grabbed two women to satisfy my cravings, yet they both have Heavenly Spirit Roots. I've struck it rich!"

His face was filled with wild ecstasy. Such aptitude was rare even within the Jinghong Dynasty.

Even among Void Refinement stage forces, they would be considered treasured gems. Even if he had such thoughts, he lacked the strength to seize food of that caliber.

Who would have thought that the two women he had casually captured today would both possess Heavenly Spirit Roots? It was like finding a million Upper-Grade Spirit Stones in the middle of the road—like pies falling from the heavens.

"Little girls, didn't your families ever tell you? It's dangerous outside. Don't run around for no reason."

The single-eyelidded man wore a wicked smile as he impatiently said, "Take these two to my room. I'll savor them properly."

After hearing that Su He and the others had Heavenly Spirit Roots, the other two Hua Jing Sect members had fiery looks in their eyes.

However, they were only Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators. Though they had some improper thoughts about Su He and Su Qianqian, they did not dare defy him, so they could only say,

"As you command!"

With that, the two men directly hauled Su He and Su Qianqian toward the room.

The expressions of Su He and Su Qianqian had already become utterly despairing. They did not even have the strength to resist, much less the ability to kill themselves.

Once they entered that room, they both knew perfectly well what fate awaited them.

Su Qianqian suddenly shouted, "We are members of the Su Family! If you dare kill us, the Su Family will never spare you! The Hua Jing Sect will surely be destroyed because of this!"

The Su Family?

The single-eyelidded man paused, turned around, and gave the two women a solemn look. In the end, a scornful expression appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"No wonder two Heavenly Spirit Root prodigies like you don't even have a single guard. Are you relying on the Su Family's protection to disregard everything?"

"This formation was bestowed by the sect master. It is an Earth Rank high-grade concealment formation. So long as that Guiyuan Realm member of the Su Family isn't nearby, no one will know what is happening inside."

"As long as I kill the two of you, who will know I did it? And how could anyone come looking for trouble with the Hua Jing Sect?"

Upon hearing this, the two women fell completely into despair.

They knew he was telling the truth.

Forget an Earth Rank high-grade concealment formation—so long as the distance was great enough, even a Profound Rank formation could block the investigation of a Guiyuan Realm cultivator.

Su Chen usually remained at Wangyun Mountain and rarely went out. Meanwhile, only several Nascent Soul Stage cultivators from the Su Family were stationed in Qingshui City. There was simply no way they could discover that the women had been harmed.

Just then, an incomparably dazzling cold gleam burst forth.

"Who is it?!"

The single-eyelidded man looked toward a certain direction and suddenly bellowed. A streak of sword light pierced through the outermost concealment formation, stabbing toward him with overwhelming killing intent.

Although the courtyard was isolated by a concealment formation, the formation's defensive capabilities were extremely weak. While it blocked those outside, it also blocked those within.

"Lu Yin, give me your life!"

Along with that furious shout, a white-robed woman suddenly appeared beyond the formation. Her face was cold, and she radiated killing intent.

Lu Yin's expression abruptly changed. "Half-step Deity Transformation!"

A powerful aura erupted from his body. He struck his palm toward the sword light, attempting to stop its attack, but it was utterly futile.

When Su He and Su Qianqian saw the person who had suddenly appeared, hope once again lit up in their eyes.

Yuan Meng did not hold back in the slightest from the moment she attacked, instantly severing one of Lu Yin's arms.

A shrill scream rang out, echoing endlessly through the courtyard.

"Who exactly are you?!"

Lu Yin's eyes darkened to the extreme. This woman knew they were here, so she had clearly followed them all the way. Otherwise, how could a Nascent Soul stage perfection cultivator possibly investigate what was happening within the formation?

She had come specifically to kill him!

Yuan Meng sneered. "You killed my two older sisters, and now you can't even remember what I look like?"

Lu Yin carefully scrutinized Yuan Meng. Then his pupils suddenly contracted.

"You are... that little girl from the Yuan Family!"