Don't Be Afraid, Your Fifth Brother Is Here to Save You.

Yuan Meng let out a cold laugh, her face filled with hatred as she said, "Lu Yin, the Hua Jing Sect destroyed my Yuan Family, and you drained my two elder sisters dry. Today, I will kill you and comfort the spirits of my clansmen in heaven."

As she spoke, the techniques in her hands shifted, and an even more fierce attack surged toward Lu Yin.

Fear appeared on Lu Yin's face. He had never imagined that Yuan Meng could break through to the half-step Deity Transformation stage.

When the Hua Jing Sect destroyed the Yuan Family, she had only been in the Core Formation stage. It had been less than ten years, yet she had already broken through to the half-step Deity Transformation stage.

In those ten years, Lu Yin had only broken through from the Nascent Soul Early Stage to the Nascent Soul Perfection.

That kind of speed was already almost comparable to that of many Supreme Spirit Roots, yet Yuan Meng had surpassed him.

Lu Yin raised his hand and waved. A small flag appeared in his grasp, and he immediately hurled it at Yuan Meng.

"Boom!"

A violent explosion rang out. Yuan Meng was unable to dodge in time and was sent flying, blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.

This item had been given to him by an elder of the Hua Jing Sect. It contained a single strike from the Nascent Soul Stage and was something he had kept to save his life. Today, however, he had no choice but to use it.

Lu Yin sneered. "Since you've come knocking on my door, I'll eat you along with them today."

Greed surfaced in his eyes. Two female cultivators with Heavenly Spirit Roots, plus Yuan Meng in the half-step Deity Transformation stage—if he devoured all three of them, he would definitely be able to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage.

More importantly, he remembered that Yuan Meng's aptitude seemed to be only a High-grade Spirit Root. For her to break through to the half-step Deity Transformation stage in such a short time, she must have obtained some fortuitous opportunity.

If he could seize that opportunity as well, he would certainly be able to advance even further, perhaps even becoming an inner sect elder.

The Hua Jing Sect was a Demonic Path sect, and the cultivation techniques practiced by its disciples below the rank of inner sect elder all had flaws.

Only after reaching the half-step Void Refinement stage and becoming an inner sect elder could the sect master personally remove those flaws for them.

Breaking through to the half-step Void Refinement stage was practically the dream of every disciple in the Hua Jing Sect.

Yuan Meng's eyes were icy cold. "Don't worry. You won't get that chance."

She rose to her feet and once again charged toward Lu Yin.

"How is this possible? Why are you unharmed?"

Seeing that Yuan Meng's momentum had not weakened at all, panic appeared on Lu Yin's face. That attack just now had not been enough to kill Yuan Meng, but it should have severely wounded her.

How could someone in the half-step Deity Transformation stage possibly be completely unharmed?

Yuan Meng let out a cold laugh. That strike had indeed injured her.

However, most of its power had been blocked by the protective treasure on her body. She had suffered less than twenty percent of the attack's might.

Yuan Meng's attack was astonishingly fast. In the blink of an eye, she had reached Lu Yin.

Su He's face lit up with delight when she saw this. As long as Lu Yin died, the two of them would be saved.

A feeling of surviving a calamity rose in both their hearts. Fortunately, they had been lucky today and encountered someone seeking revenge against the Hua Jing Sect. Otherwise, the consequences would have been disastrous.

However, just as Yuan Meng was about to kill Lu Yin, an unexpected change suddenly occurred.

"How dare you!"

A deep shout rang out and instantly exploded inside everyone's minds.

Yuan Meng was affected the most. Her entire body collapsed to her knees, her face contorted with pain.

From the main room elsewhere in the courtyard, a six-decade-old man slowly walked out. His expression was cold and sinister. Although he looked somewhat aged, his eyes were bright and piercingly sharp.

When Lu Yin saw him, he hurriedly reacted and saluted. "Greetings, Elder Wang!"

Wang Jin looked at him darkly. "Lu Yin, this is the fine place you found? You didn't even realize someone had followed you here. If she interferes with the sect master's plans, even a thousand deaths wouldn't be enough to atone for your crime."

Strong fear appeared on Lu Yin's face when he heard this. He hurriedly knelt on the ground.

"Elder Wang, this humble one was careless for a moment. I ask Elder Wang to punish me."

There was no point in making excuses. Now that Yuan Meng had also been restrained, the best thing he could do was sincerely admit his mistake.

Wang Jin said coldly, "If you had run into another elder, you wouldn't have lived through today. But this time, I'll let it go. Don't make such a low-level mistake again."

"Otherwise... don't blame this elder for showing no mercy."

Lu Yin had been personally cultivated by him and had done many things for him. He also captured quite a few women for Wang Jin every year, so Wang Jin naturally would not kill him so easily.

Feeling the icy tone in Wang Jin's voice, Lu Yin's heart trembled.

He knew that if a problem like this happened again, he really might lose his life.

"Thank you, Elder Wang!"

Wang Jin said nothing more and turned his head toward Yuan Meng.

In the next moment, he suddenly waved his hand. Yuan Meng seemed to have been struck by a heavy blow and crashed directly into the corner of the wall, the aura around her body becoming incomparably weak.

"A half-step Deity Transformation cultivator. Not a bad dessert, either. I want this one. Take the other two for yourself."

Wang Jin's tone brooked no refusal. Although Lu Yin was somewhat unwilling, he could only hurriedly nod in agreement.

At least two Heavenly Spirit Roots would remain for him.

In truth, a half-step Deity Transformation cultivator was of very little help to Wang Jin, who was at Nascent Soul Perfection. The reason he had taken an interest in Yuan Meng was surely that there was something about her attracting him.

From the looks of it, Yuan Meng must have obtained a great fortuitous opportunity.

What a pity!

Lu Yin's heart was filled with fury. He did not dare vent it on Wang Jin, so he turned his head toward Su He and Su Qianqian.

"Little beauties, soon I'll let you experience what it means to be unable to live or die."

A sinister smile spread across his face. He looked like a demon, terrifying Su He and Su Qianqian to the extreme.

They had originally thought they would both be saved today, but unexpectedly, another cultivator in the Nascent Soul Stage had appeared.

Su Qianqian was younger than Su He, and tears had long filled her eyes.

"Sister Su He, what should we do?"

She was only seventeen, still just a young girl. How could she not be afraid when faced with something like this?

Fear and despair continued to spread through their hearts.

When Yuan Meng saw this scene, it was as if she were seeing her relatives from the Yuan Family back then. They, too, had suffered the Hua Jing Sect's brutality right before her eyes.

"Let them go!"

Yuan Meng's heart was filled with rage, and she could not help shouting furiously.

Although Su He and Su Qianqian were strangers she had only just met, she did not want to watch what had happened to the Yuan Family happen a second time right before her eyes.

At that moment, a suffocating pressure enveloped her, and Wang Jin's cold voice rang out.

"You can barely save yourself, yet you still have the mind to care about others?"

The anger on Yuan Meng's face did not diminish. She hurriedly infused her spiritual power into the ring on her finger, her voice filled with urgency. "Master, have you awakened?"

In an instant, a helpless sigh rang out.

"You foolish girl, I've only been asleep for three months, and you've already caused this kind of trouble. You truly know how to make your master worry."

"Your strength clearly isn't enough. Why did you insist on provoking the Hua Jing Sect?"

There was a hint of heartache and indulgence in that voice. She had fallen asleep before because, when Yuan Meng was still in the Nascent Soul Realm, she had run off to seek revenge against the Hua Jing Sect.

As a result, Yuan Meng encountered a Void Refinement stage cultivator hunting her down, and in the end, she had been forced to intervene.

Because of that battle, her spiritual power had suffered severe damage, forcing her into a deep sleep.

Yet now, just after she had awakened, she had encountered this kind of situation again.

This foolish disciple truly did not want her to recover!

I, a dignified Saint, have been awake for ten years, yet I'm even weaker than when I first awakened.

"Very well. Open your mind and let me handle the aftermath."

"However, I'm not confident I can kill this peak Deity Transformation cultivator. At most, I can take you and those two young girls and flee. But my spiritual power has only just recovered and is still weak, so I may not be able to protect all three of you."

"If there's truly no other choice, I'll abandon the two of them."

Just as she was about to take control of Yuan Meng's body, an aura that made her heart tremble spread through the courtyard.

Immediately afterward, a gentle young voice filled with magnetic resonance rang out from within the courtyard.

"Little Sister Su He, don't be afraid. Your Fifth Brother is here to save you."