Unfortunately, the Patriarch had not the slightest intention of showing her mercy. Alternating between the Falling Sword Form and the Falling Sword Step, he quickly shattered her meridians at the fastest speed possible!
Before long, Mu Qingyi's meridians had been almost completely severed, leaving only the core of her meridians behind. The Patriarch found dealing with Mu Qingyi much easier than dealing with Qingli Shenhuan. Since there was no other Dao Tribulation nearby to harass him, he did not need to split his attention to protect me.
He reached out and grabbed the Dao Tribulation core. After a moment of silence, the Patriarch tossed it to me. "Here, it's yours. This thing carries its own fortune and can be used for cultivation. It's far better than some ten-thousand-year-old immortal herb."
I caught the crystal-clear Dao Tribulation core, which was as beautiful as a top-grade jewel, but I still felt somewhat repulsed. Just moments ago, this Dao Tribulation core had taken the form of a beautiful woman. Now, it had become a crystal core.
"Patriarch, then I'll activate the Grand Array and condense the stars," I said. I decisively summoned the stars, then began condensing them using the same method as before.
The Patriarch stared at a certain spot nearby and fell silent. I had no idea what he was thinking, but they had once been senior and junior brothers and sisters—how could there have been no affection between them at all? Perhaps, before receiving the Dao Founder's teachings ten thousand years ago, the Patriarch had shared a deep bond with them.
After a long while, the Patriarch finally came back to himself and said gently, "Many years ago, when Mu Qingyi was still our junior sister, she was the most innocent and carefree of us all. Once, I gave her