Nan Shiheng

Ouyang Tuo was furious and immediately used a Great Grasping Technique, grabbing Chen Ganliu out of thin air and slamming him hard onto the ground. Chen Ganliu was so disoriented that he passed out.

When Chen Ganliu woke up, he didn't know what time it was. He only heard the rumbling of thunder and the scorching of flames around him, as if a magical combat was taking place.

He looked around and heard an extremely familiar, gentle, and elegant voice say, "Tell me, how did you conduct the transaction with those two demonesses?"

Although the voice was gentle, the overwhelming pressure that accompanied it made him feel like the Monkey King under the Five Elements Mountain, unable to move even half a bit.

Chen Ganliu was merely a cultivator at the bottom of the Qi Refining Realm. How could he withstand the pressure of a Golden Core Realm grand cultivator?

But what made his chest feel like it was being hammered by a heavy blow, and what stirred him even more, was not the Golden Core Realm pressure, but the beautiful female cultivator before him.

His "Senior Sister," his Dao Companion in his past life—Nan Shiheng.

Chen Ganliu forced himself to look up and met Nan Shiheng's cold and imposing phoenix eyes. Countless memories surged in his heart, a mix of emotions too complex to bear.

Nan Shiheng's flawless, divinely beautiful face was devoid of any emotion. She sat cross-legged on a Golden Lotus about ten feet wide, like a high and mighty Divine Lord, waiting for him to answer.

At this moment, Nan Shiheng naturally wouldn't recognize him.

Chen Ganliu took a deep breath and recounted the events. By then, he also knew that the two girls were the disciples of that Great Demon, and he secretly lamented his misfortune.

In his past life, Chen Ganliu was just a Servant Disciple and didn't know many secrets. Thus, he was unaware that the person who had caused chaos at the Immortal Encounter Sect, broke away from the sect, and turned to Demonic Cultivation Techniques, had actually taken female disciples.

"I just sold a few chairs, how did I get involved in something like this?"

"Although I have absolutely no connection to that Great Demon, the Immortal Encounter Sect..."

"The Immortal Encounter Sect has never been a place that reasons!"

"This is bad."

"How can I get out of this?"

Chen Ganliu suddenly remembered something, and his heart trembled. He thought to himself, "Oh no, I'm currently cultivating the Azure Emperor Jia Yi Art."

"If Nan Shiheng finds out that I stole the Immortal Encounter Sect's Directly Transmitted Cultivation Method, I'll have no way to explain myself, and the evidence will be undeniable."

"It's not like I can say she taught me."

"After all, we were husband and wife in a past life. Even if people believed me, I wouldn't want to betray her."

"Moreover, even if I told them, who would believe me?"

As Chen Ganliu was agonizing, several streams of black qi appeared in the air. Nan Shiheng stopped talking to him and raised her hand, releasing a hundred-foot golden radiance, engaging in a fierce battle with the enemy.

At this time, seven or eight disciples of the Immortal Encounter Sect had combined their Magic Treasures and spells into a colorful light and strange flowers several acres wide, hanging high in the sky. They stood firm, resisting the lightning, thunder, fire, and black qi from outside.

Chen Ganliu, lacking the inherent ability of Eyesight Like Lightning, couldn't see through the layers of Magic Treasures and spells used by both sides. He didn't know who the enemies of the Immortal Encounter Sect disciples were, but he guessed it could only be those two "demonesses."

He secretly prayed, "I hope these two are just fighting the Immortal Encounter Sect out of enmity, and don't drag me into this!"

Before his thoughts could even settle, he heard a rather familiar voice, using its magical power to vibrate the air, booming like thunder, "You few petty thieves and bitches of the Immortal Encounter Sect, quickly release Fellow Daoist Chen, and we might spare your dog lives."

"He merely sold us a few chairs, and you're arresting him? You're too savage and overbearing."

Chen Ganliu's heart sank into despair. He thought to himself, "Thank you very much!"

"There's no way I can explain this now. Who would believe that you're fighting the Immortal Encounter Sect disciples just for an insignificant rogue cultivator?"

"I don't know if there will be a next life."

Ouyang Tuo was furious and shouted, "That traitor surnamed Yao should have been executed long ago! If not for Elder Sun's momentary compassion, raising a tiger that became a threat and brought disaster today, how could you have appeared?"

"Senior Sister Nan, once I break through, I'll charge out and disperse the demonic formation. You seize the opportunity to subdue the demons!"

Ouyang Tuo made a fierce declaration and then, piloting a Magic Treasure shaped like a flower basket, charged out of the colorful light and strange flowers formed by the layers of Magic Treasures and spells. Countless colorful flowers swirled around him, resisting the impact of lightning, fire, and black qi as he relentlessly attacked a crucial formation eye.

As a Golden Core disciple of the Immortal Encounter Sect, his eyesight was sharp. He had already spotted the flaws in the demonic formation set up by the two demonic cult demonesses.

He intended to make a risky strike to break the formation and give his fellow disciples a chance to kill the enemies.

Ouyang Tuo's protective Magic Treasure was powerful. Seeing that the lightning, fire, and black qi couldn't harm him for the moment, his fellow disciples breathed a sigh of relief and unleashed their spells to attack fiercely, intending to share the pressure.

Just then, next to a female disciple of the Immortal Encounter Sect at the eighth or ninth level of Qi Refining, a Beast Skin Pouch suddenly exploded. A golden light shot out, circled once, killed the female disciple, and then rushed towards another Immortal Encounter Sect disciple.

Chen Ganliu had been captured by the Immortal Encounter Sect, so the Beast Skin Pouch was naturally confiscated and fell into the hands of that female disciple. It was indeed that disciple's misfortune. The Mind-Wandering Zen Blade broke out of the Beast Skin Pouch and beheaded her.

Nan Shiheng exclaimed in shock, "Master Yao's Mind-Wandering Zen Blade!"

Upon hearing this, countless threads in Chen Ganliu's mind suddenly untangled, and he instantly understood what was happening!

Why did the Mind-Wandering Zen Blade's form resemble Qing Luan?

Because it was also a treasure of the Immortal Encounter Sect.

This item must have been a weapon assigned to that demonic cultivator surnamed Yao when he was still in the Immortal Encounter Sect. He had taken it with him when he defected.

How could there be so many opportunities in the mere Suiyang Immortal Market? Why did the Mind-Wandering Zen Blade fall into his hands? It was all arranged. Did the shifty-looking man sell it for seventy Talisman Coins? Of course not. He saw through it and wanted to use a rogue cultivator to ambush the Immortal Encounter Sect disciples!

It was just unfortunate that Chen Ganliu was chosen to be the scapegoat.

Nan Shiheng slightly raised her sleeve, and an Azure Rainbow shot out, circling her body and enveloping her delicate form. She met the Mind-Wandering Zen Blade, and the two sword lights began to fight fiercely. The other Immortal Encounter Sect disciples also released their Magic Treasures.

However, under the combined attack from both inside and outside, the formation formed by the Immortal Encounter Sect disciples shattered with a roar in less than half an hour.

The Immortal Encounter Sect disciples each controlled their Escape Lights and ascended into the clouds. The seven or eight Escape Lights were about to merge and reform their formation when a stream of black qi shot out from the side. With a mere sweep, it shattered several Escape Lights. Several Immortal Encounter Sect disciples lost their protective Escape Lights and, upon contact with this demonic qi, had their blood and souls instantly drained, their bodies turning into withered corpses, and then pulverized by the vast demonic qi.

All the Qi Refining Realm Immortal Encounter Sect disciples were killed, leaving only the Golden Core Realm Ouyang Tuo and Nan Shiheng. They each unleashed their magical power, fighting the enemies relentlessly, their hearts filled with grief and indignation.

Chen Ganliu, who had been held up by the Immortal Encounter Sect's Escape Lights, fell like a stone from the high sky the moment the formation formed by the Immortal Encounter Sect disciples was broken. Even though he frantically slapped himself with Light Talismans, it was of no use.