"Golden Core cultivator?!"
Sū Nán and Lu Zhining were instantly aghast when the Old Woman's aura erupted.
The Old Woman fixed Sū Nán with a grim stare. "Miss, since you've chosen to be kind, you might as well go all the way and send the Buddha to the Western Paradise. Have a plump little boy with my son."
"Impossible!"
Sū Nán refused outright.
She did not demand that her Cultivation Partner be extraordinarily talented, but she had seen her own master, whose beauty was peerless. Even if her Cultivation Partner was inferior, he should at least have a similar appearance and comparable talent to her master, shouldn't he?
But this man called Dà Guā looked to be in his thirties or forties. Compared with her master, he was someone from an entirely different world. He had neither looks nor cultivation talent. How could she possibly lower herself for him?
"That's not up to you." A sharp glint flashed in the Old Woman's eyes. A writhing black Gu worm appeared in her hand. "This is a Love Gu. Once I plant it in you, you'll develop feelings for my son."
Sū Nán's face turned deathly pale. She did not dare imagine what she would look like after falling for this snot-nosed uncle. It was simply horrifying.
Why did the kind people in this world never receive good in return?
Sū Nán wanted to ask that from the bottom of her heart.
She had clearly meant well, hadn't she?
Lu Zhining frowned. "Old hag, I advise you not to mistake kindness for weakness. If anything happens to the two of us here, our master definitely won't let you off!"
"The rice has already been cooked. What do I have to fear?" The Old Woman bared her sparse, leaky teeth and grinned at Lu Zhining. "Since you're so arrogant, girl, you can become my son's concubine too."
"Your son looks like that, and he still wants three wives and four concubines? Why don't you look in a mirror?" Lu Zhining flew into a rage. She had been born into a Deity Transformation Family, with a Deity Transformation ancestor at home. When had she ever suffered such a humiliating grievance?
"What a sharp-tongued little brat." The Old Woman sneered as the Gu worm in her hand split into two. "Go!"
As the Old Woman's voice fell, the two Gu worms shot straight toward Sū Nán and Lu Zhining's foreheads.
Sū Nán and Lu Zhining turned pale with fright.
But at that moment—crack!
The Old Woman's door was kicked open, and a streak of sword light flashed at the same time.
The Gu worms flying toward Sū Nán and Lu Zhining were cleaved in two by the sword light.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye.
Only after a moment did Sū Nán and Lu Zhining recover and realize that the one who had saved them was a woman dressed in white, holding a long sword and wearing a bamboo hat.
"Who are you? Why are you ruining my plans!!!"
When the Old Woman saw the two Love Gu she had painstakingly nurtured cut in half by a single sword, she erupted in fury.
"An Evil Gu Master. It's been a long time since I've encountered that profession. I never expected to meet one here. People like you only know crooked, unorthodox methods." The White-robed Woman chuckled lightly, flicked a flourish with her long sword, and carried it behind her back.
"Heh heh, a mere Golden Core cultivator dares meddle in my affairs? But you actually know about Evil Gu Masters. It seems you have some experience. Then don't you know that those who offend an Evil Gu Master all meet miserable ends?" Dangerous energy flickered in the Old Woman's eyes as she stared fixedly at the White-robed Woman.
"Heh." The White-robed Woman let out a cold laugh.
If she had been at the peak of her cultivation, she would not have needed to lift a finger. Her aura alone could have crushed the Old Woman's body until it exploded.
"Since you're here, you might as well make up the numbers and become another of my son's three wives and four concubines." The Old Woman cackled, reaching straight toward the White-robed Woman with a palm like deadwood.
Yet the White-robed Woman's movement technique had already reached the pinnacle of perfection. With a sidestep, she easily avoided the Old Woman's palm.
The White-robed Woman knew that Evil Gu Masters concealed plenty of Gu worms beneath their fingernails. As long as an Evil Gu Master scratched someone, they could plant a Gu worm in them in an instant.
It was utterly disgusting.
"What movement technique!" the Old Woman exclaimed in admiration, but then she chuckled. "But if that's all you can do, you'd better obediently surrender today!"
As the Old Woman spoke, it seemed as though some invisible shackles had been released from her body. Her aura began rising steadily, stopping only after reaching the Nascent Soul Early Stage.
"You were concealing your cultivation." The White-robed Woman frowned as she asked.
The Old Woman merely smiled without answering.
"Miss, if you can leave, hurry and go!" Sū Nán urged the White-robed Woman gratefully.
A Golden Core cultivator facing a Nascent Soul cultivator had no chance of winning—not the slightest chance.
Even though the White-robed Woman had once been a Tribulation Transcendence expert,
it was still virtually impossible for a Golden Core cultivator to fight a Nascent Soul cultivator.
The gap between the two realms was simply too vast, like the difference between clouds and mud.
"I've already made my move. Whether I want to deal with this or not, I have to deal with it now. How could I abandon things halfway?" The White-robed Woman gave Sū Nán a light smile. "Little sister, next I'll put on a performance for you—a battle across a major realm."
"Arrogant!" The Old Woman burned with rage. Every word the White-robed Woman spoke showed that she had not taken the Old Woman seriously at all!
With that thought, a three-zhang-long whip suddenly shot from the Old Woman's back. Formed from scarlet muscles and white fat, it whistled through the air as it lashed toward the White-robed Woman's face.
But the White-robed Woman's movement technique was truly absurd. With a sway of her body, she easily dodged the whip.
The Old Woman's whip missed and smashed into the wooden table. With a thunderous boom, the entire table exploded into a sky full of splinters before everyone's disbelieving eyes.
When the Old Woman's foolish son Dà Guā saw this scene, he was so terrified that his legs shook. He fled frantically into the room, leaving behind only a puddle of yellow urine.
Seeing her son's state, the Old Woman felt utterly helpless. Couldn't he show some backbone?
Then the Old Woman said to the White-robed Woman, "Once this old woman captures you, you'll obediently cough up that movement technique!"
The White-robed Woman sneered. "Stop boasting. If you have the ability, kill me."
"You want to die? It won't be that easy. I'm going to torture you properly!" the Old Woman shouted angrily. The whip on her back swept toward the White-robed Woman again, carrying a fierce gust of wind.
But when nothing unexpected was supposed to happen, the unexpected happened.
At the instant the White-robed Woman dodged, the Old Woman had already used the teleportation that only Nascent Soul cultivators could perform, appearing behind the White-robed Woman.
"Miss, watch your back!" Sū Nán shouted in alarm.
Hearing this, the White-robed Woman swung her sword backward, slashing at the Old Woman attacking from behind.
The Old Woman was slightly shocked inwardly. For a Golden Core cultivator to possess such reaction speed—given enough time, this woman's cultivation would far surpass her own!
With that thought, the Old Woman made up her mind. She had to kill the White-robed Woman today and eliminate this future threat!