Old Woman's Death

At the same time, the Old Woman raised a palm like withered wood and forcibly caught the White-robed Woman's sword, producing a metallic clang.

"Still, I can't make up for the gap in cultivation realms?"

The White-robed Woman was helpless.

As the saying went, overwhelming strength could defeat any technique.

No matter how many techniques she knew, she was still only at the mid-stage of the Golden Core Realm.

Facing an enemy in the Nascent Soul Realm, she was no match at all.

Could it be that she was going to meet her end here today?

The White-robed Woman thought frantically.

She was unwilling to accept it. After all, she had yet to take revenge.

"Hehehe, little girl, don't be fooled by this old woman's rough skin. I nourish my skin with gu worms every day. This body of mine is already comparable to that of a Spirit Transformation cultivator." The Old Woman wore a smug smile.

"Heh." The White-robed Woman let out a cold laugh and did not answer.

She refused to believe that, as a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator in her previous life, she would end up being toyed with by a mere Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Don't you like sticking your nose into other people's business? You want to save these two little girls? Fine. Then I'll let you watch as these two little girls spend a night with my son." The Old Woman revealed an evil smile and reached out to grab Lu Zhining.

But at that moment, a sudden change occurred.

A surge of extreme cold suddenly erupted from Lu Zhining's body.

One after another, icy sword shadows emerged behind her like an ice lotus.

"Extreme Cold Sword Array!" When the White-robed Woman saw the aura erupting from Lu Zhining, her heart immediately jolted.

"What is this?!"

The Old Woman's expression changed drastically the moment she sensed the aura erupting from Lu Zhining.

Lu Zhining slapped her forehead. "I nearly forgot. Master once set up a formation inside me."

The instant Lu Zhining finished speaking, the ice lotus scattered and transformed into sword shadows filling the sky. Carrying an aura that could shatter rotten wood, they swept toward the Old Woman from all directions.

"No!"

The Old Woman's eyes nearly split open. This power was simply beyond her ability to resist.

The countless sword shadows ignored the Old Woman's despair and pierced straight through her proud physical body, leaving it riddled with holes. Even her Primordial Spirit was annihilated beneath the rain of sword shadows.

In the end, after piercing through the Old Woman's body, the countless sword shadows converged and transformed into a young man dressed in green robes, with an extraordinary bearing.

"Master!" When they saw the young man, Sū Nán and Lu Zhining both revealed excited, malicious looks.

Plop!

The Old Woman's riddled, gruesome corpse crashed to the ground at that moment.

Li Zhōujūn did not even glance at the Old Woman's corpse. Instead, he said helplessly to the two little girls, "You two little rascals really never let your master rest easy."

Sū Nán stuck out her tongue. "My junior sister and I saw that Old Woman looking pitiful, so we lent her a hand. Who knew that old hag would have such a vicious heart?"

"Kindness isn't wrong, but when it's given to the wrong person, it isn't worth it." Hearing this, Li Zhōujūn chuckled. "What happened today can also count as tempering for you two."

"This junior pays her respects to Senior."

Mu Hongyan watched Li Zhōujūn appear out of nowhere and cupped her fists in salute.

She recognized this young man. Dressed in green robes and peerlessly elegant, appearing here meant that he was most likely the Dao Tian Sect's youngest Tribulation Transcendence cultivator—the Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord, Li Zhōujūn.

Thinking of this, Mu Hongyan smiled bitterly inwardly. She had once been called a prodigy as well, but it had taken her two hundred years to cultivate to Tribulation Transcendence.

Yet according to what she had heard, this young Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord was only forty years old.

"You are?" Li Zhōujūn looked at the White-robed Woman, a hint of surprise crossing his face.

"Master, this older sister was the one who just saved us. She almost got killed by this old monster while trying to save us," Sū Nán said.

"I see." Li Zhōujūn suddenly understood. He then smiled warmly at the White-robed Woman. "Little girl, what's your name?"

"This junior is Mu Hongyan," the White-robed Woman replied.

"Keep this. When you encounter danger, crush it, and I will naturally appear." Li Zhōujūn tossed a piece of jade to Mu Hongyan.

Mu Hongyan reached out with both hands and caught the jade, then respectfully said to Li Zhōujūn, "This junior thanks Senior for your generous favor."

With a Tribulation Transcendence expert's offer to protect her once, Mu Hongyan felt extremely confident about what she was about to do.

That was to avenge her younger brother.

When she had awakened inside the body of the little beggar girl, she had obtained a fragment of memory.

The little beggar girl had a younger brother who was also a beggar. Yet before Mu Hongyan transmigrated into her, that younger brother had been whipped to death during a begging trip by a woman named Yu Linglong.

The reason, however, had been utterly absurd: the little beggar's younger brother had dirtied her eyes.

Thus, the little beggar girl had lived in misery every day. When she was on the verge of death and her consciousness was fading, Mu Hongyan transmigrated into her body. Only after she promised to avenge the little beggar girl did she successfully take control of the body.

That woman named Yu Linglong was the Young Sect Master of the Jade Dragon Sect, with cultivation in the Golden Core Realm. Her father, Yu Fenghua, was the Sect Master of the Jade Dragon Sect—and a cultivator in the Virtual Immortal Realm.

Yu Linglong had once looked down from her lofty position at the little beggar girl possessed by Mu Hongyan and said, "I killed your younger brother. If you refuse to accept it, you can come to the Jade Dragon Sect and settle the score with me whenever you like. I will personally welcome your challenge."

"Good deeds bring good rewards, and evil deeds bring retribution. This is what you deserve." Li Zhōujūn smiled.

Afterward, Li Zhōujūn said to Sū Nán and Lu Zhining, "Be careful on your way back."

With that, this incarnation of Li Zhōujūn dissipated.

At the same time, Li Zhōujūn's true body, meditating in seclusion in a secret chamber, opened his eyes as well.

"Those two little girls really are no trouble-free pair." Li Zhōujūn let out a bitter laugh.

However, Li Zhōujūn had also broken through a minor realm, reaching the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Even without the Fifty-Fifty System, Li Zhōujūn had already far surpassed many Favored Children of Heaven on the Azure Continent.

After all, there were not many forty-year-old Spirit Transformation cultivators on the Azure Continent.

Just then, an old man's voice rang out from outside. "Is the Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord here?"

Li Zhōujūn was slightly taken aback. Then, with a flicker of his figure, he appeared before an old man and smiled. "Elder Chen, what brings you here?"

"Mountain Lord." Elder Chen bowed to Li Zhōujūn.

"Elder, there's no need to be so polite." Li Zhōujūn chuckled.

This elder was named Chen Guang, and he was an elder of Dao Tian Hall.

"Mountain Lord Li, the Sect Master has summoned you to Dao Tian Hall for a discussion," Chen Guang said.

"Very well. I'll head over now." Li Zhōujūn did not waste words. After agreeing, he vanished from Chen Guang's sight in a flash.

Seeing this, Chen Guang sighed with deep emotion. "Who could have imagined? The Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord, once known as Dao Tian Sect's useless disciple, has now become one of the pillars of our Dao Tian Sect. This world truly is full of twists and turns."