"Elder Shi..." Ning Xiang looked awkwardly at the middle-aged man entering the room, her eyes filled with solemn determination. "Please let me leave. I need to go support Master. I can't let him face so many enemies alone."
Shi Tianjian remained unmoved, standing stern-faced at the doorway. "You are the disciple Xiao Ye brought back, and you are also a Saint Maha Body rarely seen in a thousand years. You are of vital importance to the sect. By sentiment or reason, this old man will not allow you to take such a risk. Stay here obediently and properly familiarize yourself with pill refinement."
"I'm going!" Ning Xiang's voice was low, her eyes brimming with resolve.
Shi Tianjian rebuked, "That is not for you to decide. From today onward, you are not permitted to step out of this room!"
Seeing how severe the situation had become, the man standing nearby tried to persuade her as well. "Junior Sister Ning, just listen to Elder Shi. Cultivate properly and stop thinking about all these irrelevant things. Even if you went with your strength, you would be of no use. You couldn't change anything."
"I... understand."
Ning Xiang unusually fell silent and assumed an obedient posture. From the expressions on their faces, she already understood that no matter how stubbornly she insisted, she would not get the outcome she wanted.
The words the man had said earlier surfaced in her mind. Thinking of the powerful figures who were hunting and besieging her master this time, Ning Xiang felt an indescribable anguish and pain in her heart.
She sank into dejection for a while.
Then, suddenly, she let out a savage, icy laugh.
"To hell with the Saint Maha Body!"
"I want strength!"
"I want it now!"
As the words fell, the aura around her