Can This Person of the Dogged Dao Still Keep His Identity?

The system immediately stepped forward, hauled her up from the ground, raised a hand and tore off her veiled hat, revealing a face as soft as jade and tender as flowers, with snow-white skin and crimson lips. At this moment, her brows were filled with astonishment.

Holy shit!

She went down just like that???

Pei Ling had thought he would be slapped to death, but who knew the system would succeed in a single strike.

But that was not the point. The point was...

"System, what the fuck???" He did not know whether the system had gone insane, but he himself was about to lose his mind. How had Pei Xuan introduced Fairy Li half an hour ago?

Barring accidents, the next Saintess of the Sacred Sect!

Saintess!!!

Was this really someone he could touch???

Wu Tingxi had merely possessed a cultivation Jade Slip, and that Jade Slip had even belonged to his master, yet he had ended up without so much as a whole corpse.

But he had made a move on the Chongming Sect's next Saintess. How many portions should his ashes be scattered into?

No, could he even leave behind ashes?

"Ding-dong!" Just as before, the system completely ignored its Host's frenzy and promptly issued a notification. "Dao Companion delivery complete. Continuing cultivation now..."

At this moment, he was utterly despairing: Can this person of the Dogged Dao still keep his identity???

Zheng Jingshan hurried back to Pei Manor and first went to the main hall to find Pei Xuan. "Wu Tingxi has been found? Where is he? Where are the items?"

"Fellow Daoist Zheng, do not be hasty." Pei Xuan had been speaking with a woman. Hearing this, he quickly gave the woman a meaningful look, then rose with a smile to greet him and explained, "Wu Tingxi is already dead. As for the items, according to our family's disciples just now, Fairy Li personally made a trip and retrieved them all."

He feared Zheng Jingshan had forgotten his earlier promise. "It is only that after Fairy Li returned, she went straight into Jade Wutong Courtyard and did not mention the Bone Quenching Pills..."

"Here are fifty Bone Quenching Pills." Zheng Jingshan casually tossed out a jade bottle and said, "I am going to see Senior Sister."

With that, he turned and vanished from sight.

"Patriarch, all of these were obtained by our Pei Ling." The woman's Eyeballs shifted as she hurried over to remind him. "When they are distributed, do not forget to give Tu'er a little more."

Pei Xuan put away the jade bottle and snorted. "Since you mentioned Pei Ling, I summoned you precisely to discuss this matter. How have you taught that child all these years? At a critical moment, he did not know to consider the Lineage at all! He still has one audience opportunity. Go speak to him and tell him to think less of himself and more of the Pei Family! He is a Pei Clan disciple. If the Pei Family prospers, would that not benefit him?"

The woman was Pei Ling's stepmother. Her eyes lit up at this. "Will Pei Ling be rewarded?"

"I do not know about that." Pei Xuan said blandly, "I am the dignified patriarch. Would I covet the possessions of a junior disciple?"

"I understand." The woman gave a cold laugh. "Rest assured, Patriarch. If Pei Ling has hidden anything in private, I will make that child learn to behave. It is only that after I have put in so much effort, my Tu'er..."

Pei Xuan nodded. "I will have Hong Nian instruct him more."

While they were discussing matters, Zheng Jingshan had already returned to Jade Wutong Courtyard and headed toward the rear to see Senior Sister. Yet before he drew near, he heard the Wind Bell beneath the Refined Chamber ring sharply, its waves of sound rolling forth. Zheng Jingshan immediately felt dizzy. Knowing the might of his Senior Sister's Lifebound Magical Treasure, he dared not approach and merely bowed from afar. "Senior Sister?"

After a moment, there was no response from within the Refined Chamber. Instead, the Skulls upon the Wind Bell grew increasingly agitated, while the souls they had captured howled and wandered about, restless and uneasy.

Zheng Jingshan held on for a moment, feeling such oppressive discomfort in his chest that he nearly spat blood. Unable to endure any longer, he hesitated before saying, "This junior will take his leave for now and return later to receive Senior Sister's instructions."

After retreating to the rear and moving far away from the Refined Chamber, he finally caught his breath and returned to his own room.

Yet the moment he reached the door, he sensed something was wrong: the door was standing wide open?

Since his Senior Sister disliked disturbances, after moving into Jade Wutong Courtyard, he had driven away all the servants. He only allowed them to tidy the courtyard while he was away; they were absolutely forbidden from entering his room.

No one in Pei Manor would dare defy his orders.

And when he had left earlier, he had clearly shut the door. What was going on now?

Zheng Jingshan became wary. Pinching a spell seal between his fingers, he slowly entered. The instant he stepped inside, however, the rotten stench rushing at his face nearly knocked him over.

He did not dare be careless. After swiftly searching the room and confirming that no one was there, he carefully looked toward the source of the foul odor.

With Zheng Jingshan's experience, he quickly recognized that someone had cultivated in his room and broken through a minor realm, leaving traces behind. He was instantly furious!

He immediately demanded of the Bewitching Bone Rakshasa Painting, "Who broke in while I was away?"

Over a hundred beauties within the Bewitching Bone Rakshasa Painting covered their mouths and giggled in unison. For a time, the room was filled with endless "hee-hee" laughter, seeming distant yet near, real yet illusory... Zheng Jingshan, however, listened intently and nodded repeatedly. Moments later, a savage expression appeared on his face. "A mere disciple of a Pei Clan branch actually dares behave so outrageously! Making him blood food would be letting him off too easily! Wait here. I will go skin him alive at once."

Having said that, he did not even pause to rest, but stormed away in rage.

Meanwhile, within the Refined Chamber in the rear courtyard of Jade Wutong Courtyard, perhaps because of the Nameless Cultivation Method, Pei Ling's heart had initially been filled with terror, but as the system cultivated, his entire body and mind became immersed in cultivation.

At the same time, a strange power continuously flowed into his limbs and bones. Not only did the injuries he had suffered while fighting Wu Tingxi heal rapidly, even his newly broken-through Qi Refining Layer 3 was growing at a tremendous pace.

After a while, the wind chimes outside gradually fell silent. At last, a "ding-dong" sounded beside Pei Ling's ear. "This cultivation session has been completed. Thank you, Host, for using the Intelligent Cultivation System. One-click auto-cultivation—ascend without worries! We look forward to your cultivation review. If satisfied, please leave a five-star rating!"

He instantly regained control of his body and came back to his senses from cultivation.

Pei Ling: "..."

There was no time to explain. Run!

Immediately! At once! Right now!

Yet at that moment, a burst of Footsteps sounded outside, followed by Zheng Jingshan's voice. "Senior Sister, Pei Clan branch disciple Pei Ling has the audacity of a dog. While I was out, he sneaked into my room to steal like a chicken and pilfer like a dog. He has now fled in fear of punishment... If Senior Sister has no instructions for the moment, I intend to make a trip personally, skin him and pull out his tendons, to warn others by making an example of him!"

Pei Ling: What the fuck???