Innate Charm, Courting Death

"Find another route. Kunlun Snow Mountain is so vast—can the Nine Gates really seal off all of it?"

Some refused to believe it and continued searching for paths through the icy mountains where the Tibetan area met Kunlun.

The legendary South Heaven Gate, the entrance to the Heavenly Realm.

Such a mythical existence overturned people's understanding while also stirring their desires.

Even if their cultivation was insufficient and they could not force their way through the defenses established by the Nine Great Mountain Gates, they were unwilling to give up just like that.

However, apart from the routes guarded by the Nine Great Mountain Gates, every other place was either too perilous in terrain or so dangerous that one careless step could send even Martial Dao cultivators plunging into a bottomless ice pit of despair!

Humanity was growing stronger in this new era.

Yet heaven and earth had not fallen behind.

Cold regions became even colder. Those with insufficient cultivation would face mortal danger there just as ordinary people would in the frozen wilderness.

Roars shook the ice and snow, sending vast sheets of snow rumbling down into an avalanche.

Within the avalanche, Molting Beasts native to the region raced through the snow, hunting cultivators attempting to cross it.

The Nine Great Mountain Gates.

The harsh environment.

Snowland Evolved Beasts.

Together, these three formed a blockade that infuriated countless low-level cultivators.

"We didn't want to clash with the Nine Great Mountain Gates, but in this situation, neither of us has a choice!"

Compared to the Molting Beasts and those exceptionally dangerous routes, people felt the Nine Great Mountain Gates would be easier to breach.

Before long, scheming individuals began hiding in the shadows and inciting the crowd.

"A gateway from myth—this kind of opportunity is no small matter! Even if we obtain only a speck the size of a fingernail, it will be enough for us to rise!"

"Brothers, the Nine Gates are too overbearing! Kunlun doesn't belong to them, so why won't they let us enter? Resist! We must resist!"

"That's right! There are so many of us. If we unite our strength, I refuse to believe we can't defeat them!"

Already desperate for opportunities, the crowd was easily stirred up and surged toward the checkpoint established by the Nine Gates.

Yin Xu Mountain's checkpoint.

"Let us in!"

"China belongs to all of us, not your Nine Gates! Kunlun belongs to all of us too! What right do you have to stop us from entering?"

"If Yin Xu Mountain refuses to step aside today, then we won't be cowards either!"

"That's right! We won't be cowards!"

"Move aside!"

The enraged crowd began advancing, pressing toward the checkpoint.

Their cultivation levels might not match those of Yin Xu Mountain, but in terms of numbers, they absolutely outmatched them.

Just as a battle was about to erupt, a soft, seductive laugh echoed through the air.

"Big brothers, what are you trying to do~?"

"We're only stopping you from entering for your own good. Opportunities may be wonderful, but they are also dangerous."

The crowd looked up, their eyes widening in amazement.

A woman as beautiful as a painting stepped gracefully into view.

Amid the wind and snow, she wore only a pale purple gown. One side of the skirt was slit all the way to the root of her thigh, and with every step, her devastatingly beautiful legs flickered in and out of sight, capturing everyone's gaze, even the women's.

Her black hair fluttered in the wind, dusted with white snow. Beneath her graceful, mountain-like brows, a pair of phoenix eyes carried the seductive charm of a fox, ensnaring souls.

"Wow, it's Liu Mei, the Yin Xu Mountain Prodigy!"

"She truly is a peerless beauty. If I could spend just one night with her, I'd gladly give up ten years of my life, hehe."

"Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Her voice is lovely too, and she even called me big brother... I think she makes sense. It really is dangerous in there~"

"Look at you pathetic lot. You can't even walk straight when you see a woman. Have some backbone, will you? Hmph, dangerous? You could choke while drinking water. This is a fight for a transcendent opportunity!"

Seeing these useless fools become completely dazed, the people who had incited the crowd took the lead in resisting this "succubus."

"Liu Mei, don't you..."

As he looked up, his gaze collided with Liu Mei's phoenix eyes, which glimmered faintly pink. His entire body shuddered—it was only because I looked at you once more in the crowd that I could never forget your face~

In his daze, he saw Liu Mei approach him, her fragrant scent washing over him.

"Big brother~ You hurt my feelings by saying that about me. You're my precious darling. If anything happened to you, I would be so sad. Could you really bear that?"

"Hehe, I couldn't, I couldn't. Mei Mei, I... mm~"

A moment ago, the man had been righteously resisting the "succubus." The next, he had completely fallen, his pants bulging into a little tent as he embraced the person before him with a lustful expression, groping and kissing them.

The other person responded just as passionately, both of them frantic with desire.

In their eyes, they were both entwined with Liu Mei.

But to outsiders, it was simply two men desperately pawing at each other, a truly unbearable sight.

"Everyone, be careful! That demoness possesses Innate Charm and has cultivated Yin Xu Mountain's Thousand Charm Eyes. Don't meet her gaze, or you'll fall for her wicked technique!"

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"Don't you dare slander Liu Mei!" A blade flashed forward. Those who had been bewitched revealed murderous intent, determined to kill the man who had insulted their goddess.

"Damn it, what are you doing?!"

"Kill you! Kill you!"

"Stop! Everyone stop fighting! Stop!"

Chaos spread.

Many people felt a chill run through their hearts.

"So this is Yin Xu Mountain? A single Meridian Channeling Realm Liu Mei has already thrown us into complete disarray!"

"A Yin Xu Mountain Prodigy toyed with so many of us in the palm of her hand. Terrifying!"

"The young prodigies of the Nine Great Mountain Gates are already more than we can handle, yet we still insist on entering to seek opportunities. Sigh."

From higher ground, the Yin Xu Mountain disciples led by Liu Mei wore faint smiles.

"With this level of skill, they want to enter Kunlun and seek opportunities?"

"Relying on their numbers, do they think Yin Xu Mountain would not dare touch them?"

"Senior Sister Liu, you're still the best. One glance, and you had them dancing in the palm of your hand~"

The corners of Liu Mei's lips lifted. "Men."

The word "men" left her lips, brief as though it said nothing, yet it seemed to explain everything.

At that moment, a figure walking straight into the mountains caught the attention of the Yin Xu Mountain disciples.

Compared to the surrounding chaos, he appeared far too composed.

Seeing that he had already reached the checkpoint, a Yin Xu Mountain disciple immediately stepped out. "No passage beyond this point."

Yuan Tianzong did not slow down. "Move."

"Courting death."

The disciple sneered and turned to look at Liu Mei.

Sure enough, Liu Mei had already begun exerting her power, pink light blooming in her eyes. "Good big brother, the mountains are dangerous. Mei'er advises you not to go in. Why not stay here and keep Mei'er company instead~?"

Yuan Tianzong abruptly raised his eyes, his gaze meeting Liu Mei's Thousand Charm Eyes.

Seeing this, Liu Mei smiled softly, thoroughly enjoying the feeling of toying with men in the palm of her hand.

"Courting death."

The sudden words instantly froze the smile on Liu Mei's lips.

"What? You..."

White snow surged like waves toward Liu Mei.

"Liu Mei, watch out!"

An elder who had been standing behind the Yin Xu Mountain disciples suddenly spoke, his tone tense. His body moved at once, launching off the ground and charging straight toward the snow sweeping at Liu Mei.

Thankfully, he made it in time!

The elder secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He had truly feared that Yin Xu Mountain's prodigy might come to harm right before his eyes.

A powerful palm strike burst forth, blasting the snow apart.

In an instant, the elder's pupils contracted sharply!

Where was that man's figure within the snow?!

This was bad!

His gaze snapped around, only to find Liu Mei already seized by the throat in that man's single hand!

"Madman! If you dare touch her, you will surely die without—"

The elder was shocked and enraged. As an elder of one of the Nine Great Mountain Gates, he instinctively threatened him.

Yet before he could finish speaking, the other man flicked one hand, and a mysterious sword at a disciple's waist suddenly flew from its sheath!

Not good!

A cold flash swept past. The elder's body jolted, and his neck bent mechanically downward as he stared in disbelief at the bloody hole in his chest... Behind him, the bloodstained sword had plunged into the snow, its hilt trembling slightly as blood dripped continuously.

The killing intent in the elder's eyes instantly transformed into indescribable terror!

"I am a dignified Four Symbols Realm cultivator, how could I not even... not even..." Before he could finish, the elder toppled over stiffly. Until his death, he could not believe that after decades of bitter cultivation, he had become so weak that he could not even block a single remote attack from his opponent.

Too fast. That sword had been too fast!

The elder's instant death shook Liu Mei to the core. Her face had turned red from being choked, and she finally realized that she had provoked someone she absolutely could not afford to provoke!

"Senior, I..."

Crack.

Her snow-white neck was snapped directly by Yuan Tianzong. He could not be bothered to listen to her ramble—ever since she had dared use her seductive arts on him, she had no chance left.

A misunderstanding?

If he had not possessed some skill, would what happened today have merely been a misunderstanding?

After killing her, Yuan Tianzong did not pause for even a moment and continued toward Kunlun Snow Mountain.

Throughout the entire process, the Yin Xu Mountain disciples were terrifyingly silent. Everyone remained frozen in their attacking stances like ice sculptures in the snow, watching that retreating figure—colder than the very world around them—gradually disappear into the distance.

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