Killing Intent

The next day, Ning Wangshu went to his family's old apartment. He offered more than a 30% premium, buying the house back from the current owner for 1.8 million.

After some time, he smoothly completed the transfer procedures, putting the house directly under his younger sister's name. This lifted a great weight off his shoulders.

"In a couple of days, once the house is vacated, I can bring Ruoxuan back over the weekend. I'm sure she'll be thrilled..."

A smile crept across Ning Wangshu's face.

Back at his sister's rented place, with nothing to do, Ning Wangshu idly scrolled through his phone to kill time.

His cultivation was currently suppressed by some mysterious force, unable to advance at all. Whether he cultivated or not made no difference to him.

However, after the College Entrance Examination ended that day, that suppressing force had suddenly loosened a bit, allowing him to use early-stage Nascent Soul level power. This still delighted Ning Wangshu greatly.

Over the past few days, he had tried many approaches, hoping to figure out what had caused the force suppressing his cultivation to loosen.

At the same time, he wanted to see if he could find a way to further weaken that suppressing force, letting him mobilize even stronger power.

But after several days, he still came up empty-handed.

So, Ning Wangshu decided to stop overthinking it for now and just let things take their course.

After all, on Earth, he believed that even with just the early-stage Nascent Soul level power he could currently use, it was unlikely anyone could do anything to him.

Given how thin the spiritual energy was on Earth, let alone the Nascent Soul stage—under normal circumstances, even reaching the Golden Core Stage would be incredibly difficult!

As night fell, at Linchuan Thirteenth High School, Ning Ruoxuan was attending evening self-study. It wasn't until 9:30 that class finally ended...

Leaving the school, Ning Ruoxuan walked alone back to the rented apartment.

But just as she had gone a short distance from the school gate, two figures followed her like ghosts, close on her heels.

Ning Ruoxuan sensed something and instinctively glanced back, but saw no one. She frowned slightly, a hint of suspicion on her face.

"Was that my imagination? It felt like someone was following me..."

Ning Ruoxuan had been cultivating for some time now. Ning Wangshu had used treasures like Supreme Jade Marrow to personally lay her foundation, and she had spirit stones to aid her cultivation.

Add to that the Moonlight Tai Xuan Scripture he had taught her—a top-tier immortal cultivation technique perfectly suited to her constitution—and Ning Ruoxuan was no longer the ordinary little girl she had been.

Her perception had sharpened considerably.

Still, she was only at the first layer of the Qi Refining Stage. Though she sensed something, she wasn't entirely sure.

If it were just ordinary people, she would naturally have spotted them.

But those following her now were no ordinary people—they were cultivators themselves!

So, when she turned back and saw no one tailing her, Ning Ruoxuan dismissed it as her imagination. Shaking her head, she didn't dwell on it and continued forward.

Just as she entered an alley, a burly man suddenly appeared ahead, blocking her path...

Though he said nothing, seeing him standing there with his arms crossed, staring at her with a mocking grin, Ning Ruoxuan's heart tightened.

She knew—this person was definitely here for her!

Ning Ruoxuan instinctively stopped.

Then she heard footsteps behind her. She quickly turned to look and saw a woman in red, who had somehow appeared at her rear...

"Little girl, pretty alert, huh! You almost spotted me back there..."

The woman spoke with a smile.

"Who... who are you people?"

Ning Ruoxuan stared at them warily, her hand already slipping into her pocket to pull out her phone, ready to call Ning Wangshu.

But her move was clearly noticed.

The woman let out a gege laugh. "What, thinking of calling for help? Do you really think we'll give you that chance?"

The woman's smile carried a hint of mockery and derision.

The next moment, the man ahead curled his lips, and his figure suddenly blurred, charging at Ning Ruoxuan like a gust of wind!

Ning Ruoxuan was startled and instinctively tried to dodge.

But she had only just begun cultivating, with shallow cultivation and no experience in combat. Her evasive move was nowhere near enough to escape the burly man's reach.

"Little girl, don't waste your effort. Just give up and surrender quietly, hehe!"

The burly man grinned savagely, his five fingers spread wide like iron pliers, lunging for Ning Ruoxuan's wrist—the one holding her phone!

But just as his outstretched fingers were about to grab her wrist, a faint spiritual light suddenly bloomed from Ning Ruoxuan's chest!

"Weng—"

In an instant!

An invisible barrier enveloped Ning Ruoxuan.

With a dull "bang," the man's fingers slammed hard into the invisible shield!

"Crack!"

A crisp sound rang out. The man let out a scream, staggering backward, cold sweat pouring from his forehead.

At that moment, the five fingers of his hand were already twisted and bent in a grotesque manner—clearly, that one strike had been forcibly snapped by the recoil force!

The Woman in Red behind Ning Ruoxuan saw this and was instantly taken aback.

"Iron Wolf, what's wrong? How are you?"

The Woman in Red asked hurriedly.

The Burly Man, upon hearing this, endured the sharp pain and sucked in air as he replied, "Nothing serious, just a broken hand. This Little Girl is strange—it felt like I clawed at a steel plate just now, and my hand was shaken right off!"

"What!?"

The Woman in Red was startled again. "I saw you hadn't even touched her yet—how could this happen!"

"I don't know. I felt like there was an invisible barrier in front of her!"

Iron Wolf responded.

"It seems catching this Little Girl to threaten that Kid won't be so easy..." The Woman in Red furrowed her eyebrows, her expression turning grave.

Meanwhile.

Inside the rented room, Ning Wangshu had been scrolling through short videos to pass the time.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, his expression sharpened. "Not good, Ruoxuan's Jade Talisman was triggered—she's in danger!"

The next moment, Ning Wangshu instinctively released his spiritual sense to investigate...

Though his spiritual sense could only cover a radius of about a kilometer, Linchuan Thirteenth High School was less than a straight-line kilometer from his rented room.

Once his spiritual sense extended outward, Ning Wangshu immediately "saw" his younger sister Ning Ruoxuan, cornered in the alley by that man and woman. His eyes turned cold, a chilling Killing intent and murderous aura surfacing!

The next moment, he quickly formed a hand seal.

Instantly!

That man and woman suddenly felt an invisible force descend, and then they found themselves unable to move an inch. That unseen power bound them tightly, and no matter how they struggled, it was futile!

This filled them with shock, and they looked around in terror, utterly clueless about what was happening.

"You have some nerve! To dare lay a hand on my younger sister right under my nose—you're asking for death—"

Just as the man and woman were reeling in shock, Ning Wangshu's icy voice thundered in their ears like a bolt of lightning!

Hearing this voice, Ning Ruoxuan was overjoyed and lifted her head sharply.

Then, she saw Ning Wangshu descend gracefully from the air...