No Nested Dolls Allowed
Inside the tower.
Penalty levels.
Wang Wen followed the girl all the way to the foot of a range of rolling, towering mountains.
The girl took out a crystal-clear jade stone and pressed it against the stone wall.
The scenery before my eyes changed, and stone steps leading upwards appeared where there had been no path before.
Wang Wen's eyes flashed with a sharp light as she used her mental energy to dispel the Illusory Realm, only to find that she had not fallen into any Illusory Realm.
The girl led Wang Wen up the steps.
Once the two of them had reached the steps, the path they had taken back gradually returned to its original form, like a gate closing, transforming into a complete green stone wall.
Wang Wen curiously reached out and touched it; the texture was real, not at all like an empty illusion.
He was full of praise for the sight.
He turned around.
The girl nearby was already standing at the top of the stone steps.
She looked at Wang Wen, a slight smile playing on her lips, and said, "Welcome, guest from afar. I hope you won't mind our lack of formality. Please feel free to contribute your spiritual power."
Wang Wen narrowed her eyes and calmly looked at the top of the stone steps, while energy was quietly gathering in her hand, ready to unleash a Destruction attack at any moment.
A figure slowly appeared beside the girl.
It was none other than the "senior brother" who had previously perished in the jaws of a feline!
The senior brother smiled and said, "Well done, junior sister! I didn't expect you to actually trick him into coming back!"
The girl was slightly stunned, but quickly recovered and shook her head modestly with a smile, "This person is too stupid. He didn't suspect anything the whole time. This kind of simple task doesn't deserve your praise, senior brother."
The senior brother drew his longsword and declared loudly, "Then I'll settle this!"
Before he could finish speaking...
His longsword slashed swiftly, and a visible sword aura severed half of the girl's arm.
Wang Wen was stunned. The sudden turn of events almost made him lose control and throw the Little Sun in his hand.
The girl was pale, clutching her bleeding wound and backing away, her eyes filled with confusion and shock.
"Junior sister, you actually had no idea I had an external avatar that allowed me to escape from the Wind-Stilling Beast, did you? Were you surprised to see me here?" The senior brother gripped his longsword, gritting his teeth as he said to her, "If I'm not mistaken, that Wind-Stilling Beast wasn't an ordinary Wind-Stilling Beast, but a high-level demon beast that had been fed spirit pills year-round! Its strength is far beyond what disciples of our level can handle."
He raised his longsword and thrust it at the girl. "You and your master are indeed treacherous, deliberately setting this trap to kill me so you can monopolize the promotion spot reward from this mission!"
Wang Wen below suddenly realized.
It turns out there's such a complicated relationship between these two.
"Since that's the case, then prepare to die!" The senior brother's long sword pierced forward with unwavering force, precisely penetrating the girl's body.
This time.
The girl showed no surprise or confusion.
There was no bleeding from the pierced body.
She smiled softly.
He gradually changed his appearance.
She went from a beautiful young girl to an old woman with a face full of wrinkles.
The severed hand had somehow returned to normal.
Clapping his hands, he smiled at his stunned senior brother and said, "Congratulations, Xiao Long! Not only did you see through the true strength of the Wind-Stilling Beast, but you also managed to return here safely. You've done an excellent job on the final hurdle of this mission. As the chief examiner for this sect promotion, I hereby declare the promotion spot yours."
The senior brother cried out in a daze, "Master... Master Uncle, why did you transform into Xiang'er Sister Xiang'er's appearance?"
The old woman smiled kindly.
Turning to the air beside him, he said, "It's all because your Xiang'er sister Xiang'er is too weak-willed. I've repeatedly emphasized to her that I will secretly protect her and nothing will happen. Besides, I've trained that Wind-Stilling Beast for many years and it's perfectly in sync with her. Yet, she still can't bring herself to complete the mission. I had no choice but to take matters into my own hands."
The air beside her swayed slowly, revealing the girl's figure.
She said to her senior brother with a shy expression, "I'm sorry, senior brother. Master has been following you the whole way. I was hidden by Master and could only watch and listen. I couldn't do anything else. Master heard everything you said to me."
The senior student was stunned.
Wang Wen below was even more stunned.
Wow, the little girl who was swaying her hips and holding my hand the whole way was actually an old witch in disguise???
He looked down at his hands.
I'm considering whether to cut them off and make a new pair.
at this time.
The situation above has changed again.
The dazed senior brother suddenly sheathed his sword, turned around, and bowed to the sky, saying, "Sect Leader, everything is as you predicted. My senior uncle and the others have no ulterior motives. All is well!"
The old lady's kind smile froze on her face.
A middle-aged man with an air of otherworldly grace, dressed in a white robe with gold trim, slowly stepped out from mid-air.
He stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at the crowd below.
He announced in a loud voice, "Xiao Long, you've done well. Senior Sister Shan, you clearly have the authority to promote people within the sect, yet you have acted impartially and fairly without any favoritism. This promotion demonstrates your unwavering loyalty to the sect. From this day forward, you will be a lifelong revered figure within the sect. As long as the sect continues, all disciples will respectfully address you as Supreme Grandmaster!"
The old woman on the ground was stunned.
The girl was stunned.
Even Wang Wen, who was watching the show, was stunned.
The senior apprentice smiled modestly and bowed to the old lady first, saying, "Grandmaster, this junior greets you."
The words had barely left his mouth.
The old woman woke up with a start.
There was no joy on her face, only panic.
Standing still, he waved his arms dramatically, screaming at the top of his lungs, "No! No! Stop it all!!"
Unfortunately, it seems she spoke too late.
The middle-aged man in mid-air was still wondering why the Supreme Master was gesturing so wildly.
His body was riddled with holes by the overwhelming sword energy from all directions.
The man coughed up a mouthful of blood, which stained his white robe with gold trim.
He pointed a trembling finger at the old woman on the ground, his face full of confusion.
The old woman knelt on the ground, tears streaming down her face, and wailed, "Junior brother, I'm so sorry!! I was blinded by greed and deceived by a villain. I thought you were going to ostracize me and seize all the cultivation resources I possessed. I never expected you to give me the only lifelong offering in the sect! I really shouldn't have doubted you, junior brother!!!"
The girl next to her.
He suddenly walked up to his senior brother.
My senior and I exchanged a glance, and smiles appeared on our faces.
The girl waved her hand in the air.
The sword energy that had pierced through the middle-aged man flew up again, stabbing straight down towards the old woman on the ground.
The senior brother, having shed his previous humble demeanor, sneered at the old woman, "Since you two are so reluctant to part, then go together to immortality."
The sword energy descended.
The old woman was covered in bloody holes.
She stared in disbelief at the sword energy emanating from her body, struggled to look up at the girl and boy, and tremblingly extended her blood-stained fingers, shouting angrily, "You two! How dare you!!"
A middle-aged man fell from the sky.
It fell to the ground like an unwanted, broken doll.
The old woman died with blood flowing like a river, her eyes wide open in fury.
The girl turned around, kissed the boy's lips, and then watched him fall down the steps, his face turning pale.
Finally, the girl with a slender figure and a small waist stood at the top of the steps, looking down at Wang Wen, the only survivor in the entire room, and covered her mouth with a coquettish laugh, saying, "You seem to know too much."
Sword energy filled the sky once more.
The target this time is Wang Wen.
Finding herself transformed from an audience member into an actor, Wang Wen, having switched from spectator mode, smiled faintly with a smile even more delicate than a girl's, and clapped her hands in praise, "What a series of drifts! It almost broke my back!"