Abandoning Her Status: Xue Xian the Follower

Yang Ning was unaware of what was happening off the field; he was still busy fighting.

He was wrapped in three layers, seemingly in grave danger, but in reality, he handled the situation with ease.

After all, these disciples came from different sects and had never practiced teamwork. Even with Fa Chen's guidance, the effect was mediocre.

More importantly, Yang Ning took out the shield he obtained from Han Di and held it behind him. He could dodge melee attacks in front of him, and use the body cultivators in front of him as shields against ranged attacks. After all, this was not a game, and hitting teammates would also cause damage.

Between battles, he kept an eye on Fa Chen in the distance. This bald man had been directing operations all along, and his "Universal Salvation Buddhist Chant" not only had a hypnotic effect but could also excite the spirit and ignite fighting spirit, making him Yang Ning's primary target.

As for how to kill him?

Taking advantage of the body cultivators' rush to his knowledge, Yang Ning crouched down, placing a shield as tall as himself on his body. At the same time, the Dragon Venerable Cannon appeared silently between his legs and was fully charged in an instant.

The view here is obstructed, but cultivators can all use their Spiritual Manifestation. Although many people cannot multitask and cannot use their Spiritual Manifestation when fighting with their Qi and Blood, this does not include Fa Chen, who uses his spirit to monitor the battle throughout.

Upon sensing the appearance of the Dragon Venerable Cannon, Fa Chen was first taken aback, then immediately took a step forward, ready to dodge!

As for reminding others, do you think this is a movie shoot? Who has time for that?

However, the Dragon Venerable Cannon he recognized was the one in the hands of the sinister youth, not the one Yang Ning used as Electromagnetic Cannon.

If it were still that Spirit Artifact, he could indeed dodge it.

But this is Electromagnetic Cannon that takes less than 0.003 seconds from firing to impact!

The Supreme-grade Mortal Artifact spear carried kinetic energy unimaginable to a cultivator at the Body Refinement Realm. In the first 0.001 seconds, it pierced through the body cultivator in front of Yang Ning. His body, tempered by countless trials, was utterly useless in front of the Electromagnetic Cannon.

At 0.0015 seconds, the cultivator behind the body cultivator, wielding a giant axe, was pierced through along with the axe.

The spear's speed decreased only slightly, but it still reached its destination in 0.0021 seconds.

At this moment, Fa Chen's foot had just lifted 12 centimeters off the ground.

Boom!

A streak of light shot out from Abundant Island, cutting across the lake surface for several kilometers before plunging into the lakebed.

The surging water exploded upwards, and plumes of water mist fell from the sky, landing on the astonished cultivators!

"That was really awesome!" Firing a cannon was an extremely exhilarating experience.

If there's anything more exhilarating than firing a cannon, it's firing Electromagnetic Cannon!

The only problem is that the cannonballs are a bit expensive. Each cannonball costs hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, even though they are top -Supreme-grade Mortal Artifact grade ordinary artifacts. Yang Ning is doing this for the sake of stability, since Fa Chen's identity is not ordinary. Who knows if he has any special abilities like the Sixteen Foot Golden Body?

"Continue!" Yang Ning put away the Dragon Venerable Cannon, then raised his gun and looked at the others.

"Normal." A hammer suddenly fell to the ground.

Yang Ning turned his head and saw a body cultivator who had just been fighting around him.

"Hey bro, you dropped your weapon!" Yang Ning kindly reminded him.

"Uh, oh," the body cultivator lowered his head blankly, reaching out to pick it up, but his legs were trembling, and he couldn't pick it up no matter what he did. In the end, he simply knelt on the ground!

His movement seemed to be a signal; in an instant, countless weapons fell to the ground, accompanied by countless knees falling to their knees.

"Holy... Saint Child Son!" the body cultivator stammered, "I... I... I didn't mean to be your enemy. I don't know what happened just now. I was completely out of control. Please, Saint Child, spare my life!"

"Oh right, the Purple Heart Stone!" The body cultivator shakily pulled a stone from his robes. "I only have this one!"

"This is mine!"

"And mine too!"

The most daring and courageous cultivators are all in the desert. The cultivators here might have some courage, but they are definitely not many!

Moreover, going against the Myriad Saints Alliance was not a wise thing to do. If it weren't for Fa Chen's <Universal Salvation Buddhist Chant> hypnotic effect, a normal person would not have been able to muster that courage!

Now that Fa Chen is dead and the effects of <Universal Salvation Buddhist Chant> have worn off, the crowd's initial fervor has cooled. Looking calmly at the corpse on the ground and witnessing the effect of Yang Ning's Spirit Artifact strike, where would they find the courage to fight Yang Ning?

"Tch, this is boring!" Yang Ning shook his head and said, "Put the Purple Heart Stone down where it is, then get lost!"

"Yes!" Once morale collapses, people become animals that follow the crowd, and even cultivators are no exception.

One by one, two by two, five by ten, they handed over the Purple Heart Stone. The rest, though still unwilling, dared not resist.

In less than five minutes, 47 Purple Heart Stone and nine corpses appeared on the ground.

Yang Ning stood there with an icy demeanor until he was sure everyone around him had left. Only then did he take out a spider-shaped robot from his Storage Bag. The robot picked up the Purple Heart Stone one by one and put them into the Storage Bag inside its stomach. Yang Ning then opened the Storage Bag on the nine corpses and took out 11 Purple Heart Stone.

There are 3 stones in Fa Chen's Storage Bag.

So this monk who practices vegetarianism and chants Buddhist prayers is actually ruthless!

Yang Ning cleared out another empty Storage Bag, put the Wind-Calling Horn, Dragon Venerable Cannon, shield, and Moon Golden Wheel into it, and then stuffed it into the spider's belly.

With a flick of its wrist, the spider, carrying 58 Purple Heart Stone and four Spirit Artifacts, plunged into the nearby lake, flowing into the Abundant River along Fengyu Lake.

The Abundant River flows into the South China Sea, and to the east of the South China Sea lies Yang Ning's Yingzhou Base.

Three minutes later, Yang Ning, wearing a white coat and glasses, appeared on the streets of Abundant City.

"A trial participant?" He stopped a boy who looked like a defeated rooster.

The boy raised his head listlessly. "Who are you?"

"My name is Bai Qi!" Yang Ning said calmly, "Hand over your Purple Heart Stone, and I might spare your life!"

The boy was taken aback. "Are you new here?"

"So what if it is!" Yang Ning said indifferently.

The boy laughed, his tone instantly turning sinister. "Good timing! Hand over the Purple Heart Stone you have!"

"Huh?" Yang Ning was taken aback. "What did you say?"

"I said, hand over the Purple Heart Stone you have on you, didn't you hear me? Then I'll say it again, hand it over, ah!"

The bright white electric current completely enveloped the boy, causing him to go limp and foam at the mouth.

"What did you say?" Yang Ning stopped the electricity and asked softly.

"Ahem!" The young man was speechless. This guy was actually a powerful individual?

Come to think of it, if they weren't powerful, how would they dare to rob Purple Heart Stone on the street?

"I'm sorry!" This was the first time the cultivator, who usually swaggered around on his own turf, had learned to apologize.

He gave a wry smile, "You're too late. The Purple Heart Stone on me has already been stolen!"

"Really?" Yang Ning shook his head. "Do you think I'd believe that?"

"Didn't you see the beam of light that shot out dozens of kilometers into the sky this afternoon?" the boy asked.

"I saw it!" Yang Ning said. "And then?"

"That was forged by the Xuantian Sect, the Saint Child of the Myriad Saints Alliance, using a Spirit Artifact!" the boy said. "Just now, we tried to ambush him on the island in the middle of the lake, but he stole the Purple Heart Stone instead!"

At this point, the boy's eyes lit up. He might never have a chance to take revenge in his lifetime, but wasn't this person in front of him a powerful figure?

Thinking of this, the young man became excited. "The Xuantian Sect is located in Heaven Character Number Eleven Garden. If you go there now, you can still stop him! He has at least a hundred Purple Heart Stone on him. If you defeat him, they're all yours!"

Yang Ning shook his head speechlessly. "Do you think I'm stupid? Someone who can unleash an attack like that can't be an ordinary person! If I went alone, I'd be courting death! And you're trying to shift the blame? I've been doing this since I was three!"

The young man felt a chill run down his spine. His plan had been seen through, and he had no Purple Heart Stone on him. Was he now useless to the person in front of him?

"Don't kill me! I still have some money on me, I still have some, eh?" The boy blinked, because the person in front of him wasn't even looking at him.

The boy immediately followed Yang Ning's gaze and saw a beautiful young woman in a white dress, without any makeup, standing on the street, looking in this direction.

Xue Xian Fairy!

The boy jumped for joy, but then suddenly remembered that he had been beaten to the ground, drooling, and his face darkened.

I feel like I never want to appear in front of Miss Xue Xian again in my entire life.

Luckily, this scoundrel wasn't paying attention to him, so he slipped away!

"That Thunder Method just now!" Xue Xian stared intently at Yang Ning, an unpleasant memory instinctively surfacing in her mind.

Wasn't it a burst of violent lightning that killed Han Di?

As for the Moon Golden Wheel, it was moving too fast for her to see clearly at all!

"Who are you?" Xue Xian asked, her brows furrowed, her voice alluring.

"Bai Qi!" Yang Ning countered, "What's your name? Are you also a trial participant? Do you have any Purple Heart Stone on you?"

"Bai Qi?" Xue Xian blinked her big eyes and thought for a moment.

Hmm, I don't know them at all.

The person in front of him was almost the same height as Xuantian Sect, but his eyes, appearance, and clothing were completely different.

However, the Hundred Transformations Realm can change one's appearance. Judging a person by their appearance is the most unreliable method. Generally, people recognize people by their Cultivation Method and temperament.

After all, a person's Martial Dao True Intent is almost fixed from the moment of birth.

The Xuantian Sect is arrogant and domineering, lawless, and its temperament, while arrogant, also carries an invincible sharpness.

It should be the Soul Chasing True Intent the Soul Chasing Lineage.

The person in front of me, though also using Thunder Method, did so in a dignified and upright manner.

Moreover, this person has clear eyes and a calm and serene temperament, so he is definitely not a member of the demonic path.

It seems that this Thunder Method was just a coincidence, since Cultivation Method based on the four elements of wind, fire, lightning, and water are all very common.

"Judging from your expression, you were also robbed by that Xuantian Sect?" Yang Ning shook his head, looking disappointed.

Xue Xian's face darkened, and she unconsciously raised her hand to cover her right cheek. "Don't mention that name in front of Zi!"

"Alright!" Yang Ning shrugged, then pulled out a map, turned around, and muttered to himself as he walked, "Since someone beat me to it, it seems this trip to Abundant City was a waste of time. Let me see the next nearest city, Tolta City?"

"Young Master Bai, could you please bring Zi along?" Xue Xian's voice rang out from behind.

"Huh?" Yang Ning turned around blankly. "Why should I bring you along?"

"My name is Xue Xian, and I am a disciple of the Tianyi Sect!" Xue Xian said earnestly, "I've temporarily become separated from the sect disciples because of the Xuantian Sect. If you can help me find my teammates, I will reward you with ten Purple Heart Stones!"

"Tch, Tianyi Sect?" Yang Ning chuckled. "I'm from the Taiheng Sect, you can't even come up with a better excuse. Do you think I'm stupid?"

"You really are Xue Xian!" Xue Xian ran up to Yang Ning, her face flushed with anxiety.

She originally thought I should quickly find the four team members who were out on field missions, and then seek revenge against the Xuantian Sect.

But once she left the inn, she discovered that she didn't have the other four people's contact information at all!

She was used to a life of luxury, so why would she carry her communication devices with her? The devices she used to communicate with the other four people were all on A Li!

But A Li was killed by the Xuantian Sect, and her Storage Bag was also taken away.

Xue Xian had been wandering around the city twice, but still couldn't come up with a solution, until she saw Yang Ning attack the boy.

The lightning that Yang Ning unleashed was pure and powerful, demonstrating his extremely high level of cultivation.

His blank, unwavering gaze, devoid of any infatuation, suggested that this man might not be interested in women, or perhaps he simply hadn't yet developed an understanding of them; following him would be quite safe.

Moreover, although he is tall, he looks young, which suggests that he is not very old. This could be due to either the powerful sect behind him or his own high talent for cultivation.

Regardless of the approach, cultivating good relations with others is generally more beneficial than harmful.

If she could make him fall in love with her again, wouldn't that mean adding another person who only gives and asks for nothing in return?

Forgive her for being at a loss for words, but she didn't know a precise word to describe this kind of person— Boiling Sheep Yang!

Although the child was still clueless, she believed in her charm and thought that as long as they spent time together, he would definitely fall in love with her!

But before that, she had to convince Yang Ning to allow her to come along!

"You say you are a disciple of the Tianyi Sect, what proof do you have?" Yang Ning asked.

"Uh!" Xue Xian was taken aback, then shook her head. "How could a child participating in a trial have anything to prove their identity?"

"You can't even prove your identity, how can I trust you?" Yang Ning waved his hand. "Find someone else, I'm very busy!"

The more Yang Ning refused, the more reliable Xue Xian felt he was, and she quickly caught up with him in a few quick steps. "Can this prove it?"

She pulled out a bracelet made of snowflake-shaped diamond-shaped pieces!

"What is this?" Yang Ning asked in surprise, "Spirit Artifact?"

"That's right!" Xue Xian nodded emphatically. "This is a top-grade Spirit Artifact — the Snow Soul Rhombus Crystal Bracelet! Can people from ordinary sects carry a top-grade Spirit Artifact with them at all times?"

Yang Ning guessed that since her bodyguards all possessed Spirit Artifact, how could she not have one?

I can't believe it actually exists!

"You already have Spirit Artifact, what do you need me for?" Yang Ning asked. "You can easily find teammates on your own!"

Xue Xian said hesitantly, "After all, you are a woman, and it's not easy for you to travel in the desert! If I were with you, we could look after each other!"

"It would be even more inconvenient for us, a man and a woman, to travel through the desert!" Yang Ning retorted.

Xue Xian stamped her foot. "What kind of person is this? I'm such a beautiful person, and you're making all sorts of excuses when I invite you!"

Those clueless brats are so hard to handle!

"That's how it is!" Xue Xian breathed a sigh of relief, "Don't be angry, I'm not angry: "Zi Fang has advanced to the Ninth Level of Body Refinement, but that's not enough to unleash the power of this Spirit Artifact. Besides, if you didn't have Spirit Artifact with you, how would you deal with it if you encountered the Xuantian Sect on the way?"

"But if you bring it along, I can transfer my Spiritual Qi to you when we encounter a powerful enemy. We can benefit each other, help each other, and our chances of survival will be much greater, won't they?"

Yang Ning stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and then nodded emphatically. "You're right!"

"Right!" Xue Xian smiled sweetly, her beauty as ethereal as a fairy, innocent and adorable.

Luckily it's nighttime and there aren't many people on the streets, otherwise it would probably cause a traffic jam!

Yang Ning, however, remained unmoved, his expression unchanged, not even a flicker of emotion in his eyes.

Xue Xian could tell that he was genuinely unmoved and wasn't just putting on an act.

"Don't rush, you can come with me, but I want to make three rules for you!" Yang Ning said seriously, holding up his index finger.

Xue Xian gritted her teeth. "What kind of person are you? So many people want to go with me but haven't even had the chance, and you want to impose three rules?"

But now was the time to ask for a favor, so Xue Xian could only nod and say, "Go ahead!"

"First, I'm used to thinking while walking, and I prefer quiet when I'm meditating, so please don't disturb me unless it's absolutely necessary!"

Xue Xian breathed a sigh of relief, then nodded emphatically. "Okay!"

I don't even like talking to you!

"Secondly, when you encounter the enemy, you must obey my commands. If I tell you to fight, you fight; if I tell you to run, you run. You are not allowed to doubt my orders!" Yang Ning added.

"What if you use your child as a shield?" Xue Xian asked.

"I, Bai, am not that kind of person!" Yang Ning said earnestly.

Xue Xian remained silent. How can I believe you without proof?

But seeing Yang Ning's earnest eyes, she couldn't help but feel that this child was so young, perhaps he hadn't yet realized the darkness of the world, and maybe he really did retain a childlike heart.

"Okay, I promise you!" Xue Xian nodded again.

"Third, my route is already set, and I can't change my plan just because you want to find teammates!" Yang Ning said.

"Sure! I don't know where my teammates are anyway, so I'll just follow you!"

"Since you've agreed, let's go!" Yang Ning nodded and then put away the map.

"It's nighttime now, aren't you going to rest for a bit?" Xue Xian pointed to the moon in the sky.

"Can't you see the road?" Yang Ning asked rhetorically.

Xue Xian fell silent immediately, and instantly lost interest in talking to Yang Ning.

Is this a question of whether or not the road is cleared at night?

Okay, let's leave it at that. Hopefully, I'll run into teammates along the way and quickly replace this person!

Xue Xian had never longed to see her Boiling Sheep Yang as much as she did now.