By the shores of the East Sea, gloom still closed in on all sides. Perhaps because this was far from bustling places like Seagull Market, one could often travel hundreds or thousands of miles along the endless coastline without seeing a single soul. It was truly an excellent place for murder and corpse disposal.
At this very moment, one was taking place... except the scene was a little complicated.
Xiao Jiu wore a water-green dress and her hair in three little buns, making her skin seem all the more like white porcelain. Having spent so long among birds and beasts, she seemed untouched by stray thoughts of any kind. Her seven emotions showed plainly on her face, delight and irritation appearing in turns, and she looked utterly free of guile.
At this moment, she chattered noisily, doing her best to amuse people amid the beach strewn with several corpses. "Hah, these people were blinded by greed. They truly came here seeking death. What a pity—we ought to have a handsome young hero on our side, dressed in flowing white robes, to suit the atmosphere... isn't that right, A Chi?"
Over the past two years, she and Ye Chi had traveled together, advancing in their cultivation. This day, they discovered a battlefield along the coast and hurried over out of curiosity, only to find one grown woman and two young girls surrounded by more than ten vicious cultivators. Among them were both Step Void and Core Restoration cultivators, their strength formidable indeed.
Those vicious people kept demanding that the women inside the encirclement hand over the "Hand-Cutting Token," their filthy words pouring out without end. Even without knowing the twists and turns of the matter, anyone could see this was plainly an attempt at forceful seizure and plunder. How could Xiao