Severance

Everyone said that a household was a cultivator's last harbor, but to Jiang Ying, Yonglu Mountain was that harbor. The Jiang Household was more like a battlefield she had to face down.

"I want to see Jiang Fengnian."

Bian Chunchou looked at the clear-eyed, resolute Junior Sister Jiang and nodded. "All right, I'll take you there. But take the pills first."

Jiang Ying swallowed a handful of pills. This body was even more ruined than she had imagined: her Spiritual Root was damaged, and her cultivation had regressed. This was her original body—used by someone else until it was a complete mess, then handed back to her as though out of charity.

She should have been a cultivator with a Three-Spirit Root. She should have...

There were no so many should-haves. Perhaps from now on, she would not even be able to cultivate.

**

Wen Xu used a Communication Talisman to notify the Yonglu Mountain disciples stationed in Langyuan City. Before long, a Foundation Establishment senior brother arrived with several people in tow. By coincidence, it was Senior Brother Huang again—the one they had dealt with before.

"Little Martial Granduncle?" Senior Brother Huang could not help grumbling inwardly. Were the growth paths of heaven's favored sons all this spectacular? Other people at the Qi Refining Stage painstakingly entered seclusion to cultivate, while this one... well, it seemed he had begun challenging Foundation Establishment cultivators across realms back when he was in Qi Refining.

No comparison, no comparison. Senior Brother Huang steadied himself. "What happened? They are...?"

Wen Xu briefly recounted what Jiang Fengnian had done. "Someone has already gone to rescue Junior Sister Jiang. She should be here shortly. I'll leave the rest to Senior Brother."

Though Wen Xu called him Senior Brother, Senior Brother Huang did not dare truly