Encountering Liu Qingqing Again

Among the crowd stood a graceful figure in a black gown, her curves perfectly proportioned and her exquisite face breathtakingly beautiful. It was none other than Liu Qingqing, whom he had not seen for a long time.

Although Liu Qingqing was rather cold toward Jiang Ming, it did not matter. As long as the Lunar Physique became his, that was enough.

Legend had it that the union of the Lunar Physique and the Solar Physique could completely elevate the Solar Physique. He was quite curious about that. As for Liu Qingqing's beauty, as an imperial heir, he had seen plenty of beautiful women during his years in the clan. Had they not all served him in the end?

Taking maidservants outside was purely for amusement, nothing more than a passing interest. The first time he met the Catgirl was because beastfolk held a low status in Central Province and could never enter the Central Province Spirit Realm. As for Nalan Yu and Zhang Lingyue, he had merely acted on a whim.

Jiang Ming strode toward Liu Qingqing, only to suddenly notice a man in white standing beside her. "Who is he?" Jiang Ming asked with a frown.

"What does who he is have to do with you?" Liu Qingqing's voice was cold.

"May I ask what your relationship with Qingqing is, brother?" the man in white asked. "My name is Wei Qingfeng, and I am from the Wei Family of the Heaven Domain." He spoke with a smile, giving others the feeling of basking in a spring breeze.

Jiang Ming frowned slightly upon hearing this. Not for any other reason—he had never even heard of the Wei Family. Wei Zhuang, on the other hand, he knew.

"What does my relationship with her have to do with you?" Jiang Ming shot back at Wei Qingfeng.

Wei Qingfeng was rendered speechless. He was rather displeased, yet did not flare up. He had declared his background, but the other party did not take it seriously. That meant Jiang Ming was not afraid of the Wei Family, so it was best to be cautious.

"What is your relationship?" Jiang Ming asked with a frown, Golden Eyes flickering and fully revealing his displeasure.

Then the corner of his mouth curled up. "You had better think carefully before answering. His fate is in your hands."

Seeing Jiang Ming's overbearing manner, Liu Qingqing's eyes filled with disgust. Men truly were all cut from the same cloth.

As for how she had met Wei Qingfeng, it had naturally been a chance encounter with villains, followed by a hero saving a beauty. Along the way, Wei Qingfeng's conduct had been impeccable. He never crossed the line and took great care of Liu Qingqing. Compared to Jiang Ming, Liu Qingqing had a far better impression of Wei Qingfeng.

"We are good friends!" Liu Qingqing said coldly, her voice laced with anger.

"Oh? You can make good friends now? Then what are we?" Jiang Ming's gaze darkened, making his thoughts impossible to read.

"Jiang Ming, although you helped me before, one matter is one matter. We are not even friends now," Liu Qingqing said.

Jiang Ming's mouth twitched slightly. This was a little heaven-defying. Fortunately, he liked heaven-defying things.

Knowing that the two had no relationship, Wei Qingfeng stepped forward and stood before Liu Qingqing. Since they had arrived later, they did not know that Jiang Ming had hunted down two young masters from aristocratic families.

"Brother, Qingqing has said that you have no relationship. Please..." Before Wei Qingfeng could finish, blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. Disbelief appeared in his eyes. Lowering his head slightly, he saw Jiang Ming's right hand had plunged directly into his body.

Before long, blazing flames rose. Wei Qingfeng's body was instantly incinerated, leaving only a six-inch purple Nascent Soul standing blankly in place. Wei Qingfeng still could not believe it. How could anyone dare to strike without a word?

"Jiang Ming! What have you done?!" Liu Qingqing screamed in disbelief. Everyone present turned to look.

"Hehehe!" Jiang Ming reached out and seized Wei Qingfeng's Nascent Soul in his hand.

"Liu Qingqing, you had better not make friends again in the future." With a squeeze of his five fingers, Wei Qingfeng's Nascent Soul instantly exploded.

Liu Qingqing's eyes went vacant as she kept muttering, "Why?"

Why did this world treat her like this? Her father had abandoned her in order to rise to power, causing her mother to fall ill and die without cure. Now, to increase his strength, he wanted to use her in a marriage alliance. She had finally managed to escape, and had finally met a friend who treated her well—only to encounter the devil Jiang Ming again.

Seeing this, Jiang Ming chuckled lightly. "Everyone, this woman belongs to me. If anyone harbors improper thoughts, they had better consider whether their backing is hard enough!"

After saying that, he waved, signaling Zhang Lingyue and the others to come over.

"Brother Ming, this..." Chen Xuanjia felt that what Jiang Ming had done was somewhat like forcing a virtuous woman into prostitution, but he could not bring himself to say it. He had already realized that Jiang Ming acted however he pleased, doing whatever came to mind, utterly lawless and afraid of neither heaven nor earth.

"Little Xuanjia, on the Heavenly Profound Continent, strength reigns supreme. If your fist is hard enough, you can say whatever you want," Jiang Ming said indifferently.

Chen Xuanjia fell silent. Jiang Ming's meaning was obvious: if you were stronger than him, you could say whatever you wanted. Otherwise, shut your mouth.

As for Zhang Lingyue, she did not have so many thoughts. She only wanted to kill the master of Bloodslaughter Hall. She no longer cared about anything else. However, the stronger Jiang Ming was, the more at ease she felt. The master of Bloodslaughter Hall was as good as dead.

"The Saint Realm inheritance still has not opened?" Jiang Ming asked.

Chen Xuanjia shook his head. They had been waiting for a long time already, but there had not been the slightest change.

Inside a great hall, a humanoid creature with an Azure Dragon on the left, a White Tiger on the right, a turtle shell in front, and bird wings behind trembled in a corner. It was none other than the remnant soul of the Four Symbols Sage. After reaching the Saint Realm, Nascent Souls no longer existed. Following Tribulation Transcendence, the Nascent Soul slowly transformed into a soul.

Compared to a Nascent Soul, a soul was far more powerful and not much weaker than the original body. However, it could easily be restrained by soul-type artifacts, so most Saints would not allow their souls to leave their bodies unless their physical bodies had been destroyed. A Nascent Soul, meanwhile, possessed limited combat strength and could basically only flee and reconstruct a body.

Before the Nascent Soul stage, only consciousness existed within the brain. Decapitation meant certain death.

Originally, the Four Symbols Sage had intended to see whether there were any promising seedlings among them. If there were, he could observe them first, then slowly nurture them according to the circumstances and help restore his damaged soul.

If he encountered someone with a powerful physical body, he could even consider forcibly possessing it to restore his own strength. If there truly was no other way, devouring all of these people could still restore his condition to some extent.

However, just moments ago, the Four Symbols Sage had suddenly sensed three Saint Realm auras appearing within his Four Symbols Realm! Two of them were relatively weak and posed no threat to him. But the remaining one filled him with incomparable terror, because even at his peak, the owner of that aura was an existence he could never contend against. Thus, the Four Symbols Sage hurriedly hid himself in fright, not daring to make the slightest movement.

Under normal circumstances, people would give their Spirit Realms unique names when creating them, such as the Four Symbols Realm. The Jiang Lineage's Spirit Realm, however, was different. They had directly named it "Spirit Realm." The successive Great Emperors of the Jiang Imperial Clan had continuously perfected this Spirit Realm, making it extraordinarily powerful. Though it remained attached to the Heavenly Dao of the Heavenly Profound Realm, it had developed to become almost identical to the Heavenly Profound Realm, with an even more suitable concentration of spiritual energy for cultivation. Therefore, everyone in the world knew of a place called the Central Province Spirit Realm. As for everyone else, no one dared use "Spirit Realm" as the name of their own Spirit Realm anymore, and could only find other names in its place.