In Green Forest Town, news of the Li Family's annihilation spread like wildfire.
The villagers gazed at the blood-red mansion, their eyes filled with shock and awe. Who would have thought that the Jiang Family, driven to the brink of despair, would exact such a fierce revenge?
Even more unexpectedly, the five-year-old girl encountered a celestial master and learned such skills in a short period of time.
Inside the council hall of Yanxia Cave Heaven, the wafting sandalwood incense could not dispel the somber atmosphere.
Just as Elder Zhou Yuan of the outer sect took his seat, an outer sect disciple stumbled in, his face ashen, his voice trembling. "Elder... Elder! Something terrible has happened! Elder Li... he and several other members of the Li Family in the manor have suddenly been killed!"
"What?"
Zhou Yuan abruptly stood up, the token at his waist clattering to the ground. " Li Hu came to report on the affairs of Green Forest Town yesterday, how could he suddenly be completely destroyed? Have you found out the reason?"
The disciple shook his head vigorously, cold sweat pouring down his forehead. "No, we couldn't find anything! Elder Li's cave entrance was intact, and even the protective array wasn't activated."
He sat lifeless on the futon, his consciousness completely shattered, leaving not even a trace of his soul behind!
"The doors and windows are intact? The soul has shattered?"
On the other side of the main hall, Elder Zhao Feng frowned, his fingers unconsciously tracing the Dao patterns on his sleeve. "To be able to do this so silently, and to render Life Spring Realm cultivator unable to resist, requires at least the skills of the Dao Palace Realm cultivator!"
" Dao Palace Realm?"
Zhou Yuan gasped, staggering back half a step.
"In our Yanxia Cave Heaven, at most only the Sect Leader and the two Tai Shang Elders have reached the Dao Palace Realm?"
Just then, another disciple rushed in, holding a communication jade talisman in his hands, his voice trembling with fear. "Reporting to the elders! News has come from Green Forest Town that the entire Li Family has been wiped out! According to information gathered around the Li residence, the one who did it was a five-year-old girl."
It is said that it was Jiang Ming's daughter, Jiang Tingting, who stormed the mansion with a sword and slaughtered the Li Family, leaving a river of blood!
" Jiang Ming's daughter?"
Zhou Yuan's pupils contracted sharply, and the memory of Jiang Ming and his wife's deaths in Black Wind Abyss more than a year ago flashed through his mind. "Wasn't that girl only five years old? How could she have such strength?"
"I heard she became a disciple of a young immortal master a few months ago, but his strength is still unknown!"
The disciple handed over the jade talisman, trembling.
"The townspeople say that she can freeze blood with a single swing of her sword, and the seven sons of the Li Family, who have endured years of the Bitter Sea, couldn't even withstand a single move from her!"
Zhao Feng took the jade talisman, and after probing it with his divine sense, his face instantly turned ashen. He slammed the jade talisman on the table. "That's it!"
Li Hu's death and the extermination of the Li Family must have been orchestrated by someone behind Jiang Tingting!
Li Hu plotted to harm Jiang Ming and his wife back then, and now they've come for revenge!
"But... but Jiang Tingting is only five years old!"
A young elder's voice trembled.
"The person behind her can transform an ordinary girl into the Life Spring Realm within three months."
"To be able to silently bypass my protective mountain formation and kill Li Hu, his strength is probably beyond the Dao Palace Realm, right?"
These words were like a bucket of ice water, chilling everyone in the hall to the bone.
The main hall fell into a deathly silence, with only the faint sound of burning sandalwood incense, which sounded particularly jarring.
After a long silence, Sect Leader Liu Xuanqing finally spoke, his voice hoarse. " Li Hu went too far back then, not only harming Jiang Ming and his wife, but also allowing the Li Family to seize the Jiang Family's property. This is Cause and Effect."
The problem now is, will that senior take his anger out on our Yanxia Cave Heaven?
"Yes!"
Zhou Yuan paced back and forth anxiously.
Zhao Feng's expression was grave. "It's hard to say! Someone with such methods probably can't tolerate any nonsense."
Our Yanxia Cave Heaven could reign supreme in the Yan Kingdom for a time, but if we were to truly provoke someone like this, our destruction would be imminent!
"What should we do then?"
The young elder clutched his hair, his face filled with panic.
"Should we apologize to that senior?"
"Apologize?"
Liu Xuanqing gave a wry smile and shook his head.
"They can even kill Li Hu in an instant, so they don't care whether we hand him over or not."
He paused, his tone tinged with despair. "Also, send someone to Green Forest Town to gather information and see if that senior has made any further moves."
If that senior really comes knocking on our door, we can only accept our fate and absolutely cannot resist!
The elders in the hall nodded in unison, their faces devoid of their usual majesty, replaced only by deep fear.
They never imagined that a trivial matter from over a year ago would attract such a terrifying entity.
Now, all we can hope for is that the mysterious senior will calm down and not let his anger spread throughout the entire Yanxia Cave Heaven.
The sandalwood incense in the council hall still wafted, but it could no longer dispel the panic that filled the hall.
Since the downfall of the Li Family, this remote border town, adjacent to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, has fallen into a strange tranquility.
The once bustling market still sees people coming and going, but whenever neighbors pass by the familiar Jiang Family eatery, they unconsciously slow their pace, their eyes filled with reverence, and they always walk around it from a distance.
What was once an inconspicuous little shop has now become a symbol of "the abode of immortals" in the hearts of the townspeople, and no one dares to easily disturb that otherworldly atmosphere.
The backyard of the restaurant is a secluded bamboo grove.
Jiang Tingting sat cross-legged on the bluestone, her eyes slightly closed, her aura deep and composed.
The Xuan Profound Yin Sword, bestowed upon her by her master, floated in the pitch-black Bitter Sea, its faint light shimmering and echoing the gentle glow emanating from the girl.
Three months have passed quietly.
With the constant harmonization of the " Zixia Nurturing Dao Scripture " day and night, her cultivation at the Life Spring Realm had long been as stable as a mountain.
In the Bitter Sea, the ink- Taiyin Divine Force of the Taiyin was no longer as restless as it had been when it was first created. Instead, it was like a deep pool under the moon, profound and restrained, able to be controlled at will.
Only when she practices her internal energy will a faint purple glow surround her body, indicating that her progress on the path of cultivation has never stopped.
At the other end of the bamboo grove, Li Qingshan stood with his hands behind his back.
A blue Daoist robe was fluttering slightly in the morning breeze, and there seemed to be dark patterns of gold threads running through the fabric, which was in harmony with the Daoist charm of the surrounding heaven and earth.
His gaze was distant, looking at the flowing clouds in the sky, and his aura was as deep as the sea.
If Mighty Figure were here, they would surely sense that the roar of the enormous dragon at his spine, which seemed to be almost tangible, was growing increasingly intense, as if he were only one step away from reaching the transcendent Immortal Platform Secret Realm.
"Master."
Jiang Tingting had stopped practicing and stood up at some point. Her clear eyes fell on Li Qingshan with a hint of doubt.
"You seem to be acting differently today than usual."
As her cultivation deepened, her spiritual senses became increasingly acute. She vaguely perceived a peculiar "aura" surrounding her master, like the suppressed calm before a storm, or the stillness before a volcano erupts.
Li Qingshan withdrew his gaze from the distance, his eyes seeming to hold the illusion of a galaxy before finally settling into a clear, lucid gaze. "The time has come. Today, I shall undergo the tribulation of the Eighth Transformation of Dragon Transformation."
A flicker of worry flashed across the girl's eyes. "Master? This calamity!"
"No need to worry."
Li Qingshan shook his head slightly, his tone calm yet carrying the absolute confidence honed through countless trials.
"I have chosen the place to undergo my tribulation."
You stay at the restaurant and take good care of your grandfather.
His gaze shifted to the inside of the restaurant.
Old Jiang was bending over, tidying up the firewood next to the stove. His back was noticeably straighter than it had been three months ago.
Perhaps it was because his long-standing heartache had been cured, or perhaps it was the spiritual grain that Li Qingshan occasionally gave him that secretly nourished him, but the wrinkles on his face seemed to have smoothed out a lot, and his cloudy eyes regained some of their light.
Li Qingshan's heart stirred slightly. Once this tribulation of lightning was over, it would be time to arrange a real way out for this kind but ill-fated old man.