Toying with Mu Yunxi

"If you were merely seeking lodging... then why did you choose to seek lodging here?"

Looking into Jun Wudao's utterly icy eyes, the stunning woman's beautiful eyes were filled with disbelief, while surging divine power rippled and spilled out around her!

Seeking lodging?

Hmph! Even a dog wouldn't believe that!

Heavenly Moon Commandery City was so vast. Her family was neither wealthy nor noble, her home was no luxurious manor, and there had only been a thirteen-year-old child at home!

Where couldn't they have sought lodging?

Why had they chosen her home?

It would have been one thing if they were ordinary cultivators, but neither of them was: one was in the Early Divine Soul Realm, and the other was in the One Tribulation Human God Realm!

With cultivation like that, instead of staying at a top-class inn or a grotto-heaven estate, they had come all the way to their little courtyard in this out-of-the-way alley... to seek lodging?

Wasn't that a joke?

She wouldn't believe they had no other purpose even if someone beat her to death!

Most importantly, they even knew of that force's existence!

Vast though the world was, she did not believe such a coincidence could exist!

After all, that force... was not something just anyone was qualified to know about, yet now, in a mere commandery city, she had encountered people who knew of it!

Most importantly, they were in her own home. How could she not suspect... their purpose?

So much was unknown!

How could she possibly rest easy?

"It was merely a coincidence!"

"You can rest assured. There is no need to see ghosts and gods in every shadow. First... this young master is not one of them. Second, neither you nor your son has anything worth my scheming for!"

Jun Wudao looked at the stunning woman with deep, utterly indifferent eyes and spoke coldly!

If not for this woman's unknown identity, and if he hadn't wanted to coax some useful information out of her, he would have slapped her dead long ago!

He normally preferred peace and quiet, but this woman... kept yammering on and on. He had already said he was only seeking lodging, yet she still wouldn't stop!

If not for her being somewhat useful, and his concern that killing her might bring unnecessary consequences, he would never have endured this long. He would have struck her dead already!

He, Jun Wudao, was no man who cherished fragrant flowers and tender jade, much less a simp beneath a woman's skirts... ahem! A warm-hearted gentleman!

He was not a particularly patient person!

For him... explaining himself to her again and again was already a miracle!

"A coincidence?"

"Hmph!"

"Do you take me for a three-year-old?"

"Since you say you aren't their people, and neither my son nor I have anything worth your scheming for... why did you appear in my home?"

"And why do you know about... the Central Imperial Court?"

"Hmph! Seeking lodging? Do you really take me for a three-year-old child? Just what is your purpose? Where have you taken Ming'er?"

The stunning woman stared coldly at Jun Wudao. Vast, terrifying waves of power surged around her, shaking the space within ten feet of her until it twisted and fractured continuously!

He knew about the Central Imperial Court!

That meant this person was definitely not from Heavenly Moon Commandery. Otherwise, he could never have known of the Central Imperial Court's existence. Of that, she could still be certain!

Given their cultivation realms, neither of them could possibly be a disciple of the Central Imperial Court, nor could they be descendants of those old things. Otherwise, she could not possibly have neither seen nor heard of them!

Earlier, she had merely let slip the words "Central Imperial..." through carelessness, yet he knew of the Central Imperial Court's existence!

Since he knew of the Central Imperial Court's existence, but was not one of its people...

Then they could only have come from a Divine Capital of one of the ten great divine dynasties!

Otherwise, here in this remote place, how could they know of such a colossal, sovereign existence?

None of that would ordinarily have meant much. After all, the world was vast, and there was no guarantee they hadn't heard of it somewhere!

But if they knew of the Central Imperial Court's existence and had appeared in her home, that was a different matter!

Now, throughout the entire Crimson Firmament Realm, what major force did not know the name Mu Yunxi?

Who wouldn't want to capture her and claim a reward at the Central Imperial Court?

How many people in the entire Crimson Firmament Realm weren't racking their brains to fawn over and curry favor with those old things?

Yet what had this white-haired young man said?

Neither she nor her son had anything worth his scheming for? Then what was he doing here?

Besides, she, Mu Yunxi, did not believe anyone in this Yi Firmament Realm dared to go against the Central Imperial Court. If they did, how would that be any different from courting death?

The Central Imperial Court? So that is the full name of the force hunting this mother and son? Hehe, an imperial court? They certainly chose an intimidating name!

Hearing this, Jun Wudao smiled faintly and murmured inwardly. Then, looking at Mu Yunxi's utterly furious expression, he felt a hint of playfulness arise and said teasingly:

"Hehe... you're quite clever! Indeed, everything is just as you said. Your son is indeed in my hands too. Do you want to save him?"

Boom!

"You're courting death!"

A furious shout erupted. Mu Yunxi turned into a streak of light and charged straight at Jun Wudao. Her terrifying cultivation erupted, and the void instantly thundered as terrifying fluctuations exploded outward!

A crescent moon that seemed to burn with boundless silver flames appeared in the sky. The instant it rose, it seemed to illuminate the eight wildernesses and all six directions, bearing straight down on Jun Wudao!

"Insolence!"

Whoosh!

At that same moment, the Asura beside Jun Wudao shot through the air to meet her, an earth-shakingly fierce and baleful aura erupting from his entire body!

Rustle!

The Asura's black cloak snapped and billowed. Like an arrow loosed from its bow, he charged straight toward the descending silver crescent moon. Boundless killing intent and bloodlust churned in his savage, brutal, evil eyes, and the Asura blood within his body was already boiling!

Boom!

The next instant, three enormous crimson hands, like an Asura purgatory, struck across the sky. Space shattered as they swept toward the silver crescent moon like a sea of blood, their terrifying might seemingly enough to crush the heavens!

Crack!

With a crack, the Asura's enormous crimson hands struck the silver crescent moon, and that stretch of space instantly became a black hole. Strangely, however, all the rippling fluctuations of power seemed to have been completely sealed within this little courtyard by some unknown force, unable to spread in any direction!

Bang!

The Asura's three enormous crimson hands smashed the silver crescent moon apart with the ease of crushing rotten wood. Mu Yunxi's slender body was slammed straight to the ground as well. She spat out a mouthful of blood and crashed heavily into the earth!

Boom!

"Cough, cough, cough... you..."

As the dust dispersed, Mu Yunxi coughed up several more mouthfuls of blood. Looking at the Asura, her face was deathly pale, her eyes filled with disbelief and utter shock!

At her peak, she had been a True God Realm expert who had survived three lightning tribulations!