It was a vast, empty space seemingly shrouded in moonlight.
Li Qing and Mu Qiuxue appeared nearby. Within the endless void stood an enormous bronze hall, and through the hazy light, they could faintly make out the corpse of a woman floating inside. Her body radiated brilliant five-colored light.
Quite a few cultivators had already gathered around the bronze hall.
“The Mortal Dao Hall.”
“The Immortal Maiden Corpse.”
Li Qing murmured softly.
“Immortal Maiden Corpse?” Mu Qiuxue froze for a moment before excitement surged into her eyes.
As long as she absorbed even a single drop of the Immortal Maiden Corpse’s Soul Origin, she could transform her Profound Gold Soul Physique into the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden Physique. From then on, reaching the Great Emperor Realm would no longer be an impossible dream.
“There are quite a few people blessed with great fortune here.” Li Qing swept his gaze across the crowd and smiled faintly. “The Grand Dao Immortal Sect, Incense Burning Immortal Valley, the Four Extremes Holy Land of the Northern Region, plus Gu Beichen from the Moon Wheel Holy Land and Saintess Yinyue from the Heavenly Palace Holy Land. This place really is lively.”
“Senior Brother, please help me obtain a drop of the Immortal Maiden Corpse’s Soul Origin.” Mu Qiuxue no longer intended to conceal her objective.
[Huh? How does Mu Qiuxue know that the Immortal Maiden Corpse’s Soul Origin is useful to her?]
[Who would’ve thought she was hiding it so well?]
[No wonder she kept holding onto me the entire way here.]
Mu Qiuxue inwardly snorted, ‘Hmph. You’re the one who told me that the Soul Origin is useful to me. If I couldn’t hear your inner thoughts, you definitely wouldn’t have told me.’
[Still, obtaining even a single drop of the Immortal Maiden Corpse’s Soul Origin won’t be easy.]
[Does this silly girl really not realize that the leaders from the Grand Dao Immortal Sect, Incense Burning Immortal Valley, and the Four Extremes Holy Land of the Northern Region are anything but simple?]
[Those three leaders are all King Realm experts. Although they used a supreme-grade earth-grade pill, the Reverse Cultivation Pill, to forcibly suppress their cultivation to the Nascent Soul Realm, they still possess the strength of perfected late-stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.]
[Even without considering the methods and hidden trump cards of King Realm experts, you’re no match for them in terms of cultivation alone.]
‘What? King Realm?’
Shock flashed across Mu Qiuxue’s face.
‘King Realm experts can actually enter this place?’
[I’d better enjoy the gossip first.]
[There’s going to be a good show very soon.]
[Hehe.]
‘A good show?’
Mu Qiuxue’s eyes gleamed sharply. ‘Does that mean something unexpected is about to happen? If something goes wrong, that means there’ll be an opportunity.’
Not a single word of Li Qing’s inner thoughts escaped Saintess Yinyue’s ears either.
‘King Realm.’
Saintess Yinyue quietly retreated. Spiritual light swept around her body, and in the next instant, she appeared beside Li Qing.
“Fellow Daoist Li, we meet again.” Saintess Yinyue gave Li Qing a radiant smile, her beauty breathtaking beyond description.
[Damn, Saintess Yinyue is really beautiful when she smiles.]
[If I could marry her and make her my wife, wouldn’t that be wonderful?]
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‘Marry me… and make me his wife?’
Hearing his inner thoughts, Saintess Yinyue’s beautiful face immediately became tinged with a rosy blush.
[Huh? Why is Saintess Yinyue blushing? She looks even more captivating like this.]
[That face, that figure, those curves, and those long legs… Gu Beichen, that bastard, really got lucky.]
‘Fellow Daoist Li really is… really is…’
The blush on Saintess Yinyue’s face deepened. Strangely, however, she did not feel disgusted at all. If anyone else had dared to think such shameless things about her, she would have slapped them to death long ago.
“Senior… Brother.” Mu Qiuxue lightly bit her pearly teeth as she stared at Li Qing, a faint trace of killing intent appearing in her beautiful eyes.
‘He’s praising another woman’s beauty right in front of me. Is he pretending I don’t exist?’
‘Yinyue is beautiful, but am I, Mu Qiuxue, not beautiful?’
‘How am I inferior to her in any way?’
“Pfft.”
Saintess Yinyue could no longer hold back and burst into laughter.
Only she knew the truth.
Mu Qiuxue was jealous.
For some strange reason, knowing that gave Saintess Yinyue an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.
“Hmph.” Mu Qiuxue turned her gaze toward Saintess Yinyue and snorted softly.
[Still, female leads absolutely cannot be touched. Female leads mean endless trouble. They’re practically magnets for hatred.]
[They’re basically walking nuclear bombs. Who knows when one of them might suddenly explode?]
[It’s better to stay far away from them.]
[Besides, there are countless beautiful fairies in this world apart from the female leads. Every one of them is breathtakingly beautiful. Those are the women suitable to become my, Old Li’s, wives, and there’d be no risk involved.]
[For example, there’s the proprietress behind the Heavenly Immortal Tower. Although the book only mentioned her briefly, she’s still an unparalleled beauty. She might be worth pursuing.]
‘Female leads?’
‘Is he talking about us?’
‘Are we really that frightening?’
The expressions of Mu Qiuxue and Saintess Yinyue darkened simultaneously.
Naturally, the sight of Li Qing surrounded by the two women also fell into Gu Beichen’s eyes. His eyes practically spewed fire as he stared fixedly at Li Qing.
However, he did not recklessly attack.
His objective was the Immortal Maiden Corpse. Until he obtained what he wanted, he would endure.
“Everyone, the bronze hall is protected by a restriction. How about we join forces to break it?”
At that moment, a voice as clear and pleasant as silver bells echoed through the void. Among the cultivators from Incense Burning Immortal Valley, a white-robed woman who appeared to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old stepped gracefully forward and arrived before the bronze hall.
“Very well. We agree with Fairy Luo’s proposal.”
The leaders of the Grand Dao Immortal Sect and the Four Extremes Holy Land of the Northern Region both voiced their agreement. Get faster updates on g.com.
[Here it comes. It’s finally about to begin.]
Li Qing’s eyes immediately lit up.
Buzz!
Several immense pillars of spiritual light soared into the sky before violently bombarding the entrance of the bronze hall.
Boom!
The transparent restriction shattered under their combined assault.
However, the instant Fairy Luo withdrew her power, the four female personal disciples standing behind her suddenly drew their swords.
Four swords struck simultaneously.
The blades pierced straight through Fairy Luo’s heart and emerged from the other side.
The sudden betrayal left Fairy Luo completely stunned.
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“You four… what are you doing?” Disbelief filled Fairy Luo’s eyes.
She had always treated these four personal disciples as though they were her own daughters. She simply could not understand why they would betray her.
“Master, don’t blame us. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being too selfish,” the eldest disciple, Ling Shuang, said coldly.
“At least let me understand why I must die.” Luo Qiongyan felt as though a knife were twisting through her heart.
“You refused to marry, and that would’ve been fine, but you even forbade the four of us from marrying. You clearly knew that all four of us had men we loved, yet you forced us to sever all ties with them.” The second disciple, Tang Ling’er, spoke with frost covering her beautiful face. “Master, tell me yourself. Don’t you deserve to die?”
“Just because of that, you dare to kill your own master?” Luo Qiongyan stared at them in utter disbelief.
“Luo Qiongyan, stop pretending!” The third disciple, Wan Furong, spoke in an icy voice. “You killed the men we loved several days ago, didn’t you? You were truly ruthless enough to murder them without mercy. You deserve to die!”
“I didn’t.” Tears welled in Luo Qiongyan’s eyes as she shook her head.
“You still dare deny it?” The fourth disciple, Mo Qin, said coldly. “They were all poisoned with Green Lotus Core. Other than you, who else in this world uses it?”
The scene shocked many of the nearby cultivators.
Killing one’s own master was something the cultivation world could never tolerate. These four women were truly ruthless.
[Tsk, tsk. What a wonderful drama of love and hatred. What a spectacular show of disciples killing their master.]
[Still, you four really have wronged Luo Qiongyan. She wasn’t the one who killed your lovers.]
[The murderer was actually the leader from the Grand Dao Immortal Sect.]
[With the cultivation of you four, how could you possibly distinguish genuine Green Lotus Core from a fake?]
[You’re nothing more than pawns.]
[But do you four really think this is enough to kill Luo Qiongyan?]
[How naive.]
[The secrets hidden within her are far greater than you can imagine.]
“Who’s speaking?”
Luo Qiongyan abruptly turned her head, and her gaze instantly locked onto Li Qing.