190: Chapter 190: A Powerful Enemy Attacks

Inside Leng Youyue's body, that tightly closed door suddenly swung wide open!

Boundless Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi frantically surged inside, condensing and compressing within her Dantian!

A palm-sized phantom of a baby slowly emerged. Its features were identical to Leng Youyue's, curled into a ball as if sleeping inside a mother's womb!

Lin Zhirou followed close behind, a crystal-clear baby phantom similarly emerging within her Dantian!

The embryo of the Nascent Soul had formed!

Inside the Immortal Cave, two golden pillars of light shot up into the sky!

The pillars of light were dazzling and bright, charging straight toward the dome of the Immortal Cave, but they were firmly blocked by the concealing power of the creation cauldron, unable to leak out in the slightest! Everything remained within the Immortal Cave!

Within the pillars of light, two crystal-clear babies slowly rose into the air, spreading their arms as if embracing the entire world!

Nascent Soul Soul Emergence!

Leng Youyue and Lin Zhirou opened their eyes at the same time.

Their Aura had completely changed.

No longer Golden Core Peak, but... Nascent Soul!

The two looked down at their hands, feeling that unprecedented power within their bodies, their eyes turning red with emotion.

They had broken through.

They had truly broken through.

"Thank you," Leng Youyue said softly, her voice choking slightly.

Lin Zhirou pounced directly over and planted a hard kiss on Xiao Yuan's face. "Thanks!"

Caught off guard by the kiss, Xiao Yuan touched the lipstick mark on his face and smiled. "You're welcome, Junior Martial Uncle."

Leng Youyue also leaned over and softly kissed his other cheek. The gesture was as light and gentle as a feather brushing past, yet more seductive than anything else.

"From now on, please give me your guidance," she said, her face blushing red.

Surrounded by the two newly ascended Nascent Soul Junior Martial Uncles, Xiao Yuan was bubbling with joy inside, though he maintained a serious expression on his face. "You two Junior Martial Uncles have just had a Breakthrough, so your Foundation is not yet stable. You need to stabilize it further."

Lin Zhirou raised an eyebrow. "How do we stabilize it?"

Xiao Yuan smiled playfully. "Naturally, it's..."

Lin Zhirou smacked his shoulder and teased with a smile, "Give you an inch and you take a mile!"

Leng Youyue lowered her head with a secret smile, offering no objection. They naturally knew what Xiao Yuan was referring to.

However, for them, it was actually something they looked forward to!

For the next half month, Xiao Yuan continued to stay in Leng Youyue's Immortal Cave, "helping the two Junior Martial Uncles stabilize their cultivation."

The two women's Realms stabilized bit by bit, their Aura becoming increasingly steady, and their control over their power grew more and more proficient.

Xiao Yuan also gained a lot.

The Dual Cultivation energy from the two Nascent Soul Junior Martial Uncles pushed the refining of the creation cauldron's Restriction forward by a chunk. Although it was still far from the second layer, it was at least a start.

The progress of his Ancestral Witch Body Refining Technique also rose to 32%, and his Physical Body's strength stepped up to a new level.

Moreover, most importantly, his Witch Clan Bloodline reached fifty percent activation.

Engaging in Dual Cultivation with two Nascent Soul Cultivators at the same time yielded feedback that unexpectedly increased by nearly half!

In other words, his progress towards the Major Achievement of the Ancestral Witch Body Refining Technique could reach at least 50%, allowing him to create a fourth or even a fifth Cultivation Technique of his own!

However, Xiao Yuan did not return to his Immortal Cave for the time being. He wanted to push the progress of his Ancestral Witch Body Refining Technique's Major Achievement stage to 50% before returning to his Immortal Cave to create new Cultivation Techniques!

On this day, the three were Cultivating inside the Immortal Cave.

Suddenly...

Dong! Dong! Dong!

Heavy bell tolls echoed throughout the entire Jade Maiden Palace!

The ringing was urgent and dense, carrying a chilling Aura of slaughter, completely different from the usual bell sounds!

Leng Youyue's face changed. "The Enemy-Repelling Bell!"

Lin Zhirou stood up abruptly. "An enemy attack!"

Xiao Yuan also stood up, his face solemn.

The tolling of the Enemy-Repelling Bell meant a formidable enemy was attacking the Jade Maiden Palace.

What was bound to come had finally arrived.

He and the two women, Leng Youyue and Lin Zhirou, appeared outside the Immortal Cave.

In the sky above Dan Peak, Xiao Yuan looked up at the sky-blotting array of flying vessels, his brow furrowing tighter and tighter.

Over fifty flying vessels: the largest three were fully a hundred zhang long, pitch-black all over, their hulls carved with ferocious runes that exuded a suffocating pressure.

Over thirty medium-sized flying vessels of thirty zhang, along with more than a dozen small vessels of around ten zhang, were densely arrayed all around like a pack of wolves surrounding their prey.

Standing densely packed on the flying vessels were countless Cultivators.

Four Nascent Souls!

The man in the lead wore a blood-red robe, his face sinister, blood fog surging around him, and his Aura so terrifying it was suffocating... Nascent Soul Peak!

This person should be the Grand Elder of the Yinluo Sect, Old Ancestor Xueli!

Standing behind him were three other Nascent Souls... one Nascent Soul Middle Stage, and two Early Nascent Soul stage.

Nearly thirty Golden Cores, nearly two hundred Foundation Establishments, and nearly a thousand Qi Refiners.

This lineup, placed anywhere in the Northern Territory, would be enough to destroy a medium-sized Sect.

But the Jade Maiden Palace was not a medium-sized Sect.

Xiao Yuan quickly calculated the strength of both sides!

On the surface, the Jade Maiden Palace had six Nascent Soul Old Ancestors, and adding the recently ascended Peak Master Yun Ruowei and Yun Qingwan, that made eight.

Over fifty Golden Core Elders, several hundred Foundation Establishment Disciples, and thousands of Qi Refining Disciples.

In numbers alone, they outnumbered the invading enemies several times over.

"Something's wrong," he whispered.

Leng Youyue stood beside him, also deeply frowning. "The Yinluo Sect only brought these few people, how dare they attack?"

Lin Zhirou also noticed the anomaly. "Have they gone mad?"

Xiao Yuan shook his head, sweeping his gaze toward the Main Peak.

There, Patriarch Qinghe and Patriarch Qinglian had already flown into the air, heading toward the largest flying vessel.

The two Old Ancestors stood in midair, their white robes fluttering, confronting the four Nascent Souls opposite them from a distance.

But there were only the two of them.

The other four Nascent Soul Old Ancestors of the Jade Maiden Palace... Fire Peak's Zhao Quanzhen, Artifact Peak's Grand Ancestor Tie Wuji, Talisman Peak's Grand Ancestor Zhou Yanzhen, and Wood Peak's Grand Ancestor Liu Xuanyin... unexpectedly, not a single one had appeared.

Xiao Yuan's pupils contracted slightly.

On the other side, near the Main Peak of Dan Peak, Peak Master Yun Ruowei and Yun Qingwan clearly noticed something amiss as well; their expressions shifted, shock and rage flashing in their eyes.

With a major enemy at the door, those four had actually failed to show up, clearly intending to sit back and watch the Jade Maiden Palace be besieged!

But they didn't hesitate; with a flicker of their bodies, they flew into the air and stood behind Patriarch Qinghe and Patriarch Qinglian.

Four Nascent Souls facing the four Nascent Souls opposite them.

The numbers were equal, but Patriarch Qinghe was at the Nascent Soul Late Stage, while the opposing Old Ancestor Xueli was at the Nascent Soul Peak, leaving a significant gap.

The Golden Core Elders of the Jade Maiden Palace also leaped into midair one after another, over fifty people lining up with a majestic Aura. But as Xiao Yuan's eyes swept across the crowd, his brows furrowed even tighter.

Sun Rui was not there. Elder Chen Mo was not there.

With the Sect facing a formidable enemy, these two old bastards, as Golden Core Elders, had actually hidden away.

"Heh." Xiao Yuan let out a cold sneer, understanding instantly. They likely had ulterior motives!

Leng Youyue and Lin Zhirou noticed it as well, exchanging a glance, both seeing the anger in each other's eyes.

"Junior Martial Uncles," Xiao Yuan whispered, "don't go up there yet."

Leng Youyue froze. "Why?"

"Someone wants to fish in troubled waters." Xiao Yuan's eyes turned slightly cold. "You are newly ascended Nascent Souls; few people know about it. Hide yourselves first and strike at the critical moment. Also..."

He looked toward Dan Peak, where those four "Old Ancestors" had yet to show their faces. "I suspect that the Yinluo Sect being able to attack right up to our doorstep is inextricably linked to those four."

Leng Youyue and Lin Zhirou's expressions changed, but they quickly nodded. Restraining their Aura, the two retreated into the crowd, blending in like a drop of water into the ocean, no longer noticeable.

Xiao Yuan then looked at the six women who had unknowingly arrived by his side. "You girls be careful too, don't wander too far from me."

The six women had broken through to the Golden Core Stage, but worried about Xiao Yuan's safety, they had rushed over here at the very first moment instead of charging forward!

Hearing his words, the six women nodded and stood silently beside him.