99: Qin Manyang

“Just passing by? Weren’t you quite happy just now?” Xu Sanyan picked up the silver hairpin from the ground, put it into his embrace, and slowly walked towards her.

The young girl was pressured by his Aura and couldn’t help but retreat, her face full of panic, “I… I…”

Crystal tears welled up in the young girl’s eyes, her gaze inadvertently sweeping over the silver hairpin, a hint of something unusual flashing in her eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

Xu Sanyan was soft-hearted and couldn’t stand to see women cry, so he said gently, “Don’t be afraid, I’m not a bad person.”

Although he had killed countless people, committed murder for wealth, was brutal and ruthless, and had no bottom line, he believed he was not a bad person.

Xu Sanyan looked at the huge bell and said softly, “Alright, now you just need to give me a reason not to kill you. If I’m satisfied, you can leave.”

The young girl pursed her lips tightly, her face full of timidity, a pitiful sight that made one’s heart soften.

“What do you want? I… I can buy my life. I’m very rich.” Saying this, the young girl nervously pulled out a cloth pouch from her embrace and poured out dozens of Spirit Stones all at once.

The young girl held the Spirit Stones in both hands and pleaded, “Don’t kill me, these Spirit Stones are all yours.”

Xu Sanyan shook his head, “Foolish, if I kill you, these things will still be mine.”

The young girl was momentarily speechless. After much thought, she felt what he said made sense, so after a moment of hesitation, she said again, “I can give you a great Opportunity.”

“Oh?” Xu Sanyan became interested, “Elaborate.”

The young girl hesitated slightly, then finally put on a helpless expression, gritting her teeth, “There is an Opportunity in Qiyang Mountain.”

Xu Sanyan licked his lips, his eyes suddenly turning fierce, wanting to put psychological pressure on her, “How do you know?”

The young girl was neither afraid nor in a hurry to answer. With a flick of her finger, the large bell flew up, slowly shrinking and falling into her hand, revealing the scar-covered Blood Fiend beneath.

Xu Sanyan glanced at the Blood Fiend, and a layer of dark ink appeared on his back, absorbing it.

Now, the Blood Fiend and Fiend were gradually unable to keep up with him. The Blood Fiend’s strength barely corresponded to a Cultivator who had just entered Foundation Establishment, and was even slightly inferior.

The Fiend’s strength was between Heaven and Man Perfection and Foundation Establishment. They were not of much help to Xu Sanyan, and he wouldn’t feel pained if they were damaged.

The young girl said, “Think about it, that ghost just now was merely a Mortal before her death, she didn’t understand cultivation. Even if she lived longer, how could she fight on par with someone at your Foundation Establishment Completion?”

The young girl’s emotions shifted extremely quickly; just a moment ago she was teary-eyed, and now she looked at Xu Sanyan with a smug expression, her long eyelashes blinking, seemingly very proud of her intelligence.

Xu Sanyan narrowed his eyes, motioning for her to continue.

He had also considered this question; if it were an ordinary Mortal, even if she turned into a vengeful ghost, she wouldn’t have so many methods.

“Moreover, I found in ancient texts that in ancient times, there was a Sect on Qiyang Mountain called the “Four Venerables Seeking Immortality Sect”. It was a Demonic Path Sect, renowned for refining souls and ghosts, and their specialty was the art of ghost refining.”

“According to records, they later gathered the strength of the entire Sect to refine a ghost god, and then failed to control it, allowing the ghost god to break free…”

The young girl shrugged, her eyes full of amusement, seemingly finding it very interesting, “They played with fire and burned themselves out. They destroyed themselves. I thought at the time, how could there be such a stupid Sect in the world, hahahaha… it killed me.”

Xu Sanyan felt that her mental state seemed to have some issues, crying one moment and laughing the next.

“So… you didn’t just stumble in here by mistake? Your goal is Qiyang Mountain?”

“Of course.”

The young girl showed a look of disdain, “This broken place is desolate, and the Spiritual Qi is barren. Who would come here for no reason?”

Xu Sanyan suddenly felt unable to fathom the young girl’s background, and didn’t dare to act rashly, so with a thought, he reverted to his true form.

Maintaining the Dao body also consumed a considerable amount of magical power.

The young girl stared unblinkingly at Xu Sanyan’s lower body, a blush slowly creeping onto her face, and she mumbled, “N-n-n-ngh…”

Xu Sanyan condensed his Dao body, tearing his clothes. Before, with the blood mist covering him, nothing was visible, but now that the blood mist had dissipated, his entire body was exposed.

The young girl pouted her lips, covering her eyes with her hands, then after a slight hesitation, she peeked through a small gap between her fingers, staring intently at him without speaking.

“Did you bring clothes?” Xu Sanyan asked.

The young girl jolted, denying loudly, “I didn’t look, I didn’t look… Oh, oh, I did, I did.”

Only then did she realize Xu Sanyan was asking if she had brought clothes, not if she looked good.

The young girl took out a red long dress from her cloth bag; it was clear she had a special fondness for red.

Xu Sanyan took it, thought for a moment, and wrapped the clothes around his waist, covering the crucial parts. He couldn’t wear the dress, so this was his only option.

The young girl sighed lightly with a hint of regret, lowered her hands, and her gaze shifted back to Xu Sanyan’s muscular physique, swallowing softly.

This was the first time Xu Sanyan felt somewhat uncomfortable being stared at; the young girl’s gaze was simply too blatant.

“Is this a Storage Pouch?” Xu Sanyan asked, pointing at the young girl’s cloth bag. It was the first time he had seen such a thing.

“Uh, kind of. This thing is made from the stomach of a grass-worm beast, combined with a Formation. Let me tell you, a grass-worm beast can eat more than twice its weight in food in one meal, and then go half a year without eating. It’s really amazing.” The young girl waved the cloth pouch, showing off.

Xu Sanyan curled his lip. Who asked you about grass-worm beasts?

He was now certain that this young girl definitely had some mental issues.

“What’s your name?”

Xu Sanyan stepped forward and picked up the red jacket Cisheng had left behind. After Cisheng’s death, this item returned to its original size, but there was a hole in the middle.

“I didn’t call out.” The young girl stared unblinkingly at Xu Sanyan’s backside.

“I asked your name.”

“Oh, oh, Qin Manyang.” The young girl said, her gaze still not moving away.

Xu Sanyan turned back and frowned, “Why are you always staring at my butt?”

“Because you’re blocking the front!” Qin Manyang blurted out.

Xu Sanyan now couldn’t tell if she was truly ill or just feigning madness.

Most importantly, he couldn’t ascertain her cultivation level now.

Earlier, when she was entangled with the Fiend, her Qi was exposed, indicating a cultivation level of roughly early Foundation Establishment. Now, her Qi was stable, and Xu Sanyan found that…

He couldn’t sense her Qi anymore.

There were only two possibilities for this situation: first, she had a method or treasure to conceal her Qi.

Second, her cultivation was higher than his!

Xu Sanyan glanced at the dilapidated temple, then turned and walked out, “I have things to do. If you want to seek treasure, go by yourself.”

He didn’t plan to get further involved with this woman. He looked up at the direction and strode away.

After Cisheng’s death, this Ghost Domain dissipated, and he could enter and exit freely.

Qin Manyang did not try to keep him. She watched Xu Sanyan’s departing back, then looked at the dilapidated temple gate, her eyes showing a moment of blankness before returning to normal. She murmured to herself,

“Seeking the Dao… Mystic Path Realm…”

“What is the Dao I need to walk?”

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