Destined to be enemies

Three Saints Sect, Chenyang Peak.

After conveying Su Ming's message, Uncle Meng immediately returned to report.

"Young Lord, that fellow Li Jianping surely won't be able to play any more tricks now."

"If he dares to play tricks, I don't mind directly tearing down the Three Saints Sect."

Luo Ningshuang, who was refining pills nearby, couldn't help but feel curious upon hearing this.

Clearly, Su Ming grew up in this Three Saints Sect, yet judging from his conversation with Uncle Meng...

They didn't seem to have even a shred of a sense of belonging to the Three Saints Sect.

Looking at Su Ming, Luo Ningshuang suddenly realized how similar the two of them were.

The natural phenomena that accompanied her birth and the Innate Dao Pattern engraved on her forehead were seen as purely ominous omens by her biological parents.

Since she was a female infant, the couple made a decision—to leave Luo Ningshuang to fend for herself.

If an Elder from Jixia Academy hadn't happened to be out and followed the natural phenomena to find her, she would have likely died in the wilderness long ago.

From the time she truly remembered things, Luo Ningshuang began to Cultivate, indifferent to worldly affairs.

If not for the Jade Pool Empress, it might have taken her a long time to understand the dangers of this world.

They were both existences that were out of place in their respective environments.

At this thought, she finally began to feel a bit curious about Su Ming.

[Luo Ningshuang has developed a favorable impression of the Host, gaining 5,000 destiny points]

The System prompt that popped up instantly left Su Ming bewildered.

Since Luo Ningshuang came here, he had barely communicated with her. How did she suddenly develop a favorable impression of him for no reason?

Could this kind of self-persuasion really happen to Luo Ningshuang?

With a slightly strange expression, Su Ming looked at Luo Ningshuang.

Luo Ningshuang also found Su Ming's sudden gaze strange, and the two of them stared at each other for a moment.

"Does... Young Master Su have something he wants to ask me?" Unable to help herself, Luo Ningshuang spoke first.

"Just call me Su Ming. I just wanted to ask if you're getting used to living here."

"It's much better than when I was at Jixia Academy. I am very satisfied."

After their brief exchange, the two had no further interaction.

Uncle Meng, who saw all of this, grew anxious again.

Can't you two say a few more words? Those who know would know you have an engagement, but those who don't would think you're a subordinate and a superior.

But from a certain perspective, these two were quite a match; you couldn't say they were a match made in heaven, but rather a shockingly well-matched pair.

At this rate, when will the Old Master be able to hold a Little Young Lord?

Just as Uncle Meng was about to hint at Su Ming to take the initiative, the latter spoke first: "Uncle Meng, is there a result for the matter you investigated earlier?"

Since Su Ming had already started talking about business, Uncle Meng naturally set aside his thoughts of playing matchmaker.

"I pried a bit out. That fellow named Bai Lang said it was Li Jianping who instructed him to deliberately ignore you while guarding the Three Saints Pool, so that you could take the three saints golden lotus."

"Very good." Su Ming nodded in satisfaction.

It was just as he thought; Li Jianping had intentionally let him in so he could seize the opportunity to obtain more resources from Uncle Meng.

Thinking about how the resources his parents left with Uncle Meng had been swindled by the Three Saints Sect through various means, Su Ming felt a surge of anger.

This time, he would definitely strip the Three Saints Secret Realm bare.

"By the way, Uncle Meng, after this Three Saints Secret Realm ends, I will enter seclusion for a period of time. During that time, I'll have to trouble you with Chenyang Peak."

The heaven-reaching pagoda was a trial left by his parents, so Su Ming had to go no matter what.

With the resources from the Three Saints Secret Realm and the 'chaos spirit transformation bottle', breaking through to the Fifth Layer of Longevity Realm would definitely not be a problem.

Once he reached this Realm, Su Ming might be able to compete with a First Layer of Nirvana Realm Cultivator in terms of power.

But he wouldn't be able to match them in other aspects.

After all, the Nirvana Realm symbolized complete control over Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

"Please rest assured, Young Lord. This old servant will surely guarantee the safety of Chenyang Peak."

Su Ming nodded and then turned to return to his room.

Immediately after, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi began to continuously surge toward his room, a situation that even began to affect other peaks.

The plundering of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power was a fatal crisis for Alchemy. Noticing this, Uncle Meng immediately went near the 'xuan yang li fire cauldron'.

However, upon getting closer, he discovered that the Spiritual Qi inside the Pill Furnace showed no signs of being plundered, which showed how skilled Luo Ningshuang was at controlling Spiritual Qi as an Alchemist.

By the time Uncle Meng reached Luo Ningshuang's side, she had already finished refining this batch of qi condensing pills and was busy shaping the Medicinal Pills.

"Senior, what were you and Su... Su Ming discussing just now? Could you let me know?"

Uncle Meng was about to refuse, but then he thought that since Su Ming hadn't avoided Luo Ningshuang at the start, there was no need for him to hide it, so he told her everything.

After hearing Uncle Meng's description, Luo Ningshuang found it unbelievable.

She truly couldn't imagine that the Three Saints Sect's audacity had reached such a level.

Knowing full well that a Heavenly Dao Realm Expert stood behind Su Ming, they still dared to use various means to target him.

This was even more excessive than what Jixia Academy had done to her.

Su Ming hadn't experienced a loss of talent or a regression in cultivation; what right did the Three Saints Sect have to treat him like this?

From Liu Yueru's behavior toward her and Li Jianping's attitude toward Su Ming, Luo Ningshuang's rose-tinted glasses regarding these top Sect leaders were completely shattered.

Earlier, when she heard the conversation between Su Ming and Li Jianping, she thought the latter was a decent person. Looking back now, it was clearly a form of testing.

After learning part of Su Ming's past, Luo Ningshuang became increasingly curious about her fiancé.

However, as luck would have it, the Jade Pool Empress, who had been Sealed for many days, suddenly emerged again.

"You absolutely cannot be with him! You and he are destined to walk opposite paths; he is your natural enemy!"

This was thanks to Su Ming not withholding any of the resources he promised Luo Ningshuang, allowing her to further shorten the time for the Jade Pool Empress's remnant soul to recover.

"Ningshuang, I'm begging you, okay? Leave this place quickly. We'll find a place to hide, and in three years, I'll make you soar to the sky and become a peerless expert in this world. I can even let you have a place in the Outer Void."

However, upon hearing these words, Luo Ningshuang's disgust for the Jade Pool Empress grew a bit more.

She had heard similar words from Liu Yueru long ago.

"As long as you concentrate on your Cultivation, my position will surely be yours in the future..."

That was what Liu Yueru had told her back then, but what was the truth?

After she was screwed over by the Jade Pool Empress, Liu Yueru directly abandoned her.

But everything has a reason. Liu Yueru abandoned her because she had lost that high-profile talent and that halo known as being a Genius.

If that was the case, what was the Jade Pool Empress's reason for wanting her to leave Su Ming's side?

"Jade Pool Empress, tell me why. Why must I leave Su Ming's side? Give me a reason!"