60: Chapter 60 Intervening in Injustice, Encountering the Holy Maiden

The caravan had been traveling for about seven or eight days.

They had long since left the familiar Kumu Region and entered a desolate, rolling mountain range that was rarely visited by humans.

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here was clearly several times denser than in Luoyun Town.

On both sides of the road, one could often see century-old medicinal herbs that would be considered rare in the Kumu Region, yet here, they grew as casually as weeds.

The Gu Family's caravan, in this desolate mountain range, was like a tiny, isolated army.

That evening, the caravan was preparing to find an open area to set up camp.

Gu Yan, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them!

His spiritual sense, which far exceeded that of ordinary people, keenly captured a series of extremely violent... Spiritual Qi fluctuations coming from deep within a valley several miles ahead!

The intensity of these fluctuations was far beyond anything comparable to the petty squabbles of Qi Refining Early or Middle Stage Cultivators in Luoyun Town!

Among them, there were even a few Auras that had already reached the Qi Refining Late Stage Realm!

"Stop!"

Gu Yan gave a low shout.

The entire caravan, disciplined and obedient, stopped instantly.

"Set up camp here. Without my order, no one is to act rashly," Gu Yan instructed the captain of the guard outside the carriage in a deep voice.

"Yes, Old Ancestor!"

Gu Yan did not say anything more.

He cast a reassuring glance at his wife and children inside the carriage, then his figure flickered, and like a ghost, he disappeared from the spot without a sound.

His movement technique was no longer what it used to be.

The thick True Qi of his Qi Refining Stage 9 Great Perfection supported him as he maneuvered through the rugged mountains and forests, fast as a galloping horse, yet landing without a sound, like the lightest civet cat.

In just a few moments, he had stealthily reached the edge of the valley where the sounds of fighting were coming from.

He restrained his Aura, pushed aside the dense bushes in front of him, and looked into the valley.

He saw that the center of the valley was in shambles.

Giant trees that would take several people to embrace had been severed at the waist.

The hard rocks were covered in spiderweb-like cracks and bottomless pits.

Clearly, a battle between high-level Cultivators had just taken place here!

And in the center of the battlefield, a pursuit was unfolding.

A woman dressed in white, whiter than snow, with a noble temperament and beauty that seemed not of this mortal world, was being surrounded by five Cultivators dressed in uniform black clothing, their Auras fierce.

In the woman's hand, she gripped a cyan-edged longsword as thin as a cicada's wing. The blade shimmered with flowing light; it was clearly an extraordinary Magical Artifact.

Her sword technique was cold and sharp; every swing of the sword carried a bone-chilling coldness.

However, she seemed to have already suffered serious injuries.

Her face was pale, devoid of any color, and a striking smear of bright red hung from the corner of her mouth.

The hand holding the sword was trembling slightly, and every time she parried, she was shaken back several steps, her delicate body swaying as if about to fall.

Gu Yan could judge her cultivation at a glance; she was definitely at the Qi Refining Stage 9 Great Perfection Realm! Or even... higher!

Because, even though she was at the end of her rope, the faint Aura emanating from her still made Gu Yan feel a trace of trepidation!

And the five men in black besieging her were no weaklings either!

The one with the lowest cultivation was at least Qi Refining Stage 7!

The leader, a burly Scar-faced Man with a face full of flesh, was even... at Qi Refining Stage 9!

"Hahaha! Leng Yuechan! How much longer are you going to struggle?"

The Scar-faced Man swung the thick-backed saber in his hand while laughing wildly.

"You've been hit by our Senior Brother's 'Bone-Eroding Powder'. Your True Qi has long been tainted. Can you even exert thirty percent of your ability now?"

"I advise you to just surrender obediently! Come with us brothers, and we guarantee you'll... live as happily as an immortal!"

"Bah! Shameless scoundrel!"

The woman in white, who was Leng Yuechan, gritted her silver teeth. Her phoenix eyes, which should have been as cold and clear as the moon, were now filled with endless humiliation and unwillingness.

Her sword moves became increasingly sharp, but also increasingly... lacking in follow-through.

She knew that she probably wouldn't be able to hold out until her Sect elders came to rescue her.

[Beep, beep, beep! High-energy warning! High-energy warning!]

Just as Gu Yan's heart was slightly moved by the woman in white's stunning beauty and desperate situation.

In his mind, the System's alarm, which had been silent for many days, began to blare frantically at an unprecedented, sharp frequency that was almost ear-piercing!

[Detected a 'Three-High' target character with super-high beauty, super-high Aptitude, and super-high Luck!]

[Scanning data... Warning! Scan failed! There is a high-level Restriction on the target character, unable to read detailed data!]

[System Rating: ??? (Exceeds the scanning limit of this System's newbie village and surrounding areas)!]

The System's voice was so excited that it was incoherent, filled with unprecedented fanaticism!

[Host! Host, did you hear that?! Holy crap!]

[This is a KPI dropped from the heavens! This is a walking, glowing, golden-smoke-emitting... ultimate SSR!]

[Take her! At all costs, take her!]

[As long as you can make her bear your offspring, never mind Earth-Grade! Earth-Grade... no! Even a Heaven-Grade Spiritual Root is possible!]

[Charge! Charge for me!]

Gu Yan was left speechless by the System's hysterical "pre-battle pep talk."

However, he also had to admit...

He was tempted.

It wasn't just because of the System's "seduction."

It was also because of the cold and arrogant temperament of the woman before him—dressed in white whiter than snow, trapped in a desperate situation, yet remaining stubborn and unyielding, like a cold plum blossom on the peak of a snowy mountain.

And... her heartbreaking, fragile beauty.

Inside the valley, the battle was nearing its end.

After a hard clash, Leng Yuechan could no longer suppress the injuries in her body. She spat out a mouthful of blood, and the cyan-edged longsword in her hand flew out of her grip with a "clang."

"Chance!"

Seeing this, the Scar-faced Man's eyes blazed with lecherous light!

He gave a sinister laugh, dropped his saber, spread his fan-like hands, and lunged toward Leng Yuechan's chest, who now had no power to resist!

A look of determination flashed in Leng Yuechan's eyes.

She would rather self-destruct her Meridians than suffer this humiliation!

The True Qi in her body began to circulate in reverse!

However, it was already too late.

The Scar-faced Man's hand was already within reach.

Everything seemed to be a foregone conclusion.

Just at this critical moment.

A calm, yet slightly playful voice rang out, without warning, at the entrance of the valley.

"A few grown men, banding together to bully a severely injured, weak woman."

"This... isn't very good, is it?"