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Everything is as you expected.

A quarter of an hour later, Fang Chen, along with a team of guards and the two Martial Arts Academy students, silently climbed over the courtyard wall.

The lights in your room had long been extinguished, and only Liu Ruyan's room in the entire mansion was still lit, so they easily found their target.

Fang Chen rubbed his hands as he walked to the door, a confident smile on his face, eagerly reaching out to push the door open.

Suddenly—

"Boom!"

An invisible immense force erupted from within the door like a raging tide!

Fang Chen flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing through three walls in succession—

"Pfft—"

He spat out a large mouthful of blood, mixed with fragments of internal organs. The excruciating pain made him curl up into a shrimp-like shape, and he immediately fainted.

"Protect Young Master!"

The guards drew their swords in horror, their gleaming blades uniformly pointing at the door.

The Formation inside the room suddenly dissipated, and your Divine Sense finally clearly "saw" inside the room—

Liu Ruyan coughed up a mouthful of purple blood, her face instantly turning as pale as paper.

She quickly swallowed a "Spring Rejuvenation Pill," and after a trace of color returned to her face, she violently pushed open the door.

Her icy gaze swept over the shivering crowd in the courtyard, finally settling on your direction.

"A good scheme," her voice pierced your ears like an ice shard. "To be able to erase this Venerable One's Slave Contract... what exactly are you hiding?"

Inside the dim room, a glint flashed in your eyes, the corner of your mouth slightly curved, and you slowly rose and walked towards her courtyard.

You no longer feared her at this moment—even with Fang Chen's rudeness, she failed to kill him, clearly indicating that the poison had spread throughout her body.

You had already studied this poison: it would erode Meridians, corrode the Dao foundation, instantly killing those of the same realm, and causing cultivators of higher realms to have their magical power dissipate and cultivation gradually diminish.

If paired with a powerful Divine Ability Cultivation Technique cultivated to Major Achievement, it could even erode Laws and cripple Divine Abilities!

Therefore, you concluded that Liu Ruyan's strike just now was her last effort.

Upon reaching the courtyard, you ignored the guards and calmly looked at Liu Ruyan: "Liu Ruyan, you're in my hands again."

Your appearance bewildered the guards, but they all sensed that this matter was not simple and tacitly took a step back in unison.

You calmly swept your gaze over them, raised your hand, and a true essence blade cut a crescent arc of light in the night sky—

Fang Chen's and everyone else's heads rolled to the ground, their eyes wide open in death.

Then you looked at Liu Ruyan, simultaneously probing her repeatedly with your Divine Sense, confirming that she was already like a cripple.

Liu Ruyan wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and smiled faintly: "Good methods."

Her forceful strike just now had caused the poison to completely invade all her Meridians, even paralyzing her Nascent Soul.

After confirming she was powerless to resist, you unhesitatingly raised your hand and summoned your long sword—it was the immortal slaying sword.

As the immortal slaying sword appeared, the entire courtyard was instantly enveloped in a vast killing intent, sending shivers down one's spine.

"To die by my immortal slaying sword can be considered your good fortune."

With that, you waved your hand, and the immortal slaying sword transformed into a dazzling stream of light, instantly shooting towards her.

Her face changed drastically: "You can't kill..."

Before she could finish, the immortal slaying sword had already slashed across her neck, and blood spurted—

With a "bang," the corpse fell to the ground.

You did not stop, but swung your sword to pierce through her paralyzed Nascent Soul.

Afterward, you conjured a ball of alchemical fire, incinerating her and the other corpses in the courtyard.

Under the moonlight, the flames crackled, and the other corpses quickly turned to ashes, but only Liu Ruyan's corpse continued to burn.

You couldn't help but sigh: As expected of a Nascent Soul Cultivator's Physical Body, even in death, it was not easy to burn away all its energy.

Gazing at the qiankun ring on her blackened finger in the fire, you did not touch it, nor did you dare to take it—

After multiple simulations, you were both terrified and impressed by the various bizarre methods of the cultivation world.

You guessed that her qiankun ring must have a tracking Restriction, otherwise you wouldn't have died mysteriously after killing her in the last simulation.

You then remembered—Eunuch Xiang also needed to be dealt with, so you spread your Divine Sense and instantly locked onto his location.

You soared into the air, flying directly towards the imperial palace.

In the blink of an eye, you landed in Eunuch Xiang's courtyard; his face instantly changed when he saw you approaching with the immortal slaying sword.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, what is your intention coming here with a sword in the dead of night? Are you not afraid of the Master's wrath?" He forced himself to remain calm as he looked at you.

You observed his reaction, and a thought flashed through your mind—Eunuch Xiang had not been imprinted with a Slave Contract, otherwise he would have already sensed Liu Ruyan's death.

Why wasn't he imprinted with a Slave Contract?

Although puzzled, you did not delve deeper.

You said no more, raised your hand, and the immortal slaying sword transformed into a stream of light, shooting directly towards him.

Eunuch Xiang was greatly alarmed, hastily circulating his movement technique to evade, while simultaneously summoning his defensive Spiritual Artifact, the "Profound Spirit Shield," and condensing a shield with vast true essence.

But the immortal slaying sword was as fast as lightning, and with his cultivation, he had no way to dodge it—

"Clang!"

With a crisp sound, the Magic Treasure immortal slaying sword instantly shattered the Spiritual Artifact Profound Spirit Shield, then pierced through the true essence shield, firmly pinning him to the wall.

Eunuch Xiang's eyes were bloodshot, and he cursed furiously: "You dog thief! The Master will never let you go! I'll wait for you on the Yellow Springs Road, hahahaha..."

You smiled faintly, raised your hand slightly, and the immortal slaying sword suddenly rotated, completely shredding his body.

Then you conjured a ball of alchemical fire, destroying the corpse and erasing all traces.

Looking at the qiankun bag left on the ground, you hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not pick it up—you were well aware of the principle that men die for wealth, and birds die for food.

Besides, you had many ways to acquire treasures, and there was no need to covet something belonging to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator—most importantly, your plan this time was to survive and improve your strength.

After the deed was done, you unhesitatingly looked up at the sky—

Beneath the myriad stars, behind a thick layer of clouds, was precisely the grotto-heaven magical treasure, the qingming mirror.

You took out the cyan identity jade token, tied it to your waist, and suddenly soared into the air, flying towards the qingming mirror in the firmament.

A moment later, you stood on the cold back of the qingming mirror, looking at the pervasive mist before you, feeling a faint sense of unease in your heart.

But you didn't think much of it, and stepped forward—

However, the next second, your heart tightened.

You found that the moment you stepped into the mist, you were pushed back by an invisible immense force.

"Can't get out?"

Your mind instantly became a mess, and your scalp tingled.

You checked the cyan identity jade token at your waist, finding no abnormalities.

"The jade token is fine... where did it go wrong?!"

You forced yourself to remain calm and spread your Divine Sense to probe the situation within the mist.

Suddenly, you discovered countless mysterious runes emerging in the mist, forming a special Restriction.

It was this Restriction that blocked your path.

"Why did this Restriction suddenly appear? What happened?" Cold sweat beaded on your forehead.