665: Chapter 665 Things Have Changed

[Your Divine Thought was not concealed, and Meaty in the Immortal Cave sensed it. With a flash of her figure, she appeared in the Haotian Sect Hall.]

[She looked at you expressionlessly, her eyes as calm as stagnant water.]

["Who are you? I don't know you."]

[Looking at her, barely over a meter tall, and seeing the light gone from her eyes, your nose stung.]

[At her age, she has endured everything she should never have had to.]

[In your memory, she should have been a naive, lively, and bubbly little girl.]

[But now...]

[Your eyes reddened as you looked up at the dome, silently muttering in your heart:]

["Remember: in the seventy-second year, the Tianyin Sect was destroyed. In the ninety-eighth year, the Heavenly Sword Sect was destroyed."]

[After a pause, you added in your heart:]

["I know what you are thinking. I promise you, I won't cause trouble before reaching the Mahayana Realm."]

[Meaty seemed to sense your emotional fluctuation and frowned: "Who are you? Do we know each other?"]

[You didn't speak, merely shifting your intent, causing your Spotless Sword Body to emit a hum.]

[Feeling this Sword Intent, she widened her eyes abruptly and looked at you seriously.]

[Her mouth opened, but she quickly returned to her original state, saying calmly: "I believe you are not from the Heavenly Palace. But I don't know you; what do you want with me?"]

["A hundred years from now, do you dare to wreak havoc on the Heavenly Palace with me?" you asked with a smile, speaking nonchalantly.]

[But she could tell that you were serious.]

[Everyone in the hall was stunned.]

[Zhong Linger, slumped on the ground, was stunned for a moment before laughing: "Hehehe, Senior, the Heavenly Palace… that is the Heavenly Palace."]

[She knew she was doomed, so she simply threw caution to the wind and said whatever came to mind.]

[Immortal Master Jade Dragon glared at her: "Shut your mouth."]

[Zhong Linger turned to look at him, snorted coldly, and gave a contemptuous laugh: "If it weren't for you, you piece of trash, how would I have been captured? It's all because of you, you old immortal, that I've been ruined."]

[Immortal Master Jade Dragon was stunned. He hadn't expected the usually docile Zhong Linger to turn against him so quickly.]

["You bitch," he snapped at Zhong Linger, scolding her, "You usually act so obedient and sensible, but now that disaster is upon us, you finally can't hold it back anymore?"]

["Heh," Zhong Linger sneered, "If it weren't for you, you piece of trash, would I have been implicated? Do you even have the face to say that?"]

[After a pause, a trace of disgust flashed in her eyes: "Every time I think about being pinned down by you, you old trash, I feel sick."]

[She wasn't wrong; the gap between their Realms was closing, and given Immortal Master Jade Dragon's current age, he likely had no hope of reaching the Soul Transformation Realm in this lifetime.]

[In her eyes, she had long been dissatisfied with Immortal Master Jade Dragon, but she simply hadn't found a more suitable replacement.]

[After all, the stronger the cultivation, the higher the threshold for attaching oneself to someone.]

[Listening to Zhong Linger's words, you couldn't help but sneer.]

[Seeing your reaction, Zhong Linger's eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked at you with seductive, watery eyes: "Senior, please spare me. I was only forced to serve the Liu Clan; it was all caused by this old man Jade Dragon."]

["Hahaha..." Immortal Master Jade Dragon laughed looking up, "I've spent my whole life playing with birds, only to have my eyes pecked out by an eagle today. Ridiculous, ridiculous, truly ridiculous—"]

[He dragged out the "ah" for a long time while helplessly shaking his head.]

[Zhong Linger ignored him and continued to look up at you, her voice laced with tears: "Senior, this Junior still has a great grudge to settle. I did all of this for revenge. Please, spare me this once."]

[You knew who her enemy was, but you ignored her, instead looking intently at Meaty and continuing to press: "How about it? Do you dare to wreak havoc on the Heavenly Palace with me in a hundred years?"]

[Meaty nodded slowly, her tone still as flat as before: "A hundred years? Wouldn't that just be throwing our lives away? How about five hundred years?"]

[You looked at her and smiled.]

[It was good that her heart wasn't dead yet.]

[You nodded and pointed to Zhong Linger and Immortal Master Jade Dragon: "These two are from the Liu Clan of the Heavenly Palace, here to check if you are still in the Haotian Sect. If they find you, the Haotian Sect will be in danger."]

[Meaty glanced at the two of them, her face still devoid of expression.]

[She slowly raised her hand and swept it across. An invisible Sword Intent, like a meat grinder, first enveloped Immortal Master Jade Dragon, then Zhong Linger.]

[Immortal Master Jade Dragon felt a sharp Sword Intent rampaging through his body, shredding his internal organs and Nascent Soul inch by inch.]

["Hahaha... I have roamed freely my whole life; this trip has not been in vain," he laughed, "In my next life, I only pray to be a wealthy Mortal, and never let me step onto the path of cultivation again."]

[He watched helplessly as his skin split open and blood seeped out. With a final, crisp hum of a sword—his whole body exploded into a mass of minced meat.]

[The minced meat mixed with blood splattered all over Zhong Linger's face.]

[She opened her mouth wide, her face deathly pale.]

[Countless Sword Intents tore at her body. Her pupils dilated, and she screamed desperately: "No, no, no... it's not like this, it shouldn't be like this!"]

["No—!"]

[Before she could finish, a humming sound rang out.]

[Her body was shredded by the Sword Intent, turning into a puddle of minced meat, and the bright red blood flowed on the ground like a small stream.]

[Meaty looked at the two piles of meat paste on the ground, her body trembling slightly, biting her lip hard.]

[Her eyes suddenly turned red.]

["Sister Nangong, Master Wuji, Old Ancestor... I miss you all."]

[Her voice was very, very low, but you heard it clearly.]

[Seeing her like that, a wave of distress welled up in your heart, and you shifted your gaze to the ground.]

[Looking at the two qiankun rings on the ground, you scanned them with your Divine Sense—the total of their entire belongings didn't even add up to one of your Heaven And Earth Treasures.]

["Sigh, pitiful people must have their hateful aspects."]

[You sighed in your heart, looking at the pool of meat paste on the ground, remembering a saying—]

["A gentleman remains steadfast in poverty, while a petty person becomes reckless when poor."]

[Zhong Linger didn't turn bad because she was poor; she simply had no bottom line to begin with.]

[Give her a little power, and she loses control.]

[Give her a little opportunity, and she becomes arrogant.]

[Such people, no matter what position they are in, cannot hold onto themselves.]

[As you thought, you remembered yourself in your youth—playful, lecherous, fond of drinking tea, listening to music, and having fun.]

[You had teased girls, gotten into fights, run up tabs at Tianxiang Pavilion, spied on the widow next door bathing, stolen the intimate undergarments of maidservants... you had done plenty of foolish things.]

[But you had never killed anyone, nor had you robbed the poor of their life-saving money.]

[But what about later?]

[In order to become stronger, in order to survive, you had also done many unspeakable things.]

[You were suddenly a bit dazed—does becoming stronger really mean you must step on the corpses of others?]

[For a moment, the hall went quiet.]

[No one spoke, and you couldn't even hear the sound of breathing.]

[Meaty suddenly looked at you and asked: "This... Senior, do you have a connection with our Heavenly Sword Sect? How come I've never heard Master or the Old Ancestor mention it?"]

[You looked at her, subconsciously reaching out to pat her head.]

[She frowned, turned her head to dodge, and looked at you with a dark face.]

[Your hand paused, you pulled it back, and smiled: "How old are you? When I was young, you hadn't even been born yet."]