61: Chapter 61 The Only Poor Foundation Establishment Child! The Heavenly Water Holy Land Was Terrified!

The morning sun spilled onto the Hehuan Sect square, but today's atmosphere was exceptionally boisterous.

Zzzzzt—!

A purple electric arc exploded in the air.

Lin Xiaowan, dressed in tight-fitting martial attire and holding the purple lightning azure frost sword, stood in the center of the square, high-spirited.

As she circulated her spiritual power, a massive phantom of a purple lightning sword rose into the sky behind her. Though not as shocking as her Breakthrough the previous night, it was enough to slightly distort the surrounding space.

"Mistress Sister! Qingge Sister! Ruyan Sister!"

Lin Xiaowan was a year younger than Liu Ruyan; Lin Xiaowan was 18, and Liu Ruyan was 19!

"Look, look! Is my Golden Core Phenomenon impressive or what?"

"This is called [Purple Thunder Shaking the Nine Heavens]! Revered Master said this is a top-tier phenomenon specialized for slaughter!"

Lin Xiaowan was like a proud little peacock, circling around her three sisters, unable to hide her smugness.

Ye Qingcheng sat gracefully on a stone stool, took a sip of tea, and nodded with a smile.

"Not bad. The power of lightning is the most overbearing; Xiao Wan's phenomenon is indeed extraordinary. When we go out to fight in the future, you'll be the vanguard general of our Hehuan Sect."

Su Qingge also smiled gently. "Congratulations, Little Sister Xiao Wan. Now that all three of us sisters are in the Golden Core Stage, we can discuss the Dao and spar together."

"Hehe!" Lin Xiaowan's eyes crinkled into slits from happiness.

However.

Amidst the laughter and joy, only Liu Ruyan stood in the corner. Although there was a smile on her face, it appeared somewhat forced and lonely.

She looked at the high-spirited Xiao Wan, then at Ye Qingcheng and Su Qingge, whose auras were unfathomable, and subconsciously gripped the hem of her clothes.

Everyone is at the Golden Core Stage now...

Only I... am still a weak little chick at the Early Foundation Establishment Stage...

A wave of bitterness welled up in Liu Ruyan's heart.

She was the last of the four women to join. Although she possessed the special Mystic Yin Cauldron Body, her introverted and shy personality always held her back.

Even though Lin Xiaowan had previously dragged her to have Revered Master give her some 'private tutoring,' she had only reached the third level of Foundation Establishment.

Compared to her three Golden Core sisters, she felt like an ugly duckling that had wandered into a flock of phoenixes. Not only could she not help Revered Master, she might even be a burden.

"Sister Ruyan?"

Ye Qingcheng keenly noticed Liu Ruyan's abnormality.

As the head of the harem, she was always attentive to the sisters' emotions.

Liu Ruyan looked up in a panic. "Ah? Mistress, I... I'm fine! I'm also happy for Xiao Wan!"

Ye Qingcheng put down her teacup, walked to Liu Ruyan's side, and affectionately took her hand. She then looked meaningfully at Wang Yang, who had just walked out of the main hall with his hands behind his back, posing as a Revered Master.

"Husband."

Ye Qingcheng's voice was charming and melodious.

"Look, our Xiao Wan is at the Golden Core Stage now, and her tail is nearly wagging in the sky."

"But Sister Ruyan has been a bit unhappy lately."

Wang Yang walked over to the women. He glanced at Liu Ruyan, who had her head lowered and didn't dare look at him, and understood instantly.

"Oh?" Wang Yang asked intentionally, "What's wrong with Ruyan?"

Ye Qingcheng rolled her eyes at him and complained playfully.

"Husband has the nerve to ask? Are you playing favorites?"

"Sister Ruyan has a special Physique and needs diligent 'cultivation' to develop her potential. But Husband has been so busy helping Xiao Wan Breakthrough these past few days, have you neglected Ruyan?"

"Now only Ruyan is left at the Foundation Establishment Stage in our family. If word gets out, wouldn't people laugh and say Husband is 'incapable'?"

Hearing the word 'incapable,' Wang Yang's eyebrows twitched.

A man can endure anything, but he cannot be called incapable!

Especially by his first wife!

"Ahem!"

Wang Yang walked to Liu Ruyan, reached out to tilt her delicate chin up, and looked into her watery, slightly aggrieved eyes.

"Ruyan, do you also want to form your Core?"

Liu Ruyan's cheeks instantly turned crimson, but this time she didn't dodge. Instead, she summoned her courage and nodded heavily.

"Yes!"

"Ruyan doesn't want to hold Husband and the sisters back!"

"Good!"

Wang Yang waved his hand, exuding dominance.

"Since the Sect Master's wife has spoken, your husband will begin 'extra-curricular tutoring' for you tonight!"

"No! Not tonight—we start right now!"

"This extra tutoring session will last until you form your Core! Not even the King of Heaven himself can dismiss this class!"

Hearing this, Liu Ruyan was so embarrassed she wanted to find a hole to crawl into, but her heart felt as sweet as honey.

Ye Qingcheng watched this scene and nodded with satisfaction.

That's more like it.

For a family, it's only right that everyone is neatly aligned!

...

Meanwhile, tens of thousands of miles away.

Tianshui Holy Land, Life Soul Hall.

Crack—!!!

A crisp cracking sound echoed sharply in the silent hall.

The Elder in charge of guarding the hall snapped his eyes open. When he saw the shattered Life Soul Tablet, he instantly bounced off his cushion, his face turning pale with terror.

"Shattered... it shattered?!"

"Hall Revered Master Xuanji's Life Soul Tablet... has shattered into powder?!"

...

Fifteen minutes later, in the Tianshui Main Hall.

A deathly silence enveloped the scene.

Holy Lord Tianshui sat on his throne, looking at the handful of shattered jade powder in his hand. His face was terrifyingly grim, and the hand holding the powder was trembling slightly.

Below, the group of Elders who had previously been clamoring for a campaign were now all as quiet as cicadas in winter, cold sweat pouring down their faces.

Elder Xuanji was dead.

That Hall Master of Heavenly Secrets, who possessed a Late Nascent Soul Stage Great Circle cultivation and was proficient in the arts of divining fortune and avoiding disaster, had just died like that?

And it was... an instantaneous death!

"How did he die?"

Holy Lord Tianshui's voice was hoarse, as if squeezed out from between his teeth.

An Elder in charge of intelligence knelt down tremblingly to report.

"Reporting... reporting to the Holy Lord..."

"According to the transmission marker left by Senior Brother Xuanji before he left, he... he perished at a location one hundred and thirty li (65 kilometers) from Cangwu Mountain."

"One hundred and thirty li?!"

Holy Lord Tianshui's pupils constricted violently.

"Didn't he say that one hundred and twenty li (60 kilometers) was the dead line?!"

"He was clearly ten li outside the dead line! How could he die instantly?!"

"He didn't even manage to send out a distress signal?!"

This was too terrifying!

This meant that the 'forbidden zone' of that mysterious Sect was even larger than Elder Xuanji had predicted!

Or rather... it was expanding!

More importantly, it meant the opponent killed a Late Nascent Soul Stage Great Circle cultivator as easily as slaughtering a chicken!

With such methods, even Holy Lord Tianshui himself, who was at the Early Soul Transformation Stage, might not be able to instantly kill Elder Xuanji.

"This... this is definitely not some remnant of a demonic gate!"

"The Hehuan Sect from 800 years ago was definitely not this strong!"

Murong Xue was currently cowering in a corner, her teeth chattering, her exquisite face distorted by fear.

"This is definitely a hidden old monster! Or an evil god that escaped from one of the super Forbidden Grounds in the Central Province!"

"Revered Master! We... we can't go!"

"Going there is just seeking death!"

Holy Lord Tianshui took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the stormy waves in his heart.

He was angry, but he wasn't stupid.

Elder Xuanji's death was like a resounding slap that completely woke him up.

That Hehuan Sect on Cangwu Mountain was truly a bottomless abyss!

"Pass down my order!"

Holy Lord Tianshui's voice was no longer filled with Killing Intent as before; instead, it carried a hint of dejection and deep wariness.

"Cancel all actions against Cangwu Mountain."

"From this day forth, no one is allowed to approach within five hundred li of Cangwu Mountain! Violators will be expelled from the Sect!"

Upon hearing this, the Elders felt as if they had been granted a grand amnesty and kowtowed one after another to accept the order.

"But... Holy Lord..."

A Grand Elder hesitated. "The grudge of Elder Chu and Hall Revered Master Xuanji... and the matter of the Ziyang Sect... if we just endure it like this, where will our Holy Land's face remain in the Southern Wasteland Region?"

A flash of ruthlessness and determination crossed Holy Lord Tianshui's eyes.

"Who said this seat is going to endure it?"

"Since we cannot swallow this hard bone ourselves, then we'll find someone with better teeth to eat it!"

He took out a golden token from his robes that exuded an ancient and desolate aura.

The front of the token was engraved with a righteous longsword, and the back was engraved with three large characters—[Righteous Path Alliance].

"This is..." The Elders gasped.

"Indeed."

Holy Lord Tianshui said coldly.

"This is the Guidance Token of the [Righteous Path Alliance]!"

"That mysterious Sect on Cangwu Mountain not only possesses a Peak Nascent Soul Stage Puppet but is also suspected of mastering some kind of Power of Laws. Their methods are cruel; this is no longer something our Southern Wasteland Region can handle."

"This is a sign of the revival of the Demonic Path!"

"This seat will write a letter immediately to request the [Righteous Path Alliance] of the Central Province to dispatch an envoy!"

"When the time comes, let those true powerhouses from the Central Province at the Late Soul Transformation or even Great Perfection stages come and deal with them!"

"This seat refuses to believe that the backer behind that Ye Qingcheng can stand against the Righteous Path Alliance that rules the entire cultivation world?!"

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Thanks to [Yu Qing] for the tip of 5 [Flowers]!

Thanks to [Ru Wu Yi Ge] for the tip of 3 [Generating Power for Love]!

Thanks to [Ying Qing] for the tip of 3 [Generating Power for Love]!

Thanks to [A Punch on My **] for the tip of 3 [Generating Power for Love]! (** was censored!)