69: A stunning sword

"Su Mengyao, go die!"

Lin Yue roared, stabbing out with his sword, which resembled a sudden thunderbolt, leaving the Disciples stunned.

Su Mengyao naturally wouldn't sit around waiting for death. Before the Sword Qi approached, she lightly shifted her feet, manifesting a Cloud of Motion, cleverly avoiding Lin Yue's killing Move.

After advancing to Qi Gathering Second Level, Su Mengyao felt that the Spiritual Qi flowing from her dantian sea to her meridians was increasingly abundant. Even when facing a Cultivator in the Core Building Realm, she could easily dodge and maneuver around all attacks with ease.

After three consecutive streams of Sword Qi missed, Lin Yue couldn't help but frown and calm down.

The next moment, the momentum of his sword suddenly changed: "It seems you, bitch, still have some tricks up your sleeve,

But how long can you hide with just these steps? Watch my Nine Heavens Moving Cloud Sword, Eighth Move: Turning Clouds and Covering Rain."

The Sword Qi scattered, instantly transforming into layered clouds and pressing toward Su Mengyao layer by layer.

Su Mengyao's sword-like eyebrows furrowed. Knowing this Move was unavoidable, she instinctively kicked up a Bamboo Stick while retreating.

The moment the Bamboo Stick landed in her hand, the Move Shen Lian had taught her immediately surfaced in her mind.

"Misplaced Sword: Gouging Bone."

A stunning Move, passing in an instant.

Clang—

A crisp sound of metal hitting the ground rang out, and the battle was already over.

At this moment, all the Disciples, including Lu Qingyi, showed expressions of disbelief.

In this battle, the loser turned out to be Lin Yue!

Shen Lian, who was in the distance, saw this scene, a slight smile curving his lips as he gently shook the Folding Fan in his hand.

"To grasp the true meaning of this Move in such a short time, it seems this Son of Destiny isn't as stupid as I thought."

Lin Yue, covering his right wrist, his Face twisted, asked Su Mengyao, who was standing behind him.

"You, what kind of Sword Technique did you use, and why were you able to break my Turning Clouds and Covering Rain Move..."

"Your sword Moves were full of flaws. Was it hard for me to break them?"

Su Mengyao tossed away the Bamboo Stick in her hand.

"Have you made enough of a scene? If so, please leave. I just want some peace now, and I ask that none of you disturb me again from now on."

After speaking, she turned and left.

Lu Qingyi was the first to react, quickly saying to Junior Brother Lin Yue: "Junior Brother Lin, are you alright? Senior Sister didn't hurt you, did she?"

As soon as she said this, Lin Yue's originally bewildered eyes suddenly filled with fierce light.

That's right, he was an Inner Sect Disciple with a Core Building Realm Third Level cultivation, yet he was defeated by a Utility Disciple who was only in the Qi Gathering Realm, and in front of so many Disciples.

If he didn't regain his Face, how could he ever appear before the Disciples again?

"Su Mengyao, stop right there!"

Thinking of this, he roared in anger, immediately turned around, and recklessly slapped out with his left palm.

This Move came very suddenly, and Lin Yue intended to kill.

By the time Su Mengyao turned around, Lin Yue's palm momentum was already right in front of her. She had no time to consciously react and could only instinctively raise her hand to block.

Bang—

"Ah~"

The next moment, a miserable scream echoed on the Back Mountain.

The moment Lin Yue clashed palms with Su Mengyao, he felt a surge of majestic Spiritual Power counter-attacking from her palm, and he was instantly sent flying.

Lin Yue was sent flying a full Hundred Zhang. After flying backward and consecutively breaking over a dozen tree trunks, he finally slammed heavily onto the ground.

"Senior Brother Lin!"

No one had expected such a result. They could only rush toward Lin Yue, and no one paid any attention to Su Mengyao anymore.

Su Mengyao also felt strange. The instant she received the palm strike, she felt as if something had suddenly shocked her dantian sea.

Then, a force that didn't belong to her rapidly appeared in her body. In just half a breath, it traveled through all her meridians, instantly increasing her cultivation tenfold, which allowed her to send Lin Yue flying with a single palm.

"Could it be that someone is helping me in secret?"

Su Mengyao raised her eyes and looked around, finding no suspicious person.

"Could it be Senior Chen helping me in secret again?"

"No, Senior Chen's Aura is filled with intense Resentment, but the Aura that just entered my body..."

Thinking of this, Su Mengyao immediately cupped her hands and bowed to the surroundings.

"Regardless of which Fellow Daoist helped me in secret, Su Mengyao will remember this Kindness. If fate allows in the future, I will surely repay it twofold."

"Mengyao, are you alright."

As soon as the words fell, Du Bingyan walked out of the Medicinal Field with a nervous expression, grabbed her hand, and asked with concern.

Seeing that no one appeared around them, Su Mengyao felt a little disappointed, but at the same time, she smiled slightly at Senior Sister Du Bingyan: "I'm fine, Senior Sister. I made you worry."

Hearing this, Du Bingyan lowered her eyes and whispered, "I'm sorry, I... couldn't help just now..."

"Senior Sister, what nonsense are you talking about?" Su Mengyao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "It's a good thing you didn't step out to help just now, or I might have had to worry about taking care of you."

Seeing that there was no hint of blame in Su Mengyao's tone, Du Bingyan felt a little better. She quickly pulled her toward her Thatched Hut: "Come to my room and let me check if you're hurt."

"Su Mengyao!"

Suddenly, Lu Qingyi's roar sounded behind the two of them.

They saw her with red eyes, looking at the two women as if she was about to burst into tears.

"Are you satisfied now? I will definitely report this matter to the Law Enforcement Hall!"

After speaking, Lu Qingyi glared fiercely at Su Mengyao, turned around without giving them any chance, and immediately carried the dying Lin Yue down the Back Mountain with the other Disciples.

Du Bingyan looked at Su Mengyao with nervousness: "Mengyao, you are in big trouble now. Lu Qingyi was already worried about how to eliminate you, the person who threatens her status. Isn't this giving her the perfect opportunity?"

But Su Mengyao said something astonishing: "Senior Sister Du is overthinking it. Regardless of whether Lu Qingyi exists or not, the Sect Master would not choose me to be his Personal Disciple."

"Why is that?"

"No reason, just based on my understanding of the Sect Master."

Su Mengyao didn't explain clearly, yet it seemed she had said everything.

Du Bingyan was stunned for a long time before nodding in a seemingly understanding way: "Alright, let's not talk about anything else. Come into the room with me first and let me see where you might be hurt."

"Mhm."

...On the other side, after secretly helping Su Mengyao resolve the crisis, Shen Lian immediately found a new Immortal Cave within the Dense Forest of the Back Mountain, preparing to refine the heaven and earth root.

But just as he was about to use the great dao human sovereign cauldron to begin refining, Shen Lian thought of something.

"With my current cultivation, refining the Ten-Thousand-Year Heaven and Earth Root will take at least three days,

During these three days, I cannot be disturbed in the slightest, or if I am careless, the Medicinal Effects of the heaven and earth root will all be lost."

Thinking of this, he silently withdrew the heaven and earth root, intending to leave this place first and find another location.

But after only taking two steps, he stopped again.

"The whereabouts of the crouching dragon marrow haven't been ascertained, and Nangong Li hasn't received the punishment she deserves. To leave just like this is truly unwilling.

Since that's the case, why not ask Su Mengyao to be my Protector? Were Shen Lian's Ultimate Skills given away for free?

What if she is the Son of Destiny? She still has to kneel at my feet and beg for mercy!"

With the plan settled, Shen Lian opened his Folding Fan, gently shook it, and walked out of the Immortal Cave... Elsewhere, inside the Blood River Immortal Cave.

"Why? Why is it like this? Hahahaha."

Chen Wuji looked at the pattern of the Blood River Sword Intent Move on the Mural, for which he had struggled his entire life, and couldn't help but burst into desperate, frantic laughter.

He laughed at himself for being too foolish and too naive.

Only today did he witness what true Sword Intent looked like.

This couldn't help but cause him to have a Breakdown, and his expression began to turn manic.

"Who exactly is he? Is such magnificent Sword Intent meant to provoke me?"