88: Stubborn hatred is too immoral; the perfect refining is putting the cart before the horse.

"Thief Cao, you're dreaming!"

Xu Fenghua glared fiercely at Cao Meng, her beautiful eyes filled with stubbornness, and a faint trickle of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.

This Thief Cao, not only bullying her, but also trying to break her will and make her bow to him!

No way!

She would never bow to evil forces!

The stubbornness in her bones was completely unleashed at this moment.

"Oh, still quite resilient." Cao Meng looked at Xu Fenghua with some surprise, and a thought crossed his mind.

Boom~

The beautiful Fenghua flew backward like a cannonball, out of the range of the Jue Xian Sword Formation, landing on Chi Ling Demon Empress's small boat.

"This bastard~"

Xu Fenghua sat slumped on the bow of the boat, a hint of surprise flashing in her hateful eyes.

Why did this Thief Cao suddenly stop?

If the Sword Intent pressure had continued to increase, it would have been hard to say that her will wouldn't have been crushed...

"Little Girl, you're lucky to have such a doting master." Chi Ling Demon Empress helped her up, not without a hint of teasing.

Xu Fenghua shot a cold glance at Chi Ling Demon Empress: "He's your master, not my master."

"Heh heh," Chi Ling Demon Empress shook her head, "Little Girl, don't look so bitter and resentful. If the master had continued to suppress you, your Dao Heart and will would have certainly been crushed. You should know what Dao Heart and will mean to a Cultivator."

"The master has been good to you. Not only did he help you Awaken the Divine Healing Body, but he also preserved your most precious stubbornness. You shouldn't hate the master so much."

"Pah~"

Xu Fenghua spat in anger, "This Thief Cao betrayed my younger brother, caused the annihilation of my entire Yanbei Royal Residence, and repeatedly harmed my younger brother..."

"And, and..."

Thinking of the way Thief Cao "helped" her Awaken the Divine Healing Body, Xu Fenghua couldn't help but feel tears welling up.

"In short, I have an irreconcilable hatred with this Thief Cao!"

"You'd best kill me now, otherwise, you will surely regret it in the future!"

"Tsk tsk, truly like a dog biting Lu Dongbin, not recognizing a good heart." Chi Ling Demon Empress said with a hint of mockery:

"Your Yanbei Royal Residence was clearly destroyed by Xuanyuan Baizhi, what does it have to do with the master?"

"He's your master!" Xu Fenghua stubbornly added, "But he still betrayed us!"

"Nonsense!"

Chi Ling Demon Empress sneered, "Do you know why your Yanbei Royal Residence was destroyed?"

"Because your so-called younger brother, Xu Tian, was simply a 'son' spat out by the Martial Empress, Wu Feiyan, after she consumed a nine revolutions immortal fruit!"

"What?" Xu Fenghua was stunned.

Chi Ling Demon Empress continued to mock: "It's a pity your foolish father actually thought Xu Tian was his illegitimate child with the Martial Empress... And you, the Xu family siblings, were even more tragic, painstakingly raised by your butcher father to be Xu Tian's personal guards."

"How laughable, the entire Yanbei Royal Residence Xu family was played like puppets without even realizing it."

"Impossible, how can this be?" Xu Fenghua shook her head blankly, clearly unable to accept this fact.

Chi Ling Demon Empress continued: "Your Yanbei Royal Residence, as a subject of Great Liang, secretly pledged allegiance to the Empire, which makes you rebels. It's laughable that Xu Tian, this fool, actually delivered himself to them – it would be strange if they didn't destroy you."

"Demoness, you're just using your silver tongue to make excuses for your master!"

Xu Fenghua sneered: "No matter what, Xu Tian is my younger brother. No matter what, Thief Cao betrayed the Yanbei Royal Residence. This grudge, this hatred, I will surely avenge!"

"Heh heh, then you'll have to work harder next time. What you did just now couldn't hurt me!"

From afar, Cao Meng's ill-intentioned voice drifted over.

"Shameless!"

"Haha!"

"Jue Xian Sword Formation, Third Layer, Yin and Yang Jue Xian Sword Formation!"

Boom!

Another forty-nine spirit swords entered the formation, making a total of ninety-eight spirit swords.

Yin and Yang intertwined, and the power of the sword formation erupted once more.

"Oh my, this is the limit!"

From the third layer of the sword formation, the immense consumption of spiritual power made Cao Meng feel enormous pressure.

"My spiritual power Cultivation is still a bit lacking!"

thousand illusions mask appeared!

A silver mask materialized on Cao Meng's face.

Fourth Layer! Four Symbols Demon Slaying Jue Xian Sword Formation!

One hundred and ninety-six spirit swords. Within the sword domain, terrifying Sword Qi crisscrossed, easily cutting through space.

"This one sword is enough to slay a saint!"

Cao Meng's mind moved, and the sword formation dispersed.

"My spiritual power Cultivation is still insufficient. Even with the thousand illusions mask's enhancement, the fourth layer of the sword formation is my limit." Cao Meng shook his head slightly.

The most perfect Jue Xian Sword Formation should consist of 9x98 = 882 Flying Swords.

With his current spiritual power Cultivation, he could barely unleash the third layer of the sword formation, and with the aid of the thousand illusions mask, at most the fourth layer.

To perfectly unleash the Jue Xian Sword Formation, he would need the immeasurable sword gourd to burst forth—a Star Source Body Infusion.

However, he only had over seven hundred spirit swords, still hundreds short of forming the perfect Jue Xian Sword Formation.

"Right, King Gou Yuan Hao should be enjoying himself by now, shouldn't he?"

He brought up the exchange panel.

destiny value owned: 2550

Exchange Information: 1. Yang Xuan, the chief disciple of Hanging Temple, excavated a pre-Qin Ancient Tomb and discovered the ancient seven profound sword formation armor. [Required destiny value: 500 points]

2. Third Prince of Northern Wei, Yuan Hao, discovered an ancient female Cultivator's ice coffin, suspected to be the body of a powerful being. [Required destiny value: 2000 points]

3. Third Prince of Northern Wei, Yuan Hao, obtained the Scarlet Flame Demon Emperor's innate fire spirit pearl from the Li Clan Sword Tomb and is currently extracting the pearl's Origin to strengthen his Cultivation. [Required destiny value: 2650 points]

"The exchange value is actually seven points less."

Cao Meng was somewhat surprised.

The third exchange information was previously 2657, now it's 2650.

This means that fellow extracted Origin worth 7 destiny value points from the Scarlet Flame Demon Emperor's fire spirit pearl.

He wondered how much 7 points could improve that kid?

"Now, I'm still short a hundred points. Should I make another raid?"

Cao Meng looked at the beautiful Fenghua.

"Forget it, no rush!"

With a thought, twelve small golden figures appeared before him.

These items were the Twelve Divine Fiend Golden Witch Dharma Bodies, worth two thousand destiny value.

"Let's see how to use them!"

Appraisal Technique!

[Twelve Divine Fiend Golden Witch Dharma Bodies, embryonic form]: Founding Emperor of the Li Clan, Li Second, obtained a damaged Legacy from the Ancient Witch Sect, took the essence blood from the head of the Great Witch Xing Tian, imitated the body of a Witch Ancestor, and forged twelve golden figures by melting all the weapons in the world. He then sacrificed the Primordial Spirit and essence blood of the twelve founding divine generals, gathered a thousand years of Luck from the Li Clan Dynasty, and slaughtered the spirits of tens of millions of creatures in the East Sea, finally achieving initial completion!

Supreme Incarnation vessel.

Refinement method: 1. Spend three years, sacrifice with sacred spirit blood.

2. Consume 2500 destiny value, perfect refinement.

Note: Perfect refinement can upgrade the Golden Witch Dharma Body to an Ancestral Witch Dharma Body, with immense potential...

"Damn it, perfect refinement, it can be played like this?"

Cao Meng was stunned.

This is kind of tempting, but also a bit of a rip-off.

The twelve small golden figures themselves are worth two thousand destiny value.

But perfect refinement requires two thousand five hundred destiny value.

This is putting the cart before the horse, as it were.