85: Cleaning Qingzhou

"Du Xian, you have returned just in time. I have come this time specifically to break off the engagement with you, a piece of trash!"

A girl dressed in a pale pink robe stood in the Du Family courtyard, looking overbearing.

Du Xian also stood in the courtyard, a look of confusion appearing on his Face.

"Xiaoyue, we grew up together as childhood sweethearts. Why have you suddenly..."

Du Xian was clearly puzzled, his eyes filled with doubt. In all these years, he had never had any conflict with his childhood sweetheart. Why did she suddenly want to break off their engagement?

"Do you still not understand? You are no longer worthy of me. I am now the Young Miss of the entire Bai Family, the most brilliant Prodigy, and have even been selected by the Xilin Buddhist Temple to become a nun, about to convert to Buddhism."

"Do you think you still have any qualifications to maintain an engagement with me? Even if this Young Miss were willing to marry you, would you even be able to handle it?"

A look of disdain appeared on Bai Xiaoyue's Face. She had indeed liked this childhood sweetheart of hers, but times had changed. Her rapid increase in Cultivation had gradually caused her to lose her true nature.

This made her mistakenly believe that her Aptitude was excellent, that she possessed the bearing of a Great Emperor, and that she would surely become the Dominator of a world in the future. Naturally, this childhood sweetheart, who had been superior to her in every way since they were young, became the first target for her to strike at.

In the past, their relationship had been very close, and their families had set an engagement when they were young, intending for them to become a family in the future.

But now, the speed of change in the world was simply too fast, and with the interference of evil cults, that peace had been shattered.

Bai Xiaoyue had clearly been thoroughly brainwashed by the evil cult. She was willing to become a nun for the evil cult, rather than marry the person she had once loved the most.

Du Xian felt a complex mix of emotions as he quietly watched Bai Xiaoyue, who stood before him holding the marriage contract with an imperious air.

The moment their gazes met, the memories of their childhood seemed to surface, and even in Bai Xiaoyue's eyes, there appeared a trace of confusion.

But soon, Bai Xiaoyue hardened her resolve and forcefully threw the marriage contract at him.

"Your Du Family is no longer worthy of the current Bai Family. Furthermore, with your father, that stubborn old man, you will never receive the protection of more Buddhist followers. If your Du Family continues like this, you will only grow weaker and weaker, while my Bai Family will grow stronger and stronger."

"What is the difference between carrying you and carrying dead weight?"

Bai Xiaoyue's words were resonant and forceful, filled with determination.

"This is the marriage contract. Catch it yourself. Back then, your family handed this item to my family, and today I am returning it."

"According to past custom, I only need to defeat you, this piece of trash, to rightfully return the marriage contract."

Du Xian stared blankly at the marriage contract he had caught in his hand, a somewhat miserable smile appearing on his Face.

He had not expected that the passage of time could cause such a massive change in a person.

The little girl who used to hug his leg and call him 'Brother' in his heart had now vanished like a bubble.

"Watch out for my sword!"

While Du Xian was still pondering, a Long Sword suddenly thrust toward him, piercing directly through the marriage contract in his hand, then charging straight for his chest with unstoppable force, its power comparable to the Peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

Du Xian stepped back slightly and struck the sword with his palm.

Although he was only at the Peak of the Golden Core stage, he used his powerful Physical Body to knock the sword away.

Bai Xiaoyue was sent flying to the side, looking in disbelief at the sword in her hand and her slightly trembling thumb-web.

Du Xian's palm strike had actually almost made her lose hold of her sword.

"Impossible! A mere Golden Core, today I will slay you to prove my Buddhist heart!"

Bai Xiaoyue spouted extremely twisted rhetoric as she lunged at the person she had once loved most.

Du Xian slowly took a step back. A Long Spear had appeared in his hand at some point, and he thrust it out with force, meeting the Long Sword head-on.

When the two collided, sparks flew, and the powerful recoil sent Bai Xiaoyue flying away.

"Impossible! I am clearly a Nascent Soul Powerhouse, and you are only at the Golden Core stage; how could you possibly be stronger than me?!"

Bai Xiaoyue looked at Du Xian, who had stood up again, in disbelief.

"Don't waste your effort. A Nascent Soul like you, who used special methods to forcibly elevate your level, is simply not my match. I can tell that your Physique is severely depleted. I'm afraid that your ability to rapidly increase your Cultivation in such a short time must have drained all your potential. If there is nothing to repair your Foundation, you will be stuck at the Nascent Soul stage for the rest of your life."

Du Xian stared at her sternly, his eyes devoid of any emotion, containing only infinite indifference.

Bai Xiaoyue and he had long since become strangers; the two were no longer on the same path, so naturally, there was no need to save any Face for her.

Bai Xiaoyue gritted her teeth hard, her eyes wide open.

"Impossible, what I absorbed is the purest Power Of Faith; it is absolutely impossible for my Foundation to be unstable. I can feel my own strength right now; you must have used some kind of special secret technique to be able to contend with me!"

Bai Xiaoyue acted like a madwoman. Du Xian gently shook his Long Spear, and a layer of golden flames suddenly covered it.

As long as this Long Spear pierced her skin, it would ignite her Cultivation. Although Du Xian did not want to use such methods to deal with her, he had no other choice.

"I must kill you to prove that my Buddhist heart is firm. Die!"

Bai Xiaoyue lunged over again, the Long Sword in her hand executing what was clearly the Bai Family sword technique.

Du Xian shook his head helplessly, then used the Long Spear burning with golden flames to pierce directly through Bai Xiaoyue's shoulder.

The evil Power Of Faith within Bai Xiaoyue's body was ignited by the golden flames at that moment, burning rapidly, and her Cultivation began to drop almost instantly.

Peak of the Nascent Soul, Late Stage of the Nascent Soul, then Middle Stage of the Nascent Soul, Early Stage of the Nascent Soul, and finally, her Cultivation dropped directly to the Yin and Yang stage.

Bai Xiaoyue did not explode and die directly; Du Xian had specifically controlled the intensity of his flames, letting the opponent only burn away this evil Cultivation without killing her outright.

"If you give up that Cultivation method now, you still have a chance to start over. Once you discard this evil Cultivation, as long as you properly nourish your body, your talent will return."

Du Xian glanced at her, his eyes somewhat indifferent. This was the last time he would help her; if she remained obsessed and deluded, he wouldn't mind sending her away for good.

Bai Xiaoyue clutched her shoulder in pain, looking at her right hand in disbelief. She couldn't believe that her Cultivation had disappeared so completely and so quickly.

One must know that in the very beginning, she had been extremely resistant to this Cultivation Technique of absorbing human blood and eating human flesh. However, when her Cultivation increased rapidly, that pleasure had surpassed her inner morality.

Li Haotian stood in the air, quietly watching the scene below.

"Although we killed the person in charge, we still have to cleanse the entire Qingzhou; otherwise, it is very likely that these evil cultivators will flourish again."

Lin Tianxuan nodded noncommittally from the side, then his figure flashed as he began to sweep away those forces that had once used this method to Cultivate.