"No, it's just that my sect elder looked so disheveled, which was a disgrace to the sect, so I thought of cleaning him up a bit... You shouldn't mind such a small matter, right?" Yu Ling looked coldly at the city guard who was gradually revealing himself and whose appearance was hostile, and said in a natural and calm tone.

Although they didn't know why the other party was targeting their Wanjian Sect group and had even sealed the magical power of their cheap master and cheap disciple.

but.......

With Chu Fan here, everything that happens seems normal, and I'm not surprised at all.

It's probably some kind of melodramatic conspiracy, something they're afraid of being exposed by these cultivators. It's very likely that it's the opportunity for the protagonist, Chu Fan, to ascend after eliminating the original owner of the body.

To be honest, the protagonist of this wish-fulfillment novel is just lucky.

The city protector's inner thoughts: No, I don't mind.

But he still had to maintain a certain air about him, coughing twice and replying softly, "Every place has its own rules. Don't think that just because you've reached the Nascent Soul or Golden Core stage at a young age, you can act recklessly in the mortal realm and provoke my Tianwu City."

"I am but a junior in the Golden Core stage, so of course I dare not provoke you."

As Yu Ling spoke, she chuckled inwardly, releasing all the spiritual energy she had been suppressing since transmigrating. The bottleneck of the Golden Core stage that had plagued the original owner for so long began to loosen. He looked expressionlessly at the city guardian and said indifferently,

"According to the rules of Heaven, those undergoing tribulation in the mortal realm must be protected by the local guardians. If you don't want to delay your progress, you should leave as soon as possible... My sect elders and I have left the mortal realm to undergo our tribulation."

Translation: Go ahead and plot your own schemes, go play somewhere else, don't delay my ascension.

After these words were spoken, Chu Fan, who was being protected by Yu Ling, was even more shocked than the Nascent Soul stage city guardian. He was close enough to clearly sense that what Yu Ling said was true; the surging spiritual power within the person in front of him was indeed ready to be unleashed.

Chu Fan felt that the world had become surreal.

What? Tribulation??

Mo Xuanyu is about to break through to the Nascent Soul stage? There was no warning at all, how could it be so fast! Wasn't his Ruthless Path flawed?!

But no matter how shocked he was, he dared not utter a sound, afraid of interrupting Yu Ling's rhythm and causing the entire Ten Thousand Swords Sect to be wiped out by the city guardians. (He hadn't met Jiang Ying yet, and Su Wang hadn't mentioned it either; Chu Fan simply assumed that these three had come to the mortal realm.)

"You're going to undergo tribulation?!" The city guardian became Chu Fan's mouthpiece, blurting out this shocking statement.

There seems to be a rule that protects mortal cultivators undergoing tribulation, ensuring that ordinary people in the mortal realm are not affected by the lightning tribulation.

But, but which cultivator isn't a treasure of their sect, especially those geniuses who break through quickly? Who would be willing to let them break through in the mortal realm? At least, in all the time he's been a city protector, he's never encountered one.

It was incredibly frustrating; refusing to release her was truly unreasonable. However, if Yu Ling were to undergo her tribulation in the mortal realm, he couldn't possibly intervene. Not only could he not intervene, but he also had to protect her; otherwise, his passive resistance would be rejected by the rules of heaven and earth.

This is the peculiarity of the system. Although the city guards have great power, and with their Nascent Soul stage cultivation, it's no exaggeration to say they can control everything here, there are still necessary checks and balances.

"Since that's the case, none of you should go back. Come with me," the city guard said. Letting them go was out of the question; only by keeping them under his watchful eye could he feel at ease.

“Okay.” Yu Ling didn’t seem worried at all and followed behind the other person calmly, heading towards the City Lord’s Mansion.

Chu Fan was still in a daze about how things had developed, and had not fully accepted that Yu Ling had saved the two of them by using a method like undergoing tribulation—an unexpected, unpredictable, and unrepeatable approach.

"Hey, Brother Mo!" Chu Fan tiptoed closer to Yu Ling and whispered in a low voice that couldn't be hidden from someone at the Nascent Soul stage, "What if he tries to attack us again after you've finished your tribulation?"

"Wow, this guy actually has some brains," Yu Ling replied in a normal voice, "I have my own way."

The city guard leading the way: "..."

No, you two really think I can't hear you, right? Discussing countermeasures in front of others, you really don't hide anything from him at all!

Led reluctantly by the city guardian, the three entered the city lord's mansion, which had a large courtyard that could easily accommodate a hundred or so people. After passing through the courtyard and other pavilions and buildings, they arrived at the city guardian's private training room.

"Go in," the city guard said.

Yu Ling simply obeyed orders and slowly strolled to the cultivation room. She knew he wouldn't dare to play dirty tricks under the watchful eyes of Heaven, as that would ruin one's lifespan. For a Nascent Soul cultivator who was getting old but had no hope of ascending, life was the most important thing.

Chu Fan moved to the side, worried that the city guardian might dislike him and beat him up, and also worried that the city guardian might dislike them both after Yu Ling broke through. So he moved to the side again.

"What are you hiding for? If you keep hiding, you'll walk through the wall!" The city guardian was already in a bad mood because he had given up his cultivation room, and he was even more impatient with Chu Fan. He said, "Are you all just bored and have to come at this time? Alright, alright, I'm going to activate the formation. You go and watch from the side."

It's normal for the city lord's mansion to have formations, after all, it's the residence of the city lord, and the city guards are also cultivators who need to cultivate, which inevitably causes strange phenomena in the heavens and earth. Yu Ling is going to undergo a tribulation of lightning, which will definitely disturb the mortals in the city. All of this requires setting up layers of illusions in advance.

Chu Fan had been hiding for a while, but was called back to cooperate. The two of them were quick, and soon, layers of invisible fluctuations enveloped the entire city lord's mansion.

Yu Ling was eager to ascend and didn't care that the foundation of the Ruthless Path in this world was poor and there was no future. She frantically absorbed the spiritual power of the spirit stones that the original owner had saved up, as if they were free. Dark clouds gathered directly above the cultivation room and thunder rumbled. Soon, the tribulations of lightning for breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage struck down one after another.

"Mo Xuanyu could beat me up when he was only at the Golden Core stage. If I break through, wouldn't I be even less able to get revenge? Oh well, my brother is dead, but Brother Mo came to save me. He's actually a decent person. Blame Wuqing Dao if you want." Chu Fan muttered to himself.

After a long while, the thunderclouds dissipated, and Yu Ling successfully advanced. The compressed spiritual energy left Yu Ling, whose mental state was already top-notch even in the Immortal Realm, without any barriers, and she quickly reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

"So fast?" The city guard saw that Yu Ling hadn't taken up much of his time, and a smile had just appeared on his lips when he saw another dark cloud drifting in from the sky, accompanied by the familiar sound of thunder. This commotion was much greater than before.

Yes, is it the tribulation of the Nascent Soul breaking through to the Out-of-Body stage? To be able to undergo tribulations in such a short time, what kind of background does this sword cultivator have!