Su Yao wants to steal the magic weapon, and the mortals fight back

Xie Cihuai thrust his sword and spun sideways. The talisman exploded the moment it hit the sword, knocking Xie Cihuai's Feiyun Sword out of his hand. Linghu Luoxi, her red robe fluttering, unleashed a dozen more talismans, giving them no chance to breathe. "You must learn to unite and defeat me together."

Su Mianmian and the other man exchanged a glance and nodded secretly. Yan Hui pulled out his black iron shield, and the moment the Bagua formation on the shield lit up, Su Mianmian's arrow had already pierced through the center of the formation.

Linghu Luoxi spun around and swung his sleeves, the talisman in his hand flew out, the talisman collided with the arrow, smoke filled the air, and explosions continued. One of the talismans flew towards Su Yao.

[Ding! Crisis protection activated!]

The system quickly activated the cheat code, and Su Yao was able to live in peace.

"Brother..." Si Yanqing gasped, clutching his bleeding arm. "You're trying to kill us! Can't you show some mercy?"

Hearing this, Linghu Luoxi threw out a dozen more talismans. Si Yanqing frowned and secretly activated the poisonous insect. Linghu Luoxi's heart suddenly twisted in pain, and he stumbled forward. Si Yanqing opened his arms and caught it steadily, chuckling softly, "Big brother's heart... is even more cruel than the poison~"

"Good...very good...very good..."

Linghu Luoxi swallowed the pill tremblingly, pushed away and fell to the ground, quickly taking out hundreds of talismans. Hundreds of talismans rose up in response, surrounding the four people. Linghu Luoxi snapped his fingers, and the talismans exploded one after another. The powerful energy wave endangered Su Yao. Yinyin was protected by Linghu Luoxi's shield and only needed to stay where she was.

Yin Yin exclaimed in the golden barrier, "Sister Luo Xi!"

Xie Cihuai and the other three nodded, and four figures suddenly surrounded them in the smoke and dust. Each of them took out a shield magic weapon, and Yan Hui stood in the middle and shot down more than a dozen arrows.

"Second Senior Brother." Su Mianmian said dissatisfiedly, "Why did you have to provoke her?"

"Form a battle formation." Xie Cihuai said seriously.

Seeing them fighting fiercely, Su Yao felt relieved. She remembered Linghu Luoxi had said that there was no one in Hanqing Sect. She took the opportunity to get close to Yinyin and whispered, "There's nothing to see here. Take me to Hanqing Sect for a stroll!"

Yin Yin's heart trembled, and she forced a smile and said, "Okay." She couldn't help but worry: Could there really be no one left in Han Qing Sect?

Su Yao took the opportunity to pull Yin Yin's wrist and hurried all the way to Han Qing Sect. There were indeed only outer disciples cleaning around. Yin Yin kept praying. Su Yao didn't walk a few steps and found that all the disciples were there, only the chief Mo Lingui was not there.

Su Yao's eyelids twitched wildly, her knuckles turned white, and her nails almost dug into her palms: What a 'no one', what a 'not here'.

Su Yao suddenly let go of Yin Yin and turned back. Yin Yin breathed a sigh of relief and trotted to catch up with her. She couldn't help but worry in her heart: I wonder if everything is going well with my senior sister.

Chi An forced open the secret compartment, only to find a few letters inside. Chi An opened it and examined it, his eyes slightly moving, "This... doesn't seem to be what I'm looking for. It seems to be the letters they exchanged." He put the letters back where they belonged and began to search around the corners of the room.

There were faint sounds of footsteps outside the window, and Chi An froze in his tracks. Yin Yin made sounds from time to time to remind the people in the room, and the sounds came from far away and got closer.

“It’s too late…”

Chi An glanced around, his sleeve swiping out the soothing incense burning on the desk. Before the incense ash had settled, he had already scurried to the carved window.

"Huh? Why is the door..."

When Su Yao's voice seeped in through the crack of the door, Chi An jumped up, and the moment the last trace of his shadow disappeared, the door creaked open. He looked around, but there was nothing unusual.

Yin Yin breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Since everything is fine, I'll leave first."

"Wait!"

Yin Yin's heart was pounding, but she forced herself to smile calmly, "What...what happened? Is there anything else?"

"Nothing."

Yin Yin nodded, and her pace of leaving unconsciously quickened. Su Yao sneered, looked at the secret compartment opened at the head of the bed, slowly took out the letters, and burned them one by one, "It will be lively soon~"

"Host, if you're like this, won't they be too busy? What about your mission then?"

"Don't worry, I have my own plans. I just saw that they've been too idle lately, so I wanted to find something for them to do. Besides, this isn't something I can decide. She should be almost done with it."

Linghu Nuanwei propped up her head, closed her eyes, and heard a knock on the door. She answered calmly. Chu Wang opened the door, closed it with his backhand, knelt in front of it, and clasped his hands together. "Miss, everything has been arranged. Now we just have to wait and see until tomorrow."

Linghu Nuanwei hummed softly, closing her eyes and rubbing her temples, exhausted. Chu Wang slowly stood up, walked behind her, and offered a hand to help. Linghu Nuanwei rested in the chair, looking very happy.

Chu Wang muttered to himself, "Miss, I will always be loyal to you. I know you don't want to trust others, but you can rely on me and trust me!" He gently stroked a strand of hair, "You just need to stand in the scorching sun, and I will help you take care of everything."

Chu Wang slowly moved closer, and when his lips were about to touch the strand of hair, he smiled bitterly and gently touched it with his forehead. Linghu Nuanwei noticed that Chu Wang had stopped and said lightly, "Why don't you continue?"

"Yes." Chu Wang continued to massage Linghu Nuanwei's temples.

Shangguan Yi had been avoiding Wu Yuan recently, and only went to Linghu Luoxi's place to practice swordplay. Linghu Luoxi watched Shangguan Yi eat his snacks without any hesitation, and a vein popped up on his forehead. "Can't you just go back?"

"No." Shangguan Yi swallowed the snack in his mouth and said indifferently.

"Junior Sister, something happened!"

Xuan Xuan stumbled over, and Linghu Luoxi turned around to look, "Why are you so flustered?"

"You...you'll know if you go out and take a look!"

Shangguan Yi and the other man exchanged a glance, tilting their heads in confusion. They rose and headed for the main peak's gate, only to discover that the various clan members had already gathered. Linghu Luoxi and the others squeezed forward. Down below, a dark mass of people surged like ants: civilians and a group of independent cultivators, their expressions furious and their voices shouting.

"Punish them, blood debt must be paid with blood! Punish them, blood debt must be paid with blood!"

This incident even alarmed the five sect leaders. They stood in the air, their disciples all puzzled as to what had happened. One of them was fanning the flames, adding fuel to the fire. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Yi Xiaoxiao.

"Fellow Daoists, please be quiet. What exactly happened?"

"You fellow Taoists should have been fighting demons and defending the Dao, but you failed in your duty! Those monsters destroyed our families, and you are living at ease." Yi Xiaoxiao fanned the flames.

"Punish them, blood debt must be paid with blood! Punish them, blood debt must be paid with blood!"

The crowd erupted in excitement, instantly losing control. As more and more people began to chant, the voices of Xuan Yu and the others were completely drowned out. Jiang Yeqing stepped forward, his white robes fluttering, looking like a gentleman, a flower of high status. His voice was cold and clear, "Everyone, be quiet..."

Before he finished speaking, several wandering cultivators squatted down, picked up rocks, and threw them at them. Jiang Yeqing frowned in dissatisfaction and took a few steps back. At this moment, a purple whip swung out, creating a crack in the ground.

"Shut up, everyone!"

The crowd suddenly fell silent. Chi An slowly walked towards Linghu Luoxi, his tone cold, "We are not gentlemen, don't look for trouble! Otherwise, I don't know what will happen if I get angry."

Shangguan Yi rubbed his brows tiredly, "There have been so many things going on recently. What's going on with these people?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Yuan, who was standing by, secretly injected a little spiritual energy into Shangguan Yi to refresh him. The crowd had just quieted down for a few seconds before it became noisy again, throwing even more rocks. The clan leaders had no choice but to open the protective shield.

The world of cultivation has rules that prohibit cultivators from casually attacking mortals, due to the consequences of karma, the laws of nature, and moral constraints. Therefore, Yi Xiaoxiao seized on this point and bet that they wouldn't dare to act rashly, and Yi Xiaoxiao was certain that her bet was correct.

“Snap—”

The blast of the purple lightning whip tearing through the air stung everyone's eardrums. Linghu Luoxi looked down at them and chuckled wickedly, "Everyone, watch carefully." With a twist of her wrist, a charred crack appeared on the ground. "I am not the compassionate immortal sect model you imagine."

Chi An and the other two also pretended to draw their swords, and Jiang Yeqing and the others frowned in dissatisfaction. People looked at each other, their hearts full of worries. Yi Xiaoxiao and the others began to incite the crowd again, and the people were hesitant.

"She...she really dares to kill someone?!"

"Shouldn't the immortals protect the common people..."

The crowd surged like boiling water. As a strong man raised a stone, a red-flaming whip wrapped around his wrist.

"Go ahead and give it a try." Linghu Luoxi leaned forward and chuckled, "Let's see which is faster, your stone..." He suddenly whipped the man and threw him into the air, "Or is my whip faster?"

The strong man screamed and fell into the crowd. The people retreated in panic, and no one noticed that Yi Xiaoxiao was holding a spiritual ball in her hand.

"Master, please save my child!"

A hunched figure suddenly pushed through the crowd. A woman in coarse cloth knelt heavily on the stone steps, holding a swaddling child, the blood from her forehead mixed with tears and mud.

Nangong Wanqing saw that she was truly pitiful and walked forward, Liu Zhiyu's warning stuck in his throat. Nangong Wanqing placed his finger lightly on the baby's brow and used his spiritual power to probe halfway.

"Bang——"

The moment the blood mist exploded before Nangong Wanqing's eyes, warm blood splattered on her trembling eyelashes. The baby exploded and died, his flesh and blood blasting all over his body, and the crowd screamed.

"Murder! Murder! The legendary five major sects are killing people!"

"This is the method of the immortals!"

Nangong Wanqing stared blankly at the blood on his hands. The screams of the crowd suddenly became very distant. He was at a loss and stood there in a daze. Liu Zhiyu pulled Nangong Wanqing back and covered his eyes, "Senior Sister, don't look."

Shangguan Yi closed his eyes tightly, terrified. "It's all over! Even jumping into the Yellow River won't clear him of this."

Wu Yuan raised his hand to cover Shangguan Yi's eyes, and Nangong He hurriedly covered Chi An's eyes. Linghu Luoxi felt her vision blocked by a cold hand, and a low voice approached her ear, "Dirty..."

In the distance, Yi Xiaoxiao was bending over to pick up a bloodstained rag, the spirit ball in her hand already having been crushed. Just as she was unsure what to do, three men with intimidating auras slowly approached from a distance.

The relatives looked astonished, Shangguan Yi and his companions were delighted, and the crowd gradually quieted down.