"elder sister."

"Sister Zhengzheng."

"Junior Sister?!"

What are you doing?!

An Yirou, Song Juan, Su Ying, and Senior Sister Caiqi were all startled.

Senior Sister Caiqi was the first to react: "Junior Sister, the True Immortals are talking about Foundation Establishment disciples. You're only at the ninth level of Qi Refining. Although it's good that you're about to enter the Foundation Establishment stage, but..."

"But everyone knows that the physique of a Qi Refining stage cultivator is worlds apart from that of a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator!"

An Zhengzheng naturally knew.

She asked, "Senior sister, you just looked at the sky, didn't you?"

"...That family were all at the Foundation Establishment stage."

An Zhengzheng, being of lower cultivation level, could not attack those of higher cultivation level, but she had ears and overheard the Zhou family members' discussions.

Senior Sister Caiqi immediately shut up.

An Zhengzheng's meaning was clear: being at the Foundation Establishment stage alone was not weak enough; it needed to be even weaker.

"But sister... what if something happens to her, and she really dies, like in the sky..."

An Yirou suddenly panicked and said, "What will I do if something happens to you?"

From a young age, whenever others bullied her, it was always An Zhengzheng who stood up for her. As she grew up, An Yirou remained attached to An Zhengzheng, and this attachment only intensified after An Zhengzheng founded the Hundred Women's Pavilion.

An Yirou herself may not have realized that in this respect she is very much like her mother, Lin Jing.

Her independence was entirely built on another kind of dependence: she was independent of her parents and family, yet dependent on her older sister.

"You don't need to worry too much. I'm not entirely without confidence either," An Zhengzheng comforted her sister. "It's just that I'm afraid something might happen."

This isn't like a battle of wits with Zhou Xu. Although I'm 70% confident, if I lose, nothing will happen; at most, I'll just lose face.

She intends to fight against the spirit beast with the physique of a Qi Refining stage cultivator.

"How confident are you?" Senior Sister Caiqi asked her.

An Zhengzheng answered truthfully, "Seventy percent."

If the mutated tiger had three times her cultivation level, she would have definitely lost before. But things are different now; she has enough magical artifacts to enhance her abilities and has also cultivated a sword spirit.

But if it's one of the other 30%, with her constitution, she would either die or be seriously injured.

"It's over, all the cultivators have been driven back..." Someone didn't understand, "Wasn't it said that apart from the ancient divine beast Piggy Hero, no other divine beasts would appear in the world?"

How come the offspring of the Guhuoniao have escaped?

Divine beasts are not ordinary spirit beasts. Ancient divine beasts are so powerful that even gods cannot suppress them. Otherwise, there would be no need for the celestial realm to unite with the human and demon races to seal them.

It's just a seal, not a kill.

After finishing her final instructions to the girls, An Zhengzheng took out her flying artifact and leaped into the air.

Amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, they headed towards the direction of the sect leader.

This spirit beast has run from the courtyard into the street. If it is not subdued, no one knows who will be the next victim.

An Zhengzheng rushed forward very quickly.

"...It's An Zhengzheng!"

Most of the female cultivators present had read the Hundred Women's Pavilion magazine and remembered An Zhengzheng's appearance very clearly.

Those who cultivate themselves have clear senses and eyesight that surpasses that of ordinary people.

A person with higher cultivation level glanced at her and said in surprise, "She's only at the ninth level of Qi Refining..."

"She is indeed a genius, but beast taming shouldn't be her area of ​​expertise, right? Wouldn't she just be throwing her life away for nothing?"

"Why are you saying that? Don't you see there are other female cultivators up there too?"

“That’s different. The Beast Taming Sect is a man’s world. Taming and conquering wild beasts is a man’s job. Even if a female cultivator is a member of the Beast Taming Sect, she is a member of the Heartless Path.”

Someone said to him, "In the past, all shop owners were men."

And then An Zhengzheng showed up.

"Look!"

The crowd stopped arguing and watched as An Zhengzheng followed behind the last Foundation Establishment cultivator who had been knocked out.

She was a female cultivator from the Beast Taming Sect. She was caught off guard and was flung out by the mutated tiger's tail.

An Zhengzheng caught her before anyone else could.

"Ah, thank you, junior sister." The senior sister coughed up blood, which smeared on An Zhengzheng's collar.

"It's alright." An Zhengzheng handed her over to her senior sister behind her.

"That girl is in the Qi Refining stage." It was Yan Qing from Qin Tianfu who spoke. He looked at her carefully for a while before realizing, "She is An Zhengzheng!"

When An Zhengzheng's joint entrance examination results came out as the top scorer, he personally visited her to invite her to Qintian Mansion.

But An Zhengzheng refused.

"She was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining back then, and now she's at the ninth level?"

Among those of the same age, only Zhou Xu, the genius of the Zhou family, has the same cultivation level as her.

The master of Qintian Mansion asked him, "Is she the girl we invited to the Hehuan Sect back then?"

"Yes." Yanqing pursed her lips. "When I first met her, I thought she was exceptionally beautiful. If she were willing to come to the Hehuan Sect, she would surely be a high-status woman."

But An Zhengzheng refused, and instead went against the Hehuan Sect.

This opposite has two meanings.

First, the Hehuan Sect, which emphasizes romantic love and worldly affairs, is in opposition to the Wuqing Sect, which advocates severing all ties and remaining untouched by worldly desires.

Secondly, the decline of the Hehuan Sect was closely related to An Zhengzheng.

"Since the Hundred Women's Pavilion was founded, some disciples of the Hehuan Sect in Qintian Prefecture have actually left the sect. I've heard that other sects have done the same."

That person wasn't the master of the Hehuan Sect, but he had heard about it.

Yanqing smiled bitterly, "Over the years, every top scholar has been from our sect, but I haven't been able to recruit her."

He underestimated An Zhengzheng back then, thinking that she was just being pretentious because of her beauty. He thought that no pretty girl would be unwilling to go to the Hehuan Sect to find a good husband.

If An Zhengzheng had been recruited back then, perhaps the Hehuan Sect wouldn't have started its decline.

He came to his senses and then looked closely at An Zhengzheng.

She slowly approached the mutated tiger, unlike the others who took the initiative.

The mutated tiger was already quite tired after so many rounds, but it couldn't escape the magic array formed by so many real people.

Even real people cannot get within a hundred meters of it.

A stalemate ensued.

Until An Zhengzheng stepped into the 100-meter lap.

"No, this girl is only at the Qi Refining stage. Why doesn't she come and ask for my opinion before going to fight?"

Master Suotang originally thought that An Zhengzheng was going to help the female cultivator from the Beast Taming Sect, and just a second ago he was marveling at his disciple's kind heart.

And then she entered the 100-meter lap the next second?

Master Suotang, eager to protect his disciple, tried to pull her out, but was stopped by Master Kongyu.

He said, "Are you stupid? If you go into the 100-meter circle again, that beast's cultivation level will skyrocket, and my disciple will be gone, believe it or not?"

"I can't just stand by and watch!"

"Don't worry, Master has already placed life-saving talismans nearby, and with his teleportation technique, he will definitely be faster than the spirit beast."

The mutated tiger was waiting for An Zhengzheng to strike first.

Unexpectedly, after An Zhengzheng entered, she only controlled the flying magic weapon and stopped using her cultivation.

The mutated tiger had no way of obtaining three times the cultivation level of An Zhengzheng.

It got a little anxious and attacked people on its own initiative for the first time.

This is to provoke An Zhengzheng to use his cultivation.

But An Zhengzheng just kept dodging with her magical artifacts.

"What... what kind of fighting style is this?"

The onlookers below were completely baffled.

All cultivation methods advocate direct confrontation, but An Zhengzheng doesn't use her cultivation; she just keeps dodging.

He neither chanted any incantations nor wielded a sword, but simply moved his flying magical artifact.

This magical artifact is still quite basic; it's an artifact that can be used simply by inserting spirit stones. You can leap over it by waving your arm, without needing any cultivation power at all.

The mutated tiger became even more anxious, as An Zhengzheng's moves were different from those of everyone before her.

It started swiping An Zhengzheng with its tail...

An Zhengzheng leaped up from the magical artifact, grabbed the tail, and was constantly being shaken.

"The mutated tiger didn't have enough strength to throw her off!"

The onlookers understood.

Since An Zhengzheng doesn't use his cultivation, the mutated tiger has zero cultivation to spare.

“I’ve found you.” An Zhengzheng suddenly smiled.

She stepped on the tail, forcibly summoned the sword spirit, grabbed it, pounced, and plunged it into the heart of the rune.

The book says that's the key point to tearing the runes apart.

The runes have already merged into the mutated tiger's body and soul.

The mutated tiger was enraged. It roared to the sky and a feather grew from the center of the talisman.

It is the feather of its mother, the Guhuo bird.

The feather was close to An Zhengzheng's eyes.

"An Zhengzheng! Run!" It was Master Suotang who spoke; he was startled.

In desperation, he disregarded those around him and used magic to amplify his voice.

"Being grazed by the feathers of the Guhuoniao can triple one's cultivation, but the wounds will never heal..."

"You'll be disfigured!"

An Zhengzheng heard it too, and she turned her face away.

Should she give up? But she was not willing at all; she was about to be tamed.

But that feather was already fluttering near her face.

If you don't move forward, you can't pierce the core of the talisman.

If she goes forward, her face will definitely be scratched by the feathers.