"This is it."

An Zhengzheng and his group arrived at the entrance of the gambling den, where the sounds of shaking bowls and striking wooden cards filled the air.

There were two guards at the door, and they shouted towards An Zhengzheng, "Girls, want to take a gamble?"

"No need, we're here to find someone." He said, shaking the causal thread in his hand.

The cause-and-effect line is a valuable item; ordinary people can afford it but are reluctant to use it.

The male cultivator's tone suddenly became solicitous: "Have you come to find your lover?"

They've seen plenty of these female cultivators who desperately spend money on men; some of them are mothers or wives who also come looking for them.

An Zhengzheng smiled and shook her head.

Then, with a forceful tug on the causal thread, a male cultivator was pulled out.

An Qinghuan was terrified when she saw this and quickly hid behind An Zhengzheng.

She said in a terrified voice, "It was him! He was the one who stopped me first!"

That means you've chosen the right person.

"Who?" The male cultivator who was dragged out looked around with a skinny face and a pointed mouth, like a monkey. "Who dares to delay your Uncle Zhao Liu's chance to make a fortune?"

People gathered around, and some of those following An Zhengzheng and the others also craned their necks to look.

Zhao Liu spotted An Zhengzheng immediately, and his mouth watered.

He said in a lewd manner, "Oh my, it's a little beauty... Little beauty, do you see who brought me out here?"

That's really an unpleasant thing to say.

An Zhengzheng swung her hand again, this time using seventy percent of her strength.

The female demon and An Qinghuan both took several steps back.

"Ah!" Zhao Liu was hit on the ground and cried out in pain, "You dare to lay a hand on your Uncle Zhao Liu?!"

Two people ran out of the gambling den; they looked like Zhao Liu's companions.

An Qinghuan shouted, "And them too! They are one of them!"

The two companions went to help Zhang Liu up, while Zhao Liu was still yelling and shouting, "Long San, Hu Jiu, this woman actually tried to hit me in the street! I'll fight her to the death..."

Long San and Hu Jiu were clearly stronger than Zhao Liu. One of them was supporting Zhao Liu while the other was about to come up and hit him.

"You bitch, you beat someone so badly... ah!"

An Zhengzheng used all her strength this time, and also casually pulled out a beast-taming whip from her treasure bag.

This is used by the Beast Taming Sect to train spirit beasts.

It's good to beat these beasts.

An Zhengzheng was whipping someone with a series of cracking blows, the whip lashing out and retracting smoothly.

The female demon clicked her tongue and nodded, "Looks like I'm not needed. These few are only at the sixth or seventh level of Qi Refining."

An Qinghuan's heart pounded. She was only at level three and didn't dare to fight like An Zhengzheng, especially against three people at once.

The female demon commented with great interest: "Look, her Beast Taming Whip has been soaked in medicine from the Medicine Sect and wrapped with talisman paper. It makes people bleed and feel pain when it hits them, but they won't die."

This method suits them perfectly well, the demon race.

An Qinghuan was sweating profusely. An Zhengzheng had been so ruthless; what if they came looking for revenge?

An Zhengzheng cleaned everyone up; they were all lying on the ground, barely alive.

She didn't even glance at it.

"Take out the sword I just sharpened for you," An Zhengzheng said to An Qinghuan.

"W-what's wrong?"

An Qinghuan felt a little scared. She had never gone out to train, had never killed any demonic beasts, and the Hehuan Sect's teachings did not allow them to carry knives or red-tasseled spears, let alone swords.

However, she still took it out very carefully.

“Only by taking action yourself can you calm down,” An Zhengzheng said matter-of-factly.

"Think about how helpless you felt when you were surrounded that day."

"They mocked you because of your weakness, certain that you couldn't escape, certain that even if you did escape, you wouldn't dare to utter a sound."

"If we don't teach them a lesson, they'll bully other girls in the future."

An Zhengzheng's words were like a demonic whisper, turning An Qinghuan's initial hesitation into determination.

“Take another look around, make them behave and be more frightened, let them know that women can also seek revenge.”

"Don't be afraid, this sword won't kill. Go ahead and stab them. Every time you stab them, they'll lose a month's worth of cultivation... You won't be harmed by the Heavenly Dao, because the causal lines can prove that you're within the causal chain."

The sword also has talismans attached to it; once the situation becomes fatal or crosses the causal line, the sword will automatically retract into its sheath.

An Qinghuan stepped forward without hesitation.

The three men had already been beaten to the ground, and they were swaying from side to side in pain.

"Who...who are you? When did we offend you?!" Zhao Liu panicked.

They were utterly defeated by a little girl in full view of everyone!

"Is there anyone who can save us?!"

It's hilarious; nobody dares to pay any attention to it.

"Don't you remember me?" An Qinghuan's mind was filled with An Zhengzheng's words.

If these people aren't taught a lesson, other female cultivators will suffer the same fate.

"Who...who are you?" Long San was bewildered. "Are you that female cultivator from the day before yesterday?"

"No, absolutely not!" Zhang Liu grinned, not forgetting to correct, "The female cultivator from the day before yesterday wasn't this young."

Hu Jiu said, "Could it be from last month..."

"..." An Qinghuan's temper flared up immediately.

"You!" she said, enunciating each word clearly, "Just how many female cultivators did you bully?"

He stabbed Zhang Liuyi with a sword after saying two words.

After being stabbed five times, the sword was sheathed.

The cause and effect have been resolved.

Zhao Liu grimaced in pain, having lost almost half a year's worth of cultivation.

An Qinghuan then poked Long San again: "You guys are bullying female cultivators everywhere! I even saw you steal something from a child cultivator!"

When she reached Hu Jiu's spot, she paused, then thrust even harder: "So you're the one treating me like a mouse! You think you're so great at blocking people?!"

The sword turned transparent when it entered his chest cavity. He experienced intense pain and his cultivation level plummeted, but his physical body remained intact.

So the sword spirit struck the soul; no wonder that female cultivator just said this sword wouldn't kill anyone!

After venting her anger, An Qinghuan ran sullenly to An Zhengzheng's side.

"They really won't die, right?" Apart from the whip marks, there were no sword marks on the body.

An Zhengzheng said gently, "You won't die. What's damaged is your soul. You'll recover in a month, but your cultivation level will never return. Consider this repayment of your karma."

An Qinghuan was finally relieved.

She turned around and said loudly, "This is what you'll do if you dare to bully female cultivators! If you do such petty theft and bullying again, you'll pay the price!"

Fearing she wouldn't be able to intimidate them, An Qinghuan added, "I'll remember you all, Zhao Liu, Long San, Hu Jiu!!"

She's just a spoiled brat who's using someone else's power to bully others.

The people on the street who witnessed the whole thing were terrified. That was almost half a year's worth of cultivation! For those of them who weren't particularly talented and didn't have any family wealth, it was a huge loss.

"We were wrong, we were wrong..."

Their apologies continued throughout the entire process and haven't stopped yet.

"Are you still angry?" An Zhengzheng asked her.

An Qinghuan's face, which had been agitated from cursing, calmed down considerably before she replied, "Much better."

"Then let's go."

"good."