A Venerable One has their own dignity. Even though her cultivation is no match for the man in blue, Gongshu Yuan is determined to fight.
Tan Mingyue coldly said, "I never fight with women, but you are not a woman, you are an old hag, so killing you would not be too much of a deal!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the immortal sword was drawn with a clang, shining brightly in mid-air.
With a blade in hand, Tan Mingyue exuded an aura that shook the heavens and the earth. An unparalleled blade intent rapidly rose, causing Lan Hua behind him to break out in a cold sweat.
With a single slash, the immortal blade swung in a circle in mid-air, its blade energy swirling as if to tear apart the sky of the celestial realm.
A simple vertical slash, yet it possesses the power to split the heavens and the earth.
Gongshu Yuan's expression turned solemn, and she finally unleashed the whisk in her hand.
As the Yuan energy surged, the three thousand white threads on the whisk suddenly grew larger, and the clouds in the sky also turned into streams of light, merging with the white threads and sweeping towards the incoming blade energy.
boom!
The blade's energy was invincible, instantly severing the white threads of the whisk and striking Gongshu Yuan.
The latter vomited a mouthful of blood, his face turned deathly pale, and a ravine several tens of feet deep and several feet wide appeared in front of him.
With just one blow, Gongshu Yuan was utterly defeated and coughed up blood.
Lan Hua's heart skipped a beat. "What a powerful strike! It surpasses even Ye Ziyun's."
"Such strong cultivation! You have at least the late stage of the Profound Rank!"
Tan Mingyue laughed and said, "My depths are beyond the comprehension of an old hag like you!"
Knowing the vast difference between the two, Gongshu Yuan lost all will to fight and considered retreating. She quickly struck out with her palm, sweeping towards Tan Mingyue.
The latter snorted coldly and swept his sword out horizontally. The powerful sword energy easily broke through the Melting Soldier Hand and struck Gongshu Yuan's waist.
With a soft splatter, blood splattered on the ground, but Gongshu Yuan dared not delay for a moment. Her figure faded, and she was already several miles away from the place.
"I won't be in a good mood until I kill you, you old hag!"
In a flash, Tan Mingyue appeared ten miles away, his sword reaching for the sky. The terrifying sword energy pierced through the clouds and then transformed into several sword energies, slashing towards Gongshu Yuan.
The latter had long lost his courage and dared not continue. He could only use the Melting Weapon Hand to try to slow down the blade's energy and escape.
With a few sharp sounds, several blade beams slashed through the Melting Soldier's hand and struck Gongshu Yuan again, shattering her into pieces.
As blood filled the sky, a purple primordial spirit shot off into the distance like a streak of light.
"Hmph, you can't escape!"
Tan Mingyue struck the hilt of the sword with his palm, and the immortal sword suddenly accelerated, faster than a stream of light, and struck the purple primordial spirit.
A scream rang out as Gongshu Yuan's primordial spirit was completely annihilated by the sword energy from the immortal blade, vanishing entirely from the world.
After Gongshu Yuan was killed, dark clouds suddenly surged in the sky above her place, creating a rather unusual phenomenon that shocked Lan Hua.
Lan Hua breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Gongshu Yuan killed, and snorted, "I'm really lucky, I escaped another calamity!"
With a flick of his right hand, Tan Mingyue sent the immortal blade whistling back into his hand.
"Kid, can you still hold on?"
As soon as Tan Mingyue finished speaking, he appeared in front of Lan Hua.
Seeing that Lan Hua's face was pale and weak, he gently touched Lan Hua's chest with a finger, and a stream of pure Yuan energy flowed into his body, making Lan Hua feel much better.
However, Lan Hua also felt a familiar sensation. The Yuan energy flowing into her body was extremely Yang and strong, somewhat similar to the Yin-Yang Heavenly Technique she cultivated.
"That's strange. Not only is this person's Yuan Power somewhat familiar, but even the sword technique he just used is somewhat similar to the Heaven-Opening Palm!"
Although Lan Hua had some doubts, he still clasped his hands in a respectful gesture and said, "Thank you for saving me, Venerable Tan. I am deeply grateful!"
"Even if Venerable Tan kills Gongshu Yuan, isn't he afraid that the Gongshu family or even the Xiaomen will come after him? Wouldn't that be needlessly bringing disaster upon the Venerable?"
Tan Mingyue snorted, "What Gongshu family? They're just a bunch of old men. Do you really think they can be called a family?"
"I've always been a loner; who could possibly find me?"
Lan Hua was speechless. "Venerable One, is it worth offending the Mechanism Hall just to save me?"
Tan Mingyue said arrogantly, "Kid, we're destined to meet, otherwise why would I have passed by this place?"
"So what if I killed him? There's nothing to worry about. Besides, I'm the one who killed him, what do you have to worry about?"
Tan Mingyue took out a red fruit from his pocket; it was so red it looked like it was about to bleed.
"This is a blood-dripping guillotine. Eating it will be beneficial to your primordial spirit and will help you reunite it. Don't push yourself so hard next time!"
Lan Hua swallowed the blood droplet, and a stream of pure spiritual energy flowed into her limbs and meridians, causing her primordial spirit in her lower dantian to recover rapidly.
"Venerable One, this celestial fruit is truly wondrous!"
Tan Mingyue snorted, "Such a fine immortal fruit has been wasted!"
Lan Hua grinned and said awkwardly, "Your Excellency's kindness and virtue are unforgettable."
I don't know where I'll find you in the future, but I'll definitely pay you a visit when I've made it big!
Tan Mingyue waved his hand, "I am a lone cultivator, determined to travel all over the Heavenly Domain. My whereabouts are always uncertain. Finding me is harder than climbing to heaven. Don't bother!"
"Let's go, go where you're supposed to go. Who knows, we might meet again someday!"
Lan Hua felt a blur before her eyes, and when she looked again, Tan Mingyue had vanished without a trace; there wasn't even a tiny black dot in the sky.
"That's really powerful! It comes and goes without a trace!"
After meditating quietly for a while, and once her lower dantian spirit had recovered somewhat, Lan Hua hurriedly flew off into the distance.
He knew he shouldn't linger here, as he didn't know if the Gongshu family would send more people.
After finding a teleportation array, Lan Hua paid the toll and teleported towards the Pill God Realm.
Taiyuan border, Xiaomen, Jiguan Hall.
Gongshu Wang was suddenly shaken, and then a surge of anger burst forth, his roar echoing for dozens of miles around.
Several people came running at the sound of the commotion. Seeing their ancestor in a fit of rage, they asked, "Ancestor, what has happened?"
Gongshu Wang closed his eyes and sighed deeply, his face filled with unbearable grief, "Yuan'er, is dead!"
Everyone was shocked, and their expressions showed disbelief.
"How is that possible? Absolutely impossible! That Lan Hua is only at the Celestial Realm level. How could she possibly kill the Third Ancestor, a Profound-Rank Celestial Realm cultivator?"
"That's right. Even if he has some heaven-defying magic weapon, it's impossible for him to cross two major realms and kill a Venerable-level expert!"
"The difference between the Celestial Realm and the True Rank is already enormous, and the difference between the True Rank and the Profound Rank is even greater. There is an insurmountable gap between the Celestial Realm and the Profound Rank. It is absolutely impossible for Lan Hua to have killed the Three Ancestors!"
Gongshu Wang sighed, "Indeed, it wasn't Lan Hua who killed her, but a swordsman named Tan Mingyue. This man's cultivation far surpasses Yuan'er's!"
"Tan Mingyue? Why have I never heard of him before?"
One person said in surprise, "Although there are many powerful figures in the Heavenly Domain, we are very clear about the Xuan-level experts. Even the rogue cultivators and Heavenly Beings cannot escape the intelligence of the Owl Sect."
"If he had recently broken through to a higher realm, we wouldn't have known in time. But this person's cultivation is higher than that of the Three Ancestors, so he is clearly not a newly advanced Venerable of the Profound Rank!"
"Among all the Xuan-rank experts in the Heavenly Domain, there has never been a person named Tan Mingyue. Could it be that he suddenly appeared out of nowhere?"
A Xuan-rank expert is the true source of a sect's and a family's strength. The Gongshu family's sudden loss of a Xuan-rank expert is a huge blow to the family.
Gongshu Yuan, as the third ancestor of a noble family, had lived for countless years before finally breaking through to the Xuan rank two hundred years ago.
Gongshu Wang said coldly, "This man disregards my Gongshu family and the Xiao Clan. He is a great enemy of my clan, and my clan will fight him to the death!"
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