Under the azure sky, three streaks of light flew across the heavens.
These three streaks of light were a young girl in green riding a sword, a handsome man in white robes, and a young man in purple. They were Qing'er, Xie Chen, and the man named Qin Yi.
"The area ahead is the territory of the Poison Dragon Palace. The people of the Poison Dragon Palace are ruthless and often attack passing cultivators. Fellow Daoists, why don't we take a detour?" Qin Yi suggested.
Qing'er was about to say, "I'm not afraid of any Poison Dragon Palace, I'm going to walk in a straight line," when Xie Chen beside her said, "That's fine too."
Qing'er blinked, her emerald-like eyes filled with confusion.
Since Xie Chen had already spoken, Qing'er didn't say anything more. She decided to take a detour.
So Qing'er and Xie Chen followed Qin Yi through the space between the two mountain peaks. After flying for about fifteen minutes, Qin Yi suddenly stopped and landed in a valley halfway up the mountain. Qing'er and Xie Chen followed him into the valley. Qin Yi had his back to Qing'er and Xie Chen, and the gentle smile on his face was gone.
"Huh? Why aren't you leaving?" Qing'er asked.
Qin Yi turned around and suddenly waved his hand. All the array flags that had been hidden around him emitted a blue light. A total of thirty-six array flags were planted around the area, and now these flags formed a huge blue magic array, completely trapping Qing'er and Xie Chen. Qing'er looked confused. What was this guy trying to do?
"Why are you trapping the two of us?" Qing'er asked.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
Several figures appeared around them, a total of six male cultivators at the Core Formation stage. These six Core Formation cultivators looked at the trapped Qing'er and Xie Chen. One of them, an ugly man carrying a large sword, laughed loudly: "We're really lucky today! We even have such a beautiful woman here. We brothers are quite fortunate!"
"That girl is mine," Qin Yi said coldly.
"Alright, alright, I'll let you play with them for a few years first, then you can give them to us brothers, hahahahahaha..." The ugly man carrying the big knife lewdly laughed, while the others looked at Xie Chen and Qing'er with fierce eyes as if they were fish on a chopping board.
"What do they want to do?" Qing'er asked, pulling on Xie Chen's arm. Having grown up in the Sword God Palace and Phoenix Palace, she had never experienced malice from others in her fourteen years. With her status, her identity, and her strength, who would dare harbor any ill will towards her?
This was the first time she had felt malice. The lewd gaze directed at her made her instinctively uncomfortable, even though she didn't understand what it meant.
"They want to rob us, kill me, and then take you to be their furnace," Xie Chen said expressionlessly.
A furnace or cauldron?
What is that? Qing'er was still confused and puzzled.
However, judging from the old man's tone, Qing'er knew he was no good. After thinking for a moment, she finally realized what was going on. She glared at Qin Yi and said angrily, "I understand, you're a bad person."
"Hahahaha..." Qin Yi burst into laughter, "My beauty, turns out she's a fool."
Hearing this, Qing'er got angry.
Stupid?
He actually dared to insult her! Qing'er was furious, and the consequences of Qing'er's anger were severe. In the sky, the wind and clouds shifted, and the entire world instantly darkened. The once cloudless sky was now shrouded in thick clouds, and terrifying streaks of blue lightning flashed through the clouds. Thunder rumbled as if trying to shatter the heavens. Six electric snakes, thicker than an arm, struck down from the sky.
Rumble—
Qin Yi watched in horror as his six companions were instantly struck dead by lightning.
The formation that had trapped Xie Chen and Qing'er shattered like paper. Qing'er stormed towards Qin Yi, emanating an aura that chilled Qin Yi to the bone. Under the pressure of this aura, he couldn't even stand and immediately knelt down. He knelt on the ground, his face pale and his whole body trembling. He finally realized that he had kicked a hornet's nest.
He instantly killed six Core Formation cultivators.
This...this silly girl, she...she's a Nascent Soul stage monster!!
He actually went to rob a Nascent Soul stage monster!
"Senior, senior, spare my life..." Qin Yi was so terrified that his teeth were chattering.
"How dare you insult me, call me stupid!" Qing'er was furious, and she kicked Qin Yi away.
Qin Yi screamed in agony as he was sent flying backward, crashing through more than a dozen mountain peaks. All his bones were shattered, even his golden core was destroyed. Qing'er hadn't intended to kill him, but he was simply too weak for her. Even though she had controlled her strength, he still couldn't withstand that kick; he was killed by Qing'er's single blow.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
Qing'er was stomping her foot on the spot. With each stomp, the earth shook violently, the surrounding mountains cracked open, and rocks rolled down continuously.
"I considered him a friend, and he actually tried to harm us and even called me stupid. How awful! He's absolutely despicable!" Qing'er said angrily.
Xie Chen watched her angry expression and gently shook his head.
This little girl has always been raised in the Sword God Palace, and the only place she goes is the Phoenix Palace. She only plays with her own people and is unaware of the dangers of the world.
"Old man, why aren't you angry?" Qing'er asked Xie Chen.
Xie Chen remained silent.
"Did you know all along that he was plotting something?" Qing'er asked.
Xie Chen remained silent. Qing'er stared at him for a few moments and said, "You really knew all along? Why didn't you tell me?"
"Let me teach you a lesson," Xie Chen said. "Before, you only associated with your own people, but outsiders can be good or bad. You need to learn to distinguish between them."
"Distinguish? How do we distinguish?" Qing'er asked.
Xie Chen said, "Once you've experienced more, you'll naturally know how to distinguish."
Qing'er watched him walk forward and followed him, chattering on and on, "Then in the future, can I directly read their thoughts?"
"Whatever you want," Xie Chen said.
"But Sister Fengyao also said that it's very impolite to read other people's thoughts," Qing'er said, troubled. "How did you know that Qin Yi was a bad person? Can you teach me?"
"Those who offer unsolicited favors are either treacherous or thieves."
"What's the meaning?"
"Be wary of anyone who's suddenly being overly attentive to you. Don't easily trust strangers," Xie Chen said. He glanced at Qing'er's innocent face. Actually, it didn't matter if she didn't know these things; with his Immortal Emperor cultivation, he could simply break through the impasse with brute force.
No matter how clever an ant is, it will be trampled to death if it encounters a human infant.
"Okay, that's all I know," Qing'er said, following Xie Chen beside her. She then asked, "Are we still going to that Songnan City?"
"Whatever you want."
"I want to go, I want to go, let's go there and play!"
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