Shen Zhaozhao's strategy wasn't just about squeezing money out of her "family members."
More importantly, her gaze never left the names "Tianyan Sect" on the screen.
Given the disgusting formula of the original book that forcibly promotes Yun Wan'er, who knows if, at the last moment, those senior brothers and sisters of the Tianyan Sect, who are under a spell, will become possessed and give away all the spirit cores they worked so hard to obtain to Yun Wan'er to ensure her advancement.
That night.
Deep within Rift Valley.
Liu Qingyi's face was as pale as paper. By the moonlight, she was checking on her fellow disciples one by one.
Her spiritual energy was depleted, her internal organs were damaged... Every finding from the investigation made her heart sink a little more.
Until her fingertips touched Yun Wan'er's wrist.
Liu Qingyi froze abruptly, and her eyes, which had been dimmed by fatigue and pain, suddenly burst forth with an unbelievable light.
She could clearly feel that the spiritual power in Yun Wan'er's body, which was originally at the initial stage of Foundation Establishment, was now like a surging undercurrent, only a thin layer away from the threshold of the second stage of Foundation Establishment.
In just one day!
"Wan'er—"
Liu Qingyi's voice trembled with relief after surviving the ordeal, but more so with heartfelt excitement and ecstasy. She tightly grasped Yun Wan'er's hand, her eyes filled with unreserved sincerity and admiration: "The sect leader's judgment was indeed correct. You truly are the future hope of my Tianyan Sect... May Heaven bless my Tianyan Sect!"
Yun Wan'er's fingers curled slightly as she was held tightly, but a barely perceptible sense of annoyance swept through her heart.
Ha, do these obvious things really need Liu Qingyi to say them out loud?
If she wasn't truly gifted, how could her master have shown her such favoritism?
Looking back now, her long-standing inability to break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining must have been a test from Heaven. Now that the test is over, her path to immortality will only be smooth sailing.
However--
"Bah!"
Before Yun Wan'er could finish gloating, a piercing scream, sharp enough to tear apart the soul, suddenly exploded above the heads of everyone in the Tianyan Sect, like a death warrant from the deepest hell.
A shadow instantly descended.
A steel-feathered chicken, even larger than the one seen during the day, crashed down like a meteorite. The vicious wind generated by its sharp claws made people's bones creak even before it arrived.
"Form ranks, quick!"
Liu Qingyi reacted with lightning speed. As she shouted, the jade umbrella flew out of her hand and transformed into a huge azure light shield that stretched across everyone's heads.
Her three remaining disciples, who were still able to move, almost instinctively poured their remaining spiritual energy into the light shield!
Boom!
The demon chicken's giant claw slammed down on the cyan light shield!
Liu Qingyi groaned, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth, her body swaying precariously.
"Wan'er, quickly move the injured fellow disciples to the cave over there!"
Yun Wan'er was shaken by the earth-shattering impact. She subconsciously looked at the several fellow disciples on the ground who were barely breathing or even unconscious. The disgust and resentment in her heart instantly surged to the peak.
Let her go save these useless people?
Yun Wan'er is a prodigy. She has reached the Foundation Establishment stage in a day and is about to break through to the second level. She is the future hope of Tianyan Sect. Why should she lower herself and act like a servant to carry these trash who can't even withstand two moves from the demons?
In the world of cultivation, isn't it the strong who are respected?
They're so weak, isn't it only natural that they were eliminated?
Can……
Looking at the beast that was clearly enraged, a hint of fear flashed in Yun Wan'er's eyes. At least for now, she couldn't afford to break ties with Liu Qingyi.
"Don't worry, senior sister."
Thinking of this, Yun Wan'er instantly put on an expression that was a mixture of panic and unwavering determination. Her voice even carried a sense of resolute determination, as if she had been given a mission in a time of crisis: "I will definitely get all my senior brothers and sisters there safely!"
After saying that, she walked towards an unconscious male disciple, disdainfully picking up the blood-stained corner of his clothes with her fingertips, as if dragging some dirty sack, and moved it towards a cave not far away.
One, two...
Time ticked by, second by second...
Click!
Finally, a heart-stopping cracking sound came from above Liu Qingyi's head. The light of the cyan shield suddenly dimmed, and the cracks widened like a burst dam!
The demon chicken's scarlet eyes blazed with ferocity, and its giant claws rose high, accompanied by a shrill screech that tore through space, before crashing down once more!
This time, the Light Shield definitely can't stop it!
Just as Yun Wan'er dragged a wounded soldier to the edge of the cave, Liu Qingyi's shrill cry of "Wan'er!" pierced her ears like a stench.
She turned around abruptly, her pupils shrinking.
In their field of vision, the struggling blue light shield resembled fragile glass, on the verge of complete collapse.
Beneath the light shield was a fellow disciple who had not yet had time to be transferred, and... the package containing all the spirit cores of the Heavenly Evolution Sect!
The bag lay on the gravel ground less than three feet from where the giant claw of the demon chicken had landed!
Yun Wan'er's breath hitched. If that claw were to land, what would happen to that unconscious fellow disciple? Yun Wan'er dared not think about it, but that spirit core envelope would surely be reduced to dust along with the rubble below!
Her spiritual core!
Her chance to advance!
She absolutely cannot lose those spirit cores!
"Wan'er, quickly take Junior Brother Lin away!"
Liu Qingyi's scream was shattered, but Yun Wan'er's gaze was fixed on the bulging spirit core package on the gravel ground.
Three feet, only three feet. The unconscious fellow disciple was like a stumbling block, standing between her and her hope of advancement.
Save him?
still……
Time seemed to stretch out, yet it also seemed to last only a moment.
Just as Liu Qingyi desperately poured in her last bit of spiritual power, trying to delay the collapse of the light shield—
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