Chapter 120 Breakthrough
Chi Qi looked at the male cultivator coldly.
He had snow-white hair draped over his shoulders, a thin face with distinct features, and looked to be no more than thirty years old.
He was wearing a white robe. The fabric shimmered with cold light under the candlelight. The collar, cuffs and hem were embroidered with exquisite and intricate patterns with silver thread, making him look extremely luxurious.
Chi Qi raised her eyebrows slightly. Judging from the man's dress and tone of voice, he must be Shi Zhenlin, the leader of the Jinmen Immortal Palace.
He looks like a decent human being, with an air of immortality, but I wonder if the flesh and blood inside will be crawling with maggots if you tear open his gorgeous and handsome skin.
Seeing that she was silent, Shi Zhenlin frowned slightly. "I told you to store the spiritual roots in the jade box. Did I make any mistakes?"
As he spoke, he extended his hand towards her, "Give me the jade box quickly. This top-grade spiritual root must be refined thoroughly before it can be planted in Zhuoyue."
Of course, Chi Lan couldn't give the jade box to him. She also wanted to use it to let the heroine see Shi Zhuoyue's true face.
As for how to deal with Shi Zhenlin, she rolled her eyes slightly, an idea immediately forming within her mind. She then spoke in a cold voice, "Shi Zhenlin, don't think I don't know what you're planning. You'd better tell me the truth. You want me to be the villain who digs out spiritual roots for you and your son. Is it because you can't bear to part with Qiu Qianling, your beloved daughter, and fear she'll resent you, or is it because you can't bear to dirty the hands of your own, the Sect Master of the Golden Gate Immortal Palace?"
After saying that, she took a step closer to Shi Zhenlin and looked at him with an extremely oppressive look.
Facing Chi Li's approach, Shi Zhenlin's hair stood on end for no reason, as if he had sensed some danger, and he subconsciously took half a step back.
When he realized what was happening, he just found it ridiculous. What was wrong with him? How could he be afraid of a woman who didn't even have much cultivation? Was he feeling guilty?
After all, Xie Yuqing was right. He had the image of a gentleman outside, and of course it was impossible for him to do such a bad thing as digging out someone's spiritual roots, especially when that person was his daughter.
Since Xie Yuqing is helping him, why should he do this?
However, wasn't it Xie Yuqing who was most anxious and angry about Shi Zhuoyue's downfall? It was she who had taken the initiative to offer Qiu Qianling's spiritual roots to Shi Zhuoyue, so why was she now turning the tables and blaming him?
The only explanation was that Xie Yuqing was still angry about Qiu Min. His wife was good in every way except for her bad temper. Zhuo Yue was so old, but she was still so petty.
Shi Zhenlin sighed softly, his tone doting and helpless, "If I really couldn't bear to let her go, how could I let you dig out her spiritual roots? Besides, we are husband and wife, what's the difference between you doing it and me doing it? Aren't we all for excellence?"
Chi Li sneered, "How can there be no difference? You don't even care about your own daughter. If something happens in the future, there's no guarantee that you won't sacrifice me just like you sacrificed Qiu Qianling to protect yourself."
When Shi Zhenlin saw her, his face was as cold as ice and his words were full of sarcasm. He was very unhappy. Could he be such a heartless person?
But then he thought again, he was able to ascend to the throne of the sect leader thanks to the full support of Xie Yuqing's father, Xie Xiaohai, the elder deacon of the Jinmen Immortal Palace.
He had been busy with sect affairs over the years, and inevitably neglected Xie Yuqing and Shi Zhuoyue. As a result, he failed to discover in time that Zhuoyue's cultivation had gone awry, causing him to become a cripple. He immediately felt guilty and did not dare to lose his temper again.
So he suppressed his annoyance, lowered his voice, and coaxed her softly, "Look, you're imagining things again. Qiu Qianling may be my child, but she's just a mortal. How can she compare to the position you and Zhuo Yue hold in my heart?"
As he spoke, he took out a crystal clear and attractively colored candied haws from his storage ring and handed it to Chi Li. "I remember you loved this the most, so I brought it specially from Nanzhou for you. Do you like it?"
If it were in the past, Xie Yuqing would definitely be very happy and sweet to see Shi Zhenlin willing to spend so much time and effort on her.
It’s a pity that Chi Qing is not Xie Yuqing, and she doesn’t have that kind of overflowing emotions. Looking at the toy in Shi Zhenlin’s hand that was used to coax children, she just found it ridiculous.
She took the candied haws and let go of her hand under Shi Zhenlin's expectant gaze. With a crisp sound, the candied haws fell to the ground, and the sugar shell on the surface was covered with cracks. Then she stepped on it, and the hawthorn and sugar coating were instantly crushed to pieces.
Shi Zhenlin hadn't expected that his patient and gentle persuasion would go unappreciated. His expression instantly changed, and he shouted angrily, "Xie Yuqing, that's enough! Didn't I just have that ill-fated relationship with a mortal woman over ten years ago? Now you've killed her, and Qiu Qianling is at your mercy. What else do you want from me before you give up?"
Chi Li suddenly laughed out loud, "Finally, you've revealed your shameless face. This is much more vivid and interesting than the gentle pretense just now!"
"What do you mean?" Shi Zhenlin was slightly startled, then his face suddenly darkened. He wasn't stupid enough to take this as a compliment; the irony in it was obvious.
Chi Li's smile widened. "Didn't you ask me what I want? It's simple. I want your position as the clan leader."
"Are you crazy? Are you kidding me?" Shi Zhenlin became even more annoyed, feeling that he was being fooled by her.
However, when he looked at Chi Li, he found that she had put away her smile, her eyes were extremely cold, and there was no trace of joking on her face.
He felt a sudden shock in his heart for no reason and didn't want to argue with her anymore. "I won't waste my time talking to you. Just give me Qiu Qianling's spiritual root!"
As he spoke, he reached out his hand towards Chi Li and tried to take the jade box from her.
But Chi Li moved faster. She threw the magic weapon in her hand, and the Youling Pearl turned into a light golden light shield in the air, spreading out in front of her in an instant.
With a bang, Shi Zhenlin's palm slapped on the light shield, and his arm went numb from the shock.
Shi Zhenlin was immediately enraged and said coldly, "Xie Yuqing, was it because I was too nice to you before that you thought it was okay to disobey me?"
You have to know that he has already reached the final stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, while Xie Yuqing hasn't even formed a Core Formation yet. Going against him is simply asking for trouble - asking for a fight!
As expected, a woman should not be too nice to her, otherwise, she will become lawless and forget her own identity.
Shi Zhenlin's eyes flashed with ruthlessness, "It seems that I have to teach you a lesson!"
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly raised his left palm, spiritual energy surged around his body, his robes moved without wind, and he slapped out with one palm. The powerful force turned into a huge palm print and pounced towards Chi Li.
Shi Zhenlin used all his strength without reservation, using 70% of his strength in this palm strike. He thought that Xie Yuqing would definitely beg for mercy immediately.
But soon, his expression changed. His palm print hit the light shield transformed from the Youling Pearl with a bang. The powerful force made him retreat half a step.
Looking at the light shield again, it was completely intact, the surface was extremely smooth, without even a crack.
Shi Zhenlin was horrified. Could this magic weapon actually block the attack of a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage?
Could it be that Xie Xiaohai gave it to her? Such a precious defensive magic weapon, there is no reason for Xie Xiaohai not to keep it for self-defense!
Standing behind the light shield, Chi Li raised her eyes slightly, looking at him coldly as if she were looking at some garbage, "Now, it's my turn to take action."
Shi Zhenlin was originally extremely angry, but upon hearing this he couldn't help but burst into laughter. "Yuqing, Yuqing, I think you're quite crazy. Do you really think that with a few magic weapons, you can defeat me? Okay, hurry up and do it. It would be best if you could hit me a few more times, so that I can let you vent your anger."
Chi Qi's expression remained indifferent. She turned her hand over, and a jade-green brush appeared in her hand. Mysterious and dark runes were engraved on the pen shaft, and it exuded a faint chill.
She held the Breakthrough Pen, moved her wrist slightly, and a sharp "break" gradually appeared.
Shi Zhenlin was very relaxed at first, but soon his face tensed. A dangerous aura that made his heart palpitate came from that word, making him very uncomfortable.
As Chi Lu put down her last stroke, a blood-red light instantly bloomed, and the font expanded several times, pressing down on Shi Zhenlin like a mountain.
Shi Zhenlin's face changed instantly, and he shouted in horror, "No, this is impossible. You are clearly only in the Foundation Establishment Stage, how could you possibly have the pressure of a Spiritual Transformation Stage!"
As he spoke, he turned and flew out of the house, taking out the Golden Rope Sword, and urging the sword light like a madman, flying away from Yunling Mountain where Xie Yuqing was.
But the bloody character was faster than him, and caught up with him before he was halfway into the air.
“No——!!!!” A shrill scream rang out, startling the birds in a radius of dozens of miles.
The bloody words were like a giant fire phoenix, roaring and penetrating into Shi Zhenlin's body with overwhelming force.
In an instant, he fell from the sword, his body suspended in mid-air, trembling violently, his face a look of utter agony. The bloody words transformed into crimson lines that spread out like a spider web, wrapping around him tightly and greedily absorbing the spiritual energy within him.
Soon, Shi Zhenlin's realm fell to the Golden Core Realm, and then a golden sphere condensed with his spiritual power slowly emerged from his body.
Chi Li stood in the yard, stretched out her finger and hooked the golden ball, which flew into her palm. Strands of spiritual energy escaped, emitting a warm breath, which made her feel comfortable both physically and mentally.
Shi Zhenlin fell from the air along with his sword, creating a huge human-shaped pit on the opposite mountain.
He struggled to get up from the bottom of the pit, but found that his whole body was in pain and weak, and he couldn't even move a finger. The spiritual power in his body was still dissipating uncontrollably.
He turned his eyes with difficulty, and saw the light golden spiritual energy drifting into the surrounding soil, trees and weeds like smoke, and then disappeared in a flash. In the places soaked by the spiritual energy, clusters of bright flowers bloomed, swaying in the wind, with a charming fragrance.
Looking at himself again, his originally thick and shiny white hair became extremely sparse and frizzy, and his fair and smooth skin became wrinkled and covered with black spots.
His health deteriorated suddenly and he looked nearly twenty years older.
Shi Zhenlin was extremely panicked, and his Dao heart was almost collapsed. This was the cultivation and longevity he had gained through decades of diligent practice, and they were all gone in one night!
Xie Yuqing was just a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage. What kind of skills did she use to make him fall down an entire realm?
"Ah——!!!!" Shi Zhenlin roared in pain and anger, "Xie Yuqing, I'm going to kill you!"
As he finished speaking, a sound of footsteps came to the edge of the deep pit and stopped.
Shi Zhenlin looked up and saw a familiar yet unfamiliar face.
What is familiar is her facial features, what is unfamiliar is her expression.
Chi Qi lowered her eyes and looked at him lying at the bottom of the pit. She twirled the realm-breaking pen in her hand, a cold smile on her lips. "Why do I hear someone barking?"
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