Chapter 144 Accept your fate?
Mu Chen looked up at the sky and saw ten flying swords flying through the air. In the blink of an eye, they were in front of everyone.
The man in the lead was Liu Xiaozhi, whose face, rosy from being nourished by spiritual energy, was now filled with anger.
The nine people following behind him, the so-called Nine Golden Core Sons, looked very familiar to Mu Chen.
It is said that when they work together to cast spells, even cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage would find it difficult to match them. However, in Mu Chen's eyes, they are nothing more than nine vicious dogs under Liu Xiaozhi.
But the dogs were ferocious and she was no match for them.
Mu Chen's palms, which were tightly gripping the hilt of the sword, broke out in cold sweat, and he suddenly felt a little timid.
"It's the Lord Governor! Lord Governor, save me!" When Wang Wu saw them, hope suddenly flashed in his eyes and he shouted loudly.
The soldiers at the checkpoint knelt down and saluted.
The male cultivators who held the Yongye sisters hostage immediately regained their courage and kicked their knees together, forcing them to kneel down.
Luo Yuan immediately jumped onto the bow by stepping on the side of the boat, not caring about being soaked. He pulled Bai Xiu over and quickly retreated to the shore to stand with Mu Chen.
Bai Xiu raised her hand to press the wound on her shoulder pierced by the sharp arrow, and said in a heavy tone, "How could they get here so quickly?"
Mu Chen gritted his teeth and said in a trembling voice, "It's all my fault. I've caused you all trouble."
Luo Yuan raised his hand, and his spiritual power condensed into a lightsaber in his palm, flashing with a cold icy blue light. "This isn't your fault. They're the ones who deserve to die!"
As he spoke, he shook his wrist and the sharp sword light stabbed towards Wang Wu.
Wang Wu screamed, covered his throat with both hands, and curled up like a shrimp, his face twisted and distorted in pain.
Everyone on the sword immediately became furious and their faces turned red. This was simply a provocation!
Someone summoned a spirit sword and shouted angrily, "Lord of the State, let me teach this girl a lesson!"
Liu Xiaozhi's face was gloomy, but he didn't agree, "Don't worry about it."
He dropped his sword and walked towards Mu Chen, his eyes filled with tenderness. "Put down your sword and come back with me. I won't hold this matter against you."
If Mu Chen could change his mind, he didn't want to be laughed at by outsiders.
Mu Chen looked at him coldly, "Go back with you? So you can take my spirit pearl and marry me to a man as selfish as you, sucking my blood dry?"
Liu Xiaozhi was instantly enraged and roared, "From ancient times to the present, which woman hasn't gone through this? You're already happy enough. From childhood to adulthood, I've given you everything you wanted. Now I just want you to contribute a few spirit beads. What's there to be wronged about?!"
Mu Chen didn't answer, but just looked at him coldly.
She had nothing to say because she knew that even if she did, he would only accuse her of being unreasonable.
Liu Xiaozhi looked away, his eyes fiercely sweeping over the women present, and sternly said, "If it weren't for us protecting you, you women would have died of illness, starvation, or even been killed. You don't want to live a good life, but you go to join the demon clan. What exactly are you dissatisfied with?"
Bai Xiu looked at his distressed expression and couldn't help but sneer.
The rest of Yongye were the same, looking at him with sneer, as if they were watching a monkey perform. Even though they all had swords at their necks, there was no fear on their faces.
Liu Xiaozhi was stabbed by the sharp gazes of the crowd, his heart trembled suddenly, and he subconsciously took a step back.
When he realized that he was actually intimidated by this group of women who had no ability to fight back, a burst of anger instantly surged in his heart. These people were a bunch of lunatics and ungrateful people. They had no gratitude at all and didn't even have a trace of regret!
Liu Xiaozhi turned around and looked at the Nine Golden Cores. "Since they are so stubborn, then... let's take action."
As soon as he finished speaking, the nine Jindan male cultivators surrounded Luo Mu and the other two with a sinister smile, and swung the magic swords in their hands violently. Nine sharp sword lights shot straight towards the two of them.
Mu Chen's pupils constricted. The power of the sword light was too terrifying. There was no way she could block it.
She gritted her teeth and was about to raise her sword to block when a figure suddenly flashed by her side. It was Luo Yuan who stood in front of her.
Luo Yuan raised his hand and opened a defensive magic shield, which collided with several sword lights. The magic shield immediately cracked into several fine lines and was on the verge of breaking.
Her face was as pale as paper, with beads of sweat rolling down her forehead. It was obvious that her spiritual power had been exhausted and she could no longer hold on.
Luo Yuan said in a trembling voice, "Mu Chen, hurry up and leave. Once you enter Dongzhou, you will be... free."
The moment she finished speaking, the magic shield exploded, and several sword lights shot in, instantly piercing through her body.
Mu Chen exclaimed, "No, Luo Yuan!"
Tears instantly welled up in her eyes, and she rushed forward to catch Luo Yuan's falling body.
Another sword flash came and hit Mu Chen's shoulder hard. She fell to the ground with Luo Yuan, blood oozing from the corner of her mouth.
Mu Chen stretched out his bloodstained hand and tremblingly held Luo Yuan's cold cheek. Feeling her weak breathing, he felt heartbroken beyond words.
Why...why did it still fail?
They just want to live freely and don’t want to hurt anyone. Is it not even possible to ask for this?
In the distance, the people of Eternal Night were stripped of their weapons, their hands and feet were tied, and they were taken ashore. The women hiding in the cabin were also dragged out.
They looked at these male cultivators with fear or anger, but were powerless to resist.
The male cultivator opened the cargo on the boat and found that it was filled with spirit stones. His breathing suddenly became rapid and his eyes were filled with greed. If he had not been concerned about Liu Xiaozhi being here, he would have stuffed the spirit stones into his storage bag long ago.
When Liu Xiaozhi saw that he had captured Yongye's men and retrieved the lost spirit stone, the anger in his heart subsided a little.
But when he saw Mu Chen holding Luo Yuan tightly, he became upset again.
He strode over, grabbed Luo Yuan by the collar, pulled her out of Mu Chen's arms, and slapped her in the face.
"It's you, a country girl, who has led my daughter astray!"
Luo Yuan woke up in pain, his mind still a little dazed. When he saw Liu Xiaozhi, his eyes suddenly became fierce, and he gasped with difficulty: "She...she doesn't belong to you...You have no right to trap her..."
Seeing that she still dared to be stubborn, Liu Xiaozhi became even angrier. He raised his hand again and was about to slap her hard when Mu Chen suddenly pounced on him and grabbed his wrist tightly.
Mu Chen looked at him angrily and shouted, "Let her go. It's none of her business. I wanted to escape on my own. I didn't want the fate you imposed on me!"
Liu Xiaozhi grabbed her wrist with his backhand and pulled her in front of him. He laughed coldly and said, "I'm telling you, if you obediently offer the Spirit Pearl to us, and give us your flesh and blood and life, this is your fate, this is the fate of all of you. Accept your fate, Liu Muchen."
After saying that, he let go of his hand and let Mu Chen fall to the ground in despair.
He turned to look at the Nine Golden Cores and the other male cultivators, and laughed loudly, "You have captured Yongye's people this time, which can be said to be a great achievement. Dig out all their spirit pearls and share them with everyone!"
The male cultivators immediately cheered loudly.
Mu Chen watched them reveling and couldn't believe that these men, including her father, were such beasts.
Are they and she really the same kind?
If so, how could they smile and eat the flesh and blood of their own kind?
If not, how could they be born from a woman's womb?
She looked up at the sky, cold tears rolling down her cheeks.
Suddenly, a roar came from behind the clouds, and then a huge cloud boat broke out of the clouds, slowly descended, and hovered above everyone's heads.
"You guys, what are you doing?" A puzzled voice sounded on the cloud boat.
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After Qiu Qianling was driven away by Chi Ling, he returned to his room and hid in his dreams to practice the Heaven-Slaying Sword Technique all night.
The next day, she followed everyone on the cloud boat and left Zhongzhou Prefecture.
The cloud boat traveled very quickly, and in just half a day, they could see the border of Dongzhou.
She gazed into the distance, only to see Dongzhou shrouded in a dark cloud, the sky and earth shrouded in a gloomy grey. The mountains and forests on the ground were lifeless, the rivers dried up, and the land cracked, as if drained of its vitality. Compared to the clear waters, blue skies, and lush greenery of Zhongzhou, it seemed like another world.
Qiu Qianling's mood suddenly became heavy. Dongzhou has been mostly polluted by demonic energy. Can she really adapt to the environment there and kill Fentian?
Just as he was thinking, there was suddenly a loud noise of fighting on the ground, and the sharp sword was about to hit Yunzhou.
Elder Xujun immediately ordered someone to lower the cloud boat to see what was going on.
The monk who was lying in the cabin to rest also ran to the deck to watch the excitement.
"What are you doing?" Elder Xujun asked puzzledly, leaning against the side of the boat.
The cheers of the male cultivators suddenly stopped, and they looked at these cultivators from the sect who were of higher status than them with panic in their eyes.
Wouldn't they be blamed by the sect?
Liu Xiaozhi thought the same thing, and his heart began to beat wildly. If the sect leader knew that these cargo ships were full of lost spirit stones, it would be very bad.
When Mu Chen saw the female cultivators on the boat, his eyes lit up. Perhaps these people would help them, and Luo Yuan would not have to die.
She raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face and shouted loudly: "Please, fairy, save us! Liu Xiaozhi is a beast. He forced us to dig out everyone's spirit beads!"
Liu Xiaozhi panicked and quickly defended himself, "Elder Xujun, don't listen to her nonsense. She's my daughter, yet she's hanging out with a group of demon-conducted women, intent on resisting the handover of the spirit stone. Her crimes are heinous, and I'm killing my own daughter for the greater good!"
Elder Xujun was stunned. This was an internal matter of the Jinmen Immortal Mansion, and it was not appropriate for him to interfere.
He asked the monk next to him, "Where is your sect leader?"
"The Sect Master is resting. She has ordered that no one is allowed to disturb her unless the Demon Lord comes."
Elder Xujun hesitated for a long time. He thought that as long as he could send the one hundred female cultivators to the Demon Realm, his mission would be accomplished. There was no need to get involved in this mess.
Just as he was about to speak, Ge Fuling spoke first, "We volunteered to go to the Demon Realm to defend peace, but you refused to even hand over your spirit stones. You are so selfish!"
The other cultivators echoed, "That's right. You refused to hand over the spirit stones, so you should be punished. How dare you ask for our help?"
When Mu Chen heard these words, he felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave.
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