Chapter 69 Chapter 69 Xiaohong
Yun Miao, who was hovering in the air, first raised his sword to block the rays of light, and then saw the Yun family's old house shaking continuously, the formation barrier that was glowing white began to shake violently, and ripples spread out, as if something was struggling desperately to get out of the formation barrier.
Yun Miao sensed the danger and, while channeling all his spiritual energy to protect himself, he charged towards the formation barrier overhead with his sword in hand. No matter what it was, he would kill it first. Shui Furong had the same idea.
Just as they flew over, the Yun family's protective formation that had been maintained for tens of millions of years suddenly shattered, and gorgeous butterflies the size of a palm appeared out of thin air in the air.
There are two eye patterns on the left and right sides of their wings. As the wings flap, they reflect a hazy luster in the sunlight, like a pair of bewitching eyes of a beauty blinking.
Yun Miao immediately recognized their identities: "Tianmu Butterfly!"
The pupils of the Yun family ancestor shrank: "You know Tianmu Butterfly? Who are you?! Are you immortal..."
Before he could finish his words, his body swayed and he fell from the air to the ground. His life was already coming to an end, so naturally he could not withstand the flapping of so many Tianmu butterflies. In just a blink of an eye, he, who was already old, became even more frail and gradually lost his breath.
"Ancestor!"
"Ah, my face!"
"My hair!"
The Yun family was surprised by the sudden death of their ancestor, and then they found that their hair and nails began to grow wildly, wrinkles appeared on their faces, and their bodies began to age at a speed visible to the naked eye. Low-level cultivators who had a lifespan of only two to three hundred years immediately died of old age.
Knowing the power of the Sky-Eye Butterfly, several Yun family elders fled like mad the moment the formation collapsed. As the formation barrier vanished, the heavy smell of blood from the Yun family began to waft around.
The cultivators nearby noticed the movement of the Yun family and stopped what they were doing to look up in confusion. As a result, they saw a dozen beautiful butterflies dancing in the sky above the Yun family.
The power of the Heavenly Eye Butterfly quickly enveloped the entirety of Cangyun City. The mortals within were the first to suffer, followed by the cultivators with limited lifespans. Like the Yun family, they watched in horror as their bodies rapidly aged, finally collapsing to the ground, barely breathing, unaware of what had happened.
Although Shui Furong didn't know what the Tianmu butterfly was, her instinct made her immediately fly away from the Yun family's old house, wanting to stay away from these strange butterflies.
However, when her spiritual sense swept towards the white-robed female cultivator, she saw that she still did not dodge or evade, but instead raised her hands towards the Sky-Eye Butterflies that were flying higher and higher. The next moment, the Sky-Eye Butterflies that were originally flying in all directions suddenly seemed to be trapped by some invisible object and began to struggle frantically.
What is that?
Shui Furong stopped in mid-air and turned her head to look back, but she still saw nothing with her naked eyes.
As she continued to increase her spiritual power to explore, she suddenly "saw" countless strange black lines as light as smoke, appearing and disappearing from the palm of the white-clothed female cultivator. They formed a large net in the air and covered the Tianmu Butterfly. No matter how the Tianmu Butterfly struggled, it could not escape.
Shui Furong glimpsed a mysterious and terrifying aura from these black lines. She subconsciously wanted to take a closer look, but her eyes went dark and her purple palace suddenly felt a sharp pain. She groaned in pain, covered her head and fell to the ground.
When she finally raised her eyes to look again, those strange black lines and Sky-Eye Butterflies had vanished without a trace. Only the white-robed female cultivator was left with a slight curl of her lips, muttering happily, "I didn't expect there would be such an unexpected gain."
Then she took a few steps casually in the air, and with a few flashes, she blocked the fleeing elders of the Yun family.
An elder pleaded heartbreakingly for help from everyone in Cangyun City: "This person is from the Demonic Cult. She wants to wipe out our entire Yun family. Whoever kills her will own all the wealth in our Yun family treasury!"
There were also elders who tried to beg for mercy with hoarse voices, but before they could finish their words, several sword lights from the white-clothed female cultivators had already cut through the sky, blood splattered, and several elders of the Yun family died on the spot.
The cultivators in Cangyun City were in a panic because of their sudden physical aging. When they heard the call for help from the elders of the Yun family, many cultivators subconsciously flew over from all over the city to see what was going on.
For a moment, dozens of people stood in the sky above Cangyun City, which was originally a no-fly zone. They included men, women, young and old, all of whom were well-known figures in Cangyun City.
As soon as they arrived, they smelled the scent of blood rising into the sky, and then they saw a female cultivator in red standing above the Yun family's old house with a long sword in her hand. It was obvious that a fierce battle had taken place in the old house.
There were ruins of collapsed houses, sharp sword marks, bright red bloodstains, and corpses lying everywhere. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a sea of blood and corpses. When they realized that the bodies of the Yun family's ancestor and the head of the Yun family were also among them, everyone gasped.
It was at this time that they discovered that the female cultivator was not wearing a red dress at all, but a blood-soaked dress with blood dripping from the corners!
Where did this evil spirit come from? He even killed the Yun family's ancestor who was at the peak of the Spiritual Transformation Stage! And the Yun family's Patriarch... and the Yun family's elders...
The female cultivator in white noticed everyone's gaze and turned her head to look at them coldly.
The highest level of cultivation among the people present was only at the Spirit Transformation Stage. At this moment, they were already frightened by the deaths of the Yun family members. When they saw the female evil spirit looking at them, they all took a few steps back in fear, and touched their weapons, fearing that the female evil spirit would draw her sword and attack them in the next moment.
Fortunately, the white-robed female cultivator didn't attack them. Instead, she indifferently withdrew her gaze and flashed before appearing in front of the Yun family members who were trying to escape the Yun family mansion. As the sword flashed, several more heads tumbled to the ground.
Some members of the Yun family who happened to be out today hid in the crowd and saw this scene. They were immediately furious. They had enjoyed too many benefits brought by the aristocratic family, and naturally knew that without the Yun family, they would be nothing.
But they also knew that they could not defeat this terrifying female demon, so they could only clench their fists and plan to escape quietly so that they could take revenge in the future.
Little did they know that the hatred that was just surging in their hearts was detected by the female cultivator in white. The blood bar with a red glow was too conspicuous to her spiritual sense, and she couldn't pretend not to see it.
So the onlookers saw the female evil god suddenly raise her sword and slash at the crowd. They were so scared that their breath was held in place. They thought that the female evil god wanted to attack them indiscriminately and was ready to kill people in Cangyun City. They immediately drew their weapons and prepared to fight to the death, but they soon found that the people who were hit by the sword were also members of the Yun family.
The female cultivator seemed to be familiar with the appearance characteristics of every member of the Yun family. She could accurately find other members of the Yun family hiding in the crowd without careful identification and kill them one by one.
Perhaps it was because the white-robed female cultivator was too intimidating, or perhaps it was because the Yun family was such a failure as a human being, and the head of the Yun family was also a failure as the lord of Cangyun City. In short, the entire Cangyun City fell into a deathly silence. No one tried to stop it. Everyone just watched in silence, allowing the white-robed female cultivator to kill all the Yun family members within her sight.
Shui Furong saw that the atmosphere was not right, so she endured the remaining pain in her purple palace and stood up to speak for the white-robed female cultivator.
"Don't be nervous, everyone. This fellow Daoist is not a demonic cultivator. The Yun family is just the thief crying thief."
She told the story of the Yun family feeding the silkworms with flesh and blood, capturing low-level cultivators, and colluding with the Demon Cult. She then raised her palm and used her magic power to open a passage leading directly underground, rescuing all the cultivators imprisoned in the cells.
In full view of everyone, he used his magic power to break the soul-locking rings on the hands and feet of those monks. Waves of demonic energy escaped, immediately causing an uproar among the crowd.
They thought that the female cultivator in white was a righteous person who hated evil, or that she was seeking revenge because her relatives had been murdered, so the look in their eyes when they looked at her suddenly softened a lot.
But at this moment, the white-robed female cultivator suddenly waved her hand downwards, and the ground shook and rumbled. Shui Furong and the other cultivators who had been staying in the Yun family's old house immediately left the area.
When they looked back, they saw that the entire Yun family mansion, including its deeply buried foundation and soil, had been dug out by an invisible force and slowly floated into the air. Then, before everyone's eyes, it vanished into thin air. All that remained was a sunken sinkhole, not even a tile left!
Some small insects living underground burrowed into the ground in panic to avoid the sudden sunlight, not understanding why it was suddenly daybreak.
Everyone was stunned. After seeing the Yun family being wiped out, some of them were indeed tempted by the Yun family's treasure house.
They thought that even if the female evil spirit took away everything in the Yun family's treasury, the aristocratic family had a deep foundation and there would definitely be some left in other corners. After the female evil spirit left, they could sneak in and pick up some leftovers and have a drink of the broth.
As a result... not to mention the broth, they even took away the pot!
The Yun family's treasury is undoubtedly filled with rare treasures. They can understand if you took them all. The Yun family mansion was built with the finest spiritual wood, and even selling it in pieces would fetch a lot of spiritual stones. If you dig up the Yun family mansion as well... well, they can understand if they grit their teeth. But even digging up such a large piece of soil is too much!
This is not a righteous person who hates evil, she is clearly a female bandit!
Yun Miao didn't care about the inner thoughts of these NPCs. She suppressed her nausea and caught all the silkworms in the underground nest into the secret realm. Then she turned around and left without any reluctance. However, not long after she flew out, she stopped and turned to look at Shui Furong who did not follow her.
"Didn't you say you would buy me a drink?"
Although she didn't like drinking, since it was free, she definitely couldn't miss it.
Shui Furong was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Yes, drinking, I almost forgot."
She said that Cangyun City was not suitable for drinking now, so it would be better to go to another place.
Yun Miao had no objection to this and soon followed Shui Furong out of Cangyun City.
Although everyone was envious of the wealth accumulated by the Yun family over millions of years, no one dared to be the first to speak out, and could only watch the two leave.
After they had left, everyone got busy. Some immediately reported everything that had just happened to their respective sects and families, while others went to talk to the monks who had just been rescued by Shui Furong, hoping to get more information.
Soon, the news that the Yun family of Yunzhou had colluded with the Demonic Cult and was exterminated by Shui Furong and an unknown female cultivator spread far and wide. Several more messages were also reported in the airspace of the cultivation world.
"Shocked! What kind of hatred or grudge could make her do this to the Yun family?"
"Horrible! An unknown female cultivator actually wiped out the Yun family without leaving a single piece of tile behind!"
"Does anyone know this nun? I'm curious about her identity."
"I was hoping to take advantage of this opportunity, but... it turned out to be a huge trap. So strong, so cruel, so ruthless!"
"I just want to know what those strange butterflies I saw earlier and that power that accelerates aging are?"
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Although the communication jade slips created by the spiritual practitioners were deliberately restricted and could not be used by the demonic practitioners, there was no shortage of spiritual practitioners who colluded with the demonic practitioners in the world, so the people in the Demon Cult quickly noticed the latest information in the airspace and collected the descriptions of the female practitioner's appearance for Poison Lady to review.
Poison Lady evaded the pursuit of Xuantian Sect all the way and finally returned to the Demon Cult Temple with great difficulty. She is now recuperating from her injuries. She read the messages again and again and was very sure that the female cultivator who wiped out the entire Yun family was the female cultivator in white who had ruined their plans before.
"It's her again!"
Inside the Demon Cult's temple, the face of the Demon Cult's leader Yan Hai was as black as the bottom of a pot. The Yun family was a secret line that their Demon Cult had finally won over, and a nail inserted into Yunzhou. For so many years, he had not dared to let the Yun family do much, so that at the critical moment in the future, the Yun family could cooperate with the Demon Cult to unexpectedly and severely damage the Xuantian Sect.
As a result, the Yun family was uprooted before it could even play a role, causing the Demon Cult's years of management to go down the drain and its control over Yunzhou to shrink by more than half in an instant. Naturally, he was filled with anger.
However, half of this anger was also directed at the Yun family. In Yan Hai's view, since the Yun family had defected to the Demon Cult, they were its vassal. The Demon Cult could attack the secret realm that the Yun family discovered first without notifying the Yun family, but the Yun family could not do anything that would harm the interests of the Demon Cult.
He had long ago warned the Yun family to stay in hiding and not reveal their true identity. However, the Yun family agreed on the surface, but actually dared to disobey behind the scenes. It was simply despicable!
Other members of the Demon Cult were also dissatisfied with the Yun family's stupidity.
"The people in the air said that the Yun family gave all the captured cultivators to our Demon Sect. How come I haven't heard of this?"
"Over the years, we've only asked the Yun family to gather information about the Xuantian Sect and other major forces in Yunzhou. We've never asked them to send anyone here, and we haven't seen them send anyone here at all."
Some people speculate that the Yun family secretly captured a large number of low-level cultivators just to better feed the Heavenly Silkworms and make more profits.
Perhaps the Yun family lied to the white-robed female cultivator when they begged for mercy in order to save their own lives, putting the blame on them and saying that it was their demonic cult that forced the Yun family to do it.
Or perhaps those spiritual practitioners saw the soul-locking ring, so they pinned the blame on the evil sect without any investigation.
The members of the Demonic Cult had witnessed many such incidents, so they all thought this speculation made sense. Their attention quickly returned to the female cultivator in white.
Some people said bitterly that the Yun family was dead, but the female cultivator in white had repeatedly ruined the Demon Cult's good deeds and must pay the price for it!
But Elder Zuo frowned and raised a few questions. Why did that white-robed female cultivator want to exterminate the entire Yun family? Did she know beforehand that the Yun family was colluding with their demonic sect?
If she knew, was she deliberately provoking the Demon Cult by exterminating the entire Yun family, or was it a retaliation for the Demon Cult's bounty on her?
But the relationship between the Yun family and their demonic sect has always been well hidden. If she knew... how did she know this secret?
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent. Only Poison Lady, recalling the white-robed female cultivator's enchanting dark purple eyes that seemed to control everything, felt her heart sink and spoke with absolute certainty.
"Based on what happened last time, this person is extremely scheming. Her actions are sinister yet tinged with arrogance and recklessness, something beyond the reach of ordinary people. She must know the secrets of the Yun family and us. This is both a provocation and revenge!"
Someone raised doubts: "Shui Furong is also involved in this matter. After all, she is a master of the Void Refinement Stage and a sword immortal on par with Che Ruojin. Perhaps Shui Furong is the one who is in control this time..."
"That's even worse."
Poison Lady asked him in return, who is Shui Furong?
She is not a pushover, but she is also known as a righteous person who likes to meddle in other people's affairs. It can be said that half of her reputation as a sword fairy was earned by her meddling in other people's affairs over the years.
According to Shui Furong's past habits, if she found out that there was something wrong with the Yun family, she might fight with the Yun family members when she sneaked into the Yun family to find out the truth, but she would never kill the entire family. Instead, she would lock up all the Yun family members and interrogate them to reveal the truth.
According to the procedure, at this time, their cult should send people to kill and silence the witnesses.
But the reality is that the Yun family was wiped out in broad daylight, and the entire Yun family old house was dug out. This ruthless robber style is definitely not Shui Furong's style.
"I can only think of three possibilities. The first is that they didn't know each other before, but just happened to bump into each other when they infiltrated the Yun family, so they temporarily cooperated."
"The second type is Shui Furong, the leader. She clearly had the ability to stop the White-Robed Female Cultivator, but she didn't. Instead, she acquiesced to her actions. She and the White-Robed Female Cultivator are definitely in cahoots, and may even belong to the same organization."
"The third type, the white-robed female cultivator, is the leader. Although Shui Furong is stronger than her, she is controlled by her for some reason and has to listen to her for the time being."
Elder Zuo frowned even more tightly. He had met Shui Furong once before. In his opinion, a woman like Shui Furong would never be controlled by others.
He guessed that the white-robed female cultivator and Shui Furong were most likely members of the same organization. Since the white-robed female cultivator had a higher status in the organization than Shui Furong, the white-robed female cultivator would take the dominant position in this operation.
Poison Lady nodded, indicating that she had the same guess.
To repeat, they don't believe that a casual cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Stage would dare to go against the entire Demon Cult on his own, so there must be a strict and huge organization behind the female cultivator in white. Anyone who acts with the female cultivator in white may be a member of that organization, and this organization is eyeing the Demon Cult covetously.
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Yun Miao casually used a water control technique, and the blood-stained clothes on her body immediately turned back into white clothes. At this moment, she and Shui Furong were sitting on a high slope, with a rushing river below them.
There happens to be a sharp bend here, and the yellow river water hits the high stone wall with great momentum, and suddenly the waves splash and roar. Just sitting here and listening to the sound of the waves can make people get rid of the turbid air in their chest and open their minds.
Shui Furong used a huge rock in front of her as a table, raised her hand and used her magic power to flatten the top of the rock, then took out a wine pot and a wine glass, and filled a glass of wine for herself and the female cultivator in white.
She smiled again and toasted the other person first.
"After all, we fought side by side once, but I still don't know your name."
Yun Miao took a sip and thought it would be very spicy, but she found that Shui Furong's wine was not spicy at all. Instead, it was soft and sweet in the mouth, with the aroma of peach, very similar to the cocktails she had drunk.
Her eyes lit up, and she immediately gulped down a cup before answering Shui Furong's question: "My name is Xiaohong."
Shui Furong paused: "Why is she called Xiaohong?"
This person clearly should be called Xiaobai. Even if you're using a fake name, you should at least give a more appropriate one, right?
Yun Miao glanced at the crimson sword at his waist and said, "Because I already have Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai, my name is Xiao Hong."
Shui Furong originally thought that the person was using a pseudonym, but now she is not sure whether it is true or not.
Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai? Are they this person's siblings? Or perhaps they're code names for some organization?
She didn't ask the question in her mind, but poured another glass of wine for the white-robed female cultivator and asked with a smile, "How about my Spirit Peach Wine?"
Yun Miao drank the wine as if it were a drink, and gave a high evaluation of its sweet peach flavor: "Very good."
"Since you like it, have a few more drinks."
Shui Furong smiled heartily, saying that she didn't have much else to offer, except enough wine.
Afterwards, she chatted with Yun Miao about the scenery she had seen over the years, sharing many interesting stories. She watched the white-robed female cultivator drink cup after cup, a faint blush spreading across her jade-like cheeks. Her dark purple eyes became watery and vacant, revealing a hazy intoxication. Finally, she tentatively asked about the Yun family.
Yun Miao felt a little dizzy. She knew she was a little drunk, but she didn't take it seriously. She supported her cheek with one hand and raised her glass with the other. As she drank, she said, "The Yun family is a hostile faction and needs to be eliminated."
Hostile camp?
Shui Furong is a smart person, and smart people always tend to think too much, so she immediately guessed that there must be an organization behind the female cultivator in white.
Shui Furong asked again: "Do you know what those Tianmu butterflies are?"
Yun Miao: "I know."
Shui Furong immediately pretended to listen attentively, but she saw that Yun Miao had no intention of continuing. She was stunned for a moment, then said, "Then can you tell me in detail?"
Yun Miao nodded generously: "Yes."
Then there was silence again.
Shui Furong: ...Is this guy drunk or is he deliberately teasing her?
She noticed that Yun Miao's wine glass was empty, so she immediately filled it up for her and asked again.
Yun Miao took a sip drunkenly, and then slowly told the news about the Tianmu Butterfly and the Tiancan.
"A hundred years in a moment..."
Shui Furong touched her face and realized how dangerous the situation was. If it weren't for Xiaohong who caught the Tianmu butterflies at the critical moment, even if she could escape from the range of the Tianmu butterflies, she would have lost thousands of years of her life.
Of the tens of thousands of people in Cangyun City, less than 10% will be able to escape. By then, some will die and some will escape, and the entire Cangyun City will become a dead city in an instant.
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The author has something to say: Yun Miao: My family, I found an old Yun family house, and it wants to go home with me!
Everyone: ??? Is this why you also shoveled away the land?
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