Zhou Yuanyuan remembered clearly that Shi Xiong was no mercy. When the soul-raising technique appeared in Cuiyuan Village on the edge of the Shiwan Mountains, Shi Xiong had clearly observed it through his bronze mirror, but he ignored it. If Shi Xiong had been kind, he could have eliminated the few villagers whose souls had been contaminated, saving the lives of the others. However, Shi Xiong acted this way because he wished the entire village would be corrupted by the residual souls so he could devour all the polluted souls. He disregarded dozens of lives simply to satisfy his own appetite, revealing Shi Xiong's cruel and selfish nature.
Zhou Yuanyuan had heard Hu Sanniang say that Shi Xiong never left the Shiwan Mountains. Now that he had suddenly appeared in Kyoto, Zhou Yuanyuan didn't believe Shi Xiong was looking for her to "reminisce." Besides, Zhou Yuanyuan and Shi Xiong had only met once, and they had fought over the Cuiyuan Village incident, during which Zhou Yuanyuan's "Spiritual Stab" had dealt Shi Xiong considerable pain. To Shi Xiong, Zhou Yuanyuan was more of an "enemy" than a friend. Unless Zhou Yuanyuan was mentally ill, she wouldn't have believed Shi Xiong had good intentions in coming to her.
"Looking for death!" Chaos Pearl cursed as Stone Bear pounced on Zhou Yuanyuan the moment he entered. What on earth was this big, stupid bear planning? How dare he pounce on his master? Besides Big Brother Xiaoyu, who could get up close to his master, even Chaos Pearl could only stay half a meter away from him!
The Chaos Pearl was furious, determined to teach Stone Bear a lesson he would never forget. As Zhou Yuanyuan unleashed her mighty power, the Chaos Pearl couldn't help but slap Stone Bear on the forehead. With a crisp snap, a semicircular dent appeared on Stone Bear's forehead.
It hurts! Shi Xiong couldn't help but rub his forehead. He was relieved when he found that there was no bleeding and no broken bones.
The good thing about the black bear clan is that they have thick skin and flesh, so they are not easily hurt.
"Hey!" Chaos Pearl was a little breathless. It originally wanted to smash one of the Stone Bear's skulls, but it didn't expect that the force it used was too small. How about trying again?
Chaos Pearl had hated Stone Bear for a long time. If the Black Bear Clan hadn't been so conscientious, activating the Jiyun Mountain formation every day and not forgetting to have the Qiankun Mirror reflect the Hundred Thousand Mountains every day, Chaos Pearl wouldn't have had to lie in the Stone Bear's treasure cave "playing dead." You should know that when Chaos Pearl regained consciousness, it immediately detected the Qiankun Mirror's presence.
When used, magical treasures release their aura. The Qiankun Mirror was used daily, and its aura permeated every corner of Jiyun Mountain. The Chaos Pearl and the Qiankun Mirror were old rivals. Fearing being devoured by the Qiankun Mirror, it suppressed its aura and feigned death in a pile of broken magical artifacts.
The Qiankun Mirror serves the Black Bear Clan, and it picks on the weak. The Chaos Pearl is no match for the Qiankun Mirror, so it has to vent its anger on the Stone Bear.
The Chaos Pearl had been lying in the treasure cave of Jiyun Mountain for hundreds of thousands of years. Although its energy consumption was slower, it had lost a lot of fun. Whenever it heard Xiaoyu bragging about all the awesome things he had done in the secular world, the Chaos Pearl wished it could appear in the secular world sooner, so that it could be as powerful as Xiaoyu and conquer all the treasures.
In reality, the Chaos Pearl was also tricked by Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu had wandered the secular world for hundreds of thousands of years, unable to find a cultivator, and nearly vanished. Telling the truth would have greatly affected Xiaoyu's image as the wise and powerful leader, so when the two treasures chatted privately, Xiaoyu would definitely brag about her awesomeness. After all, the Chaos Pearl wouldn't know, right?
"Zhuzhu, stop making trouble." Xiaoyu saw that Chaos Pearl was eager to try and wanted to hit the stone bear, so she quickly stopped it.
Not everyone could withstand the Chaos Pearl's blow. Fortunately, the Stone Bear had thick skin and tough flesh, so the Chaos Pearl, intent on teaching him a lesson, only used a fraction of its strength. Despite this, the Chaos Pearl's force successfully stopped the Stone Bear from lunging towards Zhou Yuanyuan. Driven by the Chaos Pearl's impact, the Stone Bear spun several times in place before dissipating the terrifying force.
The Chaos Pearl was in invisible mode, and Shi Xiong didn't see the Chaos Pearl hitting it. He thought Zhou Yuanyuan didn't like his shouting, so she hit him to teach him a lesson.
The stone bear was stunned. When did a young cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage become so powerful? However, the stone bear immediately realized that his judgment was wrong. After stopping, he felt a strong pressure from the Jindan cultivator.
Shi Xiong was just a great demon, his strength equivalent to that of a cultivator in the early stages of the Foundation Establishment stage. In the world of cultivation, even a small realm difference can lead to a huge difference in strength, let alone an early Foundation Establishment cultivator versus a late Golden Core cultivator. Under the pressure of Zhou Yuanyuan, a Golden Core cultivator, Shi Xiong couldn't help but tremble all over, his knees gave way, and he fell to the ground with a thump.
Jindan Zhenren? Oh my god! Is it dreaming?
"Really...really...a real person?" Shi Xiong was shocked and confused. He opened his mouth wide for a moment and forgot what he was going to say next.
Zhou Yuanyuan's progress was remarkable. When Shi Xiong first met her two years ago, she was still a cultivator who hadn't yet reached the Foundation Establishment stage. Shi Xiong, who had frequented cultivators, naturally understood the challenges of cultivation. Thirty years of Foundation Establishment, ninety years of Golden Core, and two hundred years of Nascent Soul—that was already the most exceptional among cultivators. Zhou Yuanyuan looked like a teenage girl. A teenage Golden Core cultivator? Shi Xiong wouldn't believe it, even if he beat him to death.
At the beginning, Hu Sanniang recognized Zhou Yuanyuan as her master. Shi Xiong even stood up for Hu Sanniang, thinking that Zhou Yuanyuan, a cultivator in the Qi training stage, was not worthy of being Hu Sanniang's master.
But in just two years, Zhou Yuanyuan had already leapt from Qi-training cultivator to Golden Core cultivator? Even if she had lucked out and had a great opportunity, this was too fast, wasn't it? Could it be that... Zhou Yuanyuan had used secret techniques to conceal her true level of cultivation? Was Zhou Yuanyuan not actually a young girl, but a centuries-old witch? So, was the current Golden Core stage Zhou Yuanyuan's true level of cultivation? Or was she actually a Yuanying-stage freak?
Shi Xiong's imagination exploded. Then, he was stunned by his own audacity. A Nascent Soul Monster! Shi Xiong had lived for over five hundred years, and he had never seen one! His father, Old Bear, had told him that Nascent Soul Monsters possessed unfathomable power, capable of reducing mountains to ash with a single wave of his hand. Just thinking about that scene filled Shi Xiong's heart with fear.
Shi Xiong had originally thought that Zhou Yuanyuan, a young girl in the Qi Refining stage, would be easily captured with just a few words of coaxing. But the Qi Refining stage girl he had imagined suddenly turned into a Yuanying-stage monster. And Shi Xiong still had the delusion of tricking a Yuanying-stage monster into protecting him from disaster? Unless he was desperate, he would be dead.
"Why are you looking for me? I don't remember having any friendship with you." Zhou Yuanyuan looked at Shi Xiong with disdain.
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