The reason Zhenru left the Liu family untouched was because he felt he lacked the strength to wipe them out in one fell swoop and did not want to cause too much trouble.
Unexpectedly, Liu Yunzhao beat him to it.
Liu Yunzhao said that leaving the souls of the Liu family members alive meant he hadn't killed them, clearly thinking that this way he wouldn't be entangled in karma or commit any sins.
But how is that possible?
Even mortal souls can be reincarnated, and in the next life, they can still make amends.
However, once a cultivator enters the Dao, their soul cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation. Unless they are refined into a spirit or a puppet, or find someone else to possess, their soul can only slowly dissipate.
Furthermore, whether one is a mortal or a cultivator, karma and karmic obstacles have long been formed, only to varying degrees.
Once Zhenru calmed down, she slowly figured out the key points and looked at Liu Yunzhao with deep thought and scrutiny.
Once Zhenru calmed down, Liu Yunzhao was unable to calm down.
Her smile vanished, and she looked at Zhenru warily, saying:
What do you mean by looking at me like that?
Zhenru laughed, and without further ado, said directly:
"Tell me, why are you willing to create such a huge negative karma to protect the Liu family? What do you want in return for me?"
"Well, to be precise, did you encounter something direct and life-threatening?"
The bargaining chips that Liu Yunzhao used did not have the effect she had imagined. Instead, Zhenru guessed the crisis behind her so easily, which made Liu Yunzhao feel both pained and angry.
"Don't you hate the Liu family? Aren't you angry that you can't kill your enemies with your own hands? Why are you so calm?"
Zhenru smiled brightly, admiring Liu Yunzhao's breach of defense.
"As long as the Liu family members are dead, I'm not too concerned about who did it. After all, they are at most accomplices in your wrongdoing. I don't have much intense hatred for them."
"I really should thank you for taking the first strike, which saved me from having to kill several people."
"For this reason, I'm still a little patient and will listen to your story about how you're about to lose your life."
Upon hearing the words "immediately lose his life," Liu Yunzhao finally regained his composure. After taking a few deep breaths, he quietly sat back down, lowered his eyes, and said:
“Yun… Zhenru, you used to be so kind and innocent. I never expected you to grow up so fast after entering the world of cultivation.”
"I really didn't know you had spiritual roots. If I had known..."
Zhenru frowned, tapped the table lightly, and interrupted Liu Yunzhao's sudden emotional appeal.
Seeing that she wasn't buying it, the other person remained silent for a while before finally getting straight to the point.
"They knew I was struggling with that remnant soul, and they were planning to force that remnant soul to possess me."
"I was able to come out to see you this time by disguising myself as that remnant soul, so you have to help me!"
Zhenru raised an eyebrow, said nothing, but the three words "Why should I?" were crystal clear.
Liu Yunzhao was never a lamb; after only a couple of soft words, he raised his chin high again, confidently glancing down at Zhenru and saying:
"If you don't help me, once I'm possessed, you'll never know any clues about your past."
"More importantly, remnant souls are much harder to deal with than I am."
After saying this, Liu Yunzhao looked at Zhenru with certainty.
"You're smart and know how to consider the bigger picture. You hate me, yet you've endured so long without making a move. I think you should understand what the best option is..."
Before Liu Yunzhao could finish her last sentence, she felt a blur before her eyes, and the next moment, Zhenru's voice, accompanied by a suffocating sound, rang in her ears.
"You make a good point, but I have another option: to deal with you and that remnant soul right now."
"As for what you think you can use to control me, whether it's secrets about my background or clues, they may not be as important as you think."
The moment the word "important" was uttered, Zhenru's right hand, which was gripping Liu Yunzhao's throat, suddenly tightened. At the same time, with a wave of his left hand, a thin barrier of immortal energy enveloped Liu Yunzhao, leaving her with nowhere to escape, whether it was her divine soul or her remnant soul.
Liu Yunzhao was truly panicked now.
She never expected that someone as calm as Zhenru could be so ruthless in his actions, actually trying to kill her on the spot.
More importantly, if Zhenru really wanted to take his life, even though they were both Golden Core cultivators, he had no power to resist at all.
As Liu Yunzhao felt dizzy, he suddenly remembered that when he first entered Red Moon City, he had heard about Liu Yunqing's one-on-one fight against the five Nascent Soul cultivators of the Qiu family.
If Zhenru can defeat a Nascent Soul cultivator, she certainly can't.
"Bang—!!!"
Just when Liu Yunzhao felt that her soul was drifting and she was about to die, a loud collision instantly cleared her mind.
The soul, which had been floating and about to ascend to heaven, was thrown back into the body in the next instant, and the excruciating pain in the throat was relieved, allowing the person to breathe again.
Zhenru, who had almost killed Liu Yunzhao earlier, was thrown far away by an inexplicable force, making a loud noise.
Despite the pain in her throat, Liu Yunzhao felt both relieved to have survived and terrified.
How could she not know that she possessed such powerful defensive capabilities?
Could this also be the work of that remnant soul?
Even though Liu Yunzhao knew that the remnant soul could not wake up now, his heart was still pounding wildly.
As he was jumping, Liu Yunzhao suddenly realized something was wrong.
A sudden panic flashed through Liu Yunzhao's mind, and he only had time to shout "Save me!" to Zhenru before his consciousness was plunged into darkness.
All of this happened too fast. Zhenru, who had just been knocked away, had barely stood up and hadn't even figured out what had happened when she saw Liu Yunzhao fall softly to the ground. At the same time, a power surged from her body and enveloped Liu Yunzhao.
The next instant, Liu Yunzhao vanished from Zhenru's sight, just a breath before her hand was about to grasp him.
"not good!"
Zhenru unleashed his full divine sense, wanting to see if he could catch up with Liu Yunzhao.
Even after his divine sense enveloped almost the entire Red Moon City, Zhenru still couldn't find Liu Yunzhao's whereabouts.
"This is troublesome."
What Liu Yunzhao said was actually right. If Zhenru had to choose between Liu Yunzhao and that remnant soul, she would definitely choose Liu Yunzhao to live.
That remnant soul was not from the Sun Realm, and there were too many unknowns about it, making it difficult to deal with.
What Zhenru never expected was that, under the overwhelming force of her absolute power, Liu Yunzhao could unleash such a powerful defensive force, causing her to unfortunately lose her hand.
It's truly hard to imagine whether Liu Yunzhao, after leaving and returning, will be Liu Yunzhao or just a remnant soul.
It's not that I'm sad, it's just that I'm afraid the trouble will get bigger.
Unfortunately, the outcome is beyond Zhenru's control, and for now, she has no choice but to wait and see.
Zhenru stared blankly at the seat Liu Yunzhao had been sitting in for a while, then paid the bill and turned back to Tufeng Cave.
Some things won't yield results in the short term, so instead of worrying, it's better to do other things.
Before he could finish the two sentences he was telling himself, Liu Yunqing reappeared in Tu Feng Cave.
Even while she was still outside the cave, she sensed that the situation inside was not very optimistic.
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