As soon as Bai Ze finished speaking, Sheng Ning opened her arms and covered his entire face.
How did you know?
To prevent the senior brothers walking ahead from noticing anything amiss, she covered Bai Ze's face and bent down to drag him for a while.
Bai Ze, "Ugh ugh ugh!"
Sheng Ning frowned, her expression somewhat serious. "When you were at Tianling Mountain before, you said you were waiting for a savior."
"Now that you've figured out who I am, I won't pretend anymore."
"That's right, I am the savior you're talking about."
Bai Ze: ......
"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!"
"Junior sisters, what are you playing?"
Lu Qing'an, who was in front, suddenly turned around and asked a question. Sheng Ning immediately let go of her hand, and Bai Ze, who had been leaning on her, fell to the ground with a 'thud'.
"I was just joking with Lord Bai Ze, senior brothers, please continue."
Bai Ze: "Foolish human, you did this on purpose!"
Sheng Ning lowered her eyes to hide the smile in them. She bent down, raised her hand to pat the crumbs off his body, and whispered in his ear with a smile.
"Lord Bai Ze, the world is still uncertain, and we are both just cattle and horses. Now that you have seen my difference, remember not to tell anyone."
This world rejects outsiders.
Evil cultivators and demonic cultivators are the enemies of the righteous path.
If outsiders knew that her body could create new weapons, they might just drag her back for dissection and research.
Perhaps it was because her statement, "The world is still uncertain, and we are all just cattle and horses," was too shocking.
Bai Ze looked up and met her gaze, then twitched his lips and asked, "Was what you just said true?"
Sheng Ning stood up again, took his hand, and followed her senior brothers. "It's fake, just something to fool kids."
Bai Ze frowned. "But you are different from ordinary cultivators."
Sheng Ning lowered her eyes and met his gaze, then kicked away the stone in front of her toes.
"I'm no different from them. I also need to cultivate and improve, otherwise I'll get beaten up."
"If there is anything that makes me different from others, besides the weapons I carry, the only people I want to protect are my master and my fellow disciples."
"Cultivators must have a strong sense of righteousness and save the common people from suffering. I only want to save a few of them. As for the lives of the others, if they can save me, I will lend a hand; if not..."
Sheng Ning has always been protective of her own and petty.
If someone respects her, she will repay them a hundredfold.
If someone harms her, she will make sure they never have peace.
Her heart wasn't that big, big enough to encompass all living beings.
Saving the world is the work of Heaven; she was just an ordinary person who suddenly appeared in this world.
The Invincible Sect treated her well, so she treated them a hundred times better.
The Taixu Sect attempted to kill her several times, so she used her limited abilities to turn the Taixu Sect upside down.
Bai Ze fell silent after listening to her words.
He had been waiting for his savior for so long at Tianling Mountain that he was already quite distraught.
Sheng Ning is just a human with a more individualistic personality than an ordinary cultivator. How could a Foundation Establishment cultivator like her save the world?
Holding her hand tightly, Bai Ze murmured, "I was just grasping at straws in my desperation."
Sheng Ning smiled and ruffled his hair. "Don't worry, I won't blame you."
The little dumpling's eyes widened instantly upon hearing this. "Sister? I'm tens of thousands of years older than you!"
Sheng Ning raised an eyebrow, neither confirming nor denying, "But aren't you just a child now? Do you want to eat spirit fruit? Just call me 'sister' and I'll give it to you."
Bai Ze, who had slightly recovered some spiritual energy by eating spiritual fruits during this period, said, "...Are you playing with a child?"
Sheng Ning smiled and didn't say anything more.
It wasn't until the five senior brothers walking ahead urged her that she scooped up the little dumpling, which was just above her knees, and rushed forward.
Two days ago, when Sheng Ning and his group returned from Wuwang Island, they stopped in Youyun City.
As one of the hubs with airship stations, Youyun City was once a bustling metropolis that welcomed visitors from all directions every day.
At that time, Youyun City was still a prosperous place.
Now, in this vast town, every household has its doors tightly shut.
With dark clouds overhead, a gust of wind swept across the faces of Sheng Ning and his companions as soon as they stepped through the city gate.
It was late spring and early summer, and the cultivators were not afraid of the cold.
But when the wind blew across her face, Sheng Ning instinctively hugged the little dumpling in her arms tighter.
"Such a dense demonic aura."
No one was walking on the street, and red lanterns were blown by the wind and rolled past the sidewalk.
The desolate scene made Sheng Ning and the others frown.
"Let's find a place to stay first and then investigate the situation. The Taixu Sect has already entered Youyun City, but we don't know where they are right now. Let's wait and see."
Qin Chuan and his group entered Youyun City one after the other.
The city of Youyun, which should have been bustling with activity, was unusually quiet.
The eerie silence was unsettling.
After Su Daiyuan suggested finding a place to stay, he knocked on the doors of several inns, but they either said they had no rooms available or remained silent.
Evil spirits can enter the human body, and everyone is afraid that the person knocking on the door is a monster possessed by evil spirits.
In the end, it was Sheng Ning who spent one hundred high-grade spirit stones to get a remote inn to open its doors.
"You still dare to bring pretty girls and little girls into the city now? Are you out of your minds?"
When the innkeeper saw that among Sheng Ning's group there was not only a woman but also a little boy, his eyes widened in surprise.
The waiter poured tea for them and kindly reminded them.
"All the children and beauties in Youyun City have been captured. If you come at this time, you're probably in grave danger."
For the past two days, Sheng Ning and his companions had been meditating and cultivating in an uninhabited farmhouse outside the city, and were unaware of the situation inside the city.
Upon hearing what the waiter said, Sheng Ning immediately took out a high-grade spirit stone from his mustard seed bag.
"Fellow Daoist, please sit down and tell me more."
Xiao Er didn't want to cause trouble; after all, it's better to avoid trouble.
Unfortunately, Sheng Ning gave them far too much.
He glanced at the spirit stone, swallowed hard, and then reached out to take it.
"You may not know this since you just arrived in Youyun City, but the reason why Youyun City has become like this is because of the sect competition."
Upon hearing that this matter was related to the sect's grand competition, Sheng Ning immediately raised her eyes and exchanged glances with her senior brothers.
She got up and poured him a cup of tea, then gestured with her chin for him to continue.
This was the first time the waiter had been a guest of honor, and he was so flattered that he blurted out everything he had heard from other cultivators over the past few days.
"You are a small sect, so you may not have participated in the sect competition. This year's sect competition has produced a dark horse."
"The four major sects did not take first place; instead, a small sect called the Invincible Sect won the championship."
"The hardships involved... you..."
"We're not sitting here to listen to your nonsense. Why has Youyun City become like this? Get to the point!"
Yu also had a fiery temper and couldn't stand the waiter talking so much nonsense.
The moment he slammed his hand on the table, the waiter trembled in fright.
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