Chapter 172 Standoff
"Mu Jianjian! Shut up!" Jin Fuzhen was hit where it hurt. "Kill her now!"
She wants her dead right now!
"Oh ho." Mu Jianjian saw several Foundation Establishment cultivators emerge from the shadows and stand in front of her, and finally understood why they were so confident.
Seeing the girl fighting with several cultivators, Jin Fuzhen shifted her gaze to the barrier inside the house, a smug look flashing across her face. "Mu Jianjian, I not only want you dead, but I won't let your friends go either."
"My friend?" Mu Jianjian dodged the cultivator's true energy with a quick step and asked.
"You don't always think you can do whatever you want just because you're a young lady from a religious sect, do you?" Kim Bok-jin felt like vomiting every time she saw the other person's confident, disdainful gaze!
But things are different now. With the support of those people, once tonight is over, not only will Mu Jianjian be in her hands, but even Ye Wuluo will be in her grasp!
"I've never thought that way. Isn't it you who's always thought that way?"
Jin Fuzhen was choked again. She withdrew her gaze from the barrier and was about to turn around to admire Mu Jianjian's miserable state when she discovered that all the cultivators she had sent out had collapsed to the ground!
In the silent courtyard, only the sound of the wind and birdsong from afar filled the ears. The blood of the person lying on the ground continued to flow, but his chest did not rise or fall.
When did the fighting sounds stop?
Where did Mu Jianjian go?
One question after another popped into Jin Fuzhen's mind. She stood up from the stone bench in a panic, but the next second a cold object was pressed against her neck.
"I poisoned the incense from the very beginning, otherwise why would I waste my breath talking to you?" Mu Jianjian held the hairpin close, and with just a light touch, a long bloodstain was left.
How could that be...
Those are four Foundation Establishment cultivators! Even if Mu Jianjian is at the eighth level of Foundation Establishment, how can she fight four at once?
And she killed all four of them so quickly. Honestly, even she, who was at the peak of Foundation Establishment, couldn't have done that!
So, during the sparring match in the main hall earlier, the opponent... was holding back?
Kim Bok-jin's nails dug deep into her flesh, but she felt no pain whatsoever.
"Now I'm giving you a choice: either I kill you, or you honestly explain what happened to my friend and what happened inside the barrier," Mu Jianjian whispered in Jin Fuzhen's ear. "Choose, Jinwu Ji Nu."
Kim Bok-jin's body trembled almost non-stop. She dared not move and blurted out, "I choose the second one! I'll say it! I'll say it all!"
It's okay... As long as we keep Mu Jianjian calm and save her life, when those adults arrive, will she still be afraid of Mu Jianjian?
The most important thing is to save your life!
“There are two people fighting inside the barrier, one is an esteemed figure from the upper realm and the other is… your friend…” Jin Fuzhen’s voice trailed off, afraid of saying something that might upset Mu Jianjian. “It has nothing to do with me. They seem to know each other. After your friend arrived, that esteemed figure was very happy…”
Mu Jianjian felt increasingly cold as she listened to Jin Fuzhen's explanation, but she still didn't let her emotions show. "How do we open the barrier?"
"I don't know..." Jin Fuzhen felt the thing on her neck go even deeper, and she was so frightened that she immediately repeated, "I really don't know, Mu Jianjian, don't be impulsive!"
"good."
Jin Fuzhen saw that the other party had stopped and the object that had been on her neck had been removed. Before she could feel happy, she was suddenly slashed across the chest by a sharp hairpin infused with true energy.
"Mu Jianjian...you?" She clutched her chest, the blood flowing uncontrollably, and met the girl's cold eyes.
"I'm not so saintly as to let you go again and again." When Jin Fuzhen had murderous intentions towards her before, Mu Jianjian endured it because of the affairs of the Upper Realm. Now that the Upper Realm has taken action, there is no need to keep her alive.
"Mu Jianjian!" Jin Fuzhen gasped for breath, leaning against the stone table as she spoke to the other's retreating figure, "You're the one who harmed your friend. He's probably already dead inside, killed by that lord!"
"...And you, even if you kill me, you won't get out of here."
Ignoring the chatter behind her, Mu Jianjian took a deep breath and began using the pupil-turning technique of her right eye to search for the location of the array's core.
Her friend... knows people from the upper realm.
Who else but Ye Xuanzhi?
The phantom butterfly emitted a faint light in the dark night, seemingly guiding those who were lost and hesitant.
Ye Xuanzhi, you must hold on until she arrives.
——
"Meow~" A white-furred demon beast gently licked its paws in a corner of the palace. It lay gently on a pillar that had been broken due to a fierce battle, and seemed to have smelled something. It blinked its purple pupils excitedly and stood up.
"Ring ring ring—"
The red silk bell hanging around Bai Tuan's neck made a crisp sound, but it was instantly swallowed up into the air within the surging barrier of true energy.
Two people were seen standing opposite each other within the barrier. One was a man with white hair and wearing a black and white brocade robe, while the other was a woman with a beautiful face and a palm-sized round plate in her right hand.
The palace, now surrounded by the barrier, had long lost its former exquisite and luxurious appearance. After the great battle, the four walls were destroyed, the wooden walls were broken and lying on the ground, and the jade floor was also pitted and uneven due to the impact of the true energy. Dust filled the air, and even carried the heat generated by the collision.
"I really didn't expect it to be you." Ye Xuanzhi smiled bitterly. At this moment, his left arm was dripping blood, hanging straight down to the ground as if it were numb.
"Hmph." The woman snorted lightly, gently fiddling with the disc in her left hand. "Ye Xuanzhi, you don't need to put on that heartbroken expression. I've always been this way, and I haven't changed."
Ye Xuanzhi lowered his eyes, his handsome face devoid of its former playful demeanor. Recalling Mu Jianjian's words of advice, his voice turned firm as he spoke.
"Since that's the case, then I will clean up the mess for the Xuanmen sect."
"Ye Xuanzhi, the most important thing in Xuanmen Daoist magic is the hands and eyes. Now that your left arm is crippled, how can you kill me?" The woman snapped the disc in her hand shut. "Besides, after traveling in the lower realm for so many years, I can see that your magic has long since become rusty. Don't talk big."
She didn't intend to kill him; after all, a living young master of the Xuanmen sect was far more useful than a dead one.
A look of pleasure flashed across the woman's eyes. "Yin and Yang reversed—"
Seeing that the surrounding array energy had begun to tremble and change due to the opposing Daoist magic, Ye Xuanzhi remained calm, saying, "After the worst comes the best—"
Mu Jianjian saw this scene right after she destroyed the array's core: yin and yang intertwined under the moonlight, yet their collision created a terrifying pressure.
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