Chapter 54 It was only a matter of time before she gave in.
Mu Jianjian spent the rest of her days cultivating desperately, and after barely advancing to the third level of Foundation Establishment, she left the Wood Spirit Clan with her senior brother.
Granny Wan guided a wisp of divine consciousness into her mind, allowing the two to pass through the dense forest without hindrance.
Mu Jianjian glanced at the Wood Spirit Clan members who had come to see her off, but didn't see Wan Xing. She touched her face and looked at Granny Wan, "Granny Wan, do you have a veil or a hat?"
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“Aunt, my mind is made up.” Wan Xing stood at the entrance of the dense forest, her expression resolute as she looked at the woman before her. “There’s no need to try to persuade me.”
“The curse on our Wood Spirit Clan’s sacred tree has just been lifted, and it is precisely the time for rectification and purification,” Wan Qinghuan said coldly, as if looking at an unreasonable child. “Your cultivation is not high. What will you do when you go outside? Every part of our clan has excellent medicinal value after it is decomposed into branches. If someone with ulterior motives discovers this, you will die!”
Wan Xing clenched the hem of her clothes; she was no longer a child.
After being defeated by that person, she stayed in her room for several days, refusing to come out, smashing and breaking things, and even venting her anger on her maid.
But this did not dispel her unwillingness.
She also wants to be recognized by the sacred tree...
“Aunt, we will definitely go back to that place, right?” Wan Xing looked up and met the astonished Wan Qinghuan’s gaze. “Your cultivation has been damaged, and Father and Aunt have long been injured due to clan affairs. I also… want to support the Wood Spirit Clan.”
Although her father had been keeping it from her, she knew that the Wood Spirit Clan no longer had a place in the Upper Realm. If she wanted to win the right to return, she could only persuade them with her strength.
Wan Xing looked at the silent Wan Qinghuan, bent down, turned and left with firm steps.
That person was right. She had always stayed in the clan, and even when she was cultivating, the clan members always gave in to her. How could she have any combat experience?
"Xing'er..."
"Let her go." The clan leader walked behind Wan Qinghuan, watching the girl's departing figure with a look of reluctance mixed with relief.
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After separating from her senior brother through the dense forest, Mu Jianjian, wearing a veil, had been traveling through the inner layer of the secret realm for three days.
The inner layer of the secret realm is designed so that the higher one's cultivation level, the greater the pressure from heaven and earth one will bear. At the same time, there are always monsters, and one must cross harsh environments such as sand dunes and cliffs to reach the center. The journey will be extremely arduous.
In the original book, it was in this level that the senior brother encountered one of the "Five Eccentrics" of Yingzhou and was turned into a human-shaped Gu.
This was one of Mu Jianjian's main tasks in entering the secret realm, but now it seems that her senior brother has his own plans and trump cards, and his cultivation level is not as low as in the story. She can rest assured that she doesn't need to go looking for that person.
Even with the buff from the secret realm, Mu Jianjian still wasn't very confident she could defeat him.
Looking at the three beast cores she had already obtained in her spatial bag, Mu Jianjian prepared to go to the cliff to find some large spirit beasts to collect more pills.
According to the rules of the inner layer of the secret realm, the more beast cores you obtain when you reach the very center of the secret realm, the greater the rewards you will receive at the final center.
She is currently at the third level of foundation building, and the pressure she is under is neither too great nor too small, but within her tolerance range.
The majestic and precipitous cliffs were devoid of any greenery under the dusty sky, with only gravel and clods of earth blown by the wind and sand.
Mu Jianjian leaned against the rock and looked down. The abyss below was bottomless, as if it had shut out the sunlight and plunged the world into darkness.
The original book mentions that there is a giant monster living below.
Maybe she can give it a try.
As Mu Jianjian rubbed her hands together, ready to descend the cliff, she heard soft footsteps carried on the wind. She carefully hid behind a nearby rock.
Two people.
I can't sense any aura from her, and her cultivation level is above mine. If I use a Qi Condensation Talisman, I can avoid encountering her to the greatest extent possible.
Mu Jianjian waited until the footsteps faded into the distance before quietly peeking out.
A familiar figure in red robes, waving a golden fan, followed by a man in black, who appeared to be a subordinate guard.
No network at night.
Mu Jianjian thought about the plot of the original book. The person following behind him was Lan Yi, his subordinate.
But why are the two of them walking together?
What about Sang Wanyue?
Mu Jianjian keenly sensed that something was amiss.
In the original book, in order to accelerate the romantic relationship between the male and female protagonists, the dense forest maze was arranged for Sang Wanyue and Ye Wuluo to team up, and the inner level of the maze was naturally the place where the two's "sweet interactions" progressed rapidly.
Sang Wanyue's cultivation was at the peak of Foundation Establishment, so the pressure from heaven and earth she experienced here was the greatest. Ye Wuluo, on the other hand, could rely on his special "innate Dao body" to ignore the laws.
Sang Wanyue avoided Ye Wuluo like the plague because of her resentment from her past life, but under the inner restrictions, she had no choice but to rely on him to obtain beast cores to advance. After receiving his protection time and time again, she finally softened her heart towards Ye Wuluo for the first time since her rebirth.
Perhaps the plot has deviated from its expected direction? The two didn't meet again after parting ways?
After all, there were discrepancies regarding the senior brother's cultivation level and identity...
That's quite possible.
"Lan Yi, is there any news about that person now?" Ye Wuluo's casual voice came.
"No, I haven't been able to contact you since we parted ways at Fanjin Palace."
"It's out of reach now." Ye Wuluo said indifferently, his narrow peach blossom eyes lightly sweeping over the bottom of the cliff beside him.
A sense of irritation rose from the bottom of my heart.
Why hasn't that woman asked him for help yet?
"Then when will we—"
Before Lan Yi could finish speaking, Ye Wuluo interrupted her unusually, his voice laced with barely perceptible anger, "Just wait, it's only a matter of time before she gives in."
Who are you talking about?
A hurried female voice came from behind a rock. Ye Wulu looked over and saw a girl wearing a white veil and white clothes jump out from behind a rock.
As expected, the laws of this secret realm are powerful. Even if one can ignore the pressure, this little bit of thing is still undetectable.
Ye Wulu was in a bad mood, and the smile on his face disappeared. "Hiding to the side and eavesdropping, and then acting like you're questioning me, who are you?"
"Is it Sang Wanyue? What happened to her?" Mu Jianjian ignored the other person's sarcastic tone; she was eager to know the truth.
They were concerned about Xiaoyue'er, though.
Ye Wulu recalled a figure in his mind, a person who was jumping around beside his little Yue'er in the Fanjin Palace.
His mood unexpectedly improved, and his smile carried a hint of contempt. "Lan Yi, when did you become so dishonest?"
Isn't this the half-soul that killed Tao Xian? It hasn't been dealt with yet.
The moment Ye Wuluo finished speaking, Lan Yi flashed in front of Mu Jianjian, his killing intent intense, and a sharp blade swiftly slashed towards the girl's neck!
Mu Jianjian quickly dodged and took out the silkworm bone banner from the silver bracelet. When she saw the red silk thread wrapped around Lan Yi's hand, she instantly understood the meaning of "get rid of" in his words.
No wonder...
The male cultivator at the Golden Crow Temple was clearly not in the South Hall, yet he was able to accurately locate himself with the gold silk on his hand because someone in the hall had sent him a message!
As for Lan Yi, the original book states that she admired Tao Xian, the daughter of the Grand Elder of the Holy Lotus Pavilion, who was the woman she killed in the Water Palace.
Mu Jianjian had always thought that it was predetermined in the original book that "the Golden Silk Society would be approached by the cultivators of the Golden Crow Temple", but she never expected that there was such a layer of relationship.
A chill rose from her back.
Despite the opponent's high cultivation level and the pressure from the secret realm, the attack was still so decisive, without the slightest hesitation.
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