"snort!"
However, facing Shangguan Jingming's grand entrance, Luo Yuchen, standing not far away, curled her lip, her face full of dissatisfaction. "What's with the act? She's always the most dazzling one when she appears. She's clearly so beautiful, yet she refuses to be on my list of most beautiful people, making us on the list look like clowns. If I could beat her, I would have already..."
As he spoke, he turned his head and saw Ouyang Jingfeng staring blankly at the light blue figure.
His gaze was incredibly complex, containing memories of distant years, unspeakable melancholy, a hint of longing hidden deep within, and a touch of despondency that made him hesitate to approach.
Upon seeing this, Luo Yuchen couldn't help but scoff, "Tch! What kind of master of swordsmanship is he? The moment he sees this woman, he probably forgets even how to hold a sword..."
For ordinary people, Shangguan Jingming may only exist in legends, but for Ouyang Jingfeng and his generation who grew up with her, she was undoubtedly the most dazzling and most admired person of that era!
Inside the barrier, Ning Yuyao blinked as she looked at the woman who had appeared out of nowhere.
Since entering the palace, she had never seen this elusive palace master.
At that moment, I subconsciously felt that I should bow and was about to clasp my hands in greeting when I suddenly felt a strong wave of dizziness. Everything went black, and I slumped backward on the spot.
"Yao'er?"
Shen Yunhao immediately snapped out of his daze, quickly stepped forward, and hugged the girl's soft body in his arms. "Yao'er? What's wrong? Wake up!"
Before he finished speaking, Ning Yuyao, who was in his arms, was pulled away by a gentle yet irresistible force and flew up lightly.
Shen Yunhao looked up and saw Ning Yuyao hovering in front of Shangguan Jingming.
The ethereal woman glanced at her lightly, as if recalling something, a faint, almost imperceptible tenderness flashing deep in her eyes.
She raised her hand and waved, a gentle force enveloping Ning Yuyao, slowly drifting towards Nie Qingshuang outside the barrier.
"Qingshuang, take her back..."
Her voice was soft and gentle, yet it seemed to resonate deep within everyone's soul.
Nie Qingshuang carefully took the unconscious Ning Yuyao, glanced at her aloof and solitary back, and then at Shen Yunhao not far behind her. In the end, she didn't say anything, just nodded, and with a flash, she disappeared from the spot with Ning Yuyao.
Only then did Shangguan Jingming slowly turn around, casting her emotionless, icy blue eyes at Tianyuan Daoist not far away, her pink lips slightly parted.
"Aren't you... leaving yet?"
Although the woman never glanced at him once, Shen Yunhao immediately understood that she was speaking to him. He endured the excruciating pain and weakness, clasped his hands in a deep bow, and spoke sincerely:
"This junior thanks the Palace Master for saving my life!"
After saying that, he stopped talking and the Guixue Sword in his hand emitted a strange icy blue light. In the next instant, the space where Shen Yunhao was located blurred and distorted, and his figure disappeared silently under the icy blue light!
The invisible barrier set up by Tianyuan Daoist, which was capable of trapping Void Realm experts, failed to have the slightest impact on his departure!
Clearly, this was Shuang'er using her special ability, which was also the biggest source of Shen Yunhao's confidence in escaping from Tianyuan Daoist's clutches!
As he flew through the air, Shen Yunhao couldn't help but look back.
In the distance, on the horizon, that aloof figure stood facing off against Daoist Tianyuan.
Although the distance was great, the aloof and detached aura emanating from that woman, as if she were independent of the entire world, was clearly imprinted in Shen Yunhao's heart.
He inexplicably felt that the Palace Master of Guanghan Palace was like a magnified version of Ning Yuyao.
If Yao'er hadn't met me when she was little, and had instead grown up alone in the Guanghan Palace, perhaps she would have become like this hundreds of years later...
Powerful, beautiful, yet... heartbreakingly cold, like the cold moon in the sky.
...
Strangely, even though Shen Yunhao fled right before his eyes, Tianyuan Daoist did not utter a word, nor did he try to stop him. He simply stood quietly in place until Shen Yunhao's aura completely disappeared from his perception range before he slowly spoke:
"Is Palace Master Shangguan's action today an open act of protecting the Dark Abyss Demon Vine and obstructing my Tai Xuan Dao Sect from handling its internal affairs?"
Shangguan Jingming shook her head, her icy blue eyes calm and unwavering. "I don't care about anything else, but... I will never allow any member of the palace to be bullied outside!"
A cold glint flashed in Tianyuan Daoist's eyes as he seized the opportunity to press, "Is Shen Yunhao also considered a disciple of your Guanghan Palace?"
Shangguan Jingming's answer was without the slightest hesitation or doubt, his voice carrying clearly in all directions:
"Calculate!"
Just one word, yet it carries the weight of Mount Tai!
Upon hearing this, not only Tianyuan Daoist, but also Murong Xi, Ouyang Jingfeng, Luo Yuchen and others who had not yet left were all startled.
The Palace Master of Guanghan Palace personally acknowledged that from this moment on, Shen Yunhao would officially be under the protection of the entire Guanghan Palace.
Tianyuan Daoist's face turned completely gloomy.
He understood that the other party no longer bothered to find any other excuses, but instead used the most direct and domineering method to bring Shen Yunhao under their wing. No matter what reason Tianyuan Daoist tried to use to attack Shen Yunhao, it would be a direct act of hostility towards Guanghan Palace.
But this also means that the two sides have completely broken off relations!
"Good! Very good!" Tianyuan Daoist's voice was deep. "Then how should we settle the blood debt of Elder Zong Qianhe, who died at the hands of that brat?"
Shangguan Jingming's gaze was calm, but his words were colder than ten-thousand-year-old ice:
"Being less skilled than others, dying is not unjust..."
"..."
This short sentence once again left Daoist Tianyuan speechless.
He remained silent for a long while, his aura becoming extremely dangerous, like a volcano about to erupt, his voice low and terrifying:
"Shangguan! Are you really going to start a war with my Tai Xuan Dao Sect for a nobody and a demonic vine?"
"Shall we go to war?"
The woman finally raised her head slightly, her icy blue eyes gazing at the distant horizon. Even her stunningly beautiful face, which seemed not to belong to this world, was tinged with a faint trace of melancholy.
She seemed to sigh softly, then slowly said:
"Then... let's fight!"
Four words, light and airy, yet like four thunderbolts from the heavens, resounded loudly in everyone's hearts!
Shangguan Jingming and Tianyuan Daoist remained standing in place, without making a move.
But in that instant, the energy of the entire world seemed to suddenly tighten, the wind rose and the clouds surged, as if an invisible force of rules was violently colliding and rubbing against the two of them, causing the spiritual energy within a radius of a thousand miles to become disordered!
The entire situation on the Tianji Continent has undergone subtle changes due to the will of these two giants…
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