novelaction Chapter 73, what's wrong? Not going to publish it?
Chapter 73, what's wrong? Not going to publish it?
"I know," Jing Shu replied.
Jingran nodded, indicating that she understood.
However, weren't Jing Shu's words and Xue Niang's repeated admonitions a bit too deliberate...?
"Fellow Daoist Lin Yuru, which weak point are you guarding?" Jing Shu asked casually, holding Jing Ran's hand as she sat beside him.
"Is there a problem with me guarding the south?" Lin Yuru asked doubtfully.
"It's nothing, just asking about your plans."
The south is both closest to the city gate and furthest from it...
Xue Niang noticed that Jing Shu and Xue Niang's arms were very close together, and she became curious, so she bent down and saw their hands clasped together.
"I'm telling you two, you're talking about serious business, but you're secretly holding hands underneath. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?" Xue Niang straightened up and teased.
Xue Niang was only serious for a short time, and then she returned to her usual self.
"I didn't realize..." Xue Niang clicked her tongue twice, not finishing her sentence, because Jing Shu's gaze was full of warning.
Oh dear~ so you're still in the pursuit phase~
Xue Niang single-handedly steered the conversation away from the topic. Lin Yuru's gaze towards the two of them also changed.
Jing Ran didn't react much, nor did she let Jing Shu let go. She simply said something indifferently.
"If Xue Niang has nothing else to do, she can go and stabilize the weak points in the west first, so that the west will not be the first point to be breached."
Xue Niang was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "Worried about me? I have the highest cultivation level among everyone here. You can worry about anyone else but me."
Xue Niang wanted to tease Jing Ran a bit more, but looking at his calm gaze, she inexplicably couldn't say anything.
Xue Niang stood up. "Since I've told you everything I needed to, we'll be leaving now." With that, she pulled Lin Yurou away.
She couldn't stay here a moment longer! Those two were too clever. If she stayed any longer, she felt she would be exposed!
After the two left, Jingran stood up as well. "Let's go for a walk too."
“Perfect timing. I’ve been in Hwaseong for a few days now, and I haven’t gone out to explore yet.”
Jing Shu stood up and looked at Jing Ran. The lingering warmth in his hands made him clench his fists tightly. He smiled softly at Jing Ran.
"Then, Ran, you must show me around properly."
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The sun was setting, and dusk was falling. Lights came on in every house, then went out again. The city of Huacheng was silent in the dead of night.
Jing Ran, who had been guarding the mansion in the north for some time, saw the Yuanbo tied to her wrist stained with a faint red color and summoned the Xue Ning sword once again.
Those people have arrived.
At the same time, a large number of men in black suddenly appeared in three uninhabited houses in the southeast and west of Huacheng. The vast majority of them were at the Golden Core stage.
Southern courtyard.
The leader of the evil cultivators looked at Lin Yuru, who was standing alone in the courtyard, and a hint of contempt appeared in his eyes. He had originally thought that he would encounter Xue Niang, a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, and be able to have a good fight.
Unexpectedly, their opponent was just a young girl with blond hair. After taking a closer look at Lin Yuru's cultivation level, they found that she was only at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, while he had already reached the Great Perfection of the Golden Core realm.
"What kind of seal is a little brat like you guarding? Why don't you come with me and I'll spare your life," the evil cultivator said with a lewd smile, a hint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes.
She looks young, but her aptitude is quite good. This woman must be killed, otherwise, decades later, she'll become another Su Manyi.
Lin Yuru did not get angry. She took out the soft sword that she always kept at her waist and rushed forward first when everyone was entangled by vines that suddenly sprouted from the ground.
The leading evil cultivator sneered. How could this possibly trap him?!
Just as the evil cultivator was about to use his spiritual power to shatter the vines binding him, an immense pressure directly pressed down on him.
"!!!"
The spiritual power gathered by the evil cultivator was instantly shattered by the oppressive aura.
The pressure of being out of body! How is that possible?!
The evil cultivator struggled to move his feet, trying to retreat. Just then, the soft blade of the sword gently pressed against his neck, then suddenly tightened its grip.
And just like that, a head fell to the ground with a thud, its unseeing eyes filled with rage.
The other evil cultivators initially thought that the captain could easily control this female cultivator, so none of them stepped forward, only thinking about how the captain would brutally beat this arrogant female cultivator.
But unexpectedly, the captain died! He lay motionless as the female cultivator chopped off his head.
Although the others were shocked, they reacted in a second and rushed towards Lin Yuru, determined to kill her with their swords.
Lin Yuru looked at them indifferently, and the magical artifacts on her body were activated again.
The group of evil cultivators froze on the spot, no longer daring to move. They understood why their captain had remained motionless.
The pressure of being out of the body! How can I move?!
The only two people in the late stage of Golden Core noticed something was wrong.
How could it be the Nascent Soul stage! This must be fake! The pressure was heavy, but if it were really the Nascent Soul stage, they would have released the pressure to kill them immediately. Why would they need to kill the captain?
"This is fake! It must contain a magical artifact..."
Before she could finish speaking, Lin Yuru had already appeared in front of the two evil cultivators in an instant, instantly withdrawing the pressure she was emitting, and at the same time pouring all her pressure onto the two of them.
The two were startled and simultaneously released their spiritual power, attempting to kill Lin Yuru together. However, their desperate resistance appeared extremely slow to Lin Yuru.
In the blink of an eye, two more heads fell to the ground.
Advanced magical artifact—Shadow Mirror! It can simulate the oppressive aura released by the cultivation level of a familiar person, achieving the effect of intimidating enemies and slowing their movements. The weaker the cultivation level of the locked target and the fewer the targets, the more pronounced the effect; conversely, the stronger the target and the weaker the effect.
The person Lin Yuru was impersonating was none other than Su Manyi, the sect leader of the Lingxi Sect.
The three human heads on the ground had completely awakened the remaining people; this must be the effect of the magical artifact!
"What, not going to go?" Lin Yuru said, her eyes showing no fear of killing someone for the first time, but rather utter contempt.
He was just a heretical practitioner; once he died, he was gone.
At this moment, Lin Yuru's seemingly frail figure and gentle voice made everyone present no longer underestimate her.
Having dealt with the three most troublesome ones, Lin Yuruo didn't use the Shadow Mirror again. After all, while effective, it consumed a significant amount of spiritual energy. However, she could handle the remaining people even without the Shadow Mirror!
Enraged by Lin Yuru's disdainful gaze, the evil cultivators charged forward again after realizing that Lin Yuru was no longer releasing that terrifying pressure.
"Go together!"
Lin Yuru looked at the swarming crowd without a trace of panic in her eyes.
The surface of her soft sword was covered with tiny, almost invisible water needles that gathered together, as if they were coated with a layer of water vapor.
"Then let's fight!"