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At the border of the Great Yan Dynasty, mountains rose in layers as wild winds howled past.
Su Yueli slowly made her way along the mountain path with Han Yu.
Han Yu, who had just broken through to the Third Realm, was in excellent condition. Faint roars of a tiger echoed with her every punch and kick as she strictly followed Su Yueli's guidance, refining the blood qi within her body over and over.
“Force originates from the ground, and qi moves with the mind. The Third Realm is about training the hard skills of the bones and fascia. Do not be impetuous when throwing punches,” Su Yueli occasionally advised from behind.
“Yes, Master!” Han Yu answered crisply, wiping the sweat from her forehead with a determined look in her eyes.
Looking at Han Yu's solid footwork and increasingly refined fist intent, Su Yueli's lips curved up slightly, a hint of warmth appearing in her eyes.
In her long life, having such a sensible and hardworking disciple accompany her did add a bit of joy.
Boom!
Just then, a sudden clamor of shouting and killing echoed from the narrow valley path ahead.
Dozens of fierce-looking cultivators dressed in black stood across the middle of the road, blocking the entire mountain path. Several corpses of fierce beasts and martial artists lay scattered in disarray on the ground.
Leading them was a young man dressed in a luxurious brocade robe with an overbearing expression, wiping blood from his hands.
It appeared a major battle had just taken place.
“Halt! We are on official business, and the mountain path is blocked! Unrelated people, get lost... Hm?”
The leading young master in the brocade robe turned around, about to scold them, but the moment his gaze swept over Su Yueli, his entire body suddenly froze.
The blue-robed woman before him possessed a peerless countenance and an ethereal aura, looking like the cold moonlight of the nine heavens descending to the mortal realm.
A greedy light instantly erupted in the young master's eyes as he scrutinized her without restraint. Then, he sneered, “This young master thought it was some powerful figure, but there isn't even a trace of spiritual energy fluctuation on you. Turns out you're just two lowly mortals.”
Fanning himself with a folding fan, he swaggered forward, stroking his chin with a wicked smile. “Little lady, these wild mountains are very unsafe. Why don't you follow this young master back to my estate? I'll guarantee you wealth and honor...”
Hearing this incredibly cliché flirtation, Su Yueli sighed helplessly.
Little lady?
Given her age, even being this kid's ancestor would be considered letting him off easy.
The world's vision was too narrow, always assuming that those without spiritual energy were easy targets. Little did they know that the world was vast, and the martial path could also surpass the immortals.
And...
She touched her face. Beauty indeed seemed to be quite troublesome, although these people could hardly be considered trouble to her.
“Presumptuous! How dare you disrespect my master!”
Before Su Yueli could speak, Han Yu stood out, unable to contain her anger, her small face flushed red with rage.
Seeing this, the young master burst into laughter and waved to a guard at the late stage Third Realm beside him. “Haha, this little girl is quite feisty! Go, grab that little girl, and don't hurt the great beauty next to her!”
The Third Realm late stage martial artist grinned savagely. Taking a step forward, his powerful blood qi exploded as he threw a punch to grab Han Yu!
“Master, your disciple requests to fight!” Han Yu shouted without looking back.
“Go. Use the basic fist technique I taught you. There is no need to hold back,” Su Yueli said calmly.
The person before them only had the strength of the Third Realm, so she was not very worried.
“Yes!”
A sharp light flashed in Han Yu's eyes. Facing an opponent whose cultivation realm was slightly higher than her own, she did not retreat but advanced!
With a soft cry, she shifted her footwork, evading the opponent's large hand from a tricky angle as her body's blood qi boiled violently!
“Mountain Splitter!”
Han Yu growled, executing the most basic martial technique Su Yueli had taught her.
Her seemingly delicate and weak little fist carried a pure, immense physical strength, smashing heavily against the chest of the Third Realm late stage guard!
Bang!
The crisp sound of bones fracturing echoed!
The Third Realm late stage guard's eyes nearly popped out. Vomiting blood, he flew backward dozens of meters like a cannonball.
The scene fell into a dead silence.
The young master in the brocade robe and the remaining guards were completely dumbfounded.
A little girl who looked barely twenty years old had insta-killed a veteran Third Realm late stage martial artist with a single punch of pure physical strength?
How was this possible?!
“Bastard! You dare kill the young master's man!”
A middle-aged man standing beside the young master suddenly stepped forward in a rage.
The pressure around him surged violently as his vast spiritual energy kicked up dust and stones everywhere. He was impressively a Fourth Realm cultivator!
“Damn brat, die!”
The middle-aged man's face turned fierce. Disregarding any senior dignity, he raised his hand and unleashed a violent, massive palm of spiritual energy. It tore through the air, sweeping down toward the top of Han Yu's head with overwhelming force!
This palm was immensely powerful. Under this colossal pressure, Han Yu, who had just broken through to the Third Realm, trembled slightly, and even breathing became difficult.
Seeing the overwhelming palm of spiritual energy, Han Yu did not panic too much and subconsciously turned to look at her master.
Su Yueli's eyes lifted slightly, her expression as calm as a deep well. She raised her fair hand and gently flicked her finger toward the Fourth Realm middle-aged man in mid-air.
Swish!
An invisible force shot out from her fingertip, slicing through the air!
But the moment that invisible force contacted the massive spiritual energy palm, the overwhelming palm print dissolved and vanished into thin air like spring snow melting under the sun!
Immediately after.
The remaining force of that energy did not slow down, instantly piercing through the middle-aged man's forehead!
Pfft!
Blood splattered.
The cultivator's fierce and hideous expression froze instantly. The light in his eyes extinguished at a visible rate as he fell straight backward, completely devoid of life.
”?!”
The young master in the brocade robe was so terrified that his legs went weak. With a thud, he slumped to the ground, his crotch instantly soaking wet and emitting a foul odor.
That was a Fourth Realm expert! Yet he was insta-killed by this blue-robed woman from several yards away with a mere flick of her finger, as if crushing an ant?!
“A demon... She's a demon!”
The remaining guards were scared out of their wits and scrambled to run.
Su Yueli's gaze turned cold, and she lightly stomped her foot.
Boom!
The earth energy surged, and an invisible ripple swept outward. The remaining black-clad guards were instantly struck as if by a heavy hammer, vomiting blood as they collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
Su Yueli slowly walked over to the young master in the brocade robe, who was slumped on the ground and twitching violently, and looked down at him with her cold eyes.
The next moment.
“Aaaaaah!”
After some interrogation, Su Yueli obtained some information from him.
This group was the private army of the Second Prince of Great Yan, and the news she obtained was rather interesting...
She paused, looking toward the imperial city of the Great Yan Dynasty. “It seems that the old emperor of Great Yan is gravely ill and on the verge of death. Now, the various princes are secretly rallying major forces and sects to fight for the throne, and the conflict is in full swing.”
Han Yu was slightly startled. “Then doesn't that mean the Great Yan royal family is in complete chaos right now?”
“Chaos is good. The messier, the better.”
A slight curve appeared on Su Yueli's lips. “The more fiercely they fight, the more lax the royal family's guard over the Grade Eight Myriad Tribulations Blood-Washing Vine will be. It is the perfect time for us to go to the Great Yan imperial city to retrieve the medicine.”
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