Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

Cao Meng felt that gaining his mother-in-law's approval and An Laodeng's approval was no longer important; an old man with no status in the family was of no use.

"Auntie, if Uncle misbehaves in the future, just use the talisman to discipline him!"

Cao Meng knew that Lan Zhi's cultivation was not as good as An Laodeng's, so he gave her some fifth-order talismans.

"Or if your aunt finds dealing with your uncle too tiring, just let me know, and I can do it for her!"

Cao Meng had long realized that An Laodeng disliked him. If he didn't give this old man a hard time, the old man would really think he was easy to bully.

Xia Yulan: You little brat, I gave you the talisman so you could protect yourself, not so you could curry favor with your mother-in-law!

"Boy, what do you mean!"

Old An was immediately displeased, as his remaining standing in the family was entirely due to his own strength.

Cao Meng's actions are now aimed at ruining his last remaining position in the family, which An Lao Deng cannot accept.

After putting away the fifth-tier talisman, Lan Zhi turned around and scolded An Laodeng:

"Get out of here! You don't have much strength, all you do is rely on your elders' names to act tough. Watch out, or I'll teach you a lesson!"

Lanzhi is becoming more and more satisfied with Cao Meng, her filial son-in-law, and has completely taken on the role of his mother-in-law.

An Laodeng knew he was finished, and that he had lost all his standing in the family.

What are you all standing there for?

"Hurry up and help them wash up, and also help their wives and daughters wash up, they will be brides tomorrow."

"What will it look like if the bride is all disheveled and unkempt? It will be a disgrace to your An family!"

Cao Meng pointed at those people and gave instructions to the An family's higher-ups.

"Young friend, that's enough of the jokes!"

With a cold voice, three old men appeared.

"Old man, who are you?"

Cao Meng knew that the three old men were at the Nascent Soul stage, but he did not give them any face.

Because these three Nascent Soul stage cultivators are very weak, all being at the first level of Nascent Soul, the kind of Nascent Soul stage cultivators whose Qi and blood are declining.

To put it bluntly, this kind of Nascent Soul stage cultivator is just too old, has a poor foundation in Nascent Soul cultivation, and therefore has low combat power—a mediocre Nascent Soul stage cultivator!

"Greetings, Patriarch! Greetings, First Elder and Second Elder!"

Upon seeing the three elderly men, the senior members of the An family immediately felt reassured and bowed respectfully.

The patriarch, An Bo, looked at An Yingji and questioned her:

“Yingji, your family gave you life and raised you. Now that your family needs your contribution, you should contribute to your family.”

But you led your men to brutally attack your own people. Are you still a member of the clan?

"Do you intend to abandon your family like your father did and marry some scoundrel?"

Anbo showed no trace of grandfatherly kindness. He questioned An Yingji harshly as if she were not his own granddaughter.

Anbo didn't actually like his granddaughter An Yingji very much, mainly because of Anxiu and Lanzhi, the couple.

Many years ago, when Anxiu was still in the Foundation Establishment stage, Anbo arranged a marriage for him with a daughter of the Chu family, forming a marriage alliance with the Chu family.

Anxiu, who was at the Foundation Establishment stage, actually ran away from home and ran away from his arranged marriage. When he returned, he brought Lanzhi back with him.

From then on, the marriage alliance between the An and Chu families failed, and the relationship between the An and Chu families was not good.

An Yingji's refusal to enter into a marriage alliance reminds An Bo of An Xiu; indeed, like father, like daughter.

"Uncle, I never knew you dared to run away from your wedding!"

Cao Meng, a bystander, had roughly deduced some of the details of the matter, and then he made a sarcastic remark to An Laodeng.

An Laodeng ignored Cao Meng, staring coldly at An Bo, and retorted:

"Father, I was wrong to run away from the marriage back then, but you shouldn't humiliate Lanzhi like this. She is my wife, not some disreputable person!"

An Laodeng's Achilles' heel is his wife and daughters. If the person in front of him wasn't his father, he would have already taken action.

"She's cultivated for so many years and is still only at the half-step Nascent Soul stage. What qualifications does she have to marry into my An family? Her only merit is giving birth to Yingji!"

Anbo never accepted Lanzhi as his daughter-in-law because, for him and for the An family, Lanzhi had never brought any benefit.

Even after Lanzhi married into the An family for many years, the An family never gave her a single cultivation resource and always treated her as if she didn't exist.

Over the years, Lan Zhi's cultivation resources have all come from An Laodeng sharing half of his own cultivation resources with her.

"Father, why are you so heartless?"

An Laodeng roared, unable to understand why his father was so cold-blooded and ruthless.

"You old fool, shut up! If you insult my aunt again, I'll teach you a lesson about death!"

Cao Meng pointed at An Bo and cursed her, "How dare you insult my mother-in-law? You're tired of living!"
"Young friend, this is a family matter of the An family. Even if you are a disciple of a top-tier sect, you should not interfere!"

Anbo suppressed his anger and warned Cao Meng that if it weren't for the sect behind Cao Meng, he would have already taken action.

"Hey girl, tell this old man what to do if the dog doesn't listen to him?"

Cao Meng winked at Zi Rou'er and began summoning a mouth double.

"My aunt and my dad both said that if a dog is disobedient, just kill it. Anyway, there are plenty of dogs in the Eastern Continent, so one more won't make a difference!"

When it was her turn to speak, Zi Rou'er didn't hold back and went straight for the harshest words.

For the top sects of the demonic path, those first-rate and second-rate forces are just pigs and dogs they raise; they'll kill them when they're no longer useful.

For example, the Blood Demon Sect and the Soul Refining Sect. Sometimes, it's quite normal for the powerful members of these two major demon sects to refine an entire city or even a dynasty with their blood for cultivation.

Zi Rou'er's words made An Bo and the other two Nascent Soul cultivators look extremely embarrassed.

They admitted that the An family couldn't compare to those top-tier powers, but they shouldn't humiliate people like that!
At this moment, Cao Meng pointed at Anbo and angrily rebuked:
"You bastard, you want to use family ties and moral blackmail to force my senior sister into an arranged marriage, right?"
"Tell your wife to hurry up and get ready for her wedding tomorrow, or I'll wipe out your entire family!"

Whoever wants to cuckold Cao Meng, don't blame Cao Meng for making them green with envy.

An Yingji reached out and pinched Cao Meng's waist, saying in an annoyed tone:

"Cao Meng, can you use your brain when you speak? His wife is my grandmother, and besides, my grandmother has been dead for a hundred years!"

Although Cao Meng stood up for her, which made An Yingji very happy, Cao Meng's words always hurt her unintentionally.

"Slip of the tongue!"

Cao Meng, whose weakness had been exploited by An Yingji, quickly apologized, then turned to An Bo and scolded him:

"Here's what we'll do, you old man, hurry up and get ready to marry into the Xiao family, or you'll die!"

Since Anbo had no wife, Cao Meng suggested that he arrange a marriage for him.

Doesn't the other party like to dedicate himself to the family? Cao Meng should grant his wish!
Cao Meng scolded An Bo, and An Yingji didn't say anything. An Bo, this grandfather, didn't like her, his granddaughter, and An Yingji didn't like this grandfather either.
"I'm so angry!"

Anbo was furious at being so humiliated by Cao Meng:
"Boy, I have cultivated for 1,700 years, and this is the first time I have been so humiliated. Even if you are a disciple of a top sect, I will teach you a lesson on behalf of your master!"

Cao Meng's decision to have a Nascent Soul cultivator marry into his family thoroughly enraged An Bo.

Even though he now knows that Cao Meng comes from a top sect, he still wants to teach this arrogant junior a lesson.

"hehe!"

Cao Meng sneered and cursed again:
"Old man, you can let my senior sister go through a marriage alliance, but you can't let me let you marry into the family? You're such a hypocrite!"

"You still want to teach me a lesson on behalf of my master? Since you're tired of living, I'll grant your wish!" Cao Meng has never directly fought against a Nascent Soul cultivator before.

Now that he's at the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage, he's curious to know just how powerful the Divine Transformation stage really is.

As for the fact that the other party was the grandfather of the wronged senior sister, Cao Meng decided on behalf of the wronged senior sister to get rid of this grandfather.

"Cao Meng, I'll kill them for you!"

Upon hearing that someone was going to be killed, the henchman Shishi immediately stood up and expressed her support.

After all, to her, apart from Cao Meng, all other living beings were food for her.

Now is the perfect time to turn Anbo's three Nascent Soul cultivators into human jerky twists?
"Shishi, just cheer me on obediently, I'll use them to test my skills!"

Cao Meng didn't want Shishi to make a move; he had finally found a few live targets, so it was a good opportunity to practice.

"Senior sister, you saw it yourself, they were the ones who provoked me, no wonder I wanted to beat them up."

Cao Meng felt it would be better to inform Senior Sister Yuanzhong before taking action, since she was Senior Sister Yuanzhong's elder.

An Yingji: Cao Cao, if you're going to beat up my elders, at least tell me first. You're such a nice guy!

"Sparing their lives is my way of repaying the debt I owed them!"

An Yingji did not try to stop the fight; she simply greeted them.

She agreed to let Cao Meng deal with those people, which would be a good opportunity to get justice for her mother.

He had already done more than enough by asking Cao Meng not to kill him.

As for whether Cao Meng will lose?

An Yingji didn't think Cao Meng would lose. Putting aside his physique, the cultivation techniques of outside cultivators were simply no match for those of top-tier sect cultivators.

"it is good!"

Cao Meng agreed to his wronged senior sister's request, then flew over the An family's territory, beckoned to An Bo provocatively, and said:

"Old man, let me see just how powerful a Nascent Soul cultivator really is!"

Just as Anbo was about to follow after being provoked, the Third Elder quickly warned him:

"Patriarch, this kid is quite strong, his strength is above the half-step Nascent Soul stage, and he is very likely an old monster who has been hiding his true Nascent Soul realm. You must not underestimate him!"

The Third Elder was a little afraid that Anbo might be careless and end up making a mistake, so he gave him special instructions and reminders.

After receiving the Third Elder's reminder, Anbo turned his attention to the First Elder and the Second Elder.

"Master, don't worry!"

The First Elder and the Second Elder naturally understood Anbo's meaning. If Anbo were to be defeated later, they would step in to help immediately.

With the assurances of the First Elder and the Second Elder, Anbo felt reassured and flew into the sky to capture Cao Meng.

"Old man, I'm just a Nascent Soul Stage 9 cultivator, is there any need to be so afraid?"

Cao Meng sneered and used his hands to generate True Fire of the Sun to attack his opponent.

Anbo dared not be careless. He formed a mudra with his hands, manifesting a hundred-foot-tall yellow Dharma image. The hundred-foot-tall Dharma image unleashed a palm strike to resist Cao Meng's True Sun Fire.

Although Anbo's Dharma Image successfully withstood Cao Meng's True Sun Fire, the Dharma Image's arm was somewhat faded from the burn.

"What powerful flames!"

Anbo couldn't help but sigh, his wariness of Cao Meng growing even stronger at this moment.

"Old man, your Dharma form is so small and fragile, it's just as useless as you!"

Cao Meng mocked mercilessly. Ever since he saw the Great Sun Buddha's million-foot-tall form, he felt that other people's forms at the Nascent Soul stage were truly insignificant.

"Boy, don't be so arrogant!"

Anbo shouted and took out his spiritual weapon, a large sword, and at the same time, his Dharma form condensed into a phantom image of a large sword.

"Desolate Beast Blade Technique!"

Anbo frowned, wielding his magical broadsword with lightning-fast, ever-changing light.

Man, sword, and Dharma form are one; with a single slash, the sword energy transforms into a giant beast that pounces towards Cao Meng.

Facing the giant beast phantom formed from the sword energy, he was not afraid at all and went straight to meet it, his physical body bearing the fierce attack of the giant beast phantom.

With a loud "boom," the phantom of the giant beast slammed into Cao Meng's body. He grabbed the phantom with both hands and tore it and the sword energy apart.

"How can this be?"

Anbo was astonished at the sight, not expecting Cao Meng to be able to parry his attack so easily.

You must know that even a cultivator at the first level of the Nascent Soul realm could not easily withstand such an attack, let alone someone like Cao Meng who took it head-on with his bare body.

Anbo is now starting to wonder if Cao Meng is a human or a demon beast, given how incredibly powerful his physical body is.

"hehe!"

Cao Meng sneered. His innate Gengjin body had reached its peak, and his physical body was comparable to a fifth or sixth-grade spiritual weapon. Wasn't it normal for him to withstand the attack of a first-level Nascent Soul cultivator with his physical strength?

With a solemn expression, Anbo once again wielded his broadsword, the blade flashing like a dragon, swiftly and fiercely attacking Cao Meng.

Cao Meng didn't bother to dodge and unleashed a punch that shattered Anbo's deadly attack.

"Old man, I've taken two of your moves, now it's your turn to take one of mine!"

"Eternal Flame Transformation Technique!"

With a wave of his hand, Cao Meng condensed a fireball ten feet in size using the True Fire of the Sun.

This fireball, ten zhang in size, was now like a sun.

Cao Meng clasped his hands together and forcibly compressed the ten-zhang-sized ball of true solar fire into a single spark, which he then launched towards Anbo.

"Zhongming Jue!"

Anbo dared not be careless in the slightest, and mobilized his spiritual power and Dharma power to condense an earth-yellow spiritual power barrier.

A tiny spark, seemingly insignificant, transformed into a sharp blade, tearing through the barrier and landing on Anbo's Dharma image.

"puff!"

The moment Anbo's Dharma form was severely damaged, Anbo himself also spat out a mouthful of blood.

Anbo truly hadn't expected Cao Meng to be so powerful. How could someone at the ninth level of the Nascent Soul realm be able to injure him? Was this the mark of a top-tier sect's prodigy? His strength was terrifyingly monstrous.

A top-tier sect prodigy: We can't compare ourselves to Cao Cao, after all, he's cheating and lives off his wife!
Using cheat codes is already an invincible path, but if you also rely on a sugar daddy, you're even more invincible!
Anbo knew that his clansmen were all watching him, the head of the family, so he absolutely could not lose.

"Great Desolate Thunder Slash!"

Anbo gritted his teeth and unleashed his ultimate move, his broadsword transforming into a bolt of lightning as he slashed fiercely at Cao Meng.

Cao Meng was ready. He blocked the broadsword with one hand and threw a punch, which knocked Anbo's broadsword back.

Anbo swayed for a moment before regaining his balance. Looking at the cracked broadsword in his hand, he said sadly:
"My ferocious lion blade!"

The Ferocious Lion Blade is a fifth-grade low-level spiritual weapon that Anbo saved up over a hundred years and acquired through great connections. He treasures it very much.

Now that he has been shattered by Cao Meng and his rank has dropped, it's like a piece of his heart being torn apart!

The current battle situation is clear to anyone with eyes to see: Anbo, a Nascent Soul cultivator at the first level of the Nascent Soul stage, cannot defeat Cao Meng.

Cao Meng's feat of using his Nascent Soul to defeat a Deity Transformation cultivator wasn't the most frightening part. The most frightening thing was that Cao Meng did it bare-handed, without using any spiritual artifacts, thus defeating Anbo who was using a fifth-tier spiritual artifact. (End of Chapter)