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

When the first and second elders of the An family saw that An Bo, the family head, had been injured by Cao Meng, they wanted to help him, but Shi Shi gave them a cold look.

The power contained in Shi Shi's eyes sent chills down the spines of the two Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

They could feel as if they were being targeted by an ancient ferocious beast, as if they would be mercilessly torn apart if they dared to make a move!
Cao Meng saw that the two old men, the First Elder and the Second Elder of the An family, were about to make their move, so he shouted:
"If you want to make a move, then make a move. If you want to come, then come all at once. Don't waste my time one by one."

Cao Meng felt that fighting An Bo, a mere Nascent Soul Stage 1 cultivator, was not satisfying at all; he now wanted to fight three against one.

To be honest, Cao Meng was very puzzled by one thing: why was An Bo, who was only at the first level of the Nascent Soul stage, so ridiculously weak?
Jiang Mengzhu and Xu Ru, who were once at the first level of the Nascent Soul stage, were incredibly powerful when they were at that stage.

Anbo's combat strength at the first level of the Nascent Soul stage is so weak that it doesn't seem like he's at the first level of the Nascent Soul stage at all; it's more like he's half a step into the Nascent Soul stage.

"Go and fight Cao Meng, or you will die."

"If you hurt Cao Meng, you'll die too!"

Shishi issued death threats to the First Elder and Second Elder of the An family.

The First Elder and Second Elder were in a very difficult situation. Although Shishi did not make a move, the pressure she released made it very clear to them that they were no match for her.

The order given by Shishi left them speechless. They were ordered to fight Cao Meng, but they couldn't hurt him. How were they supposed to fight?
Left with no other choice, the First Elder and Second Elder flew to the battlefield to prepare for a fake fight.

"Yingji, is this young lady very capable?"

Lanzhi had heard what Shishi said, so she asked An Yingji a question via telepathy.

Lanzhi had already observed Shishi's appearance and figure, and her own daughter was somewhat inferior to others in this regard.

The other person's only flaw is that they are a bit naive.

Lanzhi is now a little afraid that An Yingji will not be able to keep Cao Meng and that the son-in-law she has her eye on will run away.

"Mother, I'm afraid even if everyone on Thousand Island were combined, they wouldn't be enough for Shishi to kill for half a day!"

An Yingji knew that although the An, Xiao, and Chu families of Qianyu Island all had Nascent Soul cultivators, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the three families were relatively weak.

These three Nascent Soul cultivators of this level are no match for Shishi. In Shishi's eyes, they are nothing more than helpless lambs.

"What is the relationship between this young girl and Cao Meng?"

When Lanzhi learned that Shishi was so amazing, she immediately asked her more questions.

At the same time, she also felt that her daughter was not up to par. Her son-in-law was so capable, why couldn't her daughter keep up?
"The younger sister that Cao Meng picked up!"

An Yingji did not reveal that Shishi was a living corpse, but simply described the relationship between the two.

Honestly, if we put everything else aside, Shishi's relationship with Cao Meng was more like that of siblings.

……

Despite having two more opponents, Cao Meng remained completely unfazed. He leisurely took out the Inquiry-Based Divination Machine, opened the food delivery group chat, and started a video call.
"Dear elders and fellow disciples, today I, Cao Meng, will perform a Nascent Soul cultivator's reversal of the Three Transformation Gods!"

While greeting the members of the food delivery group, Cao Meng used the Wenxianji to capture the image of Anjia Sanhuashen's counterfeit goods on the screen.

Cao Meng naturally wanted to share this scene of a Nascent Soul cultivator defeating a Divine Transformation cultivator with the group members.

Although there are no short video apps available now, he can lay the foundation for these later developments through group video calls.

As soon as Cao Meng started the group video, he quickly attracted the attention of the foodies in the food delivery group:

"Senior Brother Cao Meng, is it true?"

"Across from us are the head of the An family of Qianyu Island, the First Elder, and the Second Elder!"

"Faxiang, he's truly at the Nascent Soul stage!"

"Go, Senior Brother Cao Meng!"

"Go, Cao Qinchuan!"

These foodies chimed in one by one, and now the food delivery group is filled with all sorts of food delivery orders every day. Occasionally, people chat, but now that there's finally something to do, it naturally attracts a lot of attention.

The women of the Hehuan Sect cheered Cao Meng on through the interrogation machine.

Meanwhile, members of the food delivery group really thought that the "Ask the Immortal" tool was a good thing, as they could watch the drama unfold via video even though they were far apart.

While it may lack the same immersive experience as watching the drama unfold in person, watching remotely is safer!
"You traitor, if you can't win, why don't you just stay away from the Huan Sect?"

After seeing the group video in the food delivery group, the female boss spoke up with a threat.

She, as the master, still had confidence in her rebellious disciple's strength, after all, she had fed her disciple with her own body!

"It's just a mere attempt to defy the Nascent Soul stage, what's there to brag about? It's like everyone has done it in their youth!"

A female leader from the Hehuan Sect, who was lurking in the food delivery group, made a sarcastic remark in an annoyed tone.

"Isn't the An family on Qianyu Island the same family as Senior Sister An?"

Suddenly, someone in the food delivery group started revealing the background of the An family, which puzzled the onlookers. They wondered what was going on and why Cao Meng would target An Yingji's family.

"The An family patriarch's Dharma image has faded, and blood is trickling from the corner of his mouth, as if he is injured. Could it be that he has been injured by Cao Qin Chuan!"

Some observant individuals noticed something in Cao Meng's video: An Bo was injured.

"That should be it. The An family head's gaze towards Senior Brother Cao Meng was full of resentment, so he must have been injured by Senior Brother Cao Meng long ago!"

As soon as someone pointed it out, many people immediately agreed.

"Junior Brother Cao Meng, you're amazing! You've only been cultivating for less than two years and you've already reached the Nascent Soul stage. I really want to cultivate with Junior Brother Cao Meng!"

"Ding! You have been removed from the Hehuan Sect takeout group by the group administrator!"

The moment this female disciple of the Hehuan Sect uttered those words, she was ruthlessly kicked out of the group chat!

This disciple was extremely frustrated; she knew without a doubt that the group leader, Xia Yulan, had kicked her out.

I was just saying it casually, is it really necessary to kick myself out of the group?

Uncle Xia is so stingy!

……

"What is this kid doing with that jade pendant?"

Anbo and the other two were utterly puzzled as they watched Cao Meng amuse himself with a jade pendant.

"Pink fox, take a good picture of me, or I'll teach you a lesson!"

Cao Meng was about to launch a counterattack against the Nascent Soul stage cultivator, so he didn't have time to film the video and asked Hong Qi to film it.

Cao Meng is quite satisfied with Hong Qi's video shooting skills.

After all, this pink fox may not be good at anything else, but it has a special talent when it comes to eating, drinking and having fun.

"That bastard Cao Meng only knows how to show off, and he even made me, the princess, film the video! How infuriating!"

After complaining, Hong Qi took out her Immortal Inquiry Machine and started recording a group video.

Cao Meng looked at An Bo and the other two, then stretched his body, his bones cracking and popping. He hadn't had enough of the fight earlier, and now he was going to get serious!
Cao Meng's body was overflowing with the true fire of the sun and the innate Geng metal energy, and he was like a primordial beast awakening.

"Everyone outside says Cao Meng is only at the third or fourth level of the Nascent Soul stage, but his combat strength is clearly above the first level of the Divine Transformation stage. Can't the intelligence from outside be a little more accurate?!"

The three top executives of the An family had already guessed Cao Meng's identity, but at this moment they were complaining that the news circulating outside was too false.

"Chieftain, why don't you beg for mercy?"

"After all, even if the three of us can defeat Cao Meng, can we defeat the one below?"

The First and Second Elders urged Anbo to beg for mercy, since Anbo was An Yingji's grandfather. If Anbo begged for mercy, Cao Meng would probably stop for An Yingji's sake. Because they had been threatened by Shishi before, they genuinely did not want to fight Cao Meng, as neither victory nor defeat would end well for them.

"You two have cultivated for a thousand years, how can you be so cowardly? The only way to break this deadlock is to capture Cao Meng."

After Anbo angrily rebuked the First Elder and the Second Elder, he charged at Cao Meng with his spiritual weapon. Left with no other choice, the First Elder and the Second Elder had to manifest their Dharma forms to attack.

Facing the siege of three Nascent Soul stage cultivators, Cao Meng showed no fear whatsoever.

His first target was Anbo, and he threw a punch, striking while the iron was hot.

Cao Meng and Anbo's Dharma Image clashed with a punch. Cao Meng took a few steps back and easily regained his balance, while Anbo's Dharma Image's right arm was mercilessly torn apart by the force of the punch.

As soon as the Dharma Image malfunctioned, Anbo was immediately affected by the backlash, feeling that his right hand had lost sensation and become numb.

The First and Second Elders disregarded everything else and rushed to the rescue, wielding their spiritual weapons and unleashing their magical forms to attack Cao Meng.

The two attacked Cao Meng from both sides, one as the main force and the other as the auxiliary force, thus restraining Cao Meng and buying Anbo time to recover!
"Boy, you forced me to do this!"

Anbo glared fiercely at Cao Meng, then unleashed a forbidden technique, beginning to burn his lifespan.

"Master, you mustn't!"

The First and Second Elders, who were fighting Cao Meng, saw that Anbo was about to burn his lifespan and quickly tried to dissuade him.

Under normal circumstances, the lifespan of a Nascent Soul cultivator is between two thousand and two thousand five hundred years, and Anbo, at seventeen hundred years old, is considered to be of advanced age.

Therefore, the First Elder and the Second Elder did not want Anbo to burn through his lifespan and seek his own death.

"I am the head of the An family, and I cannot be insulted!"

Anbo frantically burned his lifespan, exchanging it for a large amount of vital energy, which allowed him to shed his aged appearance and regain the body of a middle-aged man, restoring his peak combat power!

After Anbo recovered to his peak combat strength, the right arm that the Dharma Image had lost also re-condensed, and the entire Dharma Image became more solid.

As for how much of his lifespan he burned, only he himself knows.

"You two old bastards, get out of my way!"

Faced with the protracted battle between the First Elder and the Second Elder of the An family, Cao Meng also became somewhat impatient. He took out the Liuhong Sword and unleashed a sword aura, forcibly forcing the two to retreat.

Cao Meng was already formidable enough with his bare hands, but now that he wields a magical weapon, how could they not avoid his attacks?

"One sword separates the worlds!"

As the crimson sword light slashed out, the world-destroying sword energy poured out, like a demon god breaking free from the abyss, the violent world-destroying sword energy directly attacked Anbo!
Wherever the world-destroying sword energy passed, the air was torn into countless tiny ripples, and space itself began to distort.

"Great Desolate Thunder Slash!"

Anbo, now back to his peak condition, was not to be outdone. He unleashed his ultimate move, his greatsword transforming into a bolt of lightning as he slashed fiercely at Cao Meng.

The moment the sword and saber clashed, Anbo's Lion Blade, already riddled with cracks, could no longer withstand the force and turned to dust. Anbo was sent flying backward.

"puff!"

After Anbo steadied himself, he continued to vomit blood. His once vigorous body, which had been burning through his life force, showed signs of aging again, and his black hair turned back to its original white.

"Vulnerable!"

Cao Meng felt fortunate that he had controlled his strength just now; otherwise, that sword strike would have annihilated not only Anbo's magical artifact, but the entire person.

At this moment, the First Elder and the Second Elder were filled with fear as they watched Cao Meng's ferocious attack.

They all suspected that Cao Meng was actually at the Nascent Soul stage, while they were at the Spirit Transformation stage.

Cao Meng beckoned to Anbo and the other two with his finger again, signaling them to quickly unleash any moves they had.

"what are you waiting for?"

"We cannot lose. If our three Nascent Soul stage cultivators lose to a mere ninth-level Nascent Soul cultivator, our An family will no longer be able to stand on Thousand Island, and we will become a disgrace to the Nascent Soul stage!"

The wounded Anbo shouted at the First Elder and the Second Elder. Under Anbo's pressure, the two gritted their teeth and began to burn their lifespan to exchange for blood and qi, restoring themselves to their peak fighting strength.

"This is interesting!"

Seeing that Anbo and the other two had already burned their lifespans, Cao Meng became excited, after all, he really hadn't had enough of fighting before.

Excited, Cao Meng charged towards Anbo and his two companions with his sword, and Anbo and his companions also fought back with all their might.

……

"That Cao traitor actually forced three Nascent Soul stage cultivators to burn their lifespans, he's really something!"

Watching this scene, Zi Rou'er, a bystander, couldn't help but sigh.

Although she had many opinions about Cao Meng, she did not deny his abilities.

"(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~"

Hong Qi, who was holding up the Inquiry Machine to film a video, scoffed disdainfully:

"Defying the Nascent Soul stage is nothing, this princess can do it too. Let alone three Nascent Soul stage level one cultivators, I could even handle ten of them!"

Hongqi felt that she could also defeat Anbo, a mediocre Nascent Soul cultivator.

If I were to unleash the Heavenly Fox Divine Bell given to me by my aunt, I could probably kill even a Nascent Soul cultivator, let alone someone in the Void Refinement stage!
"Hongqi, all you do is talk big!"

"Hongqi, if you were that powerful, you wouldn't have been captured by Cao Cao and made into his pet!"

Zi Rou'er didn't believe Hong Qi's words at all; the words of a beast pet couldn't be trusted.

"That's because Cao Cao had a valuable treasure on him. He tricked me, otherwise I would have been captured!"

"His treasure is incredibly powerful; it can withstand attacks from seventh-tier spiritual artifacts!"

Faced with Zi Rou'er's questioning, Hong Qi retorted angrily. To be honest, even today, Hong Qi is still not convinced that she lost to Cao Meng back then.

"Look at Cao Meng, who, even at the Nascent Soul stage, beat that old man of yours until he vomited blood. He knew to stand up for his aunt. And what about you?"

Lanzhi watched as Cao Meng beat An Bo, and then mocked An Xiu.

He truly deserves to be called his good son-in-law; he's ruthless enough to take drastic measures.

Give that old bastard a good beating and vent your anger.

"Father, he is still my father, and he is also your father!"

Although Anxiu was somewhat angry with Anbo, he still said something.

“That old man is your father, not mine. He doesn’t acknowledge me as his daughter-in-law, and I don’t acknowledge him as my father-in-law either!”

Lanzhi sternly rejected Anxiu's words. Although she loved her husband Anxiu, it did not mean she had to agree with what he said!

Because of Anjia's long-term targeting of Laneige, Laneige has also accumulated resentment for many years.

Lanzhi had tolerated Anbo and the An family for Anxiu's sake for many years, but Anbo's words about him being a "neither fish nor fowl" had completely woken her up.

For someone as shady as her, even if Anbo were beaten to death by Cao Meng, she would only applaud and cheer.

"Ugh!"

Anxiu sighed helplessly; he regretted it.

She didn't regret becoming a Daoist couple with Lanzhi; what he regretted was returning to the An family with Lanzhi.

He naively believed that time would heal all wounds, that Anbo would accept Lanzhi as his daughter-in-law, and that Lanzhi would win him over with her filial piety. But reality proved him wrong. (End of Chapter)