Apocalypse: Why did you provoke her? She's a cultivator.

Chapter 131 New and old grudges
She led the child by the hand and walked towards the city gate.

The little one's hands were still cold, and he gripped her fingertips tightly, as if he had grasped a lifeline.

Passing by outside the city wall, many people were still huddled up against it.

His cloudy gaze occasionally swept over them, his eyes filled with numbness.

Just as they were about to reach the city gate, a heart-wrenching cry suddenly rang out.

"My child! My child!"

A young couple was being stopped at the gate by the city guards. The woman was slumped on the ground, while the man, with red eyes, clung desperately to the city gate railing.

The two men were emaciated and their clothes were covered in filth, indicating that they had been waiting there for quite some time.

When the woman glanced up and saw the child Ye Qiu was holding, her crying stopped abruptly.

Then a more piercing scream erupted: "It's An'an! It's my An'an!"

The man turned around abruptly, saw the child's face clearly, and his eyes instantly turned bloodshot. He pushed aside the guards and rushed over like a madman, with the woman scrambling after him.

"An An!"

The child was stunned at first, then recognized who it was, and tears welled up in his eyes again.

He broke free from Ye Qiumian's hand and rushed over, crying, "Daddy, Mommy!"

The family of three hugged each other tightly, their cries so loud that everyone around them looked up, moved to tears by the scene.

The young parents touched their child to check for injuries, muttering incoherently as tears mingled with the dirt on their faces, making it impossible to tell whether they were crying or laughing.

After a long while, the man finally remembered something.

He turned around with the child in his arms and knelt down in front of Ye Qiu Mian with a "plop".

The woman also knelt down, and the two kowtowed repeatedly, saying, "Thank you so much, our benefactor! Thank you so much for saving our child! We will never forget your great kindness!"

Ye Qiumian stepped aside and said calmly, "Get up, it's good that the child has been found."

She watched the family embrace, said nothing more, and turned to walk into the city.

The commotion and cries at the city gate were gradually left behind by her.

Stepping into Xin'an City.

Ye Qiu withdrew his spiritual power and stopped flying.

With the situation in the city unclear, she didn't want to be too conspicuous, so she took this opportunity to explore Xin'an City.

The outer city was more chaotic than I had imagined. Half of the shops on both sides of the street were closed, and the rest were mostly hastily repaired with wooden planks.

Pedestrians hurried along, most of them with wary and defensive expressions on their faces.

Ye Qiu strolled around casually, listening to the scattered conversations along the roadside. Most of the conversations revolved around words like "crystal cores," "supplies," and "migrants from outside the city," and a tense atmosphere permeated the air.

After walking around for a while, it was almost dusk.

She turned around and prepared to return to the small building where she had previously stayed.

As I passed by an abandoned park, I suddenly heard hurried footsteps and shouts.

Approaching from afar, the footsteps were clearly hurried and filled with a heavy killing intent.

"Quick! Chase them! Don't let them get away!"

"This way! They can't have gone far!"

Ye Qiumian instinctively turned to the side and hid behind a dead tree.

The next second, a group of figures stumbled over, led by Li Zhao.

Isn't he the leader of that Axe Gang?

How did I get hunted down?
At this moment, Li Zhao was disheveled, with a fresh bloodstain on his face and his hair in a mess.

Behind him followed a dozen or so equally disheveled men, each with a look of shock on their faces, running and glancing back as if some ferocious beast was chasing them.

They were running so fast that they didn't notice Ye Qiumian standing to the side. A group of people rushed past her, creating a gust of wind that carried the smells of sweat and blood.

Li Zhao ran in the lead, almost falling over as he stumbled, shouting hoarsely, "Faster! Faster! We'll be safe once we're inside the inner city!" Large-scale open fighting was not allowed inside the inner city.

Once inside the inner city, Qin Xiaoxiao and Wei Gaolang no longer dared to make a big show of attacking them.

Wei Gaolang is that rugged man, Qin Xiaoxiao's number one simp.

Ye Qiu Mian raised an eyebrow. Wasn't Li Zhao the leader of the Axe Gang?
The Axe Gang members I saw that day weren't weak, so how come they're being chased so badly now?

This is strange.

She didn't follow immediately, but stood still, looking in the direction they had fled from.

Faintly, more chaotic footsteps could be heard from there, suggesting there were quite a few people.

After a moment, she looked away, dusted off the corner of her clothes, and continued walking towards the small building.

Li Zhao's life or death is none of her business.

However, the chaos in Xin'an City seems to be even more chaotic than she had imagined.

Ye Qiu Mian had only taken a few steps when she heard even more rapid footsteps ahead, mixed with heavy breathing and angry shouts.

She didn't need to turn around to know that a group of people were chasing after her aggressively; they must be the same group that had been chasing Li Zhao.

Before they even got close, Qin Xiaoxiao and Wei Gaolang spotted Ye Qiumian walking alone.

Their steps abruptly halted, and a look of surprise appeared on their faces.

Immediately, that surprise was replaced by resentment.

They recalled the humiliation of having all their crystal cores stolen by Ye Qiumian and her gang a few days ago.

At that moment, the anger in my heart burned like fire.

"It's you?!" Qin Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth, her eyes turning icy. "We've been searching high and low for you! You stole our things and dare to show up here?"

Wei Gaolang rubbed his hands together, his face twitching with anger: "Since we've run into each other this time, let's settle all our old and new scores today!"

Several people behind them recognized them and stopped in their tracks, surrounding them menacingly.

The others, seeing that they knew them, also joined in the attempt to kill Ye Qiu Mian.

Ye Qiumian didn't even lift her eyelids and continued walking forward, as if she hadn't heard what they said.

This dismissive attitude thoroughly enraged Qin Xiaoxiao.

She glared angrily and shouted, "Wei Gaolang! Cripple her!"

Wei Gaolang could no longer contain himself. With a ferocious roar, his arms suddenly expanded, and his skin was instantly covered with a layer of bluish-black keratin. He threw a punch with a whooshing sound.

This is his awakened power-type ability, enough to split rocks and shatter monuments.

Before the fist arrived, Ye Qiumian slightly turned her body and dodged it as if she were taking a leisurely stroll.

Wei Gaolang's fist slammed into empty air, causing a thin crack to appear in the ground.

Before he could stop his attack, he felt a sharp, powerful force rushing towards him.

Ye Qiumian's movements were so fast that they were just afterimages. The spiritual energy gathered at her fingertips was like an invisible knife, precisely slicing across his neck.

With a "pfft," Wei Gaolang's eyes widened, a hoarse sound came from his throat, and his massive body crashed to the ground, gushing blood.

Qin Xiaoxiao's expression changed drastically, and she took a half step back in fright, "You..."

Ye Qiu Mian didn't give her a chance to say a second word. The moment she turned around, another stream of spiritual energy shot out and pierced through her brow.

Qin Xiaoxiao fell straight down, her eyes wide open in death.

The people Qin Xiaoxiao brought were terrified.

Some tried to run, some tried to shout, but Ye Qiu Mian's spiritual energy struck their vital points one by one.

In just a few breaths, the group of people who were just arrogant were all lying in pools of blood.

My darlings, I made a mistake about Nan Shaohua's superpower earlier. I've corrected it now. From now on, it will always be a wood-type superpower.

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