After the main character who took the blame retired, the female lead quit.

Then I'll switch to corrosive venom and see how you deal with it. You're no match for my lightning, which can disperse the poisonous mist.

With this in mind, she transformed into a cloud of poison and charged forward first.

The flying swords clashed, sparking dazzling sparks. Feng Ling, who had only just broken through to the Golden Core stage and was only able to barely be considered a genius, was finding it quite difficult to deal with the green-robed sword cultivator who had survived Tie Yanran's outburst.

But... it was only strenuous; the injuries sustained by the green-robed swordsman were much more severe.

She walked over to Tie Yanran and left a meaningful remark:

"It was Ye Ba who sent us to rescue you. If you want to thank him, go thank him later."

In a sense, the Moon Shadow Sect wouldn't exist without Xiao Yu. It's a karmic connection. If it weren't for saving Xiao Yu, they wouldn't have come to Tie Yanran, let alone helped her.

"Ye Ba..."

Tie Yanran murmured, a tired smile playing on her lips beneath the mask.

"It seems that Xiao Yu, that bastard, wasn't doing anything completely outrageous while he was off the island!"

She raised her head and looked at the middle-aged man again: "This time, you won't be able to escape again. I will tie you up tightly and drag you into the Demon Suppression Tower, along with that tattered banner, to make you pay for the deaths of those who died unjustly. I swear..."

After speaking, she raised the blade and her inner energy surged once more, sweeping away all her fatigue.

It must be said that the Righteous Qi Technique is quite idealistic.

With the addition of the Moon Shadow Sect members, or perhaps the so-called boost of friendship, the clay puppets thrown by the middle-aged man were quickly routed.

The course of events was already predictable, and the middle-aged man had no intention of staying any longer.

It's time to leave!

He reached into his sleeve and crushed something. The next moment, a black, illusory opening, like a shadow, appeared behind him.

Goodbye! We'll meet again someday...

The middle-aged man waved to Tie Yanran, who was being entangled by one or two remaining dolls.

"Stop right there!" Tie Yanran shouted urgently. She strode over, but she was still a little too short.

The middle-aged man was expressionless, and just as he was about to pass through the hole to leave, the next moment...

A yellow talisman lit up on his shoulder, and he felt a pain in his back as resistance surged, instantly throwing him away.

"What?!" He turned his head sharply, a rare look of shock on his face. He saw a faint yellow talisman floating in front of the black, illusory cave entrance.

The yellow talisman was ordinary, seemingly no different from the talismans the girl in yellow had used before.

However, the middle-aged man sensed a great crisis from this and did not move an inch, even after the hole behind the yellow talisman disappeared.

The surface of the yellow talisman rippled, and first a proud and menacing weapon appeared. Then, after taking a few steps forward, a woman in a voluptuous blue robe, holding a talisman, quietly arrived.

A calm face came into the middle-aged man's view, and his expression shifted. "Fu Xian from the Qingyun Floating Sect?!"

"Ah! Senior Sister!" Yun Qi exclaimed in surprise upon seeing the newcomer.

I didn't expect my senior sister to arrive so quickly.

The woman in green looked in the direction of the sound, and after seeing that Yun Qi was alright, she withdrew her gaze and looked at the middle-aged man in front of her, whose talisman was glowing slightly.

next second.

Peng!

Tie Yanran arrived and slammed her fist, imbued with profound energy, into the middle-aged man's face.

The lit talisman was put away; it seemed unnecessary.

"Senior sister!"

Following closely behind Tie Yanran, Yun Qi ran over and threw herself into Fu Xian's arms. Even though the softness in front of her was suffocating, she was unwilling to let go.

Seriously, that's terrifying.

Evil cultivator... She almost became a wronged soul within the Soul Refining Banner. If it weren't for her senior sister's protective talisman, she probably would have been gone long ago. Even if that masked man had come to the rescue, it would have been too late.

and so……

Yun Qi looked up at Fu Xian, whose full view was obscured by the two mountain peaks, and whispered, "Senior Sister... thank you for the talisman..."

Before Yun Qi could finish speaking, Fu Xuan hugged her tightly again, his massive member silencing her.

"Waaaaah... Senior Sister!"

The woman imitated the actions of the characters in the storybooks her junior sister had read, pressing the girl's head into her chest and comforting her in the same manner.

So... what storybook did Senior Sister see?! What kind of way is that to comfort someone?!

Under the twin moons, the girl's heart cried out in such a vague way.

Beside her, Tie Yanran, who had beaten the middle-aged man until his face was bruised and swollen, stopped. Letting him pass out like this would be too easy for him.

"Heh... Your ruthless fist techniques remind me of an old friend. Young man, who taught you your martial arts and fist techniques?"

The middle-aged man, who was spitting out the blood clots and whose head was swollen like a pig's head, smiled and showed no awareness of being a prisoner. Instead, he acted like a gentle elder and asked about Tie Yanran's family life.

“You who used such an evil artifact as the Soul Refining Banner, you have lost the soul of the Tie family. Don’t speak to me like an elder anymore…”

Tie Yanran wiped the back of her hand, and her pure Xuan Qi condensed, creating a set of shackles on the middle-aged man's body, piercing through his collarbone to ensure he would not slip away again. She turned her head away, clearly disgusted to speak to the middle-aged man.

"Ha! I bet he's like me, someone who can't stand the light of day, right?"

"Shut up! Don't lump my parents together with people like you. They are much greater than you. My martial arts were taught by my father, and my fist and foot skills were taught by my mother."

The middle-aged man's provocation was highly effective. Even though Tie Yanran saw through it, she immediately retorted. Her parents weren't someone to be ashamed of, so there was nothing wrong with talking about it.

She could not tolerate the evil cultivator using the Soul Refining Banner defile her parents in this way.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man's smiling expression vanished instantly, replaced by a solemn look.

"Your father...your mother? Practicing martial arts, is your father called Iron Hero?"

"You...you know them?"

"That seems to be it. No one else could have such an incredibly corny name like him, no wonder..."

The middle-aged man slumped down, as if he had given up on something. His lifeless eyes lifted with a sense of relief as he looked up at the two moons in the sky. As the moonlight shone down, the frown between his brows seemed to have faded considerably.

After that, no matter what Tie Yanran asked, the middle-aged man didn't answer, looking like he had given up and was willing to accept whatever fate had in store for him.

She couldn't be bothered to deal with this person anymore. What an unlucky fellow! Her first battle after leaving the island was so unfortunate.

However... just like that bastard Xiao Yu said, there are many geniuses out there!

Tie Yanran turned around and looked at Zi Yun and the others who had rushed over behind her. Her charming eyes, hidden behind her mask, shimmered like water.

Without their help, she wouldn't have been able to handle so many clay figures on her own.

"Wow! Hey Tie, your pecs have gotten even bigger in just a few days. So staying up all night to work out really works!"

As soon as Zi Yun came over, her first words made Tie Yanran lose her composure. She looked down and saw that because of the intense movements just now, the bra strap under her clothes had loosened. The originally flat clothes were now stretched taut and much larger, and it seemed that they were still barely holding on.

"Well……"

Tie Yanran blushed and quickly turned around to face a secluded spot, hastily tidying herself up to prevent her breasts from being exposed.

It's all that bastard Xiao Yu's fault for giving me those pills...

Her fair neck, along with the mask and her small, delicate ears, were tinged with a shy blush.

For the first time, Tie Yanran realized that sometimes having big breasts wasn't an advantage.

Speaking of which...

"Xiao... Where's Ye Ba? Wasn't he with you?"

Tie Yanran glanced around and, seeing that only Feng Ling, Zi Yun, and the Three Flower Goddess were present, asked the question.

“This…” Zi Yun scratched her face, just about to explain that Ye Ba had been abducted by Long Wanyan.

A rapid meowing sounded behind me.

Beneath the draped garment, Zi Yun's naked body froze. As the only one in the room who could hear the Three Flower Goddess's telepathic message, she exclaimed in shock, "What? Li Yunshang is gone!!!"

The people present were taken aback.

Chapter Thirty-Nine, As Expected, I Still Want You to Be My Dog

Gu worms, Gu cultivators.

In Li Yunshang's understanding, such beings were always crazy, kept company with insects, and their methods of attack were mostly poisonous cultivation methods.

After all, there is a great deal of overlap between poison cultivation and Gu cultivation; when it comes to raising, refining, and using Gu, poison is of paramount importance.

It wasn't until Li Yunshang accepted Yin Hongniang, refined her into her natal Gu, and became a Gu Master that she discovered Gu cultivation was completely different from what she had imagined.

Gu is a method of application, essentially the same as other cultivators, only it is materialized as Gu worms.

click!

The sound of cracks shattering spread throughout his body, and the golden core within him emitted a mournful cry.

It is impossible for one person to cultivate multiple paths simultaneously, especially since the Gu cultivation system clashes with the golden core that Li Yunshang has formed in her body through the Qi cultivation path.

The two are incompatible, like sword cultivators and martial artists. If one is greedy and wants everything, the two completely different forces will fight within the body, and eventually, like a furnace that has been used to refine the wrong pill, it will explode.

The curse destroyed people, leading to their deaths.

She had to choose between the two, and as for which one to choose, Li Yunshang, who had barely regained consciousness under the stimulation of the Gu worm, already had the answer in her heart.

As the girl resolutely took another step, the inferior golden core shattered completely. The fragments fell and transformed into a surge of essence that flowed into her body. Within her dantian, a bright red rope, its ends connected in an ∞ shape, trembled slightly, taking over the position that originally belonged to her spiritual root.

Li Yunshang originally had no spiritual roots, so this combination made her look much more complete and pleasing to the eye.

After being nourished by the fragments of her shattered golden core, the girl, who had previously staggered and could only walk by holding onto the wall, gradually regained her footing and her breathing became steady.

Its aura weakened, but... its base remained stable, so there was nothing seriously wrong.

Having switched to Gu cultivation, she should have used all her current Qi Refining cultivation level as nourishment for Gu worms to rebuild her cultivation. Yin Hongniang's Gu worms within her are special; they can devour existing cultivation levels and turn them into nutrients so that when she resumes Gu cultivation, she can make rapid progress. With the support of the Nine Spirit Aperture Body, she will be able to return to her peak in just a few days.

However, considering the restrictions on realms within the secret realm, whether one exceeds or falls below the realm's tolerance level, the realm will forcibly expel the visitor.