Many children, many blessings: Stealing the offspring of powerful figures to cultivate immortality.

After crushing the jade slip, Jiang Yining went straight back to her room to cultivate in seclusion.

The three treasures that the Myriad Spirit Tree produced this time provided her with an immense amount of spiritual energy.

This seclusion lasted for three days.

It directly propelled her from the third level of the Golden Core stage all the way to the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage.

He was just one step away from reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

"Others might cultivate for hundreds of years and still not reach the Golden Core stage, and I've only been here for a short time?"

Jiang Yining opened her eyes, feeling the surging spiritual energy within her body, and couldn't help but complain in her heart.

She was a little embarrassed by how much she had cheated.

Jiang Yining pushed open the door and went to Situ Kong's stone house, wanting to see how to trick this blind man.

But then they saw that the blind man Situ Kong, who always pretended to be a wise man, was clutching his chest, with a bright red stain on the corner of his mouth.

His ever-present bamboo cane fell to the ground, and he seemed to have been drained of all his energy, swaying precariously.

"What did you do?"

Jiang Yining was somewhat surprised.

This person was so energetic and lively selling gossip just a moment ago, how come he's half-dead in the blink of an eye?

Situ Kong remained silent.

His eyes, covered by a white cloth, were directed in Jiang Yining's direction. Although Jiang Yining couldn't see his pupils, she could sense his utter terror.

Just now, Situ Kong couldn't resist his professional instincts and secretly cast a divination.

His divine sense followed the causal line upstream, trying to probe the source of Jiang Yining's destiny.

As soon as he extended his divine sense, he saw an endless gray mist.

Just as his divine sense was about to touch the center of the mist.

The mist seemed to come alive, transforming into a gigantic maw that devoured heaven and earth, biting down fiercely at his divine consciousness!

The backlash from the Heavenly Secret came quickly and fiercely, almost shattering his heart meridian.

"What... exactly are you?"

Situ Kong wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his voice trembling slightly.

Jiang Yining rolled her eyes.

"Can't you speak properly? I'm your creditor."

Situ Kong was shocked. How could this be? Even if it was a reincarnation of an immortal from the upper realm, there should be traces to follow.

How could this woman's destiny be nothing but a void? Even the Heavenly Dao cannot record it?

What kind of monster is she?!

Jiang Yining was just about to take the opportunity to extort money from the blind man for emotional distress.

A crystal-clear, ice-blue longsword transformed into a streak of light, aiming straight for Situ Kong's throat.

So fast that it didn't even leave an afterimage.

Situ Kong had just suffered a backlash, his soul was in turmoil, and the hair on his body stood on end!

That was an instinctive warning honed through countless brushes with death.

"Ji Lingxiao, you mad dog! I didn't dig up your ancestral graves!"

Situ Kong's body reacted before his consciousness could react, and he transformed into a streak of light and fled outwards.

"Sizzle—"

The sword flashed past his scalp.

A few strands of silvery-white hair were neatly cut off and floated lightly to the ground.

Situ Kong, still shaken, steadied himself and raised his hand to touch the top of his head.

Thankfully, it was just the hair; the head is still intact.

He looked up at the direction from which the sword light had come.

A figure in white had appeared ten feet away, standing with his hands behind his back, his robes fluttering slightly in the wind of the desolate abyss.

That aloof, ethereal face was covered in frost.

Ji Lingxiao held a long sword, its tip pointing directly at Situ Kong: "If I don't expose your blindness today, I'll change my name!"

"Ling Xiao, why are you so angry? Did you lose to a monster?"

Situ Kong chuckled twice, trying to ease the tension: "Need me to do some divination? I'll give you a 20% discount."

Ji Lingxiao remained silent.

He simply raised his right hand slowly, joined his index and middle fingers together, and gently tapped Situ Kong.

"Buzz—"

The spiritual energy between heaven and earth surged instantly!

Countless thin sword energies, as fine as hair, appeared out of thin air, densely packed and overwhelming, completely sealing off the hundred-zhang space around Situ Kong.

Each sword aura was condensed to the extreme, exuding a chillingly sharp aura.

Situ Kong's expression changed drastically: "Wait! Lao Xiao! Let's talk this out!"

"Drinking heavily late at night?"

Ji Lingxiao finally spoke.

"..." Situ Kong choked.

"Heartbroken?" Ji Lingxiao asked again.

With each word he uttered, the longsword in his hand hummed, and his killing intent intensified.

"That... artistic license! Yes, artistic license!"

Situ Kong, quick-witted, said, "Wouldn't writing it this way better highlight your deep affection, loyalty, and unwavering devotion? Many girls would be moved to tears reading it..."

"call out!"

A sword aura shot straight at him.

Situ Kong suddenly had a tortoise shell in his hand, which he held in front of him.

"clang!"

The sound of metal clashing against metal rang out.

"My Heavenly Secrets Pavilion is renowned for its realistic reporting and has an excellent reputation; otherwise, why would anyone be willing to spend so much money to buy my information!"

"You're always neglecting your cultivation, secretly taking advantage of female cultivators a thousand years younger than you. Aren't you losing face?"

Ji Lingxiao's temple throbbed.

"nonsense!"

Ji Lingxiao was too lazy to waste words, and raised his hand to strike with his sword, the sword energy as cold as frost.

Situ Kong rapidly formed hand seals, layering defensive light shields upon layer.

"Ji Lingxiao! Don't go too far! I am, after all, the Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion! Do you really think I'm made of clay?!"

Dozens of ancient copper coins flew out from his sleeve, forming a mysterious array in the air.

"Heavenly Secrets Locking Spirit Array—Activate!"

The copper coin formation shone brightly, imprisoning the surrounding spiritual energy and weakening Ji Lingxiao's sword energy.

Jiang Yining, inside the stone house, paid no attention to how badly the two men were fighting.

Her gaze was fixed on that strand of hair.

The hair of a powerful being in the fusion stage!

Jiang Yining twitched her fingers slightly, and a highly concealed stream of spiritual energy swept out.

The wisp of smoke slipped silently into her sleeve and then landed steadily in her storage bag.

They only went out to see what was going on after they'd managed to snag a bargain.

As soon as it emerged, sword energy surged forth, instantly turning the surrounding rocks into dust.

The two fought fiercely, their spiritual energy sweeping around them.

Chu Jinglan appeared behind Jiang Yining at some point, holding a folding fan in his hand, gently waving it to shield her from the flying pebbles.

Who will win between these two?

In the battle between top experts, Jiang Yining couldn't even see some of their movements clearly, so she had to bring in a commentator to entertain her.

"Situ Kong's cultivation level is at the late stage of the Integration Realm, as was Ji Lingxiao's before."

"But Situ Kong cultivates the Heavenly Secrets Path."

Jiang Yining turned her head: "Is the Heavenly Mystery Path very powerful?"

"Not just impressive."

Chu Jinglan looked at Situ Kong, who was struggling on the field but always managed to turn danger into safety, and a trace of apprehension flashed in his eyes.

"He has developed a third eye."

"This celestial eye can see into the past and future, and foresee good fortune and misfortune."

"Look at Ji Lingxiao's sword strike, it's as fast as lightning, but in Situ Kong's eyes, the trajectory of this sword strike was already revealed three breaths ago."

"That's why he always manages to avoid the vital points first."

Jiang Yining's breath caught in her throat for a moment.

Predict future?

This is practically a life-saving technique!

If a child were to inherit this "heavenly eye" ability in the future, wouldn't it be like having a cheat code for the entire map, whether exploring secret realms or hiding from enemies?

This is practically an essential skill for home, travel, murder, and robbery!

Jiang Yining subconsciously touched her storage bag, and her gaze towards Situ Kong changed.

"What's wrong?"

Chu Jinglan keenly noticed the change in Jiang Yining's eyes, paused in his folding fan, and spoke with a hint of bitterness in his voice.

"You wouldn't happen to have taken a liking to that blind man, would you?"