Dual cultivation makes you stronger, everyone else is a prodigy, and I'm the only one slacking

On the other side, Yu Luoning looked at Chanyi's incredulous expression and sneered inwardly.

These old foxes don't actually want to help her.

She was merely posing as Feng Qiguang's nominal fiancée.

This special status was enough to make the Li family hesitant to deal with her easily.

No matter the world, having an identity is really useful. However, when you're out in the world, you have to choose your own identity.

Yu Luoning was secretly relieved that she had gotten the identity of Feng Qiguang's fiancée for free.

I never expected it would actually come in handy.

"I'm so sorry, Sister Chanyi, I've disappointed you."

Yu Luoning slowly walked up to Chanyi, bent down slightly, and said:

"Although I now work at Jixue Pavilion, I used to serve the young master every day... In terms of proper status, I am actually the fiancée of the future heir of the Feng family, to be formally married and recorded in the family genealogy."

Chanyi suddenly looked up, her eyes filled with horror.

Yu Luoning smiled, her eyes crinkling, and continued, "Why would someone of our status stoop to your level? If I really wanted to harm you, I wouldn't have used such a clumsy plan; it would have been just a matter of saying it."

"You brought this snake upon yourself, so you'll have to swallow this bitter pill slowly."

"You...you!" Chanyi was so angry that she trembled all over. She couldn't catch her breath and fainted in her father's arms.

Yu Luoning straightened up, turned to look at the clan leader in the main seat, and smiled:

"Chief, it seems the truth is quite clear. I have already bothered you for many days, so I think there is no need to bother you any longer."

Li Qingcheng was taken aback upon hearing this and asked, "You're leaving?"

Yu Luoning nodded. "I had some conflicts with Feng Qiguang before, so I asked Young Master Li to let me stay in the noble household as a maid. But after what happened with Chanyi, I realized that staying in Jixuexuan would only cause trouble for the manor."

She had already thoroughly offended Chanyi and her father today, and if she stayed any longer, she feared they might have other schemes and tricks up their sleeves.

Bad guys lurk in the shadows, impossible to guard against. It's best to leave as soon as possible and make plans accordingly.

However, before leaving, Yu Luoning still wanted to nip the trouble in the bud.

Yu Luoning went back to her room to pack her things.

She had already worn out that book, "The Method of Guiding Qi to Oneness," and every word was etched into her mind.

Since it belonged to the Li family, she neither dared nor wanted to take it with her, so she straightened the pages and neatly placed it back on the desk.

She didn't bring anything else.

He only carried a few spirit stones.

This was her monthly salary, and she accepted it without a second thought.

After tidying up, the room was so quiet that only her own breathing could be heard.

Yu Luoning stood at the door and suddenly wondered: Should I go and say goodbye to Li Yunyu?

The thought had barely formed when she nipped it in the bud.

Why say goodbye?

In the eyes of a spiritual practitioner, they are nothing more than ants, not worthy of any attention.

The fact that Li Yunyu didn't kill her during their first meeting can be considered a sign of his mercy.

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In the dead of night, when all is quiet and the wind is howling, it is the perfect time to commit murder.

This wasn't the first time she'd had this thought.

She understood from the night the snake entered the house.

This world doesn't care about logic; it only cares about who survives first.

Chanyi wouldn't stop; she hated herself.

She wouldn't either.

Yu Luoning closed her eyes, a breath rising in her chest.

The next instant, she made a hand seal.

With a flash of the Transcendent Technique, a narrow crack appeared in the purple arc.

Her figure silently appeared in a room.

The bed curtains were hanging down, and Chan Yi was asleep.

Her cheek, from which the rotten flesh had been removed, was wrapped in thick gauze, and she seemed to be sleeping restlessly.

Yu Luoning stood in front of the bed and remained silent for a moment.

She can actually hear her own heartbeat.

It was her first time killing someone in both her lives, and she was quite nervous.

Yu Luoning pulled a short dagger from her sleeve.

The next moment, the dagger fell.

Chanyi suddenly opened her eyes, her pupils shrinking to a point. She tried to shout, but only managed to let out a short, breathy sound.

She raised her hand and grabbed Yu Luoning's sleeve, her knuckles white and her fingertips trembling violently.

"Is it you?"

Yu Luoning leaned down, her voice very soft.

I didn't want to argue with you.

"But you keep coming up with new schemes... To avoid unnecessary trouble in the future, I have no choice but to nip this problem in the bud."

As she spoke, she thrust the knife downwards a few more times with force.

Chanyi died in agony.

The room was eerily quiet.

Yu Luoning pulled out the dagger, and felt a sense of relief.

A potential problem has finally been resolved.

She had inquired about Chanyi's father; he was at least at the seventh level of Qi Refining. With her current strength, she might not be able to kill him.

Let's just lay low for now.

After doing all this, Yu Luoning once again used the teleportation technique, dragging Chanyi's corpse and instantly moving thousands of miles away.

This is a place she unintentionally came to when she was practicing the art of levitation. There is a lake here.

The night wind rustled the reeds, and the lake surface was as black as ink.

Yu Luoning dragged the corpse to the water's edge and threw it in forcefully.

After she finished everything and was about to turn and leave, she heard a gurgling sound coming from underwater.

She froze, then turned around abruptly.

The lake surface should have been calm, but it was as if something had bumped it, and ripples spread outwards in circles.

Immediately afterwards, a huge shadow swept across the bottom of the water and swam straight toward the direction where Chanyi had sunk.

next moment,

"Gulp."

It was as if something had opened its mouth.

Chanyi's body was swallowed whole by that shadow.

Yu Luoning felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end; the powerful pressure instilled in her an instinctive fear.

She clearly felt that the thing remained underwater and did not move.

It seemed to be looking at her. No, it was observing her.

Yu Luoning felt a chill run down her spine and made a hand seal: "Transcend the Void!"

With a flash of purple light, she disappeared as if fleeing for her life.

The lake surface slowly swelled up.

A strange thing slowly surfaced.

It looks like a fish, yet it doesn't look like a fish. Its body is colorful, and its eyes are round and glazed, as if it hasn't woken up yet.

It stared in the direction Yu Luoning had left, and opened its mouth to smack its lips:

"...Aba."

"Abba aba".

Yu Luoning was transported to the nearest town under the jurisdiction of the Li family, a town called Gutian Town.

The cultivators of the Li family were stationed here. Compared to the desolate wilderness, the bustling crowds and hawking sounds on the street finally gave her a sense of reality.

She found an inn to sit down, and her heart, which had been pounding in her throat, finally calmed down a little.

Recalling what happened by the lake, I still feel a lingering fear.

Who would have thought that such a monster was hidden in that seemingly calm lake?

"Tsk, but it's fine too."

Yu Luoning took a sip of coarse tea, her eyes darkening slightly. "Chanyi didn't even have a single hair left, which saved her the trouble of disposing of the body."

She even subconsciously thought,

That place was remote and secluded, and there was even a free cleaner; it was practically the perfect spot to dispose of a body and cover up the crime later.

and many more!

What is she thinking?

How did she, someone who once dared not even kill a fish, suddenly start looking for a place to dump corpses?

It's true that environment shapes people.

Spending too much time in the cultivation world can corrupt one's values ​​and worldview.

Yu Luoning slapped her cheeks hard, trying to shake off the dangerous thoughts in her mind.

However, what she didn't notice was that the golden mark on her wrist lit up.