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

"They're here."

As Xing Qi finished speaking, Yu Luoning felt a sudden jolt in her heart and turned her head to look at the sea.

On the boundless sea, seawater suddenly surged up, forming a huge whirlpool, dark and heavy, as if something was about to emerge from the seabed.

Immediately afterwards, from the center of the whirlpool, a giant snake burst forth from the water, its scales crimson and its body as thick as an ancient banyan tree.

An old man sat atop the snake's head. The old man was strangely shaped and as fat as a pile of flesh.

He was clad in dark armor, and his narrow eyes gleamed with a cold light, exuding an imposing aura even without anger.

On his left and right sides, dozens of disciples followed, standing on the snake's back, each with a solemn expression.

Yu Luoning stood on the reef and swallowed hard.

The sea breeze carried a strong, salty smell, and the air was filled with an indescribable sense of oppression.

She wondered to herself, is this really a force that only a Foundation Establishment stage elder could bring?

It's unclear whether it's Li Yunyu or Feng Qiguang, but both of them are too low-key at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Influenced by the novels she read in her previous life, she always felt that it was common for Golden Core cultivators to be everywhere and Foundation Establishment cultivators to be as common as dogs.

Therefore, he looked down on Foundation Establishment to some extent.

Even though she was still a Qi Refiner at this moment.

Without further ado, the old ancestor activated a magical artifact, and the sound waves penetrated the entire island, causing the reefs to tremble.

"Arrogant brat, you stole my offerings! Come out and face your death!"

One of his henchmen cautiously approached:

"Ancestor, it is indeed those two. That woman was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining. Senior Brother Zheng and the others all died at their hands. These two should not be underestimated."

The old ancestor narrowed his long, narrow eyes but said nothing.

On the island, some locals were so frightened by the sight that their legs went weak and they fell to their knees, their cries of distress echoing across the land.

"Grandmaster, please spare us! Grandmaster, please spare us! It was those two outsiders who were meddling. We have been diligent and conscientious, offering our sacrifices on time every year without ever making a mistake. Please, sir, have mercy on us!"

The gaunt old man knelt trembling in the crowd, and before he could finish speaking, a figure rushed over.

A flash of cold light, and a knife plunged viciously into the old man's neck.

A moment of silence fell over the surroundings. Everyone turned around and saw a boy with dark eyes standing there, holding a knife in one hand, the blade still not drawn.

His face was splattered with tiny specks of blood, but his expression remained indifferent.

He slowly straightened up and wiped the blood from his face.

He finally avenged his sisters.

When the Hailong Palace was selecting offerings, this old man, who was on good terms with the village chief, secretly switched the list.

The four-year-old sister boarded the sacrificial flower boat.

The boy laughed heartily.

"They're nothing but a bunch of demons, treating us like meat on a plate."

He looked up at the islanders kneeling on the ground, still crying and begging for mercy, his eyes filled with disgust.

"You send tributes every year, but whose children are you sending them to?"

No one answered.

He didn't need anyone to answer; he simply bent down, pulled the knife from the old man's neck, and then stared intently at the cultivator from the Sea Dragon Palace.

Yu Luoning stared at him and sighed.

Before he could finish thinking, someone from the Sea Dragon Palace couldn't hold back any longer. A cultivator leaped into the air and slashed down at the boy with his sword.

Yu Luoning flicked her wrist, and the ribbon tied to her wrist floated over. With a flash of white light, the cultivator was tightly bound by the Immortal Binding Rope and fell onto the reef, like a rice dumpling, unable to move.

Without pausing, the boy leaped into the air and plunged the knife precisely into the man's neck.

The blood on his face was even deeper.

The dripping water spread to his chest, but the boy didn't care. He stood up, turned his dark eyes, and stared intently at Yu Luoning without saying a word.

Yu Luoning was also looking at him.

If this young man were to embark on the path of cultivation, he would inevitably choose the path of killing or the path of ruthlessness. If his heart is not hard enough, he will not go far in the cultivation world. But he has this ruthlessness, and he will definitely be able to carve out his own niche in the future.

Yu Luoning said to him, "Next is a war between cultivators. You take these mortals and retreat to the rear. Don't let them get in the way."

The boy's eyes flickered slightly as he stared at her, remained silent for a moment, and then nodded.

He turned and ran off, coldly calling to the villagers behind him, "Follow me!"

The villagers stumbled and followed, running desperately away from the coastline.

The reef fell silent. A sea breeze blew, and Yu Luoning and Xing Qi's white robes fluttered together, giving them a truly ethereal and otherworldly air in the afterglow of the setting sun.

The people from the Sea Dragon Palace stood on the snake's back, dozens of gazes pressing down on them, filled with murderous intent.

The war is about to start.

Xing Qi remained calm, turning his head to look at Yu Luoning. "Ningning, is it the same as last time? To accumulate practical experience?"

Yu Luoning nodded and smiled, "I want to farm some underlings to gain experience first, and then I'll fight the boss."

Xing Qi looked at her tenderly. He was used to Yu Luoning occasionally spouting a few words he didn't understand, but he could usually guess their meaning.

"Alright, then I'll save it for you, Ancestor."

The old patriarch opposite him was as gloomy as the bottom of a pot, burning with rage.

The two of them stood in front of him, preoccupied with discussing how to deal with him, without even giving him a glance.

They simply don't take his Sea Dragon Palace seriously.

Of the 108 islands nearby, which cultivator or mortal wouldn't bow down before the Sea Dragon Palace?

"Cultivators? That's perfect, I'll let you guys nourish my Red Horned Serpent's body." He sneered.

Immediately afterward, they leaped into the air, and the giant python beneath them hurtled towards Yu Luoning with lightning speed.

The enormous python moved at an astonishing speed, its head bulging, its gaping maw gleaming with two rows of fangs.

Yu Luoning was startled; this guy was really ugly.

Without much thought, she leaped into the air, her hands forming a hand seal, and a purple arc of light swirled and took shape in the void.

The snake's head plunged straight into the purple arc of light and vanished in the blink of an eye.

In fact, the red-horned snake had already noticed something was wrong, but it was too fast and couldn't stop in time. So the red-horned snake, which had been fed for a hundred years, disappeared into the void.

The faces of everyone in the Sea Dragon Palace froze simultaneously, and they fell silent.

The old ancestor was even more heartbroken. This snake had been fed for a hundred years and had eaten countless boys and girls. It had finally achieved great success in its cultivation.

He was waiting to refine the giant snake into a pill to help him break through to the Purple Mansion Realm.

As a result, everything was lost.

"What kind of magic is that?" The ancestor was so angry that he vomited blood.

Yu Luoning couldn't be bothered to explain to him.

Her mind raced.

The technique of flying through the air should not be used lightly in front of everyone. Now that it has been used, none of these people can leave today.

As for the snake, the first thing that came to her mind was that hidden lake.

She discovered it by chance when she threw away her clothes last time.

We don't know what level of cultivation the monster in the lake possesses, nor do we know if we have the ability to deal with this snake.