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

The rest of the journey was relatively easy.

Before we could even see the city walls, we could see beacon fires and smoke pillars in the distance.

Qin Ranqiu's expression changed drastically.

The group quickened their pace and rushed over immediately. Only when their vision became clearer did they realize that the border city of Qin was in imminent danger.

The enemy army, dark as a tide, pressed in, and above the battlefield, a Taoist cultivator stood suspended in mid-air.

The cultivator unleashed a palm strike. A golden magic weapon instantly transformed into a rain of arrows, whistling down from the sky.

Beneath the city walls, how could ordinary Qin soldiers withstand the methods of cultivators? Wherever the arrows rained down, blood and flesh flew, and screams filled the air.

"Cultivators participating in wars between secular dynasties? Which immortal sect is so ignorant of the rules?" Hu Qing couldn't help but frown.

"Walk!"

Su Man'er gave a low shout.

The group quickened their pace and landed directly on the precarious city wall.

At this moment, a faint magical array was propped up on the city wall, and the one in charge of the array was an old man dressed in a Taoist robe.

This person is the Grand Preceptor of the Qin State.

He suddenly saw several unfathomable young men descending from the sky, and he was startled, instinctively backing away.

After realizing that Yu Luoning and the others meant no harm, they calmed down.

"I didn't know you immortal masters had arrived. What brings you here?" The Qin State's Grand Preceptor bowed, his voice tinged with a hint of reluctance.

"National Preceptor Wang?"

With red eyes, Qin Ranqiu slowly walked forward from behind. Looking at the elderly man with graying temples in front of her, tears welled up in her eyes.

"Grand Preceptor Wang, do you still remember me?"

Wang Guoshi looked over with his cloudy eyes. He stared at Qin Ranqiu for a long time before exclaiming, "You...you are Princess Jiarou."

Qin Ranqiu nodded, but this was not the time for reminiscing. She quickly asked, "Grand Preceptor, what exactly happened? Which force is involved? How did they suddenly breach the border?"

The Grand Preceptor sighed deeply, his face full of bitterness. He said, "This is the Wei Kingdom. In the past 60 years, the Wei Kingdom has grown rapidly. This time, they came with great force. I don't know where they invited a powerful immortal force to support them. They have successively broken through twenty cities of my Qin Kingdom. I am just a lowly Foundation Establishment cultivator. Defending the city depends on fate. I am no match for that cultivator at all."

At this point, the Imperial Advisor paused for a moment, then raised his head and glanced at Shi Shangxu, Su Man'er, and the others standing beside Qin Ranqiu.

Although he couldn't discern the specific cultivation levels of these four individuals, their spiritual pressure was far beyond what a half-baked Foundation Establishment cultivator like himself could comprehend.

A glimmer of hope shone in the Imperial Preceptor's eyes, and he couldn't help but press, "Princess, I remember when you went to the Eastern Treasure Sect, what happened to that Forestry Immortal? Why didn't he come back with you?"

Qin Ranqiu stiffened, and said bitterly, "My husband... has already perished."

The Imperial Advisor was struck dumb, his face filled with dejection. "Fallen? So the Princess's return wasn't because she received a distress signal and came to save Qin?"

Qin Ranqiu felt a lump in her throat.

She looked around and saw that the generals guarding the city were covered in blood.

At the foot of the wall, countless wounded and disabled soldiers were carried away, along with countless besieged civilians inside the city gate. They looked up at the city wall, and many eyes were fixed on her.

Those faces, filled with despair and pleading, lingered in Qin Ranqiu's mind.

But what could she say? She couldn't make any promises at all.

From the day she entered the Dongbao Upper Sect, she understood that the mortal world is governed by fate, and sect cultivators should not interfere in the cause-and-effect political struggles of human dynasties without cause.

Once you enter the immortal realm, all worldly ties are severed.

The reason the Imperial Preceptor was able to stay here was because he had no hope of becoming an immortal and voluntarily gave up cultivating immortality in order to enjoy the riches and honors of the mortal world.

But the people behind him, such as Shi Shangxu, Yu Luoning, and Su Man'er, were all top geniuses of the sect. They had bright futures. How could they possibly get involved in worldly karma and violate the sect's rules for a mortal kingdom?

Qin Ranqiu bit her lip and lowered her head.

She wanted to beg, but she wasn't entitled to.

A deathly silence fell over the air.

Wang Guoshi closed his eyes in despair, and a mournful cry echoed from the city walls.

But at that moment, Yu Luoning came out.

Her clothes fluttered lightly, her back was as straight as a pine tree, she was open and composed, without a trace of fear.

Yu Luoning said loudly, "Sister Qin, the sect does not allow us to interfere in mortal affairs, but the sect does not say that if we encounter rogue cultivators or evil cultivators doing evil, righteous disciples must stand by and do nothing."

"Moreover, I am not a formal disciple of a sect."

Yu Luoning's words were forceful and clear, regardless of whether the others were willing to take action.

She was going all out and was about to make a move.

The Qin Dynasty was her emotional preference.

A gentle breeze lifted the white ribbon in her hair. Shi Shangxu stood to one side, his gaze falling on the fluttering ribbon, a glint of light appearing in his clear eyes.

Su Man'er also burst into laughter, "That's right, we're not interfering with the fate of the mortal world, we're eliminating demons and protecting the righteous path."

After saying that, the three of them teleported and landed in the center of the battlefield.

On the city wall, Hu Qing stared blankly at the three figures, a strange surge of bloodlust rising within him. He drew his longsword and charged into the enemy ranks.

Su Man'er's terrifying Golden Core aura swept across the entire battlefield.

The golden rain of arrows, under the absolute suppression of the realm, turned into countless fragments of light and disappeared into the air.

The Wei cultivator clutched his chest, his eyes wide with horror.

"Who goes there?"

Su Man'er crossed her arms over her chest and arrogantly raised her chin.

"You wicked cultivator who commits all sorts of evil deeds. You are not worthy to know my name. Today, I will act on behalf of Heaven and kill you, you wicked cultivator."

The opposing cultivator was taken aback: "I am..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a blinding golden streak of light shot out and pierced his chest with pinpoint accuracy.

Yu Luoning slowly put away the phoenix feather bow in her hand. "I hate people like you who introduce yourselves the most."

If someone doesn't identify themselves, you can pretend you don't know if they kill you. But if they do identify themselves and then take action, it's an open provocation of the forces behind them.

Su Man'er paused for a moment, then burst into an even louder laugh, "Well done, I like you."

Yu Luoning smiled slightly and said modestly, "It is an honor to be liked by my senior sister, who is a true disciple."

On the city wall, the Qin soldiers, who had been waiting for death in despair, were dumbfounded. They thought they were facing the destruction of their country, but who would have thought that these few people could defeat the enemy's immortals so easily with just a few words.

After a brief silence, the entire city erupted in thunderous cheers.

"Long live the Great Qin!"

~~The new male lead will make his cameo appearance in the next chapter!~~