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

A strange power emanated from ahead, and a dark red line appeared between Mo Fei's brows without his knowledge.

Immediately afterwards, Yu Luoning was pulled towards her by a tremendous force.

Her body was enveloped in a surge of spiritual energy, and she raised her hand to cast a teleportation spell, forcibly tearing through the void. However, she discovered that the surrounding spatial nodes seemed to be sealed off by some kind of magic.

Yu Luoning was baffled and was about to curse when the array patterns beneath her feet lit up. With a boom, space twisted, and the two disappeared from the mountain gate in the next moment.

In the blink of an eye, Cui Xiu's figure appeared out of thin air outside the gate of Zhexue Peak.

Amidst the swirling snowflakes, only a lingering echo of the magic remained in the air.

"Ningning!" Cui Xiu shouted loudly.

Such exquisite magic is something that cultivators from the Eastern Treasure Continent could never possess; it belongs to those ignorant old bastards from the outer realms.

They really gave them face.

Cui Xiu rose into the air, closed his eyes, and forcefully swept his divine sense across the entire Dongbao Continent.

Within a hundred or a thousand miles, not a single blade of grass, tree, leaf, or stone can escape his senses.

If he were at his peak, he could sweep across tens of thousands of miles in an instant; this is the terrifying aspect of a Mahayana cultivator.

However, since Cui Xiu became pregnant, the Dao embryo within his body has diluted the power of his evil corpse origin, and his cultivation level has now dropped by a major realm.

Forcibly activating his divine sense to search a distance of tens of thousands of miles caused a sharp pain deep in his lower abdomen.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the world spun around.

When Yu Luoning opened her eyes again, she fell from mid-air.

She was so dizzy from the fall that when she managed to sit up and was about to curse, the words got stuck in her throat.

More than twenty figures stood silently in front of them.

The group looked down at her from their elevated position, their expressions menacing.

Is it really necessary for so many people to arrest just one person?

At the front of the crowd, the white-haired woman was too conspicuous. She wore a gorgeous robe, her white hair fell to her shoulders, and even her pupils were an almost eerie light white. Her whole aura was strange, exuding the pressure of a superior.

Yu Luoning looked at her, her brows furrowing slightly, thinking that this person must be the leader of this group.

Yu Luoning's eyelids twitched violently, and her gaze shifted to the side of her. The person there was none other than the old Taoist who had invaded Mo Yuntian's sea of ​​consciousness.

Damn it, that old Deng didn't die?

Everything fits together.

While Mo Yuntian was in her sea of ​​consciousness, the old man was being burned by the phoenix fire. Instead of being afraid, he showed great joy and muttered something about the true phoenix fire. It seems that he came for the phoenix bloodline in her body.

Yu Luoning secretly gasped. What kind of divine luck did she have? First, she was besieged because of the Myriad Emotions Path, and now her Phoenix bloodline is being targeted.

She took a deep breath and continued to assess the other party's strength when she suddenly spotted a familiar face in the crowd.

Head of the Wen family!

The moment Yu Luoning saw that face, something flashed through her mind: the jade puppet, the jade puppet that had almost killed her.

It turns out these three are in cahoots. They weren't satisfied with tricking her last time, so now they've come in person.

These three alone are stronger than her, so it's clearly not the time to act rashly.

There is an old Chinese saying: "Those who understand the times are heroes."

Yu Luoning glanced around, slowly got up, dusted herself off, and then wisely withdrew the spiritual energy she had gathered.

Yu Luoning forced a smile: "You all went to great lengths to invite me here, thank you for your trouble."

"Miss Yu is protected by the boundary guards. If we don't go to great lengths, how could we possibly touch such a great Buddha as you?" Wen Bolian, the head of the Wen family, chuckled, his eyes revealing a cold glint.

Yu Luoning secretly admired him and cursed, "You're the one who's a Buddha."

Ignoring him, she glanced sideways and her gaze fell on Mo Fei beside her.

He stood there like a puppet, his eyes vacant.

Yu Luoning stared at Mo Fei, pointed at him and said, "Let's not beat around the bush. Your purpose is probably to obtain the phoenix bloodline within me. If that's the case, then please release those who are not involved."

The old Taoist priest, Zong Shu, let out a sinister laugh. "You think you're in a position to negotiate with us now?"

"I'm really not qualified right now."

"But you detained my friend because you were targeting me. If something happens to him, you'll lose all control over me. Wouldn't that be a lose-lose situation? I'm willing to die, are you willing to gamble?"

"What a joke! If you were dead, we could just use your blood to open the door, right? You really think your little tricks can threaten us?" Wen Bolian sneered.

Upon hearing this, Yu Luoning's gaze shifted, and she looked toward the distant cliff. On the edge of the cliff, there was a protruding stone tablet, on which was engraved a phoenix with its neck outstretched and its head held high.

Yu Luoning's thoughts raced, and in an instant she understood the other party's purpose in capturing her. The next moment, her face returned to calm, and she suddenly burst into laughter.

The twenty-odd people opposite her felt a chill run down their spines from her laughter. The white-haired woman frowned almost imperceptibly and said in a cold voice, "What are you laughing at?"

Yu Luoning said, "Of course I'm laughing at your naivety! The phoenix bloodline is so precious, it has disappeared for tens of thousands of years, and I am the last phoenix in this world."

Do you know as much about the Phoenix Clan as I do?

Yu Luoning stared at them, her face showing confidence, but in reality, she was filled with anxiety.

She had no idea what challenges lay ahead; she was just making things up, gambling on the greed of these people.

Clearly, judging from the reactions of the three people, Yu Luoning knew that she had made the right bet, especially the white-haired woman, whose face was filled with suspicion and whose eyes were filled with icy coldness.

The scene instantly fell into a deathly silence.

Wen Bolian, who was standing to the side, was the first to lose his composure. He secretly used his divine sense to transmit his voice to the white-haired woman, "What this woman said is true. What if there are still formations in the ancient city that require the resonance of living bloodlines to be activated? If we rashly kill him, wouldn't all our previous efforts be in vain?"

At this moment, an old Taoist named Zong Shu chimed in, "That's right. Phoenix bloodline is truly precious. Perhaps there are still ancient treasures left behind by the Phoenix Clan in the ancient city. If there is any emergency, we can use this girl as a human shield. Wouldn't that be a hundred times more useful than a bucket of dead blood?"

That's true. Some ancient powerful beings valued bloodlines highly and would usually prioritize finding their own descendants to pass on their lineage. Only if they couldn't pass it on to their own descendants would they pass it on to someone else.

The white-haired woman's fingertips twitched slightly. "In that case, spare their lives for now. Enter the city now."