This is the true immortal of the Taoist sect.

Pushing open the slightly ajar door, Yunzhen looked inside and paused.

Inside the room, there was a large round table with more than a dozen people sitting around it, including men and women, the elderly and the young, as well as children being held in their arms. They were having a lively meal.

As if hearing Yun Zhen open the door, everyone inside looked towards the entrance.

Seeing that she was a teenage girl, he stood up to greet her and asked if she needed any help.

Yun Zhen looked at the scene before her and felt completely bewildered, but deep in her mind there was a sense of déjà vu.

I shook my head and looked again, and it was still the same people.

Yun Zhen forced herself to stay alert and questioned:

"Who...who are you? Where is this?"

An elderly man with gray hair stood up from the table and said in a kind tone:

"Little girl, it's so late, why are you here all alone? Are you hungry? Want to eat together?"

Yun Zhen's heart skipped a beat, and a memory flashed through her mind like lightning.

More than a year ago, she and several fellow disciples went to Jingming Cave.

Because she had accidentally injured her foot, her senior brother took her to a house to rest.

As night fell, I was resting in my room when the elderly man from this family suddenly came over and asked if I was hungry and if I wanted to eat with him.

Yunzhen naturally couldn't eat with a bunch of natives, so she firmly refused.

Because of her harsh tone, the old woman's son scolded her and tried to kick her out.

Enraged, Yun Zhen drew her sword and killed the other man.

Fearing that the secret would be leaked and cause resistance from the local natives, which would delay the mission of capturing the evil spirit, the senior brothers took action and killed the entire family.

This is actually nothing to them.

As the most talented disciples under the age of twenty in the Qingyun Sword Sect, they held noble status, and killing a few people was as easy as crushing a few ants for them.

So no one took it seriously, and even the kind-hearted Senior Brother Ye tacitly approved.

But they never expected that this incident would bring them an opponent they had never imagined.

Senior Brother Ye also perished as a result.

But... wasn't that something that happened in the Jingming Cave?

Hasn't it been more than a year already?

Why would she see the exact same scene in Qingyun City?

"An illusion...this must be an illusion..."

Yun Zhen said sternly.

He then turned and ran, out of the courtyard and onto the street.

He kept running along the street, never daring to put away the jade pendant and longsword in his hands.

After an unknown amount of time, Yunzhen finally stopped, looked back, and saw that the others had not followed.

Just as he was about to catch his breath, a light suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Miss, are you hungry? Would you like to grab something to eat together?"

Yunzhen raised her head, her eyes filled with terror.

The family reappeared before her eyes, each of them looking at her with kind eyes and gentle voices.

But in Yunzhen's eyes, it was like an ordinary person encountering a vengeful ghost, as if she had seen the most terrifying thing in the world.

Yunzhen screamed and turned to run away again.

But the world before my eyes seemed to have become a cage.

No matter how she runs, no matter where she runs, she will eventually return to that villa.

Finally, Yunzhen stopped running away.

She stopped, and her internal energy began to circulate wildly.

Just like a few years ago, she struck again, using absolutely ruthless methods to wield her sword against these unarmed mortals.

With a single strike, sword energy surged forth, tearing more than a dozen mortals to pieces.

Including that infant still in swaddling clothes.

Yun Zhen stood amidst the shattered corpses, laughing wildly to the sky.

"Hahahaha...a bunch of natives, ants, trash. What difference would it make if I killed you? To die by my sword would be your honor..."

Yunzhen's laughter echoed in the courtyard, carrying a hint of madness.

"well..."

Just then, a soft sigh rang out.

"Who?"

Yun Zhen was greatly alarmed and immediately went into high alert.

"Heaven's sins may be forgiven, but self-inflicted sins are unforgivable... You... truly deserve to die..."

No sooner had he finished speaking than an extremely solid sword light flashed and arrived.

The speed was so fast that Yun Zhen had no time to react.

Just as the sword light was about to strike, the jade pendant in her hand suddenly emitted a blue light.

A seemingly thin but actually incredibly strong protective layer enveloped her.

The sword light struck the protective shield, but only caused a ripple.

On the contrary, the force of the recoil was extremely powerful, completely flattening the entire villa and even the surrounding streets.

"A treasure of celestial weapon level, indeed powerful."

Li Daoxuan revealed himself, his eyes filled with a solemn expression.

This counterforce almost shattered the Six Jia Qi Men he had set up.

Yunzhen was startled, but when she saw that the jade pendant had protected her, she felt relieved.

When she saw Li Daoxuan's face clearly, her eyes widened in surprise.

Then, with an incredulous look on his face, he said:

"It's you? You're that native from the Jingming Cave Heaven?"

Li Daoxuan ignored her, placed the little spirit on his shoulder, and began to form hand seals.

At the same time, the Holy Master of the Qingyun Sword Sect, who was in seclusion in the Lingze Blessed Land, suddenly opened his eyes and disappeared in a streak of light.

Inside the protective shield, the disbelief on Yun Zhen's face gradually turned into malice and resentment.

Pointing at Li Daoxuan, he said:

"It was you, and your disciple, who tampered with my feet, making me a cripple... Damn it... Damn it... Damn it..."

Li Daoxuan completely ignored her frenzied appearance, completed the incantation, and a huge magic array appeared above his head.

A high-pitched dragon roar rang out, and the divine dragon emerged from the magic array, directly pouncing on the celestial weapon's protective shield.

With a sudden slam of its claws, a terrifying force shook the area, and Yun Zhen discovered a crack had appeared in the jade pendant in her hand.

"How is that possible? This is a celestial weapon my grandfather gave me; it can withstand a single attack from an Earth Immortal..."

Yun Zhen looked up at Li Daoxuan in shock and murmured:

"Impossible...you...you're actually an Earth Immortal..."

Li Daoxuan remained silent, his magical power surging as he raised his hand and pointed.

The dragon soared into the sky and then swooped down from there.

The terrifying force directly shattered Li Daoxuan's own Six Jia Qi Men formation, rendering it completely useless.

After all, he had only just begun to learn this supernatural power and was far from achieving the earth-shattering capabilities described in the supernatural power.

Yun Zhen stared in utter horror at the divine dragon descending from the sky, and could only close her eyes and utter a mournful cry:

"Grandpa...save me..."

As soon as the Holy Lord of Qingyun flew out of the Blessed Land of Spiritual Ze, he saw a golden beast descending from the sky and heard his granddaughter's cries for help.

"Oh no...it's too late..."

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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