The blind girl is called a saint with a sword!

"Among all the top masters, my current internal strength is probably unparalleled throughout history, isn't it?"

After all, she absorbed most of the internal energy of Garuda King and Sunong.

In fact, even absorbing Su Nong's internal energy would have been enough to raise her strength to a higher level, let alone the fact that she also absorbed the internal energy of the Grandmaster Garuda King.

Although significant losses are inevitable during the absorption process, they are still an extremely large amount.

Those ordinary grandmasters, such as Yun Guixu of Jiuyou Island, who was killed by Shen Ruiqing and Daozhu with a single sword strike, are no match for Lan Xiaogu in terms of internal strength alone.

Of course, if they really fought, Lan Xiaogu would definitely be no match for Yun Guixu.

Lan Xiaogu is currently in a stage where she possesses a vast and profound inner strength, but is unable to unleash its full power.

This is similar to An Qingwan's case back then, but much more serious.

Firstly, she suddenly gained too much internal energy, far exceeding her own level, and she was too inexperienced, so she was currently unable to fully control her internal energy.

Secondly, the "Book of Immortality" that she was practicing was a martial art that, although profound in content, had not yet been fully verified. Even its creator had not been able to successfully navigate this path, so Lan Xiaogu naturally couldn't understand it for the time being.

However, these are all minor issues.

Lan Xiaogu is still young, she has plenty of time to solve this.

"Thank you, Sister An!"

Lan Xiaogu leaped and landed directly on An Qingwan.

She hugged An Qingwan tightly like an octopus, and kissed An Qingwan's face repeatedly with her pink lips.

The sudden increase in strength was already something to be happy about, but what made Lan Xiaogu even happier was that from now on she would completely leave her disobedient younger sister, Gongsun Hongdie, behind.

pity.

If only Gongsun Hongdie were standing to the side right now.

Lan Xiaogu felt deeply regretful.

An Qingwan pulled Lan Xiaogu off her body.

"Alright, alright, stop fooling around. There are people watching."

Lan Xiaogu landed on the ground with a smile.

She turned her head and saw that her "benefactor" Su Nong was lying on the ground, his body limp like overcooked noodles, showing no signs of life from head to toe, looking as if he had been brutally abused.

"He..."

An Qingwan said, "His heart is dead; only his body remains alive. Living like this is a waste of food. Who knows when he might go mad and hurt people? Let's send him to meet King Garuda."

Lan Xiaogu naturally had no objections.

With a soft clang, and without any visible movement from An Qingwan, Su Nong was instantly decapitated, his body severed from his head.

As soon as Su Nong died, An Qingwan immediately opened the martial arts treasure chest that the system had rewarded her with.

This time, she received the merciless strike of the Overlord Blade.

This is a sword technique that requires the complete severing of all emotions and desires to unleash its full power.

Although one can still master this technique if they have feelings in their heart, its power will be much weaker.

"A sword technique, and a ruthless one at that. Although it is a remarkable skill, it is useless to me. It is more suitable for someone like Su Nong."

An Qingwan shook her head and shut down the system.

Now that Su Nong is dead, there is no need for her to stay in Hexi. It would be best for her to return to the Central Plains as soon as possible.

With the world in chaos, and threats like the Holy Master of Cangming and the Palace Master of the Nine Nether Palace lurking in the shadows, she cannot afford to let her guard down.

On the other hand, An Qingwan planned to see Leng Qingyou again as soon as possible.

Although the twelve Dharma forms of the Bright Lord and the ten thousand scrolls of the Divine Fire of Light promised by Leng Qingyou were useless to her, they were good things for Lan Xiaogu now.

"Ok?"

The moment An Qingwan took Lan Xiaogu's right hand, she suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

Lan Xiaogu asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

An Qingwan did not rush to answer. She used the Emperor's Qi Observation Technique to carefully sense the aura.

Just as she had just realized, a dramatic change was taking place in Lan Xiaogu's dantian.

The internal energy originating from Garuda King and Su Nong, after entering Lan Xiaogu's dantian, actually began to rotate around the ball of longevity true energy within Lan Xiaogu's body.

At first glance, it looks like a whirlpool, but it's not an ordinary whirlpool.

As those foreign internal forces swirled around the Longevity True Qi, they were all transformed at an astonishing speed and assimilated into the new Longevity True Qi.

An Qingwan was speechless at the sight.

"What an amazing internal energy cultivation method! Should we say it's domineering, or that it has a strong capacity for integration?"

An Qingwan observed for a while and found no adverse effects on Lan Xiaogu, so she told Lan Xiaogu about it and asked her to pay more attention and to report any discomfort immediately.

Lan Xiaogu nodded repeatedly.

Then, the two traveled southeast along the trade route west of the river.

The distance from Suzhou to the capital is more than two thousand li.

But for An Qingwan and Lan Xiaogu today, this journey is not considered arduous.

They had traversed even more difficult grasslands and deserts, let alone this route that had been traveled by countless caravans over the centuries.

a few days later.

An Qingwan and Lan Xiaogu returned to the capital, weary from their journey.

In just over a month, the capital had already changed hands four times.

Despite the several wars, the capital still looked quite good. This newly appointed Duke Dou Pu of Chu was indeed exceptional, and it's no wonder he gained Lu Qinghui's support.

An Qingwan didn't pay too much attention to this matter. After she and Lan Xiaogu bathed and changed, they went to find the intelligence network that Lan Xiaogu had previously placed in the capital to learn about the recent events in the martial arts world.

While claiming to be learning about events in the martial arts world, their main purpose was actually to inquire about the situations of Yu Miaozhen, Sikong Tingxue, Jin Xueyi, Gongsun Hongdie, and others.

Jin Xueyi and Gongsun Hongdie are currently in Jingzhou and Sichuan respectively, and neither of them has encountered any major problems recently. Their careers are thriving and booming.

Before leaving, Sikong Tingxue left a letter for Guan Wuji of Renyi Manor, saying that she had been summoned by the Holy Master Cangming and was to return to the Yinji Sect.

But there has been no further news since then.

Yu Miaozhen's group had the most news. After settling the body of the Daoist Master, they went to Xiaoyao Manor and the main escort agency of Wanma Escort Agency to check on the situation.

The trip to Xiaoyao Mountain Villa went fairly smoothly.

When Xue Baili, the master of Xiaoyao Manor, learned that his younger brother Xue Qianli had been manipulated and was trying to seize the body of the Dao Lord, he was furious. He apologized while conducting a thorough investigation, which uncovered several traitors.

However, when they continued their investigation along this line, they quickly ran out of leads.

Left with no other choice, Xue Baili sent his third brother, Xue Wanli, to accompany Yu Miaozhen and others to the Wanma Escort Agency in an attempt to find a breakthrough.

Wanma Escort Agency had already openly pledged allegiance to the Turks, and its chief escort, Tang Jincheng, the Red Mountain Guest, had indirectly caused the death of the Daoist Master. Therefore, when they learned that Yu Miaozhen and the others were coming, Wanma Escort Agency did everything in its power to obstruct them on the way.

However, despite their extraordinary abilities, they were ultimately no match for the combined forces of Yu Miaozhen and Shen Ruiqing.

A natural sword, a celestial sword, it slashed its way from Shandong all the way to Hebei, without encountering an opponent.

In the end, the group fought another great battle at the headquarters of Wanma Escort Agency, razing the entire headquarters to the ground, but still failed to capture Tang Jincheng.

Currently, Yu Miaozhen and her group have split into two and are acting separately.

One group, led by Shen Ruiqing, went to find the Sword God.

Led by Yu Miaozhen, the team made contact with all sides to guard against the Holy Master Cangming and the mysterious person hiding in the shadows.

"It's good that they're alright, but as for Tingxue... after meeting with Leng Qingyou, she should go check on the Yinji Sect. The Holy Master Cangming has returned with hatred, and who knows what he might do."

After making the decision, An Qingwan immediately took Lan Xiaogu to the Linlang Pavilion that Leng Qingyou had mentioned.

The Linglang Pavilion is a luxurious place that sells rare and exotic items.

As soon as they entered the pavilion, someone immediately came to greet them.

"This must be the Goddess of Xiaoxiang. Several days ago, the Master instructed us to treat you with the utmost respect upon our arrival. Goddess, please come with me. I will immediately send word that the Master will come to see you within a day at most."

Several beautiful maids, enough to charm millions outside, respectfully led An Qingwan and Lan Xiaogu to a quiet courtyard.

The courtyard looked unremarkable from the outside, but the interior was decorated in a particularly luxurious manner, with all kinds of facilities, including a huge bathtub filled with red silk.

"The poster usually enjoys soaking in this bathtub and watching people dance."

Lan Xiaogu muttered, "She certainly knows how to enjoy herself."

Several maids laughed and said, "The master has always said that if you earn so much money and don't enjoy it, then you've wasted your money."

Lan Xiaogu said, "That's true."

At the invitation of the maid, An Qingwan and Lan Xiaogu sat down at the table.

Soon, various drinks and snacks were served.

There were some people who were going to play music and dance, but An Qingwan persuaded them to leave.

"Eat up, eat up. I haven't had anything good to eat in a long time because I've been traveling so much lately."

Lan Xiaogu showed no mercy.

"Eat."

An Qingwan also started eating slowly.

After sitting for about half a day, a sound finally came from outside the courtyard.

Lan Xiaogu looked up and saw Leng Qingyou walking in from outside the courtyard gate with a smile.

Unlike before, Leng Qingyou changed into a light green thin shirt. Her dress fluttered as she walked, and she held a small round fan in her hand. She looked like a young lady waiting to be married. Who would have thought that she was the master of the Rebirth Pavilion who could shake the world with a stomp of her foot?

"Heroine An, Little Sister Lan, you've finally arrived! I've been waiting for you for days."

Leng Qingyou sat down beside An Qingwan.

In an instant, a soothing, light fragrance gently caressed An Qingwan's nose.

“Miss An, I know why you’ve come, so I won’t keep you in suspense any longer. I’ve brought the copies of the Twelve Dharma Aspects of the Bright Lord and the Ten Thousand Scrolls of the Divine Fire of Light that you requested. You can examine them carefully.”

As she spoke, Leng Qingyou pulled out two books from somewhere and stuffed them into An Qingwan's hands.

An Qingwan then handed the book to Lan Xiaogu and asked her to look through it.

During this process, Leng Qingyou didn't say much, he just kept fanning himself.

After a while, Lan Xiaogu suddenly shuddered, and her originally clear eyes turned foolish.

Snap.

The book he was holding slipped uncontrollably and fell to the ground.

"Haha."

Leng Qingyou burst into laughter.

An Qingwan's body trembled: "You..."

Leng Qingyou leaned closer to An Qingwan and said in a soft voice, "Miss An, do you feel like my voice is sometimes near and sometimes far?"

An Qingwan, supporting herself on the chair, asked, "How did you poison me?"

Leng Qingyou sat on the table, swinging her right leg over her left: "I knew that ordinary poisons wouldn't work on you, so I specifically chose a rare poison that doesn't target your internal organs, meridians, or dantian, but only bewitches your mind. Only a grandmaster with an iron will can resist this poison. Once you're poisoned, your body won't be affected in any way, and your martial arts will remain, but you won't be able to disobey my orders."

“I knew I couldn’t fool you with ordinary poisoning methods, so I cleverly placed the various components of this poison in every part of this room. The wine, the snacks, the incense, the tables and chairs, the perfume I wore, and those two books—you and Lan Xiaogu touched all of these things, so you were naturally poisoned.”

An Qingwan said angrily, "I have no grudge against you, why did you poison me?"

Leng Qingyou sneered: "No grudge? I have a huge grudge against you! Why do you think I want to deal with Garuda King? It's because I saw through the fact that the Great Bright Mind-Sealing Gu he possesses is actually the Blood Transformation God Gu. When the Blood Transformation God Gu gathers in the body, it will eventually nurture a Gu King. What I want is that Gu King on his body. I was already very close to that Gu King. It's all your fault for stopping me that day. I could only watch helplessly as Su Nongshi took the Gu King away. Afterwards, I rushed to chase after him, but it was still too late!"

An Qingwan said, "I see, I see."

Leng Qingyou said, "Don't worry, I don't intend to kill you. Although you ruined my plans, you saw through Garuda King's disguise, which indirectly helped me and saved me a lot of trouble. I, Leng Qingyou, have always been one to repay kindness with kindness and wrongdoing with wrongdoing, so I just want you to suffer a little. Get up."

An Qingwan stood up.

Leng Qingyou continued, "Didn't you used to like massaging my feet? Take off my shoes and massage them properly until I'm satisfied."

An Qingwan walked over to Leng Qingyou and carefully helped her take off the boots embroidered with lotus patterns.

Leng Qingyou nodded in satisfaction.