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Li Miaozhen spoke calmly, but her attitude was very firm.
Su Su vanished from her spot in a flash, leaving only a paper figure floating on the ground.
She's just a ghost now; she can only offer a little help during fights, she can't really help out in a direct confrontation.
Then Li Miaozhen made a hand seal, flung it behind her, and the long sword flew out of her hand, flashing cold light, towards the old Taoist Xugu.
The whisk in the old Taoist Xugu's hand suddenly floated into the air, and thousands of whisk strands became extremely hard, protecting the area ten feet in front of him completely.
"Crack!"
Taoist Thunder Control Technique!
A bolt of lightning flashed across the night sky and struck over Eugene's head. However, Eugene was a fifth-grade martial artist who had already developed exceptional five senses at the seventh-grade Refining Spirit Realm, and he sensed the danger in time.
With a light tap of his foot, his muscular body nimbly retreated three steps, and the lightning bolt struck right in front of him.
"Li Miaozhen, you underestimate the martial arts world of Jianzhou!"
Seeing that Li Miaozhen showed no respect to the Ironclad Sect, the hot-tempered Eugene flew into a rage. A faint red light emanated from his body, like a red-hot iron block, as he attacked Li Miaozhen from behind.
Li Miaozhen's longsword was locked in combat with Xu Gu's whisk when she suddenly felt a domineering force attacking from behind. Although her Taoist magic was profound, being attacked by two fifth-rank cultivators at the same time was still difficult for her to handle.
She made a hand seal with her right hand, and her figure instantly transformed into a hurricane, moving to the outside of the meditation room in the blink of an eye.
clang clang!
Her flying sword temporarily abandoned the old Taoist priest Xugu and instead slashed out at Eugene's body at lightning speed.
However, the strength of Eugene's Iron Armor Technique was clearly beyond Li Miaozhen's imagination; his Taoist flying sword was unable to cut through the opponent's flesh.
She had encountered martial artists who practiced external martial arts before, but this was the first time she had met one at the peak of the fifth rank.
After Eugene regained his footing, he looked at his arm with concern and noticed several white scratches on his thick, muscular arm.
"Hahaha, Flying Swallow Heroine's magic isn't very effective; it can't break my power."
Before fighting Li Miaozhen, Eugene was secretly worried, fearing that he would be no match for her flying sword. Now he can finally relax.
"Old Taoist, since this bitch doesn't give us any face, why don't we capture her and give her a good beating?"
Once Eugene learned that Li Miaozhen could not kill both of them at the same time, he became bolder, and Xu Gu also had a lewd grin on his face.
"Among those mediocre women who have sided with the old Taoist, none can compare to the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Sect. The Holy Maiden also possesses Taoist cultivation. After dual cultivation, it's possible that the old Taoist could break through to the fourth rank in one go."
If the opponent were only Xu Gu, Li Miaozhen would be fully confident of easily killing him, but now that a fifth-rank martial artist has appeared, things are a bit tricky.
Su Su transmitted her thoughts to Li Miaozhen, saying, "We've become too famous lately, so these bad guys are on guard."
"We should leave this place first. I refuse to believe that these two grown men can stick together forever."
Li Miaozhen was decisive but not reckless. Since the other party was already on guard, a direct confrontation would obviously not yield good results. In the future, as long as the old Taoist Xugu was alone, she would definitely be able to kill him.
With this thought in mind, Li Miaozhen no longer hesitated and immediately formed a wind-controlling spell, her figure beginning to flutter.
When Xu Gu and You Jin saw Li Miaozhen about to leave, one used his magical artifact to chase after her, while the other focused his energy on his feet, instantly increasing his speed and catching up to Li Miaozhen.
"Boom!"
Eugene chased after Li Miaozhen's retreating figure like a mad dog, smashing a huge tree in the temple in two. He swung his iron fist, and a powerful aura struck again.
One reason Li Miaozhen was known as the Flying Swallow Heroine was because of her extremely skillful movements. Eugene and Xu Gu only saw the red figure flashing and dodging in the courtyard, yet she didn't even get a leaf on her body, dodging all the attacks.
"You can dodge the first day of the month, but you can't dodge the fifteenth. Xu Gu, I'll record your head for now."
Just as the red figure was about to leap out of the Taoist temple, and Eugene and Xugu were glaring anxiously, a soft laugh suddenly came from behind them.
"I've heard that the Ironclad Gate's tortoise shell is very hard."
The two had just heard the sound and hadn't even turned around when they felt a tremendous force approaching from the air.
Out of the corner of his eye, Eugene saw a golden aura descend from the sky, as if a powerful golden dragon had struck his head.
The red figure on the wall suddenly paused, hovering lightly atop the Taoist temple wall. Li Miaozhen saw a powerful aura shaped like a golden dragon strike Eugene's head from the sky.
Eugene immediately activated his external martial arts technique, his whole body turned slightly red, and his skin instantly became as black as gold.
The golden dragon roared down, and the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms transformed from true qi palm power into martial arts qi, but its power was still extremely fierce.
"Oh!"
A muffled thud, like a war drum being smashed, rang out. Eugene's pupils dilated instantly, then his eyeballs bulged out, and his skull was dented from the impact.
In the next instant, two bloody eyeballs were smashed out, and Eugene's head, as hard as metal, was completely flattened. Eugene's features were squeezed into a mess, and red and white matter spurted out from the back of his head, splattering blood all over the ground.
The martial artists in this world who practice external martial arts are quite strong. This palm strike didn't turn Eugene into a bloody mist; it only flattened his head.
Eugene's massive body swayed, then collapsed backward like a small mountain.
Just as Eugene was killed by Li Chang'an, Li Miaozhen decisively turned around and attacked.
A lightning bolt struck in front of the old Taoist Xugu, and then, taking advantage of his dodge, a flying sword swept through the air and severed his right hand, which was holding a magic weapon.
In this way, this fifth-rank Earth Sect expert completely lost his ability to resist.
The tall, red figure leaped across the ground several times, kicking the old Taoist Xu Gu to the ground before stepping on his broken arm.
At this moment, Li Chang'an landed opposite Li Miaozhen. This was the first time he had seen Li Miaozhen, and she was indeed extraordinary in appearance and stunningly beautiful.
Especially considering Li Miaozhen's height, Li Chang'an estimated she was around 1.7 meters tall, and she was only half a head shorter than him. Her slender and upright figure looked heroic and dashing against the backdrop of her red dress.
Li Miaozhen heard a bird's cry, then saw a golden eagle. A look of joy appeared on the woman's face before she looked at Li Chang'an's face.
Li Chang'an transmigrated into the body of the previous life and still had the appearance of the previous life. This was the most handsome face Li Miaozhen had ever seen. He had a straight nose, thin lips with slightly upturned corners, and looked somewhat cold, but his clear eyes were full of warmth.
Her senior brother, Li Lingsu, was a renowned handsome man with countless romantic entanglements. However, Li Miaozhen always felt that he lacked masculinity, while Li Chang'an's appearance confirmed to Li Miaozhen that a handsome man could also be heroic.
"what!"
The old Taoist priest Xu Gu's scream brought Li Miaozhen back to her senses, who had been slightly lost in thought.
Li Miaozhen stepped on the old Taoist priest's foot again, then smiled generously at Li Chang'an, "You must be the Golden Eagle Hero, I've heard so much about you."
Li Chang'an also politely cupped his hands in greeting, "Li Chang'an, a wandering cultivator of the martial world, has long admired the name of the Flying Swallow Heroine."
Ignoring the old Taoist's screams from the ground, the two introduced themselves with ease. Li Miaozhen's words were accompanied by a kind smile, indicating that she was in a good mood.
“My name is Li Miaozhen. You have heard my identity. I am a disciple of the Daoist Tianzong. Why are you causing trouble for Master Xugu?”
Li Chang'an truthfully replied, "Actually, I came to find your senior brother, the White-Clad One... the Prodigal Li Lingsu. I happened to run into you doing your chivalrous deed, so I decided to help you."
Li Miaozhen was somewhat surprised that Li Chang'an wanted to find Li Lingsu. "Brother Li also wants to find my senior brother. Actually, I also came to find my senior brother. But I just happened to run into this old Taoist priest who was hypocritical and did all sorts of evil things. Killing him was just a convenient thing to do."
"I wonder what business Brother Li has with my senior brother?"
Li Chang'an put his hands behind his back and smiled faintly, "I've been asked to ask your senior brother for a small favor."
Hearing Li Chang'an say this, Li Miaozhen didn't press the matter further, since it was none of her business.
Li Miaozhen stepped on Xu Gu's foot again, then pressed him for an answer, "Xu Gu, where did Li Lingsu go?"
When Xu Gu saw the recently popular Golden Eagle Hero and Flying Swallow Heroine appear together, he knew that he couldn't escape today, so he simply told them everything he knew.
"The Holy Son only stayed at the White Crane Temple for a few days, teaching me some secret techniques of dual cultivation. Then he left the White Crane Temple and headed towards the Azure Mountain area, saying that he was being chased and could not stay in one place for too long."
Li Chang'an knew that Li Lingsu had had affairs with dozens of women in his pursuit of enlightenment, and was constantly being hunted down by different women. In a few more years, the number of women he had affairs with would rise to several hundred.
"The old Taoist priest found those dual cultivation techniques to be incredibly profound, but they required extremely high standards for the furnace and cauldron. Since the old Taoist priest did not have the abilities of the Holy Son, he... came up with the idea of targeting female pilgrims."
Even at this point, Master Xugu still refused to admit that he was in cahoots with those bandits.
"You still won't admit it? I'm not a constable. Fine, then give me your life."
As Li Miaozhen spoke, she raised her long sword high, ready to take the old Taoist's life with a single strike.
But at that moment, a rope-like magical artifact suddenly flew in from outside the door and pulled the old Taoist priest Xugu out.
Li Chang'an could see clearly that Xu Gu, who had been ashen-faced, regained his spirits upon seeing the golden rope, as if he had seen a glimmer of hope for survival.
"Please, both of you, show mercy. The Earth Sect is already sparsely populated, and we don't know what he has done wrong."
A disheveled old Taoist priest, dressed in a tattered robe and with his gray hair held up by an ebony hairpin, stood in the courtyard, holding the Xu Gu Taoist, whose arm had been severed.
"I am Jinlian from the Earth Sect of the Daoist School, and I am Xugu's uncle. It is an honor to meet you both."
In fact, upon seeing the old Taoist's appearance, Li Chang'an had a pretty good idea of what was going on. He wondered why this down-on-his-luck leader of the Earth Sect, Jinlian, would be here.
Since the other party was the head of a sect and greeted them with courtesy, Li Chang'an and Li Miaozhen also returned the greeting.
Li Miaozhen replied, "Master Jinlian, Xugu colluded with bandits in the mountains to kill the young woman's family and attendants, and then drove the woman into the temple."
"Xu Gu played the good guy and rescued those women, tricked them into practicing dual cultivation, and then gave the bandits pills, indirectly supporting the bandits' evil deeds."
Upon hearing Li Miaozhen's words, Xu Gu knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, "Uncle-Master is wise. Miss Feiyan must have misunderstood me. I don't know those bandits at all, and there's no way I would have mentioned sending them pills."
"I genuinely took in those female pilgrims, and their dual cultivation was entirely voluntary; they can testify to that themselves."
It seems that Xu Gu has been refusing to admit anything, because he is afraid that someone might overhear him and he would be unable to deny it.
Now that the leader of the Earth Sect has appeared, Xu Gu has a powerful backer, and those Daoist nuns will surely say that they did so voluntarily and were not forced by Xu Gu.
The bandits were all killed by Li Miaozhen, and they consumed the pills as soon as they got their hands on them. The bandits didn't even have any direct evidence of their cooperation with Xu Gu.
Judging from this, Xu Gu, that old Taoist priest, is truly no ordinary thief.
"Gentlemen, why don't we invite those Daoist nuns out and confront them? If it is indeed Xu Gu who committed evil, this humble Daoist will not tolerate it."
Li Miaozhen's expression gradually turned cold. She knew the Daoist nuns knew nothing. Unless Xu Gu himself confessed, there was no evidence to prove the other party had done anything wrong.