Chapter 90: The Female-Dominant Cultivation World (Eleven) – The Sword Intent of a Nascent Soul Cultivator

Although Elder Pei spoke words of anger, her divine sense did not relax in the slightest.

The isolation array talisman activated, separating this alleyway from the outside.

The moonlight shining through the thin transparent light dome above their heads onto the two of them seemed particularly eerie.

A frigid chill permeated the air, this sinister coldness enveloping the woman and the bird.

Pei Ziyuan averted his gaze, his bean-sized eyes staring into the pitch-black depths of the alley as he lowered his voice and asked, “How confident are you?”

Though his question came out of nowhere, Liu Changning understood his meaning.

She rubbed his fluffy head and replied in a low, gentle voice while looking down, “I’m not certain.”

Earlier when her divine sense probed the thick fog, the person hiding in the darkness only had Foundation Establishment cultivation. Logically, they shouldn’t have been able to exert such overwhelming pressure.

But now within the array, the immense divine sense fluctuations of a high-level cultivator refused to dissipate.

Cold winds blew around them repeatedly, causing their clothes to flutter noisily.

Even stranger, as they went deeper into the alley, the spiritual energy in her body began to gradually surge outwards, as if something was pulling at the spiritual energy within her.

The Cangming Sword suspended in her dantian emitted a humming sound. Clearly, the evil thing lurking in the darkness had provoked its fighting spirit.

Liu Changning exchanged a glance with Elder Pei without changing her expression. The little black bird raised its head, a strange look flashing across its face.

“Why aren’t you certain? Although the array is emitting the pressure of a high-level cultivator, with your current Golden Core stage cultivation, dealing with it may be strenuous, but you shouldn’t necessarily be at a disadvantage.”

Liu Changning tugged at her lips. Her slender hand lifted slightly, nimbly dodging a strand of green spiritual tool attack flying from the darkness.

Looking down to meet the little black bird’s eyes, she replied softly: “The spiritual energy in my body is currently slowly draining away…”

As she finished speaking, she spun around quickly. Her white jade ring glowed faintly, and a top-grade flying sword appeared in her grasp.

Without time to observe Elder Pei’s expression, she quickly explained: “I’m afraid someone is deliberately targeting me. If the elder’s spiritual energy hasn’t been lost, then this array isn’t just an isolation array, but should be a combined array with a traction array added, and the spiritual energy in my body is the eye of the array maintaining the traction array’s operation.”

Liu Changning didn’t bother to lower her voice for the last sentence. She raised her eyes, fixing her gaze on the dark alley in the distance, and called out: “Friend Mu, won’t you come out?”

As soon as these words fell, a figure emerged from a mass of black fog ahead. She wore a light cyan robe with a white jade pendant hanging at her waist, its long tassels swaying in the cold wind as she slowly walked out of the darkness.

At first glance, her appearance was striking, her attire elegant and proper.

However, her sharp chin and slightly protruding cheekbones revealed an arrogant and disdainful nature.

At this moment, hatred and smugness intertwined on her jade-white face, ruining her overall aura.

The newcomer was familiar – Mu Lanqing, leader of the Three Tyrants of Li Gate, with whom she had just formed a grudge an hour ago.

She had clearly just changed into a new set of clothes, her black hair tied up in a high bun. Walking out of the darkness, she applauded Liu Changning and said: “You knew it was me? Impressive! For a mere rogue cultivator to see through this combined array, not bad, not bad! But unfortunately… today you’ll come but won’t leave.”

Her tone shifted as she continued through gritted teeth: “In the entire Lan State City and the surrounding 50,000 miles, all cultivators who offend me, Mu Lanqing, have turned to ashes, their bodies dead and their dao destroyed. You bitch, heaven’s road you don’t take, yet you barge into hell uninvited. Heh… accept your death!”

After her vicious words, she didn’t say more.

She took out a seven-colored flying lash from her bosom. The lash was surrounded by seven-colored light rings of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet, its radiance dazzling. The faintly discernible pressure emanating from it revealed it to be a top-grade treasured tool.

The little black bird nestled in Liu Changning’s arms and transmitted via divine sense: “This is the Seven-Colored Flying Lash, a top-grade treasured tool. I didn’t expect that old Daoist Mu Yun would be so generous as to give his natal treasured tool to this profligate girl. You should know that even for a Nascent Soul cultivator, obtaining such a treasured tool is no easy feat. Be careful, this treasured tool is not affected by cultivation level and can kill across realms.”

Liu Changning soothingly stroked the little black bird’s head and placed him on her shoulder.

She took out the top-grade spiritual tool Water Light Sword from her white jade ring to meet the flying lash in midair.

Her movements were extremely fast. In her first life, Liu Changning had encountered many fortuitous opportunities and cultivated diligently. All the techniques she knew were top-tier mental methods.

Using the Shadow Flicker technique in rapid succession, her figure moved as fast as lightning, dodging Mu Lanqing’s attacks.

After several exchanges, she showed no signs of weakness. The white-robed woman moved freely amidst the seven-colored lash, her form unrestrained.

Mu Lanqing’s fierce attacks with the treasured tool were all casually deflected.

This angered her so much that her eyebrows rose high and another mouthful of fresh blood spurted out.

Because her natal spiritual tool had been destroyed earlier, Mu Lanqing’s dantian had suffered some damage.

She was the type to hold grudges, and after being humiliated like this in public, she had long since harbored killing intent. Even though her body was lightly injured, she relied on having many treasured tools.

She actually wasn’t afraid of this powerless and statusless rogue cultivator.

In the past, she could have used underhanded methods on the spot to kill such a female cultivator. But now it was the time for the Ten Great Sects to select disciples, and cultivators were everywhere in Wuya City.

This year was especially special, as it was said that the elders sent by the Ten Great Sects to select disciples were all Nascent Soul stage or higher Patriarchs.

The entire Wuya City was enveloped by the divine sense of powerful cultivators, and smart people wouldn’t cause trouble at this time.

A few days ago, her mother had specifically instructed her, and she wasn’t stupid. She wouldn’t do anything that would bring trouble and disadvantage to the sect and her mother.