“Seventh Junior Brother, from now on, I’ll take you everywhere I go. That way, I’ll surely be unbeatable under heaven!” Baili Wenyue’s words were filled with excitement.
“Sixth Senior Brother, if at this moment, I were your enemy, what would you do?” Mo Jinghong asked with ample patience.
Baili Wenyue was, by nature, a child of destiny.
The surname Baili alone meant he didn’t need to rush his advancement.
Baili Wenyue also lacked the ability to perceive danger. His pride was born from the depths of his heart, and breaking that pride would be very difficult!
Unless Baili Wenyue could be made to understand that the protective umbrella of his identity could disappear at any time.
If he himself didn’t grow stronger, no one could help him…
Baili Wenyue looked at Mo Jinghong uncomprehendingly. “You, my enemy? Then… I would definitely use the Boots of Extreme Speed to escape!”
The Boots of Extreme Speed were refined for everyone by Mu Qianjue.
Wearing them allowed one to travel a thousand miles in an instant; they were truly a treasure for fleeing for one’s life.
Mo Jinghong rubbed his brow, revealing a helpless expression. No wonder Baili Wenyue kept delaying his advancement. This kind of mindset wasn’t inherently problematic…
But the problem was, under the rules of this small world, only a heart of a true powerhouse could allow one to go further.
Mo Jinghong closed his eyes and sensed for a moment, then opened his dark eyes again. “Sixth Senior Brother, within a Nascent Soul cultivator’s Domain, you have nowhere to hide.”
Baili Wenyue naturally understood what Mo Jinghong meant.
Baili Wenyue pondered for a moment, and a sense of crisis arose in his heart.
Was this the reason why all those below the Nascent Soul stage were considered ants?
A red light flashed under Mo Jinghong’s feet, and a formation spread, extending to where Baili Wenyue stood.
Looking at the formation beneath his feet, Baili Wenyue’s eyes widened in surprise. “Seventh Junior Brother, can you still use formations within a Domain?”
Mo Jinghong didn’t explain.
That person’s Domain had already been activated. To get inside, this was the only way.
Suddenly—
A flash of white light passed before their eyes.
Bang! —
“Whoa! Seventh Junior Brother, why is your Domain so cold?” Baili Wenyue asked, bewildered.
Just then, Feng Qingran’s voice reached Baili Wenyue’s ears. “Sixth Senior Brother, quickly save Fifth Senior Sister!”
Baili Wenyue picked himself up from the ground and only then saw two women covered in blood in the distance.
One of the women was being choked by an old man gripping her neck; she was at death’s door.
The other woman sat collapsed on the ground, holding a sword, her eyes full of anxiety.
Baili Wenyue’s expression changed abruptly, and a sword leaped into his hand.
“Sixth Senior Brother, that man is at the peak Nascent Soul stage, his cultivation base is above mine.” Mo Jinghong’s robes fluttered, his whole being radiating a solemn, murderous aura.
Baili Wenyue’s fox-like eyes turned cold and stern. He walked forward, a few traces of arrogance appearing between his brows. “Uncle Zhong, let my friend go!”
Uncle Zhong’s eyes were shrewd. He said with a light laugh, “So these two are Young Master Wenyue’s friends. However, I’m very sorry, but Miss Xi Yao wants them dead, so I cannot spare them.”
“What is that Luo Xiyao even supposed to be, daring to harm my friends!” Baili Wenyue said coldly.
“Young Master Wenyue left the Luo family decades ago, so naturally, you wouldn’t know Miss Xi Yao’s current status. Miss Xi Yao is engaged to a young master of the Bai Li family.” The look Uncle Zhong gave him held not a trace of respect.
A young master who had betrayed the Bai Li family, and still expected his respect…
“So what if she’s engaged to the Bai Li family? My mother is a direct descendant of the Luo family; Luo Xiyao is just a branch family member!” Baili Wenyue’s sword-like brows furrowed slightly.
Back then, his mother had broken with the Bai Li family for the sake of the Luo family.
Now the Luo family had actually hooked up with the Bai Li family again. So what did that make his mother?
A mocking smile appeared on Uncle Zhong’s face. “Has the young master forgotten? Miss Xi Yao also bears the surname Luo. And even though the Eldest Miss was most noble, in the end, she was a married daughter, and moreover, one abandoned by the Bai Li family…”
“Young Master Wenyue is still young, perhaps you don’t understand the implications, but you will come to understand them later.”
Even if Baili Wenyue followed the Eldest Miss back to the Luo family, his surname was still Bai Li in the end.
The Luo family could never fully accept him.
Otherwise, the Luo family would never have allowed Baili Wenyue to drift outside for decades.
Hearing Uncle Zhong’s words, anger flashed in Baili Wenyue’s eyes. “If it weren’t for my maternal grandfather forcing my mother to steal from the Bai Li family, how could my mother have ended up like this?!”
“For the sake of the Luo family, she even abandoned her own husband, and this is the attitude you have towards her?”
“In the end, to appease the Bai Li family’s anger, my mother willingly died by self-destruction. Have you all forgotten these things?”
Baili Wenyue couldn’t understand it. When he was a child returning to the Luo family, Uncle Zhong had treated him with utmost respect…
And everyone in the Luo family had welcomed him…
Was it only because he had been away from the Luo family for too long that Uncle Zhong now had this attitude?
“Ha! Is Young Master Wenyue saying all this hoping that I’ll release your friends?” Uncle Zhong’s eyes were sharp, a flash of ridicule in them, and the strength in his hand tightened slightly.
Cough, cough! —
Ning Shiyue let out a series of rapid coughs.
“Uncle Zhong, quickly let Fifth Senior Sister go. I’ll go back with you.” Baili Wenyue’s eyes were full of anxiety.
“Perhaps Young Master Wenyue doesn’t understand. Since the Bai Li and Luo families reconciled, neither the Luo family nor the Bai Li family has room for you anymore.” Uncle Zhong’s voice was unhurried.
Baili Wenyue clenched the sword in his hand tighter. “What will it take for you to let her go?”
Feng Qingran’s voice rang out, “Sixth Senior Brother, he won’t let Fifth Senior Sister go. He wants to perform a soul search on her.”
Hearing ‘soul search’, Baili Wenyue’s expression changed drastically.
A Nascent Soul cultivator could indeed perform a soul search on a Golden Core cultivator.
After a soul search, it meant Fifth Senior Sister would become an idiot!
Uncle Zhong let out a cold laugh, clearly not taking the two people before him seriously.
Uncle Zhong raised his withered right hand, a mass of black energy appearing in his palm, and struck towards Ning Shiyue.
