I am a mage and a wet nurse, so using seven swords is not too much, right?

He's almost drunk half a pound of spiritual essence.

Who drinks this stuff like it's alcohol?

Li Mu stood up; his injuries had indeed largely healed.

As long as I can still wield a sword, I can fight.

He looked around, his voice cold and deep:

"Are you leaving?"

"Leave?" Ning Ruan raised her eyes. "Of course not, we haven't sold our communication talismans yet, how can we leave?"

Li Mu: "..." He was often labeled as 'arrogant', but now it seemed that she was clearly more arrogant than him.

Even at this point, they're still thinking about selling sound transmission talismans.

"Li Mu, you can't just leave with two immortal artifacts like this."

The powerful member of the Jiaolong clan took a deep breath, suppressing his fear, and stepped forward. His gaze swept over Ning Ruan, finally settling on Li Mu:

"You humans sent out so many immortal artifacts and that painting with a junior... just to lure us out and attack us?"

"Just now, a cultivator from my clan transmitted a message saying that Ning Ruan killed Wang Xuan in the Lesser Broken Realm. Is that true?"

He just finished speaking.

Ning Ruan replied, "Yes."

She looked at the other person with a strange expression, then pointed to the cultivators from the ten cities behind the gate, "I didn't mean to hide it from you. I did tell them myself."

"I did kill Wang Xuan."

"It's not like you only killed Wang Xuan, why are you so surprised?"

"Or, you can try attacking me now and see if I can send you to meet them?"

Arrogant!

Extreme arrogance.

She dared to say it, and many of the cultivators present felt they dared not listen.

How can someone be so arrogant?

How could someone at the ninth realm dare to threaten a powerful being many times stronger than her?

But Ningruan is a threat.

There was no attempt to hide it.

The powerful member of the Jiao clan was so angry that he couldn't speak.

He dared not gamble on whether Ning Ruan still had any paintings left.

Or perhaps, could he kill her before she even takes the painting?

"Who here doesn't want a celestial artifact? You can kill me, but you can kill everyone else too?"

The powerful member of the Jiao clan spoke in a harsh tone.

It was a rebuttal made out of desperation.

He also wanted to take this opportunity to remind the others that if they joined forces and acted at the same time, they would still have a chance to seize the immortal artifact.

These are two celestial artifacts!

"It doesn't matter," Ning Ruan replied casually. "You're going to die anyway."

Jiaolong cultivator: "..." What bad luck!

He looked directly at the other powerful figures and said, "At this point, are you still going to stand by and watch? The human race clearly has wolfish ambitions and is coming for us!"

The atmosphere was tense.

Ning Ruan was quite relaxed, and she corrected, "I think I've said it many times already, the immortal artifact is mine and has nothing to do with the human race."

Why won't you believe me?

"And..." she pointed to the magical artifact she was wearing, "Speaking of which, we owe this magical artifact to you."

“You guys are really generous here in the Lesser Remnant Realm. Although you keep saying you want to take my immortal artifact, you don’t care about taking it now that you actually have one.”

The monks: “???”

They stared at Ning Ruan in disbelief.

He couldn't help but look back in the direction of the Little Remnant Realm.

In the boundless realm, of course nothing can be seen.

Shui Ling'er earnestly echoed Ning Ruan's words at this moment:

"What Fellow Daoist Ning said is true; there really is a celestial artifact inside."

"Seniors, that small remnant world has a big problem. It is very likely related to immortals. I think the secrets hidden inside are more important than immortal artifacts."

"..."

No one takes the words of a junior seriously.

Even the most talented members of the Xuan Shui Clan could only remain skeptical at best.

The point of suspicion naturally lies in the statement, "It concerns immortals; the secret is more important than any immortal artifact."

What a joke! What kind of beings are immortals?

Even they had never come into contact with it. How could there be traces of immortals in a small, desolate world?

"What about the rest of the clan?"

Da Zongzheng looked at Shui Ling'er, neither saying whether he believed her or not, but instead asked her aloud.

"We are still trapped in the secret realm, but there shouldn't be too much danger for the time being. However, it's hard to say what will happen in the long run."

Shui Ling'er answered seriously.

"What a joke! All the cultivators from various races were trapped, but you were the only ones who escaped?" the Jiaolong clan expert sneered.

“Yes.” Shui Ling’er seemed oblivious to the sarcasm in his words, and said, word by word, “Because I have an interdimensional teleportation talisman, but they don’t.”

She paused, then said in a serious voice:

"However, the teleportation array I left in that world is still there, but it requires breaking the restriction every time it is used. If they still can't get out, they can use the teleportation array, but they will have to wait for a while."

Her restrictions are not so easy to break.

Moreover, to use the teleportation array, it is necessary to ensure that the teleportation array she set up within the Eternal Domain is intact.

She originally planned to collect it as soon as she returned, but Fellow Daoist Ning left in a hurry, and her teleportation array is still in the Spirit Diet Pavilion.

"An interdimensional teleportation array?" Several powerful figures turned their gazes to the Grand Master of the Xuan Shui Clan.

The latter replied calmly, "She does indeed have an interdimensional teleportation array."

After saying that, the Grand Master of Ceremonies asked again, "Is there really trace of immortals in that world?"

"Of course." Shui Ling'er had never seen an immortal.

But her knowledge and experience are definitely far greater than those of ordinary strong individuals.

Whether it was speculation or intuition, she suspected that the one possessing the human female cultivator who had frozen the entire world was an immortal...

Even if it's not the immortal's true form, there's definitely some connection between them.

The Grand Master remained silent for a moment.

He took another deep look at Ning Ruan.

Then they quietly stepped back.

They pushed aside the positions surrounding Ning Ruan.

"Grand Master? What do you mean by that?" The Thunder Turtle Clan expert, who had remained silent and had no desire to be the first to speak, suddenly spoke up, his pupils shrinking.

The Grand Master of Ceremonies stepped back.

The group of Xuan Shui Clan cultivators who had followed her naturally retreated as well.

She slowly raised her eyes, her gaze sweeping over the cultivators of various races:

"I still need to go and rescue people."

Her tone was calm, as if she were simply stating a fact: "As you just heard, there are still many Golden Core cultivators in my clan trapped in that small, broken world. Immortal artifacts are important, but the lives of the cultivators in my clan are even more important."

"Grand Master, it's too late for you to say these high-sounding words now. This is a trap set by the human race. If we don't join forces, we'll be torn apart by the human race and end up like Wang Xuanhe and that old fellow from the Yan Clan. Do you think the human race will let you go?"

The powerful members of the Jiao clan gritted their teeth, their gazes toward Ning Ruan and Li Mu becoming increasingly wary.

He really wanted the immortal artifact.

But now I really doubt the motives of the human race.

The Shadow Clan and the Flame Clan... have already lost two powerful individuals of similar strength.

How could he not be alarmed? How could he not be terrified?

It's no longer just about magical artifacts!

Ning Ruan: "..."

Li Mu: "..."

Li Mu frowned slightly.

He couldn't help but recall the instructions given to him by the Emperor and Vice Dean Yang of Qingyun Academy when he left.

No matter how you look at it, he only has two tasks this time.

One is to protect Ning Ruan and the immortal artifact in her possession, and to bring her back to the Spirit Realm if necessary.

The second task was to cooperate with various ethnic groups to transmit the talisman.

Of course, he wouldn't talk about cooperation; the one who actually came to discuss cooperation was a little guy with very low cultivation level.

He only needs to send someone to provide some protection.

If we really reach a dead end, we can abandon the second mission.

...Aside from these two tasks, he really couldn't think of any other purpose the human race might have.

Seeing the Jiao Clan expert's obvious fear and anger, he couldn't help but wonder if the human race had indeed set a trap but hadn't told him.