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

"Ning Ruan, let's forget about what we heard before for now."

At the end of the telepathic message, Li Mu added one more sentence.

His words were sincere, as if they came from the bottom of his heart.

Ning Ruan held the communication talisman and casually asked, "What are you worried about, senior? I should be able to guess. Doesn't General Li worry too?"

Li Mu replied quickly: "I do not believe that one will forget one's original intention after ascending to heaven."

"Perhaps they themselves are also subject to others and have no other way out."

"Or perhaps, due to external forces, their true nature was forcibly altered..."

"If that's the case, then there's even less reason to complain."

"Ning Ruan, I do hope you can ascend."

"On the day you ascend to heaven, you can take a look for us. If possible, you can also ask those predecessors who have ascended to heaven why they have never contacted us."

"Is it possible to contact us only through our ancestral home, or...?"

"They will only contact the humans of their ancestral lands."

"Of course, I don't really believe they can cut off my path to enlightenment."

"If the ability to ascend is controlled by them, then those who cannot ascend are destined to be weaker than them?"

Li Mu's voice came through the sound transmission talisman, his tone cold and stern, yet carrying an undeniable firmness and determination.

He said, "...I only believe in the sword in my hand. If that day truly comes and I am unable to ascend, then I will make this sword cleave through the void and reach the upper realm. Whether I ascend or not, what difference does it make?"

"Even immortals can get hurt, can't they?"

As Ning Ruan listened, the corners of her lips unconsciously curled up slightly.

She liked that way of putting it.

This is how we sword cultivators should be!

“General Li is right,” she replied. “If ascension is a quota given by someone else, then it’s better not to become an immortal. If you want to become one, you have to fight your way up yourself.”

The sound transmission talisman remained silent for a long time.

Once she was certain that General Li would not send any more telepathic messages, she put away the telepathic message talisman.

Xuanshui City.

City Lord's Mansion.

Li Mu also put away the communication talisman.

Tong Ningruan guessed that General Li's willingness to communicate so openly with her via telepathy was likely due to the different circumstances of being alone.

The mysterious powerful human was also there.

He was there the whole time.

He even heard Ning Ruan's suspicion that he was going to kill someone.

“You are different from her. She is destined for greatness. As long as she doesn’t die halfway, with her talent, she will definitely be able to transcend the tribulation, and ascension will be a natural thing.”

The human powerhouse spoke in a calm tone, devoid of any emotion, as if stating a perfectly ordinary fact:

"She doesn't need to fight to become an immortal."

"And we, even if we wanted to resist, were powerless."

"Li Mu, how can a mortal fight against immortals?"

Li Mu only stared at the storage ring on his hand containing the jade box, "But senior is also preparing to kill an immortal."

Human powerhouse: "..."

"That's different. This is just a fragment of a celestial being whose soul has been abandoned. Killing him is fine, as long as no one leaks the secret, his true body will not know."

"Besides, there's no other way, is there?"

If there were any other way out, he wouldn't have chosen this risky path.

but……

Killing immortals is really exhilarating.

The moment the thought popped into my head, it was forcibly suppressed by reason.

After so many years of suppressed resentment, it's worth enduring it any longer so that humanity can continue to exist.

Unable to ascend... at least still here.

They are always better than the Cursed Raven Clan.

he thinks.

……

The next day.

Ning Ruan is still having breakfast.

People came to the door.

It's Tang Xiaopangzi.

His first words upon entering the courtyard were, "Miss Ning, I'm leaving."

Ning Ruan nodded. "Are you going back with the seniors?"

“Yes, it’s time to go back and report,” the chubby boy said. “General Li will also be traveling with us for a while, but with you here, there’s no need to escort me back to the Spirit Realm.”

"Leave now?"

"Let's leave now. We've already said goodbye to Miss Mu." Tang Xiaopangzi sighed. "It's a pity that none of you are going back, but it's good that you have your own paths to walk."

Ning Ruan thought for a moment and then said, "What I said before still applies. If you don't want to get involved anymore, you can just leave."

"Thank you very much, Miss Ning." The chubby boy said earnestly, "After returning that day, I thought about it for a long time. I think I still like things the way they are now. Although I regret that we have taken different paths, I am satisfied."

He said, "I hope that Miss Ning, Miss Mu, and Miss Ning's fourth senior brother will all have smooth paths to enlightenment, make rapid progress in their cultivation, and reach the pinnacle as soon as possible."

"The best course of action is to leave all the prodigies of every race far behind, so that they can't even see your backs!"

Tang Xiaopangzi spoke with great enthusiasm, his chubby face full of sincere longing, as if he could already see that scene.

He paused and added:

"Even if I'm not strong enough by then, having friends like you will make it all worthwhile."

"As for me, although I will not follow your path, I will go the furthest on the path I have chosen."

"I want to spread the Bright Moon Merchant Guild to all races, and let everyone know my name."

"It doesn't matter which path I take, I'm determined to be the one who goes the furthest!"

Tang Xiaopangzi's not-so-big eyes were filled with light.

Ning Ruan felt that everything he said was correct.

Very ambitious.

Given his talent, at most he will be surpassed by his peers in terms of strength.

However, the speed of cultivation is not necessarily slow.

He might even be the first among them to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm.

They might be the first to ascend.

The only problem is-

Why did you single out my fourth senior brother?

“Hey, Miss Ning, can’t you count? I clearly mentioned you and Miss Mu as well.”

"Then why did you only mention my fourth senior brother, and not the other senior brothers?"

“Miss Ning, you don’t understand. A beauty like your fourth senior brother is destined to become an immortal. With such grace, if he were to become an immortal, it would be a perfect match, and the creation of heaven and earth would not have been in vain.”

Tang Xiaopangzi spoke as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

But perhaps feeling that such favoritism was indeed inappropriate, he added, "As for Miss Ning's other senior brothers, they are the same."

Ning Ruan: "..."

She now even feels that she and Mu Yiqiu were only brought up because they had known each other the longest.

Otherwise, they would also be categorized into words like "all the same," "more or less," etc.

"I think you should probably go."

Ning smiled softly.

Ning Ruan saw off the guests.

Ningruan is closing down.

All in one go.

(????)

The human powerhouse and Li Mu left the Eternal Domain openly and honestly that very day.

The powerful figures from the ten races wanted to stop them and ask a few more questions.

But I really don't have the courage.

Before leaving, Tang Xiaopangzi, on behalf of the human race, also deepened the cooperation of the communication talisman.

That makes it even harder to stop people.

But what they didn't expect was—

Ning Ruan didn't leave.

The little sword cultivator who came with Ning Ruan and even attracted a lightning tribulation in the Eternal Domain, who also left a deep impression on everyone, is still here.

On the very day the human race's powerful warriors departed.

Mu Yiqiu checked out of the room and stayed at Ningruan's door.

"There's no other way. I can't stay anywhere else. It's all filled with divine consciousness, and they're all watching me."