Luck taken away? It doesn't matter, I quietly become a god

Rong Shu turned and ran!

Having secretly consumed healing pills and recovered some of his depleted spiritual energy, Rong Shu's fleeing figure showed not a trace of lingering attachment!

Goodbye, you disrespectful old man...

"No way to heaven, no way to hell—the Heavenly Net Binding Formation!"

Blood suddenly appeared all around.

Countless blood-black chains burst forth from the sky, wrapping around and locking down all directions.

Above their heads and below their feet, the array lights of the successfully formed formation lit up simultaneously, with faint blood-red array patterns flowing out.

Rong Shu stepped onto the formation, but the formation remained as immovable as a mountain, unbreakable, without showing the slightest sign of wavering.

Her expression changed slightly, and she drew her knife with a backhand!

Cut it off with one knife!

Hundreds of overlapping sword shadows!

One strike has the power of hundreds of strikes!

Even when Rong Shu unleashed a strike using his early-stage Nascent Soul power, the formation remained completely unmoved.

"It's useless. The Heavenly Net Binding Formation cannot be broken unless you are at the Integration Stage."

"Princess, just surrender obediently and stop resisting in vain. I really don't want to hurt you."

Mu Gongfeng was ultimately somewhat wary. If Rong Shu was the type to rather die than surrender, and was willing to destroy his own soul, then even a soul search would hardly yield any useful clues.

Rong Shu's eyes darted around: "As a courtier of the imperial court, he left the capital without imperial decree, privately altered the protective formation of Junque Mountain, colluded with the Divine Wind Army to form a clique for personal gain, attempted to murder the imperial princess, and stole the Divine Wind Arrow Technique..."

"Master Mu, your time is running out, isn't it?"

"You've committed so many heinous crimes, you have enough heads to take!"

Although it is unknown what methods Mu Gongfeng used to make the protective array of Junque Mountain work for him, Rong Shu concluded that Mu Gongfeng could only control it for a short time, and the longer it dragged on, the more likely it would be discovered that something was wrong.

"My patience is limited, so don't even think about stalling for time." Mu Gongfeng's eyes darkened.

An immense, seemingly invincible divine pressure, like a raging sea, pressed down on Rong Shu! It was determined to crush her spine and annihilate her will!

Having already taken precautions, Rong Shu no longer cared about concealing herself. Her divine sense, at the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm, surged forth, building an invisible wall around her to block the crushing force of the raging storm!

"Ok?"

The moment the two clashed, both sides sensed something was amiss.

"That's strange. The spiritual pressure of a Nascent Soul cultivator... is so weak. It doesn't even feel like it's worth 40% of Senior Sister Jiuxiao's power."

Rong Shu had never made enemies with Nascent Soul cultivators before, but she had seen many powerful Nascent Soul cultivators guarding the passes display their skills in the Buzhou Domain.

At Jixia Academy, she was the first lucky one to receive one-on-one "tutoring and special training" from Jiuxiao, who was at the Integration Stage, and she also experienced the pressure of divine sense from Integration Stage cultivators quite a bit.

Compared to the oppressive feeling Mu gave her...

Upon closer examination, it doesn't seem like the Integration Stage... more like the Late Void Refinement Stage, or even the Mid-Void Refinement Stage?

What is the reason?

Rong Shu's brain was working at lightning speed!

The imperial court's retainers are all at least Nascent Soul stage cultivators; it's impossible for a Void Refinement stage cultivator to be a mere figurehead.

So, under what circumstances would a Nascent Soul cultivator be able to exert only the spiritual sense of a Void Refinement stage cultivator?

Rong Shu's gaze fell on Mu Gongfeng's old, frail face.

The only answer is—

The spirit dies!

Humans are born, grow old, get sick, and die. Even if a cultivator can extend their lifespan by thousands or tens of thousands of years, as long as they haven't ascended to immortality, they will eventually reach the barrier of the Great Dao.

It wasn't that Mu Gongfeng didn't want to use the spiritual power of a Nascent Soul cultivator, but rather that he dared not use it! He couldn't use it!

His lifespan is nearing its end!

Even though he was wrapped in a gray robe that looked like a shroud, he couldn't stop the 'death aura' emanating from him!

Every time he exerts his power, he is shortening his lifespan! Burning his life force!

Rong Shu's eyes immediately lit up, and he grinned with his hands on his hips: "Hahaha, old man, no wonder you were able to sneak out of the capital unnoticed. It turns out your cultivation has already shown signs of decline. On the surface, you're putting on a show of being a Nascent Soul cultivator, but in reality... you're only at the late Void Refinement stage."

Apart from the initial sneak attack, Mu Gongfeng "cherished" using his combined spiritual power once.

Currently, they can only use the divine sense pressure of the late-stage Void Refinement realm. Although Rong Shu is not in the upper hand, in terms of the strength of her divine sense, she is only one small realm behind. She is not without any power to resist.

Swish!

Hit where it hurt, Mu Gongfeng's face turned as black as a coffin lid: "Even at the late stage of the Void Refinement realm, I'm still enough to crush you, you little brat!"

With a flick of his robe, Mu Gongfeng unleashed a torrent of extremely cold and icy snow that swept down from the sky!

Heavy snow fell, and the ice was three feet thick!

As soon as Mu Gongfeng took a step out, the area within the formation was instantly covered in ice and snow!

"Hmph! You asked for it!"

Enraged, Mu Gongfeng unleashed his supernatural powers.

They thought they could capture Rong Shu immediately, but to their surprise, Rong Shu moved with the speed of the wind, as if he were floating in the clouds or mist.

Each time the ice spread, she was always a step too slow, allowing her to escape.

One or two times is a coincidence.

But he manages to escape every time?!

Mu Gongfeng realized something was wrong, and his sharp eyes instantly locked onto Rong Shu's movements each time he used them.

"Can't hit me, can't hit me~ Aren't you angry~ Old man, are your bones rusted and softened? Can't you run anymore? So slow?" Rong Shu mocked wildly, while secretly diverting his attention to analyze the Heavenly Net and Earthly Binding Formation that trapped her.

Every formation must have a key point.

If the key to the formation is revealed, no formation can withstand it.

—This is what her senior brother once taught her about formations.

The method her senior brother taught her to break the formation, besides using brute force to overcome all techniques, was to calm her mind and remain composed. No matter how varied or unpredictable the formation might be, it could not escape the principle of "the essence remains the same despite all changes".

A glint of malice flashed in Mu Gongfeng's eyes: "Such a strange and elusive movement technique, I have never encountered anything like it before... It seems that this young girl has quite a bit of luck!"

The Divine Wind Arrow Technique, this mysterious movement technique, and the inheritance that Rong Shu received in the Liufang Tower sixty years ago... Mu Gongfeng's breathing became rapid.

As long as we capture Rong Shu! Capture her!

You can find out by searching!

To be used by the Mu family!

To be used by him!

"what--"

Rong Shu exhaled a breath onto his slightly frozen hands, then made a fist with his left hand and punched a corner of the formation!

"It's useless! With your cultivation level, you can't break this Heavenly Net Earth Binding Formation..." Mu Gongfeng's sinister smile had just begun to rise when he froze the next second.

"How can it be?!"

A ray of golden light flashed from the heart-protecting bell worn on Rong Shu's left wrist, and an array inside popped out, with golden array patterns imprinted on the trapping array.

A ripple appeared on the surface of the trapping formation, and Rong Shu's figure flashed out like a fish entering a river or sea.

The key point of the formation? It was found effortlessly!

Although she couldn't break through it with brute force in a short time, the formation left by her senior brother could.

While continuously using the Ethereal Steps, Rong Shu raised the middle finger at Mu Gongfeng: "Bye-bye, old dog Mu! Ah~ the nameless little formation left by my senior brother is really useful..."

An unnamed minor formation?

They broke the Heavenly Net and Earthly Binding Formation so easily?

Mu Gongfeng felt a surge of hot blood rush to the top of his head, but he forcibly suppressed it and calmed the restless blood energy within his body.

Once the blood and qi become agitated, it can easily shorten one's lifespan!

That blond-haired girl! That little rascal!

He absolutely has to catch this little bastard! He'll tear him to pieces! He'll skin him alive and rip his soul out!