The villain, Xiao Nanliang, caused the female lead excruciating pain.

The sudden attacks from all directions clearly caught the group of men in black off guard.

Several men in black were instantly blasted to dust, but the leader managed to escape by shielding his men in front of him.

Just as they were filled with doubt and surprise, a loud shout came from the mountains and forests.

"You scourges of the black market, today is your death day!"

Du Yunyi led her team out and engaged in battle with the men in black.

People from the black market?!

Ruo Bingli's eyes turned cold. As an elder of the Qingyun Sect, she naturally knew about the malignant tumor that was the black market.

In fact, many disciples of the Bamboo Peak Sect have mysteriously disappeared, suspected of being captured by the black market.

Ruobingli recognized the girl who had run past earlier.

That was a disciple of the sect leader of the Ten Thousand Saints Sect.

Judging from her condition, she seems to have been poisoned.

Even with Du Yunyi blocking her way from behind, she didn't dare to turn back and ran away with all her might.

Seeing the direction she was heading, Ruobingli frowned, but considering that the other party was also a righteous person, she didn't stop her.

The battle in the rear proceeded quickly. Taking advantage of the first strike, the remaining men in black were quickly wiped out by the Yunmiao Immortal Sect, leaving only the man in black who was leading the group.

Surrounded by a group of people, he remained calm and frowned as he looked at Du Yunyi.

"Sect Leader Du, is your Yunmiao Immortal Sect going to war with my black market?"

"Enough with the nonsense. You black market scoundrels deserve to be killed by everyone."

Du Yunyi had already guessed that the person opposite her was the sect leader of the Wansheng Sect, who had publicly stated that he was in seclusion.

She needed to catch them in the act so that she could have evidence to unite with the other two major sects to besiege the Myriad Saints Sect.

Too lazy to waste words with him, I simply led my men to surround and attack him.

Then, Zhao Wuji's burst of combat power shocked her.

This person was actually at the half-step Nascent Soul stage.

Miscalculation!

"Hehehe, if we capture Sect Leader Du and auction him off, he could probably fetch an astronomical price."

Despite being surrounded by a group of people, Zhao Wuji handled the situation with ease, and even considered capturing them all to make a fortune.

He wasn't in a hurry to capture Fang Ziling; she had already been poisoned and wouldn't get far.

It's not too late to pursue them after we've captured these top-quality goods.

Du Yunyi gritted her teeth, preparing to use her secret technique to lead everyone to escape.

But at that moment, an astonishing sword aura suddenly attacked from the side, instantly splitting the previously arrogant Zhao Wuji and his nascent soul in two.

The dignified sect leader of the Ten Thousand Saints Sect didn't even have time to react before he died instantly.

Du Yunyi: ...

Turning her head to look in the direction from which the sword energy came, she saw a masked woman glance at her before disappearing in a flash.

woman?

A young woman?

A young woman who can instantly kill someone who is halfway to the Nascent Soul stage?

Is this Ruobingli?

She is the only woman in the entire Eastern Region with this level of strength.

Du Yunyi's eyes darkened slightly.

She remembered her obedient son saying that he had died at the hands of this woman in his previous life.

She glanced deeply in the direction Ruobingli had left, then looked back at the corpse that had been split vertically in two on the ground. She ordered someone to pack up the body and then went after Fang Ziling.

With the physical evidence of Zhao Wuji's body, plus personal testimony, that should be enough to expose the Wansheng Sect.

……

In the swamp forest, Su Qi walked alone, glancing around from time to time to look for any pillars of luck belonging to the female protagonist.

To his disappointment, nothing happened.

Moreover, he clearly noticed that Ruo Bingli's divine sense, which had been locking onto him, had disappeared.

How is this going?

Before he could figure it out, he saw a girl in front of him clutching her chest and stumbling forward.

His face was pale and his lips were bluish; he must have been poisoned.

Upon recognizing that she was not a disciple of Qingyun Sect participating in this training exercise, Su Qi frowned.

Could it be that in the original storyline, Ye Feng saved her?

But... what about the pillar of fortune?

After repeatedly confirming that the woman indeed had no pubic hair, Su Qi immediately lost interest.

Just as I was about to leave, I found that the familiar feeling had returned.

It's Ruobingli!

Su Qi's eyes flickered slightly. In front of this woman, he still had to maintain his cold-faced but warm-hearted persona.

So, he stopped in his tracks, which were about to leave.

Seeing that the woman finally couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed to the ground with a thud, he pretended to be reluctant and carefully approached her.

This scene reminded Ruobingli, who was hiding in the shadows, of her time in the Southern Region.

I suddenly fainted and was then dragged back to the cave by Su Qi.

So, having already been hurt by this, what choice will he make this time?

Su Qi stopped two meters away, picked up a dry branch from the ground, and timidly poked it at the girl.

The girl hadn't fainted yet, she was just exhausted. She felt someone poking her and turned her head with difficulty.

Seeing that the newcomer was a cute and charming "young girl" wearing the Qingyun Sect's disciple's robes, she felt that the person didn't seem like a bad person, and a glint of light flashed in her eyes.

"help me……"

"Can't you move?"

Su Qi asked curiously.

The girl nodded weakly.

Then... she saw the "girl" opposite her, who had originally looked innocent, reveal an evil smile, begin to exude a black aura, and suddenly pull out a dagger.

"Hehehe... Then don't blame me!"

"You...you're a demonic cultivator?!"

The girl's expression changed from astonishment to terror. She struggled to get up, but couldn't. She could only watch as Su Qi approached her step by step.

When Ruobingli saw this scene, her heart sank.

Did I still fail to change him?

He took a deep breath, ready to intervene.

As Su Qi walked up to him and raised his dagger, the gleaming white blade gleamed coldly in the sunlight.

The girl's face showed endless despair, and she closed her eyes unwillingly.

Just as Ruobingli was about to make her move, she was shocked to find that Su Qi had deviated from his direction as he thrust the stab.

Upon closer inspection, Ruobingli realized that there was a strange insect crawling on the girl's neck, and that was the dagger's target.

Her previously tense heart immediately relaxed. Ruobingli was extremely gratified, it seemed that her teachings these past few days had been effective.

Feeling the blade graz her neck, the girl opened her eyes in shock. Only when she saw the insects on the ground did she realize that the person's target was not her.

"Thank you... thank you..."

Su Qi ignored her, examined the insects closely, and then looked at the wound on her neck.

"It looks like a poisonous insect; the place where you were bitten has turned black."

The girl was stunned. Before she could react, she saw that Su Qi had made a small cut on her neck.

Then... Su Qi actually put his mouth close and helped suck out the poison.

The girl was completely stunned, and in a daze, she recalled a scene from the past.

That happened many years ago. At that time, she was just a little girl who hadn't started cultivating yet. She went up the mountain to collect herbs for her mother but accidentally entered a formation and was then teleported to a strange place.

While searching for a way out, she was accidentally bitten by a venomous snake.

In her despair, a beautiful older woman saved her by sucking out the drugs with her mouth.

After that, her older sister took meticulous care of her for a period of time, and then her older sister's mother came back and sent her away.

Later, she joined the Wansheng Sect.

It wasn't until a few years ago, when she was sent to the Yunmiao Immortal Sect by her master, that she learned that her older sister's mother was actually Su Yun, the sect leader of the Yunmiao Immortal Sect, and that her older sister was not an older sister at all, but an older brother who looked like an older sister.

Thinking of this, the girl's eyes dimmed, and a sense of loneliness flashed in them.

She only recently learned that the kind older brother who had saved her life had been murdered.