Why did you provoke her? Even Heaven itself is afraid of her.

Nie Qianqian looked at Jiang Ruohan and spoke her mind.

Jiang Ruohan met Nie Qianqian's angry eyes and saw Ling Yun's figure.

No, impossible, the person in front of me is definitely not Ling Yun.

Then he looked at Ling Yun.

She remained calmly standing in the same spot, without a trace of the familiar figure she once knew.

"I remembered."

"What did you remember? Why are you so startled?"

Ling Xiao suddenly spoke up, startling everyone around him.

"I felt that woman looked familiar from the beginning. It turns out she was Xiao Qi's personal maid."

At this point, everyone could clearly sense that Ling Xiao's expression was somewhat off.

Then, Ling Xiao roughly told them Jiang Ruohan's identity.

It would have been better if they hadn't heard it, because as soon as they did, all the Ling family members' faces turned rather ugly.

Damn it, the Ling family is an ungrateful wretch.

If I had known, I should have taught her a lesson earlier and vented my anger for Xiao Qi.

"Your current cultivation level is all thanks to the Ling family."

"You, what do you want to do?"

Suddenly, Nie Qianqian raised the long sword in her hand. Jiang Ruohan sensed danger and looked at her in horror.

"Ah~"

The sound of the dantian shattering, accompanied by a scream, pierced the ears of everyone present.

Jiang Ruohan's face was contorted in extreme pain as she screamed in agony, her face pale and bloodless.

Because of the pain, his body trembled uncontrollably, and he clenched his teeth tightly.

Tears streamed down her cheeks.

"Seventh Junior Sister!"

No one expected that Nie Qianqian would actually cripple Jiang Ruohan.

"Bitch, what did you do to me?"

Jiang Ruohan felt the spiritual energy rapidly draining from her body, and could no longer sense the spiritual energy around her. She stared at Nie Qianqian with a ferocious expression, her voice filled with hoarseness and anger.

"I'm just taking what doesn't belong to you."

After rescuing Jiang Ruohan, although she was originally the owner's maid, the Ling family never mistreated her.

After she was able to cultivate, she received everything that a Ling family disciple should have; she was never treated unfairly.

Otherwise, how could she have come into contact with cultivation?

An ungrateful wretch is better off without.

"Bitch, I'm going to kill you."

Jiang Ruohan went mad and grabbed a long sword from the ground, stabbing it at Nie Qianqian.

Unfortunately, she has lost her cultivation now. Even if she still had it, she would be no match for Nie Qianqian. How could she possibly touch Nie Qianqian?

"Ah! My hand! My hand!"

The next second, Nie Qianqian snatched the long sword from her hand and ruthlessly severed Jiang Ruohan's tendons.

"Death is too easy for you. I'll make you wish you were dead."

Looking at Jiang Ruohan in great pain, he felt no pleasure whatsoever.

He turned to look at Venerable Hongyang.

"What do you want to do?"

As expected of a Heavenly Realm expert, Venerable Hongyang showed no fear whatsoever when facing Nie Qianqian, whose cultivation was stronger than his own.

"When you learned that you had crippled my cultivation, did you feel even a trace of remorse?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Venerable Hongyang frowned, his eyes filled with doubt.

He only ever crippled the cultivation of one person in his entire life, and that was his former disciple, Ling Yun.

But......

His gaze fell on Ling Yun, and their eyes met.

Her eyes were unfamiliar, as if she were an outsider.

Looking at Nie Qianqian again, her eyes held anger, desolation, and resentment.

He had seen that look in Ling Yun's eyes before.

However, this person was not Ling Yun.

What exactly is going on?

"Who are you anyway?"

Venerable Hongyang asked.

"Who am I? Don't you have any idea?"

Nie Qianqian said sarcastically.

In her second life, her master recognized her at a glance in the crowd, even though she had disguised herself as someone else.

What? You don't recognize me now?

She doesn't believe it.

Her master knew her too well. She had already revealed herself so obviously, how could he not recognize her?

As expected, Venerable Hongyang's eyes widened. Although he was shocked, he quickly calmed down, and a glint of "just as I thought" flashed in his eyes.

But more often than not, it was an unexpected turn of events.

He didn't understand.

Lingyun was right in front of him, but now he was being told that this Lingyun was not the same Lingyun.

"It seems you already understand."

"What exactly do you want?"

Venerable Hongyang's expression was rather unpleasant.

He was completely outmatched by his own apprentice.

How can this not make him feel bad?

Ye Tian and the others, however, were completely confused.

Who exactly is this woman?

"So what? I don't want anything in return; I'm just giving them a taste of their own medicine."

As she spoke, Nie Qianqian's face darkened, revealing a sinister expression.

Then, gathering the spiritual power within his body, he directly attacked Venerable Hongyang.

For the first time, Venerable Hongyang felt death approaching and awaited its arrival.

However, at the critical moment, a burst of spiritual energy dispersed Nie Qianqian's attack.

Then, Venerable Hongyang was taken away by a force and disappeared from the spot.

"who!"

"Young friend, it's wise to show mercy when possible; why push someone to the brink of death?"

"Who's playing tricks? Show yourself if you dare!"

Nie Qianqian was furious that Venerable Hongyang did not get the result she wanted.

Ling Yun's expression also looked unpleasant.

It was truly wonderful that they managed to save the person right in front of her.

"Get off here."

A powerful spiritual force shot straight into the sky.

The next second, with a loud bang, a figure crashed down.

"Cough cough... Ouch~ I almost fell and killed this old man."

An elderly man with white hair slowly got up; apart from some minor injuries, he was otherwise unharmed.

Upon seeing the ancestor, Ling Yun and Mo Yu both showed a look of confusion.

This person's cultivation level...

"You little brat, you have quite the temper! Look what you've done to this old man! Ouch, my old bones are ruined!"

"Master!"

Ye Tian and the others were clearly surprised when they saw who had come.

He then breathed a sigh of relief.

Ling Yun then realized who this person was.

Venerable Yuanxiu was the master of Venerable Hongyang.

But why did he emerge from seclusion at this time?

The two previous incarnations of Venerable Yuanxiu only emerged from seclusion at the moment of her death.

He reprimanded Venerable Hongyang on behalf of the original owner, but what happened afterward was unknown to the original owner.

Because her life had come to an end.

Her only memory of him was that he tried to save her in their first life, but it was too late.

Venerable Yuanxiu was forced to leave seclusion only after he sensed that Venerable Hongyang's life stone had developed cracks.

After he emerged from seclusion, he learned everything from the sect leader.

He was furious when he heard this.

No matter how bad one's grand-disciple is, what master would not ask if there is a reason to help their disciple?

He didn't teach his apprentices that way.

He was still my own apprentice, and no matter how angry or dissatisfied I was, I couldn't just stand by and watch him meet with misfortune.

He had no choice but to come to the rescue.

This led to the scene at the beginning.

"Master!"

Venerable Hongyang looked at Venerable Yuanxiu with difficulty.

"Hmph! You still have the nerve to call me master?"