She became a god

The speaker was none other than Zhao Huai'an, the lord of Qingcheng.

Xiyu recalled her cane, frowned, and said, "Zhao Huai'an, this is a matter for my Canghai Pavilion, and it has nothing to do with you."

"The incident occurred at the gate of Qingcheng. How can I, the city lord, ignore it?"

Actually, if Ye Qingzhou hadn't escaped to the door with Ye Mengying, Zhao Huai'an wouldn't have planned to make a direct move.

Although he was persuaded by Ye Qingzhou, he had no intention of becoming an enemy of Canghai Pavilion.

But Xiyu had already chased him all the way to the city gate. If he didn't intervene, all the cultivators in the world would probably really think that he was colluding with Canghai Pavilion.

In order to protect Qingcheng's reputation and to demonstrate his stance, Zhao Huai'an had no choice but to step forward.

Unfortunately, Yu had no idea what was going on. She only thought that Zhao Huai'an was arrogant and dared not take Canghai Pavilion seriously. She immediately shouted, "Zhao Huai'an, leave at once and do not obstruct the actions of Canghai Pavilion!"

Zhao Huai'an was also a local tyrant, how could he allow someone with a lower cultivation level than himself to point fingers at him?

"Within Qingcheng, I, Zhao Huai'an, am the ruler."

After saying that, he circulated his spiritual energy, revealing his cultivation level of the Great Perfection of the Void Refinement stage.

Xiyu was not afraid at all. As a peerless genius who had crossed two major realms in one fell swoop, from the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage to the Refinement stage, her arrogance was no less than that of Zhao Huai'an.

Zhao Huai'an also knew how powerful Xi Yu was, a cultivator who could skip the Nascent Soul stage and go straight to the Void Refinement stage.

But he is a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Void Refinement stage. If he were to be intimidated by a few harsh words from Xiyu, who is only at the early stage of the Void Refinement stage, his prestige would surely plummet.

At their level of cultivation, their prestige is not to be offended.

"In that case, I would like to ask City Lord Zhao to help me consolidate my Void Refinement stage."

Hearing Xiyu regard him as a whetstone, Zhao Huai'an flew into a rage and said, "Today I will definitely beat you until your cultivation level drops!"

Having said that, he thrust his long spear through the wind, aiming for Xiyu.

Xiyu, holding a cane, started fighting with Zhao Huai'an.

As the two Void Refinement stage experts clashed, the surrounding environment was also affected by the fluctuations, and all the flowers, plants, and trees lost their vitality.

Ye Qingzhou quickly summoned the Mirror of Love and Lust to protect himself and Ye Mengying.

Ye Mengying's eyes flickered, and she said softly, "Ye Qingzhou, I accept your affection."

Ye Qingzhou chuckled, "Fellow Daoist, just don't forget the reward money, and remember to thank City Lord Zhao afterwards."

"It's natural."

Unfortunately, they can't escape now.

If they stay here, Xiyu will still be wary of Zhao Huai'an and won't dare to make a move.

If they escape, Xiyu will definitely take action and injure them.

We can only wait for Zhao Huai'an to defeat Xiyu.

However, the two women believed that Zhao Huai'an was a sure winner, so they were not in a hurry to leave.

At first, Xiyu was able to keep up with Zhao Huai'an, but as time went on, Xiyu gradually fell into a disadvantageous position.

Actually, this is quite normal.

Xiyu had just entered the Void Refining stage, and was so much more advanced than Zhao Huai'an; it would be strange if she won.

Xi Yu, however, remained calm and smiled, "Xiao Feng, why don't you come and help!"

If Xiaofeng could come, Ye Qingzhou couldn't help but worry whether Chunjie and the others had successfully escaped or been captured.

Zhao Huai'an scoffed, "What use could someone at the early stage of the Void Refinement Realm and someone at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm combined?"

After he finished speaking, two five-dragon wheels attacked Zhao Huai'an. He had just used his spear to deflect them when his cane came right in front of him. He was caught off guard and had no choice but to use his inner energy to deflect them.

Xiaofeng knew when to stop, put away the Five Dragon Wheels, and said with a smile, "Lord Zhao, you flatter me."

Zhao Huai'an's expression turned unfriendly; he realized he had underestimated his opponent.

"You are not at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage at all."

The power of that attack was far beyond what a Nascent Soul stage cultivator could unleash.

"Lord Zhao has a good eye. I broke through to the Void Refinement stage three months ago, and became a Nascent Soul cultivator ten years ago. Your information is too outdated."

Two early-stage Void Refinement cultivators are indeed a bit troublesome.

But so what?

Having already made his move, Zhao Huai'an was determined to win, and to win spectacularly.

With a wave of his hand, two more magical treasures appeared: the Pure Yang Sword, a high-grade Earth-level offensive magical treasure, and the Giant Wood Flag, a high-grade Earth-level defensive magical treasure.

[Rich people! Extremely wealthy!]

Not only Ye Qingzhou sighed with admiration, but Ye Mengying also looked on with envy.

Including the Dragon-Tiger Spear, a high-grade Earth-level offensive magic weapon, Zhao Huai'an actually possesses three high-grade Earth-level magic weapons. Not to mention the Central Continent, even in the entire Yunying Continent, there are no more than a hundred cultivators with more magic weapons than him, and most of these hundred cultivators must be patriarchs of various families and sects.

Xiyu and Xiaofeng also looked troubled. Although the magic treasures they had were also of the high-grade earth level, they only had two in total, and their cultivation levels were weaker than Zhao Huai'an's.

This battle is unlikely to be won.

But this war must be fought.

The two women exchanged a glance and immediately decided to unleash a formation. Under the great formation, nothing could hide.

Ye Qingzhou increased his spiritual energy and channeled it into the Fengyue Treasure Mirror. Ye Mengying used what was available, broke off a leaf, and played music to block the aftershocks.

This formation was incredibly powerful and unprecedented, so Zhao Huai'an dared not underestimate it.

Protected by the giant wooden banner, the Dragon-Tiger Spear and the Pure Yang Sword took turns attacking Xiyu and the other two.

The two maintained the great formation while using their magical weapons to fight the enemy.

With the support of the formation, the three fought back and forth.

But as time went on, Zhao Huai'an gradually figured out some of the tricks of the formation.

Seeing that Zhao Huai'an was about to break through the formation, Xiyu and Xiaofeng disregarded the backlash and immediately used their blood essence to strengthen the formation.

Zhao Huai'an sneered, threw the Dragon-Tiger Spear toward the center of the formation, and thrust the Pure Yang Sword toward the two men.

"Break it for me!"

The difference in cultivation level and magical artifacts allowed Zhao Huai'an to successfully break the formation, but the two women were injured, coughed up blood, and fell to the ground.

Just as the situation seemed to be settled, a palace silk ribbon descended from the sky, carrying boundless spiritual power, and attacked Zhao Huai'an.

"Zhao Huai'an, you are worthy to fight me."