“There’s also the ‘Falling Sun Sect’—you definitely don’t want to mess with them…”
“And there’s more…”
Yuan Shouyi droned on for over half an hour, continuously telling Jiang Ke’er and the others… who they couldn’t provoke and who they must avoid.
Looking around, there wasn’t a single faction they could afford to offend.
“Master, then what exactly are we here for?” Xuanyang interrupted Yuan Shouyi, complaining, “If we can’t offend anyone, we might as well go do manual labor!”
“You brat! How dare you talk back? I’m only doing this for your own good!”
Xuanyang opened his mouth to retort but ultimately didn’t dare argue with Yuan Shouyi. Still, he looked clearly dissatisfied, holding back a simmering frustration.
Jiang Ke’er thought for a moment and said, “I think they’re pretty weak.”
“Pretty weak…”
“Weak…”
“…”
What was that? Where was the echo coming from?
Why had it suddenly gone so quiet?
Jiang Ke’er looked up and scanned the surroundings.
Unbeknownst to her, the battlefield where the two powerful teams were facing off had quietly moved closer—right to where she and the others were!
More precisely, because a third powerful team had joined, the standoff zone expanded, engulfing Jiang Ke’er and her group within it.
And the members of this third team… the more Jiang Ke’er looked, the more familiar they seemed.
They were wearing robes from the Zhi Xue Sect, Kuanglong Hall, Luo’e Pill Sect, Demon Dispelling Pill Sect, and Duan Kong Sword Sect—five major sects—and all bore the armbands of Chief Disciples.
Clearly, this was an ultra-powerful team formed by the Taiming Sect’s arch-enemies, gathering the strongest Five Elements Realm experts from the Dan Sect Alliance.
They deliberately pushed the Taiming Sect team into the spotlight at precisely the moment Jiang Ke’er casually said, “They’re pretty weak.”
Now things were going to get interesting.
Yuan Shouyi slapped his face in frustration.
Great, the hostility was instantly at maximum.
All his rambling earlier was for nothing~
At this moment, Jiang Ke’er raised an eyebrow. “What? What are you all staring at? Keep staring and see what happens… uh…”
Yuan Shouyi hurriedly covered Jiang Ke’er’s mouth.
“Sorry, sorry!” he quickly apologized.
“Heard we’re weak?”
The Heavenly Gate Sect and Fireblade Squad approached slowly, each step radiating terrifying pressure.
They wore mocking smiles as they and the Dan Sect Alliance team closed in, surrounding Jiang Ke’er and the others.
“No, no! My little disciple was just talking about others!” Yuan Shouyi forced a smile, utterly lacking the aura of a sect leader, repeatedly apologizing while waving his hand to pull Jiang Ke’er and the others away.
“Is that so?” The Dan Sect Alliance disciples stepped forward, blocking the Taiming Sect squad’s escape route.
Behind them were Bloodpill Ancestor, Luo’e, Dai Tian… and all the top-tier combatants of the Dan Sect Alliance.
There was no doubt: they came with ill intent.
Not just ill intent—they intended to devour this batch from Taiming Sect on the spot.
“Long time no see… Lucky Bag Messenger.” Bloodpill Ancestor looked toward Jiang Ke’er.
Obviously, Jiang Ke’er’s clumsy disguise technique was no match for him. He saw through her identity at a glance.
“Long time no see, everyone. Is it just that you’ve grown too old and bored?” Jiang Ke’er smiled back, “Have you been behaving and diligently doing Pill Refinement these days? If not, I might have to reveal some Dan Fang~”
【Received 3000 villain points from Bloodpill Ancestor/Luo’e/Dai Tian…】
“…”
The sect leaders were hit right on the sore spot, instantly rendered speechless in anger.
Yuan Shouyi quickly went into a frenzy, tightly covering Jiang Ke’er’s mouth.
“Little ancestor, please say less… Everyone, any grudges should be settled after this Secret Realm ends!”
Bloodpill Ancestor smiled ambiguously. “Fine!”
However, just as tensions with the Dan Sect Alliance slightly eased, the Heavenly Gate Sect and Fireblade Squad immediately stepped up to intensify the situation.
“I don’t care about your grudges, but I just heard someone say we’re weak,” the Fireblade Squad captain, clearly hot-tempered, slammed his heavy hammer forward with a vicious grin.
“Who said that? Come out and prove it! Let’s settle this with a real fight!”
“Ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh!” Jiang Ke’er struggled wildly, trying to speak, but this time Yuan Shouyi resolutely wouldn’t release her mouth.
If she said one more word, it would probably spark a world war.
At that moment, a chilling and immense aura suddenly exploded outwards, sweeping across the entire scene with an invincible presence!
The three powerful teams were shocked, a surge of crisis creeping up their spines, making their hairs stand on end.
They instinctively drew their weapons and went on high alert!
This was an undeniably formidable expert!
Yet in the next instant, the aura was completely withdrawn, as if it had never appeared.
Effortlessly controlled.
Her intention was clearly only to intimidate.
Everyone around stared wide-eyed toward the source of the aura, on edge and sweating at the back of their necks, reluctant to lower their weapons.
“Whoever she says is weak, is weak.”
After retracting her aura, Qian Yue spoke coolly, disdainfully sweeping her gaze around.
“The strong never care about others’ opinions. Only trash spends their days groveling over insults… Have you all been so wounded in pride?”
The Fireblade Squad captain had just recovered from his shock and then burst into wild laughter, excitement written all over his face.
“Interesting. Now this is interesting!”
“…”
The Heavenly Gate Sect members fell silent, stepping back slightly—a sign of respect for a worthy opponent, showing reluctance to clash.
The Dan Sect Alliance members swallowed nervously.
Only they knew that their mission here with the Taiming Sect team was a matter of life and death.
Their objective was to kill that Lucky Bag Messenger at all costs.
But in all their intelligence, none had ever mentioned that such a terrifying powerhouse was hidden within this team!
Previously, they believed only Xuanyang was a real fighter.
Xiao Ming and Xiao Ri combined were only as strong as Xuanyang.
With the Dan Sect Alliance’s numbers overwhelming them, they expected an easy victory, perhaps even without injuries.
But adding this woman changed everything.
The intelligence was wrong—a massive blunder!
Still, it shouldn’t be a problem. That aura was powerful but not so overwhelming as to be invincible. With caution, it was only a slightly tougher challenge.
Jiang Ke’er, still gagged, stretched out her hand toward Qian Yue’s back.
Though moved by Qian Yue’s domineering and heroic aura, Jiang Ke’er remembered Qian Yue was injured.
That sudden forceful aura release had likely caused her some harm.
Qian Yue looked strong on the surface but was actually fragile inside. In actual combat, she probably couldn’t bring out her full strength.
Jiang Ke’er hurriedly began to help circulate spiritual energy to soothe her.
That aura had given Jiang Ke’er a strong déjà vu of Qiao Xiaoxian, but the nature of the aura and spiritual power were clearly different, so Jiang Ke’er quickly discarded the thought.
“The gate has opened!”
Everyone’s spirits lifted, breaking free from the brief skirmish.
Light flickered, revealing a towering giant gate within the radiance.
The giant gate slowly slid open to the sides, revealing the scene behind it.
It was a tower.
Standing on a floating island in the endless void was this tower.
A very ordinary tower.
Jiang Ke’er felt a bit disappointed, but the surrounding cultivators suddenly erupted in excitement!
Even Yuan Shouyi’s face was filled with intense excitement and ecstasy—so much so that he lost all composure!