Standing in the sky was a beautiful woman in her twenties, wearing an exquisite pink floral-patterned robe, with white hair, pale skin, ruby-red lips, amber eyes, a slim waist, and curvaceous curves. Her beauty could destroy nations.
For Nathan, she fell into the acceptable category; she was a little plain for his taste, but as the saying goes, if he were given the chance to be with this woman, he wouldn't turn her down.
— Have you no shame? How is it possible for a cultivator to attack a mortal? It seems the younger generations have lost all decency,- the enraged woman said.
The sound of her voice echoed throughout the area. The frightened Deng Shen trembled and spat out a mouthful of blood. Incredibly, he didn't move a muscle, not daring to offend the woman.
— Junior Mu Yubai greets Protector Shen Liling.- Elder Mu, ignoring his serious injuries, immediately bowed.
— Junior Deng Shen greets the eldest.
Even the bloodthirsty demonic cultivator Deng Shen bowed; one could see he was trembling with fear.
— Brat Mu, how is it possible you can't deal with a mere 1st Core cultivator, who hasn't even stabilized his foundations? You're a disgrace to your offspring.
— Cough.. Senior Shen, this junior feels very embarrassed. Cough.. Cough.. But this treacherous disciple uses demonic arts, surpassing a 3rd Core cultivator. — Old Mu could barely speak, let alone stand.
Shen Liling appeared at Old Mu's side, stabilized his wounds, and gave him a precious pill to heal his internal damage.
— If it weren't for the promise I made to your ancestor and taking your daughter as my disciple, I would never have intervened in a dispute on this low-class planet.
Deng Shen saw that the Elder was distracted treating Old Man Mu, and used a secret life-saving technique, the "Bloody Escape of the Cardinal Points," which would reduce her cultivation to the 8th level of Qi Solidification, and would greatly impair her future growth, but anything was better than death.
Immediately, several drops of blood flowed from his forehead. His entire body lost its color, becoming as dry as a mummy. In less than a second, the drops of blood disappeared with lightning speed in four different directions: north, south, east, and west.
— Senior Shen! She's trying to escape!- Old Mu shouted in shock.
— Don't get agitated, I've got everything under control. Just keep trying to stabilize your internal injuries.
Old Mu sighed and sat with his eyes closed while cultivating the rich healing energy from the pill Shen Liling gave him.
— "Apparently, they're treating me like air, which is good since I'll be able to get out of here".
— "It's a shame I don't have powers, because if I did, I would have made that pretty lady my wife by now." -Nathan practically ogled Shen Liling.
The beautiful Shen Liling floated into the sky and made strange hand seals, in which a small blue jade appeared.
Meanwhile, Nathan surreptitiously moved further and further away from the two people.
— Brat Mu, take this, - Shen Liling tossed the jade to Mu Yubai.
Elder Mu immediately opened his eyes and grabbed the jade, confused.
— Senior Shen, is this?
— It's a tracking jade. I captured the essence of that Deng Shen ant in it. No matter where on earth it hides, you'll be able to find it whenever you want.
— This Junior is very grateful for your kindness. If it weren't for your intervention, Mu Yurou, I would be crying at his father's grave.
— I only fulfilled the promise I made to your ancestor thousands of years ago, to protect his bloodline in a time of need. Now we owe each other nothing.
— As for your daughter and that scoundrel Ye Gui, they are safe in Tao's capital city. I personally arranged for them to enter the Imperial Sect, so they could benefit greatly from this misfortune.
Mu Yubai was dancing with excitement, as the Imperial Sect was one of the most influential on the continent, a bright future awaited anyone lucky enough to belong to it. His mere plum blossom sect from an insignificant country was nothing more than a fart compared to this superpower.
—Thank you! Thank you very much! Senior Shen, this contribution to the Mu family will be remembered for millennia. —Old Mu knelt and banged his head on the ground several times in gratitude.
—Stand up, brat, and don't be mistaken. I did this for my disciple, as she has great potential. If it weren't for the fact that she's too weak, and I still have things to resolve, I would have taught her personally.
—A mere imperial sect from a trash planet doesn't deserve any regard from this lady, but it will serve to lay the foundations for Mu Yurou, and as for that brat Ye Gui, I enrolled him only because your daughter is infatuated with him.
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Nathan had managed to slip away, which wasn't very difficult since they weren't paying attention to him. He was running through a lush forest, trying to get as far away as possible from these cultivators who could kill him with just a wave of their hand.
—"Now that I think about it carefully, how was it that I was able to teleport while falling from the sky toward the city? This isn't a dream after all."
Nathan stopped in his tracks and began to assess everything that had happened.
—"What an idiot I am! Out of fear, I overlooked it. Maybe I do have powers of some kind. Now the problem is knowing how to activate them, what kind of abilities I possess, and what the cost is for using them."
—"Let's test it out," Nathan imagined himself appearing on the other side of a large river in front of him.
He felt some of his mental strength drain, his vision distorted, and when he recovered, he was already on the other side of the river, all in less than a second.
—"Wow! This is incredible, ha ha ha ha ha," Nathan jumped with excitement.
—"Let's see what else I can do!"
He extended his right hand toward a small mountain in the distance, and imagined a large ball of fire forming around his index finger. It compressed to the size of a small coin and shot out at a speed that caused a loud bang.
¡Booooooooooooooommmmmmmm!
The small mountain exploded into the air, sending burning rocks tumbling in all directions.
Disbelieving what was happening, Nathan broke out in a cold sweat at the incredible power he possessed. If he didn't know how to control it, he could end up killing himself.
He took a deep breath, tried to calm himself as much as he could, and analyzed the situation.
— "It's too early to jump to conclusions, but it seems I can materialize things I imagine. If so, then I'm completely ruined!"
— "Although I feel a little sleepy, this must be the price of using the power, but the most important thing is that now I can think of a ton of possibilities I can do, ha ha ha ha ha."
Nathan laughed like a pervert, while rubbing his hands like a merchant who found the deal of his life.
—Fellow Cultivator, I wonder how I offended you! An enraged voice was heard, heading towards the mountain, which was completely destroyed.
It was a middle-aged, bald man with a large scar on his face, snake-like eyes, and a long black beard. His robes were in tatters. He was cultivating inside a cave on the desolate mountain, but he never imagined he would almost be burned to death due to the reckless attack of a cultivator who happened to be nearby.
— "Shit!! How am I so unlucky?!" Nathan immediately hid in a bush.
The enraged cultivator quickly emerged from the rubble and sent out his divine sense to see where the person who attacked him was, discovering that there were only spirit beasts and a strange mortal who resembled a barbarian inside some bushes.
— Fellow cultivator, why don't you show yourself? I'm not a spiteful person. I just want to know why you attacked me.
The man completely ignored Nathan's existence, as it was impossible for a mortal to perform a cultivation technique, much less an ignorant barbarian.
— If you don't want to show yourself, don't blame me for being ruthless!
The cultivator grabbed the sword on his back and launched a powerful slashing technique toward a nearby cloud.
A terrifying sword qi crashed into some kind of invisible wall, generating a series of fluctuations, and a beautiful white-haired woman emerged. This was Shen Liling.
— Who would have thought that following the descendant of knights would lead me directly to my redemption?
—...!