"I really dislike hearing that," an icy voice spoke, evidently very unsatisfied with Xiang Qiuxu’s words.
Everyone was stunned to find that the speaker was Immortal Luo Hua of the Sky Saber Sect.
What was happening?
Immortal Luo Hua was known throughout the Ascension Realm as a cold and solitary figure, even Sect Masters of major sects hardly caught her eye, so how could she possibly speak up for a minor Sect Master from the Taoist Realm, especially in defense of his annihilating Changyan Academy?
Seeing that it was Immortal Luo Hua defending Ding Huan, Xiang Qiuxu immediately furrowed her brows.
Had it been someone else, she wouldn’t have even bothered to respond.
But Immortal Luo Hua was different; although she didn’t consider herself much less beautiful than Immortal Luo Hua, it was Luo Hua who was recognized as the number one beauty of the Ascension Realm.
For women, whether mere mortal women or divine maidens, talent and all else were secondary — appearance was always paramount.
Taking a deep breath, Xiang Qiuxu tried hard to suppress her inner fury,
"Sister Luo Hua, all the women of the Twin Phoenix Tower are shameless. The destruction of Twin Phoenix Tower by Changyan Academy was to cleanse the Ascension Realm of filth.
And you’re defending Ding Huan, who destroyed Changyan Academy for some unworthy women of a brothel?"
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Immortal Luo Hua frigidly retorted,
"Everyone is born of parents; no one naturally enjoys staying in the Dual Cultivation Tower. They smile and please their patrons just to survive, which is already pitiful enough.
Yet, some people, for their own selfish reasons, have completely annihilated these women struggling at the bottom for survival. And here you are, speaking for their executioners. Where is your conscience?
Did your parents and sect teach you to be this kind of person? If one day you found yourself in their position, would you still think the same way?"
"You..." Xiang Qiuxu was so furious that her face turned ashen, comparing her to a lowly woman of the Dual Cultivation Tower.
Those familiar with Immortal Luo Hua were all stunned.
Gu Lianghui and Fan Lecang of the Sky Saber Sect knew precisely the kind of person Luo Hua was.
Immortal Luo Hua notoriously despised the women from the Dual Cultivation Tower, yet now she was arguing vehemently in their defense, which utterly overturned their understanding of her.
Gu Lianghui hurriedly sent a mental message to Luo Hua,
"Sister Luo Hua, you shouldn’t speak carelessly. Changyan Academy and Jiuyuan do have some connection, and now the City Lord Wang Pingdao of Jiuyuan City has been killed as well.
If your words reach Jiuyuan, I’m afraid you might lose hope in this matter."
Immortal Luo Hua simply answered,
"I never intended to enter Jiuyuan, Brother Gu, Brother Fan, I take my leave."
With that, Immortal Luo Hua turned and left.
Her departure left everyone gaping.
Jiuyuan was about to recruit disciples above the Void God Realm here, and Immortal Luo Hua had a great chance.
Given her astonishing talent and status as one of the Ten Great True Gods, she casually rejected such an opportunity.
If anyone else had been arguing with Xiang Qiuxu, someone would have already come forward to support Xiang Qiuxu.
But it was Immortal Luo Hua who argued with her, and even after Luo Hua had left, no one stood up for her.
"Brother Gu, have you noticed that Sister Luo Hua has seemed quite different since coming back from the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield?" Fan Lecang cautiously spoke beside Gu Lianghui.
Gu Lianghui sighed—anyone who wasn’t blind could see it.
Previously, Luo Hua would never have entertained such matters, let alone confront Xiang Qiuxu in person.
Moreover, while Immortal Luo Hua used to act purely on her whims, now she chose selectively what to get involved in.
Previously, seizing resources was a matter of course for someone like Immortal Luo Hua.
In the Triple Heaven Star Land, it should be the survival of the fittest.
Now, Immortal Luo Hua considered what actions were permissible and which were not.
In fact, not just Immortal Luo Hua, but he and Fan Lecang were also unknowingly changing somewhat—they just hadn’t realized it yet.
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"Qiujian, you go to Ten Thousand Treasures City to purchase some necessities, I need to find a place to craft some talismans."
Before entering Ten Thousand Treasures City, Ding Huan was already planning to find an Earth Fire Vein to craft talismans.
Fu Qijian laughed,
"In that case, we don’t even need to enter Ten Thousand Treasures City, I know a place in the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield with top-notch Earth Fire."
"Was it your master again?" Ding Huan asked.
"Yes, I haven’t been to the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield myself." Fu Qijian concluded, handing over a Jade Scroll to Ding Huan.
As Ding Huan’s Divine Will was about to scan the Jade Scroll, a faint voice inquired,
"Who killed Wang Pingdao?"
Following this, Ding Huan and Fu Qijian saw a male and a female approaching.
Two Earth Immortals? Ding Huan’s gaze slightly narrowed.
Fu Qijian was an Immortal at perfect completion, but his strength was definitely enough to stand up against an early-stage Earth Immortal.
These two were not only Earth Immortals but were likely no ordinary ones.
Ding Huan, who practiced the Great Universe Technique, could see even more clearly.
The man was probably in the early stage of Earth Immortal, but the woman’s strength might be in the middle stage of Earth Immortal.
"It was I, Fu, who killed him." Fu Qijian, not caring in the least, stared directly at the two.
"Not bad, cultivated to perfect completion of Immortal, with a solid foundation and thick Dao Rhythm. Someone like you ought to join Jiuyuan, so why oppose it?"
The man scanned Fu Qijian with a look of awe in his eyes,
and Fu Qijian calmly said, "I have no intention of opposing Jiuyuan."
The man gave a slight smile,
"Whether you oppose Jiuyuan or not isn’t for you or me to say, just come with us. Once we get to Jiuyuan, you can speak there."
After speaking, his gaze shifted to Ding Huan,
"And you, come with me too. You’re young, but quite ruthless."
Fu Qijian looked at Ding Huan and asked, "Ding Huan, what do you say?"
Ding Huan chuckled,
"Even Mr. Ding can’t be bothered with a godforsaken place like Jiuyuan."
Fu Qijian laughed out loud, "Then they surely can’t bother Fu Lord either."
"You brash young fool, merely provoking with words..." the man said, already lunging toward Fu Qijian.
The woman didn’t move at all, evidently believing her companion capable of handling Ding Huan and Fu Qijian alone.
Fu Qijian didn’t retreat; instead, he summoned the Great Ruins Sword and slashed out a curtain of swords.
But Ding Huan saw clearly, behind Fu Qijian’s sword curtain, a surging Sword River was hidden.
Anyone caught by this Sword River, even an Earth Immortal, would be in deep trouble.
"Chong Jie, be careful of this guy," the distant woman said, obviously noticing Fu Qijian’s Sword River and warning her companion.
Chong Jie laughed heartily,
"Such insignificant skills, daring to show off before me, Chong Jie," he said.
He suddenly produced a Ten Thousand Blade Halberd in his hand, and as the oppressive aura of slaughter was stimulated, it locked down the space around them.
At this moment, Fu Qijian had two options: first, to keep intensifying his Gale Sword River, second, to retract the Sword River and block the more sharp-edged slaughter from Chong Jie.
However, Fu Qijian acted as if oblivious to Chong Jie’s ability to easily slaughter him with the Dao Rhythm of Ten Thousand Halberds, letting the Gale Sword River not only persist but grow even more fierce.
He was certain that Ding Huan would once again employ that Divine Will Ability they had used against their enemies before, striking the flow before the opponent’s power could fully form.
It was an understanding that needed no reminder.
"Seeking death," Chong Jie sneered, his aura of Divine Power becoming even more ferocious.
Just as the two Divine Ability Rhythms were about to clash, Chong Jie’s expression suddenly changed.
His savage aura of Ten Thousand Halberds was blasting forth when suddenly a vortex of killing intent exploded in the middle of his Divine Power Domain.
Next moment, his Divine Power Domain abruptly shattered, his surging aura dissipating like scattered sand, while at that moment, Fu Qijian’s Gale Sword River with millions of sword lights had completely rolled over.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
True Yuan exploded.
To the onlookers, this clash of Divine Powers seemed brutally violent, but Chong Jie knew better than anyone that he had utterly lost.
His Ten Thousand Halberds were left with only momentum, posing no threat to Fu Qijian.
Meanwhile, wave upon wave of sword curtains in Fu Qijian’s Gale Sword River relentlessly bombarded him.
Puff, puff, puff!
A series of blood swords burst open, enveloping Chong Jie in a cloud of blood mist.
Chong Jie retreated frantically, knowing that if he was a moment later and caught by the opponent’s Sword River, he would be reduced to rubble.
He had to escape the onslaught of the sword curtain waves immediately.
Seeing this, the woman’s complexion changed, and she directly lunged at Fu Qijian.
"Qijian, let’s go," Ding Huan said, knowing they definitely couldn’t kill Chong Jie under these circumstances.
This time, his and Fu Qijian’s combined strike had taken Chong Jie by surprise, leaving him with little combat strength.
Without the woman’s interference, they could have easily killed Chong Jie.
By logical reasoning, the two together shouldn’t fear the woman,
but his calculations unequivocally advised against staying here.
Without needing Ding Huan’s command, Fu Qijian had already jumped onto the Aurora Shuttle summoned by Ding Huan.
The Aurora Shuttle became a beam of light shooting towards the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield.
"Enforcer Wei, thank you. If it weren’t for you, I would have been done for today."
Chong Jie realized that it wasn’t that he was much worse than Fu Qijian, but that Ding Huan, that mere ant, had ensnared him from the side.
Not to mention, that Divine Will Ability was truly formidable.
Once he captured Ding Huan, that ant, he would definitely force him to reveal that Divine Will Ability.
"We probably won’t reach the Heaven-Splitting Battlefield before she catches us."
Fu Qijian, standing on the Aurora Shuttle, calmly observed the advancing mid-stage Earth Immortal.
"Hehe, she isn’t capable of that, nor are we fleeing because of her."
Ding Huan, finishing his statement, threw out several talismans, further accelerating the Aurora Shuttle.
Ding Huan’s cultivation was at the Star Transformation Realm, and in terms of Divine Will, he wouldn’t be weaker than a common Earth Immortal.
Now, Ding Huan had secretly set up several talismans in the air, and even Jiuyuan’s woman hadn’t noticed.
"Boom, boom, boom!" As the woman charged into the area where Ding Huan had placed the talismans, a series of explosive sounds erupted.