A surge of oppressive aura belonging to a supreme expert swept over them. The four individuals, who had just been arrogantly attempting to drain the cultivation of the frail young girl, felt their knees buckle, and they dropped straight to the ground.
“T-this… esteemed lord. W-we meant no offense!” The only woman among the four had tears welling up in her eyes as she looked at Mo Changxing with a coquettish gaze, speaking in a pitiful tone.
The corners of Mo Changxing’s lips curled slightly, revealing a cold smirk. With a flick of his finger, a streak of blue light struck the coquettish woman. Before she could even utter a sound, she collapsed lifelessly to the ground, her eyes wide open.
The remaining three watched as a living being perished in the blink of an eye, and an overwhelming fear surged within them.
In the eyes of a supreme expert, demons of their level were nothing more than ants.
“Spare us, my lord! Spare us!!!”
Overcome with terror, the three kowtowed repeatedly, begging for mercy.
Dark mist swirled in Mo Changxing’s eyes. With a wave of his hand, the three froze mid-kowtow. Moments later, their bodies stiffened and collapsed just like the woman who had been killed first.
The bodies of the four deceased demons gradually shrank, eventually reverting to their original forms.
Mo Changxing extended his hand toward the four corpses, and four exquisite orbs flew out from them, as if drawn by an invisible force, landing in his palm.
Gazing at the four translucent orbs in his hand, Mo Changxing frowned slightly in dissatisfaction.
These demons were far too weak. Even their inner cores would be considered inferior if given to his junior sister for absorption.
Watching the four demons perish instantly at Mo Changxing’s hands, Yun Qingxue clenched her fists beneath her sleeves.
This was the disparity in strength… this was the law of the jungle.
Wasn’t her current predicament the same as that of the four dead demons? Her weakness destined her to be at the mercy of the strong!
Though he found the quality of the four inner cores lacking, Mo Changxing carefully stored them away. After all, something was better than nothing.
The frail girl remained kneeling, witnessing the four demons who had tormented her meet their end in an instant. She watched as the ethereally handsome man collected their inner cores, then turned his cold, beautiful gaze upon her.
Mo Changxing’s fingers twitched slightly.
“My lord!” For the first time in her life, the frail girl mustered the courage to look directly at someone infinitely more powerful than herself.
An aura of noble indifference, tinged with faint killing intent, surrounded him.
With the four demons dead, the frail girl guessed she would be next.
Moreover, she knew her inner core would be taken after her death.
Mo Changxing raised an eyebrow slightly, pausing the lethal technique he was about to unleash. His icy gaze remained fixed on the frail girl.
The girl offered a sorrowful smile, then turned her gaze to Yun Qingxue, bowing deeply to her.
“Having trespassed upon Luoyun Mountain, I know I cannot escape death. But before I die, I have one wish.”
Yun Qingxue looked at the frail girl with complex emotions, an inexplicable feeling rising in her heart.
Upon closer inspection, the girl’s features bore a faint resemblance to Qiandai’s. However, perhaps due to her low cultivation, she lacked Qiandai’s heroic beauty, instead exuding timidity and caution.
The memory of Qiandai, who had died protecting her at Tongyun’s hands, sent a dull ache through Yun Qingxue’s heart.
“A wish?” Mo Changxing’s gaze was frigid as he regarded the girl. “Do you deserve to ask for one?”
“Let her speak!”
As soon as Mo Changxing’s emotionless words fell, Yun Qingxue blurted out her own.
Mo Changxing frowned but said nothing further. Nor did he immediately strike the frail girl down as he had the other four.
He silently acquiesced to Yun Qingxue’s decision.
Seizing the opportunity, the frail girl hurriedly spoke. “Knowing I cannot escape death, I wish to offer all my centuries of cultivation to Her Majesty the Flower Monarch. I beg Her Majesty not to disdain it!”
With that, she bowed deeply to Yun Qingxue once more. Raising her head, she smiled gently, then closed her eyes, quietly awaiting the moment of her demise.
Since death was inevitable, she was willing to offer the meager cultivation she possessed to the supreme Flower Monarch—to the monarch she had always revered!
Yun Qingxue’s gaze remained inscrutable as she watched the frail girl.
Mo Changxing glanced at Yun Qingxue before turning his cold stare back to the girl.
This woman knew Qingxue’s identity. Therefore… she absolutely could not be allowed to leave Luoyun Mountain alive.
News of Qingxue’s presence on Luoyun Mountain must not spread yet—the time was not right.
“Spare her life!”
Just as Mo Changxing was about to act, Yun Qingxue suddenly spoke urgently.
Mo Changxing withdrew the spell he had been preparing to cast.
The kneeling frail girl reopened her eyes, bewildered as she looked at Yun Qingxue. Moments ago, she had sensed the Flower Monarch’s indifference toward her. Yet now, the monarch had intervened to spare her life. Did the Flower Monarch have something to say to her before her death?
“She knows your identity,” Mo Changxing murmured in a low voice.
Ignoring him, Yun Qingxue fixed her clear gaze on the frail girl. “Would you be willing to follow me?”
The girl’s eyes widened abruptly, as if struck by lightning, staring at Yun Qingxue in disbelief.
Had she… misheard?
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