Chapter 75: I’m Going to Make a Move!
The villagers thought it was strange and walked out into the courtyard to check. They then discovered corpses of small animals on the ground, which were like a lifeline to them. They excitedly knelt and bowed towards the sky.
However, despite their excitement, no one among the villagers spoke loudly. This was because food was hard-earned and not enough for their own families. If others found out, the meat that had reached their mouths would probably fly away. After half a year of starvation, the villagers no longer cared about neighborly affection, and only the desire to survive remained.
Qi Huang looked at the villagers below and felt very satisfied in her heart for doing a good deed. Although the villagers’ actions seemed a bit selfish, it coincidentally reduced unnecessary trouble. Otherwise, once discovered by the HeYi Sect disciples, she would have to think twice before air-dropping again.
‘Now she can’t say I’m a useless clone, can she?’
Qi Huang smugly continued to air-drop supplies.
Because the small mountain village was shrouded in mist, the visibility was only twenty to thirty zhang. Coupled with Qi Huang flying high enough, her actions were not discovered.
In fact, even if they were discovered, the HeYi Sect disciples outside would at most assume that these flying beasts and crawling creatures had died on their own. Since there were no visible wounds, it was not their concern whether the villagers could eat their fill. As long as they stayed at home honestly.
Thus, under Qi Huang’s “nourishment,” the twenty or so elderly, weak, sick, and disabled people in Panshan Village finally had a mouthful of meat soup. Unfortunately, those few patients couldn’t be saved.
Time slowly passed, and a few more days went by in a flash. The high-level figures of the HeYi Sect finally lost their patience.
“I say, Guardian Guo, those people from the HongHua Sect shouldn’t be coming now, right? It’s not a solution for us to just wait here!”
Elder Lu found Guardian Guo and complained. After staying in these desolate mountains and wild areas for so many days, even he, with his high cultivation level, was a bit restless.”
“Elder Lu, why don’t you go out to the HongHua Sect to inquire about the situation? Of course, if you encounter them halfway, inform me immediately.”
Guardian Guo made a decision after careful consideration.
“It shouldn’t be that troublesome! In my opinion, we should just kill these villagers and go back to recuperate. Anyway, the HongHua Sect is right there, you can run away but you can’t run away from the monk.”
Elder Lu became a little impatient. The distance from this place to the HongHua Sect was hundreds of miles.
“Don’t you understand the principle that the longer the night, the more dreams there are? The Blue Scale King Snake comes out for a stroll every few days, coiling in the sky like a mountain. What if other Immortal Sects discover it?”
Guardian Guo questioned.
Elder Lu shook his head helplessly and then reluctantly used his body technique to leave the village.
Qi Huang saw this scene clearly and immediately sent a Mind Transmission to her Main Body: “That… sister, our opportunity has come. An elder has left the main force, saying he’s going to our HongHua Sect to check the situation.”
“Very good! HeYi Sect… they will start paying the price with him.”
Cheng Hong Ling sneered, and her figure already disappeared from her original spot.
Elder Lu, whose full name was Lu Hong, was the elder with the highest cultivation level in the HeYi Sect, reaching the sixth layer of the Guiyi Realm. His apparent strength was the same as Cheng Hong Ling’s, so such deep mountains and old forests did not pose any obstacle to his speed.
“Damn it, he never goes himself but always sends me. I knew we should have killed all those villagers. Keeping them has become a disaster.”
Lu Hong, venting his anger, condensed his Spiritual Sense and killed a wild Vengeful Soul that was peeking nearby.
“I only glanced at you!”
The Vengeful Soul shouted in unwillingness before dying.
Lu Hong showed disdain on his face, his figure moving as fast as lightning, he rushed down the mountain, getting closer and closer to the HongHua Sect’s camp.
Suddenly, Lu Hong, who was speeding, applied the brakes abruptly and looked around in confusion: “Strange, why is the temperature getting lower and lower?”
“Crackle! Crackle!”
Strange sounds came from the front, the sound of objects being frozen.
Lu Hong knew that something unusual must be afoot, so he immediately released his Spiritual Sense.
At this moment, the cold ice had spread to his feet along the ground, followed by a ghostly white figure, appearing and disappearing, not very clear, but its seductive and slender curves were inexplicably clear. The extreme contrast made it unforgettable at first glance.
“Cheng Hong Ling!”
When Lu Hong released his Spiritual Sense, he found that the graceful figure had already approached him. He was greatly alarmed. Everyone in the Cultivation World of Yongning Prefecture probably knew this Genius Female disciple of the HongHua Sect.
Of course, Lu Hong was only surprised, not flustered. He had lived for more than sixty years, and his combat experience was not something a young girl could compare to. Therefore, he immediately drew the treasured sword from behind him and slashed a sword Qi towards the figure.
This huge earth-yellow sword Qi tore through the air, emitting a terrifying howl. The turbulent air current made the surrounding grass and trees sway precariously, but it didn’t even touch the hem of the figure’s skirt.
However, Lu Hong was not discouraged. In fact, he did not expect to defeat her so easily. The purpose of this sword Qi was mainly to break the ice on the ground. It was not a secret that Hong Ling’s Wave Butterfly body technique relied on ice.
As expected, the sword Qi advanced along the ground, turning the entire ground over like a huge ploughshare. The layer of ice also shattered.
“Without ice, let’s see how fast you can be!”
A hint of smugness appeared on Lu Hong’s face, but at that moment, a huge pressure descended from the sky, making him feel as if he had fallen into the deep sea hundreds of zhang below.
Lu Hong was caught off guard and instantly knelt on one knee. Before he could adapt to the immense pressure, he vaguely saw a shadow flash past his eyes. Accompanied by a faint fragrance, his throat felt a bone-chilling coldness.
Lu Hong instinctively covered his throat. As the pain intensified, blood began to flow out from between his fingers.
“Spiritual Sense pressure of the Huashen Realm! How… how is this possible?”
Lu Hong struggled to open his mouth to ask but received no answer. Finally, he fell to the ground unwillingly. Before closing his eyes, he saw another identical graceful figure fall by his side, even the fragrance on their bodies was the same.
‘A clone! This is a clone! Cheng Hong Ling has reached the Huashen Realm! That surnamed Zhou has cheated us HeYi Sect terribly.’
Lu Hong made a resentful accusation before dying, wishing he could skin Elder Zhou of the HuXiao Sect alive.
Qi Huang landed beside Lu Hong and eagerly searched his body. In her opinion, such an important figure must have good things, so she couldn’t let them go to waste.
“What are you doing?”
Cheng Hong Ling asked with a frown.
“Searching for money! I’m poor!”
Qi Huang replied without concealment.
“You are truly a money-grubber, not like me at all.”
Cheng Hong Ling showed a helpless expression on her face. It was truly damaging to her dignity to have inexplicably cultivated such a clone.
“That’s because you’ve never experienced extreme poverty.”
Qi Huang casually replied.
“As if you’ve experienced extreme poverty. How long have you been in this world?”
Cheng Hong Ling couldn’t help but retort.
“Uh…”
Qi Huang was speechless and simply stopped talking. She thought to herself that she had been in this world for much longer than this little girl, but due to circumstances, she couldn’t display the dignity of an “older brother.”
A moment later, Qi Huang searched Elder Lu’s body completely and finally obtained a few Talismans and over a hundred taels of silver. This was not much in the eyes of cultivators, but for her, who came from a poor background, it was already a huge sum.
‘Haha, now I can be filial to my family again.’
Qi Huang thought excitedly and then took Elder Lu’s sword as her own. She believed that only those who had never experienced poverty would not be greedy for more.
…
A few days later, Guardian Guo, who had been waiting for Elder Lu’s reply, sent another elder to scout the situation. The result was self-explanatory; they were ambushed and killed by Qi Huang and Cheng Hong Ling halfway there.
Qi Huang thus obtained another good spoils of war. At this time, she realized that missions were for dogs; money was not as fast as “licking the bounty.”
In this way, the HeYi Sect, which was originally the hunter, became the prey, and anyone who came out died.
“What in the world is going on?”
Guardian Guo, who had lost two capable subordinates in succession, finally realized that something was wrong. His heart began to flutter nervously. He wanted to go out and see for himself, but he was afraid of repeating the same mistake.
Qi Huang floated high in the sky, looking at the once arrogant high-level figures of the HongHua Sect cowering like turtles below. A sense of satisfaction rose in her heart.
“Hurry up and send more people out. I’m waiting to lick the bounty.”
Qi Huang quietly teased. Before this, she had discussed with her Main Body to maintain the current situation, waiting for the other party to come out and be vanquished one by one.
Unfortunately, plans couldn’t keep up with changes. One day, the condition of an old man in the village rapidly worsened, and he urgently needed medical attention.
The old man’s son couldn’t bear to watch his close relative die, so he rushed out of the village regardless of everything and insisted on breaking out.
“You’re seeking death!”
The twenty or so ordinary disciples at the village entrance were already filled with pent-up anger and had long wanted to find an excuse to kill all the villagers. For someone rushing into the mouth of a knife, they naturally wouldn’t be polite.
“I’m going to make a move!”
Qi Huang naturally could not stand by and watch the villagers being killed. After explaining to her Main Body, she launched her attack. Dozens of strands of hair descended from the sky like a heavenly waterfall, pouring towards those HeYi Sect disciples.
