The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 124 - 123: Live Well

Chapter 124: Chapter 123: Live Well

Under the night sky.

Three strong forces.

In a two against one clash.

The violent collision shook the mountains and rivers, destroying everything. In the blink of an eye, the surrounding peaks were razed to the ground.

In the epicenter, a huge half-moon crater appeared, and a colossal mushroom cloud rose high into the sky, with rolling dust fanning out in all directions. A medium-sized flying boat shot out from within the mushroom cloud.

The leftover force from the collision nearly shattered the flying boat’s defensive formation.

The four Golden Core cultivators maintaining it spat out blood in an instant.

At the rear of the flying boat, a person deflecting some of the shockwave for it, Xie Jiuniang, was enveloped by a protective barrier. Yet it held only for a few breaths before the jade token given by Elder Chaoyan shattered.

Xie Jiuniang felt her blood roiling and spewed out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Her chest felt somewhat relieved.

She knew she was injured, and seriously so.

For someone at the Foundation Establishment stage to forcibly withstand a blow from a Divinity Transformation, she was already pushing her limits, having played her last hand.

The Broken Sword weakly returned to the Contract Space, "Master, flee quickly, you’ve done all you could."

"Yes, I’ve done all I could..."

Xie Jiuniang looked back at the departing flying boat, without time to retrieve the damaged Stone Elephant, threw out the Little Flying Boat, and with a last-ditch effort, climbed aboard.

She inserted a Superior Spirit Stone and steered the Little Flying Boat, trying to escape.

"Oh, a little Foundation Establishment dares to take a strike from this lord." Gongsun Family’s Elder Daoyin swept his Divine Sense over and discovered Xie Jiuniang.

Her full-powered strike earlier had rendered the Hiding Talisman ineffective and, combined with her serious injuries, her true cultivation base was now fully exposed.

Daoyin’s Divine Sense locked onto her.

The Little Flying Boat, just having taken off, halted mid-air, restrained by the power of Divinity Transformation; suddenly, with a crack, the control panel broke.

Xie Jiuniang fell rapidly from the sky, and mid-fall, she barely activated a Flight Charm to steady her descent and avoid a deadly crash.

Upon landing, a bitter taste surged in her throat, and another mouthful of fresh blood that rose to her mouth was forcefully swallowed down.

Only a trace spilled from the corner of her mouth.

A hint of surprise flashed through Daoyin’s indifferent eyes, "A Foundation Establishment with a bone age of fourteen? An Impurity-Free Body? You’re the one from the Tianshui Secret Realm who stole the Nine Orifices Heart-Connecting Lotus, aren’t you? It would seem that you’re a Sect disciple involved in the Tianji Building affair. State your master’s name, and afterwards, this lord will certainly pay a visit."

"What does it matter who I am, you’re a force the Gongsun Family can’t afford to provoke," Xie Jiuniang coldly stared at Daoyin, "As soon as I die, the Underworld Road will surely have your company."

At her words, Daoyin’s expression turned serious.

Mainly because Xie Jiuniang spoke with such certainty.

This confidence caused Daoyin, who wanted to kill her, to hesitate for a moment.

But, after all, he was at the peak of Divinity Transformation, and a moment’s hesitation did not change his mind. In fact, it solidified his intent to kill. Since they had formed a deathly enmity, this monstrous talent must not be allowed to grow, or she would inevitably become a great threat in the future.

However, just as Daoyin was about to make another move.

A sense of impending death suddenly gripped him, causing his heart to tighten.

In the next instant, he quickly left his original location.

A silently approaching Soul Needle brushed past him.

Had he been half a breath slower, Daoyin would have undoubtedly perished.

"Soul Collector old crone? It’s you!" Daoyin recognized the person who attacked him.

The old woman glared at Daoyin sinisterly and asked, "So the power behind the Tianji Building really includes your Gongsun Family. Daoyin, have you not feared retribution with so many evils committed?"

Daoyin scoffed as if hearing a joke, "Killing a few ants, why fear retribution? If we were afraid of everything and lived tentatively, that would be no life at all, right?"

He was not afraid of the old crone.

Unable to ambush him successfully, it would be difficult for her to kill him again.

But it was Xie Jiuniang who inexplicably caught his attention...

Daoyin looked up at the peak where the master of Tianji Building was in retreat—already turned into ruins, the aura of the building’s master had dissipated, "Having just killed a Divinity Transformation, do you still wish to fight with me?"

Suddenly, Daoyin sensed danger once again and evaded another Soul Needle.

The Soul Collector old crone’s signature move, once more, made Daoyin dodge.

Daoyin wanted to say something else, but was forced to stop as another assassination attempt arrived. He could no longer afford distractions, for in a flash, he was locked in battle with the old woman.

Xie Jiuniang was instead carried away by a gentle force of the Spiritual Soul.

Far from the epicenter of the Divinity Transformation battle.

The moment her feet touched the ground again, she knew she had survived the ordeal.

In facing Daoyin’s killing intent earlier, Xie Jiuniang had no choice but to show firmness.

When confronting such Divinity Transformation powerhouses, who viewed life as inconsequential, being tough could lead to death, but begging for mercy would only hasten it.

Thankfully, I was saved.

Surviving such a calamity, I wiped off a cold sweat.

Xie Jiuniang finally had a moment to herself and took out a Healing Pill to consume. The life-saving Elixirs were all given to her by Elder Chaoyan, and they worked wonderfully.

Just a moment after taking it, the pain in my body lessened.

Then, she took out the largest piece of Spiritual Marrow and placed it on the Contract Totem on the back of her hand.

The battle earlier had damaged the wrist guard.

Exposing a corner of the Divine Pattern, the Spiritual Marrow made contact with it, and without needing her to speak, Jian Lingyan absorbed it.

Jian Lingyan said in a weak, milk-like voice, "Master, just a few more pieces... no, just one more piece and I’ll be able to recover."

"How about you give it back to me first, so I can cut it into several smaller pieces before giving them to you?", Xie Jiuniang wasn’t fooled.

Jian Lingyan choked.

The master is too sly, wuu wuu.

Although the piece of Spiritual Marrow wasn’t small, just half of it would be enough for its recovery, but she was only given one piece.

Xie Jiuniang anxiously looked toward the distant sky.

That was where the Divinity Transformation battlefield lay.

In such a short time, the old woman had just killed the master of Tianji Building, she must have paid some price. She isn’t at her peak now, and is engaging in battle with Daoyin...

Today, Xie Jiuniang finally learned who the old woman was.

In her previous life, there was a sensational battle at the peak of Divinity Transformation, where the old woman fought alone against three others from Divinity Transformation, ultimately falling in defeat.

The three victorious Divinity Transformation cultivators also paid a heavy price.

One of them suffered severe damage to their Spiritual Soul, leading to a decline in their realm. The other two announced their retreat into seclusion, never emerging before Xie Jiuniang’s death.

That battle of Divinity Transformation had shaken the entire Cultivation World in her previous life.

In fact, outsiders didn’t know the old woman’s name or her Daoist title. They only knew of her formidable Soul Art, the Life-Claiming Soul Needle, which killed unseen, often with a single fatal strike. Based on her signature technique, and because she always appeared old and frail, those who didn’t know her name called her the Soul-Chasing Crone.

"Soul-Chasing Crone, what are you doing?"

Daoyin’s shout from above carried a hint of panic.

Xie Jiuniang, hearing from afar, felt a shiver in her heart.

She had an ominous premonition.

Indeed, her premonition was not wrong...

The old woman intended to drag Daoyin into self-destruction. "Daoyin, I’ve lived long enough. If I take you down with me before I die, it’s worth it. The Heavenly Dao might even think I’ve done a good deed, allowing me to be reborn into a good life."

"If you self-destruct, your Spiritual Soul will dissipate. What rebirth are you talking about? Soul-Chasing Crone, don’t do anything foolish... You and I hold no deep grudges or great hatred; there’s no need for us to die together."

"Heh heh, is that so? Hehehe..."

Boom!

An enormous explosion in the sky nearly tore the heavens apart.

Xie Jiuniang’s sense of danger surged.

She quickly threw out the Tortoise Shell to take cover inside, barely blocking the aftermath of the Divinity Transformation explosion.

After a while, the aftershocks dissipated.

She emerged again with her heart in her throat, gazing in the direction of the explosion.

A feeling of tightness engulfed her heart, and she picked up the Great Tortoise Shell and ran forward, as if something ahead was waiting for her.

After running a short distance, she stopped dead in her tracks.

In the pitch-black night, twinkling starlight shone, resembling thousands of fireflies, drifting in the high sky. Gradually, the starlight converged into a gentle and beautiful woman.

The woman was incredibly beautiful, her bearing graceful, her eyes like the Milky Way.

For a moment, Xie Jiuniang wondered if she had witnessed an immortal descending from heaven.

The woman turned her head to gaze at her.

Her beautiful eyes held a faint smile, exceedingly gentle.

Suddenly, she flew toward Xie Jiuniang, stopping right in front of her. She lifted her slender, jade-like index finger and lightly touched Xie Jiuniang’s forehead, sending a streak of light into her Sea of Consciousness.

"Child, you must live well... Do not end up like my son..."

With those words, the apparition exploded, like a sky full of stars.

The starlight in the sky, one by one, piece by piece, extinguished.

Tears instantly welled up in Xie Jiuniang’s eyes.

The last remnant of the old woman’s Spiritual Soul passed on her life’s learning to her, and then forever dissipated into the universe...