Chapter 69: Mingshenzi

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  The wind is blowing quietly.

  Chen Mo stared at the woman with his four eyes blinking, looking like a wooden chicken.

  I don't know what Xiao Ba felt. However, in the deepest part of Chen Mo's heart, a strong and intense chill arose, spreading from the coccyx to the back of his head.

  What's going on here? Is fortune hiding in disaster?

  What bad luck, it's really too unlucky, unexpectedly running into Poison Bodhisattva Mingyoulian?

  Especially her pair of eyes as cold as ice, stared at the broken stone in his hand.

  Looking at her condescending and icy gaze, I couldn't even breathe smoothly. Forcing a stiff smile on my rigid face, Chen Mo croaked out a laugh: "This, that... Hey, Meng Xianzi, morning, morning! Have you eaten breakfast yet?"

  Xiao Ba lifted his paw, covering his eyes in embarrassment, as if to say, "Master, can't you say something more nutritious? It's already midday..."

  Suddenly, the lotus in the dark moved.

  A strong gust of wind blew by, and the scattered dry leaves mixed with dust and smoke covered the ground.

  Chen Mo hastily flew backwards, his body as light as a willow catkin, his movements agile and effortless, with an unmistakable hint of pure and unadulterated power within. Clearly, the intense pressure from Ming Yu's Lotus had forced out his hidden potential.

  Xiao Ba's reaction made it even harder to see that he was just a turtle, as he landed with a swift spin and roll, his speed suddenly surpassing Chen Mo's by several degrees.

  "Bang"

  One man and one turtle had just left, leaving behind a stone plate that was smashed to the ground. As the dust settled, Chen Mo's body broke out in cold sweat.

  A flowing, dark blue long dress with a hint of blackness, her eyes flashed with icy anger, surrounded by a thick and heavy aura of death. The air around her seemed to vibrate with an otherworldly charm that was both mysterious and deadly. Her tight black dress fluttered in the wind, her eyebrows were knitted together, her eyes gleaming with a fierce and sinister intent, as if she would love to flay him alive.

  "Meng Xianzi, I didn't provoke you or offend you, don't..."

  Boom!

  Chen silently rolled out, the ground he had stepped on before was blasted into a large pit. It made him involuntarily feel a chill run down his spine, and a cold feeling spread throughout his body.

  Not only that, but a series of finger forces emitting a cold and bone-chilling aura, like the petals of a lotus flower, continuously shot out towards Chen Mo. As if representing her endless anger.

  The intense oppressive feeling made Chen Mo speechless. He could only exert his skills to the extreme, like a lone boat in a stormy sea, tumbling up and down, barely surviving, but at any moment he would be swallowed by the merciless waves.

  In just seven or eight breaths of time, Chen Mo's green shirt had been torn to shreds, tattered like a beggar's clothes, and he looked utterly disheveled.

  Huh? No way, with Ming Youlian's strength, to pierce herself with a finger would be an easy task. Why has it taken so long without even a single scratch on herself? Could she be trying...

  She, has she really cultivated some sort of demonic technique? Found out about her own infantile physique, wants to capture herself back to that thingy?

  Chen Mo's eyes widened in shock as his arm was struck by a finger force.

  A shrill cry, blood splattered everywhere.

  You can kill me but you cannot humiliate me. You can beat me, kill me. But wanting to capture me and use my young body for cultivation is absolutely impossible.

  But it's just a desperate fight for you.

  Just as Zheng Mo was preparing to launch a fierce attack, Ming Youlian suddenly stopped moving, her slender jade-like hands grasping at her chest, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, and a faint sheen of sweat visible.

  Huh? Something's off... looks like she's badly hurt.

  She concentrated her gaze, and all she saw was that in her hand, she tightly grasped a wooden container. Judging from the grain of the wood, it should be high-quality pagoda tree wood, but the workmanship was very rough, obviously something made hastily for immediate use.

  "Top-grade catalpa wood?" Chen Mo suddenly understood, it seemed that Ming Youlian had discovered the spiritual marrow first, but didn't plan to waste it, and instead looked for a container first.

  This gave himself and Xiao Ba an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

  But then again, the best things in life are reserved for those who are destined to have them. What's the difference between you and me? You missed out on the lotus of the underworld, which means you were not meant to have it.

  But this logic is simply a dead end when told to Ming Youlian.

  If I had known this earlier, I should have sucked up the spiritual marrow at the fastest speed and then ran away quickly. What's the point of licking the remaining residue? Chen Mo regretted it silently.

  Without moving his gaze, the two lotus roots of Mingyou far away converged, and a green light flashed in the cold eyes, with the mysterious energy lingering at the fingertips...

  "Ming Xianzi, I didn't know that spiritual essence was the one you found first." Having seen her ferocity before, Chen Mo hastily explained with a stiff upper lip: "I truly wasn't intentionally snatching your treasure..."

  Mingyou Lian's face turned even colder, her slender body already floating in the air, surrounded by a dark aura. With a light tap of her finger, the killing intent in her eyes surged, and a chilling air pressed down on Chen Mo. A thread of dark blue energy shot out from her fingertip, forming a beam of light that was about to reach Chen Mo's face in an instant.

  "Dead Leaf Pointer"

  A move "Withered Leaf Finger" Chen Mo had clearly seen just a few days ago, but it was no ordinary finger strength, he knew it was deadly. In an instant, time seemed to stand still, his pupils gradually enlarged, and Chen Mo's face twisted with only one thought, dodge.

  Fear propels the nerves, and in an instant, the willow-leaf technique is displayed. With a slight tread on the ground, the person has already arrived in mid-air. Just as they left, that dark blue aura touched a massive boulder, and the boulder instantly turned into a pile of accumulated sand, scattering all over the ground.

  "Not good." Chen Mo muttered to himself, and a black fog suddenly appeared in front of him, hastily using his Bright Mystical Qi to counter it.

  With a loud "thud", before he could even react, Chen Mo was heavily slammed to the ground, the earth sank in by about half an inch, and he couldn't bear the hot blood gushing out of his throat, spitting it all out at once.

  The two were vastly different in strength, and it was clear that they weren't on the same level. At least, Ming Youlian, who was originally a high-ranking cultivator, was now no match for Chen Mo, and defeating him would be as easy as stepping on an ant. However, his meridians had been severely injured, causing his Qi to plummet, making his powers not what they used to be.

  "Ming Xianzi, hold on a minute, let me explain." Chen Mo hastily smiled wryly and said: "Eating the spiritual marrow you used to heal your wounds was my fault, but..."

  In the midst of the lotus fragrance and sweat, his eyes revealed a more sinister glint. In an instant, he was already in front of him, with a chilling aura spreading out, forcing its way forward.

  Chen Mo crouched on the ground, not having time to wipe away the blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth. He used both hands and feet to continuously retreat, resembling a girl being forced into a desperate situation. Tension and fear filled his face.

  "It's all over, this woman is ruthless, she can't get the spiritual marrow and thinks I'm a fool who will eat it for her? She's lucky to be alive, how did she dare to eat the spiritual marrow she discovered first. You say with the notorious reputation of Mingyou Lotus, not snatching other people's treasures is already a blessing. If she snatches her things, can she have good days?"

  Only regret running a bit slower.

  Without thinking, he slapped the ground with his palm, and his body suddenly rose into the air, taking several steps on the cliff wall, speeding up abruptly, like an arrow off the string. The bright mysterious energy condensed in an instant, one leg bent, knee cap facing forward, charging down towards the dark lotus.

  "Flash of Lightning"

  As the eyes drew near, suddenly, a black mist rose from Lian's body, instantly solidifying into a wall-like shape. With a swift wave of her jade hand, a dark blue aura burst out of her body, transforming into over a dozen streams that rushed towards Chen Mo.

  Xuān guī xiǎo bā shēn cháng bó jǐng, liǎng zhī hēi yǎn zhū dīng zhe yǎn qián yī mù, jīng kǒng de biǎo qíng wèi Chén Mò niē le yī bá hàn.

  Bang, bang... A dark energy dissipated as his body was struck several times, and he became a curved shape rapidly retreating in mid-air before crashing into the cliff wall. The sound of other dark blue energies colliding with the cliff wall echoed through the air as rocks flew everywhere. Losing control once again, his body heavily slammed onto the ground.

  Chen Mo coughed twice in a row, clearly aware of the opponent's strength, and this result was normal. However, after several rounds, he couldn't get close to her body, which was indeed not pleasant for him.

  Facing her cold gaze, Chen Mo's expression changed, his teeth clenched with a cracking sound, and he muttered to himself: "Rather than wait for death, it's better to fight to the death."

  A brilliant and profound aura suddenly surged, a green silk-like breath entwined around his palm, bursting out in an instant. The energy was like the galloping of ten thousand horses, rumbling forward with great momentum, as if supporting a weight of a thousand catties. His entire body shook with sand and rocks, clearly using up all his strength.

  "Thunderclap"

  "Hum, obstinately ignorant!"

  In the dark and quiet lotus, a slender arm rose, with fingers spread wide towards Liaodong. The tip of the finger moved slightly, and a small stone about the size of a thumb was picked up from thin air. With a light flick, the stone shot out like a bullet, rubbing against the air, creating a wave of heat that instantly turned into a fireball, shooting straight at Chen Mo.

  "Bang", the fireball collided with Chen Mo's palms, suddenly bursting and shocking him with a numbness that spread throughout his body, causing his feet to lose weight, and he was thrown out again.

  In an instant, a dark green figure suddenly appeared from behind Ming Yu Lian's body, and Xiao Ba's enlarged body pounced into the air. Before it even arrived, its breath had already stirred up a whirlwind of sand and stones. Ming Yu Lian naturally wouldn't give it the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, so she slid her feet in place for half a circle, her fingers closed together, and a stream of dark energy burst out from her palm. A palm print flew out and heavily imprinted itself on Xiao Ba's abdomen.

  Another loud noise, Xiaobao continuously rolled back and forth for several rounds, rebounding back, "Bang" a sound, fell on the cliff wall, rocks suddenly falling, rumbling sounds. Seeing its huge body slowly sliding down, four limbs trembling and shrinking back into the turtle shell, as soon as it landed on the ground, a green light flashed by, restoring to its normal appearance.

  "Xiao Ba..."

  Chen Mo had not finished speaking, when Ming Youlian suddenly turned around, a cold glint bursting from her eyes, startling Chen Mo into swallowing the words that were about to leave his mouth.

  Bitter smile in my heart, okay, I accept my fate. Pitifully, I died before achieving my goal. Indeed, good fortune is the precursor to disaster, having just consumed the thousand-year-old spiritual essence, yet I'm going to die at the hands of this female demon lord.

  Just as Chen Mo was preparing to fight to the death and use his Vajra Demon Subduing technique, even if it meant dying with some dignity.

  The fierce light in Mingyou's eyes dimmed a lot.

  "Get out, don't let me see you again." The words were spoken in a cold tone, but the voice was as gentle as flowing water. Mingyou Lian suddenly leaped into the air, landed on a nearby rock, and sat down cross-legged.

  "You're...?" Chen Mo was about to retort when he suddenly stared blankly, rubbed his eyes and said: "No way? You won't kill us?"

  Can't believe my ears, to know that even if Ming Yu Lian was injured, with her cultivation, killing herself would still be an easy task. It seems she didn't have the intention of taking her own life after all.

  Ming Yu Lian didn't say a word, she just gave Chen Mo a cold stare.

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