Free Web Novel“Good child, it’s good that you’re alright.”
He showed a comforting smile to his great-granddaughter.
Looking at his safe and sound great-granddaughter, his gratitude towards Mingxi deepened. He knew very well that without Mingxi, Suì Wǎn, who was being targeted everywhere, would never have survived until they arrived.
Mingxi was not only his savior but also the savior of their entire clan.
He looked at the young girl who was leading the charge, slaying monsters with her seven pet beasts.
“Suì Wǎn, this time you really must thank that child Li'an properly. After we return, I will arrange for him to enter the Heavenly Longevity Offering Hall.”
He actually didn't have much of an opinion on his grandson, who was the clan leader, marrying a woman from another planet who was also a second marriage with a child. He wasn't some old-fashioned fossil.
Moreover, while their family engaged in external marriages, they also respected individual wishes.
Being of equal status was important, but not all marriages that weren't of equal status were destined to fail. Ultimately, it was about whether the couple could mutually support and understand each other.
But others were not him. People's values varied, and there had always been considerable discussion within the clan about this matter.
Especially the existence of Zhou Li'an, who constantly reminded clan members and outsiders that their clan leader had married a woman who was a second marriage with a child.
Although most people dared not go too far due to the clan leader, Zhou Li'an and his mother had endured countless sneers and sarcastic remarks in private over the years.
Even Suì Wǎn was significantly affected.
Why did that child, Zhou Li'an, move out of the Yue Ling Clan as soon as he came of age? Was it not to escape the blame and disdain he shouldn't have had to bear?
But that child was indeed grateful and knew how to repay kindness.
Especially this time, just the act of him inviting Mingxi for Suì Wǎn was enough to make him a revered elder of the Yue Ling Clan.
And it was the kind of revered elder who only needed to receive offerings and didn't need to exert any effort!
Yue Ling Suiwan was stunned, seemingly not expecting Grandpa to say such words.
But she quickly reacted.
It was because of Mingxi!
Grandpa was grateful that her brother had invited Mingxi for her!
“I understand, Grandpa.”
Yue Ling Suiwan was overjoyed. If the timing hadn't been inappropriate, she would have really wanted to jump three times on the spot.
If her brother truly became a revered elder of the Yue Ling Clan, then even if he were to marry into the Jade Leaf family in the future, he wouldn't be ostracized or bullied!
Yue Lingren smiled, “Alright, now is not the time for idle chatter. Let’s first resolve the current trouble.”
He looked at Mingxi, who was cutting down monsters with a single strike, even more smoothly than her pet beasts. The focus, sharpness, and decisive attack in her swings made it seem as if she wasn't human.
But an ancient god who controlled slaughter.
Yue Lingren couldn't help but marvel again at her extraordinary combat power.
“Little friend, do you have any thoughts on these monsters?”
He approached Mingxi and asked with a serious tone.
After spending a day and a night together, he had witnessed the comprehensive abilities of this young girl.
Truly ‘able to bring peace to the world with a pen, and conquer the land on horseback,’ she possessed exceptional talent, a steady character, and, even more remarkably, was knowledgeable and versatile.
This was not someone else’s sixteen-year-old; it was clearly the bane of old bones like them!
If Mingxi knew Yue Lingren's evaluation of her, she would probably blush with shame.
She admitted to her talent and character; even without the Time Realm, she might not be as outstanding as she was now, but she wouldn't be mediocre.
But she truly dared not claim to be knowledgeable and versatile; not long ago, she was still a bald girl struggling with cultural scores and losing hair.
At most, she could be called exploitative and versatile.
Exploiting Guangguang, the truly versatile intelligent butler.
Mingxi flicked a dagger into the side of a monster's head, kicked away the monster in front of her, turned around, and the dagger returned to her hand.
As soon as her body landed, her foot stomped hard on the ground.
With a ‘bang,’ she sprang out, instantly catching up to the monster she had kicked away. With a dagger in hand, she lunged forward and slit its throat, completely severing the monster's head.
Fierce and cruel.
Swift and decisive.
Her methods, her posture, made it seem as if these monsters, capable of tearing apart Transcendent creatures, were merely newly hatched chicks.
One strike, one kill, without a sound.
“Blade Old, have you heard of the Shi Fan Transformation Array?”
Mingxi responded to Yue Lingren while continuing her slaughter.
The moment Mingxi saw the monsters, she felt an unusual sense of familiarity.
These bizarre things, which looked neither human nor like Transcendent creatures, weren't they 77% similar to the merman monsters they had seen in the Mystic Mirage Sea?
Why 77% and not 99%?
The original races being different, their appearances couldn't be exactly the same, could they?
Moreover, the merman monsters didn't have the setting of being immortal and inexhaustible, but the monsters here did. They were like seawater, seemingly endless.
“Shi Fan Transformation Array? Could it be...?” Yue Lingren murmured twice, then his eyes widened in disbelief.
Seeing his reaction, Mingxi secretly sighed, truly worthy of coming from an ancient, well-established family. He had indeed heard of the Shi Fan Transformation Array.
This was what heritage meant.
“Shi Fan Transformation! So this Mystic Ground was used to cultivate kui bian zhu before?”
Mingxi shook her head: “kui bian zhu do require the Shi Fan Transformation Array for cultivation, but the Shi Fan Transformation Array isn’t necessarily only for cultivating kui bian zhu.”
“Think about it, if this really were a cultivation space for kui bian zhu, would you not have seen even a single kui bian zhu after controlling this Mystic Ground for so many years?”
Although the success rate of cultivating kui bian zhu was very low, she had Little Silver Flower, a lucky angel, on her side.
They had just killed at least a hundred monsters in their previous round of slaughter.
But not to mention mature kui bian zhu, they hadn't even seen a single second-stage kui bian worm.
Wasn't this disrespecting her lucky angel?
Mingxi continued to deduce, “I also haven't detected any traces of the Shi Fan Transformation Array operating. Either this Mystic Ground was abandoned long ago ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) for unknown reasons, or the array is hidden in a place we cannot see.”
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“Most likely, that’s also the Yue An's target.”
Previously, with the full assistance of Huang Huaqiang and Aletai, Yue Lingren had extracted a lot of useful information from Yue Anming and Yue Anxue.
For instance, how many people they had come with, how they entered the Mystic Ground, who the traitors within the Yue Ling Clan were, and so on.
Unfortunately, just as Yue Anming was about to reveal their true objective for this trip, that woman Yue Anxue actually pulled off a desperate counterattack.
She didn't kill anyone else, but rather Yue Anming, whose mentality had completely collapsed after being tortured.
She had a rule item hidden on her, used that item to instantly flash beside Yue Anming, and Headbutt his head, blowing it apart.
Not only did she kill him in front of Yue Lingren, but she also successfully escaped in the end.
A golden cicada shedding its shell.
