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Chapter 173 Lonely Man

Meeting Xia Mengqi's probing gaze, Xie Wanxun, who was usually fearless, unusually looked away. She didn't know whether to tell Xia Mengqi the cruel truth; it was all too heartbreaking for Xia Mengqi.

Her master killed her parents, her sister was captured by the demons to be used as a test subject for medicine, and even her second junior sister was her half-sister.

Xie Wanxun sighed and finally recounted the whole story.

Xia Mengqi's eyes widened, and she collapsed to the ground. Large tears streamed from her eyes, falling to the ground one by one, but she felt nothing, completely immersed in the shock and grief of learning the truth.

She could hardly believe that her master, who treated her like a daughter, was her enemy, and that her sister, whom she had been searching for so desperately, had become a test subject for the demon race, her fate still unknown. Her second junior sister, who had been so cold to her, was actually her sister.

Xie Wanxun looked at the distraught girl with sympathy, then knelt down and hugged her.

“Xia Mengqi, even though the reality is cruel, you must persevere. Your sister Xia Mengchu may still be waiting for you, you cannot give up. Shen Yuan is dead, your sister will no longer suffer the pain of drug trials, so you must not give up.”

As she spoke, Xie Wan patted Xia Mengqi's back, gently comforting her again and again.

Xia Mengqi's emotions finally calmed down, and she burst into tears. She hugged Xie Wanxun tightly, her tears soaking Xie Wanxun's clothes, but Xie Wanxun didn't care.

She saw the person in front of her as Xie Wanning, while Xia Mengqi might see her as Xia Mengchu. The two lonely people could only draw slivers of warmth from the cold reality.

"I know what to do, Wanxun, thank you." Xia Mengqi wiped away her tears, stopped crying, and her eyes shone with determination.

Xie Wanxun stood up and nodded: "Yes, it's good that you're alright."

Her gaze suddenly fell on Lü Siyan, and she lowered her voice and said, "Xia Mengqi, remember to keep an eye on Lü Siyan. She might not have any good intentions towards you."

Xie Wanxun said this because she recalled her past life; she had never met Xia Mengqi, but instead, Lü Siyan became the senior disciple of the Nine Cauldrons Division and soon became its new leader. Xie Wanxun had a premonition that Lü Siyan might stir up a great storm in the Nine Cauldrons Division later on.

Xia Mengqi nodded obediently. She looked up, her eyes filled with deep gratitude: "Wanxun, is there anything I can do to help you? You helped me find the truth, and I want to repay you."

Xie Wanxun wanted to refuse, but a figure flashed through her mind, prompting her to make her request: "I have a younger sister. If you meet her, please remember to help her. I can't tell you her name. Just remember that she loves peach blossom pastries and is a very lively girl."

"Okay, I will do my best to help her."

Xie Wanxun took out the teleportation talisman with satisfaction; she was going to find the next Chosen One.

"Goodbye." Xia Mengqi waved.

"No, I wish we would never see each other again." A trace of sadness flashed in Xie Wanxun's eyes. She knew that the next time they met, it would not be such a harmonious scene.

The teleportation talisman activated, and Xie Wanxun vanished from the spot. Xia Mengqi stood up after a moment of stunned silence and walked step by step towards Xia Rujing…

Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts.

"Hand over Su Anying, or you'll face the consequences." Xie Wanxun sat atop a ninth-grade Explosive Flame Tiger, surrounded by nearly a hundred high-level spirit beasts, all of which were her puppet spirit beasts.

Throughout the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, countless spirit beasts were severely injured, some unconscious, some collapsed, and disciples who had formed contracts with the spirit beasts suffered the backlash of the contracts and fainted on the ground.

The Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts was teeming with spirit beasts, including numerous birds, land animals, and fish. Xie Wanxun couldn't possibly immobilize them all, so she released puppet spirit beasts to attack them. Since spirit beasts and beast cultivators were bound by a contract, any injury to a spirit beast would also affect the beast cultivator.

Xiao Zheng, the Valley Master of the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, stood in front of the puppet spirit beast horde, with a tall and mighty ninth-grade glacial white bear beside her. The white bear possessed immense strength and could condense ice walls; its powerful punches were imbued with ice spikes.

Xiao Zheng's gaze fell on the puppet spirit beasts surrounding Xie Wanxun. She looked at these spirit beasts with great heartache, and her eyes were filled with murderous intent as she looked at Xie Wanxun: "Demon Lord Wangchuan, these spirit beasts are living beings with flesh and blood. Isn't it too cruel of you to turn them into mindless puppets!"

Xie Wanxun sneered, "I'm already a Demon Lord, so Sect Leader Xiao shouldn't try to bind me with the rules of the cultivation world. I can do whatever I want. You might as well hand over Su Anying now; that would show you know what's good for you."

Xiao Zheng glared at Xie Wanxun, then waved her hand, and the glacial polar bear instantly pounced towards Xie Wanxun.

Xie Wanxun lazily raised her eyes, and the spirit beasts around her swarmed forward, directly pouncing on the white bear.

She took out a ninth-grade crossbow and fired an arrow that struck the polar bear directly in the abdomen.

The polar bear let out a piercing scream, and Xiao Zheng's head throbbed with pain. In the end, she fainted.

Xie Wanxun jumped off the Blazing Tiger, leisurely passing the Glacier White Bear and Xiao Zheng, and walked directly into the heart of the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts.

Xiao Shuo and Su Anying are inside.

When Xiao Shuo saw Xie Wanxun approaching alone, he asked in alarm, "What have you done to my mother?"

"What's wrong? You know perfectly well why." Xie Wanxun said with a smile, seemingly unconcerned.

"I'm going to kill you!" Xiao Shuo leaped onto the crimson lion, and the two charged towards Xie Wanxun with overwhelming momentum.

Xie Wanxun still held the crossbow in her hand. She narrowed her eyes slightly, determined the direction, and quickly raised her hand to pull the trigger. The crossbow bolt flew out with a "whoosh" and quickly hit one of the crimson lion's forelimbs.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The four arrows fired simultaneously not only struck the other three feet of the Crimson Lion, but also pinned Xiao Shuo directly to the stone wall.

An arrow struck Xiao Shuo in the shoulder, causing him to convulse in pain, but his gaze remained fixed on Xie Wanxun.

"Don't hurt her! If you want to kill someone, kill me instead!" Xiao Shuo shouted desperately, his voice hoarse and helpless.

Xie Wanxun walked step by step toward Su Anying

The black bull lowered its head, raised its sharp horns, and charged swiftly and fiercely towards Xie Wanxun.

Xie Wanxun did not dodge. She stood still until the black bull was about to charge at her. With lightning speed, Xie Wanxun grabbed the bull's horns with both hands, took a step back with her right foot, and used her hands to lift the entire black bull high into the air before throwing it heavily to the ground. A huge crater appeared where the black bull landed, and it struggled to move within it.

Xie Wanxun shook her hands, stretched her body, and lazily yawned.

She hadn't done any heavy physical work in a long time, and she had almost forgotten that she was a physical cultivator, the kind who could shatter ten-thousand-year-old black iron with a single punch.

Xie Wanxun walked step by step toward Su Anying. Su Anying's eyes were filled with fear, but she kept glancing at Hei Niu, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.

"Why did you do that? Why did you target the disciples and spirit beasts of the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts!" Su Anying questioned angrily, her hands clenched into fists, her face flushed with rage.

"For you!" Xie Wanxun said with a light laugh.

"As long as you stop targeting the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, I'm willing to go with you." Su Anying closed her eyes, tears streaming down her cheeks, her expression one of resignation to death.

Xie Wanxun walked up to Su Anying without a care and grabbed Su Anying's shoulder.

Suddenly, a murderous aura came from behind.

Xie Wanxun quickly dodged, but the man's attack had already landed on her.

Blood seeped from his arm, and his dark red sleeve was torn.

"Snap!"

Xie Wanxun's mask fell to the ground, and the demonic energy around her quickly spread out.