Spring-Return Valley enjoyed spring all year round, permeated with a refreshing, soul-soothing aroma of medicinal herbs.
Clad in a jade-green gown, Bai Lumian was gracefully watering a nine-petaled spiritual orchid with morning dew in her herb garden.
Her ethereal aura made her look like a banished immortal who didn't belong to the mortal world.
“Achoo!”
The sneeze shattered the tranquility of the herb garden.
Bai Lumian knitted her delicate brows and rubbed the tip of her petite nose, feeling slightly displeased.
“How bold! Who is cursing this Valley Master behind my back?”
Before her voice could even fade, the sky and earth suddenly changed color!
The once gentle sunlight was instantly swallowed up. Out of nowhere, endless angry clouds surged across the vast sky, forming a dense, pitch-black mass. Lightning snaked through the clouds as purple thunder roared!
A terrifying pressure laced with boundless fury descended upon Spring-Return Valley like the collapsing sky!
The mountains trembled, and the earth shook!
Bai Lumian's face fell instantly.
Damn it, this aura... it's Zhang Mingyuan!
Isn't he locked up in Myriad Snow Palace by Little Xue? How did he get out?
With no time to think, her figure flickered as she transformed into a streak of green light and soared into the sky.
She hovered in midair, confronting the center of the thunderous storm from afar.
“Sacred Lord Zhang, instead of staying put in Myriad Snow Palace, what brings you to my humble Spring-Return Valley?”
Bai Lumian's voice was cold as she forced down her shock and suspicion.
Within the thunderclouds, Zhang Mingyuan's figure materialized, his long black hair whipping wildly in the fierce wind.
“Bai Lumian! You still have the nerve to ask!”
“What kind of junk did you give that crazy woman Su Jinxue last time? It made me...”
He stopped abruptly, catching the gazes of countless Spring-Return Valley disciples below out of the corner of his eye.
No, I can't say it!
How can I talk about such an embarrassing incident like being drugged in front of so many people?
That's way too humiliating!
“Anyway!”
He shifted the topic, snarling fiercely,
“you must give me an explanation today! Otherwise!”
“Otherwise what?”
Buzz—
His peak Mahayana Stage power was fully unleashed!
The vast angry clouds instantly materialized into actual Heavenly Tribulation lightning. The dark clouds pressed down like a collapsing city wall, enveloping a radius of ten thousand miles in a terrifying aura of destruction!
“Zhang Mingyuan! Do you really think my Spring-Return Valley is an easy target?!”
Bai Lumian shouted angrily, her own Mahayana Stage aura erupting as well.
From the depths of the valley, a majestic surge of life essence soared into the sky, transforming into a jade-green canopy. Intertwined with vines and swaying green leaves, it stubbornly resisted the apocalyptic thunderclouds.
However, this brief clash of equals quickly ended.
Bai Lumian specialized in medicine and poison. When it came to head-on combat, she was simply not in the same league as Zhang Mingyuan, who was built for battle.
Within a few breaths, the jade-green canopy creaked under the immense weight, cracks spreading rapidly across its surface.
Zhang Mingyuan immediately pressed his advantage. “Speak! Is your Spring-Return Valley easy to bully or not?”
What a joke!
Before Su Jinxue ascended to immortality, where in heaven or earth couldn't Zhang Mingyuan go?
Sure, he was a nobody in front of that crazy woman now, but out here, anyone who saw him had to respectfully call him the Sacred Lord of Qingyun Heaven!
Bai Lumian grit her silver teeth in frustration.
This guy took a beating from Su Jinxue and came here to take it out on me!
I can't beat him, so I'll have to call for backup!
“Fine, fine, fine! Zhang, you've got guts!”
Making a split-second decision, she decided to borrow some authority.
“Since you're bullying me, I'm going to tell Little Xue right now and have her teach you a lesson!”
“Why the hell would I be scared!”
Hearing this, Zhang Mingyuan grew even more arrogant. He puffed out his chest and sneered,
“To tell you the truth, I hold that woman Su Jinxue's leverage! Even if she charges over right this second, I wouldn't be afraid at all!”
He swayed his head, brimming with fearless bravado.
Hehe, anyone can boast.
That crazy woman is currently cleansing Bai Yao's marrow and activating her Unblemished Body. There's no way she can get out for at least seven days and seven nights.
“Oh really? I'm calling Little Xue right now!”
Seeing how fearless he was, Bai Lumian felt a bit of doubt, but she didn't slow down. She immediately pulled out her spiritual jade, quickly found the contact saved as “Xue,” and dialed directly.
Seeing this, Zhang Mingyuan merely curled his lip in disdain and snapped his fingers at the empty air.
In the next second, a cold, mechanical voice echoed from Bai Lumian's spiritual jade:
“We are sorry. Your spiritual jade does not currently have Heavenly Dao authorization. Please obtain authorization before dialing.”
Bai Lumian froze in her tracks.
That damn Zhang Mingyuan!
“Zhang Mingyuan! Do you think you're the only one who can communicate with the Heavenly Dao? Do you think a spiritual jade is the only way to send messages?”
Furious, Bai Lumian put away her spiritual jade and closed her eyes. Her divine sense surged as she prepared to channel the laws of the Heavenly Dao and transmit her voice directly to Su Jinxue!
“Trying to send a message right in front of me? Do you think I don't know how to interrupt a spellcast?”
Zhang Mingyuan's figure flashed before her, and his large hand slapped directly over her small mouth.
“Mmph... mmmph... (Zhang Mingyuan, you bastard)!”
Bai Lumian struggled violently, fire spitting from her beautiful eyes.
“So what if I'm a bastard? What can you do about it?” Zhang Mingyuan gloated smugly.
However, at that exact moment, a sharp, agonizing pain shot through his palm, accompanied by a wave of numbness.
He surged back, only to see that his palm had turned pitch-black and purple, the flesh rapidly rotting away.
Holy crap!
This woman is no pushover either; she's covered in poison!
Zhang Mingyuan chopped off his hand without hesitation, and a new palm immediately grew back.
Seizing the opportunity, Bai Lumian waved her jade sleeve, sending a massive cloud of iridescent poison mist sweeping toward Zhang Mingyuan.
“A parlor trick!”
With a wave of his hand, Zhang Mingyuan's violent spiritual energy transformed into a gale, instantly blowing away the poisonous mist that could have killed a Mahayana Stage cultivator.
Zhang Mingyuan fighting Bai Lumian was like a warrior fighting a support character; he could easily handle her.
Then, Zhang Mingyuan unleashed another move: “Myriad Laws Isolation, Heaven and Earth Cage!”
Buzz!
An invisible golden ripple spread outward with him at the center, instantly sealing off the sky for ten thousand miles around!
“Hehehehe...”
“Little Lu, go ahead and scream all you want! Even if you scream until your throat goes hoarse, no one is coming to save you!”
Down below in Spring-Return Valley, the elders on guard finally snapped out of it.
“Oh no! The Valley Master is in danger! Quick, activate the sect's protective array!”
At the command, the entire Spring-Return Valley shook violently as a towering green barrier rose from the ground, runes flowing across its surface.
Zhang Mingyuan watched this unfold without any rush. With a flick of his wrist, his notoriously infamous sword, “Dog Slaughterer,” appeared in his hand.
“Hehehe... In that case, today, this seat shall see just what Spring-Return Valley is made of!”
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