Chapter 45: Hu Liena: May I Ask Which Is Stronger, the Primordial Immortal Court or the Hehuan Sect?
There were enormous bird talons gleaming with metallic luster, broken golden feathers shaped like spears, and several shattered horns radiating terrifying pressure.
Most shocking of all, a passing big yellow dog was happily gnawing on a crystal-clear leg bone in the corner. The bone emitted an aura strong enough to rival that of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
The crisp, crackling chewing sounds made Qian Renxue's scalp go numb.
"That dog is actually eating a soul bone?!"
At that moment, Qian Renxue's worldview was completely shattered.
She thought about the Angel soul bone she had absorbed. That treasure had been passed down through the Qian family for countless generations, normally nurtured within the finest soul tools.
But now she realized that the inheritance treasure she had always been proud of might only be a chew toy for dogs in this village.
"What kind of place is this?"
At this moment, where was the arrogance of the Spirit Hall's young miss?
She looked at the villagers sitting on their doorsteps, eating from bowls made from the skulls of some ancient beast.
She looked at the children casually playing with beast fang daggers comparable to divine artifacts of the Douluo Continent as they whittled wood.
And then there were the shriveled eyeballs hanging on the walls, seemingly from soul beasts hundreds of thousands of years old, used simply as charms to ward off evil.
A chill ran down her spine.
Only now did Qian Renxue finally understand why Tang Hao, a rank 99 Ultimate Douluo, had been sent flying with a single slap.
In this village built from the bones of ancient ferocious beasts—Rank 99?
He probably could not even defeat that big yellow dog chewing bones in the corner.
"Miss Qian, don't just stand there in a daze."
The old village chief noticed Qian Renxue's stunned expression and assumed she had simply been frightened. He quickly explained with a warm smile.
"These are just the prey the village children hunt during their practice."
"The hides are used to make clothes. The tougher bones are used for paving roads or making tools."
"As for the leftover broken bones that aren't useful, we just give them to Da Huang as snacks."
"That's just how life is in the Great Wilderness. Nothing good here, so please don't laugh at us."
Hearing this extremely humble explanation, Qian Renxue's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
Practice?
Prey?
Useless broken bones?
Looking at the pile of "useless broken bones," she faintly saw the gleam of a torso bone within it.
She swallowed hard.
That was a top-tier torso soul bone, something that would drive even a Titled Douluo into madness!
"Elder… you're being far too modest."
Qian Renxue's voice trembled as she replied. At this moment, she had the strange illusion that she had not arrived in the mortal world but had accidentally wandered into a heavenly realm.
And not just any heavenly realm, but one where treasures were treated like worthless junk.
Laugh at them? Laugh at them?!
Qian Renxue felt her heart twitching.
"Miss Qian, don't be shy. Once you arrive at Stone Village, it's like arriving at your own home."
The old village chief, Shi Yunfeng, glanced at her, noticing she still had not recovered from the shock, and smiled kindly.
"You are a guest recognized by Lord Sacrificial Spirit. We, the people of Stone Village, may be rough, but we will never be stingy toward our guests."
As he spoke, the old village chief turned toward Shi Linhu, the burly man who had just thrown Tang Hao out.
"Linhu, we have an honored guest. We must not lose our manners."
"Go prepare that small beast we hunted today. Tonight we'll light a fire and invite our guest to share a simple meal."
"Alright! Don't worry, chief!"
Shi Linhu responded cheerfully before turning and walking toward the back of the village.
Hearing this, Qian Renxue finally relaxed a little.
'A small beast? A simple meal?'
'Well… it seems that although this village's living standards are high, the people are still simple and honest.'
'That's good. I'm a little hungry anyway. It will be nice to taste some wild beast meat from this other world.'
However, just as that thought formed in her mind, the ground beneath her feet suddenly began trembling.
"Boom! Boom!"
Qian Renxue instinctively turned her head.
With just a single glance, she froze like a statue.
Behind Stone Village, the burly man Shi Linhu was walking toward them while dragging a massive creature with one hand.
It was a gigantic rhinoceros nearly fifty meters long, its entire body covered in crimson scales and bearing two ferocious heads.
Although it was already dead, the corpse still emitted an overwhelming aura of violent ferocity.
The pressure was so intense that even Qian Renxue's Six-Winged Angel martial soul trembled within her.
'Th-this…'
Her scalp tingled instantly. Her upper and lower teeth chattered uncontrollably, and her voice trembled badly.
'This aura definitely exceeds that of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast!'
'Maybe… maybe even two hundred thousand years!'
On the Douluo Continent, a hundred-thousand-year soul beast was already an overlord-level existence. Even Titled Douluo would often avoid them.
Yet such a terrifying creature was being dragged with one hand and tossed onto the ground like garbage.
And they called this thing a small beast?
And eating this was considered a simple meal?!
"Boom!"
Shi Linhu threw the enormous corpse of the ancient beast descendant, the Two-Headed Fire Rhinoceros, onto the ground, sending dust flying everywhere.
Then he scratched his head somewhat awkwardly and smiled honestly at Qian Renxue.
"Hehe, Miss Qian, sorry about this."
"Luck wasn't very good today. Didn't run into any decent big beasts, only caught this young rhino."
"The meat might be a little tough. Please don't mind it too much; just make do with it."
'Not… not even fully grown? Just make do with it?'
Hearing this, Qian Renxue looked at the corpse towering higher than the gates of the Pope Hall.
Her head spun.
She suddenly remembered her grandfather, Qian Daoliu, the rank-99 Ultimate Douluo.
When he once hunted a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, he had spent nearly forty-nine days preparing.
Then she looked at this honest-looking uncle who claimed his luck was bad.
Qian Renxue felt completely broken inside.
For some reason, looking at these villagers, she even felt a trace of inferiority…
…
Meanwhile, elsewhere.
Upper Realm, Hehuan Sect.
Outside the mountain gate, beside a quiet pavilion.
Hu Liena had been kneeling there for a full three hours.
Her originally delicate knees were now swollen and red, her forehead covered in sweat. Yet she did not dare move in the slightest, nor did she dare use her soul power to protect her body. She could only endure with sheer willpower.
Because she knew this was both a test and an opportunity.
Just as she was about to faint from exhaustion—
"Hehehe…"
A silver bell-like laugh suddenly sounded.
At the same time, a fragrant breeze that made one's bones feel weak drifted over.
Hu Liena forced herself to raise her head.
A beautiful, mature woman in a pink gauze dress was walking toward her with graceful steps.
The gauze was almost transparent, faintly outlining her breathtaking curves. Every smile and movement seemed capable of stealing a person's soul.
"Oh? What a stubborn little girl."
The woman stopped in front of Hu Liena and lifted her chin gently with a jade finger painted with red lacquered nails. Her seductive eyes carefully examined her.
"This natural charm bone… quite a good seedling."
"Since you have such sincerity, the stewardess sister of the outer sect has agreed to see you."
After speaking, the beautiful woman turned around, her slender waist swaying like a water snake.
"Get up. Follow me."
"Remember this: once you enter the sect, do not look at what you shouldn't look at, and do not ask what you shouldn't ask."
"Otherwise, you won't even know how you died."
"Yes! Thank you, senior!"
Hu Liena was overjoyed. She quickly struggled to her feet, ignoring the severe pain in her knees, and respectfully followed behind the woman.
Along the way, Hu Liena felt like a country bumpkin entering a grand palace.
Inside the Hehuan Sect, the pavilions and towers were built from pink jade, and red lanterns hung everywhere.
A sweet fragrance filled the air, making people blush and their hearts race.
Occasionally, she even saw female disciples dressed in revealing clothing cultivating dual cultivation techniques with handsome men among the flower gardens.
The scenes made Hu Liena's face burn red, and she quickly lowered her head.
"Um… Senior…"
After walking for a long time, Hu Liena could not suppress her curiosity any longer and cautiously asked.
"Junior dares to ask something."
"Previously, I was fortunate enough to hear about a place called the Primordial Immortal Court."
"May I ask what kind of place it is?"
"And compared to our Hehuan Sect… which one is stronger?"
The moment the words "Primordial Immortal Court" were spoken, the seductive woman walking ahead suddenly froze in place.
Her expression changed drastically.
End of Chapter