Pfft~
Just as the two were in an ambiguous moment, on the other side, Xu Jing's Martial Soul True Body, the Xuanming Turtle, was being forcefully torn apart by Ma Xiaotao. With a formidable posture, her snow-white, delicate hands carried the Divine Fire, ripping through the rock-hard Xuanming Armor, while flames raged in every corner.
Xu Jing fought while retreating, blood spraying wildly from his mouth, his face growing increasingly pale.
The eyes with which he looked at Ma Xiaotao were filled with anger and fear.
"Do you really want to kill me? Ma Xiaotao, your Shrek Academy will regret this!" Xu Jing spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with both shock and rage.
Originally, he had only been somewhat grave and annoyed that Jiang Nannan still had a backup plan, prepared to suffer a loss, retreat, and make a comeback another day. He had also assumed Ma Xiaotao was just venting on behalf of that youth; after all, he was, at the very least, the Third Elder of the Xuanming Sect with a prestigious status. If she were to kill him within Shrek City, it would be far too arrogant.
Even Shrek Academy would not go so far as to offend the Xuanming Sect to this extent.
But looking at this... it seemed the other side really intended to kill him?
His old face turned ashen.
"I apologize for today's events. I hope you can show mercy and let us go, and I will surely reward you generously in the future."
"Heh, old turtle, you don't know you're wrong; you only know you're about to die," Ma Xiaotao giggled, the Phoenix majesty around her growing even more potent. She raised her delicate hand, unleashing another Divine Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike, and that condensed version of the Divine Fire Phoenix pierced directly through Xu Jing's chest.
The scene gradually froze.
Xu Jing slowly lowered his head. There was a bowl-sized hole in his chest, exactly where his heart had been...
His body collapsed with a thud, slowly stiffening. Before dying, he still looked in the direction of Xu Sanshi, his face a mixture of regret and resentment.
All of this had been caused by him.
Xu Sanshi watched this scene in terror, shrinking into the corner, his whole body trembling. "Don't kill me, don't kill me! I..."
"Get lost." Ma Xiaotao frowned slightly and waved her hand.
"Okay, okay..." Xu Sanshi scrambled away, running wildly into the distance.
"He is a student of Shrek Academy. If I kill him, as an inner academy disciple, I would be hard-pressed to escape blame. Betraying the academy is a matter for later, but if I betray them now, it would be very troublesome..." Ma Xiaotao shrugged, flicking her fingernails casually, and lightly pointed at Xu Jing's corpse in the distance. The latter was enveloped by scorching flames, gradually turning into ashes and scattering with the wind.
However, there was no reaction behind her. Ma Xiaotao turned back, somewhat surprised, but a black line gradually appeared on her forehead, and she gritted her teeth. In her line of sight, Lu Cheng was holding Jiang Nannan in a rather intimate bridal carry, and the two were flirting while quarreling, something like "Put me down" and "I won't," typical of young lovers.
"Lu Cheng!! What the hell are you doing?" Ma Xiaotao said angrily.
"Oh, oh, do you want to come in and eat?" Lu Cheng looked at Ma Xiaotao, his eyes sincere.
"Today is a family dinner, Xiaotao, you..."
Jiang Nannan covered her face.
"I'm leaving; I won't disturb your sibling reunion." Ma Xiaotao wrinkled her nose, gave a light hum, and sped off in the direction of Shrek City.
"Aren't you going to put me down yet!?" Jiang Nannan bit her red lips, her pretty face full of shyness and annoyance. After taking the elixir, her strength had recovered quite a bit.
"All right," Lu Cheng said helplessly.
The beauty's high heels clicked against the ground, her legs long and rounded, white and translucent like porcelain jade. She gave a soft hum and poked Lu Cheng's chest with her fingers in annoyance.
"Xiao Cheng! You..."
But looking at Lu Cheng's serious eyes, her pink eyes wavered with guilt, and she turned her head away.
"Forget it, I'm going back to serve the rice. Hurry up and come in to eat!"
After saying that, she walked into the courtyard with her hands behind her back, hopping like a little deer.
With her back to Lu Cheng, her pretty face was flushed with shyness. She gently rubbed her cheeks to make it less obvious before returning to the courtyard.
...
"What happened outside?"
Because Ma Xiaotao's Domain had covered the battlefield and ended the fight with a crushing victory, the scene, although intense, hadn't caused much of a commotion, so Mother Jiang asked with a worried expression.
"It's nothing, just a few hooligans causing trouble." Lu Cheng picked up some food and put it into his mouth nonchalantly.
"It's good that you're back, regardless..." Mother Jiang's eyes were gentle.
"By the way, Sister, I went to Heaven Dou City this time, and I bought you a gift when I came back." Lu Cheng suddenly raised his head and looked at Jiang Nannan.
"A gift?" Jiang Nannan's face was burning hot, but the scene of her body going soft and being held by Lu Cheng the whole time flooded back into her mind, and she said somewhat weakly.
"What is it?"
Lu Cheng smiled and was about to take out the green jade bracelet from his spirit tool when a knock on the door suddenly sounded from outside.
"Who is it again?" Lu Cheng raised an eyebrow.
He opened the door.
It was the white-haired powerhouse from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School stationed in Shrek City coming to apologize. However, he could understand; the other party had dispatched a Spirit Emperor powerhouse to guard the courtyard, and it wasn't even in the heartland of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, which was already giving him face. But who could have predicted that the Spirit Emperor would be lured away? Xu Jing was, after all, a Spirit Saint-level powerhouse.
"Xu Jiangliu, that animal, my Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School will certainly not let him off easily. Rest assured, Young Friend Lu, from this day forth, all Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School chambers of commerce are prohibited from having any business dealings with the Xuanming Sect..."
Ning Ye left, his eyes stern and carrying rolling anger. The Spirit Emperor who had originally guarded the courtyard followed behind with his head hung low, looking as if he were mourning his parents. It was too embarrassing; how could he ever get along in the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School in the future?
Lu Cheng watched his departing back with a smile in his eyes.
He would visit the Xu family in person.
Since the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School had done this much, they really had nothing more to say.
Knock, knock, knock~
But just as he sat back down at the dining table, the door was knocked on again.
Lu Cheng stood up helplessly and opened the courtyard door.
"Who is it..."
A mysterious woman, wrapped in a dark green robe, wearing tactical boots and a mask, with a slender and curvaceous figure, appeared at the door.
And Lu Cheng's pupils suddenly constricted.
His body felt as if it had been struck by lightning, and he froze in place.
"It seems you have already recognized me." The woman was a head taller than Lu Cheng, standing at about one meter eighty in her tactical boots, looking down at Lu Cheng from above.
And the latter felt once again the depression of having half his view blocked by a proud mountain.
The woman gently raised her hand and took off the mask on her face, revealing a beautiful, top-tier face. Her red lips parted slightly, uttering a familiar voice.
"My dear brother."
Lu Cheng slowly closed his eyes, his expression revealing a hint of pain and guilt. He had also been waiting for Zhang Lexuan, but now that they had truly met again, he didn't know how to face her.
"Who is it?"
Jiang Nannan's voice came from inside the courtyard.
"Brother, won't you invite me in?" Zhang Lexuan's beautiful light blue eyes gently surveyed the courtyard. Although her tone was questioning, she stepped directly past Lu Cheng.
She greeted Mother Jiang gently, her demeanor elegant and dignified. When she saw Jiang Nannan place a bowl and chopsticks in front of her, she even thanked her with a smile, picked up the chopsticks gently, and tasted the food.
"Sigh... Brother, aren't you coming in to eat together?"
A look of surprise appeared on the beauty's silly face as she looked at the figure standing blankly at the doorway.
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