Mortals: Take Mo Juren at the start

"Linghua, long time no see!" A man's voice drifted over, carrying an endless chill, causing Fairy Linghua, who was fighting in front of her, to tremble. She then abruptly turned her head to look behind her.

In an instant, an unfamiliar middle-aged man came into view, and he frowned slightly.
"Who exactly are you, sir? We don't seem to know each other."

"Of course you wouldn't recognize me. After all, the me of the past is long gone; this is merely a rebirth after possessing another body," the middle-aged man sneered, continuing.
"Speaking of which, this is all thanks to you. If you hadn't led a group of cultivators to slaughter me back then, how could I have ended up in this state?"

"You are Blood Soul Child!" Fairy Linghua finally realized the other party's identity, but she was quite shocked. In that battle, she had not held back at all, but she never expected that the other party would still be able to escape death under such circumstances.

"I never imagined that after thousands of years, the fairy would still remember me. It's truly touching, and it wasn't in vain that I once admired you so much. How about this 'surprise' you've come with such a large entourage?" The middle-aged man chuckled coldly, and with his appearance, those Void Refinement Realm beings instantly stopped fighting.

"You inhuman creature, how could you not be dead! Heaven truly has no eyes!" Fairy Linghua snorted coldly, and with a flick of her slender hand, a scroll appeared in an instant.

At the same time, he urgently transmitted his voice to his subordinates in the flying boat:

“It is now clear that their purpose in coming here is me, not you. I will use the ‘Sun and Moon Diagram’ to temporarily trap them. You will then lead everyone to escape to the interior. Once this is over, I will contact you again to reunite.”

At the same time, he once again transmitted his thoughts to Qin Wushuang and the other three Void Refinement Realm cultivators in another location, revealing his plans in detail.

After listening, Qin Wushuang only frowned slightly and did not have much of an opinion, but the other three subordinates at the Void Refinement Realm were all anxious.

"My lord, you mustn't! Your status is too high; you should leave immediately. The three of us will stay behind to cover your retreat..."

"Blood Soul Child is no ordinary being. The three of you alone cannot stop him, not to mention the many Void Refinement Realm experts, endless demonic beasts, and lightning formations, etc."

Therefore, only I remained. Firstly, this would attract their attention, and secondly, relying on the power of the Sun and Moon Diagram, I could temporarily trap them, thus buying time for the flying boat to leave.

“In that case, we will also stay here. When the Lord manipulates the Sun and Moon Chart later, the assistance of the three of us will make it even more effective.”

"Alright, you can stay here then." Fairy Linghua sighed inwardly, then looked at Qin Wushuang. Before she could ask, the latter smiled slightly and secretly transmitted his voice.
"Thanks to your care, fellow Daoist, I, Qin, have been able to cultivate for many years using the 'Extreme Yang Spring' on Immortal Spirit Island. Now that the situation is critical, I naturally cannot stand idly by."

"Then thank you very much!" Fairy Linghua felt relieved. After all, the other party was a peak late-stage Void Refinement Realm cultivator. Only if the other party chose to stay would she have a greater chance of success.

Now that she had received a positive answer, her confidence soared instantly. She then looked at Blood Soul Child again, her tone growing even colder.
"Back then, in order to refine the 'Evil Dragon Cauldron,' you slaughtered mortals and extracted their souls for refining. It was only right for me to kill you. But I never expected that you would survive by sheer luck."

If that's the case, then you should cultivate your character and return to the right path. But I never expected that I would overestimate you. As expected, a leopard can't change its spots, and you are no exception. So unrepentant, you truly deserve to die...

"Enough!" Blood Soul Child could no longer listen and immediately interrupted the other party.
"They're nothing but ants. What harm is there in killing them? Even if I don't lift a finger, how many mortals die in the beast tides every moment? Besides, it's my freedom to do whatever I want. Who gives you the right to lecture me?"

"The beast tide is a different matter, and it has its own set of rules. But as a cultivator, and at the Void Refinement level, it is absolutely forbidden for you to slaughter mortals in order to cultivate evil treasures. This is an ironclad rule set by the higher-ups of both the human and demon races. No matter who dares to violate it, if they are not caught, they will be punished."

As I said before, there was nothing wrong with my past actions towards you, which were in accordance with the will of Heaven and the principles of Earth. Since you harbor resentment, there's no need for your unreasonable arguments. Let's settle this once and for all today.

"Cultivators defy the heavens, but my heart is the will of heaven; why should I need others' judgment?" Blood Soul Child sneered, then glanced at the giant ship struggling to move away amidst lightning and endless demonic beasts, his words laced with sarcasm.

"I'm too lazy to argue with you. Today, a battle is inevitable. However, I have some doubts. If you had left on your own from the beginning, you might have succeeded. But you chose to stay behind to cover our retreat. That's just courting death."

“You cannot understand my choice, such an inhuman being as you. There’s no point in saying more. Just die…” Fairy Linghua smiled coldly, and at the same time, she suddenly threw the scroll in her hand into the air.

"Open!" A delicate shout rang out, and the scroll quickly unfurled, revealing a boundless starry sky, with a sun and moon pattern at the very center.

Accompanied by the sound of incantations, the surface of the scroll instantly lit up with dazzling starlight, and then quickly condensed into the phantom image of a great sun and a full moon.

The sun and moon rose together and rotated at an extremely rapid speed, and a vast power rippled outwards. In just a moment, the nearby sky was completely isolated by this mysterious power.

In an instant, all the monsters, dark clouds, lightning, flying boats, and so on disappeared, leaving only a group of Void Refinement Realm experts.

"Impressive tactics! The Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure is indeed extraordinary." Seeing this, Blood Soul Child remained completely calm, instead giving a cold smile.
"However, I had already done some research on you before taking this action, and I naturally knew that you had obtained such a treasure as the Sun and Moon Diagram. Do you think I would be unprepared?"

"If that's the case, then let's make a move. I'd like to see if you've improved at all after all these years of clinging to life."

"Don't worry, I won't let you down..." Blood Soul Child chuckled, and with a thought, a blood-red cauldron about ten feet tall appeared, its surface covered with dragon patterns, and the sound of dragon roars echoed from it.

"Damn it, it's the Evil Dragon Cauldron! You actually succeeded in forging it!" The moment Fairy Linghua, who had been full of confidence, saw the blood-red cauldron, her expression changed drastically.

This cauldron was once the most treasured artifact of the Evil Dragon Clan. Of course, what you see now is just a replica, but in terms of both fame and power, it is in no way inferior to their own 'Sun and Moon Diagram'.

Its refining process is extremely difficult. In the past, the other party slaughtered hundreds of millions of mortals and held a large-scale blood sacrifice to extract their souls, but failed to refine it. However, they never expected that they would succeed now.

It's obvious without even thinking that the other side must have committed another massacre.

Things are getting complicated!
At that very moment, with a loud shout from Xuehunzi, the battle resumed in an instant.

There is a clear gap in overall strength between the two sides. Fairy Linghua's side only has an advantage in high-level experts, with two peak late-stage Void Refinement experts, while the other side only has one.

However, the numbers are vastly different, five against twelve, a huge disparity.

The battle began. Fairy Linghua was doing well, fighting only against Xuehunzi. However, Qin Wushuang was in a much worse situation, being surrounded by eight enemies in the early to mid-stages of the Void Refinement realm. Moreover, his opponents knew how to use combined attacks, and even with his high cultivation level, he was finding it difficult to defend himself.

However, someone who could cultivate to the peak of the late stage of Void Refinement was naturally not simple. He immediately took out a white jade statue, which turned out to be a nine-tailed celestial fox.

As a drop of essence blood merged into the celestial fox's brow, it instantly came to life, transforming into a nine-tailed celestial fox over a hundred feet tall and joining the battle. Seeing this, Blood Soul Child frowned slightly, but didn't pay much attention.

His only goal was Fairy Linghua; as for the others, as long as they didn't interfere with his battle, that was fine.

With his hands moving rapidly, the Evil Dragon Cauldron trembled violently, and in an instant, crimson blood clouds spread out, which then transformed into giant blood dragons that rushed forward.

Fairy Linghua remained completely calm, after all, this was the domain formed by the 'Sun and Moon Diagram', and as its master, she naturally had many advantages.

Suddenly, his arm swung out, and the sun and moon shone brightly in the sky. Endless chains of light appeared out of thin air, coiling around the incoming crimson dragons...

……

"Phew, finally out!" Above a certain sea area, the flying boat had broken out of the range of thunderclouds and giant waves, and had completely escaped to safety.

Almost everyone was overjoyed, except for the cultivators from Immortal Spirit Island, who would have returned to fight long ago if they hadn't dared to disobey their master's orders.

Of course, while one may have these thoughts, reason still prevails.

Battles at the Void Refining Realm are no joke. Even Nascent Soul cultivators dare not participate too much, let alone those at the Core Formation or Nascent Soul stages.

They are all a complete burden. Not only will they not be of much help if they stay inside, but they will also drag the other side down. In the end, they will most likely be consumed by the endless monsters.

That's unwise and unnecessary.

Rather than doing that, it would be better to leave directly. Without being burdened, Fairy Linghua and the others could fight without restraint. If they could win, that would be best; if they couldn't, they could retreat at will.

Without any obstruction, the airship was incredibly fast, and it returned to land in just a few hours.

Only then did everyone begin to go their separate ways.

Mo Juren and the other two were no exception; they were exchanging words from time to time as they flew.

"I originally guessed it was a monster from the deep sea, but it turned out to be a human, and an enemy of Fairy Linghua. I really didn't expect that."

"It was indeed somewhat unexpected, but that person was also extraordinary. Being able to command more than ten Void Refinement Realm experts and so many demonic beasts in the sea is something not everyone can do."

"Regardless, it's a good thing that we escaped unharmed this time," Ye Ying said with emotion.

"In the end, we still have to thank Fairy Linghua. She was willing to take such a huge risk to cover our retreat. Such magnanimity and responsibility are truly admirable, befitting a descendant of Senior Xiaoyao." Xiao Yunhuang sighed, then continued.
"I wonder how things are going. Will Fairy Linghua be able to escape safely?"

"There shouldn't be any problem. Not only does he possess a spiritual treasure like the 'Sun and Moon Diagram,' but he also has Qin Wushuang, who is at the peak of the late-stage cultivation realm. The two of them working together should be able to protect themselves." At this point, Ye Ying paused suddenly, then changed the subject.
"Speaking of that Blood Soul Child, does Sister Yunhuang remember him?"

"I have indeed heard of this person's name. He was once a famous figure among the human race, possessing unparalleled blood cultivation techniques and being particularly skilled in puppetry. His strength was unfathomable."

However, thousands of years ago, this person suddenly disappeared without a trace, and no news of him was ever heard again. Only today did we realize that he was killed by Fairy Linghua. "Speaking of this, Xiao Yunhuang couldn't help but sigh. Fairy Linghua seemed gentle and weak, but she was unexpectedly ruthless and decisive. Even someone like Xuehunzi 'fell' at her hands."

"To refine the Evil Dragon Cauldron, they slaughtered mortals and extracted their souls for alchemy. Such a shameless and beastly act would not be tolerated by most of the high-ranking members of the human race, let alone Fairy Linghua."

However, thousands of years ago, Fairy Linghua and this Blood Soul Child were at the same cultivation level. To be able to kill the latter under these circumstances is truly remarkable. Could it be that the Carefree Ancestor secretly intervened?

"That's hard to say, but even if they don't directly intervene, they'll still provide support in secret, at least by offering some magical treasures or secret techniques to counter blood-path cultivation methods. That's just a small favor."

The two women became increasingly engrossed in their conversation, but Mo Juren did not participate. Instead, he listened patiently from the side and learned quite a bit of information in the process.

Not long after, the three of them returned to the Wanling Mountains and looked at the bustling market before them, feeling a deep sense of nostalgia.

They were just planning to go out and enjoy the scenery, but who would have thought they would encounter a beast tide? And it wasn't a normal beast tide, but one that Blood Soul Child deliberately launched to seek revenge.

Leaving aside the level of danger, aside from his own confidence in escaping, most of the other cultivators would likely perish.

Fortunately, the worst outcome did not occur, and all the cultivators escaped without any casualties.

At this moment, news of the attack on Immortal Spirit Island could be faintly heard in the market, indicating that someone had arrived first and spread the news.

"What are your plans next, Brother Mo?" Ye Ying suddenly asked again at this moment.

“If something happens on Immortal Spirit Island, there will probably be some more commotion afterward. In that case, it’s better to stay patiently in the market to avoid getting involved in unnecessary trouble.” Mo Juren shook his head slightly, feeling rather speechless. He didn’t know why, perhaps because he was just unlucky, but every time he went out, he would encounter some kind of trouble.

Such a bizarre situation left him feeling helpless and even a little annoyed, so he simply stayed in the inn to avoid any further complications.

“That works too. I don’t have any plans right now either, so let’s stay here together and wait for the pills to be refined.”

"Alright"

As they spoke, the three of them had returned to the inn and were about to go inside when, unexpectedly, a familiar figure slowly emerged from behind them. (End of Chapter)