Stop pretending, the fake heiress is actually a master of metaphysics.

Gu Yuncheng: ...

noob:……

While facing off against his opponent, Gu Yuncheng said, "Master, do you know what it means to be outnumbered?"

Shen Nian said calmly, "I don't know. I do know that all my disciples are capable of fighting ten opponents at once."

The scene before us is tense and bizarre, yet tinged with a hint of amusement.

On one side were Shen Nian and her two companions dressed in modern clothes, white T-shirts and trousers, and on the other side were the enemy draped in a snow-white robe.

The visuals are bizarre and disjointed; someone unfamiliar with the situation might mistake it for a fantasy drama and a modern drama spliced ​​together.

Shen Nian watched the other party's methods with great interest for a long time, and finally understood how the other party had managed to gather such a group of "Golden Core" cultivators.

In short, it means taking medicine.

He relied on elixirs to cultivate such a hollow and weak level of power.

All cultivators who advance to the Golden Core stage must undergo a tribulation of lightning.

This group of people actually managed to escape the tribulation lightning. They have nothing but empty words and no real cultivation. How dare they call themselves Golden Core cultivators?

Although Gu Yuncheng's cultivation level is far below the Golden Core stage, the fact that he was able to go through several rounds with his opponent without getting injured is enough to show this.

Moreover, Shen Nian could tell that Gu Yuncheng was holding back.

Several times he could have stabbed the other person through the sword, but perhaps due to his conscience, morality, or legal awareness in modern society, he ultimately did not kill him.

Shen Nian got a little bored and jumped down from the branch.

"Alright, come back now."

The enemy, however, thought the two were no match for each other and surrounded them again.

Shen Nian's face darkened.

She waved her hand, and the next moment, the people who were still holding their swords were pressed to the ground by some invisible force, unable to move.

At that moment, the longswords in their hands bent and shattered inch by inch.

However, Gu Yuncheng and Xiaobai did not sense anything.

They glanced at the group of people who had suddenly started bowing and kowtowing before them, then looked at Shen Nian and asked, puzzled, "Master, what's wrong with them?"

Shen Nian did not answer, but instead released even more of the pressure emanating from the high-level cultivator.

Those people's bodies were almost about to sink into the ground under such terrifying pressure.

Gu Yuncheng heard a sickening sound, like bones twisting and cracking.

Shen Nian beckoned them over, then cleaved the dazzling and luxurious hibiscus tree behind him in two with a single palm strike.

A beam of white light shone through the crack in the tree trunk.

Shen Nian stretched out her hand, and the white light entered her palm.

The next moment, a terrifyingly loud noise suddenly came from above everyone's heads.

The underground palace was shaking and about to collapse.

Without the protection of the divine artifact, it no longer had the ability to insulate itself from the immense pressure of the sea. If they did not leave, they would all be buried in the deepest part of the sea along with this underground palace.

In less than fifteen minutes, seawater was already flowing in from all directions through the breaches.

Gu Yuncheng's palms were sweating as he asked, "Master, shall we return the way we came?"

Although he has the Water-Repelling Pill and Water-Repelling Talisman, which allow him to breathe underwater, it doesn't mean he can remain unharmed underwater when a flood comes in.

Especially since this underground palace is located in the deep sea year-round, with thousands of tons of seawater pressing down on it, even if he weren't a Golden Core cultivator yet, he probably wouldn't be able to escape death.

Shen Nian smiled and said, "No need."

She opened her palm upwards, revealing a snow-white drawing.

The drawing seemed to have no shape, and it radiated a strange light.

Are they stars...?

Gu Yuncheng and Xiaobai stared at the blueprint, almost mesmerized.

"Holding onto my sleeve."

Shen Nian said.

She spread her other hand outwards, and a smooth, lustrous pen appeared in the air.

Shen Nian held the Heavenly Secret Brush and casually drew a stroke on the wordless Heavenly Book.

Before the seawater collapsed, the three figures vanished into thin air inside the underground palace.

The few people left on the ground stared in despair at the surging, powerful seawater.

The next moment, Shen Nian and the other two appeared on the ship they had come from.

The sailors stared in shock at the three people who had appeared out of nowhere, almost wondering if they were seeing monsters on the water.

In particular, the three of them were completely dry, without a trace of moisture, and did not look like people who came out of the sea at all.

Nearly 12 hours had passed since the three went into the sea.

How can a person survive for 12 hours in such a deep sea?

Even professional divers carry oxygen tanks when they go into the sea.

You'll need to surface to change your air tank every two hours or so.

Shen Nian dusted off the ashes on her sleeves: "Alright, the matter is settled, we can head back now."

The giant waves on the seabed did not affect the surface of the sea.

The ship only rocked slightly for a moment.

The sea remained calm and still.

However, the shipwreck at the bottom of the sea should have been completely reduced to fragments in the ocean, along with the underground palace, and has vanished without a trace.

Shen Nian silently mourned for a second for the Black Dragon's palace—

However, since he gave me the token to enter the underground palace, he should have been able to foresee his fate today.

Gu Yuncheng glanced at the calm sea and said with a heavy heart, "...Will those people die?"

Even after Shen Nian left, she did not withdraw the oppressive aura that had been hanging over them.

That truly is a matter of fate; life and death are determined by destiny, and wealth and honor are bestowed by heaven.

Shen Nian said indifferently, "Maybe, maybe not."

It all depends on whether they have a way to save their lives.

Do you think I'm cold?

Shen Nian turned to look at him and said calmly.

Gu Yuncheng quickly shook his head: "How could that be? They deserved to die at sea."

It's one thing that he can't bring himself to kill, but that doesn't mean he'll sympathize with these people.

Shen Nian never lays a hand on ordinary people, and even when it comes to flying zombies and fox demons, he always shows them mercy.

She did that to that group of people because they must have done something that crossed Shen Nian's bottom line.

Besides, to be precise, Shen Nian didn't do anything to them.

Being trapped inside the underground palace with no way to escape, isn't it their own fault for entering the palace to kill and rob?

Xiao Bai gave a cold "heh" and cursed, "Soft-hearted, a piece of trash."

I really don't know how Shen Nian could accept someone like that as a disciple.

Shen Nian waved her hand, telling them to go back and rest.

The ship continued its journey, heading towards the shore.

A sea breeze swept by, ruffling the strands of hair on Shen Nian's forehead.

She looked at her palm.

The Heavenly Book and the Heavenly Secret Brush have already merged into her soul. Because of the Heavenly Book's randomness, she has almost collected them all, and Shen Nian can finally sense the whereabouts of the remaining Heavenly Books.

...It was actually in Jinghai.

Shen Nian frowned, preparing to search further once she returned to Jinghai.

The whereabouts of the Heavenly Book, which was thought to be a century away, were unexpectedly gathered together by chance.

Perhaps there are things in the grand scheme of things that are destined to happen.