At eighty, the Holy Sect's enchanting woman aided in achieving longevity.

Hongshaji is located at a remote and windy pass more than a hundred miles west of the edge of the Great Wilderness.

The terrain is treacherous, and sandstorms rage year-round.

A group of six people walked arrogantly along the ancient loess road in the small market.

The leader was extremely burly, with thick arms covered in skull tattoos, and a giant, black bone saw, a meter and a half long, with a rolled blade, slung over his shoulder.

He had a face full of scars, and his eyes gleamed with a ferocious, beast-like light.

Behind him followed five ruthless bandits, all dressed in rough animal skins and wielding various bloodstained weapons.

The appearance of these six people instantly plunged the once bustling ancient road into a deathly silence.

The street vendors and low-level cultivators scrambled to the roadside as if avoiding a plague.

Only when the six men swaggered into the Black Stone Inn did the people on the street spit out a sigh of relief and quickly leave.

boom! !

The incredibly heavy bone saw was slammed onto the sturdiest table in the center of the inn by the burly giant.

"This table is mine! If you don't want to be chopped into mincemeat, get the hell out of here!!"

The four merchants who were sitting around the table drinking heartily slammed their fists on the table and stood up.

But upon recognizing the giant's face, his anger instantly turned into fear, and he scrambled to the side.

The giant grinned maliciously and swept his fan-like hand across the table.

Amidst the ear-piercing sound of shattering dishes and cups, he roared at the counter, "Bring me all the fine wine and meat you've been hiding in your shop! If even one dish is missing, I'll tear this lousy shop down!"

The innkeeper, already trembling with fear, came forward. Looking at the shards of porcelain scattered on the floor, his heart ached, but he could only force a fawning smile: "Mad...Madman, gentlemen, please have a seat! The food and wine will be ready shortly, very shortly!"

These six people belonged to the infamous Storm Thieves gang near Hongshaji.

The giant wielding the bone saw was none other than Tuoba Ye, the second-in-command of the bandit gang, known as "Madman," whose cultivation had already reached the second level of the Foundation Establishment stage.

In this desolate suburban town where most people are only struggling in the Qi Refining stage, those in the Foundation Establishment stage are high above, ruling over life and death like local emperors.

As the six people took their seats, the inn was filled with fawning flattery, vulgar language, and unrestrained laughter.

The diners resting nearby all lowered their heads, covered their Qiankun bags, and none of them dared to speak.

A gentle breeze suddenly stirred at the entrance of the inn, where a tattered bamboo curtain hung.

Immediately afterwards, a little girl, dressed in rags and covered in dirt, timidly shuffled into the inn's doorway.

The girl looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old. Her straw sandals were already worn out, and her exposed toes were covered with dried scabs.

Her clothes were tattered, clearly indicating that she had fled from the wilderness.

Strangely, her hair was covered with black and yellow dirt and sand, yet it still couldn't hide her delicate, jade-like face.

Especially her pair of clear, pure eyes, filled with the fear of a fawn, looked particularly pitiful in this filthy, dark shop.

She bit her dry, cracked lips, her thin, delicate body trembling in the heat.

He slowly moved towards the waiter carrying the wine tray, and whispered almost pleadingly:

"Uncle...please...give me some leftovers or a little water...my grandfather is about to die in the sand dunes behind here...please save him..."

The waiter's expression changed, and he tried to shoo her away with disgust.

After all, in a place like this, the worst thing you can do is provoke disaster victims of unknown origin.

However, the waiter hadn't even had a chance to speak.

A burning gaze, filled with lust and greed, was fixed on the distressed little girl.

Beside the table, a one-eyed thug from the Storm Thieves suddenly sat up straight.

A pair of wolf-like eyes glared at the little girl's shapely figure, which, despite her tattered clothes, was still beginning to take shape, and drool almost dripped from the corner of his mouth.

"Boss... Boss, look! This isn't a beggar at all, her features... tsk tsk, she's got the makings of a beauty! If we take her back, clean her up, and let her serve the brothers, or sell her to a brothel, how many spirit stones would we get for that?"

Tuoba Ye followed the gaze, his eyes instantly flashing with a greedy green light.

He spat out the animal bone in his mouth, stroked his stubble, and chuckled, "Heh heh, this is like meat delivered to my door by heaven! To run into such a beauty in this godforsaken place, I'll strip her clean and take her away!"

Although the little girl was young, she had an exceptionally keen sense of danger.

Noticing those malicious and lewd gazes, she cried out in fright, forgetting even to pick up the broken bowl she was begging from.

He turned around and stumbled headlong into the rolling yellow sand outside.

Little did they know that this would only trigger the villains' hunting instincts!

"Hey, little girl, trying to run away?"

The one-eyed villain grinned maliciously, gave Tuoba Ye a look, and then silently drew a dagger from his waist. Like a vulture that had smelled blood, he followed him out unhurriedly.

The diners in the inn sighed inwardly upon seeing this.

If this little girl falls into the hands of the Storm Thieves, her fate will likely be worse than death.

At that moment, in a deserted, dark corner of the inn, a figure put down his wine cup and quietly disappeared into the darkness, vanishing into the rolling yellow sand.

The scorching wind howled, blurring the ancient loess road surrounding Hongshaji.

The little girl, looking back in terror, cried as she ran frantically through the sand. She was already weak, and before she had gone far, she tripped over an exposed tree root outside the town, falling heavily onto the scorching sand, leaving a trail of bright red blood.

"Waaah... Grandpa..."

Desperate tears mixed with mud and sand blurred her vision.

She struggled to get up, but her legs were too weak to move.

"Hehehe... Little beauty, run away, keep running! Where can you run to under your brother's nose?"

A chilling laugh, like that of a vengeful ghost, suddenly came from the shadows behind her.

Suddenly, the one-eyed bandit had closed to within five steps of her. He was weighing the poisoned dagger in his hand while staring at the girl with a lewd gaze that seemed to strip her bare.

"You...you stay away! Please, please let me go..."

In despair, the girl curled her delicate body into a ball and kept kicking the sand backward.

"Let you go? We'll let you go after we've squeezed every last drop out of you! Get over here!!"

The one-eyed villain's eyes gleamed with lust as he lunged at the girl on the ground!

However, the girl, who had been slumped on the ground, crying her eyes out, suddenly froze in place.

That fragile fear and despair melted away like ice and snow.

She slightly raised her delicate chin, and a strange purple light suddenly appeared deep in her clear eyes, her gaze captivating and alluring.

She watched the one-eyed villain pounce from mid-air, a mocking smile playing on her lips. Her voice, which had somehow become as soft and sweet as a nightingale's song, softened her senses.

"My valiant hero, you are so strong and powerful, do you truly like me and desire me?"

"Yes, I want it!"

The one-eyed villain was overjoyed.

In his mind, which was already clouded by desire, he thought that this ordinary girl who had fallen into distress in the wilderness had finally given up her futile struggle under the intimidation of his absolute power and was trying to use her beauty to exchange for a way to survive.

"Will you stay with me forever, and never leave me?"

"Haha, great! Never to be apart! As long as you serve me well tonight, I promise you'll get your share..."

Mu Qing'er let out a soft, bell-like laugh.

She slowly raised a slender finger, brushed it across the one-eyed villain's nose, and then pointed it to a desolate void behind him!

The girl tilted her head, stuck out her tongue charmingly, and giggled:

"Of course I'd be more than willing, but alas... my husband is watching closely right now. If my deadbeat husband agrees, I'll be at your mercy tonight, how about it?"

The one-eyed villain's maniacal smile froze instantly; someone was lurking nearby.

He instinctively turned around abruptly in the direction the girl pointed, staring intently at the desolate sandy land that was devoid of anything but flying sand.

It was completely empty, without the slightest ripple.

After watching for a long time, the one-eyed villain felt like a fool who had been tricked by an ordinary girl.

His boundless lust transformed into a raging fury in that instant. His face flushed red, veins bulged on his forehead, and he abruptly turned around and spat:

"You bastard! How dare you try to amuse me with a ghostly shadow! Looks like you won't know the meaning of death until I teach you a lesson with blood! Lie down, you bastard!!"

He roared and raised his thick arm, his knuckles cracking as he clenched it, aiming it at Mu Qing'er's face, intending to cripple this ignorant girl first!

At this very moment, Chen Changsheng, hidden in the void, was experiencing a tremendous shock!

The fingertip pointed directly at the hidden coordinates that Chen Changsheng thought he had perfectly concealed using the Heavenly Deception Technique!

She actually saw through my true identity?!

His pupils contracted sharply in an instant, and a fine layer of cold sweat broke out on his back!

His divine skill of deceiving heaven has never failed him since he awakened.

But just now, that refugee girl who called herself Mu Qing'er was able to see through the concealment so easily.

This can only prove an extremely terrifying truth: the seemingly weak girl before him, who appears to have no cultivation and is fleeing in disarray, actually possesses strength that surpasses his current level by at least two major realms!

The iron plate has been saved!

A warning bell rang in Chen Changsheng's mind, and his muscles tensed, preparing to forcefully retreat.

"Since you don't believe me, then this emperor has no choice but to... serve the meal."

Mu Qing'er sighed softly, and her originally beautiful and charming face suddenly split open in a terrifying arc that stretched all the way to her ears.

boom!!!

An indescribable, violent demonic aura burst forth from her slender, delicate body!

The moment this oppressive force descended, Chen Changsheng was forced to freeze in mid-air, unable to move an inch!

The fragile girl who was lying on the ground suddenly had the void behind her shatter.

Nine enormous white fox tails, each tens of feet long and resembling giant silver pythons, coiled around the villain.

The one-eyed villain didn't even have time to scream before the terrifying pressure of the Nine-Tailed Fox shattered all his bones and internal organs the instant it appeared.

He collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud, blood flowing from his seven orifices, his eyes filled with terror.

puff!

A huge white fox tail, like a sharp blade, cruelly pierced through the villain's chest, lifting him high into the air.

Immediately afterwards, the nine-tailed fox demon gracefully opened its blood-red maw, which was full of fangs.

Amidst a chilling sound of bones cracking and sucking, the one-eyed villain in the Foundation Establishment stage was swallowed whole as if it were a snack!

"That way we can be together forever!"

A moment later, the demonic light dissipated, and the enormous fox tails that filled the sky slowly retracted.

Mu Qing'er transformed back into that stunningly beautiful young girl.

She stuck out her rosy little tongue and licked the remaining crimson bloodstains from the corner of her mouth with lingering satisfaction. Her pretty face was flushed with a sickly redness from devouring the blood.

She turned her neck, and her fox eyes, now completely transformed into purple-gold, pierced through the barrier of the void with endless greed and allure, fixing on the direction of Chen Changsheng, who was secretly slipping away a hundred meters away.

She wiped the blood from her face and waved slightly at him:

"You rascal, don't you think I'm beautiful and want to be with me? Why don't you... show yourself now, come into my arms, and enjoy the feast that's about to begin with me?"

Upon hearing this tempting yet bloody invitation, Chen Changsheng, hidden deep within the void, felt his scalp tingle.

Goosebumps erupted all over my body, and my stomach was churning violently.

Screw you, let's enjoy this together!

If I had gone back, I probably would have become your next dish!

This desolate water was far more unfathomable than he had imagined!

He had just escaped from a Nascent Soul stage demon who wanted to skin him alive and extract his soul when he randomly encountered a begging girl in the wilderness, who turned out to be a demon capable of devouring people alive!

Chen Changsheng put on the mask of pain.

He decided to stop hiding and slowly revealed his form from the void.

He stood a hundred meters away and chuckled twice at the alluring yet blood-mouthed nine-tailed demon:

"Actually, I came to rescue you, haha, but it seems unnecessary. Uh... well, sister, I have a good appetite. My wife is waiting for me at home to cook. I'm really sorry to bother you, goodbye!!"

Before he finished speaking, Chen Changsheng activated the Pure Yang Overlord Body within his body to its limit, and without looking back, he fled in the opposite direction from Hongsha Village!

"Don't go! You haven't saved me yet. I'm starving. You shouldn't mind feeding me yourself, right?"

Before he could rush a hundred feet away, a strong, almost suffocating fragrance of peach blossoms suddenly drifted from the void, mixed with a faint smell of blood.

"Damn it! That one-eyed bastard went chasing after a little girl, how come he's been buried in the sand for so long without making a sound? Could he be secretly enjoying himself in there and forgotten all about the brothers?"

Accompanied by a series of rude curses, the dust storm was torn apart, and several figures exuding a fierce aura rushed into the ruined woodland.