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

A thousand years of heritage, wiped out in a single night!

A beloved only son has been reduced to a complete useless person!

At this moment, the strategist of the branch family and the powerful high-level cultivators who once dominated the region all vanished without a trace!

Overwhelming hatred and regret transformed into a vicious demonic force, instantly devouring his reason!

"Chen Changsheng... Mo Yuan... you little beast! I will tear you apart, skin you alive, and shred you to pieces!"

Li Yunheng looked up at the sky and roared, his voice sharp and piercing, causing sand and stones to fall wildly throughout the underground secret vault.

Trembling, he pulled a communication jade talisman from his robes, channeled all his energy, and roared fiercely:

"Li Yan! Take down Mo Yuan, who is right beside you, immediately! He is Chen Changsheng!"

Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy!

After roaring, Li Yunheng exerted force with both palms, actually crushing the extremely hard communication jade talisman into a sky full of powder!

"All elders of the Li family, obey my command!"

Li Yunheng's eyes were bloodshot, and a fierce and malevolent aura surged from his body, like a raging beast. "Seal off the entire city!"

"Follow me out of this manor and tear that little beast to pieces!"

Meanwhile, on the east street of Cangwu City.

Chen Changsheng and his guard captain Li Yan walked one after the other through the bustling crowd, heading straight towards the Earth Fire Pavilion.

Chen Changsheng maintained the aloof and aged demeanor of "Divine Doctor Mo," his steps steady and seemingly at ease.

However, in his mind, Mu Qing'er's cold voice suddenly rang out:

"Hey kid, watch out!"

The communication jade talisman on the waist of the person next to you is flashing violently; something terrible is about to happen!

Chen Changsheng's heart tightened suddenly, and his eyes glanced at Li Yan beside him.

Li Yan was seen pressing his hand against the jade talisman that was flashing red light rapidly at his waist. In just a moment, Li Yan's expression changed from respect to extreme shock and ferocity!

"You little beast! How dare you mock the Li family!"

Prepare to die!

Li Yan roared, his voice like thunder, and the long sword at his waist was drawn with an incomparably sharp cold light, slashing straight at Chen Changsheng's throat with a piercing sound!

This strike was as fast as lightning, and filled with murderous intent!

Unexpected changes occurred!

But Chen Changsheng, who was prepared, reacted extremely quickly. His body moved half a foot to the side as strangely as a leaf, and the cold blade pierced through his clothes, severing a few strands of hair.

"Looks like... we were exposed after all."

Chen Changsheng's eyes turned cold, and he no longer pretended. His originally hunched posture instantly straightened up like a pine tree!

"boom!"

His pure Yang energy surged violently, and with a palm strike, the golden pure Yang palm force, carrying an incomparably scorching and violent power, slammed heavily onto the side of Li Yan's longsword!

Li Yan felt an unimaginable surge of intense heat and immense force rushing through the blade, causing his arms to go numb and him to stagger back several steps, crushing a large section of the bluestone slabs.

"Seventh level of Foundation Establishment... truly impressive!"

Using the momentum of the palm strike's rebound, Chen Changsheng used the force against him, his figure transforming into a swift afterimage as he sped off towards the outer city without looking back!

"You treacherous dog, how dare you leave! Stay here!"

Li Yan steadied his qi and blood, and saw that the so-called old doctor had transformed into Chen Changsheng, the one who had caused the young master to become a cripple.

Enraged, his eyes were practically popping out of their sockets, and his spiritual energy surged wildly as he relentlessly pursued the pursuer at an astonishing speed!

The two of them sped through the narrow and complicated alleyways, one after the other.

Li Yan was, after all, a Foundation Establishment Level 7 expert, whose cultivation far surpassed that of Chen Changsheng. In just a dozen breaths, the distance between the two was reduced to less than three zhang!

"Kid, you can't escape! Turn left ahead is a dead end, and he's closing in fast!"

Mu Qing'er reminded her urgently.

"A dead end is just right!"

A ruthless glint flashed in Chen Changsheng's eyes. As he turned the corner, he suddenly pulled out a talisman radiating a cold, eerie blue light from his storage ring with his left hand.

This is one of the life-saving trump cards found deep within the Li family's secret vault: the Mystic Ice Annihilation Talisman!

"go!"

Chen Changsheng infused a wisp of spiritual energy and, without hesitation, flung the talisman toward the corner, using the momentum to suddenly shrink his body against the wall!

As Li Yan, who was in pursuit, saw the bend ahead and was about to accelerate to encircle it, a devastating blue light suddenly burst forth before his eyes!

"Boom!"

The Mystic Ice Destruction Talisman shattered instantly, and an extremely terrifying frost storm swept through the entire alley like a raging ice dragon!

Wherever the cold air passed, the walls and the ground froze instantly, and ice shards flew everywhere like divine weapons, frantically chiseling through!

"What?!"

Li Yan was shocked and had no time to dodge. He could only hastily raise his protective spiritual power to meet the attack head-on!

A cracking sound echoed through the alleyway as the frost storm slammed into Li Yan, the violent impact sending him flying several meters backward.

It crashed heavily through the brick wall of the alley, embedding itself deeply into the wall, spitting out blood, and half of its body was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture!

Chen Changsheng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, not daring to be negligent in the slightest, and sprinted towards another passage.

However, before he could run a hundred meters, a chilling, bone-chilling, and immensely furious pressure descended from the sky like a collapsing curtain!

Mu Qing'er's horrified voice exploded in his mind:

"Oh no! Chen Changsheng!"

Li Yunheng led a large number of experts to flank them from the front!

"You're less than two miles away!"

Chen Changsheng abruptly stopped, sensing the overwhelming and violent pressure approaching from the front.

Then, feeling Li Yan breaking free from the ice and charging furiously from behind, he was plunged into an unprecedented life-or-death crisis!

"You little beast! How dare you hurt me! I'll tear you to pieces!"

As the icy storm subsided, Li Yan, covered in dust and grime, struggled free from the collapsed wall. His clothes were tattered, and one shoulder was covered in frost. He frantically chased after Chen Changsheng in the direction he had fled.

The two were already very close, and this crazy outburst brought them even closer in an instant!

Chen Changsheng's face was ashen, and he secretly gripped the second Xuanbing Annihilation Talisman.

Just as they were about to detonate it again at the corner, an extremely sharp whooshing sound came from the side of the alley ahead!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Three incredibly powerful auras at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage shot down like arrows from the rooftops of the tall buildings on the side, crashing into the alleyway ahead and completely blocking Chen Changsheng's path!

"You little beast, today you have nowhere to go, neither to heaven nor to hell!"

The leader of the black-clad guards sneered, drew his long sword, and prepared to surround and kill Chen Changsheng!

Meanwhile, Li Yan was already closing in aggressively from behind, and the two-pronged attack was now in place!

"Damn it, Li Yunheng's main force has surrounded us even faster than expected!" Mu Qing'er anxiously calculated in her mind, "Kid, the left wall is the weakest point. Forcefully use the second ice talisman to blast through the wall, rush into the houses, and use the terrain to escape!"

Chen Changsheng's eyes hardened, and his Pure Yang Overlord Body surged into motion, preparing for a desperate fight.

"laugh!"

At this critical moment, a clear, dragon-like cry from a flying sword suddenly pierced the night sky!

A dazzling, snow-white sword light descended from the heavens, like a raging thunderbolt crashing down, and struck heavily in front of the three Foundation Establishment Peak guards!

The violent sword energy swept through like a whirlwind, instantly tearing a deep sword mark in the hard bluestone ground, forcing the three guards to change their expressions drastically and retreat in a sorry state!

"Who dares to interfere with the Li family's handling of cases?!" Li Yan roared furiously.

Chen Changsheng suddenly looked up.

Under the cool moonlight, on the black roof not far ahead, stood a tall, slender, snow-white figure.

A moon-white dress fluttered in the night wind, her long, black hair was blown into disarray, revealing a beautiful face that was both aloof and cold, yet also showed signs of anxiety—it was Nangong Yue!

She held a long sword that gleamed with a cold light in one hand, looking down coldly at the Li family members.

"Senior Sister Nangong?"

Chen Changsheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he exclaimed in surprise.

Nangong Yue's gaze swept over the crowd and landed on Chen Changsheng, who was dressed in a gray robe but whose face had returned to its original form.

Seeing that Chen Changsheng was safe and sound, a barely perceptible hint of relaxation flashed across her originally tense eyes, but it was immediately replaced by extreme seriousness.

She didn't ask Chen Changsheng why he was there, nor did she care what he had done wrong.

With a sudden wave of her hand, Nangong Yueyu sent a paper crane, about the size of a palm and made entirely of special spirit wood and spirit paper, flying out from her palm!

"hold head high!"

The moment the paper cranes caught the spiritual energy in the air, they suddenly burst forth with dazzling light and swelled in the wind!

In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a massive mechanical cloud crane with a wingspan of over ten feet and its entire body radiating runic light!

"Come on up!"

With a sharp cry, Nangong Yue leaped down from the rooftop like a fleeting glimpse of a swan, her slender yet powerful hand suddenly waving.

He grabbed Chen Changsheng's sleeve, using the force to lift him into the air, and lightly leaped onto the broad back of the mechanical crane!

"When the wind rises, let's go!"

Nangong Yue made a hand seal, and the mechanical cloud crane emitted a high-pitched metallic cry. Its wings, which were more than ten feet long, suddenly flapped, creating a powerful hurricane.

It carried the two of them straight into the sky, flying towards the outside of Cangwu City like a white lightning bolt!

Li Yan and his three guards below were furious and began to curse loudly:

"Damn it! It's Nangong Yue from the Cangwu Martial Academy!"

"Nangong Yue! How dare you openly protect a serious criminal from my Li family!"

"Are you, the Nangong family and the Cangwu Martial Academy, going to war with my Li family?"

The wind howled in their ears as the mechanical crane pierced through the clouds and mist at incredible speed, leaving the chaotic street below behind in the blink of an eye.

Standing on the back of the cloud crane, Chen Changsheng looked at the tall and aloof white figure in front of him and listened to her slightly rapid breathing. His heart was filled with complex emotions.

He never expected that, in this desperate situation where the entire city was under lockdown and the Li family was frantically hunting him down, the one who stepped forward to save him, even at the cost of openly offending the entire Li family, would be his usually aloof and arrogant senior sister, Nangong.

"Senior sister..."

Chen Changsheng opened his mouth, his voice lowering, "Is it worth offending the Li family for my sake, even resorting to such a life-saving mechanism...?"

Aren't you going to ask me what I actually did?

Nangong Yue turned her head slightly, and a few strands of her hair, blown by the wind, brushed against Chen Changsheng's calves.

Her beautiful eyes swept over Chen Changsheng with a cool gaze, her tone still icy, yet concealing a hint of undisguised concern:

Stop with that self-righteous act.

I saved you only because we're from the same school and because of the talent you've shown before.

As for what you did… to make that old bastard Li Yunheng so angry that he mobilized the entire army of the manor to besiege you, what you did must have brought down the sky for the Li family, right?”

Chen Changsheng touched his nose, gave a bitter smile, and ultimately did not reveal his audacious act of not only crippling Li Han again but also plundering the Li family's millennia-old heritage.

However, before Chen Changsheng could completely relax...

"Boom!"

From the direction of the Li family mansion in the distance behind, an extremely terrifying and immense pressure suddenly erupted!

That overwhelming pressure was as vast as the sea, surpassing the limits of the Foundation Establishment stage. It carried a chilling killing intent that could crush everything, and transformed into a golden streak of light that stretched across the night sky. It was breaking through the air and killing us at an incredible speed!

"The escape light of a Nascent Soul Realm expert?"

Nangong Yue's expression changed drastically; her previously calm and composed face instantly turned deathly pale!

"It's that Nascent Soul Realm Grand Elder whom the Li family has been raising for many years!"

In her mind's eye, Mu Qing'er's voice also sank to the bottom, "Boy, this mechanical crane can't outrun a Nascent Soul expert!"

"You can no longer stay in Cangwu City!"

A massive, snow-white shadow and a blazing golden light stretching across the sky behind it swept across the heavens one after the other, stirring up a terrifying gale.

This caused the wandering cultivators and travelers on the mountain forest and ancient road below to stop and look up in astonishment, speculating in horror about which powerful figure was chasing them from the sky.

However, before anyone could see clearly, two long rainbows, one white and one gold, pierced through the clouds and disappeared into the sky.

"Senior Sister Nangong, raise it a little higher!"

"Using the sea of ​​clouds to conceal their vital energy!"

Chen Changsheng stood on the broad back of the mechanical crane, feeling the howling wind on both sides, his expression extremely solemn.

Nangong Yue pressed her jade hand firmly on the control hub of the mechanical crane's heart, continuously injecting spiritual power, causing the cloud crane's wings to vibrate at an alarming frequency, and it suddenly rushed into the vast, thick sea of ​​white clouds.

However, Chen Changsheng knew very well that if the pursuers were ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators, this kind of hiding might be effective, but the ones relentlessly chasing from behind were real Nascent Soul Realm experts!

The Nascent Soul cultivators' divine sense covered an area of ​​dozens of miles, their divine thoughts forming a net, and the thin sea of ​​clouds could not conceal their aura lock-on.

The mechanical crane had already flown thousands of feet into the sky, and the biting wind cut into their skin like ice blades.

However, the golden light behind them not only did not get rid of them, but became even more dazzling, like a maggot clinging to the bone by the Grim Reaper, biting them tightly three miles away!

Although the mechanical cloud crane is a third-tier high-level mechanical beast with extremely fast short-range bursts of speed, it is not as fast as it can be in terms of high-altitude speed and long-term endurance.

Even against the light-wielding prowess of a Nascent Soul cultivator, they still seemed inadequate. Being caught up was only a matter of time.

"Chen Changsheng!"

The wind howled like thunder in her ears, and Nangong Yue's moon-white dress fluttered wildly in the gale.

She stared intently at the approaching golden light behind her, a hint of undisguised surprise in her clear, cold voice, "That Nascent Soul Grand Elder of the Li family always stays in seclusion. Unless it's a matter of utter magnitude that threatens the very foundation of the clan, Li Yunheng would never have asked him to pursue and kill them across the void..."

What exactly did you do at the Li residence?

Faced with Nangong Yue's questioning, Chen Changsheng awkwardly touched his nose, gave a wry smile, and said, half-jokingly, "Senior Sister..."

If I said that I not only completely shattered Li Han's newly repaired meridians, turning him into a cripple, but also...

"And incidentally, they even emptied the Li family's underground vault, which had been amassed over a thousand years... Do you believe it?"

"What did you say?"