The sword seller, dressed in red, deserves applause for the prankster.

Boom—!

The clear sky, which hadn't lasted long, suddenly changed color.

As if sensing some kind of summons, the scattered dark clouds gradually surged toward the city, accompanied by crackling lightning and raindrops.

pat...

The rain fell on everyone.

Lightning illuminates the whole world.

Boom—!

Another fierce clap of thunder followed.

The young master of the Wang family was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, staring at the sky in terror: "No...it's impossible, this is absolutely impossible! I've sworn so many oaths and nothing happened, this lightning must be a coincidence, it must be a coincidence!"

He spoke incoherently, and then crawled backward on the ground, his hands supporting him. Then, as if realizing something, he pointed at Chi Miao:

"You! You must be playing a trick on me! I don't believe in any gods or immortals, it must be some kind of illusion!"

The goddess Chi Miao was breathtakingly beautiful. Her smile was radiant, the corners of her lips turning upwards as she gazed up at the sky.

"It's getting cold; it's time for the young master of the Wang family to get his comeuppance."

"Thunder."

As soon as she finished speaking, a bolt of lightning shot down from the sky and struck the young master of the Wang family precisely.

A burning smell and a strange odor quickly filled the air.

Everyone pinched their noses, their faces grim: "He...he peed!"

Chi Miao also covered her face slightly in disgust.

The young master of the Wang family was not killed by the blow. He quickly regained his senses and bowed three times and nine times to Chi Miao.

"Goddess! Goddess, I was wrong... Please forgive me! My Wang family will never mistreat you. With the support of the Heavenly Sword Sect, we have all sorts of good things!"

"If you don't let me go, the Heavenly Sword Sect won't let you go either!"

He's not like the other ignorant people.

The Wang family, backed by the Heavenly Sword Sect, dared to act arrogantly and domineeringly, but they also had to give the Heavenly Sword Sect a lot of things every year.

The people standing nearby were also startled when they heard about the Heavenly Sword Sect.

"Yes... Goddess, he... he has the Heavenly Sword Sect backing him. The Heavenly Sword Sect is full of immortals like you. Please don't offend the Heavenly Sword Sect for our sake."

"We're already grateful that you punished Wang Gou Dan for us! But if we truly offend the Heavenly Sword Sect, you might be implicated!"

It's clear that the residents here are very wary of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Seeing the residents' attitude towards the Heavenly Sword Sect, the girl in white suddenly loosened her grip on her sword.

She made an unpleasant face.

This is right on the doorstep of the Heavenly Sword Sect!

Almost every sect in Miaohua Continent has a territory that it is responsible for protecting, just like the Heavenly Sword Sect and the Heavenly Sword City here.

But the Heavenly Sword Sect not only failed to protect the residents here, it also made them so afraid.

What exactly did their Heavenly Sword Sect do?!

Chi Miao laughed.

"Heavenly Sword Sect? I have no fear of them."

"They don't have the guts to lay a hand on me."

Her gaze then fell on Wang Gou Dan: "Since you swore you'd be struck by lightning, then not a single lightning bolt will be spared."

"The lightning that will strike you is on its way."

Chi Miao had just finished speaking.

boom--!

boom--!

boom--!

boom--!

Four bolts of lightning struck Wang Gou Dan in quick succession, each one stronger than the last, causing him to scream in agony.

When the thunderclouds dispersed, Wang Gou Dan was on the verge of death. He survived, but his lower body... was no longer fit to be human.

It was mangled and bloody.

If nothing unexpected happens, there is no cure, and he can no longer be considered a complete "man" in this lifetime.

This kind of pain is more unbearable for a lecherous man who enjoys abducting women than being killed outright.

"Aaaaaaaahhhhh!"

He screamed in terror and soon fainted.

The servants standing nearby trembled with fear and quickly carried Wang Gou Dan away.

Finally, it ended with the following sentence:

"You...you just wait! Our Wang family, the Heavenly Sword Sect...we'll make you pay!!"

Chi Miao's golden eyes were smiling as she hovered in mid-air, her hair flowing, her lips holding a hint of disdain and mockery.

"I'll be waiting."

Three words, loud and clear.

Everyone was stunned until someone took a deep breath, and the residents all knelt down sincerely before Chi Miao.

"Goddess! This is the real goddess! Thank you, Goddess, for driving away the bully for us!"

They are not very knowledgeable, but who else but a true goddess can summon heavenly lightning to punish evildoers?

Chi Miao then bent down and advised the residents, "I'm not some goddess, just an ordinary cultivator. Please get up quickly."

Some residents wiped away tears, while others stood up.

"The Wang family, relying on the Heavenly Sword Sect, has always oppressed us. We ordinary people can never hold our heads high in the city. Even when they kidnap our daughters and steal our goods, we dare not say a word. If it weren't for the Goddess's intervention today, I'm afraid more innocent people would have been abducted!"

"We don't know what an ordinary cultivator is, but for so many years, only you have stood up for us and avenged us. You are a goddess!"

Chi Miao was silent for a moment, then said, "Okay, I am a goddess."

Anyway, the title "Goddess" sounds pretty good.

Residents: "???"

You weren't like that just now!

Did you admit it so easily?!

The residents were momentarily stunned. An old woman stepped forward, coughed, and said, "Goddess, you have offended the Wang family for our sake. The Wang family will definitely not let you off the hook. Although the Wang family is nothing to you, they are backed by the Heavenly Sword Sect and the Ten Great Sects... You, you... we have dragged you down!"

"How about this, you tell us your name, and if anything really happens to you in the future... we will definitely build a temple for you and make offerings to you every day, so that you can become an immortal even in the underworld!!"

Chi Miao: "No... why do you all think I'm someone who's easy to kill?"

She's putting on such a show so well.

She herself thinks she looks incredibly cool, okay?

Does she look that easy to die?

The old woman sighed, "It's not that we think so... it's just that the Heavenly Sword Sect is truly despicable. They were supposed to protect us, but instead they oppressed us! Sometimes even the immortals of the Heavenly Sword Sect would come and forcibly take our beautiful daughters away."

"The girls here can't get married! They're defiled before they're even sixteen! If we refuse, they kill us! Especially that Wenren Yi... we all remember him!!"

"So... you should leave your name."

Upon hearing this, Chi Miao couldn't help but look at the people.

Everyone's face showed an indescribable pain.

The girls, in particular, started crying and sobbing.

Anyone who sees this will feel heartbroken.

"That Heavenly Sword Sect is utterly despicable!"

When Jin Shengfei and the others came out and heard these words, they were all filled with righteous indignation and cursed.

"We cultivators are merely an extra source of power; we shouldn't be divided into different classes. Protecting the weak is our duty, but they... they've actually become local tyrants in their own protected city! Utterly shameless!!"

His family was a family of ordinary merchants, and they were often suppressed by cultivators, so they had to invite powerful cultivators to stand in their way.

He empathizes with the residents of Tianjian City more than anyone else.

The other prodigies echoed this sentiment.

The girl in white standing to the side suddenly seemed to lose her composure for a moment.

She didn't even need to doubt whether what the people said was true or false.

Because Wang Gou Dan was about to attack her, that was the strongest evidence.

What exactly has the Heavenly Sword Sect done?!

After holding her breath for a while, Yun Yao gritted her teeth and raised her token high: "Everyone, please don't panic. I am Yun Yao, the new young sect leader of the Heavenly Sword Sect. I hereby promise that the Heavenly Sword Sect will never harm the Goddess, and in the future... we will never aid and abet evil or bully you!"