It's time to become a fairy.

Feng Mingxue was already prepared. She took over the controls, her pretty face flushed with nervousness, and quickly maneuvered the vehicle.

Her control over the vehicle was clearly far superior to Ye Qingge's. The dragon steed unleashed its divine power, propelling the vehicle into the air and heading towards the outside of the Xiao family compound.

One by one, members of the Xiao family attacked from all directions. Ye Qingge, who had already reached the second level of the Heavenly God Transformation and whose strength had reached the late stage of the Refining Void and Harmonizing Dao realm, easily repelled the encirclement and attack of the Xiao family members with the Xuan Tian Sealing Magic Technique, which is specifically used to counter Yin Demons and Evil Spirits.

Traveling at full speed, they arrived at the city gate in just a few minutes.

As she was about to leave Pingyuan City, Ye Qingge's face showed no sign of relief; instead, it grew increasingly solemn.

In this operation, the Xiao family's strength was insignificant, which is why she was able to remain calm. What truly made her wary was the Demon Nether Sect, to which the Xiao family had allied themselves. According to the information provided by the Taicang Sect, there was at least one Dao Realm expert in charge!

Not long after leaving the Xiao family, she clearly felt a terrifying gaze fall upon her, locking onto her firmly, and rushing towards her at high speed.

The estimated time when the owner of that gaze truly arrives is when her carriage reaches the city gate.

click

Amidst the neighing of the dragon steed, the third level of the Heavenly God Transformation was finally activated. Ye Qingge's power surged, reaching the peak of the Refining Void and Merging with the Dao realm, just one step away from the Dao realm. The strange power previously triggered by the Heavenly God Transformation surged wildly, seemingly having some wondrous connection with it, rapidly coursing through her entire body.

Ye Qingge didn't notice the changes in her body. She suddenly turned her head and looked ahead, not far from the city gate.

Not far in front of the city gate, space suddenly distorted, and an evil, demonic aura seeped out.

The Dao Realm Demon God of the Demon Nether Sect!

Chapter 38 Righteousness Overwhelms All

Pingyuan City is located in Xizhou, which is much more desolate than other places. According to the information obtained from Feng Lingxiu, Xizhou does not have many mountains and rivers, and most of it is sandy plains.

However, when Ye Qingge's vehicle arrived above the city gate, the space several kilometers outside the city gate underwent a sudden and tremendous change due to distortion.

A massive rift valley appeared before Ye Qingge and Feng Mingxue.

A huge snake head appeared before the two men, slowly rising and quickly lifting dozens of meters off the ground. Only then did they realize that it was just the crown of a colossal creature.

Below the crown was a woman's face, which was mostly obscured. The crown covered the eyes and most of the cheeks, leaving only the nose and mouth exposed. The earlobes on both sides were huge, tens of meters long, and were engraved with countless intricate magic patterns. It seemed to possess some unknown magic power. People with weak minds would lose their composure and be attracted by the special magic power within.

She gripped the edge of the rift with both hands and exerted force, and the entire demon appeared before the two of them.

This was a colossal object thousands of meters tall, with a halo of demonic energy, mimicking the light of the sixth level of the Dao Realm, floating behind it. Arms slowly stretched out from the top of its head, extending to both sides, blocking out the sunlight and casting large shadows over Pingyuan City.

A terrifying opportunity loomed over Ye Qingge. Even though she had activated the third level of the Heavenly God Transformation and raised her strength to the peak of the Refining Void and Merging with the Dao realm, Ye Qingge still felt a chill run down her spine.

"Why is You Qushang, the sect leader of the Demon Nether Sect, here?"

Feng Lingxiu's surprised voice rang out from within Ye Qingge's body, revealing a hint of anxiety in her voice: "The Demon Nether Sect was originally a demonic sect of the Western Continent's native inhabitants. Its sect leader, You Qushang, was one of the original princes of the native inhabitants. His demonic arts were superb. Don't be fooled by his strength of only being at the first level of the Dao Realm. His Demon God Body is enough to contend with immortals at the second or third level of the Dao Realm!"

"Open the storage bag on the left. Inside is a Void-Breaking Bead, which contains the power of a fourth-level Dao Realm cultivator. It can forcefully create a path. There is also a Message Bead, yes, the one with the butterfly pattern. After breaking through the encirclement, use this to notify the elders to come and help."

"Furthermore, using Righteous Qi to suppress the enemy in battle has a very strong restraining effect on the demon race... Wait, how come Righteous Qi has become so much stronger? It has already reached the minor completion stage and is close to the major completion stage?"

Feng Lingxiu was clearly taken aback when she heard the last sentence.

Ye Qingge's focus was not on this. She opened Feng Lingxiu's storage bag and took out the Control-Breaking Bead and the Message-Spirit Bead as instructed, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

At first, she thought Feng Lingxiu was truly fearless, but she didn't expect that this saintess had far more trump cards than she had thought. She was extremely well-prepared and hadn't revealed any of them during their previous conversations. She was much more experienced than Su Qingya.

However, this is the norm. Silently increasing the difficulty level of the Holy Maiden by one level, Ye Qingge placed the two beads in her palms, ready to unleash her power at any time, while simultaneously mobilizing the righteous energy within her body.

The so-called righteous energy was the special energy that Ye Qingge carried when he activated the Heavenly God Transformation.

This energy is extremely peculiar, completely different from any power Ye Qingge has ever encountered. According to Feng Lingxiu's description, only those with a righteous heart and an open and upright mind can cultivate it and even become stronger. Even the Holy Maiden, a successor of the righteous path, has only just begun to learn it. There are very few who can cultivate it, and even fewer who can achieve great success.

However, this power is growing stronger at an alarming rate under the influence of the Heavenly God Transformation. In a short period of time, it has gone from the beginner level to the minor mastery level, and is now close to the major mastery level.

As Ye Qingge was getting familiar with the special power of the Righteous Qi, her vehicle had already crossed the city gate and was speeding forward at breakneck speed.

Behind them were the Xiao family's pursuers, and before them, the Demon God Body of You Qu Shang, the sect leader of the Demon Nether Sect, had finally been fully formed. She chanted a demonic sound and pressed one hand down towards the two of them. Circles of black magic power appeared, forming an obscure and huge magic power circuit, which pressed down on the two of them with terrifying power.

Ye Qingge focused her mind and stared intently at the descending palm of the other party. Suddenly, her eyes lit up. Following Feng Lingxiu's description, she combined divine power with righteous energy and poured it into the Void-Breaking Pearl, then threw it forward with a bang.

You Qu Shang keenly sensed something was wrong and tried to pull her hand away, but Ye Qing Ge had chosen an extremely tricky position.

Before she could retract her hand, the Void-Piercing Pearl suddenly appeared in her palm and exploded upon being activated by demonic energy.

From a distance, Ye Qingge could only vaguely see a vast phantom sitting on a lotus platform, pointing at You Qushang in the distance. A deafening roar was heard, and the thousand-meter-tall demon god was severely injured on one side, leaving behind large patches of dark demon blood.

Even the rift valley that originally appeared due to spatial distortion was mostly shattered. This rift valley seemed to be in another space. After being annihilated by the Void-Breaking Pearl, the boundless yellow sand plain behind it was revealed.

"Damn it, kill them!"

Youqu Shang roared in a demonic language that Ye Qingge couldn't understand. The demonic light on the earrings hanging from her earlobes blazed, and countless unseen demonic shadows ripped through the sky, attacking Ye Qingge's direction.

Not only that, the demonic cultivators who were originally lurking in Pingyuan City, as well as the demonic cultivators of Pingyuan City who had been transformed, all came to the back of Ye Qingge's vehicle, densely surrounding it, each one with a murderous aura, their sinister gazes fixed on Ye Qingge.

"Use your righteous spirit to repel them, and take this opportunity to leave quickly."

Feng Lingxiu spoke urgently, even more excited than Ye Qingge, as if she wished she could fight a great battle with these demonic cultivators.

Ye Qingge was much calmer. She ignored most of Feng Lingxiu's useless words and only listened to the few trump cards that could help her. She looked around warily.

Only when a portion of the demonic cultivators get close will she ruthlessly use the secret techniques of the Xuan Tian Sealing Technique to either kill or seal these attacking demonic cultivators, temporarily rendering them unable to fight.

Unlike Feng Lingxiu, Ye Qingge's mission was to successfully send Feng Lingxiu out of the encirclement; nothing could be more urgent than achieving this goal.

While killing some demonic cultivators can improve the mission rating, the risks are much greater. If surrounded and injured, the mission score will decrease, or even lead to death and mission failure, making it a losing proposition.

Safely breaking out of the encirclement and focusing solely on completing the task are the tips and tricks that have enabled Ye Qingge to consistently achieve high scores.

Ding

With a single swing of his sword, the surging righteous energy within his body had gradually reached the limit of minor completion. With another swing, the Heavenly God Transformation combined with the surging righteous energy, along with the Fighting Word Technique of the Profound Heaven Sealing Magic, directly slaying the two demonic cultivators at the Refining God Returning to Emptiness realm who had attacked him.

Using the array technique from the Xuan Tian Sealing Magic, Ye Qingge sealed the cultivation of the three Xiao family demon cultivators who had jumped onto the vehicle, then kicked them off. Ye Qingge raised her head and glanced at the demonic shadows flying from You Qushang's body in the sky, a trace of sorrow flashing in her eyes.

The world where the demonic shadows resided seemed to be in a different place from Ye Qingge's, and it would take some time for them to fly over. However, the first demonic shadow had already flown over, and it was expected to attack in less than a minute.

You Qu Shang's demonic body was slowly recovering, but a divine soul remained locked onto Ye Qing Ge, giving her the illusion that she could not escape.

"The Demon God Body of the Demon Nether Sect Master recovers very quickly, within ten minutes at most. I wonder if Feng Lingxiu still has a trump card like the Void-Breaking Pearl... But I can't gamble!"

She used the Primordial Breathing Technique to calm her mind, her thoughts racing as she pondered how to break the deadlock: "The demonic cultivators in Pingyuan City alone are already overwhelming me. These demonic shadows in the sky are even more numerous than the demonic cultivators. Although most of them are only in the late stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation, and those in the Spirit Refining and Returning to Emptiness stage are extremely rare, their sheer number will only make them more troublesome."

"Once we get entangled, we're doomed. We must find a suitable way to break this deadlock!"

After scanning Feng Lingxiu's skill panel twice, Ye Qingge finally focused her attention on the Ancient Jade Zither Technique.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Qingge flipped over and entered the vehicle below, urgently calling out in her mind, "Feng Lingxiu, teach me a zither piece!"

"Teach piano pieces now?"

Feng Lingxiu was stunned. Learning a zither piece before a battle?

If she hadn't known that Ye Qingge was a senior who studied righteousness and would never do anything despicable, she probably would have thought that Ye Qingge was deliberately trying to frame her.

Watching Ye Qingge skillfully put on the armor plates and get into position, she felt a little relieved, but she was even more puzzled. How could she be so skilled at playing the zither when she didn't know how to play?

However, the demonic shadow had already arrived not far from the vehicle, and two demonic cultivators from Pingyuan City behind it also boarded the vehicle. Feng Lingxiu didn't have time to think much and hurriedly began to rack her brains to teach Ye Qingge.

Ding

A melodious zither tune echoed from the vehicle, its sound possessing a unique penetrating power, drifting directly beyond the vehicle and even reaching distant places with the help of the array on the vehicle.

The first sound was clearly very immature, but the subsequent piano music was different.

Each call became more practiced than the last, gradually taking on an aura of righteousness, spreading in all directions.

On the deck in front of her vehicle, Feng Mingxue was completely focused on maneuvering it forward, heading towards the slowly closing exit that had been opened by the Void-Breaking Pearl. She had complete trust in Feng Lingxiu and was not distracted by the attackers around her. Instead, she was calculating the time it would take to get out.

Just then, a sense of crisis suddenly approached. She subconsciously looked up and saw that a demonic cultivator from the Xiao family and a demonic cultivator from Pingyuan City had somehow appeared on the vehicle, looking at her with a sinister smile and raising their swords.

Before she could react, a melodious zither tune drifted by, and the demonic power within the two demonic cultivators surged violently. One of them lost his balance and fell out of the vehicle's range.

"My cousin is playing the piano? Judging from the way she does it, it seems she has incorporated righteous energy into it... My cousin's righteous energy level has increased. I remember our sect leader is only at the minor completion level of righteous energy."

A hint of curiosity flashed in her eyes, but before she could think about it, the changes in her car drew her attention back. She quickly focused all her attention on maneuvering the car and stopped paying attention to anything else.

The sounds of the zither echoed outwards from the vehicle, affecting nearby demons. Those with weaker cultivation levels experienced a surge of demonic energy, causing them to fall to the ground, unable to pursue the source. Even those with stronger cultivation levels clearly felt their demonic energy flow obstructed, but they did not dwell on it and continued their pursuit.

Gradually, the music changed from melodious to passionate, revealing a surging killing intent and causing the righteous spirit to boil violently.

Sitting in his car, Ye Qingge's righteous energy had reached a new limit, surging with the sound of the zither. Finally, when the music reached its climax, his righteous energy broke through the limit of minor accomplishment and reached its peak.

boom

The high-pitched, surging sound of the zither, and the overwhelming righteous energy of the Great Perfection, erupted the moment the vehicle officially entered the passage opened by the Void-Breaking Pearl.

The terrifying power created a huge vortex, clearing out a large number of nearby demonic cultivators who fell like dumplings being dropped into a pot, creating a magnificent scene.

The group of demonic cultivators hesitated immediately, many slowing down their pursuit, and some even feigning injury to land.

They were demonic cultivators, and it's true they were attracted by the rewards from the Demon Nether Sect, but they weren't stupid. When Ye Qingge unleashed her power to easily suppress them, they all felt fear.

The demonic cultivators' pursuit ended, but the demonic shadows, lacking sentience, continued their search. However, once they entered the climax of the zither music and the overwhelming righteous energy, they were unable to get close and were killed one by one.

I don't know how much time has passed.

As the music ended and the passage closed, the vehicle sped out of the passage's range, perfectly timed to close.

A ray of sunlight pierced through the curtain of her vehicle and landed on the zither in front of Ye Qingge. With no more demonic cultivators in her senses, she drew back the curtain and stepped onto the deck of the vehicle. Looking at the setting sun in the distance, her voice betrayed a hint of weariness: "Is it finally... over?"

Taking out the Spirit Message Pearl, Ye Qingge gently crushed it and sat down on the deck.

Chapter 39 Slaying Ten Thousand Demons, Encirclement and Suppression by the Tai Cang Sect

click

The Spirit Pearl was crushed, and the array patterns inside, resembling butterfly wings, were activated, turning into specks of light that dissipated before our eyes.

And then... that was it.

With no sign of reinforcements in the distance, Feng Mingxue remained vigilant, continuing to sit on the deck and intently maneuver the vehicle forward.

Even in Ye Qingge's perception, there was a faint, powerful demonic aura emanating from afar, suggesting that demonic cultivators were on their way.

A look of astonishment crossed her face: "Didn't you say that after breaking through the encirclement, activating the bead would allow the elders to come and rescue you?"

Feng Lingxiu’s calm voice rang out: “Activating the bead is just to inform the elders that they can prepare for the rescue. It doesn’t mean they will rush in to save you immediately. The Taicang Sect is the number one sect of the righteous path, but it is not yet at the level of being the only one that is dominant. Every move it makes must be justified. Many sects in the righteous path have been corrupted by demonic cultivators, and not every righteous sect is without the desire to rise to power.”

"If you make a mistake, you will easily be condemned by other sects."

"There is a memory stone on the top of the vehicle, which was specially carved by the elders. It records what happened after entering the Xiao family. The betrayal of the entire Xiao family has been recorded. Now we can remove the memory stone. When we hand it over to the elders, it will be enough to make the Taicang Sect launch a siege."

Ye Qingge narrowed her eyes slightly; she understood why the Holy Maiden was so preoccupied.