A Journey Through the Martial World After Transforming into a Loli

"The Yue Maiden Sword was learned by A Qing from the white ape. It is an extremely powerful sword technique. And the opponent is no different from an ape. You can handle it yourself."

Upon hearing Lin Xueyi's words, Lin Xiaoling naturally took the initiative to attack. However, seeing the other party's timid appearance, she still insisted on attacking, which was beyond the expectations of the Poison Dragon Village Chief.

However, this chieftain was a seasoned veteran; it would be truly bizarre if he were to be struck by such an unexpected attack. His heavy hands deftly neutralized all of Lin Xiaoling's attacks.

Faced with this situation, Lin Xiaoling was somewhat at a loss as to how to deal with it, but she still went all out. However, no matter how tricky the attack was, it was blocked by the opponent's sharp palm wind.

"Little girl, you're nothing special. Just fall down."

The sword flashed like a dazzling galaxy, but under the opponent's explosive attack, this galaxy-like attack crumbled in an instant. It collapsed with a deafening roar.

Lin Xiaoling, behind Xinghe, watched in horror as the fierce palm wind approached her.

Main text: Chapter 170 Lin Xiaoling's Trials (Part 4)

As the galaxy collapsed and the palm wind howled, Lin Xiaoling, seeing the oncoming attack, momentarily forgot to dodge, simply staring blankly as the massive, heavy palm hurtled towards her.

Just when Lin Xiaoling thought she was going to be seriously injured, the leader of the Poison Dragon Stronghold also felt that if he could hit this little girl, her cultivation level would become a certain threat in his eyes. If he couldn't go all out, he might be caught off guard and suffer a setback.

However, the two of them heard a soft sigh at the same time. The next second, just as the two were about to collide, a petite figure appeared behind Lin Xiaoling. After gently wrapping her arm around her slender waist, a small hand patted the other's heavy hand.

One large and one small, one black and one white, yet the result was unbelievable to everyone. The small palm seemed to contain enormous energy. With just one contact, the chief of the Poison Dragon Stronghold was already spitting out blood.

"Oh, I... I haven't even used any force yet, you're too fragile."

That childish voice, that innocent tone—the Poison Dragon Stronghold chieftain felt an urge to vomit blood a few more times to cool down. As for his subordinates who had already begun to run towards them, after seeing their chieftain vomiting blood as if it were free, they hesitated and dared not take another step forward.

"Miss...

Knowing that she had been saved by her mistress once again, Lin Xiaoling knew that she had disappointed her mistress once more in their previous encounter. Just as she was about to apologize, she was interrupted by Lin Xueyi's next words.

"Who gave you the courage to hit me?"

"Cough cough, who exactly are you?" The leader of Poison Dragon Stronghold looked at the little girl in front of him in astonishment. Just after exchanging blows, the powerful internal energy roared down like Mount Tai, and he had no chance to resist at all.

What do you mean by bringing someone here? What do you mean by a naive young girl? This is clearly a tiger in disguise. He thought his people were clever, but now it seems they were just inviting a wolf into the house.

But among the famous people in the martial arts world, where is there such a little girl? No, there should be one, that is the youngest grandmaster who has been making waves recently—Lin Xueyi.

But could it be her? Legend has it that Lin Xueyi has a pretty woman by her side who came from Baifeng Pavilion. She doesn't seem like this little girl at all.

"Unbelievable, unbelievable! Talented people emerge in every generation. It seems this era belongs to you young people."

"That's true. As the saying goes, the new waves of the Yangtze River push the old waves forward, and the old waves die on the beach. You are the ones who will be swept away by us new waves."

The leader of Poison Dragon Stronghold stared at Lin Xueyi in horror. This girl was certainly direct; she wanted to kill him? She'd have to see if she had the ability. If she wanted him to just sit here and wait to die, that was definitely not going to happen.

"Xiaoling, give me the sword first. This isn't how you use the Yue Nu Sword Technique."

Seeing that the enemy still wanted to put up a stubborn resistance, and considering that the Poison Dragon Stronghold's subordinates, after careful consideration, probably felt that since their leader was dead, they couldn't escape anyway, they thought it was better to fight a fierce battle here and perhaps even defeat the enemy than to flee and wait to die. They decided to fight them to the death.

"Little girl, I admit your cultivation is very high, but I have hundreds of people here. You can't possibly kill us all, can you?"

This wasn't due to his confidence, but rather because there were hundreds of people, all fully armed, including some highly skilled individuals, such as the second and third leaders. Although their cultivation levels couldn't match his, they were still formidable opponents. Even if a little girl worked herself to death, she couldn't possibly defeat them.

Unless she's a master of innate martial arts, but a master of innate martial arts? Is that even possible? Aside from Lin Xueyi, who can't even be considered human, where else could someone stand at the very top of the martial arts world at such a young age?

"Xiaoling, you should know that back then, Aqing, the founder of the Yue Maiden Sword, crushed three thousand Yue soldiers with just one sword. Therefore, the Yue Maiden Sword technique is especially effective in defeating the many with the few."

Looking at the young lady pointing her sword diagonally at the ground, Lin Xiaoling knew she was giving her guidance. She was also telling her some details of the Yue Maiden Sword Technique.

Looking at the cold-faced girl in front of him, the leader of the Poison Dragon Stronghold felt a sense of unease. This girl was too calm, so calm that it chilled him to the bone.

But the arrow was already on the bowstring, and there was no turning back. At this point, even knowing the danger, he had to grit his teeth and charge forward.

"Everyone, listen to my command! Form a dense formation, charge straight in, and kill this little girl!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the other party did not move, but Lin Xueyi's eyes suddenly widened, and then the girl transformed into a silver ray of light, flying through the hundreds of people.

Lin Xiaoling felt as if she had only blinked, and then she saw the young lady return to the spot where she had been standing.

"Miss, you..."

"Let's go, there are still thirty-five villages waiting for us to raid... cough cough... no, to wipe them out."

Seeing their young lady walk straight towards the Poison Dragon Stronghold, where there were still hundreds of people blocking the road, walking past without any precautions was very dangerous.

"Let's go, we still need to get to Xiaoyao City, we can't waste time here."

After being told what her young lady said, Lin Xiaoling quickly followed Lin Xueyi's footsteps. As they passed through the crowd, Lin Xiaoling was initially very cautious, but after observing carefully, she found that they were no longer making any movements, as if they were dead.

Dead? Suddenly, Lin Xiaoling felt as if she knew the truth, but her heart was filled with astonishment. There were hundreds of people! In the blink of an eye, they had all been... by the young lady.

After passing through the crowd, Lin Xueyi lightly stomped her foot on the ground. Under Lin Xiaoling's bewildered gaze, a thin red line first appeared on the necks of the hundreds of Poison Dragon Stronghold members behind her, then suddenly, bright red blood gushed from those lines. Blood flowed across the ground, sending a chill down Lin Xiaoling's spine.

"The martial arts world you envision is just like this, where one's birth is not up to them, and one's death is not up to them."

Lin Xueyi casually sheathed her sword back in Lin Xiaoling's hand and strode towards the nearby Poison Dragon Stronghold. There was hardly anyone left there, or rather, there was no resistance whatsoever. Now all she had to do was go there and collect the loot. Perfect.

"Miss, wait for me!" Lin Xiaoling, somewhat bewildered by Lin Xueyi's words, saw Lin Xueyi already walking forward and, without thinking further, quickly ran in Lin Xueyi's direction.

Main Text: Chapter 171 Lin Xiaoling's Trials (The End)

"I'm rich! I'm rich!" Lin Xueyi exclaimed, looking at her cart overflowing with gold and silver. It would be a lie to say she wasn't happy. But Lin Xiaoling felt something entirely different. It was as if she had suffered another severe blow to her heart.

Of the thirty-six strongholds, she had never fought any of the stronghold leaders except for a few at the bottom. Although she gained a lot of experience in the process, a loss is a loss, and in the end, the young lady had to step in to save her.

On the other hand, when they entered those mountain strongholds, they found only the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled. Were their actions right or wrong? Destroying these strongholds but leaving them homeless—was that good or evil?

Thinking back to when they defeated Poison Dragon Stronghold and entered that simple mountain stronghold, Lin Xiaoling felt she could never forget what she saw.

"Judging from the timing, they should be preparing food here. It looks like they've already started. We can mooch some fire and ingredients here and have a good meal."

With a single palm strike, Lin Xueyi shattered the now unprotected gate of the stronghold, and then led her maidservant deeper into the Poison Dragon Stronghold.

What came into view were not luxurious buildings, but rather dilapidated wooden houses, and from the outside, one could see pairs of terrified eyes inside.

"Miss, there... why is there still someone here?"

In Lin Xiaoling's mind, there should be no one left inside. Most of the Poison Dragon Stronghold members outside had been killed, and those remaining inside should have fled for their lives. After all, they had traveled very slowly on the way here, and there shouldn't be anyone left behind.

But reality doesn't change according to people's wishes. Inside the Poison Dragon Stronghold, there were still quite a few people guarding the place. They didn't suddenly appear to attack them. Instead, they hid in the houses, watching them break in with fear, as if they were the villains who had come here.

After glancing at the surrounding wooden houses, Lin Xueyi casually remarked.

"These are the families of the bandits who live here. If they leave, they probably don't know how they would survive."

Lin Xueyi's nonchalance was like a thunderclap to Lin Xiaoling. She really didn't expect that there would be such people in this bandit's den. For a moment, she didn't know what to do, so she could only quietly follow her young lady and slowly walk into the depths of the mountain stronghold.

They searched every door and every room, turning over all the valuables they could find, even the armory, granary, and treasury.

Looking at the mountain of supplies, Lin Xiaoling felt that they really couldn't carry that much. She looked at her young mistress, hesitant to speak.

"Smash all these weapons. Leaving them here is just a menace." With these weapons and equipment, anyone who comes here can quickly rebuild a bandit stronghold. Therefore, Lin Xueyi didn't want to painstakingly wipe out a bandit camp only to have others quickly fill the void.

Watching helplessly as her young mistress's palm strike reduced these weapons to scrap metal, even Lin Xiaoling, a maid, couldn't help but swallow hard. If that palm strike had landed on a person, that person would be dead.

"Let's keep some of the fresh meat, cured meat, and dried meat from this grain, and leave the rest for those people so they can all leave this place."

After saying this, Lin Xueyi carried the three large chests of gold and silver that she had already packed and walked outside, with Lin Xiaoling following closely behind. Naturally, Lin Xiaoling also carried two chests of gold and silver and various jade artifacts.

And so the two little girls carried boxes taller than themselves and walked out. Perhaps realizing that the other side did not intend to kill them all, the people who had been hiding gradually came out as well.

As the two little girls slowly walked away, among these people, apart from a few who looked at them with hatred, the rest had complicated expressions.

"Go now. We've left you gold, silver, and food inside. Go out and live a normal life. This place is not a good place after all."

This is well-intentioned advice. Without the protection of those mountain bandits, even with this wealth, they are like orphans who have lost their flock. They have no other way out but to be eaten by even more ferocious wolves.

"You don't need to pretend here. You destroyed our home. If you have the guts, kill us too. What are you leaving us here for? To fend for ourselves, or to satisfy your hypocritical kindness?"

The sudden voice startled Lin Xiaoling, leaving her bewildered. She no longer knew whether their actions were right or wrong in this situation.

Hearing this uncertain voice, Lin Xueyi knew that the little girl was confused again, but this was understandable, after all, sometimes it is not so clear to distinguish between good and evil.

What is their good intentions to me is my evil deeds; what is sweet to me is poison to them. How can good and evil, right and wrong be so clearly distinguished?

“You say I killed your people and destroyed your family, but do you know how many people the Poison Dragon Stronghold killed and how many homes it destroyed? Aren’t they just like you? Or rather, they suffered even more than you. At least I left you with the wealth and food to survive, but what about those people and homes destroyed by the Poison Dragon Stronghold? What do they have left?”

This statement wasn't so much a rebuttal to the old man, but rather a reminder to Lin Xiaoling that in this world, if one simply thinks about right and wrong, or simply considers things from one person's perspective, then one can only keep making mistakes.

"Let's go, we still have a long way to go."

Looking at the somewhat lonely figure, Lin Xiaoling smiled broadly. Her mistress was right; these bandits deserved to die.

They skipped and hopped to the young lady's side, and then together they pacified the thirty-six villages in the mountains. As for the women, children and the elderly in the villages, they left them with plenty of money and food and sent them all down the mountain.

Looking at the woman sitting behind the carriage, carrying several large boxes filled with dazzling gold and silver, Lin Xiaoling felt that it was truly wonderful to have such a young lady.

"Little girl, watch your step, don't keep bumping around like this."

After being jolted again, Lin Xueyi looked up and saw the smiling girl. She gently tossed a small piece of silver to her, which the girl caught instinctively before continuing her work with a smile.

Main text: Chapter 172 Two Little Boys

He yawned widely, feeling bored and even a little weak as he stood guard at the city gate of Xiaoyao City. His colleagues, who were on duty with him, teased him about it.

"I'm telling you, did you go to see those women from the Wu family again last night? You'd better watch out and die on a woman's belly."

A colleague's teasing, tinged with concern, made the city-guarding soldier lower his head in embarrassment, yet he retorted with a hint of resentment.

"Get out of here and don't talk nonsense. You all know how popular those women from the Wu family are. With my meager funds, how could I possibly afford to spend them?"

The guard also longed for the women of the Wu family they spoke of, but he knew his place and understood that with his status, it was simply a pipe dream to try and enter the rooms of those women.

"There are also those who don't care about their lives. I heard there was a guy who tried to go in and snatch someone, but he was killed on the spot. It's all very baffling. Why not just pay someone to go in? Why did he have to take her away? It's like he's seen a ghost."

Upon hearing this news, the others nodded in agreement. Was it worth risking their lives for a woman like that?

At this point, the guards perked up, chatting amongst themselves as if they had endless gossip to share, until they heard a gasp of surprise.

"That carriage..."

It's no wonder the guard was surprised; a wagon full of supplies being driven by only two little boys was indeed rather strange, especially in these mountains, making it even more unbelievable.

"Stop."

Seeing that the two children in front of them were clearly not from Xiaoyao City, the soldiers pointed their spears at them. However, to avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings, they did not point the spear tips directly at the two children, but rather at an angle towards the top of their heads.

This way, the other party won't be too nervous, and they can also react promptly in case of unexpected situations.

"Isn't this the City of Leisure? It's said that anyone with money can get in. What, have they changed the rules and we can't get in now?"