Fellow Daoist! That scoundrel has written a new book again.

Chapter 217 Escape

Zhu Wuyao asked in his heart:

Is this considered defying fate's arrangement?

"Of course it counts, but—when a person is killed, they die. That's the law of the world. If you turn around and stab her now, she will still die."

Zhu Wuyao automatically skipped the latter half of the spirit pen's words and continued to ask:

why?

"If you don't want Heaven to know, then you must know it yourself."

"Both of you are practitioners of divination, and you easily understand destiny, which makes it extremely difficult for you to escape it."

"But she didn't expect you to be so righteous and push her out of the game. You didn't know she would travel day and night to come early. This is how you judge someone by whether they are intentional or not."

Zhu Wuyao suddenly realized the truth.

She remembered Master Fang's explanation—a butterfly accidentally flapping its wings could stir up a hurricane.

At the time, Master Fang emphasized "unintentionally," but Zhu Wuyao did not understand his meaning.

The city lord's mansion was spacious and quiet, more like a secluded cave dwelling for cultivators than a worldly residence that would welcome many disciples.

no one there?

Just as Zhu Wuyao began to have doubts, he heard Ye Xiaozhou sneer:

"How could a cold-hearted and suspicious person allow others to enter his secluded retreat?"

Hearing this, Zhu Wuyao breathed a sigh of relief. She had thought she would have to fight again and reach the location of the teleportation array.

Unexpectedly, the cold-hearted and suspicious nature of the city lord actually helped them.

Not only was Ye Xiaozhou seriously injured, but Zhu Wuyao was also in extremely poor condition.

If it weren't for the Heavenly Observation Technique that gave her a second chance, even if the Spirit Brush's move had opened a path to survival for her, she wouldn't have had the strength to run over here.

If a Golden Core cultivator were to guard the formation, she wouldn't be entirely confident in breaking through.

Although there are no cultivators here, there is a protective array.

Ye Xiaozhou looked up and said:

"You can get in. Jump through the sycamore tree on the left and go straight in."

The Lord of Xuancheng left in a hurry, so only the outermost protective array continued to operate as usual, without activating the killing array typically used during seclusion.

Ye Xiaozhou had long harbored murderous intent towards him.

I've scouted this place more than once.

She had long ago discovered the flaw in this protective array and, taking advantage of the similarity in aura, had secretly tampered with it.

Zhu Wuyao immediately changed direction, leaped onto the treetop, and jumped over the low wall. The moment he entered the courtyard, Ye Xiaozhou barely managed to condense a wisp of spiritual power and imprint it into runes. The invisible protective array rippled out like water.

The two of them blended in silently.

Just to condense such a wisp of spiritual energy, Ye Xiaozhou was in so much pain that cold sweat beaded on his forehead.

Ye Xiaozhou recalled what he had said when he first met Zhu Wuyao: if Zhu Wuyao could not use the Heavenly Observation Technique to draw Qi into her body, then he would cut off her path to immortality.

It seems that she herself is the first to have her path of cultivation severed...

Thinking of this, Ye Xiaozhou felt somewhat depressed.

She was used to being arrogant. Although she had killed most of her enemies, there were still too many of them, and she had offended people all over the world.

Thinking about all this, Ye Xiaozhou felt it was all meaningless.

She still wanted to live.

Otherwise, she should have learned from those righteous and chivalrous people and shouted, "You go first, don't worry about me!"

Ye Xiaozhou was used to being selfish; she couldn't possibly utter such righteous words.

She was afraid that if she was just being polite, Zhu Wuyao would really abandon her and leave alone.

The phrase "sharing weal and woe" was too unfamiliar to Ye Xiaozhou. In the cultivation world, "trust" was equivalent to courting death.

So she didn't understand how Zhu Wuyao had survived until now.

"You really are a good person..."

Zhu Wuyao was heading towards the teleportation array in the direction Ye Xiaozhou pointed. This Lord Xuan lived alone, but his residence was very spacious, almost taking over both hilltops.

Upon hearing this comment, Zhu Wuyao offered no explanation.

She wasn't a native of the cultivation world, nor was she used to the constant killing.

In her original world, someone like Shen Anzhi would live a good life, while someone like Ye Xiaozhou might end up in jail.

but--

"If it were a better world, you might be a good person too."

"Please don't curse me..."

Zhu Wuyao wanted to chat with her a bit more to cheer Ye Xiaozhou up and prevent her from losing consciousness.

But after only saying two or three words, the Lord of Xuan City came chasing after him again. He's like a persistent ghost!

Fortunately, Zhu Wuyao was already very close to the teleportation array.

She placed the token in her hand into the groove of the teleportation array's foundation stone, channeling spiritual power into it. Ye Xiaozhou's voice came from behind her:

"Demon race, go find Zi Long..."

Following Ye Xiaozhou's instructions, she activated the dial in front of the teleportation array.

Then he carried her on his back and leaped onto the teleportation array.

At the same time, the Lord of Xuan City finally caught up with the two. Seeing the teleportation array glowing faintly and the runes flashing, he became even more anxious, as if he instinctively knew that the two would escape alive.

From a great distance, it roared to the sky, like a ferocious beast that had completely lost its mind, and suddenly accelerated, crashing straight into the teleportation array.

Zhu Wuyao sensed the crisis.

She turned sharply to face the ferocious beast that was pouncing on her and immediately erected a protective shield.

An invisible shockwave rippled outwards.

Even though the teleportation array blocked most of the impact, Zhu Wuyao still staggered back many steps and crashed into the array's barrier.

Her arm fell limply to her side, and she vomited a mouthful of blood. The spiritual energy affecting her body seemed to be colliding and clashing in all directions.

Fortunately, at that moment, the teleportation array finally flashed a blinding white light.

I hope you didn't see this without my invitation.

Just as she instinctively wanted to raise her hand to fight, a phantom image of a black broken sword seemed to solidify from the illusion.

That was the destroyed, bladeless sword!

It was a sword that should never have existed, and after being refined many times, it was about to transform from solid to ethereal, and be freely controlled within the body.

Zhu Wuyao had previously noticed the sword hilt appearing and disappearing, precisely because of this transformation.

Now that the Realm of the Springs has been destroyed, the karma that bound the Sword of No Edge has come to an end, and it has reappeared in its original form.

Rather than saying that the sword without an edge broke, it's more accurate to say that it broke free from its stone body and finally became a sword that no longer exists in the world.

……

"Ye Xiaozhou, you're back so quickly. Did you give my storybook to Manager Li?"

This is the continent of Kunci, where spring has not yet arrived.

Zhu Wuyao picked up a wooden stick to use as a crutch and walked forward with uneven steps, his breath turning into mist and crunching under his feet.

She tried hard to find something to talk about.

They are walking in the direction Ye Xiaozhou pointed out.

"Ha... Nonsense, just throw it in the yard, why bother with pointless small talk? Do you think I'm someone else?"

Ye Xiaozhou's voice was very soft, and it would dissipate in the wind.

The wind was biting cold, and inhaling it made one's lungs ache. The final blow from the Lord of Xuan City had also seriously injured Zhu Wuyao. She could even feel the cold, and her hands and feet seemed to have gone numb from the cold.

"You have no manners."

"Hmm...you're right..."

"Ye Xiaozhou, your combat strength is indeed the best among your peers, you are extremely impressive."

"Of course……"

"My bladeless sword is gone, what should I do?"

"Even without my scimitar, I'm still the strongest among my peers. Zhu Wuyao... You're so noisy, can we have some peace and quiet...?"

"Well, I don't know where I am, and I'm a little scared, so I just want to talk to someone."

"Um……"

"Ye Xiaozhou".

……

Zhu Wuyao touched her drooping wrist; it still had a pulse, though it was very weak.

She took a deep breath of the cold air and continued walking forward.