Frozen Star Village

Meng Shi had his face pale when looking at the two people who had appeared at this precise moment, it was a woman and a man who showed unreliable smiles on their faces wearing dark robes.

Is my luck really not very good today? Meng Shi thought to herself with great discouragement, she was aware that today seemed to be a very unfortunate day for her to become the target of these two people.

"I never thought that two members of the Dark Sects would be within Qizi County, are they from the Dark Abyss or Demon Supreme?"

There were two infamous Evil Sects, the Dark Abyss Sect filled with twisted Cultivators who killed for fun and justified it as 'Atonement' for sins.

The Supreme Demon Sect was not much different, they even had friendly ties with the Red Sea Demons!

At Meng Shi's words, the woman in front only shrugged with a twisted smile "Is there a difference?"

"At least I know who to take revenge on when I become a Wandering Spirit"

Hearing Meng Shi's reluctant response, both people chuckled, they enjoy making their victims suffer before eliminating them "I suppose we can fulfill that wish, well ... We are from the Dark Abyss Sect, are you satisfied in this way?"

Meng Shi nodded and she took a deep breath as she took out an ancient silver sword from her storage ring, instantly her aura shot up showing her cultivation at full splendor.

She was a soul formation stage cultivator! But both opponents simply shrugged their shoulders and showed conspiratorial smiles before immense amounts of dark elemental flows surrounded them and put great pressure on Meng Shi.

These two people turned out to be Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators, although there was only one range between Soul Formation and Nascent Soul it was really difficult for Meng Shi to be able to win against both of them without showing all his cards in hand.

As if they knew that Meng Shi was about to throw his best cards, they ran towards their opponent as if they had previously practiced this very scene.

But really Meng Shi would not let himself be defeated so easily, after all, she was a Disciple of the Fallen Sword Sect, gently swinging her sword that burned in white flames and letting out a short cry

"Earth Grade Technique: Thousand Strike Sword!"

At that same moment a thousand descent of swords appeared before the sight of both people of the Dark Sect, they were fascinated by how one sword turned into a thousand of them trying to cut them into pieces

But as if they could understand each other without words they both retreated hastily and defend themselves from the incoming attack towards them.

Clank! Clank! Clank! Crack! Crack!

The screeching sound of impacts between metal resounded in a matter of seconds, both people defended themselves and managed to dodge some that left deep marks in the earth around

By the time Meng Shi stopped her attack she realized that the dark robed woman had a wound on her shoulder, instead the man came out totally unscathed, dusting the dust off his robes casually with a smirk full of arrogance.

"Truly the Disciples of the Fallen Sword Sect live up to their title as Masters of the Sword" The man gave a flattering compliment as if he had everything under his control.

The woman instead looked at her own shoulder wound before frowning in disgust "You were right, fighting the Fallen Sword Sect Disciples head on is difficult for us even if we overcome her in Cultivation, should we kill her at once?"

Hearing this woman's words Meng Shi was silently alarmed, was the Dark Abyss Sect trying to attack the Fallen Sword Sect? If that were true, why would they do it?

However while she was having these thoughts she did not stop looking at her two opponents with caution.

But strangely both people didn't move, what were these two people planning?

"Even now you want to destroy this place? How troublesome you really are."

At the moment when Meng Shi was confused a voice echoed behind her, without thinking too much she swung her sword forcefully only for it to be stopped by a single finger leaving her overwhelmed.

But instantly she recognized the person in front of her, it was the man who had been with her all this time watching the previous battle as a spectator.

"You ... You came back, did you come back to save me?" Meng Shi smiled sweetly however that smile soon froze "Save you? I only came back because I felt two disgusting auras around"

In a casual way Ling Tian gently pushed Meng Shi's sword with his finger, Meng Shi shook his head and showed his radiant smile again before putting his sword away "And what will you do with them?"

As Meng Shi asked, she realized that suddenly those two people dressed in black robes disappeared, she was confused because she just looked away from them a second ago and those people were no longer there.

"If you don't have anything better to do now ... Follow me, I need a guide on my way"

Without saying many words Ling Tian turned around, Meng Shi hesitated a bit before following the man in front of her with small leaps

In his mind there was only one thought, if she was next to this person ... How many problems could she cause and go unpunished looking for his support?

With a beaming smile Meng Shi followed Ling Tian while humming a joyous melody

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At independent Frozen Star Village was currently filled with melancholy as villagers collected debris around their homes.

At the corner of the village square there were men and women who were crying with their faces full of dirt after trying to save the crops that they had planted with so much effort.

Around him there were vegetables scattered but nevertheless nobody wanted to pick them up with so little quantity it was impossible to distribute them to everyone within the village

Everyone felt sad and harbored hatred towards those people who fought so close to their village destroying their life expectancy, they were furious but they as ordinary mortals could not do anything against the Cultivators.

The Village Chief, Situ Yang looked at his people full of sadness and gritted his teeth, when his ancestors gathered to form this village five hundred years ago they became independent from the Qin Empire, that's why right now it was impossible to request the protection of the Qin Empire for his village

But even if they were belonging to the Qin Empire, like a village in the peripheral areas ... Would the Qin Empire provide protection for them? That was an absolute no

As if things weren't enough to sadden the sad one even more, four men picked up the rubble before taking out two corpses inside a house.

It was about a middle-aged man and a little ten-year-old girl who had died when they were crushed by their own home, their acquaintances cried and even those who were not relatives were outraged.

The life of a ten-year-old girl had so easily vanished in this way that the children around them were crying aloud over the loss of a friend.

"We lost more than eighty percent of our crops and two of our villagers died ... What sin have we committed to deserve this?" Situ Yang muttered as he looked up at the sky in the distance

With only the remaining twenty percent of the vegetables harvested it was impossible for these three hundred villagers to last more than a month, should they leave this place?

But how would they do it? They were ordinary mortals and if they wandered aimlessly dying was naturally their destiny

"Someone ... Someone is coming!"

At that moment a shout broke the silence within the village, a man ran wildly while announcing the arrival of a visitor

A visitor right now? By the time everyone looked towards the entrance of the village they noticed a beautiful and seductive blonde woman wearing white robes in the distance.

The eyes of all the villagers present twitched in fear as they realized that this woman in the distance was a cultivators.

Was this woman here to finish destroying her village? It was not very uncommon for the Independent Villages to be destroyed by Cultivators who were in a bad mood.

Being the Head of the Village, Situ Yang took a step forward with his body trembling "My lady ... Our village is going through a bad time and we have no way to show you due respect, we regret our offense"

Although everyone was totally furious against the Cultivators who fought in the distance, proving it was seeking death and there were children present for which they would regret even they as adults in death being the cause of the death of these children.

The blonde woman in the distance looked at the village with a complicated look before she clenched her teeth "I ... Meng Shi apologize for my actions and I am here to make amends for my mistakes"

"Ah?"

Not only did Situ Yang utter a short sentence of confusion, all the villagers were confused because this blonde woman had suddenly come just to apologize to them.

Who I am? Where I am? What am I missing?

All the villagers felt overwhelmingly confused, yet something they could understand

This blonde woman seemed to be one of the causes of his current misfortune!

"My lady you ..." Situ Yang didn't know what to say, he didn't know what actions to take right now, since when did cultivators apologize to ordinary mortals?

At the moment when Situ Yang did not know what to answer a slight sound resounded, as if everything around it became extremely slow, everyone looked at a small stone flying overhead in the air.

Nobody moved, nobody breathed when the stone flew slowly over before the sound 'Pa' was witnessed when it collided with the head of the blonde woman

"Uh ..." They all drew cold air into their lungs in horror, where did that stone come from? Well let's say the stone flew on its own so we'll be relieved

No, even if they tried to fool themselves all the villagers almost cried within them as they realized that the blonde woman's expression darkened as the ground below her seemed to soften showing slight fractures.

She was very slowly releasing her aura as her anger was going to skyrocket, it was at that moment that a youthful scream resounded

"You ... You Cultivators always do what you want, you are beasts that fight where and when you want without caring about the implications of your actions ... YOU ARE THE GUILTY OF DEATH MY PARENTS!"

That voice sounded at first full of courage so that in the end it ended up sounding between tears, everyone noticed a six-year-old little boy who cried while he lifted another stone in his hands

It had to be said that the hearts of everyone present clenched tightly upon hearing those words from the child, hearing that tone of hatred coming from a six-year-old boy ...

It really made everyone feel very sad, at that moment a slim figure in dirty clothes ran out hugging the child causing the stone in his hands to fall to the ground

"Little Wei ..."

If the child was Little Wei the orphan child of the village, each villager looked at each other and felt desperate

The person who was hugging Little happened to be Little Qiang's mother, since the death of Little Wei's parents she was the one who took care of him

But the villagers were a bit astonished, was at Mrs. Xiao really going to defend this child even if they weren't blood relatives?

"You guys...!" At that moment when everyone was stunned, a soft scream caught everyone's attention only to see that the blonde woman was staring at them as if she wanted to murder them all right now.

But before she could say a next word she flinched before leaning down and spreading her hands showing a small bag "I am giving you this as my compensation for my actions, I hope you can accept it"

Situ Yang was completely confused by the sudden change in attitude of this blonde woman, hesitating he took a step back giving a cordial smile "What do you mean? My lady, we are the ones who are grateful that you are not offended by the actions of this kid"

Undoubtedly Situ Yang felt that by asking for this apology the blonde woman would withdraw her hand, however she seemed to have an expression about to cry on her face "Please ... Take my compensation, hurry take it!"

The stunned Situ Yang didn't even step forward, that made Meng Shi despair

Why was this idiot man not taking the money in his hands? She wanted to hit him immediately but she was being seen by Ling Tian from the sky

She was going to die if the villagers didn't accept her gold!

Miraculously a little blonde girl came out from the crowd and stood next to Situ Yang blinking "Is the older sister giving us something?"

"Oh?" Looking towards the girl, Meng Shi felt hope blossoming inside her "Yes, yes ... This is my apology for my actions and also a gift for you"

The instant Meng Shi finished his words she smiled widely, however that made the male villagers stunned before averting their gazes with blushes on their faces.

After all, Meng Shi was a total seductive beauty, clumsily taking the small bag between her hands Situ Yang smiled.

But he instantly realized that due to this beautiful woman's smile, the oblivion that she was a Cultivator, was it really okay for them as villagers to take their belongings?

Patting his abundant chest Meng Shi sighed before having a radiant smile on his sensual lips, his actions naturally attracted the awkward gaze of men.

"My lady ..." Situ Yang did not know what to say to these actions and he smiled uncomfortably

But Meng Shi even with her smile ignored them all as she looked up into the sky, that made everyone avert their gazes with curiosity.

There everyone could now notice that a man in red robes was standing in the sky casually looking at them, the villagers were a bit alarmed, however there were some who realized that they had seen him before

"It's the older brother ~!" The blonde girl who had been by Situ Yang's side a few seconds ago pointed to the sky with a smile.

That made Meng Shi look at her for a second before looking away, Ling Tian looked at everyone and nodded towards everyone before directing his gaze towards Little Wei.

"Can I know your name?" Although Ling Tian did not point to anyone, everyone knew that his gaze was directed at the child in Ms. Xiao's arms.

The boy was silent for a moment before answering "Wei ... My name is Wei"

"No ... His name is Xiao Wei" This time it was Ms. Xiao who answered and took both children's hands.

That made Little Wei shocked before a smile and tears appeared on his face, Litte Qiang beamed

Ling Tian looked at the three people before nodding "We will meet again ... Xiao Wei"

Just like that soon Ling Tian disappeared, Meng Shi also mysteriously disappeared without a trace making all the villagers feel incredulous.

"Did that man save us again?" A middle-aged man muttered and that made everyone feel surprised

They weren't fools, they could tell that Meng Shi was absolutely afraid of the man in red robes, did it mean that she came to apologize just because that man ordered her to?

Actually that man saved them twice, smiling, many villagers felt relieved, however that did not change the fact that the village was currently in crisis.

"O ... Gold!"

At that moment Situ Yang's scream resounded before the ears of all the other villagers, looking towards his direction they saw him holding a small bag from which the gold coins fell to the ground.

It was a storage bag that soon emptied automatically, leaving almost four hundred gold coins on the ground!

"The village ... is saved!"

"We are saved! With this amount of money we can buy food in the Main City!"

"Just food? Even hiring guards for our village won't be impossible for us."

Everyone was instantly euphoric, Situ Yang looked at the gold on the ground and then directed his gaze towards the Xiao family on the side.

An idea crossed his mind at that moment

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In the areas outside the Frozen Star Village Ling Tian was currently raising his hand to the sky as Meng Shi watched him.

Snap!

With a snap of the fingers, an invisible spatial turbulence shot up into the sky forming a slight spherical layer that covered everything around the Frozen Star Village.

Meng Shi's green eyes showed astonishing while she was confused "I don't understand, why does someone like you insist on protecting these mortals? Saving a few doesn't really make a difference."

At Meng Shi's words, Ling Tian looked at her for a few seconds before smiling "If I can protect them and I have nothing better to do, why not do it?"

Hearing those words Meng Shi could only understand something, this man was only doing these things because ... He was bored!

Didn't that mean this man was just like her?

Being bored she usually causes problems just for fun ...

Although her concepts were somewhat different, she actually felt that she was right.

"So where are you taking me now?" At that moment, Meng Shi asked casually noticing that the man started walking.

Ling Tian didn't stop and casually replied "Me? I just want to retrace my steps"

Three hours after Ling Tian and Meng Shi left the village in the distance of the trees, two figures ran out into the dark night.

Carrying a saber in his hand a man dressed totally in black hiding his face, attacked his opponent with force causing a burst of bursts around

It was two cultivators from the Establishment Foundation Stage who were having a fairly close battle above while appearing to be paired in power.

"Why don't you give up? scum surnamed Ye, Those who stand in the way of the Long family don't deserve to live!"

"Damn! Are you from the Long family? They really are so obnoxious and dirty!"

"It is your fault that you did not accept the fact that Miss Su only belongs to our Young Master, you do not have the right to ask for her hand in marriage!"

"Don't I have the right? Long Tang is the one who doesn't have the right, at least I did if I reached the Establishment Foundation Stage without needing family support!"

"Insolent! A statusless cultivator like you only has the right to be envious! Miss Su only belongs to our Young Master Long Tang! Now she dies!"

Boom!

They both hit their fists, it made Ye Yuan's body stumble back and his face immediately turned gloomy.

He could observe that behind him was the entrance of a mortal village, was his battle going to cause innocent deaths?

Ye Yuan was once mortal ten years ago therefore he did not agree to treat mortals like ants, at that moment a strange energy went through his body momentarily.

He could feel as if someone was watching him at that moment and his eyes were focused towards the sky where he could notice something absurd

There in the sky there were a pair of scarlet eyes which were looking at both cultivators, the Long family member felt his hair stand on end with fear and instantly tried to escape.

Splash!

But his body could not take a step back when he exploded into a bloody wisp, Ye Yuan could see that on top of him a spherical layer that was covering the entire village before becoming again invisible to the eye.

"Is this a Formation? What kind of Formation is this ?!" Ye Yuan was sweating deeply as she realized that if he had had bad intentions harbored in his body right now he could have died.

He was only able to save himself because his killing intent was replaced by concern when he noticed the village in the distance or else it would have already turned into a bloody stain on the ground.

"To have such a formidable Formation capable of killing an Establishment Foundation Stage Cultivator like this, I feel quite intrigued."

Hesitating a bit at the end, Ye Yuan cautiously walked towards the village, however great was his surprise when he realized that in the following days he would witness events incomprehensible to him.