The Moon is Beautiful

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In one of the VIP rooms, an old man with his cane on the side sighed. He can't believe that he has to retort to shameless methods to distract his junior just to get the herb that will help him break through to the next level and possibly help him to solve the issue about his lifespan but alas, it didn't work.

"Had I known that it will happen I wouldn't have spent my savings on the brothels when I was still young! Dammit! Madam Ya is just good at doing her job."

The old man said as he sobs, his old white beard and hair dances sorrowfully as he cries. Soon he stops, he is still a man and it hurts the manly pride that he has and instead of crying he just thought of fulfilling his dreams.

"I will just spend all my remaining days on Madam Ya's brothel. Using my money I will rent all the women and build the harem of my dream!"

The old man stood up righteously! He suddenly felt enlightened! He finally got the grasp of what the Grand Dao is! It is a life full of debauchery and this enlightenment has suddenly given him energy that he lost over the years!

"Fuck breakthrough! I will transcend heaven with this enlightenment of mine"

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"That ends the Tian Family Auction for today! Thanks for your patronage!"

The auction ends as the last thing that is sold is a blacksmith's hammer that no one knows where it came from nor its power.

Everything is a mystery so not plenty of people are interested but it still sold for 250,000 spirit stones. It might have been a scam but it is worth a try if it is indeed a good item.

Zhou Mengyao didn't show any interest in the hammer since the only money left on his storage ring is about a hundred thousand spirit stones. That includes all of his savings since he is young and the money that his grandfather gave him before he left for the academy.

"Let's leave now, there are still plenty of people so we can use it as a cover as we leave."

Zhou Mengyao stood up and stretch as Yan Suyin nodded and she stood up gracefully.

Both of them left the VIP room under the cover of countless cultivators swarming the place. There are too many cultivators participating in the auction, there are at least hundreds of them if not more.

They left swiftly without any problems and they are back to the night market that is still full of activity.

Yan Suyin grasps Zhou Mengyao's arms again and this time he can tell that something is already amiss before Yan Suyin even gave him the sign.

They both look at each other for a second before they go into a dark enclosed alley. She sent him a telepathic message as well telling him the plan, the plan is basically just to crush them since it looks like she doesn't feel any threat to them.

They walked and goes into various left and right until they have reached the place near the slums, in this place the lightings are not implemented properly hence it is darker but it is still bearable.

Yan Suyin brought him to one alley that doesn't have any lighting. It is dark but since Zhou Mengyao has qi now, he can bear with it albeit too hard to see properly.

"Come out now. I don't have plans to waste my time to play your stupid games."

Yan Suyin shouted while looking in a certain direction. Zhou Mengyao hides behind her back since he doesn't have any plans to interfere with their fight. He isn't ready to join the fights of higher caliber cultivators yet.

"You have a good perception. I am a reasonable man you see, I am just tasked to kill the little brat behind your back and I will let you go. As for the little brothers behind my back, I don't know them but we have the same goal so please just surrender"

A middle-aged man wearing a pink robe said as he flies on his sword. On his back, there are about four men, three of them wearing blue robes, and the last one wears white and they wear masks to hide their faces.

"Don't even think of trying, I will not let all of you go if you try to pull a trick on us."

Yan Suyin replied coldly, she summoned a sword on her storage ring. The sword looks normal, it even looks mediocre in comparison to Tier 1 Swords which only cultivators in the Qi Refining Realm use.

"This girl is a clown, I can tell that you just have a Qi Refining Realm cultivation base so I wanted to spare you since you might just be innocent in this but now that you don't want to comply with the rules of this world then my sword will teach you what the rule is"

The old man scoffed at Yan Suyin as he summons another flying sword and it flew gracefully leaving plum blossom on its path, it's direction is aimed at Yan Suyin's head.

"So this master is at Core Formation Realm. One will only be able to use that technique once they already reach that level."

The man in the white said as they retreated to the side, now that the one at the fight is at Core Formation Realm they don't have any plan to join in the fight.

"We will not interfere with what you wanted to do with them, we just wanted to confirm that the man behind his back will be beheaded."

The man in white said while looking maliciously at Zhou Mengyao.

"Don't worry, we have the same intention but now that you wanted me to give me the killing blow as well them I will call you my junior in the future."

The swordsman riding the sword said as he thinks about the pill that Xie Hualing will refine for him.

He just entered the 1st Stage of Core Formation Realm and he already got an opportunity to advance again with Xie Hualing's help so how can he not be happy.

'This man is just at the First Stage of Core Formation Realm, a pity. A plum element is rare but I have to kill you today.'

Yan Suyin thought as he observes the approaching 'slow sword' in her vision. He can clearly see its trajectory and she unsheathed her sword and parry the incoming sword attack.

"Foolish!"

The man said after realizing Yan Suyin's intention, he can't help but think of how foolish Yan Suyin is, that is until he realized that the sword that he shoots out is deflected.

"You are not in Qi Refining Realm! I see, then there is no reason for us to keep this farce any longer."

The man said after realizing that his attack didn't do any jack shit to her. He summoned countless swords with plum blossom lightening the surroundings.

"Alright, let's see what is stronger your plum blossom or this gale."

Yan Suyin stated as she gets into a stance. Her dual-edge sword is back to its sheat, she concentrates qi on the sword and the surroundings suddenly got windy. She crouched and took a deep breath and the wind on the surroundings suddenly run rampant.

"Plum Blossom 24 Sword Strikes!"

The man shouted as he watches her gather qi in the sword, the more she gathers qi the more he felt danger.

Soon, 24 flying swords flying at a blinding speed approached her and the one leading the charge of these swords is the man himself.

The sword that he is riding on is now in his hand and it is pointing to Yan Suyin's head as he flew to severe Yan Suyin's head using his sword.

"Monsoon"

The name of the Martial Skills of Yan Suyin in comparison to her enemy is a little bit lacking but that is enough for Zhou Mengyao to realize the strength of the skill. Especially now that there are even waters that suddenly formed in the surroundings.

BOOM!

The two swords meet, followed by the remaining flying swords but before the flying swords can hit her, their momentum is suddenly lost.

What followed after is a catastrophe, the quiet night of the slums suddenly heard an explosion loud enough to cause a huge commotion.

But the fight isn't finished yet as neither of the fighters is dead, but the victor is already decided. Yan Suyin looks like she received no damage and her enemy lost his right arm.

Seeing this, Yan Suyin just pathetically looks at him as she waves her sword. Strangely though her sword's reach didn't hit him, she put it into her sheat.

Three seconds have passed and the onlookers and even the man are lost about what just happened. Shouldn't she kill him now? Why is she hesitating?

The man thought that it is an opportunity to escape especially now that she put her back on him as she gracefully bathes in the moonlight.

He has no intention to fight right now, just one move and he is already defeated, if he tried to backstab her then his survival rate will go down the sink.

"Don't you think the moon is beautiful today?"

Yan Suyin gracefully said as her tone is that of one enjoying the beauty of the surroundings.