Chapter 185: She Will Not Stay For Anyone
After dealing with Lingxiao Sect, the next one is Bixia Sect.
After all, the Sect Master of Bixia Sect is indeed quite despicable!
And everyone in Ao Tian Sect also felt that Ming Zhaoshuang had changed significantly after breaking through to the Spirit Transformation Stage.
That is.
Ming Zhaoshuang, at the Spirit Transformation Stage, became even more arrogant!
Previously, when she fought against Spirit Transformation Stage experts, she knew to call for backup. Now, when she fights against Spirit Transformation Stage experts, she fights herself first. If she can’t win, she calls for Sang Biao. Sang Biao strikes with a palm, directly pulverizing that minor Spirit Transformation expert into dust.
The key is that she repeated the same trick, challenging several mid-stage and late-stage Spirit Transformation experts of Bixiao Sect one by one. Only then did Sang Biao kill them all, completely treating them as her whetstones!
Bixiao Sect did not expect that with just a slight intervention, the degree of courting death had already reached the limit for this tier.
After the annihilation of Lingxiao Sect, Bixia Sect was almost annihilated as well.
Yes, almost.
It can only be said that they were lucky to have Wei Xun as a son-in-law, and the sects in the Upper Cultivation World protected them.
Qin Du pondered for a long time and felt that it was unnecessary to escalate the matter to the Upper Realm. After discussing with the Ming, Fei, and Sun families, he decided to spare Bixia Sect, allowing their ordinary cultivators to live normally.
Why ordinary cultivators? Because almost all cultivators above the Spirit Transformation Stage in Bixia Sect died in this battle.
As for the land and spirit veins under the jurisdiction of Bixia Sect, only one-third was retained, and the rest were divided among Ao Tian Sect, the Ming, Fei, and Sun families.
After this battle, Bixia Sect is likely no longer comparable to the Three Sects and Six Clans.
Although Ming Zhaoshuang intervened and gained great renown in this battle, upon careful examination, she was not the one in charge, so she did not involve herself in this matter.
Anyway, the Ming family is her home, and she is happy when the Ming family benefits.
Especially since she has increased her cultivation by borrowing the power of Bixia Sect’s Old Ancestors, this trip was not a loss!
As for the former haughty Young Master of Bixia Sect, He Wanxia, after half a year, her cultivation is still at the Golden Core Mid-stage.
Looking at the spirited Ming Zhaoshuang and the others, she held no resentment, only admiration.
It had only been half a year, yet the youths she remembered had all leaped across an entire major realm, which was truly unbelievable.
Her throat felt a little dry, and she looked at Ming Zhaoshuang and asked, “Where is the Music Cultivator girl who defeated me back then?”
If there was anything He Wanxia couldn’t let go of, it was that she, a Sword Cultivator, was defeated effortlessly by a Music Cultivator, and it could even be said to be a crushing defeat.
If Shen Liqian hadn’t stopped her in time back then, she might have really deafened herself.
Ming Zhaoshuang had no personal grudges with her, so upon hearing her words, she replied as usual, “She has returned to where she belongs, and we will meet again eventually.”
We will meet again at the pinnacle of Heavenly Prodigies.
Hearing this, He Wanxia guessed that Shen Liqian might have had her own fortuitous encounter. She nodded and said, “Then I wish you all that your friendship remains unchanged, and your Azure Water flows eternally.”
At this moment, He Wanxia deeply understood that she was different from these true Heavenly Prodigies.
Shen Liqian and Ming Zhaoshuang would not stop at the Lower Cultivation World; they would undoubtedly shine brilliantly in the Upper Cultivation World.
He Wanxia even felt that they would usher in a brand new era, an era more glorious and prosperous than that of Feng He and the others back then.
She looked forward to witnessing this day.
Hearing this, Ming Zhaoshuang couldn’t help but chuckle and say, “The same to you. May you and Wei Xun find true love and grow old together, never parting.”
After the elders finished their discussions, Ming Zhaoshuang also bid farewell to He Wanxia and the others.
As she was leaving, Yue Xunzhu suddenly grabbed her and stammered, “Do you still remember me?”
Ming Zhaoshuang replied, bewildered, “Yes, the one who was tricked by my Immobilization Talisman.”
Yue Xunzhu’s face turned red and he said, “I will work hard to be worthy of you!”
Ming Zhaoshuang: “?”
What do you mean, little brother? Your words make me think you have feelings for me!
Ming Zhaoshuang had been pursued by others in her past life in modern times, so she understood what Yue Xunzhu meant.
She raised her eyebrows slightly and asked, “You like me? Why?”
Yue Xunzhu’s intentions were so directly pointed out by her that his face turned extremely red. He said, “Is it not normal to like you?”
She is beautiful, comes from a good family, has unparalleled talent, and works harder than others.
Before, she was only twelve years old, so liking her might have been considered presumptuous. But now, at thirteen, she is of marriageable age in the Mortal Realm, so liking her is not so strange.
When Yue Xunzhu fought Ming Zhaoshuang previously, he only found her exceptionally interesting.
During the recent sect battles, although he was an adversary to Ming Zhaoshuang, he also witnessed her composure and steadfast demeanor in the face of danger amidst the chaos.
At that moment, looking at Ming Zhaoshuang’s smiling face, he thought to himself, how could anyone in this world be so outstanding and captivating?
So, he fell for her.
Ming Zhaoshuang chuckled and said, “But you are from Bixia Sect, and I am the one who brought Bixia Sect to this state.”
Bixia Sect not only lost land but also spirit veins. Without spirit veins, it would be even more difficult for Bixia Sect disciples to cultivate.
Although Ming Zhaoshuang admitted that liking him was not shameful, Yue Xunzhu’s stance was wrong, making it somewhat unreasonable for him to like her.
Especially since he had only met her a few times.
Yue Xunzhu said, “Our stances are different, there is no need to let this affect us. I am telling you my feelings to give myself closure, not to ask for closure from you.”
“Moreover, at thirteen years old and already at the Spirit Transformation Stage, I am not worthy.”
Yue Xunzhu smiled at Ming Zhaoshuang, like the rising dawn.
Ming Zhaoshuang was about to reply that it had nothing to do with cultivation, but purely because she didn’t like him.
If she liked someone, she would like them even if they were a useless waste with no cultivation; if she didn’t like someone, she wouldn’t like them even if they were an Ascender.
This was purely a matter of her liking or not liking someone, not a question of worthiness.
But obviously, Yue Xunzhu hadn’t considered this. He said to Ming Zhaoshuang, “I will work hard to catch up to you, and I hope you will also become more and more outstanding in the future.”
He would view Ming Zhaoshuang as a goal to constantly pursue.
Even to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with her, and to enter her eyes.
Ming Zhaoshuang smiled upon hearing this, her eyes as radiant as snow, “Then you won’t be able to catch up to me.”
She would only become better and better, more and more outstanding.
She would not stop for anyone.
She did not like Yue Xunzhu, and Yue Xunzhu upheld his gentlemanly demeanor.
But she also had to make it clear to him that he could not catch up to her.
He would never catch up to her.
Although Yue Xunzhu’s talent was excellent, it was not on the same level as hers. No matter how hard he tried, he could not catch up to her.
This was the gulf between a Heavenly Prodigy and ordinary talent.
