This scene was extremely shocking to everyone present.
The third - grade students all had their mouths agape in surprise. It wasn't that they had never witnessed a killing before, but they had never seen a fourth - stage spiritual herbalist being so easily beheaded by a young girl. Moreover, they still hadn't had the chance to see the girl's face clearly.
She was truly—so powerful.
Zhao Shuning let out a sigh, withdrew her spiritual power, and slowly flew to Huang Sheng's side. She picked up the Changkong Spiritual Whip in his hand and tossed it into the Qiankun Pouch she carried with her.
She clapped her hands and then stood up.
The girl was veiled and wearing a loose black long gown. Zhang Tianyuan couldn't see the girl's face clearly.
But when the girl walked towards him, he slowly gathered his spiritual energy. If the organization didn't send someone to rescue him, he would have to rely on himself. Even if it meant a desperate fight, he wouldn't let this girl have an easy time.
Zhang Tianyuan's hand reached into his sleeve.
Zhao Shuning gave a charming smile and said, "Are you looking for this?"
In the girl's hand, the spiritual beast inner core as small as a finger was exactly what Zhang Tianyuan had been searching for.
"Give it back to me!"
"Do you think that's possible?"
Zhao Shuning put all the spiritual beast inner cores into her Qiankun Pouch and then said, "I won't waste any more words with you. Just go and see King Yama!"
As she spoke, a spiritual power vortex formed above Zhao Shuning. Then, with a little guidance, the spiritual power transformed into a huge spear in mid - air.
Zhao Shuning finally realized how wasteful she had been in her previous life. Spiritual power, if used properly, was much more useful than spiritual energy. But before, she thought it was just a matter of talent. She preferred the sense of security brought by physical strength. Now she understood that when she was Ye Ling, she had wasted the excellent talent of an alchemist.
"If you dare to kill me, the Divine Sect will exterminate your entire family!"
As soon as Zhang Tianyuan shouted this, a white silk ribbon suddenly appeared in front of him. The silk ribbon wrapped around Zhang Tianyuan's waist and easily broke Zhao Shuning's barrier.
Before Zhao Shuning could even make a move, she could only watch as Zhang Tianyuan disappeared in front of her.
"Little girl, if we have time in the future, we'd like to have a meeting with you."
This voice drifted through the air, and Zhao Shuning's body turned ice - cold.
This voice was so familiar.
Moreover, the person speaking should not be at the scene. But he could, just like her master, break through the planes and cross space to rescue Zhang Tianyuan right under her nose.
Telepathy was not something to be surprised about, but this person was clearly communicating with her across several spatial planes.
It was hard to imagine that if this person really appeared in front of Zhao Shuning, she wouldn't be able to dodge even one move, let alone ten.
The person just now said "we"?
Did that mean there was more than one person on the other side?
Also, just before Zhang Tianyuan was rescued, he said that the Divine Sect would exterminate the Zhao family. What was this Divine Sect?
The person who just rescued him was obviously related to the legendary Divine Sect.
Zhao Shuning was extremely worried. Zhang Tianyuan, a third - stage spiritual herbalist, if he really had such a powerful backer, why would he be willing to stay in a small Misty Rain Tower just to compete for the position of an inner - sect disciple of the Wang family? No matter how she thought about it, Zhao Shuning felt something was wrong.
"Thank you, senior, for your rescue."
Before Zhao Shuning could figure out anything or recover from her shock, the simultaneous words of gratitude behind her pulled her back to reality.
Twenty people knelt neatly, all with expressions of gratitude on their faces.
They had witnessed the power of the senior with their own eyes. It was their honor to meet such a person and become her disciple.
Zhao Shuning motioned for everyone to get up.
Then, she noticed that a familiar power was slowly approaching them. The speed was comparable to her own.
She opened the Qiankun Pouch and randomly took out the small wooden tokens that she and Huodou had carved when they were idle in the Dark Swamp Land. She threw them to the more than twenty people.
"This is the token of our sect. You must remember not to lose it."
The familiar aura was getting closer.
Zhao Shuning could only make it brief: "Remember, when you return to the Misty Rain Tower, you can go to Du She. Show him the wooden token, and he will help you."
After saying that, Zhao Shuning wanted to leave immediately. But when she turned around, she saw a young man standing against the wind not far away, staring blankly at her.
It was Du She.
Zhao Shuning let out a sigh. Seeing this, the others also knew that this Du She obviously had a connection with the senior. It seemed that they had something to talk about. They glanced at each other, feeling a bit awkward.
"Senior, we'll take our leave first."
"Okay, go find Su Nian. She's a good teacher."
"Yes, senior."
Although they were puzzled about how Teacher Su was still alive, they believed that the senior's words must be reasonable, so they just needed to trust.
The twenty people supported each other and returned to the place where the third - grade students had gathered. Then, they led everyone to look for Su Nian.
The night wind was very cool.
Zhao Shuning's heart was quite calm. The reason she wanted to leave was not that she was afraid of seeing Du She, but that she couldn't stand the sticky and sentimental scene when they met again.
Du She, on the other hand, was completely the opposite.
His heart had gone through a lot of suffering. Looking at the girl's figure, he hadn't seen her for almost a year, and she had really grown a lot taller.
Before, when he saw the signal flare in the distance, he thought something urgent had happened here, so he rushed over. But when he saw the familiar figure and heard the familiar voice, Du She felt that his heart seemed to stop beating at that moment.
She was always so mysterious that he couldn't find her. So, being able to see her now was already a great stroke of luck for him.
"Senior—"
Du She's voice was very soft, as if he was afraid that a louder voice would startle the girl in front of him.
"Xiao An, long time no see."
Xiao An. She still remembered. She still remembered his name was Xiao An.
"Senior, why are you here?"
The decisive Du She in front of others trembled involuntarily when facing the girl, and even stammered when speaking.
"Taking care of someone."
Zhao Shuning pointed to Huang Sheng on the ground and then said, "I killed your teacher from the Misty Rain Tower. Aren't you going to punish me?"
"He's not worthy of being a teacher. Senior, what can I do for you?"
When Du She saw this scene, he didn't think about questioning the girl why she had killed Huang Sheng. Instead, he was thinking about how he could help the girl cover up this fact.
Zhao Shuning also smiled. She was obviously not good at destroying the evidence, and she didn't need to do so. But it was really rare that Du She had the intention to help her.