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"Hmph!"

Patriarch Xu Anbang of the Changning Xu Family snorted discontentedly, "Patriarch Huangfu, your words are incorrect. In business, it’s naturally about each showcasing their ability. Moreover, both our Changning Xu Family and Ping’an Wang Family are founded on integrity. Patriarch, don’t start defaming us lightheartedly."

"Fifth Uncle is absolutely right," Wang Shouzhe said calmly, "We often teach our children that to establish oneself, one must first establish virtue. If one’s virtue is insufficient, how can they stand firm? Especially families like ours, without virtue and conduct, how can we survive?"

"Heh~"

Huangfu Jinhuan’s eyes flickered twice, but he did not debate further with them.

After tonight, the Changning Xu Family and the Ping’an Wang Family will be like grasshoppers after autumn, unable to jump for long. Let them enjoy their moment of pride~

...

As the Changning Huangfu Family’s main residence was bustling with music and dance, the battle near the workshop on Golden Beach had reached a fever pitch.

The Patrol Third Battalion had the Golden Beach surrounded impenetrably, with various Spirit Platform Realm experts engaged in combat. Unless unforeseen events arise, this would be a complete annihilation battle.

Among them, the fight between Wang Longyan and Mr. Yin was the most crucial.

Mr. Yin’s manifestation of combat power evidently wasn’t in direct confrontation but in various deceitful maneuvers.

Forced to unveil numerous trump cards, each dismantled one by one, even though his cultivation was slightly superior to Wang Longyan, he became a tiger without claws under Wang Longyan’s dominant and unrelenting assault.

If it weren’t for his peculiar body technique and endless tactics, he might have already been slain.

Seeing no hope of escape, a hint of ruthless determination flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly spoke, "Young lady, we have no grievances or feuds. Why pursue me so relentlessly? I know a major secret, which I can share with you to help you ascend to the Celestial Human Realm."

At this moment, he could only throw out his final trump card.

He firmly believed that any late-stage Spirit Platform Realm cultivator would be irresistibly tempted by the prospect of advancing to the Celestial Human Realm. At the very least, the other party would be interested in knowing what secret he held.

As long as the other party hesitated slightly, he was confident in persuading them.

Who knew!

Faced with such temptation, Wang Longyan didn’t even blink, her hatred only deepening.

She abruptly intensified the activation of the Profound Ice Sword Technique, with the Longyan Sword raising a layer of frost suddenly soaring, the sword qi growing colder, and the aura ever sharper.

The layers of sword qi immediately overwhelmed Mr. Yin.

Clearly, she had no intention of listening to what Mr. Yin had to say, determined solely to kill him.

"You!" Mr. Yin choked with emotion, his face suddenly turning extremely unsightly, "Are you crazy?! Killing me, what benefit do you gain? I can swear a Nether River Oath to share this secret with you, I can even vow to aid you in advancing to the Celestial Human Realm first. You know that although our Yin Sha Sect is antagonistic to your Purple Mansion Academy, we wouldn’t lightly violate a Nether River Oath."

The Nether River Oath is an oath highly valued by the Yin Sha Sect. Once such an oath is made, it’s rarely broken unless it concerns life and death.

Throwing out even the Nether River Oath showed he was truly desperate.

"I admit your proposal is enticing, and I understand the significance of your Yin Sha Sect’s Nether River Oath, but unfortunately..."

Ancestor Longyan, her enchanting body hovering in mid-air, with her delicate hands tightly gripping the Longyan Sword, her face cold and a gaze like a majestic ice peak, unusually firm.

Suddenly.

Her wrist shook, slicing out a sword with a fierce edge.

At the same time, her resolute voice came from the sky, "If I abandon past grievances and cooperate with your Yin Sha Evil Sect, how can I face the ancestors? How can I face the elders of the academy? How can I face the descendants of the family?"

Wang Longyan deeply understood that the character "virtue" is the foundation of a family’s standing!

If one only considers immediate benefits, abandoning the moral bottom line, how are they different from the selfish and greedy Huangfu Family? Such a foundational family may flourish for a while, but absolutely not for a lifetime.

As her voice fell, thousands of frosts suddenly converged into an ice storm, once again enveloping Mr. Yin.

The sword aura formed by the Longyan Sword was omnipresent, lethally so!

"Damn it, this damned woman!"

This is a pesky lunatic!

Mr. Yin roared internally, his suffering unbearable.

Despite his endless tricks, he was beaten into extreme disarray, wounded in multiple places, his body nearly frostbitten, his movements slowing evermore.

Continuing on this path, death awaited.

"Enough, enough~"

Mr. Yin’s zombie-like face twitched fiercely, as if resolving on a decision.

Right now, he only had that one move left.

Immediately, he began to activate a secret technique, reversing his qi and blood.

In an instant, the essence blood within his body boiled and ignited, blood leaked from his orifices and pores, looking grotesquely terrifying.

Blood is the foundation of life, and essence blood forms the core of a cultivator’s foundation.

Any manipulation of one’s essence blood inevitably harms cultivation foundations and can even affect lifespan. Burning essence blood, even if it secures survival, likely results in being severely injured.

"The favor of today, Yin will remember." He glared icily at Wang Longyan, then transformed into a blood rainbow, swiftly soaring toward the sky, "In the future..." 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Before he even flew seven or eight feet away, before finishing the word "future," Wang Longyan had already acted.

As if expecting it, she raised her fair hand, the Longyan Sword spinning violently and whizzing towards him.