CHAPTER 337: CHAPTER 291: SHATTERED DAO CORE

Mei Lan: "... " She certainly didn’t come just for a stroll, nor did she believe Lan Tian came only for a simple walk. And after this woman appeared, she lost the connection with the child poison.

Lan Tian went on to say, "This place is quite far from downtown. Miss Mei Lan, if there’s nothing urgent, it would be better for you to return early. The outside isn’t very safe recently, and with the desolate hills and wild ridges, it’s not good for a young lady to be here alone. If something happens, it could ruin your life."

Mei Lan snorted coldly, "You know it’s not safe out there, so why are you here then? If I remember correctly, you’re even younger than me."

Mei Lan would always remember the tenderness in Ji Feng’s eyes when he looked at her, that proud and aloof person who didn’t even care about his own life, yet showed genuine smiles on his face and eyes for the girl before her.

To herself, who had looked after him for two years, he was stingy even with a glance, perhaps not even remembering her name. She was jealous, envious of the girl before her who had never given anything for him, yet managed to capture all of his attention.

"If you really want to know, I will tell you." Lan Tian suddenly smiled and approached Mei Lan.

"Don’t come any closer, just stand there and speak." Mei Lan reached out to stop Lan Tian from approaching, this woman was very weird. Ever since she appeared in Beijing, things had not gone smoothly for her.

Lan Tian paused in her steps, then lifted her foot and continued toward her.

"If you come any closer, don’t blame me for being rude." Having given her warning, Lan Tian still approached, and as the distance between them shortened, a hint of cruelty flashed across Mei Lan’s cold eyes, "Last warning, don’t come any closer, or you’ll bear the consequences."

As the words fell, the Fiery Flame Talisman in her hand was activated, and she threw it towards Lan Tian.

As Mei Lan threw the talisman out, Lan Tian sensed the danger. The power of the talisman was not something a Foundation Establishment Cultivator could draw; fortunately, Mei Lan’s cultivation was not high, so she couldn’t unleash the full power of this talisman.

At the same time, Lan Tian activated the peach wood bracelet on her wrist, all defensive arrays were initiated, and she formed a Spirit Shield for reinforcement. As the Fiery Flame Talisman flew close, her body twisted into a shadowy afterimage, vanishing in a blink, retreating to the edge of the lawn. With a flip of her hand, the flying sword floated up; she tapped it with her toe, leaped onto it, and soared into the sky.

This series of actions seemed lengthy to describe, but in reality, it all happened in an instant. Lan Tian stood on the flying sword, feeling unsettled, only to hear a huge explosion below.

"Boom!"

The violent blast echoed loudly in the silent night sky; grass and stones scattered, throwing up a burst of yellow mud and grass in the air, and a deep crater several meters wide appeared on the lawn where someone had stood just moments before.

Mei Lan was startled; she hadn’t expected the Fiery Flame Talisman to be so powerful. With her lower cultivation, she naturally didn’t see Lan Tian flying up into the mid-air and thought she was standing on the other side of the crater. Regaining her senses, she rushed over, glanced into the dark, seemingly monstrous maw of the hole that appeared as if there was nothing it couldn’t swallow.

Mei Lan glanced over before retracting her gaze. Around the pit, there were piles of something that she couldn’t tell was either soil or something else. Under the cover of night and without Divine Sense, she couldn’t distinguish whether it was dirt, chunks of bodies, tattered fabric, or such. There wasn’t even a hint of the smell of blood in the air; Mei Lan, who was shocked by the effect of the Fiery Flame Talisman, didn’t pay attention to this detail.

"The pit is so big, he must be dead!" Gazing at the dark, eerie pit under the night, Mei Lan revealed a touch of cold smirk.

Lan Tian, on his flying sword, looked down as Mei Lan searched for his corpse below, pressed a Defensive Talisman against his body, and descended from the sky. Catching his flying sword, he swung it in the direction of Mei Lan. Caught off guard, Mei Lan flew up like a puppet with its strings cut and crashed into the abandoned brick factory.

With a flick of his hand, a top-grade spiritual stone was embedded into the Array Core. Ripples of Spiritual Energy spread out, and the Array was activated. Lan Tian glanced at the operating Array and pursued the figure of Mei Lan.

The person behind Mei Lan either overestimated her or thought that, with her identity as a Cultivator, no one in Beijing or even Dragon Country would dare to touch her, or it was for some other reason that she wasn’t prepared with any defensive Magic Artifacts.

Mei Lan’s Cultivation was low, how could she withstand a full-force strike from a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, especially one with the strong attack power of Sword Qi? She was covered with wounds, and blood was flowing everywhere. Her breathing was weak, exhaling more than inhaling.

Looking at someone who seemed to step on the moonlight, holding a flying sword and leisurely walking step by step toward her, it was as though there was an invisible road beneath her feet in the void, the cold and frosty moonlight shrouding her, making Mei Lan spit out a mouthful of blood in anger, her hand pointing at Lan Tian trembling incessantly.

"You..." Why are you unharmed?

In those indifferent eyes, it was no longer tranquility and calmness, but an undeniable panic. Her body shook uncontrollably, disbelieving that the woman could still be alive after the formidable attack of the Fiery Flame Talisman. If it were her, she’d be so dead that not even a corpse would remain.

Lan Tian looked down from high above, eyes as cold as the clear moon above, devoid of any warmth. Mei Lan shivered, as if the person who had conversed with her before was nothing but an illusion. A tremendous pressure from a High-level Cultivator descended from the sky, causing Mei Lan’s Divine Soul to tremble incessantly, bringing forth no thought of resistance in her heart.

"You..." are a Cultivator.

After realizing this fact, Mei Lan was so shocked that she spat out another mouthful of blood, her vision darkening, and her consciousness beginning to blur.

Lan Tian was actually a Cultivator; she was not an ordinary person. Clearly, when Mei Lan had seen her before, there was not a trace of Spiritual Energy on her. At that time, she didn’t acknowledge this girl’s existence, even though she heard of her impressive medical skills, skilled enough to treat Mr. Ji’s illness. What did it matter if her medical skills were remarkable? A mere mortal woman, unworthy of the handsome Ji Feng, so she paid no attention to her.

Who would have known that this person was a Cultivator like her, with a Cultivation that must be higher than hers in order to conceal it, that’s why she couldn’t see it; one move had injured her so badly, her Cultivation was several realms higher than her own. She feared not even her fellow senior sisters had a Cultivation as high as hers.

Perhaps it was Late-stage Qi Refining, or more likely, Foundation Establishment Stage. To be able to drift in the void, it must be the Foundation Establishment Stage; she had not heard of Qi Refinement Realm Cultivators being able to float in the void for so long.

"Who exactly are you? What is your purpose?" Mei Lan asked with her last bit of Spiritual Energy, her eyes harboring deep concern. This person, masquerading under the guise of Mr. Mo’s granddaughter and hiding beside Ji Feng, what was her purpose? Having such a dangerous person by Ji Feng’s side, she was not at ease.

Against an enemy, one must strike ruthlessly. Lan Tian remained silent. Now that Mei Lan was at the end of her rope, to prevent her from making a desperate counter-attack out of urgency, he took out a new peach wood bracelet from his Sleeve Universe, activated the Array, and moved in close. Channeling Spiritual Energy into the palm of his hand, he pierced through Mei Lan’s Dantian. Only after crippling her Dantian did Lan Tian truly feel at ease.