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Chapter 120 - 49, Complete

Soon, more than ten people walked out from the pavilion in the courtyard and gathered in front of Lin Yue, each bowing and greeting with clasped hands:

"Sir."

It was indeed the people from the Tantian Sect, along with Baili Fengzhi and Yu Shiqi.

Lin Yue nodded slightly and said, "Although this woman doesn’t have any assistants with her, we should still be very careful. Please continue to stay vigilant."

Everyone immediately responded, "Yes."

Baili Fengzhi, in his red robe like fire, came to stand behind Lin Yue as he always did.

Yu Shiqi, however, came before Lin Yue and eagerly asked, "Didn’t Sir say you’d let little Yu teach you a unique skill? When do we start?"

Lin Yue turned to look at Baili Fengzhi and asked, "Can we begin now?"

"Let Miss Yu come and teach tomorrow," Baili Fengzhi pondered for a moment before saying, "I’ll first see if it suits Sir’s current level of learning."

Lin Yue patted Yu Shiqi’s little head, "Little Yu, come tomorrow then."

"Okay." Yu Shiqi’s smile immediately curved her eyes into crescents.

"Little Yu."

At this moment, a beautiful woman looking like a young matron came over and took Yu Shiqi’s small hand, helplessly shaking her head and saying, "Come back with me. Don’t disturb Sir’s important matters."

"Oh..."

After Little Yu left, many from the Tantian Sect also departed.

Only the Master previously agreed upon and the Second Master remained behind.

Lin Yue, with a few people, approached the seductive woman and casually inquired, "What is this person’s strength like?"

The Master shook his head and replied, "She only mastered Taiyin; she’s merely at the lowest level of the Four Symbols, and her Martial Arts Realm is quite common. Although her cultivation is comparable to Miss Baili’s, her strength is far less, similar to that of Protector Tu."

Lin Yue understood.

Protector Tu was the one who initially masqueraded as a Patrol Envoy and was seriously injured by a long-range thrust of Baili Fengzhi’s Flying Spear.

At that time, Baili Fengzhi had lost half of his Essence Blood, retaining only forty percent of his strength. Moreover, he only threw the spear without fully utilizing the strength of a Martial Cultivator, yet he almost killed Protector Tu.

The enormous gap in their strength was self-evident.

Thus, this woman’s strength was indeed quite ordinary.

A gatekeeper of the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier... Lin Yue silently judged in his heart.

"You..."

The seductive woman was bound by the ropes of a Magic Treasure and could hardly move; she could only look up at them in panic and tremble as she said, "Who exactly are you people?"

Lin Yue looked down at her from above and smiled, "I spoke with you nicely before, but you wouldn’t listen, insisting on resisting until you were captured. So you prefer the punishment over the toast, eh?"

The seductive woman was taken aback; these were clearly the very words she had said before.

"I must tell you, I am quite petty."

Lin Yue watched her with a smile, "You just called me a lowlife, didn’t you? And you wanted to subdue me? "

The seductive woman’s eyes suddenly revealed a hint of panic, "I..."

Before she could finish speaking, Lin Yue lifted his leg and fiercely stomped on her cheek. The hard boot sole pressed viciously against her skull, distorting her enchanting and delicate features into a shapeless mass, leaving no trace of allure, only a ludicrous and pitiful sight.

The seductive woman’s heart was filled with humiliation and anger.

Previously, she was the one treating men in this manner; even those Martial Cultivators high and lofty in the eyes of others were nothing but lowly dogs beneath her feet.

When had she ever been humiliated and treated this way by a man?

But gradually, the pressure of the boot on her face grew stronger and the crushing between the boot sole and the ground became incessant. She could faintly hear the creaking of her own bones, which filled her with utter fear.

Indeed, she was a Martial Cultivator at the Four Symbols Level, and her body had been strengthened by the Taiyin Essence, extremely resilient.

But now, completely powerless to resist, her head trampled this way, and no matter how sturdy her skull was, it might not escape being crushed!

This only intensified her fear, as if sinking into darkness, continuously falling, her consciousness also starting to blur.

"Sir, her head is about to burst," a hoarse old voice gently reminded.

"Oh? Is it?" The young man referred to as Sir responded nonchalantly, still pressing down on her head.

This disregard and humiliation heightened her terror to an ultimate peak.

Then, she lost consciousness.

"Sir, she has fainted."

Baili Fengzhi suddenly spoke softly beside Lin Yue.

"She fainted from fear?" Only then did Lin Yue lift his foot, glancing down, "Did she really think I was about to crush her head?"

At this point, the seductive woman’s face was already somewhat distorted, with tears in the skin at her brow and cheek, and her nose bridge caved in. Without meticulous care and treatment, it was tantamount to disfigurement.

"Throw her into the dungeon."

Lin Yue said nonchalantly, "When she wakes up, see if you can pry some information out of her."

"Yes, Sir." The Master replied and then took another look at the unconscious seductive woman, saying, "This woman’s belt is a storage treasure."

"Can you force it open?" Lin Yue asked.

"We can try."

The Master said, somewhat uncertain, "This storage treasure seems rather ordinary; it should merely require a simple Blood Recognition, and the internal prohibitions likely aren’t strong. I’ll attempt to use the Barrier Law of the Sword Boat to forcefully break through."

"Good." Lin Yue nodded slightly.

Immediately, the Master gestured with his sleeve, and a hazy mist carried away the unconscious seductive woman.

"Sir."

The Second Master suddenly spoke, "Previously, this woman stated she was searching for talented Martial Cultivators for the Xiahong lineage; this is probably true."

"How so?"

Lin Yue couldn’t help but look towards him.

The Second Master said softly, "Having followed the Sixteenth Prince for many years, we’ve also heard that in Di Hong City, the Imperial Family is searching for young talented Martial Cultivators for various uses, many of which do not bear scrutiny. This woman is likely a pawn under a certain faction of the Imperial Family, helping to scout for talented Martial Cultivators, and she probably doesn’t know who her true loyalty serves."