From the Heavens Descended an Immortal Sister

"Me?" Fang Ren was momentarily stunned.

A few seconds later, he understood what Jiang Ling meant. He should consider Mu Huanqing's situation next, especially since Jiang Ling was aware of his relationship with her.

If Jiang Ling and the Central Area went to war, then with Mu Huanqing as she was now, she would definitely have to be his enemy. Even with the strength of Half-step Mysterious Night Realm, Jiang Ling might not necessarily overcome Mu Huanqing and the rest of the powerful individuals in the Central Area.

After all, Mu Huanqing's strength was at the peak of the Half-step Sunlight Peak Realm, her cultivated "Immortal Qi" still overwhelmed Jiang Ling's True Qi, not to mention that Anti-Void Array... The odds were still very much against Jiang Ling.

However, setting aside the suppression of True Qi and the Anti-Void Array, considering the "Diagrams Supreme" that Mu Huanqing obtained last night, if the two were to fight, and Mu Huanqing applied the Formation to Jiang Ling, even if Jiang Ling's realm was stronger than hers, he would likely still be defeated.

After all, that thing was a product of the Spiritual Root within Fang Ren's body, and Fang Ren was fully aware of how powerful it could be, since he had relied on these fruits to kill someone across five minor realms. Moreover, among the fruits obtained by Mu Huanqing, there were many Formations capable of killing immortals!

"I have recently come clean about many things with her, but have not yet revealed the Nightfall Organization. I plan to tell her everything shortly," said Fang Ren.

"That's good to hear. Having you, the husband of Xuan Nv, on our side, I truly do not wish to be her enemy," Jiang Ling said. "And to tell you the truth, I always feel that even if I overpower her in realm, I might not necessarily defeat her in a real fight. When she was sixteen, she had already challenged and defeated experts beyond her realm.

I have no reason to believe she's lost that capacity to fight above her level. Moreover, setting these reasons aside, if I were really to become antagonistic towards her, you would definitely choose her side, and I naturally don't want to turn against my benefactor."

Fang Ren said, "Actually, Hui Qing and I are already preparing to become enemies with the Central Area over the engagement issue. But to have her completely trust the Nightfall in a short period of time is a bit difficult. Leader Jiangling, you'll have to give me some time."

Jiang Ling took a sip of the couple's fruit juice and said, "With continuous breakthroughs in my realm, I naturally have plenty of time. I can't rashly declare war against the Central Area. First, because of your relationship with the Xuan Nv. Second, the Void is splitting, and if war breaks out heedlessly, the Void beasts might end up as the ultimate beneficiaries.

Third, I haven't forgotten my original intention. I hope that my tragedy will not be repeated in this world. The days when I was blinded by hatred are far behind me. What I want is not to kill numerous people to mourn my past, but to kill the masterminds and save others who are destined to follow in my footsteps."

During the conversation, Jiang Ling's gaze was filled with sorrow and pain for the past, yet it showed no signs of impulsiveness. Her eyes were like silent black lilies, accepting the despair of the past without words.

Fang Ren had heard about Jiang Ling's past from Jian Qi'er. She was threatened with her husband's life by the Central Area, forced to conceive a child with a Cultivator they paired her with. However, after the child was born, she discovered that her husband had long been dead.

In her despair, she chopped the matched Cultivator into mincemeat, and she also killed her newborn child.

When she fell into the abyss, the whole world was deceiving her. During that time, she lost her humanity.

The sins she bore were such that nothing could redeem her from the abyss, nor did she seek redemption.

Fortunately, time is a miraculous thing, and she eventually found her humanity again.

"So, is your plan now to first deal with Indra Sky and rescue those Cultivators used for experiments?" Fang Ren asked.

"For the time being, that's the plan. But once you have convinced Xuan Nv, I will immediately move to eliminate the sinful leaders of the Central Area. If she joins me, the two of us could sweep through the Central Area," Jiang Ling said. "But my only concern is, are the actual strengths of those leaders in the Central Area really as they've disclosed?"

"You mean they might still have something hidden?"

"It's not entirely impossible."

Fang Ren frowned upon hearing this, "For this matter, I'll go to Bai Qi to inquire. Perhaps I can obtain some useful information from her."

"You're quite good at using that little fiancée of yours," Jiang Ling said with a laugh.

"That's not really using her..."

Jiang Ling waved away the comment and took another sip of juice, "Alright, alright. Additionally, I've come here this time to discuss something with you. This matter is related to your Fang Family."

"Leader, please speak," Fang Ren encouraged.

"Just yesterday afternoon, our organization discovered someone was following the Tiandao Sword Sect and we casually captured one of them. We found out they were people from the Fang Family, specifically the right faction of the Fang Family, that is, from your second uncle's side."

Fang Ren was surprised, "With Song Mobei's powerful strength, if someone was following him, wouldn't he have noticed?"

"These people aren't very strong, but their tracking methods are quite subtle. At every location where the Tiandao Sword Sect passed, they had different people on lookout, just like passersby. They would observe the Tiandao Sword Sect for a moment and then leave, using their phones to communicate with the next person at the following location.

Regardless of Song Mobei's strength, he wouldn't focus on a passerby on the street. After all, everywhere he goes, there are too many people watching him."

"What does the right faction of the Fang Family want with following the Tiandao Sword Sect? Now, my second uncle is even willing to use murderous tactics on me; the conflict between the left and right factions must be very intense. At such a time, why would they care to do anything else?" Fang Ren said.

Jiang Ling replied, "Their purpose is easy to guess, isn't it to kill you? But now that you're suddenly shining so brightly in the world, they wouldn't dare to move against you. They surely want to find a way to have the Tiandao Sword Sect do it for them, especially since they should know about your relationship with Mu Huanqing."

Upon hearing this, Fang Ren couldn't help but feel a surge of intense anger. He had just met with that so-called second uncle at three o'clock the previous day, and in the afternoon at some unknown hour, that second uncle had already conceived a strategy to kill him.

Truly ruthless!

How desperate was that guy to eliminate him!

"Lastly, there's one more thing I'd like to mention, I'm not sure if it's just my perception," Jiang Ling said with a serious expression. "At the moment of my breakthrough, for an instant, I felt an incredibly strong presence within Tianjiang, as if it was searching for me."

"A strong presence? How strong?"

"Stronger than I am now."

"Ah?" Fang Ren was taken aback, "Are you saying that within Tianjiang, there is a powerhouse who has already stepped into the Mysterious Night Realm?"

"I'm not sure, that feeling was just momentary, and I am not certain. But if it's true, then the master of that presence is definitely a few notches stronger than me," Jiang Ling said, "I hope it was just my mistaken perception."

"I'll pay more attention to the information around me."

...

After the meal, Jiang Ling took Fang Ren and flew back to the outskirts of Tianjiang, as the eve of the Elixir Competition was about to begin soon.