Humiliation!
Unprecedented humiliation!!!
A moment ago, Gu Yuexi had slapped her three times...
Er~
No, that’s not right.
It was four slaps.
At least that wasn’t in front of a huge crowd.
But now?
Gu Yuexi was grinding her face into the dirt with her foot.
Everyone on the street was watching, pointing and whispering about her.
Getting a beating from your parents at home.
Is that the same as getting held down and beaten by your parents in a supermarket?
How could they possibly be the same?!!
She had lost all face!
Jiang Qingyao’s fear lasted only for a moment before it was swept away by a wave of anger and confidence.
’Who am I?’
’I am Jiang Qingyao!’
’The Young Miss of the Jiang Family, one of the Eight Great Clans!’
’The precious daughter of Jiang Wei, an expert at the Peak of the True God Realm!’
’Who would dare to kill me?!!’
’Who would dare to truly offend the Jiang Family?!!’
’Who would dare to offend an expert at the Peak of the True God Realm?!!’
’Killing me is equivalent to declaring war on the entire Jiang Family. It’s a slap in the face to the Eight Great Clans.’
’When that time comes, forget about a mere Loose Cultivator like her.’
’Even the ordinary Sects in Luoping City wouldn’t be able to withstand the Jiang Family’s retaliation.’
’Even the Luoping City Law Enforcement Team would have no reason to stop the Jiang Family from taking revenge.’
’This Gu Yuexi is just some nameless Loose Cultivator who popped out of nowhere.’
’She has no background whatsoever.’
’And her Cultivation is only at the Divinity Transformation Realm.’
’Would she dare?!’
’Of course she wouldn’t dare!!!’
’It’s nothing more than a fit of impotent rage. She knows she can’t keep the Dragon Egg, so she’s just lashing out recklessly.’
"Gu Yuexi, you can’t kill me!!!"
Jiang Qingyao’s voice was muffled as her face was pressed into the dirt, but her tone was as arrogant as ever.
"I am from the Jiang Family."
"Do this to me, and my father will never let you go!"
"Let me go right now, kneel, and kowtow to me three times to admit you’re wrong."
"If I’m in a good mood, I might even leave your corpse intact."
"Otherwise, I’ll make you wish for death but be unable to die, beg for life but be unable to live!"
"I’ll have you flayed and your tendons pulled out! I’ll rip out your Divine Soul and turn it into a sky lantern!"
’Troublesome.’
’So troublesome.’
Gu Yuexi stood her ground, listening to the clamor from beneath her foot. She felt no emotional stirrings, only annoyance at the noise.
Back on Blue Star, the exact same scene had played out before.
The young miss of the Liu Family, one of the Ten Great Clans of the Capital City.
She too had been pinned under Gu Yuexi’s foot, and she too had said the same things.
The meaning wasn’t just similar—it was identical!
Two young misses from Noble Families in two different worlds, and both only knew how to use their families to intimidate others.
’These pieces of trash who do nothing but run their mouths about their families all day... ’
’They possess powerful Cultivation that was clearly just piled on them, yet they have zero actual combat experience.’
’They can’t even unleash their own full strength.’
If this had been any other Void Refining Ninth Layer Cultivator who had clawed their way up through life-and-death struggles,
there’s no way Gu Yuexi could have so easily pinned her to the ground.
The solution Xiao Feng had just proposed, to put it bluntly, was just a way for her to make a show of things and give the Jiang Family a way to back down gracefully.
Everyone would have been happy.
Unfortunately, back on Blue Star, Gu Yuexi had despised these kinds of hypocritical games.
She hated compromising and bowing her head when she was clearly in the right.
Now that she was in the Spirit Realm,
she was even less inclined to make any such pointless compromises.
’Either don’t provoke me at all... ’
’But since you dared to come looking for trouble, then we’ll just tear away all pretense.’
’No discussion.’
’No compromise.’
’If you dare to cause trouble for me, it ends only when one of us is dead!’
’Patience?’
’Sorry, that word isn’t in my vocabulary!’
On Blue Star, Gu Yuexi had used the same hardline tactics to make her declaration to the Ten Great Clans.
Now, in the Spirit Realm, she was simply doing it all over again.
As for this piece of trash, this dancing clown, Jiang Qingyao... she really couldn’t be bothered to waste any more words.
Gu Yuexi slowly began to apply more pressure with her foot.
"CRACK—"
The faint sound of breaking bone came from beneath her foot.
Jiang Qingyao’s facial bones... had shattered!!!
An ordinary person would have died instantly from such a severe injury.
But for a Void Refining Realm Ninth Layer Cultivator, with her powerful physical body and stable Divine Soul, her head could be crushed out of shape, and she would still be left with a breath of life.
She wouldn’t die right away.
Jiang Qingyao convulsed in pain, struggling with all her might, her limbs flailing wildly.
But even though her Cultivation was a full Grand Realm higher than Gu Yuexi’s, she couldn’t break free from her foot at all.
That foot looked slender, but it felt like a ten-thousand-year-old mountain of black ice pressing down on her face, completely unmovable.
All she could do was roar in helpless fury, her voice distorted with pain.
"You... you can’t kill me!"
"My... my father will never let you go!"
"You’ll regret this! Your whole family will regret this!"
Gu Yuexi’s response to Jiang Qingyao’s threats was very simple.
She increased the pressure.
Jiang Qingyao’s aura grew weaker and weaker.
"Fairy Gu, stop!"
Only then did Xiao Feng fly down from upstairs.
He landed not far from Gu Yuexi and shouted urgently.
"Killing someone in public in Luoping City is against the law."
"Don’t be reckless! We can discuss this. There’s no need for it to end in someone’s death!"
Gu Yuexi met Xiao Feng’s gaze, her tone still calm.
"According to the laws of Luoping City."
"If someone develops killing intent toward you and takes actual action,"
"the victim is permitted to use unlimited force in self-defense to protect themselves."
"If the aggressor’s Cultivation is higher than the victim’s,"
"then even if the victim kills the aggressor in self-defense, it is not a violation of the law, and they bear no responsibility."
Xiao Feng’s face froze instantly, and the words on the tip of his tongue were stuck in his throat.
Gu Yuexi wasn’t wrong; that law did indeed exist.
For Cultivators, the gap between each minor Realm is a chasm that is difficult to cross.
Once that gap exceeds a Grand Realm, the weaker party has almost no power to resist and can only be slaughtered at will.
This law was designed to ensure that when weaker individuals face unlawful attacks,
they can counterattack without hesitation, free from the fear of being held responsible for using excessive force.
And in a situation like today’s... Gu Yuexi was at the Divinity Transformation Realm First Layer, while Jiang Qingyao was at the Void Refining Realm Ninth Layer—a difference of almost two full Grand Realms.
Normally, Gu Yuexi should have been the one getting crushed, the absolute weaker party.
Moreover, Jiang Qingyao had been the one to attack first.
But who could have expected that Gu Yuexi would so easily dominate Jiang Qingyao and end up with her pinned underfoot?
In the entire history of the Spirit Realm, had there ever been such an outrageous case of a lower-level Cultivator turning the tables and killing someone so far above their station?
At least, not in Xiao Feng’s memory.
Even defeating someone one minor Realm higher was as rare as a phoenix feather or a qilin’s horn, let alone someone almost two Grand Realms higher.
The law was made for the weak. But now, this "weakling" was just too strong!
So ridiculously strong that it made the law seem particularly awkward.
Seeing Jiang Qingyao’s aura fading and realizing that any more pressure would truly be fatal, Xiao Feng had no choice but to speak again.
His tone was much softer than before, taking on a more conciliatory quality.
"Gu Yuexi, we can talk this through. Please, don’t do something foolish."
"I admit, Jiang Qingyao was in the wrong here."
"She trespassed first and attacked second. It’s all her fault."
"It’s true that killing Jiang Qingyao wouldn’t be against the law, and the Law Enforcement Team couldn’t convict you."
"But the Jiang Family won’t let you go!"
"Master Jiang Wei adores his daughter, Jiang Qingyao."
"He treasures her like the apple of his eye. If you really kill her, Master Jiang Wei will absolutely never forgive you."
"As long as you don’t leave Luoping City, the Law Enforcement Team can protect you, and the Jiang Family won’t dare to act openly."
"But you can’t stay in Luoping City forever, can you?"
"The moment you step one foot outside the city gates, the Jiang Family will surely try to assassinate you."
"With your Cultivation only at the Divinity Transformation Realm, you have absolutely no chance of surviving the Jiang Family’s repeated assassination attempts."
"Take my advice: it’s not worth it."
"To trade your life for a moment of anger is too great a loss."
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