"All of these incompetent fools! They can't even get the right information!" The Sect Leader of the Yang Emperor Sect, Xi Yang Yang, was boiling with anger over how his intelligence agency did not have intel on Shen Ying.
"I should have taken Fan Ying's seal for myself, and entered to kill Si Xiu! Now, we lost our Undead Baron's gauntlets, and that niece of Si Xiu, Shen Ying, has a contracted spirit now! Tell me, should I not punish you or not?"
"This... Sect Leader, we can explain." The agents felt butterflies in their stomach, the longer that they were berated by Yang Yang. His cultivation was True Soul, and if he exerted just a quarter of his aura, he could turn them into pancakes.
"Explain your head! That girl had enough power to summon somebody that could sap away my True Essence Seed that I planted on Liu Bo. It's impossible that none of you to not have her hidden power, unless you were slacking off! Solar Enforcers! Drag these bunch of trash away and let them have a taste of the 30 day weight loss method! Also, get Team Ghost to investigate Shen Ying!"
"Sect Leader, please spare us!" "I don't want to be a living corpse just yet! I still have a bright future! Show mercy to us!" Yang Emperor Sect's Court of Judgement were filled with the pitiful begging of the intelligence team. It was the only thing to do now, as trying to escape would lead to a worse fate as a corpse puppet.
After saying the commands, Yang Yang blocked all the noises around him. Now that he had taken care of Fan Ying, a huge threat to his Yang Emperor Sect has been eliminated. The only thing was that her disciple, Si Xiu, had the potential to grow and develop into becoming an even larger threat now that she was motivated by vengeance. That niece of hers... Shen Ying. She too would likely become a humongous threat, given her god-like talent of summoning.
To think that such a feud started between him and his brother because he stole the Blood Moon Earring to advance his cultivation... it was too late to change the past. Now that everything had exploded to this situation, he could only focus on handling and defeating his brother's Holy Heart Sect, and prove that he was in the right back then. In this world, as long as you are strong, even a lie can become a truth.
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"Do you want to go to Holy Heart Sect now? The Sect Leader says that you have done a great deed for the Sect, and that you will be rewarded for your merits when you reach there." Si Xiu yelled to Shen Ying, who was downstairs meddling with her system.
Shen Ying closed the system in her mind, trying to decide whether she wanted to go to the Holy Heart Sect yet. She still had a system mission of sparring 100 times to complete. She had only completed 2 out of 100, according to the system.
Maybe she would experience a lot of people for combat in Holy Heart Sect, but she doubted that they would restrain their strength for her, like Si Xiu did. If she was lucky enough, they would accept her request to lower their cultivation level.
However, she was a very cautious person, and did not want to risk everything on luck. It would be better for her to complete the mission with Si Xiu first before she went there.
"Si Xiu, I don't want to go there just yet. I will try and refine my fighting skills first, and not just rely on Li Tang. After all, the cultivation world is ruthless. I must become stronger to overcome all odds!" Shen Ying gave a passionate speech about why she needed to spar.
"..." "You could have just said that you don't want to go... and cultivation in this era is not that bloody... but you do make sense about the part about growing stronger. Good! I will stay with you to help you hone your fighting skills!" Si Xiu did a thumbs-up gesture, and nodded to show her approval. She also gave off a beaming smile, happy that Shen Ying wanted to improve herself instead on relying on her Rotating Core Spirit Commander.
"In fact, let's go fight now!" Si Xiu quickly descended the stairs, while grabbing Shen Ying by the wrist and dragging her to the backdoor.
"Wait! I'm not ready to fight yet! I haven't even eaten breakfast yet!" Shen Ying screamed in protest, but she was secretly excited in her heart. With how excited Si Xiu was for fuelling her, her mission would be completed in no time.
*3D Montage of Shen Ying battling Si Xiu*
"Charging Bull!" Shen Ying went into the most efficient stance for charging. It turned out that by leaning her body weight onto her front, she changed her centre of gravity, allowing her to exert more force in her charge. She had learned about this after about 10 sessions of sparring. This was their 98th sparring session now in 15 days.
"Don't be stupid. Using this move on me always leads to failure." Si Xiu had also learned some moves with how much combat she did with Shen Ying.
One of the moves was called Ice Sculpture. It froze the liquids that were inside bodies efficiently, making them become like a statue. It was created after she had accidentally frozen Shen Ying's hand from the inside by accident. Luckily, Li Tang was used to defrost her hand.
As for Shen Ying charging towards her, she did not need to use this move against her. She only had to deploy her natural ice field to impede her movements. The ice shards could injure Shen Ying as she moved closer and closer, and frostbite would affect her too, due to the fact that the closer Shen Ying was to Si Xiu, the colder it was. She also created ice barriers to protect herself. This was her "Ice Fortress" strategy, which Shen Ying had not broke through once through force!
Seeing that Si Xiu has erected up her defence already, Shen Ying smirked. One thing that Si Xiu forgot was that the sun could shine through the space barrier. She scooped up some heated sand, before throwing it into Si Xiu's ice field.
She repeated the actions quickly, as Si Xiu's Qi struggled a bit to maintain the field of ice. It was when Shen Ying saw it weakening that she charged in again. This time, she was channeling Earth Qi, which increased her cultivation while making her impervious to the ice shards. It was a pity that it lasted for a short time only.
Using her increased strength, she delivered a straight punch to the ice barrier, shattering it into a million pieces. Shen Ying then performed an uppercut to Si Xiu afterwards, defeating Si Xiu and leaving her on the ground.
Shen Ying then dropped to the ground, having exhausted all her Earth Qi, while Si Xiu rose from it, as she only had suffered some superficial injuries.
"Mission Complete! Host has obtained 100 general points! Claim your reward at System Rewards!" When Shen Ying heard it, a smile grew on her sweaty face.
Seeing that Shen Ying had dropped to the floor, Li Tang, who was watching by the sidelines, hurried over and quickly wiped sweat off Shen Ying, while giving her a water bottle to drink medical tonics from. He had already adapted to living life as a servant, especially after the humiliating punishments Shen Ying gave him.
"Not bad. You could defeat me, who was at the Body Building Tier-5 while you were at Tier 2 by using the environment around you. It's too bad your combat acumen isn't trained enough, but this should do for now. It's time for us to depart for Holy Heart Sect." Si Xiu said, while standing over Shen Ying.