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Zhenyan Continent, the extreme western fringe.
Dongli Country, Jiuyu Mountain.
"Ah! Who are you people?"
A girl dressed in luxurious, exquisite pink attire was knocked to the ground.
Her Dantian was struck, and at that moment, all the energy in her body was rapidly dissipating.
In just an instant, she went from being a Martial Artist at the Ninth Rank Peak to an ordinary person.
The girl lay weakly on the ground, looking at the group of black-clothed men who suddenly appeared around her, not knowing where they had come from.
This place where she was breaking through in seclusion was extremely secretive, known to hardly anyone except a few people.
The entirety of Jiuyu Mountain is so vast, why did these people specifically seek her out?
Moreover, they struck so viciously and insidiously, directly crippling her cultivation?
Very quickly, she had an answer.
"Hehe... Big Sister, how does it feel to be a waste?"
With lotus steps lightly shifting, amidst the pleasant sound of tinkling ornaments, a girl wearing a pale blue dress adorned with cloud and water patterns emerged, hands behind her back, slowly from behind the group of black-clothed men.
Every step she took seemed to tread on Luo Qingtong's heart, causing her whole body to tremble uncontrollably.
"Luo Xinning?! It's you?! It really is you?!"
The girl couldn't believe that the one who harmed her in the dark was her little sister, whom she treated like her own, caring for her in countless ways!
Luo Xinning, the Third Lady, an illegitimate daughter of the second branch of the Luo Family in the Marquis Manor of Dongli Country, had been frail and sickly since childhood, not valued by anyone.
The girl was the one who kept her by her side, using her own resources to nurse her back to health, allowing her to practice martial arts, and develop her talent, making her the second most powerful potential in the third generation of the Luo Family, just after herself!
Everyone else might have a reason to betray me!
Only Luo Xinning cannot!
Because everything she has was given by me!
"Why?! Why would you do this to me?"
The girl couldn't believe all of this.
How had she wronged Luo Xinning, that she would do such a thing to her?!
To ambush her during her breakthrough, bringing people to attack and cripple her cultivation?!
"Blame only your good fortune, Big Sister; perhaps it obstructed others!" Luo Xinning looked at the exquisite girl lying prone, unable to rise despite her efforts, feeling an indescribable pleasure in her heart.
Luo Qingtong, the legitimate daughter of the main branch of the Luo Family.
From the beginning, Luo Qingtong had always overshadowed her.
In terms of strength, Luo Qingtong was the foremost in the third generation of the Luo Family.
In terms of beauty, Luo Qingtong was the number one beauty in Dongli Country.
This breathtaking face, skin as fair as porcelain, like creamy jade, never requiring any adornment, wherever she stood, she would always be the focus of everyone's attention.
Especially those azure eyes, like two clear springs, shimmering and translucent, enhancing her already outstanding appearance to an unimaginable degree!
It is said that Lady Luo is celestial in appearance, her beauty unparalleled, akin to a heavenly goddess, to be gazed upon yet not to be approached.
And indeed, that was the case.
Even for Luo Xinning, who prided herself on her beauty, she felt that standing next to Luo Qingtong, she instantly turned from a stunning peony to a wild flower by the roadside.
The so-called captivating national beauty, nothing more than this.
Looking at Luo Qingtong, who lay disheveled on the ground, yet still retained her elegant and noble aura with her unparalleled poise, Luo Xinning was filled with indescribable jealousy.
She stepped forward, lifting Luo Qingtong's chin with her hand, raising her face.
"Big Sister, feeling desperate, aren't you? Unfortunately, this is just the beginning."
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