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Seeing both of them with pity, Ying Yue's attention was then drawn to the translucent silver strings that connected every object in the area to her master. Even Ying Yue was no exception; the translucent string present in her body was also connected to her master. Then, out of nowhere, her cultivation, which had reached the twelfth layer of the Skin Refinement stage, dropped back to that of a mere mortal who had not yet begun cultivating.
"W-what d-did y-you do?"
"Wait a minute..."
Thud.
"Esteemed master! This lowly ant is sorry for offending you earlier! M-my filthy mouth just ran on its own."
This left her relying solely on her enlightened Dao for fighting. With her Wan Shi Tong Dao, she was able to assess everyone's expertise and martial arts in the area, creating a comprehensive guide on how to incapacitate them with ease, without breaking a sweat.
"S-shut u-up, both of you! Don't disgrace the Soul Refining Sect's name and lower your head! Don't you see! He's also affected by his own power!"
"You dog! You embarrassed me in front of the young master! I won't let you off easily, you useless trash!"
"Hmph, just petty little tricks! You ant dare to scare me with them? Ridiculous!"
Unlike the other three who continued to taunt and jeer at her master, Ying Yue noticed that the reincarnator was trembling in fear and immediately dashed to exit the Domain of Origin Return. The domain that was formed and created by her master, using his Shen or Spirit essence, which could touch the surrounding souls of heaven and earth and impose certain mandates on them through his Tian Ming Dao. Recognizing that her master had finally begun cultivating Spirit Awakening, even though he hadn't yet reached the first stage, Ying Yue couldn't feel proud, as she wanted to focus on completing the task her master had given her.
Running forward and drawing on the experience of one of her variants who was once a sprinter, she moved with the agility and dexterity of a mortal to catch up to the man. Without any power to perform Qigong, she tackled him to the ground using simple martial arts. Knowing that this man was just an ordinary person corrupted by a devil cultivation sect, with no firm will of his own, Ying Yue repeatedly bashed his head against the stone beneath him. Believing that the best solution for him to repent was to allow him to reincarnate into a healthier family, she killed him silently and avoided engaging in conversation altogether.
Seeing the translucent notification attached to the man's soul, Ying Yue felt a strong curiosity and an urge to study and steal it. With bloodied hands, she used her Wan Shi Tong Dao to touch the man's Dao, which had formed into a system uniquely his own. But after glancing back at her master, who had already incapacitated the other two and was shaking his head to indicate they weren't there to steal, she allowed the Dao to flow back into the man's soul. Understanding that her master respected the Dao in all its forms and wouldn't take what belonged to others, Ying Yue stood up, ready to chase down the young master who had jeered at them first.
However, when she saw the young master being beaten to a pulp by Yelena Belova, who was venting her pent-up anger for revenge, Ying Yue walked closer but said nothing. Waiting for Yelena to satisfy her vengeance, Ying Yue was stunned, forgetting that unlike her and her master, Yelena couldn't sense the hidden weapon laced with poison that the young master had. Like a snake, the contraption inside his teeth—likely built by an elder of his sect—struck Yelena's neck as fast as lightning. Since she had no cultivation, her dodge wasn't enough to avoid the fast puppet contraption created using the natural Wuxing of the world.
Finally understanding that this was the lowest point in Yelena's life, which she needed to grasp if she wanted her to become her sister, Ying Yue dashed forward to save Yelena. After sprinting for a couple of minutes, at some point moving as fast as the wind just like before, since the Domain had already dissipated, Ying Yue first killed the young master by punching him on the forehead with concentrated force. The force created a hole where the big needles penetrated through his skull and into his brain. She then turned her attention to Yelena, who was writhing in agony on the ground. Even with her cultivation restored, the poison, created by a seventh-stage practitioner, had become even more deadly, making it impossible for her to combat it.
Sighing, knowing this was the result of not following her master's instructions—since everything had been calculated when he said she should be the one to kill the young master—Ying Yue shook her head and sat beside Yelena, ready to apply her knowledge in the field of treatment using acupuncture. Stabbing 9,000 acupuncture points or neurons throughout Yelena's body, Ying Yue finally saw her breathing return to normal. Once Yelena could move again, Ying Yue was stunned when she saw Yelena kowtow, not understanding why a modern person like her would adopt such an ancient tradition.
"Esteemed Expert, this humble one wishes to request something from the venerable senior."
Rubbing his chin, Tian Xing didn't consider whether to grant her request or not but was intrigued by the fact that it seemed the culture and traditions of this world had fundamentally changed to follow the ancient ways. He was eager to see how the next world would differ. But seeing Yelena's face grow increasingly pale, he refocused on her, remembering that she was still poisoned, which was causing her cultivation to drop rapidly from the sixth stage to no more than the second. Because cultivation stages were likely very important to her—unlike him, who wasn't bothered by whether his cultivation level regressed—he simply nodded, indicating that she could voice her request while hiding his inner embarrassment for overlooking such a simple difference in philosophy.
"Then this humble junior would like to ask: Can the esteemed senior restore the Domain so that the poison inside my body becomes harmless and can only cause pain?"
Shen energy spread out to the surroundings with his new aspect of the Tian Ming Dao, derived from the holomorphic dynamics pattern of Taiji inside the Spiritual Veins, Tian Xing simply replied, "Sure."
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