Xiao Jinting turned grave. Xie Wanran didn’t look like an ordinary Preliminary Golden Core.
The pressure released by Xie Wanran increased until it stopped at the peak of Golden Core.
“This woman hid her real cultivation level.” Xu Muan widened his eyes.
Xiao Jinting said with a grim face, “Perhaps she hid some of her power, but she seems to improve her cultivation with some secret method.”
The bright red vine attacked Xiao Jinting, who looked at the ancient tree under Xie Wanran in confusion. The tree had developed its intelligence, but somehow it obeyed Xie Wanran’s orders. However, Xie Wanran didn’t seem to have conquered the tree.
Xie Wanran waved her hand and attacked Xu Muan.
Xu Muan released an umbrella with one hundred and eight Thunder Flame Beads embedded in it. As soon as he activated umbrella, a sea of flames and a sky of thunders appeared.
Xiao Jinting punched at Xie Wanran, who was thrown back.
“Heavenly Demon Body Refining Manual is indeed extraordinary. It seems that you hid your strength before,” Xie Wanran said in a gloomy voice.
Xiao Jinting was shocked. When the Heavenly God Sect was looking for the manual, it told people that they were looking for God Demon Body Refining Manual, but Xie Wanran clearly knew the real name of the manual. There was indeed something wrong with her.
Along the way when Xiao Jinting was fighting against the demonic beasts, Xie Wanran should have been watching.
Xie Wanran stood on the ancient tree and attacked under the protection of the vines.
Xiao Jinting threw dozens of Heavenly Thunder Beads, which exploded.
Xie Wanran quickly hid behind the ancient tree.
Although Xie Wanran was forced to retreat, Xiao Jinting felt a chill. A sharp sword attacked him.
Although Xiao Jinting managed to dodge, he was injured by the strong pressure.
“A Nascent Soul.”
Xiao Jinting looked at the man in black in front of him and felt a chill in his heart. This was Xie Wanran’s trump card. She had got a Nascent Soul to help her.
The man in black saw that Xiao Jinting had escaped, and he launched another attack.
Prepared, Xiao Jinting dodged in time.
Xiao Jinting felt the mysterious man was weird. Xiao Jinting was a man of the world now. Although the man looked like a Nascent Soul, his breathed in a strange way.
Xiao Jinting attacked the mysterious man’s sea of consciousness and was shocked.
There was not a Nascent Soul but a Ghost soul bead, which was far better than those that he had collected.
It dawned on Xiao Jinting. The man was not a cultivator but a puppet. Although this puppet had the combating power of a Nascent Soul, it was controlled by Xie Wanran, who was not strong enough to fully display its strength.
Xiao Jinting gritted his teeth and gathered his soul force to invade the puppet’s sea of consciousness. He tried his best to erase the soul seal on its soul bead.
After he did it, the puppet in black stopped attacking. Xiao Jinting let out a sigh in relief.
Xiao Jinting gritted his teeth. The attack he launched just now had exhausted his soul force, and he felt a splitting pain at his head.
“Impossible,” Xie Wanran exclaimed in surprise.
Xu Muan threw out a few array discs and trapped Xie Wanran.
Xie Wanran sneered. Xie Wanran was wary of Xu Muan, but she didn’t take him seriously for he was at the medium level of Golden Core. Xu Muan was unruffled by Xie Wanran’s contempt.
Xie Wanran and Xu Muan fought and exchanged dozens of moves. Xie Wanran turned grave.
On the way to the Cloud Prairie, Xiao Jinting fought against the demonic beasts, so she only paid attention to him.
After she fought against Xu Muan, Xie Wanran realized that there were no weak soldiers under the strong general. Xiao Jinting was powerful, and Xu Muan’s soul force and physique was far better than those of Golden Cores at the medium level. Moreover, Xie Wanran had consumed a lot of energy when she fought against Xiao Jinting.
“Xiao Jinting treats you well. He is not afraid that you will betray him.” Xie Wanran could not understand Xiao Jinting, who shared almost all the priceless treasures with Xu Muan without fearing being betrayed.
“I will not betray him,” Xu Muan said lightly.
“It’s hard to say.”
“It’s pointless to say anything now.” Xu Muan noticed that Xie Wanran had the intention to escape. Things had turned nasty between them, and Xie Wanran knew their secret, so they couldn’t let her off.
Xie Wanran was getting anxious, and Xu Muan was getting confident. He found that Xie Wanran’s cultivation gradually declined as time went by.
Xiao Jinting stood on the side and quietly crushed a few Ghost soul beads, replenishing his soul force.
Xu Muan noticed that Xie Wanran was getting weak, and he did not go all out with her, waiting for Xiao Jinting to recover his strength.
Later, Xiao Jinting and Xu Muan worked together and defeated Xie Wanran.
…
Xiao Jinting knocked Xie Wanran out and restricted her cultivation. To be safe, Xiao Jinting added a few more restrictions.
After that, Xiao Jinting scanned Xie Wanran’s soul.
Xu Muan looked at Xiao Jinting and asked, “How is it?”
“This woman is not simple.”
“Of course.” Xie Wanran had poor aptitude, but she had advanced to Golden Core at a young age. She was able to control a Nascent Soul puppet and the ancient tree.
“Xie Wanran was born and grew up in Cloud Continent, but in her soul there are memories of a great master from another cultivation world.”
“Reincarnation?”
Xiao Jinting nodded and said, “You can say so, but it’s not exactly the true. She was a mighty cultivator in her past life. She was a Deity Transformation, but she died for some reason. Her memories were divided into millions of pieces in different places, and Xie Wanran got one piece of it.”