"Senior Brother, we've found their whereabouts. Just as you predicted, they are within Feilai City."
The female disciple of the Heavenly Dao Sect said excitedly to her senior brother.
"Junior Sister, it seems our mission will soon be completed."
The senior brother of the Heavenly Dao Sect said with satisfaction.
His confident demeanor clearly indicated that he did not take Ning Beichen and his group seriously at all.
Inside their residence, Ning Beichen and the others were already prepared. They knew as soon as the Heavenly Dao Sect members arrived.
"Beichen, let me handle this. After all, I am the Sect Master of the Flying Immortal Sect."
Luo Yingying emphasized her identity, but primarily, she was worried that Ning Beichen might not be a match for the disciples of the Heavenly Dao Sect.
"Alright, with the Sect Master taking action, it will surely be a swift victory."
Ning Beichen nodded, not arguing with her. Instead, he hoped that those around him would be as strong as possible.
Luo Yingying rolled her eyes at him. When it came to a fight, she remembered she was the Sect Master, but normally he'd call her 'Yingying' this and 'Yingying' that, leaving her both annoyed and helpless.
"They're here."
At that moment, Ning Beichen and Luo Yingying spoke simultaneously. Ye Lanxin and Liu Yilin, however, were not as sensitive and had not yet detected anything.
As for the Black Flood Dragon, a formidable beast of a monster, it showed no interest. It was curled up in a corner, dozing.
Compared to these people, the Black Flood Dragon was an ancient monster from tens of thousands of years ago.
Even though it had been trapped in the Black River for so many years, its strength was terrifyingly formidable. Even a pig, doing nothing but eating and drinking for tens of thousands of years, would become a colossal entity.
If it weren't for Ning Beichen's cunning strategy, he would have been no match for the Black Flood Dragon.
Therefore, these minor skirmishes were mere child's play to it, incapable of stirring any interest whatsoever.
Ning Beichen also wouldn't let it act. The Black Flood Dragon was akin to a strategic nuclear weapon, meant to be used at critical moments, not as conventional weaponry.
"Get down!"
As soon as they reached the house where Ning Beichen and his group resided, before they could even make a move, the senior brother and sister from the Heavenly Dao Sect heard a soul-shattering reprimand. Following this, a sword light pierced through the roof, leaving the two disciples no time to react before they plummeted from above.
"Two ants who don't know their place dare to be so presumptuous here!"
Luo Yingying looked down at them with a condescending gaze.
The senior brother and sister from the Heavenly Dao Sect were terrified. Strictly speaking, their cultivation and strength were not weak in the Mortal Refining Realm, otherwise, they wouldn't have been sent to investigate the murderer.
As a result, they didn't even get a chance to fight. Both were injured by a single sword light, one with a punctured lung, the other with a punctured liver. After falling from the roof, they lay on the ground, unable to move.
"Scum from the Heavenly Dao Sect?"
Luo Yingying asked them, looking at them both.
Due to previous events, Luo Yingying harbored strong resentment towards the Heavenly Dao Sect members, so she had no intention of holding back from the start.
"Who… who are you people? Why are you slaughtering our Heavenly Dao Sect disciples?"
The senior brother from the Heavenly Dao Sect asked Luo Yingying with fearful eyes.
"The disciples of the Heavenly Dao Sect lack discernment and condone evil deeds. Their crimes warrant death, and so do the two of you."
Luo Yingying said with palpable killing intent.
"You dare oppose our Heavenly Dao Sect!"
As soon as the woman uttered those words, her senior brother knew it was bad.
As expected, a sword light flashed, and the woman's head was gone. Before Luo Yingying, her identity within the Heavenly Dao Sect brought her no pride, only death.
"Junior Sister Bai!"
The senior brother from the Heavenly Dao Sect cried out with eyes bursting with rage, then looked at Luo Yingying with furious eyes.
Another flash of sword light, and the Heavenly Dao Sect senior brother also joined his junior sister.
"Interrogation?"
For Luo Yingying, that was out of the question. Moreover, there was nothing to interrogate. Since they were enemies, there was no room for mercy.
It was their misfortune to have encountered Luo Yingying. If Ning Beichen had attacked, they might have lived a little longer.
Ning Beichen and the others were unconcerned about Luo Yingying killing the senior brother and sister duo from the Heavenly Dao Sect. Only Ye Lanxin remained worried.
"If we kill them, the Heavenly Dao Sect will surely not let this go. They will send more people. This time it was disciples, but next time it might be core disciples, or even powerful elders."
Ye Lanxin voiced her concerns.
Ning Beichen glanced at the Black Flood Dragon, which was feigning death in a corner, and said with a composed expression.
"No need to worry. In my world, there's a saying: the barefoot are not afraid of the shod. I'm not afraid of escalating things. If things don't escalate, how will my master come to see me?"
At this moment, in the aerial pavilion of the Crimson Sleeve Pavilion, an old woman was kneeling on the ground, reporting the latest intelligence to Song Qiuyan.
"Miss, those two people from the Heavenly Dao Sect have found Ning Beichen."
With a bang!
Song Qiuyan slammed her palm onto the table, shattering it into pieces, and then angrily said.
"Good Heavenly Dao Sect! Do you really think no one can deal with you!"
"Miss, please calm your anger. I'll go over and stop them immediately."
The old woman trembled with fear and quickly said.
"No need. I'll go myself."
After Song Qiuyan finished speaking, only her voice lingered; she had already vanished from the aerial pavilion.
"Mistress, why are you here?"
As Ning Beichen and the others were dealing with the bodies of the two Heavenly Dao Sect disciples, Song Qiuyan mysteriously appeared before them.
Song Qiuyan was momentarily stunned upon seeing the two corpses on the ground, not expecting Ning Beichen's group to have already killed the Heavenly Dao Sect members.
"I received intelligence that people from the Heavenly Dao Sect had found you, so I came to check."
Song Qiuyan said after regaining her composure.
These two Heavenly Dao Sect members were not weak.
Song Qiuyan glanced at the corpses on the ground and realized they were all killed in a single strike. It seemed Chen Xingyun's disciple was indeed not simple.
And when she just entered.
Song Qiuyan even sensed an intangible sense of dread, as if something terrifying within this place could threaten her life.
In addition, she also noticed the women accompanying Ning Beichen, and was surprised to find that these women were not weak in cultivation, and each was a rare beauty. It was evident that this person she called 'disciple' had quite a way with women.
"Thank you for your concern, Mistress. They were just two fellows who overestimated themselves."
Ning Beichen said.
"I'm relieved you possess such strength. However, the Heavenly Dao Sect should not be underestimated. If you encounter anything you cannot handle, remember to come find me."
Song Qiuyan said to him.
"Mistress, please rest assured. If I truly can't handle it, I will certainly trouble you then."
Ning Beichen replied obediently.