Starting as a Son-in-law to Establish an immortal Family

Meng Xiaochan pursed her lips and said nothing.

This was still the first time she had heard about these things.

After all, she didn't know much about that late great-grandmother.

"So, let's just settle down in this mountain range for the next three or five years until the heat dies down. Once your teacher recovers some mana, we'll consider our next move," said Nangong Mili as she pinched her disciple's delicate cheek.

"Yes, Master," Meng Xiaochan replied.

Moved by her master's words and actions, Meng Xiaochan's previously taut mental spirit finally eased a little.

These past three months, she had been utterly wound up.

Terrified that the people from Heavenly Sword Sect would discover their whereabouts.

After all, with her strength, thinking she could escape pursuit while escorting Nangong Mili was nothing but wishful thinking.

Although Nangong Mili was extremely weak now, at least she gave Meng Xiaochan a backbone and a sense of calm.

Just then.

"Buzz buzz buzz—"

A faint sound reached Meng Xiaochan's ears.

Her exquisite face immediately took on a grave expression, and she gestured to her master.

Then, with both hands forming seals, she concealed the entire cave's aura.

Surviving in this mountain range for so long without being attacked by demon beasts or discovered by Heavenly Sword Sect naturally involved her methods of hiding Gu bugs in the surroundings.

Any external disturbance would quickly alert her, allowing her to seal and isolate the cave's aura.

Meanwhile, above the mountain range.

A figure swept across the sky.

"Hmm, there was definitely a whiff of demonic energy here just now..." a stunning woman in her thirties muttered to herself.

She wore a grey-white dress, her face was elegant, her skin was white as snow, her eyebrows were like green feathers, and her black hair was done up in a simple updo. As the breeze blew, her clothes fluttered, and she exuded a mature and sharp charm.

"Clang—"

Looking at the mountain range, the beautiful woman's hands formed seals, and a clear sound of sword cries emanated from within her.

A blue magical sword flew out of her body.

After spinning in the air and forming a sword flower, the sword erupted in a dazzling and blinding azure radiance.

Then, the radiance surged as the magical sword seemed to merge with the world itself, making every wisp of air contain a trace of sword qi.

After a long while.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"

Streams of sword qi shot out, slaying several Gu bugs.

"Gu bugs, these are demonic Gu bugs, indicating that there are Demonic Path cultivators hiding here!" the beautiful woman exclaimed as she snapped open her sharp eyes, scanning over the mountain peaks.

Her River Sword Art had allowed the sword qi to blend into the natural world, detecting something amiss—a number of Gu bugs in this area.

Gu bugs were a very niche aspect of the cultivation arts.

Very few people in Jiang Country cultivated Gu bugs.

But one of the three major demonic sects in Jin Kingdom, the Five Poisons Cult, was famous for using Gu poison.

Therefore, she immediately surmised that cultivators from the Five Poisons Cult were hiding in these mountains.

"One of the three Core Formation fugitives is the Heavenly Spider Envoy of the Five Poisons Cult, Nangong Mili."

"This person's life-bound Heavenly Spider was slain by Senior Brother Tianjue, and earlier, under Senior Brother Tianjue's pursuit, she used the Life Burning Secret Technique to barely escape. So even if she is Nangong Mili, she is definitely no match for me!" the woman thought to herself, her eyes as sharp as her sword.

The next moment, the azure magical sword above her head violently slashed forward!

A swath of sword light, immense like the rolling Milky Way, roared towards a mountain peak with tremendous force.

"Boom!"

Instantly, the entire mountain peak was leveled by this one strike.

After flattening the peak and detecting no abnormalities, she continued to slash her sword towards another mountain.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

One mountain peak after another was being leveled, causing the whole range to rumble as numerous birds, fierce beasts, and demon beasts trembled with fear at the disturbance.

"Master."

In a certain cave, Meng Xiaochan, hearing such commotion, looked towards her own master.

As soon as the Gu bugs were killed, she immediately realized that someone from the Heavenly Sword Sect must have arrived and noticed something was amiss.

Previously, disciples of Heavenly Sword Sect patrolled the area and passed by here, but none had taken notice of her.

Meng Xiaochan surmised that it must have been an incidental leak of Nangong Mili's aura upon awakening that had alerted someone.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

After all, during such a tense time, it was common for the Heavenly Sword Sect to cleanse the Demonic Path and craft some magic artifacts and treasures that could sense demonic energy.

"This is a Third-Rank top-tier Teleportation Talisman, Xiao Chan. If you activate this talisman, you can escape from here," Nangong Mili said as she took out a talisman from her Storage Ring and handed it to Meng Xiaochan.

Despite being weak and powerless, she could still muster a bit of mana.

"Master, I don't have the strength to fully activate a talisman of this level, and what about you?" Meng Xiaochan asked with concern, looking at Nangong Mili.

"Of course, I will go with you. Do you really think I would abandon your master to escape alone?"

"Boohoo, I never thought you would actually leave your master behind and flee on your own, boohoo."

The moment Nangong Mili heard this, she immediately put on a pitiful expression, looking quite forlorn.

"Master," Meng Xiaochan said helplessly.

At a time like this, her master was still acting like a drama queen.

"Silly girl, you just need to activate the Teleportation Talisman. Leave the rest to your master. Though afterward, your master will probably fall into unconsciousness again."

"When that happens, remember to seal your master's mana, or else once your master wakes up, there might be a leak of energy, and we could once again be detected by the people from Heavenly Sword Sect," Nangong Mili instructed.

She had a rough guess that the person from Heavenly Sword Sect who hurried over likely did so because some treasure sensed her energy.