Chapter 1040 - The Peerless Palace Lord (1/2)

Old Man Xuan You had no other method to employ. Now that he had been forced into triggering the forbidden technique, the whole Green Ancient Mystery Dimension had plunged into terror. With his cultivation, even the slightest leak of his power could destroy the entire Intentionless City, and he would lay waste to it if no one stepped up to stop him.

However, what everybody did not expect was for a woman to enter the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension at the most crucial moment.

A ball of hazy white light rose slowly from the eastern side of the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension. That ball of light seemed rather cold, like a lotus flower atop a snowy hill, but it did not make the people feel cold. Instead, a refreshing feeling rushed over them.

“Is that…”

Old Man Xuan You’s face froze. He looked at the horizon in a daze, his entire body rooted to the ground. The forbidden technique in his body did not stop—not that it could, even if he wanted to—but it seemed like there was a shapeless hand gripping his body and preventing him from unleashing any power at all. His power was completely trapped within his body.

His strength was terrifying beyond comparison because of the forbidden technique, and the terrifying power was currently bound within his body. Since it was trapped inside, it was constantly destroying his body.

At this time, Old Man Xuan You was overcome with overwhelming grief. It was that woman! That woman had come all the way to the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension!

He had not felt as unlucky in his entire life as he did now. He came all the way to this tiny Green Ancient Mystery Dimension, only to fumble at such an easy task and was forced to trigger the forbidden technique and terminate his path of cultivation. In the end, after he triggered the forbidden technique, the power had been forcefully contained within his body by someone else and had ended up destroying his internal organs before he could even take revenge.

His body had already been greatly damaged because he triggered the forbidden technique, but the damage had become more serious.

A beam of hazy white light approached him slowly and in it stood a beautiful figure. Dressed in palace garbs the color of the moon, she stepped over languidly.

Everyone turned their gaze to that ball of light as a hush fell over the dimension. No one dared to utter a single word; no one dared to even breathe too loudly. It was as if a single breath could disturb the woman.

That was a beautiful young woman with smooth, clear skin that seemed as cold as frost. Her eyes were vast and void, as though they could reflect the entire world within them.

Mo Wen had never seen this woman before, but there was something about her aura that had a distinct vibe. Her aura seemed hollow and expansive, completely illusory.

“What are you doing here, Palace Lord Nie?” Old Man Xuan You asked, his voice dry. The expression on his face looked worse than if he had eaten a fly.

Nie Wuxin! The second palace lord of Huatian palace! This was a woman who struck fear with a mere mention of her name, even in the hearts of the Peng Lai Immortal Realm. There was no telling how many high-level cultivators she had killed, and the Ghost King of the Ghost Lair had barely taken a glance too many at her before she had him executed. She had spared him no face.

A lot of people in the Peng Lai Immortal Realm feared her, and she was on the list of people not to mess with.

In the entire Huatian palace, Nie Wuxin’s cultivation was second solely to the grand palace lord Xiao Hongyu, but she was much more troublesome than him. The latter was to some extent still reasonable, but this woman did not have the slightest idea of that concept.

Old Man Xuan You’s temper had cooled after meeting this woman. He knew very well how terrifying this woman was, and rumor had it that even the grand palace lord Xiao Hongyu did not dare to anger her.

“Did you ask why I’m here, in the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension, Xuan You?”

Nie Wuxin looked mildly at Old Man Xuan You. Her voice was level, but that was also the reason why Old Man Xuan You plunged into extreme fear.

“No… no… I’m only curious. Why would someone as important as you, Palace Lord Nie, come to a place like the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension?” Old Man Xuan You said with a long face. Everyone in the world knew that it was difficult to talk to Nie Wuxin—one wrong word and you could lose your life.

“I was actually going to ask you the same thing. You are, after all, the Sword Valley Leader. So why would you come to the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension? Besides, did you report this to the authorities in Huatian Palace? If not, it means you snuck out, and the consequences of breaking the rules are dire,” Nie Wuxin said mildly.

She seemed reasonable on the surface, but Old Man Xuan You felt chills run down his spine and he could not hold back the shiver that wracked his body.

“I’ve been wronged, Palace Lord Nie. I was exploring ancient ruins before I accidentally teleported here. I didn’t know back then that this was the main space, and the people in this space are after my life, which led to this situation… You know that we of the Sword Valley have always been following Huatian Palace and absolutely adhere to the laws of Huatian Palace. We’ve never dared to go against them…”

Old Man Xuan You would never admit that he had snuck out through the channels of the heretic organization. The moment he was convicted, he would not be the only one to go down. His entire sect would be implicated with him.

Now that things had reached this point, Old Man Xuan You could only tug at her heartstrings and hope that Nie Wuxin would spare his life the on account that the Sword Valley had been following Huatian Palace for generations.

“Oh, you’re quite lucky then. You managed to discover a passageway just by stepping into an ancient ruin at random,” Nie Wuxin remarked mildly.

“A fluke, it was a fluke…” Old Man Xuan You was constantly wiping off cold sweat, afraid to even make an unnecessary move when he was standing in front of Nie Wuxin. Although his cultivation was not low and was high enough to be called a hero in the Peng Lai Immortal Realm, Nie Wuxin was likely able to wipe him out easily.