Chapter 925 - I Became a Villainess and Was Pestered by Beautiful Girls

The actions of the Blood Venerable Hall across the Nine States Continent are mostly carried out in the shadows. They either dispatch undercover agents or employ cunning schemes, always avoiding direct confrontation with the numerous major forces of the cultivation world. After all, the Nine States is a vast world, and if all its powers were combined, the Blood Venerable Hall would stand no chance of prevailing. However, this is an idealistic scenario. Different sects, forces, and stances - how could they possibly unite so easily? Without unity, armed with seven vice hall masters and a mysteriously powerful expert, the Blood Venerable Hall can easily dominate a region, leaving the local forces powerless to resist. “What’s the extent of the loss?” Tang Xin inquired. “The eastern states have become cautious,” Yuling Zi replied gravely, “and have been thoroughly vigilant in protecting their talented disciples over the years. Nonetheless, the Blood Venerable Hall found a loophole, capturing at least a hundred of them this time around.” Disciples can’t spend their lives hiding at home, refusing to go anywhere; that would impede their progress in strength. As long as they leave their sects, there’s always a chance to find an opportunity, a vulnerability—this is inevitable. This is the situation in the eastern states. In other states, the condition is even worse. It's said that many forces have been directly annihilated by the Blood Venerable Hall, leaving not a single high-level cultivator alive. “What does the Blood Venerable Hall want with all these talented cultivators?” Tang Xin knew that the Blood Venerable Hall was conducting experiments on creating artificial talents, but they should have surpassed the stage of needing large-scale experiments. What benefit could causing such chaos bring them? “No matter what the Blood Venerable Hall's objective is, our primary task is to ensure the safety of our juniors,” said Yuling Zi. “Tang Xin, to be honest, what level has your strength reached now?” “Hmm... I shouldn’t have any problems defending myself unless I encounter someone at the vice hall master level,” Tang Xin thought for a moment before answering. In truth, she was being modest. With the Ruthless Business Fire and the Heavenly Thunder at her disposal, as long as she wasn’t overwhelmed in close combat, not even a Transcending Tribulation cultivator could easily capture her. “Good,” the sect leader seemed not too surprised and smiled slightly. “With such strength, you're fully capable of shouldering great responsibilities!” Nowadays, Tang Xin is well-known in the Qingzhou cultivation world. The high-level cultivators gradually stopped seeing her as a junior, treating her instead as a key figure. This wasn’t just due to her strength but also the big sister's past performance and the Blood Venerable Hall's high regard for her. After receiving the sect leader's orders, Tang Xin led a team, the weakest among them being at the Nascent Soul stage, to immediately rush to the rescue of the cultivators trapped by the Blood Venerable Hall, on the verge of falling into enemy hands. “Sister Tang, Su Ling Shui Qiu, and the rest won’t be in trouble, right?” Yi Rou asked quietly. “The elders of Holy Immortal Mountain have been keeping an eye on the secret realm's situation; there shouldn't be any problem.” “After the secret of 'Seven Stars' became public knowledge, the high ranks of the cultivation world took great interest, providing even more careful protection to the six girls than to others. “Ah, though I really hoped they wouldn't come back to compete with me for Big Sister's attention,” Yi Rou sighed, “but after knowing everyone for such a long time, and the words in Sister’s letter, they really moved me... “Letter?” Tang Xin was taken aback. “Yes, doesn’t Sister send a letter back every few months?” Yi Rou explained. “With the sect leader in seclusion and the Great Elder busy with duties, if Elder Seven isn’t in the back mountain cultivating, she would be the first to grab the letter, reading it aloud in front of all the disciples and elders. It eventually became a tradition; if she doesn’t move, no one dares to be the first to act...” “In front of all the disciples and elders???” “Ah, my sister, my light in the darkness, my fire in the cold winter, you encourage me in my despair, and comfort me in my trouble, you are like... Imitating some of the “outstanding paragraphs” from the letters, Yi Rou applied them to the Big Sister, reciting emotionally. “It’s over,” Tang Xin lay stiff on the ground, her face ashen, mumbling, “I can’t show my face anymore...” Embarrassed or not, there was still work to be done. The Xuan Ling Sect party rushed to the location of the Shan Se Fang, a major sect. Compared to Xuan Ling Sect, and Qing Xin Pavilion with Zhou Yu, Shan Se Fang was considerably weaker. Upon arrival, the people inside were controlling the protective sect formation, desperately resisting the attack from the Blood Venerable Hall's Daohua cultivators. “One peak Daohua, three mid-Daohua, and a dozen Lingzhan," a member of the dispatch, Elder Lingzhan, said grimly, "this is far beyond our capability, we must request reinforcements immediately.” Without special long-distance communication devices, large sects have delays in sending for help. When assigned the task, everyone thought it was just a group of Lingzhan realm enemies targeting Shan Se Fang. “There’s no time,” Tang Xin frowned. “Sending a message back would take at least a day, and for a peak Daohua cultivator to arrive, it would also take a day. Looking at the state of the protective formation, it won’t last two days.” Before departure, Sect Leader Yuling Zi had told everyone, letting Tang Xin take full command. Therefore, even the core elder of the Lingzhan peak had to follow her orders. “I heard the Supreme Elder of Shan Se Fang is a high-level Daohua, and the Sect Leader is mid-Daohua," Yi Rou read the task report. "If we can tie down that strongest peak Daohua, the situation might turn around." With each ascension in realm, the gap between each level becomes vastly larger; under normal circumstances, a peak Daohua can completely handle three to four high-Daohua cultivators, which is why Shan Se Fang's Supreme Elder can only stay within the formation; otherwise, they would be instantly killed upon appearance. “Should I use the Ruthless Business Fire, or the Heaven Thunder?” Fire and thunder were Tang Xin’s trump cards, and she was reluctant to use them on cultivators below the Transcending Tribulation stage. Once used, the people from the Blood Venerable Hall would surely be on guard, making it much harder to ambush vice hall master level figures. “Let’s use this instead." The Big Sister took out a talisman from her bosom. 【Failed Transmission Talisman·Enhanced Version】 This was a reward from the sect leader, who said that she had just advanced to the Transcendence stage and had spent all her fortune, so this was all she could reward her with... Transmission talismans are useless to Transcendence cultivators because they possess the power to forcefully interrupt the transmission process, but it works on Daohua cultivators. “Create chaos,” the Big Sister smirked, “I’ll deal with the leader!” Moments later. A thick smoke rose around the Shan Se Fang formation, engulfing all the Blood Venerable Hall cultivators besieging it. “Don’t panic!” the peak Daohua cultivator in red robes bellowed, “We’ve anticipated this situation. Raise your Blood Venerable Magic Rings in your hands, they can distinguish friend from foe... darn, who kicked me?” “Hmph, I may not be able to defeat Demon Sound, but can I not bully you expendables?” Tang Xin coldly stated amidst the smoke, “Consider it bad luck running into me!”