True Origin Continent, Westernmost Fringe.
East Liyuan Nation, Nine Sorcerer Mountains.
"Ah! Who are you people?"
A richly dressed, exquisitely beautiful young woman in a pink gown was struck to the ground. Her Dantian had been hit by a palm strike, and now all the vital energy in her body was rapidly draining away. In just a flash, she plummeted from a peak nine-stage martial artist to an ordinary person.
The young woman crumpled weakly to the ground, looking at the group of black-clad figures who had suddenly appeared around her, not knowing where they had come from. The place where she had been in secluded cultivation for her breakthrough was extremely secret; besides a select few, no one knew of it. The entire Nine Sorcerer Mountains were vast, so why had these people specifically sought her out? And with their first move, they were so insidious and vicious, directly crippling her cultivation?
Soon, she had her answer.
"Heh heh... Big Sister, how does it feel to be a waste?"
With light lotus steps, and the pleasant jingle of jade pendants, a young woman dressed in a pale blue smoke-and-cloud flowing skirt, with her hands behind her back, slowly emerged from behind the group of black-clad figures. Every step she took seemed to tread upon Luo Qinghong's heart, causing her entire body to tremble uncontrollably.
"Luo Xinning?! It's you?! How could it be you?!"
The young woman never expected that the one who harmed her was her little sister, whom she treated like her own flesh and blood and cared for in every possible way! Luo Xinning, the illegitimate Third Young Lady of the Luo family, the Marquis of Zhenguo's Residence in the East Liyuan Nation. From a young age, she was sickly and often ignored. It was the young woman who kept her by her side, using her own resources to nurse her body, finally enabling her to practice martial arts, thus developing her talent and becoming the second most powerful and promising individual in the Luo family's third generation, second only to herself!
Everyone else had a reason to betray her! Only Luo Xinning could not! Because everything she had was given to her by herself!
"Why?! Why are you doing this to me?" The young woman utterly refused to believe any of this. What had she done to wrong Luo Xinning that she would treat her like this?! Attacking her with people during her breakthrough, crippling her cultivation?!
"It's only because, Big Sister, your fate is too good, and you've offended others' eyes!" Luo Xinning looked at the exquisite young woman crumpled on the ground, unable to get up no matter how she tried to crawl, feeling an indescribable delight in her heart.
Luo Qinghong, the legitimate eldest daughter of the Luo family's main branch.
Luo Qinghong had always been above her. In terms of strength, Luo Qinghong was the top person in the Luo family's third generation. In terms of beauty, Luo Qinghong was the most beautiful woman in the East Liyuan Nation. That absolutely beautiful face, skin like frost and snow, and jade-like complexion, required no daily care. Anywhere she stood, she was the focus of everyone's attention. Especially those pair of emerald eyes, which were like two clear springs, sparkling and translucent, making her already striking appearance seem even twelve points more outstanding!
They all said that the Eldest Young Lady of the Luo family had a celestial and jade-like beauty, incomparably exquisite, like a Heavenly Maiden, to be admired from afar but not approached. Indeed, it was true. Even Luo Xinning, who considered herself a beauty, felt that as long as she stood next to Luo Qinghong, she immediately transformed from a dazzling peony into a wild flower or weed by the roadside. So-called devastating beauty, nothing more.
Looking at the disheveled Luo Qinghong crumpled on the ground, yet still not losing her elegant nobility and exquisite grace, Luo Xinning felt an indescribable jealousy. She stepped forward, raised her hand, and pinched Luo Qinghong's chin, lifting her face.
"Big Sister, you must be feeling very desperate, aren't you? Unfortunately, this is just the beginning."