Mortal Mage

A loud "bang" sound echoed over Xianzhou City, and the lion buzzard violently crashed into the city defense formation.

"Find out who brought this here! Teach him the rules of the Immortal City!"

Shi Manman shouted at a man in purple behind her, then proudly flew out of Zhou City with a flying sword.

"Chi!" A miserable cry.

The lion-buzzard flapped its wings and flew into the clouds, then turned around and attacked the Xianzhou City's defense formation again.

The sound of the wind made the silk ribbon on Shi Manman's slender arms flutter. She turned her head and yelled to the person behind her, "Hurry up and call the other sect deacons to help me!"

In a flash, she flew out of the shield of Zhoucheng on her sword.

Shi Manman's slender white arms, delicate white shoulders, and thin body were reflected in the lion buzzard's pupils. Its pupils suddenly focused on one point, and it flapped its wings violently, with four sharp claws flashing a cold light under its belly, and flew towards her.

Shi Manman looked at the lion buzzard flying towards her, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly.

She mobilized the spiritual power in her body to her hands, and at the same time, the flying sword broke away from under her feet and flew into her slender hands.

The flying sword pulled her and rushed towards the lion buzzard.

She only has the strength of the early Jindan stage, and her chances of winning against the second-level monster Lion-Buzzard are less than 30%.

But she had already reached the fourth level of the Xianyuan Sect's sword technique "Xianlan Sword Dance", which was more than enough to hold the lion-buzzard back for more than a dozen breaths.

Thinking of this, she mobilized the spiritual power in her hands and poured it into the sword. Then, she felt a sharp pain on her shoulder, and at the same time as the pain, the first level of "Xianlan Sword Dance" "Lanhua Zhan" was activated.

The tip of the flying sword in her hand was like a whirlpool in the water, swirling and rushing towards the lion buzzard.

The rotating sword tip, while stabbing, was like the tip of a pen, seemingly drawing a rune vaguely.

Between the arrow and the string, the two intersect.

"Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish" seven white runes burst out from the tip of Shi Manman's sword, followed by seven crisp sounds of "bang bang bang bang bang bang pa" exploding on the body of the lion buzzard.

The lion buzzard was startled by the seven explosions and turned around suddenly, flying upwards.

But apart from a few of its feathers being set on fire, it seemed to be fine.

Shi Manman looked up and found that using swordsmanship to deal with the monster was of little use.

After all, swordsmanship is a weapon against humans. To deal with these monsters, you still need specific monsters, one thing can defeat another, or specific magic weapons.

Although this lion buzzard is a second-level monster, it is usually gentle in nature. As long as people do not provoke the bird, the bird will not provoke people.

The lion buzzard flew into the clouds and found that its body was not seriously injured. It turned around and dived down again in the sky.

Shi Manman saw that the lion buzzard was not driven away by her, but rushed down again. There were many cultivators in Xianzhou City watching her fight with the lion buzzard. There were also some independent cultivators in the Jindan stage who were eager to try and wanted to fly out of the city to help.

But after all, Xianzhou City is managed by the six major sects. Without her permission, others cannot act rashly even if they want to help, otherwise it would be considered disrespectful to the six major sects.

Shi Manman turned her head and looked back at Zhoucheng. She did not see the stewards from the other five major sects in Zhoucheng coming out of the city to help. Instead, she saw a group of cultivators in the city looking up at her.

Many monks in this city did not hide or escape, and everyone's meaning was self-evident.

Can you do it? If not, we will do it.

Shi Manman's face flushed red when she saw the monks who were looking up at her fighting. The stewards of the five major sects were delaying deliberately, obviously knowing that they could not defeat the Lion-Buzzard alone, and wanted to make a final move after seeing themselves making a fool of themselves.

The Xianyuan Sect is the best sect in the world, with bright sunshine and clear moon, and a yellow man holding the sun.

As the eldest disciple and steward of the outer sect, she must not let them laugh at her and bring shame to Xianyuan Sect.

Thinking of this, she stared at the swooping lion buzzard, gritted her teeth and endured the paroxysmal pain in her shoulder.

She could have used the elixir to improve her concentration and stabilize her spiritual power, but if she took the elixir at this time, the independent cultivators in the city would definitely feel that she was already struggling very hard, and it would be very likely that they would come out to help.

If that were the case, she would also lose face.

While she was thinking, the spiritual power in her body tore at her flesh and blood and rolled into the flying sword in her hand.

The second level "Sword Waves Rolling Back and Forward", the third level "Sword Waves Piercing Through Waves", and the fourth level "Waves of Light and Shadows" of "Xianlan Sword Dance" were used successively.

The flying sword pulled her up and killed the lion buzzard.

In an instant, she met the lion buzzard again in the air.

She leaped into the air and picked up the sword. Her sword moves were like a stream of river water running through the clouds, and her sword intent was as flowing as water.

She swung her sword in the clouds, exerting force suddenly, and the sword light was like lightning across the river.

With a "puff" sound, the long sword in her hand instantly pierced into the left wing of the lion buzzard.

The lion buzzard screamed in pain, and its four sharp eagle claws flashed with cold light, and it clawed towards Shi Manman without hesitation.

Shi Manman held the long sword horizontally in front of her chest, turned around and dodged, and at the same time, the flying sword in her hand swept across, the sword light flowed, and the attack was sudden and sharp.

The lion buzzard's simple way of dealing with humans is to pounce, ambushed, and peck. After Shi Manman dodged it again, it became furious. It dragged its injured wing and stretched out its four sharp claws, trying to catch Shi Manman.

"ah!"

Shi Manman shouted loudly, and the sword light condensed into a momentum like a waterfall, sweeping across.

This sword was as violent as a huge wave crossing a river, piercing through the clouds, and was unstoppable.

With a sharp sonic boom, the injured left wing of the lion buzzard was cut in half. It screamed miserably and slid into the surging sea.

"Xianyuan Sect is indeed powerful. An outer sect disciple at the Jindan stage can actually kill a second-order lion buzzard by himself."

At this time, the stewards and disciples of the other five major sects arrived late on flying swords.

"It seems that you don't need to bother us with such trivial matters in the future."

One of the middle-aged men looked at Shi Manman who had returned on a sword, and smiled at the other deacons beside him.

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The deck of Xianzhou City.

"what's your name?"

A man with skin like brass, dressed in purple, stared at Bu Dazhen with eyes like weasels.

He is the legal steward of Xianzhou City, Song Chengchen.

Song Chengchen is just a casual cultivator. He is employed by the six major sects and is mainly responsible for supervising and punishing cultivators who violate the rules of Zhou City.

At the same time, he is also responsible for the repair of buildings of various sects in Zhou City.

"Bu Dazhen"

Bu Dazhen stroked his long beard, glanced at Song Chengchen with contempt, and responded coldly in a shrill voice.

Lu Ming hunched over and stood behind Bu Dazhen.

"All cultivators, if you are being chased by monsters, you are not allowed to fly to Zhou City. Don't you know that?" Song Chengchen was aroused by Bu Dazhen's contemptuous eyes. He raised his voice a little and continued in a cold voice; "Now either you leave Zhou City on your own and never set foot in it again, or you pay a thousand low-grade spirit stones and the matter is over."

"I'll pay the spirit stones!"

Bu Dazhen chuckled coldly, took out a medium-grade spirit stone from the ring in his hand and threw it to Song Chengchen.

"Humph! If it happens again, it won't be a matter of spirit stones anymore!"

Song Chengchen took the spirit stone, glared at Bu Dazhen's contemptuous face, twitched his lips, and left with his sleeves flicked.

"Hehe, Master, bird eggs."

Lu Ming twisted his mouth, grinned wickedly, and patted the storage bag on his waist.

"Just now I heard from a passerby that there is an auction being held in this city. I need to see if I can find an offensive formation. Also, remember to investigate Li Xucheng's matter."

"Well, okay, but, Master, I want a foundation-building pill."

"You have just reached the fifth level of Qi Refining. It will take at least 70 to 80 years to build your foundation. Why are you so worried about it? Are you afraid that your master won't give it to you?"

"No, no, Master, I have absolutely no such intention."

"Don't worry about that. Shi Manman is our outer sect's senior disciple. Come with me and apologize to Shi Manman."

"Master, we are from the same sect as Shi Manman. We have already paid the spirit stones and received the punishment. This is not necessary, right? Protecting Zhou City is also her duty."

"Do you think that this Xianyuan Sect's status as a menial disciple is not worthy of you?"

"No, no, no, how dare I? I am only a menial disciple thanks to my master."

"Maintain good relations between the sects. This is the upper realm. You are not the captain of the East Factory, and I am not the national teacher. Shi Manman is my immediate superior."

Bu Dazhen continued to scold: "Give one of the two bird eggs to Shi Da disciple, and I will keep one."

"Master, there are only two eggs here. What about me?"

"What do you mean by 'you'? If you hadn't stolen the bird eggs, there wouldn't be such a big trouble."

Bu Dazhen led Lu Ming towards the attic of the deacon and eldest disciple of Xianyuan Sect, scolding him as he walked.

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Xianzhou City, the attic of the deacon and eldest disciple of Xianyuan Sect.

Shi Manman sat cross-legged on the mahogany fairy bed. Her spiritual power was in a state of chaos and was rushing around in her body recklessly. Her shoulders were aching and the golden elixir in her body was spinning rapidly, causing her elixir orifice to swell and ache.

She had a pill in her mouth and tears in her eyes.

In order to save face, she risked disrupting her spiritual power when she used the sword just now.

Although "Xianlan Sword Dance" has nine levels, the fourth level "Lan Guang You Ying" almost blocked most of the disciples of Xianyuan Sect.

A Jindan-stage disciple was still serving as a deacon in the outer sect, and she knew very well why.

If she cannot break through the fourth level of "Xianlan Sword Dance", it will be difficult for her to enter the inner gate of Xianyuan Sect.

There are very few sects that would place a Jindan-stage cultivator in the outer sect.

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