Didn't Your Master Teach You That You Can Trust Others?

Xuan Li's eyes watched how the golden lion was about to reach for her, rushing at her as it seemed to open its mouth. 

* Boom! * 

The next moment, a soul spiritual force covered the sky and slammed into the golden lion, weakening it slightly and making its image blurry. The soul spiritual force weakened greatly, restricting the figure of this golden lion. 

"I can only help you a little this time, so you'll have to handle it on your own from now on!" 

The 80-year-old old man's voice momentarily cleared Xuan Li's mind, realizing that the golden lion figure was suppressed in the sky, roaring full of rage and fury at being suppressed. 

Taking some medicinal pills with much tiredness and difficulty, Xuan Li swallowed them and began to refine them with the little energy she had left. 

The technique [Cosmological Principle], had completely drained so much of her cultivation essence and spiritual force from her consciousness sea! 

Xuan Li felt that she had only used for a short moment the skill of slowing down time thanks to the halberd in her hands, but she didn't know that this terrifying skill had consumed all of her reserves of power! 

Such a powerful skill if used well and mastered to perfection, would be very terrifying! 

However, for such a powerful skill, the amount of power consumption was also terrifying. Therefore, Xuan Li was aware that she would have to increase her reserves of spiritual force and cultivation essence so that the same thing would not happen to her just now. 

The low-grade medicinal pills of Golden Core grade were quickly refined, quickly gaining a bit of power, filling her meridians and dantian by flowing lightly with a bit of cultivation essence. However, the power in her consciousness sea did not replenish as quickly as her cultivation essence; medicinal aura replenishing pills were not as effective in replenishing the soul spiritual force in the consciousness sea, still leaving her with something of a headache. 

Wen Woo's expression turned somber at this point. His gaze fell on the injured Wen Ding, seeing his arm fully injured, with the joint between the arm and shoulder about to detach if not for the fact that some muscles were barely attached. Then, he looked in Xuan Li's direction and immediately at the ancient old building in the middle, from where that expert's voice came out again as his soul attack in tangible form was restrained. 

"First elder! I want that damn bitch on the verge of death, to serve me at home as a slave!" 

A fierce and rage-filled roar filled the place as Wen Ming's disastrous figure appeared. His expression filled with rage and fury at the sight of Xuan Li seemed to eat her alive, wanting to kill her with his gaze endlessly. 

When had he ever received such humiliation? Especially from a girl of his own generation! 

Even his fiancée did not dare to leave any wounds on his body for fear of his clan! 

But now, a girl who looked to be his same age, maybe a little younger once he took a good look at her, had easily knocked him out! 

"You don't have to remind me, young master!" 

Wen Woo appeared in front of Xuan Li in an instant, waved his hand towards Xuan Li. 

Clearly the Wen Clan's face and dignity were in humiliation at this moment to see that a girl had defeated the young master and nearly killed one of the clan's elders, while his attack had been restrained by a superior force. 

Wen Woo's instincts rose up, watching the old and ancient building on the spot, waiting for some movement from that mysterious expert. If he managed to react early, he could track the spiritual force and then attack, weakening and even injuring the powerful being in this place. 

The aura struck Xuan Li fiercely, sending her flying and crashing into some of the debris when she was unable to defend herself. The strength and energy in her body had barely recovered a small part, so she could not exert her full strength. 

However, when Xuan Li got up from the rubble, she was almost intact. The thin, thin armor had protected her, and even added a small barrier of protection on her, largely weakening attacks towards her but quickly absorbing what little energy she had gained. Only her hair was somewhat disheveled. 

"Middle grade defensive armor... maybe of high grade!" Wen Woo exclaimed in surprise at seeing Xuan Li without any visible wounds and quickly took a closer look at the armor on her body. 

His attack, although somewhat casual, could injure a cultivator at the Early Stage of the Nascent Soul realm not to mention someone who had only just broken through. In order to be intact to his attack, this defensive artifact in the form of armor clearly had to be a middle-grade artifact, or perhaps a higher grade! 

Wen Woo was ecstatic, greed shining in his eyes at the sight of Xuan Li. Such artifacts in the form of armor were almost impossible to obtain, and right now, in front of him was a very powerful one! 

The armor seemed to be tailor-made for this girl, so Wen Woo felt more excitement at the thought that this armor could fit the body of whoever wore it! 

Not to mention the halberd in her hands... such a powerful spiritual weapon could only be a higher grade weapon! 

If these two high-grade spiritual artifacts were impressive, Wen Woo couldn't help but imagine the powerful and amazing inheritance cultivation technique this girl obtained to reach the Nascent Soul realm in a few days. Perhaps he could manage to reach the powerful Body Condensation realm once he obtains it... and even advance much further! 

Withdrawing the remainder of his soul spiritual force, the golden lion image finally dissipated. His cultivation essence flowed out and immediately two claws formed on his hands, much like the claws of the golden lion earlier. 

Wen Woo's momentum increased several levels, with his aura spreading indiscriminately throughout the place, not caring what happened to the others. His attention was still divided into two parts, watching the old building in case that spiritual energy of the hidden expert appeared again. 

"You're just a girl, so I'll give you a chance to hand over everything you have to me, like that armor and spiritual weapon you have if you want to keep living. If you don't, you'll have to face one of my most powerful techniques and I'll search through your knowledge sea... if you manage to survive, it'll be a miracle!" Wen Woo spoke with cruelty as he watched Xuan Li. The momentum in him had increased sharply, with the claws in his hands becoming more realistic and terrifying. 

If he wanted to end this quickly, Wen Woo knew he had to add more effort. Just that armor on her body was problematic and might be able to stop his attacks from killing her with ease. He also didn't forget to reserve some of his strength to deal with this hidden expert. 

Xuan Li stood up with difficulty, breathing heavily as she watched Wen Woo. Her hands clenched the halberd and leaned on it, trying not to fall as slowly her body regained strength. 

"I can't even use my defensive treasure..." Xuan Li smiled bitterly to herself as she analyzed the situation she was in. Her flower-shaped defensive artifact could not be activated now, much less that she had no trace of soul spiritual force. 

Bitterness and disappointment invaded her heart, knowing that she was reckless in doing the [Cosmological Principle] technique and she was now in a bad situation. Although this attack skill was very powerful, its consumption was unthinkable for her at this moment, exhausting her chances of winning this fight. 

"If I use this attack method again, all my energy reserves will be completely depleted!" Xuan Li muttered, quickly catching her breath. If she tried to forcefully use this previous attack method, she would most likely lose consciousness, her meridians and her dantian would dry up as well as her consciousness sea to the point where it could be completely detrimental to her future cultivation. 

"It seems that the stubbornness of a woman wanting to resist uselessly flows in your blood!" Wen Woo sneered and the spiritual force of the soul flowed back into his consciousness sea. 

The figure of the golden lion again manifested and, this time, with greater definition in sight, exuding terrifying power as it seemed to distort space itself. It quickly rushed towards Xuan Li without wasting any time, exuding a powerful aura that even injured several nearby cultivators on the ground who had failed to move far enough away. 

Xuan Li gritted her teeth and finally let go of the doubt she had. Although this was a test, it was a test from her sect ancestor, so she still didn't want to disappoint him by failing. 

"I have no choice left!" Xuan Li took a deep breath, circulating the scarce cultivation essence she had and pouring it into the halberd; the remnants of soul spiritual force also flowed into the halberd, hoping to once again realize the [Cosmological Principle]. 

"Didn't your Master teach you that you must be prudent and know your own limits but above all, trust others and not hesitate to ask for help from your allies when you need it?" 

When the golden lion was a meter away from Xuan Li, suddenly the image of a slightly large finger appeared and directly penetrated the golden lion's forehead, instantly eliminating it leaving no trace of any spiritual force.