“ shì nǐ ”
“是你”
"It's you."
kǒng què miào mù liú zhuǎn ， kàn jiàn hào tiān guǐ dì bù yóu dà wèi jǐng tì ， hún shēn shàng xià mí màn qǐ péng bó de shā qì 。
孔雀妙目流转，看见昊天鬼帝不由大为警惕，浑身上下弥漫起蓬勃的杀气。
The peacock's keen eyes darted, and upon seeing the Heavenly Emperor of Ghosts, she immediately became highly alert. A surging aura of killing intent enveloped her entire body.
“ bù cuò ， zhèng shì zài xià ， yōu zhōu yī bié ， yǐ yǒu shù shí zài ， xiān zi fēng cǎi yī rán ， zhēn shì lìng rén xīn xǐ 。” guǐ dì huǎn bù shàng qián ， liǎn shàng dài zhe wēn hé de xiào yì ， rán ér yǐn yǐn de ， què yǐ jiāng liǎng nǚ táo zǒu de tuì lù fēng sǐ 。
“不错，正是在下，幽州一别，已有数十载，仙子风采依然，真是令人欣喜。”鬼帝缓步上前，脸上带着温和的笑意，然而隐隐的，却已将两女逃走的退路封死。
"Indeed, it is I. It has been over a dozen years since our last meeting in Youzhou. Your grace remains as enchanting as ever; this is truly delightful," the Heavenly Emperor of Ghosts said as he slowly approached with a gentle smile on his face. However, behind that facade, he had already sealed off their escape routes.
“ shén me ， tā jiù shì kǒng què xiān zi ？”
“什么，她就是孔雀仙子？”
"What? She's the Fairy Peacock?"
guāng tóu dà hàn yī dāi ， suí jí lù chū dà xǐ guò wàng de biǎo qíng lái ， yuán běn hái pà duì fāng dé dào xiāo xī liū zhī dà gǔ ， méi xiǎng dào què zhǔ dòng zhuàng rù zì jǐ bù xià de tiān luó dì wǎng lǐ 。
光头大汉一呆，随即露出大喜过望的表情来，原本还怕对方得到消息溜之大古，没想到却主动撞入自己布下的天罗地网里。
The bald man was taken aback and then burst into joyous laughter. He had originally feared that they might slip away if the other party received news of them, but now it seemed as though he had unwittingly walked right into his own trap.
gōng zhuāng nǚ zǐ yě zhuǎn chēn wéi xǐ ， sān míng lǎo guài wù chéng pǐn zì xíng ， yǐn yǐn jiāng liǎng nǚ wéi zài zhōng ，o“ wǒ zhàng fū jiū jìng rú hé ， nǐ men jiāng tā zěn me 7？”
宫装女子也转嗔为喜，三名老怪物成品字形，隐隐将两女围在中，o“我丈夫究竟如何，你们将他怎么7？”
The woman in court attire also changed from anger to delight. The three old monsters formed a triangular formation, subtly encircling the two women. "How is my husband? What did you do to him?"
miào yōu xiān zi de shēng yīn chuán rù ěr duǒ ， kǒng què jí shí tóu shǒu ， ràng tā miǎn yú yǔn luò ， dàn xīn zhōng duì yún fēng ， què yuè de dān xīn qǐ lái le 。
妙幽仙子的声音传入耳朵，孔雀及时投手，让她免于陨落，但心中对云峰，却越的担心起来了。
Miaoyou Fairy's voice entered their ears just as the peacock quickly threw her hand out, saving her from falling. However, this only made her more worried about Yunfeng.
“ nǐ zhàng fū ， nà bù shí hǎo dǎi de jiā huo ， táng bì dāng chē ， yǐ bèi běn xiān zi chōu hún liàn pò ， lián zhòng rù lún huí de jī huì yě méi yǒu 。” gōng zhuāng nǚ zǐ huā zhī luàn chàn de xiào le qǐ lái ， rán ér suǒ shuō de è dú yǔ yán ， què ràng rén hún shēn zhàn lì 。
“你丈夫，那不识好歹的家伙，螳臂当车，已被本仙子抽魂炼魄，连重入轮回的机会也没有。”宫装女子花枝乱颤的笑了起来，然而所说的恶毒语言，却让人浑身战栗。
"Your husband, that ungrateful fellow, tried to stop the tide with his bare hands and has been drawn by my soul and essence, leaving him no chance of reincarnation," the woman in court attire laughed wildly as she spoke. The vicious words sent shivers down everyone's spine.
miào yōu xiān zi tīng zài ěr lǐ ， zhǐ jué yǎn qián yī zhèn zhèn hēi ， duì fāng de yán f6 jiù fǎng fú lì jiàn ， cì dé tā xīn tóu dī xuè 。
妙幽仙子听在耳里，只觉眼前一阵阵黑，对方的言f6就仿佛利箭，刺得她心头滴血。
Miaoyou Fairy heard this and felt a wave of darkness before her eyes. The other party's words were like sharp arrows, piercing her heart with every word.
chōu hún liàn pò ， lián lún huí de jī huì yě bèi bō duó ， duì yú xiū xiān zhě lái shuō ， yǐ méi yǒu shén me jié jú ， bǐ zhè gèng wéi bēi cǎn de le 。
抽魂炼魄，连轮回的机会也被剥夺，对于修仙者来说，已没有什么结局，比这更为悲惨的了。
Being drawn by soul and essence without any chance of reincarnation—this was already the most tragic outcome for cultivators; there could be no more pitiful an ending than that.
“ wèi shén me ， wǒ men wú yuān wú chóu ……” miào yōu xiān zi fèi le hǎo dà de lì ， cái miǎn qiǎng zhàn wěn shēn tǐ ， liǎn shàng de biǎo qíng nán kàn wú bǐ ， yō chún yě bèi yǎo chū le xuè jì 。
“为什么，我们无冤无仇……”妙幽仙子费了好大的力，才勉强站稳身体，脸上的表情难看无比，唷唇也被咬出了血迹。
"Why? We have no grudge against each other..." Miaoyou Fairy struggled to stand steady as she spoke, her face contorted with anger. Her lips were bleeding from biting them so hard.
“ wèi shén me ， hēng ， gé xià yě shì yuán yīng jí xiū xiān zhě ， hé bì hái wèn rú cǐ yòu zhì de wèn tí ， xiū xiān zhī lù bù bù jīng jí ， bèi chōu hún liàn pò yòu yǒu shén me hào qí guài dì ， běn gōng xiǎng yào yí gè rén qiú shēng bù néng ， qiú sǐ bù dé ， yòu nǎ xū yào shén me lǐ yóu ne ， rén wéi yú ròu ， wǒ zuò dāo zǔ ， běn gōng jiù xiǎng yào zhè me zuò ， nǐ yòu néng rú hé ？”
“为什么，哼，阁下也是元婴级修仙者，何必还问如此幼稚的问题，修仙之路步步荆棘，被抽魂炼魄又有什么好奇怪地，本宫想要一个人求生不能，求死不得，又哪需要什么理由呢，人为鱼肉，我做刀俎，本宫就想要这么做，你又能如何？”
"Why?" he sneered. "You are a primordial spirit cultivator; why ask such childish questions? The path of cultivation is fraught with obstacles. Being drawn by soul and essence isn't strange at all. This palace wants someone to be unable to seek life or death, so what need for any reason? I am the butcher, you are the fish. This is exactly what this palace wishes to do, and what can you do about it?"
zhè fān yán yǔ yī chū ， bié shuō miào yōu xiān zi qì dé tù xiě ， biàn shì kǒng què yě bó rán biàn sè ， suī rán tā yǐ qián yě shì rén mìng rú cǎo jiè ， dàn yuǎn méi cǐ nǚ zhè me è dú 。
这番言语一出，别说妙幽仙子气得吐血，便是孔雀也勃然变色，虽然她以前也视人命如草芥，但远没此女这么恶毒。
These words enraged Miaoyou Fairy even more than her blood could tell. The peacock also turned a deep red with anger. Although she had always regarded human lives as grass before, she was far less cruel than this woman.
bì jìng xiū xiān zhě zài méi yǒu dào dé ， yī xiē jī běn de guī jǔ hái shì yào shǒu de ， chú fēi zhēn yǒu bù gòng dài tiān zhī chóu ， fǒu zé hěn shào jiàng dí rén chōu hún liàn pò ， nà yàng zuò yǒu xiē tài guò ， hěn róng yì yǐn qǐ gōng fèn de 。
毕竟修仙者再没有道德，一些基本的规矩还是要守的，除非真有不共戴天之仇，否则很少将敌人抽魂炼魄，那样做有些太过，很容易引起公愤的。
After all, while cultivators might lack morals, they still followed some basic rules unless there was an unbreakable enmity. Drawing the soul and essence of enemies was considered too extreme; it could easily provoke public outrage.
rán ér gōng zhuāng nǚ zǐ bù zài hū ， suī rán tā jǐn jǐn shì yuán yīng chū qī de xiū xiān zhě ， dàn yīn wèi mǒu xiē tè shū lǐ yóu ， zài mén zhōng de dì wèi yuǎn bǐ tóng jiē xiū shì gāo dé duō ， ér lì hún gǔ shí lì páng dà zhī jí ， yǒu zhè me dà yī zuò kào shān zài bèi hòu chēng zhe ， cǐ nǚ xíng shì zì rán wú xū yǒu suǒ gù jì ……”
然而宫装女子不在乎，虽然她仅仅是元婴初期的修仙者，但因为某些特殊理由，在门中的地位远比同阶修士高得多，而厉魂谷实力庞大之极，有这么大一座靠山在背后撑着，此女行事自然无需有所顾忌……”
But the woman in court attire paid no heed to these concerns. Although she was only at the early stage of primordial spirit cultivation, her status within the sect far exceeded that of other cultivators of the same rank due to certain special reasons. With such a powerful stronghold like Li Hai Valley backing her, she had nothing to fear...
miào yōu xiān zi dà nù ， hèn qí rù gǔ ， zhèng xiǎng yào jiāng fǎ bǎo jì chū ， què bèi kǒng què xiān zi jiāng yī xiù chě zhù ：“ mèi mèi bié jí ， zhè fān huà bù guò shì yí miàn zhī cí ér yǐ ， yún fēng dào yǒu jiù suàn bù dí ， dàn yuán yīng kě yǐ shī zhǎn shùn yí mì shù ， táo chū qù yīng gāi bù nán ， duì fāng zhè yàng shuō ， yě xǔ shì gù yì rǎo luàn zán xīn shén bà le 。”
妙幽仙子大怒，恨其入骨，正想要将法宝祭出，却被孔雀仙子将衣袖扯住：“妹妹别急，这番话不过是一面之词而已，云峰道友就算不敌，但元婴可以施展瞬移秘术，逃出去应该不难，对方这样说，也许是故意扰乱咱心神罢了。”
Miaoyou Fairy was furious and hated this woman with all her heart. She was about to unleash her法宝 but was stopped by the peacock's hand: "Sister, don't rush. This is just one-sided talk. Even if Yunfeng friend isn't a match for them, his primordial spirit can use the secret technique of instantaneous teleportation and escape easily. They may be trying to confuse us."
miào yōu xiān zi tīng le ， xīn xià shāo ān ， lì hún gǔ de sān míng lǎo guài wù zé lěng xiào bù yǐ ， sú huà shuō yè cháng mèng duō ， kǒng què zhè zhèng zhǔ ér jì rán yǐ jīng lái le ， tā men dāng rán méi shén me hào kè qì de 。
妙幽仙子听了，心下稍安，厉魂谷的三名老怪物则冷笑不已，俗话说夜长梦多，孔雀这正主儿既然已经来了，他们当然没什么好客气的。
Miaoyou Fairy felt somewhat relieved upon hearing this. The three old monsters from Li Hai Valley sneered with amusement; as the saying went, "the longer the night, the more dreams one has." Since the main character had already arrived, they didn't need to hold back.
hào tiān guǐ dì zuì xiān dòng shǒu ， zhǐ jiàn tā jiān tóu yī yáo ， shēn shàng de hēi qì sà rán níng jù dào le shǒu shàng ， yī fān yī yǒng ， yǐ huà wèi yī tiáo bái gǔ mǎng shé ， yuē yǒu shí yú zhàng zhǎng ， bèi hòu hái shēng yǒu liǎng piàn bàn tòu míng de chì bǎng 。
昊天鬼帝最先动手，只见他肩头一摇，身上的黑气飒然凝聚到了手上，一翻一涌，已化为一条白骨蟒蛇，约有十余丈长，背后还生有两片半透明的翅膀。
The Heavenly Emperor of Ghosts was the first to act. He shook his shoulder, and black aura coalesced into a white bone snake about ten meters long, with two semi-transparent wings on its back.
guǐ dì yì diǎn zhǐ ， nà mǎng shé jiāng zhēng níng de tóu lú gāo gāo yáng qǐ ， xùn jí rú diàn de xiàng qián cuàn le chū qù yī yī yī yī yī yī zhì yú nà gōng zhuāng nǚ xiū ， zé jiāng liǎng shǒu wǎng xiōng qián yī hé ， bǎo wù yě fēi dào le tóu dǐng shàng kōng ， pán xuán fēi wǔ ， chū wū wū wū de guài yì shēng xiǎng lái le 。
鬼帝一点指，那蟒蛇将狰狞的头颅高高扬起，迅疾如电的向前窜了出去一一一一一一至于那宫装女修，则将两手往胸前一合，宝物也飞到了头顶上空，盘旋飞舞，出呜呜呜的怪异声响来了。
With a flick of his finger, the snake raised its head high and darted forward like lightning. Meanwhile, the woman in court attire clasped her hands before her chest, and her treasure flew up above her head, spinning and whirling while emitting strange noises.
jǐn jiē zhe ， yī dào xuè hóng sè de jù fēng píng kōng ér qǐ ， bāo guǒ zhù tā de jiāo qū ， lǐ miàn yǐn yǐn de ， hái yǒu yuàn líng āi kū de shēng yīn chuán rù ěr duǒ ， qī qiè wú bǐ 。
紧接着，一道血红色的飓风凭空而起，包裹住她的娇躯，里面隐隐的，还有怨灵哀哭的声音传入耳朵，凄切无比。
A blood-red hurricane suddenly appeared around her body, with faint cries of vengeful spirits echoing inside, piercingly sad.
fāng yuán shù lǐ ， dōu mí màn zhe yī gǔ yīn sēn kǒng bù de qì xī 。
方圆数里，都弥漫着一股阴森恐怖的气息。
The area for several miles was filled with an eerie and terrifying atmosphere.
ér guāng tóu dà hàn zé shuāng shǒu qiā le yī gǔ guài fǎ jué ， suí hòu bù tíng huī wǔ ， yī dào yòu yī dào de fǎ jué wǎng láng yá bàng zhī zhōng zhù rù 。
而光头大汉则双手掐了一古怪法诀，随后不停挥舞，一道又一道的法诀往狼牙棒之中注入。
The bald man then formed a bizarre hand seal and kept waving his hands. Spell after spell was infused into the wolf's club.
hǒu ！ dì miàn hào dǒu ， cǐ bǎo jìng rán biàn chéng le yī shēn cháng shù zhàng de guài shòu ， fēi shī fēi hǔ ， hún shēn lín jiǎ biàn bù ， xiōng è chǒu lòu dào le jí chù 。
吼！地面颢抖，此宝竟然变成了一身长数丈的怪兽，非狮非虎，浑身鳞甲遍布，凶恶丑陋到了极处。
Roar! The ground trembled as this treasure transformed into a monstrous creature over ten meters long, neither lion nor tiger, covered in scales, grotesquely fierce.
yī gǔ páng bó de líng yā jiāng fù jìn lǒng zhào qǐ lái le 。
一股磅礴的灵压将附近笼罩起来了。
A powerful spiritual pressure enveloped the surrounding area.
miào yōu xiān zi bó rán biàn sè ， jìng cái míng bái gāng gāng yǔ zì jǐ fū fù dòng shǒu de shí hòu sān míng lǎo héng wù bìng méi yǒu yòng zhēn gōng fu ， fǒu zé zì jǐ néng fǒu píng ān táo dào cǐ chù hái shì liǎng shuō 。
妙幽仙子勃然变色，迳才明白刚刚与自己夫妇动手的时候三名老恒物并没有用真功夫，否则自己能否平安逃到此处还是两说。
Miaoyou Fairy turned pale and realized that the three old monsters hadn't used their true strength when they fought her earlier. Otherwise, she might not have escaped safely to this point.
kǒng què de liǎn sè yǒu xiē bái ， jiāo měi de miàn róng shàng zài méi yǒu yī sī yī háo de qīng shì zhī sè ， dí rén bǐ xiǎng xiàng de hái nán duì fù ， bù lùn gōng gū hái shì bǎo wù ， dōu bǐ tóng jiē xiū shì shèng shàng yī chóu 。
孔雀的脸色有些白，娇美的面容上再没有一丝一毫的轻视之色，敌人比想象的还难对付，不论功沽还是宝物，都比同阶修士胜上一筹。
The peacock's face was now white with a look of no longer dismissing the enemy as easily. The opponents were much harder to deal with than expected; both in terms of cultivation and treasures, they outperformed other cultivators of the same rank by a notch.
mò fēi tā men shì qī dà shì lì zhī zhōng de guǐ xiū ？
莫非他们是七大势力之中的鬼修？
Could they be from one of the Seven Great Forces?
xū zhī ， jí biàn shì tóng yī jìng jiè de xiū xiān zhě ， yīn wèi suǒ liàn gōng fǎ de bù tóng ， hái yǒu bǎo wù de chā yì ， bǐ cǐ jiān de shí lì yě yǒu bù xiǎo de chā jù 。
须知，即便是同一境界的修仙者，因为所练功法的不同，还有宝物的差异，彼此间的实力也有不小的差距。
After all, even at the same level, due to different cultivation techniques and treasures, there could still be significant differences in strength between cultivators.
yě jiù nán guài kǒng què xiān zi huì yǒu suǒ huái yí 。
也就难怪孔雀仙子会有所怀疑。
This was why Miaoyou Fairy had her suspicions.
mù guāng sǎo guò ， jiàn sān míng lǎo guài wù de shén shí dōu láo láo jiāng zì jǐ zhèn zhù ， zuǐ jiǎo biān lù chū bīng lěng de xiào róng ：“ kàn lái jǐ wèi dào yǒu lái dào zhè cāng míng shān zhōng ， zhǔ yào mù gé hái shì wèi le wǒ 。
目光扫过，见三名老怪物的神识都牢牢将自己镇住，嘴角边露出冰冷的笑容：“看来几位道友来到这沧溟山中，主要目格还是为了我。
She scanned the scene and saw that the three old monsters' spiritual awareness firmly held them in place. A cold smile appeared on her lips: "It seems your friends came here mainly for me."
“ hē hē ， xiān zi guǒ rán cōng míng ， zhǐ yào $$； jiāng tǐ nèi de yāo dān guāi guāi tǔ chū ， wǒ men yě bú shì bù néng ráo nǐ yī mìng de 。” hào tiān guǐ dì níng xiào zhe shuō 。
“呵呵，仙子果然聪明，只要$$；将体内的妖丹乖乖吐出，我们也不是不能饶你一命的。”昊天鬼帝狞笑着说。
"Haha, indeed, you are clever. As long as you obediently spit out your demon core, we can still spare your life," the Heavenly Emperor of Ghosts said with a sinister grin.
yǔ rén lèi xiū shì de yuán yīng bù tóng ， huà xíng qī yāo shòu shī qù nèi dān yǐ hòu ， bìng bú huì yǔn luò ， zhǐ bù guò xiū wèi bào jiàng bà le 。
与人类修士的元婴不同，化形期妖兽失去内丹以后，并不会陨落，只不过修为暴降罢了。
Unlike human cultivators' primordial spirits, after losing their inner cores, shape-shifters would merely have their cultivation plummet without dying.
“ bù cuò ， zhǐ yào **； jiāng nèi dān jiāo chū ， běn gōng jué bú huì duì **； chōu hún liàn pò ， jiù shōu guī mén xià dāng líng shòu hǎo le 。” gōng zhuāng nǚ zǐ shēn chù xuè hóng sè de jù fēng zhī zhōng ， jiāo kuáng de shēng yīn què chuán rù zhòng rén de ěr lǐ 。
“不错，只要**；将内丹交出，本宫绝不会对**；抽魂炼魄，就收归门下当灵兽好了。”宫装女子身处血红色的飓风之中，骄狂的声音却传入众人的耳里。
"Indeed, as long as you hand over your inner core, this palace will not draw your soul and essence. I'll take you in as a spirit beast," the woman in court attire's arrogant voice echoed amidst the blood-red hurricane.
hào tiān guǐ dì zhòu le zhòu méi ， liǎn shàng yǐn xiàn bù mǎn zhī yì 。
昊天鬼帝皱了皱眉，脸上隐现不满之意。
The Heavenly Emperor of Ghosts frowned with an air of dissatisfaction on his face.
ér kǒng què xiān zi yǐ shì xiǎng jí fǎn xiào le ：“ hǎo ， hǎo ， hǎo ， qiān nián yǐ lái ， hái cóng lái méi yǒu rén gǎn duì běn xiān zi zhè me shuō huà ， shōu wǒ dāng líng shòu ， hēng ， jiù suàn shì yuán yīng hòu qī de dà xiū shì ， yě bù gǎn rú cǐ xiǎo kàn běn xiān zi ， jiù píng zán ；……”
而孔雀仙子已是想极反笑了：“好，好，好，千年以来，还从来没有人敢对本仙子这么说话，收我当灵兽，哼，就算是元婴后期的大修士，也不敢如此小看本仙子，就凭咱；……”
But the peacock was already laughing inwardly: "Very well, very well, very well. No one has ever dared to talk to this fairy like you before. Taking me as a spirit beast? Even late-stage primordial spirit cultivators dare not look down upon this fairy so much. Just because..."
“ rú hé ？” nà gōng zhuāng nǚ zǐ jìng wú sī háo fǎn huǐ tuì ràng zhī sè 。
“如何？”那宫装女子竟无丝毫反悔退让之色。
"How about that?" the woman in court attire showed no signs of hesitation or retreat.
“ méi shén me ， nǐ bú shì xǐ huān jiāng rén chōu hún liàn pò me ， yī huì er běn xiān zi jiù chéng quán **； hǎo le 。
“没什么，你不是喜欢将人抽魂炼魄么，一会儿本仙子就成全**；好了。
"Nothing, don't you enjoy drawing souls and essences? Soon, I'll make it happen for you."
huà yīn wèi luò ， kǒng què shēn xíng yī zhuǎn ， jìng huà wèi yī dào wǔ sè xiá guāng xiāo nì bú jiàn 。
话音未落，孔雀身形一转，竟化为一道五色霞光消匿不见。
Before her words had even finished, the peacock's figure turned into a streak of five-colored light, vanishing without a trace.
shùn xī zhī hòu ， biàn yǒu nà gōng zhuāng nǚ zǐ jīng nù de shēng yīn chuán lái ， sì hū chī le yì diǎn xiǎo kuī 。
瞬息之后，便有那宫装女子惊怒的声音传来，似乎吃了一点小亏。
In an instant, the woman in court attire's shocked and angry voice was heard, as if she had taken some minor damage.
hào tiān guǐ dì yī jīng ， máng níng shén xiàng qián wàng qù ， pī lǐ pā lā de bào liè shēng bù tíng chuán rù ěr lǐ ， zhǐ jiàn zì jǐ zuǒ cè yuē shí yú zhàng yuǎn chù ， yāo qì fān yǒng ， guǐ wù què bù tíng tuì suō 。
昊天鬼帝一惊，忙凝神向前望去，噼里啪啦的爆裂声不停传入耳里，只见自己左侧约十余丈远处，妖气翻涌，鬼雾却不停退缩。
The Heavenly Emperor of Ghosts was startled and quickly focused his gaze forward. He kept hearing popping sounds. About ten meters to his left, demon energy surged while ghostly mists retreated.
xiǎn rán zhè yī lún jiāo shǒu ， kǒng què xiān zi yǐ zhàn jù zhǔ dòng 。
显然这一轮交手，孔雀仙子已占据主动。
Clearly, this round of battle saw the peacock taking the upper hand.
tā hé guāng tóu dà hàn duì shì yī yǎn ， jiē gǎn dào yǒu xiē hài rán ， duì fāng míng míng xiàn rù le chóng wéi lǐ miàn ， què jū rán kě yǐ lái qù zì rú ， hǎo kǒng bù de yǐn nì shù 。
他和光头大汉对视一眼，皆感到有些骇然，对方明明陷入了重围里面，却居然可以来去自如，好恐怖的隐匿术。
He exchanged a glance with the bald man, both feeling somewhat alarmed. Despite being surrounded, she could move freely; how terrifying her concealment technique was!
tè bié shì guǐ dì ， xīn zhōng gèng shì gǎn kǎi wú bǐ ， shàng cì liǎng rén jiāo shǒu de shí hòu ， tā cái gāng gāng jìn rù zhōng qī ， zěn me cái duǎn duǎn de shù shí zài ， fǎ lì jiù xiū dào le dǐng fēng jìng jiè ？
特别是鬼帝，心中更是感慨无比，上次两人交手的时候，她才刚刚进入中期，怎么才短短的数十载，法力就修到了顶峰境界？
Especially for the Heavenly Emperor, who felt an immense sense of awe. The last time they had fought, she had just entered the middle stage. How could she have reached the peak realm in such a short period?
xū zhī tā men zhè zhǒng chéng dù ， měi jìn yī jí dōu kùn nán wú bǐ ， kǒng què xiān zi nán dào yǒu shén me qí yù ？
须知他们这种程度，每晋一级都困难无比，孔雀仙子难道有什么奇遇？
After all, at this level, advancing even one rank was incredibly difficult. Did Miaoyou Fairy have some extraordinary experience?
"It's you."
The peacock's keen eyes darted, and upon seeing the Heavenly Emperor of Ghosts, she immediately became highly alert. A surging aura of killing intent enveloped her entire body.
"Indeed, it is I. It has been over a dozen years since our last meeting in Youzhou. Your grace remains as enchanting as ever; this is truly delightful," the Heavenly Emperor of Ghosts said as he slowly approached with a gentle smile on his face. However, behind that facade, he had already sealed off their escape routes.
"What? She's the Fairy Peacock?"
The bald man was taken aback and then burst into joyous laughter. He had originally feared that they might slip away if the other party received news of them, but now it seemed as though he had unwittingly walked right into his own trap.
The woman in court attire also changed from anger to delight. The three old monsters formed a triangular formation, subtly encircling the two women. "How is my husband? What did you do to him?"
Miaoyou Fairy's voice entered their ears just as the peacock quickly threw her hand out, saving her from falling. However, this only made her more worried about Yunfeng.
"Your husband, that ungrateful fellow, tried to stop the tide with his bare hands and has been drawn by my soul and essence, leaving him no chance of reincarnation," the woman in court attire laughed wildly as she spoke. The vicious words sent shivers down everyone's spine.
Miaoyou Fairy heard this and felt a wave of darkness before her eyes. The other party's words were like sharp arrows, piercing her heart with every word.
Being drawn by soul and essence without any chance of reincarnation—this was already the most tragic outcome for cultivators; there could be no more pitiful an ending than that.
"Why? We have no grudge against each other..." Miaoyou Fairy struggled to stand steady as she spoke, her face contorted with anger. Her lips were bleeding from biting them so hard.
"Why?" he sneered. "You are a primordial spirit cultivator; why ask such childish questions? The path of cultivation is fraught with obstacles. Being drawn by soul and essence isn't strange at all. This palace wants someone to be unable to seek life or death, so what need for any reason? I am the butcher, you are the fish. This is exactly what this palace wishes to do, and what can you do about it?"
These words enraged Miaoyou Fairy even more than her blood could tell. The peacock also turned a deep red with anger. Although she had always regarded human lives as grass before, she was far less cruel than this woman.
After all, while cultivators might lack morals, they still followed some basic rules unless there was an unbreakable enmity. Drawing the soul and essence of enemies was considered too extreme; it could easily provoke public outrage.
But the woman in court attire paid no heed to these concerns. Although she was only at the early stage of primordial spirit cultivation, her status within the sect far exceeded that of other cultivators of the same rank due to certain special reasons. With such a powerful stronghold like Li Hai Valley backing her, she had nothing to fear...
Miaoyou Fairy was furious and hated this woman with all her heart. She was about to unleash her法宝 but was stopped by the peacock's hand: "Sister, don't rush. This is just one-sided talk. Even if Yunfeng friend isn't a match for them, his primordial spirit can use the secret technique of instantaneous teleportation and escape easily. They may be trying to confuse us."
Miaoyou Fairy felt somewhat relieved upon hearing this. The three old monsters from Li Hai Valley sneered with amusement; as the saying went, "the longer the night, the more dreams one has." Since the main character had already arrived, they didn't need to hold back.
The Heavenly Emperor of Ghosts was the first to act. He shook his shoulder, and black aura coalesced into a white bone snake about ten meters long, with two semi-transparent wings on its back.
"Go!"
With a flick of his finger, the snake raised its head high and darted forward like lightning. Meanwhile, the woman in court attire clasped her hands before her chest, and her treasure flew up above her head, spinning and whirling while emitting strange noises.
A blood-red hurricane suddenly appeared around her body, with faint cries of vengeful spirits echoing inside, piercingly sad.
The area for several miles was filled with an eerie and terrifying atmosphere.
The bald man then formed a bizarre hand seal and kept waving his hands. Spell after spell was infused into the wolf's club.
Roar! The ground trembled as this treasure transformed into a monstrous creature over ten meters long, neither lion nor tiger, covered in scales, grotesquely fierce.
A powerful spiritual pressure enveloped the surrounding area.
Miaoyou Fairy turned pale and realized that the three old monsters hadn't used their true strength when they fought her earlier. Otherwise, she might not have escaped safely to this point.
The peacock's face was now white with a look of no longer dismissing the enemy as easily. The opponents were much harder to deal with than expected; both in terms of cultivation and treasures, they outperformed other cultivators of the same rank by a notch.
Could they be from one of the Seven Great Forces?
After all, even at the same level, due to different cultivation techniques and treasures, there could still be significant differences in strength between cultivators.
This was why Miaoyou Fairy had her suspicions.
She scanned the scene and saw that the three old monsters' spiritual awareness firmly held them in place. A cold smile appeared on her lips: "It seems your friends came here mainly for me."
"Haha, indeed, you are clever. As long as you obediently spit out your demon core, we can still spare your life," the Heavenly Emperor of Ghosts said with a sinister grin.
Unlike human cultivators' primordial spirits, after losing their inner cores, shape-shifters would merely have their cultivation plummet without dying.
"Indeed, as long as you hand over your inner core, this palace will not draw your soul and essence. I'll take you in as a spirit beast," the woman in court attire's arrogant voice echoed amidst the blood-red hurricane.
The Heavenly Emperor of Ghosts frowned with an air of dissatisfaction on his face.
But the peacock was already laughing inwardly: "Very well, very well, very well. No one has ever dared to talk to this fairy like you before. Taking me as a spirit beast? Even late-stage primordial spirit cultivators dare not look down upon this fairy so much. Just because..."
"How about that?" the woman in court attire showed no signs of hesitation or retreat.
"Nothing, don't you enjoy drawing souls and essences? Soon, I'll make it happen for you."
Before her words had even finished, the peacock's figure turned into a streak of five-colored light, vanishing without a trace.
In an instant, the woman in court attire's shocked and angry voice was heard, as if she had taken some minor damage.
The Heavenly Emperor of Ghosts was startled and quickly focused his gaze forward. He kept hearing popping sounds. About ten meters to his left, demon energy surged while ghostly mists retreated.
Clearly, this round of battle saw the peacock taking the upper hand.
He exchanged a glance with the bald man, both feeling somewhat alarmed. Despite being surrounded, she could move freely; how terrifying her concealment technique was!
Especially for the Heavenly Emperor, who felt an immense sense of awe. The last time they had fought, she had just entered the middle stage. How could she have reached the peak realm in such a short period?
After all, at this level, advancing even one rank was incredibly difficult. Did Miaoyou Fairy have some extraordinary experience?