"I'm going to kill him," Nangong Yu gritted his teeth. How dare he be so shameless and take advantage of someone, and then act as if it were natural? Just thinking of that scene made Nangong Yu's anger surge.
"We are no match for him, this person is very troublesome," Xiao Man frowned slightly. "Especially the Blood Jade Flute at his waist, it gives me a very unsettling feeling."
"This person is indeed a bit sinister," Nangong Yu agreed. "He gives me a very unpleasant feeling."
"Unpleasant?"
"Yes, especially the way he looks at you, it feels strangely familiar." Nangong Yu's brows furrowed deeply. Wen Ting's gaze was anything but right; it wasn't the look one would give a man at all.
"His gaze?" Xiao Man pondered Wen Ting's gaze carefully. From the very beginning, she had felt a sense of sinister about this person. At that one glance, she had almost lost her mind. Later, this person directly approached their table and asked to share it, even asking her to serve him food. Every action he took was bizarre.
To prevent him from harboring ill intentions and harming An Yue and the others, she had separated from them. However, it now seemed that this person's target was likely her.
"A'man, what are you thinking?"
"Hearing you say that, I also find it a bit strange," Xiao Man said softly. "It feels as if he has been following me."
Nangong Yu glanced around, ensuring no one was nearby, and then breathed a sigh of relief. "In any case, this person is not easy to deal with and is deeply cunning. It's always best to stay away from him."
Xiao Man nodded. "However, being in the Trial Land together, it might be difficult to completely avoid him, especially since he is likely targeting me."
"The Trial Land is not small; it's possible to avoid one person. I'm just afraid he's like a lingering ghost," Nangong Yu said slowly. "Let's find a place for you to meditate and attempt to form your core first."
"Isn't the best place to form the core the Tongtian Tower?" As she spoke, the two of them had already vanished.
A moment later, Wen Ting rode his horse over and stopped at the spot where Xiao Man had disappeared. Confusion flickered in his eyes. "Strange, the mark is gone. How could this be?"
Wen Ting dismounted and searched all around, but still found no trace of Xiao Man. He couldn't help but shrug. It seemed she had discovered the mark he had left on her and erased it, which was why he couldn't find her.
"Feixue, let's go," Wen Ting remounted his horse. The horse reared its front hooves, and in a flash, it was gone. Xiao Man, seeing this scene within the Tongtian Tower, felt a chill down her spine. If she hadn't entered the Tongtian Tower, she would have likely been captured by this person again.
"He left a mark on you."
Xiao Man immediately brushed away the mark on her body, a flicker of doubt in her eyes. Then she shook her head, dismissing it as a coincidence. Sudanshu.com
"What's wrong?"
"That horse is called Feixue," Xiao Man said slowly.
A meaningful glint flashed in Nangong Yu's eyes. "Does this name have any special meaning?"
"When he was ten, I gave him a horse. It was pure white and could travel a thousand li in a day. I named it Feixue," Xiao Man said, then gave a self-mocking laugh. "I must be obsessed. He's already dead, how could he possibly appear here? It should just be a coincidence."
"It should be. Don't think too much about it. Focus on forming your core."
"Alright."
Within the Tongtian Tower, Xiao Man was constantly meditating, while those outside were all looking for her.
As the Tongtian Tower was filled with abundant spiritual energy, Nangong Yu also entered a meditative state to cultivate. The two of them coexisted harmoniously.
Old Qin, however, was circling the egg nearby. He really wanted to eat this egg, but he couldn't break it at all. No matter if it was burned by fire or boiled in water, there was no reaction. Moreover, Xiao Man wouldn't allow him to have any ideas about the egg. The key point was that this egg contained immense spiritual power. If he could eat it, his spiritual body could become much stronger, but alas, he could only look and not eat.
Old Qin was incredibly frustrated. He kept circling the egg and gnawing on it for a long time, but he couldn't even leave a tooth mark.
Xiao Man was trapped in a heart demon. The same scene, the same words. Xiao Man closed her eyes, unwilling to face it. It wasn't that she dared not admit that she had killed Wen Mohan, but that she didn't want to face this fact.
"Man'er," a voice sounded by her ear, filled with infinite tenderness and longing.
Xiao Man opened her eyes. The person standing before her was still Wen Mohan, yet slightly different. "Mohan."
"Man'er, I miss you so much."
Xiao Man's eyes reddened. The person before her looked incredibly real, both in his gaze and the tone of his voice, exactly as before, as if he were still alive.
"Mohan."
The person before her extended his hand and gently stroked Xiao Man's face. "Man'er, I am waiting for you, waiting for you to come find me."
Shock filled Xiao Man's eyes. "You are waiting for me?"
"Yes, I am waiting for you. I have been waiting for you for a long time." The person before her gently stroked Xiao Man's face. "When you become a Nascent Soul cultivator, come find me, okay?"
"You... you are still alive?" Xiao Man asked in surprise. No, it was impossible. She had personally buried him. How could he possibly be alive?
A moment later, Xiao Man reacted. Hadn't she died once herself? Could it be that Wen Mohan was also alive, living somewhere and waiting for her to save him?
"Where do I find you?" Xiao Man asked anxiously.
"I am..." However, before he could finish speaking, the figure before her dissipated.
Xiao Man quickly reached out, trying to grasp the illusion, but caught nothing, as if everything before her was just a dream.
"I will find you," Xiao Man said softly after a moment of silence. "What I owe you, I will repay you tenfold."
Nangong Yu guarded Xiao Man while she meditated. Seeing Xiao Man's aura change, a smile appeared on his face. "She's finally done it."
The spiritual energy around Xiao Man was drawn in and continuously flowed into her body. Old Qin floated over. "This girl has finally overcome her heart demon?"
"It's just a heart demon; it's easy for her," Nangong Yu said slowly. In his understanding, Xiao Man would not be defeated by a heart demon. After all, she had experienced too much. Nothing could defeat her now; it was just a matter of whether she was willing to come out herself.
When Xiao Man successfully formed her core and slowly opened her eyes, Nangong Yu was already standing before her. "A'man, congratulations on becoming a Core Formation cultivator."
Xiao Man extended her hand and looked at her palm. "This feeling is rather marvelous."
"The Golden Core realm is different from the Foundation Establishment stage. Upon entering the Golden Core stage, the body's strength far surpasses that of the Foundation Establishment stage," Nangong Yu said slowly. "Your ability to kill Golden Core cultivators at a higher level back then was purely an accident. The Golden Core cultivators of the Seven Sects had a weak foundation, which is why you could kill them. However, cultivators from aristocratic families and sects are different. You must not be careless."