The 65th episode: Exorcising the Dragon Tribe's Ma Xiaoling!

  "What kind of monster are you, daring to roam the human world in broad daylight!" Along with this shrill cry, a fiery red figure suddenly appeared from afar and arrived right before them. Without saying another word, a crimson wooden sword materialized in her hand, radiating an aura of sharpness as it shot straight towards Edward Vandel.

  "Yangshen cultivator?" In Li Yan's eyes, a sharp light suddenly burst forth, and with his cultivation, he instantly saw the depth of the other person's cultivation. Although it was only a Yangshen-level divine cultivator, not enough to be placed in his eyes, this was after all the first cultivator he had met in this world, and naturally it held a different significance.

  But encountered a sudden attack, Edward Van clearly had no time to speculate on the identity of the other party like Li Da San Xian. Seeing that the sword light was approaching, he couldn't help but be greatly shocked and lost his composure, because he sensed an extremely strong sense of threat from the long sword in the other person's hand.

  Fortunately, as a blood clan member of the bat demon class, he was a flying creature with extremely high speed. Although he wasn't a match for the incoming person, by spreading his wings and dodging, the incoming person, despite having high cultivation and sharp swordsmanship, couldn't do anything to him in an instant.

  Li Yan looked intently and found that the newcomer was a red-clothed woman who appeared to be only in her early twenties. She was quite pretty, but compared to Yang Xueying's shyness, Lin Xiaojun's quietness, Chen Nan's gentleness, Yun Lei's competence, and Lu Yuanyuan's liveliness, she had an extra bit of heroism and beauty. Especially her swordsmanship, not only was it fierce and ruthless, but also targeted the weaknesses of zombies and evil spirits, really formidable.

  What surprised him the most was the wooden sword in the red-clothed woman's hand, which was by no means an ordinary weapon, but a powerful magical artifact that could be forged only by at least seven scattered immortals. Moreover, the aura emanating from the sword's edge was extremely overbearing and obviously had a great restraining effect on evil spirits.

  However, surprisingly, Li Daxian didn't intend to intervene after all. At the end of the day, Edward Van Helsing was already a vampire count with an extremely strong cultivation base that shouldn't be underestimated. Although he hadn't reached the Yang Spirit realm yet, he wasn't far off either. As long as he was careful, this red-clothed woman might not necessarily be able to keep him here. Of course, this was because the red-clothed woman still had to divide her attention to control the seal; otherwise, Edward Van Helsing would have been finished a long time ago.

  After all, it was daytime and this place was near the hospital, with many people coming and going. The red-clothed woman didn't want ordinary people to see her fighting monsters, so from the beginning, she had set up a barrier to isolate this space.

  Setting up a boundary is something that can only be done with cultivation above the Yang God level. However, even for a high-level Yang God cultivator, maintaining a boundary's operation for an extended period of time would still consume a considerable amount of magical power. That's why the red-robed woman had been unable to defeat Edward Van der Croft all along.

  "Help, sir!" Edward Vanco's skills were ultimately inferior to the red-clothed woman by a big margin. Moreover, she had a divine artifact in her hand, making him even more unable to resist. Although he could initially rely on his speed to dodge and weave, as time went on, the seal grew smaller and smaller, leaving him no choice but to seek help from Li Yan.

  "Ugh... what a hassle..." Li Daxian muttered, and with a swift motion, he tore apart the layer of seals set up by the red-clothed woman, grabbed Edward Vandel's body, and flung him far away. His voice was cold as he bellowed, "Scram!"

  "Yes, thank you for saving me..." Edward saw this and suddenly felt a great sense of relief. He hastily transformed into a blood-red bat and flew through the gap in the seal that Li Yan had torn open, disappearing into the high sky in an instant.

  "What are you doing?!" The red-clothed woman was about to win, but unexpectedly Li Yan suddenly pulled Edward out of the battle circle with one hand, and she couldn't help but get extremely angry, her mouth immediately shouting: "Do you know what that guy is? Why did you save him?"

  "I know, it's just a Western bloodline." Li Yan said nonchalantly, seeing the red-clothed woman having a tendency to get agitated, and quickly added: "It's just a small baron-level bloodline, do you need to make such a big fuss? Besides, they have a certificate signed by the National Security Bureau, we should give them some face."

  "Security Bureau?" The red-clothed woman raised an eyebrow, and it was only then that she finally fell onto Li Yan's body. She immediately spoke up and asked: "How did you know? Could it be that you're actually a person from the Security Bureau?"

  She had seen it early on, Li Yan was not an ordinary mortal. Moreover, Li Yan's earlier move of tearing apart her seal boundary showed that his cultivation was extremely high, possibly even higher than hers. That was why she made this guess, because she had heard that among the nine top-tier loose immortals in the Eastern Land's cultivation world who were renowned for their prestige, three of them were stationed at the Safety Bureau.

  "Uh, this," Li Yan hesitated for a moment, but still honestly replied: "To be honest, I'm not from the Security Bureau."

  "Why are you still letting that vampire go?" The red-clothed woman's temperament was apparently straightforward, and upon hearing this, she immediately retorted with a question. However, she soon remembered that the person in front of her, although young in appearance, had a high level of cultivation, clearly at least at the Scattered Immortal realm. Such a person would be considered extraordinary even in the entire Eastern Land's cultivation world. Although she wasn't afraid, she also didn't want to provoke him, so she magnanimously waved her hand and said: "Forget it, consider that vampire lucky this time."

  Before Li Daxian could react, the red-clothed woman had already put away the red wooden sword into a small red brocade bag with a flick of her hand. Then, she smiled and asked: "By the way, my name is Ma Xiaoling, the current heir of the demon-slaying Dragon Clan's Ma family. I wonder how you should be addressed, sir?"

  "Li Yan." Upon hearing this, Li Yan couldn't help but feel a little surprised. This red-clothed woman's tone had changed so quickly, but he still smiled and responded with a sentence. After all, he wanted to use this woman's mouth to understand the situation of the cultivation world on this planet, so he had to put on a good attitude.

  "Ah, Mr. Li, nice to meet you." Ma Xiaoling shook hands with Li Yan in a very friendly and straightforward manner, as if they were two old friends who had known each other for many years.

  Li Yan's eyelid twitched suddenly, feeling like he had been calculated by someone, but he still smiled and responded: "I'm also very happy to meet you, Miss Ma Xiaoling."

  As expected, after quietly removing the seal, Ma Xiaoling immediately asked with great interest: "Mr. Li, you live in Longtan City and have such a high cultivation level, I suppose you should know quite a bit about the 'Ghost Lair' situation?"

  "'Ghost Gate'?" Li Yan recalled the scene where tens of thousands of wronged souls gathered, and immediately became extremely vigilant, asking in a counter-questioning tone: "Miss Ma, why are you asking this? Could it be that you still want to go and provoke the mastermind behind 'Ghost Gate'?"

  "What? Not possible?" Ma Xiaoling seemed to have acknowledged it, she was also taken in by the sky-high reward offered by the owner of the villa where the ghost cave was located, so she had specially traveled thousands of miles to come to Longtan City.

  "I advise you to give up early." Li Yan shook his head calmly and smiled wryly, "As for the 'Ghost Lair', I've already been there before. Inside, there are tens of thousands of vengeful spirits, with resentment filling the air and yin energy forming clouds. Even the Black and White Impermanence of the underworld and many ghostly enforcers can't do anything about it. You're just a Yang Spirit Realm cultivator, even if you have a magical artifact in hand, facing such a 'Ghost Lair' would still be beyond your power."

  "What? How could this be?" Upon hearing this, Ma Xiaoling couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. She had rushed over from afar, but hadn't expected it to end up like this.

  Li Yan smiled and said: "What's wrong, Miss Ma? Didn't you come here especially for this matter?"

  "Isn't it? I was originally going to make some money to spend, but unexpectedly, this time I lost a lot. If only I had known yesterday, I wouldn't have gone shopping," she said, as if remembering something frightening, Ma Xiaoling's mouth suddenly let out a cry of surprise: "Ah, I forgot to save money, now it's all over, I have to hurry back and return the clothes, goodbye..."

  "Ah!" Li Yan shouted, but in the blink of an eye, Ma Xiaoling had already merged into the crowd and disappeared without a trace.