In the frigid lands, after my exile, I began to slay demons and monsters.

Chapter 252, the last three

Ning Xiaoxi casually put the mask back into her cave and quickly walked to Fu Wenyao's side.

The water curtain in the little mermaid's hand stopped the flames from spreading, but it couldn't extinguish them or take them back.

Ning Xiaoxi reached out and extinguished the flames, then helped Fu Wenyao up.

The penetrating wound in her chest and the burning flames had consumed Fu Wenyao's life. She looked at Ning Xiaoxi with a smile on her beautiful face.

"Xiao Yao!" Ning Xiaoxi grasped Fu Wenyao's outstretched hand, which was still so soft.

Fu Wenyao could no longer make a sound, and the smile on her face gradually froze.

Her soft hands began to lose their warmth, and Ning Xiaoxi looked at the sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl with a sorrowful expression, as if she could still see the bright smile she had seen when they first met.

"Wen Yuan! Wen Yao!" The old man's mournful cry rang out at the door.

Ning Xiaoxi glanced at the three old men with disgust, picked up Fu Wenyao's body and walked into the side room, placing her in the empty coffin.

Turning around, a black fireball landed on the coffin on the right. The black flames ignited the entire coffin, and the sealing runes only flickered twice before being burned away. Just as the corpse inside the coffin was about to get up, a stick was directly shoved into the bottom of the coffin. No matter how much it struggled, it could not shake the stick at all and could only be burned along with the coffin.

The red poppies bloom brilliantly, their hazy fragrance filling the air, as if an endless beautiful scene is unfolding before your eyes. Everything is so captivating that you don't want to wake up.

The three elderly men were captivated by the fragrance of the poppies, and their faces lit up with excitement, their eyes filled with the prospect of a glorious future for the Fu family.

The fragrance of flowers, carrying flames, enveloped the three old men and also Fu Wenyao's body.

The poppy was beautiful and alluring, and the picturesque illusion led the four away.

Ning Xiaoxi picked up the mask; it was just a leg, and she was still missing two.

As dawn broke and the first rays of sunlight appeared, Ning Xiaoxi left the courtyard carrying the little mermaid.

The dry climate causes temperatures to rise rapidly; before the sun even comes out, it's already hard to feel any coolness.

【Xiao Xi!】Tuanzi climbed onto Ning Xiaoxi's shoulder and tilted its head to look at her profile.

Ning Xiaoxi held the little mermaid in her arms. Its cool, smooth body felt soft and comforting, and the gradually warming environment helped calm her heart.

I'm fine.

Humanity's selfish desires are too strong; demons must be eradicated. The more she sees, the lonelier she will inevitably become.

The little mermaid couldn't unilaterally sense Ning Xiaoxi's feelings, but it could perceive her unhappiness through a mysterious connection. It stretched out its chubby arms to hug Ning Xiaoxi's neck and rested its head on her shoulder.

Ning Xiaoxi touched the little mermaid's face, then put it back into the Five Elements Formation. The temperature was rising, and its skin was starting to dry out.

The map reopened, sweeping across thousands of miles to sense everything. With a cold and stern face, she began to eliminate any demons displayed on her map. All the demon cores were thrown into the Nine Realms, and all the demonic energy was thrown into the Dragon Mine.

With her superior strength, she dealt with a group of lesser demons and monsters who weren't even at the higher level. Her movements were swift, and the aura of blood on her body grew stronger.

After she had plowed across a thousand miles of land once more, beneath a towering stone mountain, she saw the sand worm, a hundred meters long, with its shimmering white mask. Amidst the raging black flames, vibrant red spider lilies bloomed, their flowers and leaves never meeting; life and death were merely states of being.

An invisible aura of blood spread across her slender, white hands, and the chilling aura grew stronger day by day.

In a small town on the edge of the desert, Ning Xiaoxi stood in front of the town magistrate's mansion.

The guards at the gate didn't even see how Ning Xiaoxi appeared; she just appeared there abruptly and naturally, as if she had always been standing there.

The two guards exchanged bewildered glances. The cold-blooded aura emanating from the slender figure was so intense that the icy pressure made them afraid to even breathe.

One of the guards finally mustered the courage to step forward. "Young lady, what brings you here?"

Before Ning Xiaoxi could reply, a man in official robes walked out of the city garrison's gate.

"My lord!" The two guards bowed in greeting upon seeing the newcomer.

The man, around forty years old, had dark skin and a kind smile on his face. He looked at Ning Xiaoxi warmly and said, "Young lady, let's go outside the city and talk!"

Ning Xiaoxi stared intently at his face; his kind smile remained unchanged.

The heavy, cold air grew even more oppressive. Fine beads of sweat appeared on the man's forehead, yet his smile remained unchanged. He bowed deeply to Ning Xiaoxi, saying, "This matter has nothing to do with anyone else. I implore you, young lady, to be lenient!" His waist was bent very low, and the fine sweat on his forehead turned into beads of sweat that dripped down, quickly being absorbed by the sand and disappearing without a trace.

"My lord!" Two guards simultaneously drew their swords and stood protectively beside the man.

"Step back!" the man shouted at the two. "Please forgive us, young lady, for your rudeness."

Ning Xiaoxi's cold expression remained unchanged as she turned and left.

The man, however, looked relieved. He didn't bother to wipe the sweat from his forehead and said to the two people beside him, "Tell my son to go to the study in a quarter of an hour. There are two letters on the desk. Just tell him to do what I told him to do and don't ask any questions."

"My lord, what is it that cannot be resolved?" A guard asked anxiously. Seeing that his lord was clearly giving his last words, he dared not let his lord leave alone.

She raised her hand and gently patted the guard's shoulder. "It's nothing." With that, she suddenly sped up and chased after Ning Xiaoxi, disappearing quickly at the end of the street.

The two guards stood there dumbfounded. The city lord was a civil official. Although he was not thin, he did not know martial arts. However, the movements and figure he had just made were definitely beyond what the two of them could match.

Are they really adults?

Ning Xiaoxi strolled out of the city and onto a towering sand dune. To her left was the small town, and to her right was the Gobi Desert. Ten more miles and she would enter the territory of Sizhou.

The small town on the left is very prosperous. It is located at the border of two states and is frequented by many merchants and people. The roads here are much harder than those in other places.

The city guard walked to Ning Xiaoxi's side and looked with her at the quiet and peaceful town under the setting sun.

“Since I put on this mask, three hundred years have passed without me realizing it.” The city keeper’s voice was calm. “At first, I was very scared. I was afraid of being discovered by the Celestial Master, and I was afraid of not being able to control my desires and hurting my family and friends.”

Ning Xiaoxi swept her long staff out horizontally, the sound of which was piercing and chilling.

The city guard retreated swiftly, saying, "The young lady is too hasty."

Thorns grew rampant, sharp as knives, and the whip tip, wreathed in flames, coiled like a dragon toward the city guard's neck.

A white mask appeared on the city guard's face, with a bright golden light shining from the edges of the mask.

"Do you really think I won't kill you just because you've accumulated merit?" The cold voice was filled with deep disgust.

The city guard stopped leaping, the earthen dragon beneath his feet coiling around his legs.

"call!"

The cursed cage, connected to the earth dragon, trapped the city guard inside.