Tian Ning came to a crowded place outside the village to find someone to ask for information.
"Hello, Fellow Cultivator, do you know if there's an Alchemy Competition nearby? A competition with a basket of mung bean sprouts as a prize."
Tian Ning didn't originally have high hopes; Xuanjiu, that unreliable person, didn't even give her specific coordinates.
Unexpectedly, the Alchemy Competition Xuanjiu mentioned was quite famous. The cultivator who was stopped replied, "You must be talking about the Alchemy Competition held by Yun Yue Sect. Alchemy geniuses from various sects have gone. However, Meng Family Village is not under Yun Yue Sect's jurisdiction; it's still some distance away, and the competition registration will end in two days."
Tian Ning thanked the other party.
With her current situation, she didn't know if she could make it to the competition.
Meng Xian, who was following behind, anxiously said, "Tian Ning! I know where Yun Yue Sect is; I can take you there!"
Tian Ning looked at the boy who had followed her and frankly said, "You're following me out like this; others will think we're in cahoots, and they will bully you even more in the future."
Meng Xian smiled bitterly, "They've always bullied me; they don't need another excuse."
Looking at Tian Ning, he continued anxiously, "You want to go to Yun Yue Sect; I can guide you… Can you take me with you? All the sects are holding their apprentice recruitment ceremonies there this year, and I want to take this opportunity to see if any sect is willing to accept me."
"Don't worry… I won't cling to you! It's just that I haven't successfully contracted a spirit beast, and the Meng family will drive me away. I need to find a place to stay…"
Tian Ning wasn't familiar with the Central Continent; she did need a guide.
But before that, her depleted Spiritual Energy needed replenishing: "Meng Xian? Do you have any Spirit Stones or pills that restore Spiritual Energy? Anything will do."
"I do…" Meng Xian carefully took out a Low-Grade Spirit Stone from his bosom. Although he was reluctant, he still gave it to Tian Ning.
Tian Ning held the Low-Grade Spirit Stone in her hand and quickly absorbed the Spiritual Energy. Soon, the low-grade Spirit Stone crumbled into dust and dissipated.
Opening a Dimensional Pouch only required a little Spiritual Energy. Tian Ning found a pile of pills that restored Spiritual Energy, stuffing them in her mouth like candy, and gave a handful to Meng Xian: "Go pack your things; we're leaving immediately."
Meng Xian stared blankly at the flawless Top-Grade Pill in his hand, a hint of uncertainty in his heart.
His intuition was never wrong. Following Tian Ning was a gamble, but he never expected her to be so generous!
Much better than those who only gave him empty promises!
Could she… be a runaway Miss from a prominent clan?
Otherwise, why would she suddenly appear wearing patched-up clothes, carrying so many Top-Grade Pills, and her first words be, 'Is this the Central Continent?'
She must have fled from another continent.
But was she truly a sudden appearance, or was it intentional?
While thinking, Meng Xian brought Tian Ning to a small house. Unlike those children who were spoiled at home, he had seen the warmth and coldness of the world. He had followed his mother and worked as a servant in a large family when he was young, so he habitually assessed people.
From the fact that Tian Ning dared to reprimand the Small Fatty regardless of his status, Meng Xian knew that Tian Ning might be willing to take him, a lowly person, away from the mire of the Meng family.
Meng Xian thought so and quickly packed his things.
He had very few belongings and packed quickly. Since his mother's death, the children in Meng Family Village, in order to curry favor with the Small Fatty, often came to his room to smash things, and he had long since become numb to it.
He thought that as long as he endured, he would be able to summon a Summoned Beast on the day of the test, and things would get better. However, he couldn't even summon a spirit beast…
Tian Ning patiently waited beside him without urging him.
With nothing to do, she took out the Cultivation World storybooks her fourth senior brother had bought her and curiously flipped through a few pages. The stories were conventional and realistic, the plots were bland, and there were no highlights. The other few were similar.
But after eating delicacies, occasionally having some simple dishes was still quite good.
Meng Xian quickly packed up, afraid that he would delay Tian Ning's business, and hurriedly said, "Tian Ning! We can go!"
Tian Ning saw that the pots and pans on his back bent his small body. She truly felt Meng Xian's desire to leave Meng Family Village. She took out a new Dimensional Pouch and gave it to the boy: "Put your things in it."
"Oh, this… Thank you so much… Actually, it's okay for me to carry it…" Meng Xian said cautiously.
He said so, but after receiving the Dimensional Pouch, he paid attention to Tian Ning's reaction from the corner of his eye, and a hint of inexplicable distance appeared in his eyes.
"You're welcome. Didn't you give me a Spirit Stone?"
The Spiritual Energy in the Spirit Stone was relatively purer, convenient for quick absorption. The Low-Grade Spirit Stone Meng Xian gave her helped Tian Ning in a time of need. She was unfamiliar with this Central Continent; if she borrowed Spirit Stones from people, she might be treated as a swindler! Moreover, that Low-Grade Spirit Stone was important property for Meng Xian.
This way, she and Meng Xian were even.
Meng Xian didn't refuse any further and obediently packed his things.
But before the two of them could leave, the Small Fatty, who had been beaten by Tian Ning, burst in with a group of people.
This time, it wasn't just a group of insignificant children. They had learned their lesson and gone to complain. The Small Fatty was accompanied by a group of servants and elders supporting him.
"Uncle, this little bastard and a strange girl bullied me!"
"Is it you, you bitch, who bullied my nephew?"
The uncle brought by the Small Fatty had a Foundation Establishment Completion cultivation base. In the small Meng Family Village, he was considered a strong person, but in Tian Ning's eyes, he was nothing. She was someone who could even defeat a Transformation God.
Besides, Tian Ning didn't need to do it herself; she could just throw a handful of Explosion Talismans from the Dimensional Pouch her second senior brother gave her.
A series of explosions rang out, and Meng Xian's small house was instantly razed to the ground.
The Meng Family members who were hit by the Explosion Talismans were even worse. If it were only the power of a single Explosion Talisman, their Defensive Artifacts would have been enough to protect them, but who would throw more than a dozen Explosion Talismans like they were cabbages?
Even Talisman Cultivators wouldn't be so wasteful!
And it wasn't over yet; Tian Ning took out another batch of Explosion Talismans, this time probably more than twenty!
If it weren't for the girl's small hands, she could have taken out hundreds or thousands at once.
"You, you… Let's talk this over…" At this moment, Meng Family Uncle knew to speak normally.
His eyes widened in horror, and his stiff legs kept backing away!
Wasn't it said that it was an unknown wild girl who fell from the sky? She was wearing tattered clothes, clearly a Cultivator without any backing. Which Cultivator would casually take out so many Explosion Talismans to attack people?
"Miss! We are not mortal enemies; why are we being so antagonistic? There must be a misunderstanding!"
He tried his best to explain, afraid that Tian Ning would lose her temper and blow them all away!
"Misunderstanding?" Tian Ning said confidently, "Oh, I just don't like you."
She released her hand, and more than twenty Explosion Talismans flew towards the Meng family members, this time knocking everyone from the Meng family to the ground.
But it wasn't over yet; she pulled out more!
Meng Family Members: "???"
How many more does she have?!
All their Defensive Artifacts were shattered!
If she attacked again, they would probably ascend to heaven on the spot!
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