Golden Core is a Star, and You Call This Cultivation?
Chapter 111: The Obsessed Ning Tao, Battle Royale

As Qi Yuan spoke, everyone's eyes fell on the blood sphere.

"Palace Master of Tianxin Palace, what do you have to say now? How is he not a blood demon?"

The seven supreme beings looked at Qi Yuan, but they did not sense any terrifying aura from him.

They also knew that the blood demon was not yet fully formed and was not worth worrying about.

Ning Tao turned around to look at Qi Yuan behind her, a look of grievance in her eyes. "You finally deign to see me."

Qi Yuan gazed at Ning Tao's injuries with a complex expression.

"You can leave me behind."

After all, the blood sphere was not Qi Yuan's true body.

Even if it were damaged, it would not affect him in the slightest.

Ning Tao raised her head stubbornly, "I won't be like someone who disappears for decades, even centuries."

She turned to the seven supreme beings around them:

"I said no one could hurt you, so no one will!"

The aura of origin spread from Ning Tao, making her seem as if she were one with the world.

Seeing this, the seven supreme beings also wore grim expressions and merged with the world.

Qi Yuan calmly remarked, "You will... die. Why do this?

We were just strangers meeting by chance and hardly exchanged a few words."

Qi Yuan couldn't quite understand Ning Tao's thoughts.

He felt that Ning Tao was like an obsessed child.

"Hmph." Ning Tao snorted coldly.

She didn't want to talk to Qi Yuan.

What did he know about her thoughts and feelings?

Just a filthy man!

"Who would have thought that the esteemed Palace Master of Tianxin Palace would also be bewitched by the blood demon and fall into a love trap?" One supreme being laughed.

"Hahaha... A witch in love..." Another female supreme being laughed mockingly.

Everyone knew that witches were cursed by heaven, making anyone who saw them feel disgusted and regard them as the ugliest beings in the world.

A witch in love was the funniest thing in the world.

How could anyone fall in love with a witch?

"Have you laughed enough?" Ning Tao's face turned cold, "Either get out of the way or... die!"

It was the first time Qi Yuan saw such a cold side of Ning Tao.

She was like a stray cat, wary of everything in the world, facing people with the most aggressive stance.

"It seems, Palace Master of Tianxin Palace, that today you wish to die here with the blood demon." The female supreme being smiled without anger.

At this moment, Ning Tao's voice reached Qi Yuan's ears: "I have good news for you. When the battle starts, I will release your restraints, and you can run as far as you can."

Qi Yuan replied, "Actually, I have already left."

This blood sphere was not Qi Yuan's body, merely flesh he once resided in.

Ning Tao was silent for a moment, then said, "Actually... I knew."

Qi Yuan smiled.

"Even if I'm at the foundational level of the Heavenly Dao, I can't be a match for seven supreme beings."

Ning Tao wasn't surprised.

In her view, Qi Yuan was just an ordinary supreme being.

Especially since he came from another realm and was restricted by the world's rules, he couldn't exert the full power of a supreme being.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have trapped him so easily.

"You just need to leave, don't burden me." Ning Tao's voice was full of disdain.

"I can't leave." Qi Yuan said seriously, "These seven people framed me as the blood demon and want me dead here. An aunt can tolerate it, but an uncle cannot!"

"What do you mean?" Ning Tao was puzzled.

"I want to borrow your hands to kill them."

"Tch, you're from another realm. How can you know the origin better than our supreme beings in Liufeng Realm?"

The origin of each world is different.

In Canglan Realm, those with Purple Mansions also grasped the origin.

However, in Liufeng Realm, they could only be considered half a supreme being.

Because the origins were different.

"You're underestimating me!" Qi Yuan said proudly, "I'm more familiar with this realm's origin than anyone!"

Qi Yuan had once fought nearly three thousand old men in Dique.

Those old men all used the origin of Liufeng Realm.

Various origins in Liufeng Realm had hurt him, and he remembered them clearly.

"Kill!" The seven supreme beings' attacks struck at this moment.

Once they moved, it was the legendary origin divine ability.

Seven origin divine abilities attacked Ning Tao simultaneously.

Even someone as powerful as Ning Tao seemed weak against seven origin divine abilities.

She couldn't block all seven at once and had to endure one or two.

At this moment, Qi Yuan's voice came: "Gather the power of the human-demon in the dantian, disperse the qi in the palm, and flow through the void..."

Qi Yuan spoke quickly, and Ning Tao followed his instructions instinctively.

She seemed like a carp in the sea, rolling to avoid the origin divine abilities attacking from different directions and levels.

She completely blocked the seven origin divine abilities!

A look of surprise appeared on Ning Tao's small face: "How did you do that?"

The seven supreme beings were even more shocked.

Just now, Ning Tao's dodge showed an extreme understanding of their origin divine abilities.

It was as if each of them were facing their own origin divine ability.

This was impossible!

Because how could they reveal their trump cards to others?

"What kind of technique is this? How did you do it?"

"Hmph, why should I tell you how I know?" Qi Yuan's assistance brought joy to Ning Tao's heart, but the danger wasn't over, and she couldn't let her guard down.

She hid in the sky, her whip in hand, and the sound of thunder seemed to echo.

The seven supreme beings' expressions were grim: "We must kill her!"

Their origin divine abilities had been seen through by one person. If leaked, they would be the weakest among their peers.

"While she's severely injured, leave her behind!" The female supreme being said coldly.

The seven supreme beings showed no mercy, continuing their origin divine abilities.

Qi Yuan stood behind, speaking quickly to Ning Tao.

It was Qi Yuan's instructions that allowed Ning Tao to truly contend with the seven supreme beings simultaneously.

Otherwise, heavily injured Ning Tao wouldn't be a match for the seven supreme beings.

After half a day, in a desolate area.

Ning Tao fell from the sky like a broken kite, her face pale, and her black dress stained with blood.

"Cough... We escaped..."

With the danger gone, Ning Tao seemed more carefree.

"Seems my husband still cares for me. Who would have thought he knew their origin divine abilities so well?"

Ning Tao's voice was low, sounding weak.

"What happened? Why did they say I'm a blood demon?" Qi Yuan asked.

He should have only been gone for a decade or so.

Ning Tao had imprisoned the blood sphere in the underground palace. Besides Ning Tao, no one should know of its existence.

Ning Tao's beautiful face showed a cold expression: "Nine years ago, suddenly news of a blood demon in Tianxin Palace spread in the north.

Later, several supreme beings visited Tianxin Palace and suddenly attacked me.

After that... you were exposed.

I've been chased by more than ten supreme beings, constantly fleeing."

Ning Tao spoke helplessly.

She was sure she never revealed Qi Yuan's existence.

Even the supreme beings in Tianxin Palace didn't know about Qi Yuan.

Yet, news of the blood demon in Tianxin Palace suddenly appeared.

It was as if someone was targeting Ning Tao, deliberately spreading false information, only to replace out the false information was true.

"You should have let me go," Qi Yuan said.

Due to the blood demon, Ning Tao was chased by more than ten supreme beings for nearly ten years, severely injured.

If she let Qi Yuan go, none of this would have happened.

"Husband, are you worried about me?" Ning Tao looked at Qi Yuan with a proud smile, "I said I wouldn't abandon you."

Qi Yuan gazed at Ning Tao's half-beautiful face, asking curiously, "I'm very curious about witches. Can I see the other half of your face?"

When in Jiupan Mountain, he hadn't heard of the "witch" character carved on the face.

And the great demon, Buddha's lover, also didn't have a "carved" character.

What does "witch" mean?

Why is it loathed by heaven and man?

He wanted to see the true face of Lushan.

"No!" Ning Tao's reaction was intense. She stared at Qi Yuan, "I won't let you see it."

Qi Yuan didn't insist.

"Start healing." Qi Yuan fell silent. His emotions towards Ning Tao were complex.

In ancient times, Zhao Zilong carried Liu Chan seven times in and out of battle, a solo ride for thousands of miles.

Today, Ning Tao took him on a great escape in the north.

Ning Tao said no more and began healing seriously.

As night fell, Qi Yuan didn't leave the blood sphere for Wugui City.

He stayed by Ning Tao's side.

Ning Tao, severely injured, fell into a coma, her healing technique slowly mending her small body.

She lay curled, exposing her slender feet under her dress, her toes curling, showing her extreme lack of security despite being a supreme being.

Qi Yuan looked at Ning Tao's face, his expression complex, pondering something.

After a long time, a voice with a crying tone sounded.

"Am I ugly now? Why haven't you come to see me?"

The voice came from Ning Tao, her eyes filled with tears like little pearls about to fall.

She curled like her toes, her face showing helplessness.

She opened her eyes and looked at Qi Yuan, surprised: "You didn't leave?"

"You talked in your sleep again." It was the third time Qi Yuan heard her talking in her sleep, "Didn't expect even supreme beings talk in their sleep."

The content was the same as before.

"I didn't!" Ning Tao's half face turned red, making her even more charming, "Even if I did, it has nothing to do with you!"

"I didn't say it had anything to do with me," Qi Yuan said calmly.

"Hmph!" Ning Tao turned her head, not wanting to look at Qi Yuan.

But she held the chain binding Qi Yuan tightly.

"Are you really the blood demon? How else could you see the flaws in their origin divine abilities?" Ning Tao's voice was cold, "Is this why everyone wants to kill the blood demon?"

Ning Tao had her suspicions.

She never believed in the blood demon's calamity.

After all, a "witch" represented disaster.

"I'm not some blood demon!" Qi Yuan didn't think he was a blood demon.

Even in Jiupan Mountain, he was called the blood lord.

Goldfinch called him the blood pearl, what did it have to do with a blood demon?

"But everyone in the world believes you are a blood demon, so you can only be one." Ning Tao said, her eyes flashing with worry, then smiling, "A witch and a blood demon, husband and I are indeed destined."

"If I say I'm not the blood demon, will you believe me?"

Ning Tao was silent, then slowly replied, "I believe."

But it was useless. The world had to believe.

"If that damn lord calls me a blood demon, if I meet him, I'll beat him up."

"I'll beat him with you," Ning Tao smiled sweetly.

"With your small frame, better focus on healing. If we're chased again, even I can't save you." Qi Yuan spoke the truth.

He helped Ning Tao greatly, but it didn't change her situation.

There were many supreme beings in the north, and they were undamaged, unlike the old men in Dique.

To change her situation, Ning Tao had to let go of Qi Yuan.

"I'm used to being chased." Ning Tao smiled, "I used to be alone, now I have my husband, what's to fear?"

...

Decades passed in the blink of an eye.

In these decades, Ning Tao took Qi Yuan, facing endless attacks and pursuits. Qi Yuan saw over a hundred different supreme beings.

With Qi Yuan's guidance and help, Ning Tao survived many dangers.

However, her injuries became more severe.

Qi Yuan didn't stay with Ning Tao all the time; he often returned to Wugui City, killing demons, and his strength increased.

Qi Yuan's strength had reached level 109, not far from level 120, the supreme being of this world.

In a clear pool with no life, Ning Tao, in a black dress, entered the water with her white feet.

The water turned red but quickly cleared.

"Here, I first heard your voice," Ning Tao recalled.

As a child, many hunted her.

Here, she heard Qi Yuan's voice.

Her bleak life changed.

The cold water made her feel sleepy.

The decades of escape injured her origin.

Her life force was fragile, close to falling.

Ning Tao looked at Qi Yuan, her expression complex: "Husband, may I see what you look like? I'm curious."

"I'm also curious about the other half of your face. If you let me see, I'll show you my true self." Qi Yuan wouldn't let his true body be near Ning Tao. "No photo, no video."

Obsessive Ning Tao might lock his true body here.

"Forget it." Half-submerged, Ning Tao blew on the water, "I won't let you see, or you'll hate me like the others."

She wouldn't let Qi Yuan see half her face.

She didn't want the one person she cared for to hate her.

But Ning Tao wasn't giving up: "Why do you care about my face? You can treat me as someone else, I can wear black silk for you."

"I'm pure, don't tempt me!" Qi Yuan refused.

Though Lust affected him, he didn't want to be a slave to desire.

When the time is right, everything will fall into place.

They fell silent, Ning Tao soaking in the water.

After about a quarter-hour, Qi Yuan asked, "Do you know the strength of the lord and White Emperor?"

Now at level 109, in the north-south decision, he was still a small fry.

To understand the world's top power, he asked Ning Tao, a late-stage supreme being.

"The lord and White Emperor..." Ning Tao's eyes grew serious, "If they wish, they can kill me with a finger."

"That strong?" Qi Yuan was surprised.

Ning Tao wasn't weak among supreme beings.

A finger could kill her.

In Canglan Realm, this was equivalent to a Yin God.

Thinking of the Yin God's power, Qi Yuan felt pressured.

A partial Yin God in the sun was hard enough; two complete ones were tougher.

"I must stay low, not expose myself to big bosses." Qi Yuan thought.

Recently, a handsome man claimed to be White Emperor's disciple in Wugui City.

He invited Qi Yuan to White Emperor Palace.

No way!

At least until level 99999, Qi Yuan wouldn't meet White Emperor.

Thinking of the real world's Light Palace, with Yin God-like power.

Qi Yuan frowned: "Ning Tao, can a strong hegemon kill the lord?"

A hegemon was equivalent to Canglan's foundation.

Ning Tao smiled: "Husband is too naive."

A hegemon couldn't do it.

"What about a strong protector?" Qi Yuan asked.

In reality, he wasn't at protector level, just a pill master.

Ning Tao continued smiling: "Even the strongest protector can't."

A protector, she could kill with a breath.

"If the protector is as big as Ultraman?" Ning Tao was the strongest he could converse with, a late-stage supreme being, worth asking.

Maybe she could inspire him to deal with Light Palace.

To sleep well, Qi Yuan needed Yin God-level power.

"I don't know Ultraman's size, but if as big as Liufeng Realm, maybe the protector could kill the lord."

"A protector the size of Liufeng Realm?"

Qi Yuan was stunned, an idea sparked.

Ning Tao made sense.

If... he made a golden pill as big as Liufeng Realm, could he crush Light Palace?

Such a golden pill, majestic and powerful!

See who disagrees, throw the golden pill.

It was better than his fantasy of a golden pill with Lust.

Qi Yuan got excited: "Ning Tao, you're smarter than my wise brain."

But he felt helpless.

Such a golden pill... how?

Even with a digger, he couldn't empty Liufeng Realm.

Qi Yuan was troubled.

He stopped thinking about a celestial golden pill; this was better.

A golden pill like this suited the heavenly foundation!

Ning Tao stayed silent, soaking in the water.

Qi Yuan thought about making a golden pill from worlds.

A genius idea!

He felt the "White Day Fantasy Art" suited him.

After a long time.

"Husband..." Ning Tao's voice was soft, like the first time Qi Yuan heard her.

Qi Yuan stopped thinking and looked at her, seeing expectation in her eyes.

"If I'm gone, can I see your true face?"

"Don't curse yourself." Qi Yuan sounded regretful, "If you let me go sooner, all would be well. Now you've angered the north, letting me go won't help."

Ning Tao was strong.

In decades, she killed six supreme beings.

Now, the north's most wanted were the blood demon and Ning Tao.

"I said I won't leave you, and I won't.

Unlike you, who abandoned me, leaving me alone." Ning Tao's voice was soft and crying.

Qi Yuan didn't fully believe her.

How much of her words were true?

But her words moved him.

He needed to level up quickly, reaching level 120.

He wanted to return to Jiupan Mountain.

Each time, he left without notice.

He looked at Ning Tao: "Did I abandon you?"

They never met, so it didn't count.