Cultivation Simulator: Starting From The Empress' Palace

The black panther would not hesitate; it wouldn’t let the two sisters escape once they got within reach; it immediately launched an attack.

Its movement speed was like a bolt of black lightning, and in an instant, it appeared in front of the two women, pouncing swiftly at Nangong Yue.

”Xiaoyue, be careful!”

”Flowing Frost Sword Technique!”

Nangong Xue softly shouted, and the twin swords in her hands emitted a slight trembling hum. The ground beneath her feet was covered with a layer of frost, freezing the black panther in place. Her figure flashed towards the black panther, thrusting the twin swords straight at its head.

However, the frost only bound the black panther for a brief moment. It quickly broke free from the frost’s constraints, turning around to swipe a paw at Nangong Xue, sending her flying.

Just as Nangong Xue thought she was about to crash hard into the ground, she felt herself collide into a broad and warm embrace.

She was momentarily stunned, and then a man’s voice echoed in her ear: ”Miss Nangong Xue, are you alright?”

Nangong Xue turned her head; who else could it be but Chen Mo?

”Why is it you?”

”Ah...”

Just as Nangong Xue spoke, a scream rang out from above. It turned out that in that brief instant, the black panther launched another attack on Nangong Yue, swatting her away with a powerful strike to her back.

”Xiaoyue...” Nangong Yue exclaimed in shock.

Chen Mo leapt up once more, catching Nangong Yue fully in his arms.

By this time, the two sisters were both being held in the embrace of a man.

However, neither of them focused on this fact but instead asked each other if they were okay.

”I only suffered some superficial injuries,” Nangong Xue said.

”As long as you’re okay, then... pfft...” she said, a mouthful of blood spewing from Nangong Xue’s mouth. She was only at the Early Stage Foundation Establishment, and having been struck heavily by the Late Stage Foundation Establishment black panther, she felt as if her internal organs had shifted.

”Xiaoyue.” Nangong Xue screamed urgently.

But the black panther would not give them time to weep. Like lightning, it once again pounced swiftly.

”Careful...”

At this point, the two women finally realized they were lying in the arms of a man.

Chen Mo made a move, and in an instant, his figure vanished from the spot, reappearing on an open ground in the distance.

He put the two women down, pulled out Tianwen from the Qiankun Ring, and charged towards the oncoming black panther.

The black panther was extremely fast, but Chen Mo was not slow either. After several rounds of combat, Chen Mo finally slew it with a single sword strike.

Subsequently, Chen Mo’s Points increased from seven to eleven.

He did not bother with cleaning up the demon beast’s corpse; it was too large to fit inside the Qiankun Ring.

He walked over to the sisters, ”How is Miss Nangong Yue?”

Nangong Xue looked at Chen Mo, her delicate and icy face had softened a lot. Including this time, he had already saved them three times. After saying a word of thanks, she turned her attention to Nangong Yue in her arms: ”Xiaoyue was injured by the black panther and suffered internal injuries; we need to find a place for her to recuperate.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Mo frowned and then said, ”Follow me.”

With those words, Chen Mo led the way ahead.

Soon, Chen Mo brought the two women to a towering ancient tree.

”There is a large tree hollow up there that I noticed when I passed by earlier; it can hide people. You take Miss Nangong Yue up there,” Chen Mo said.

Nangong Xue nodded in agreement but quickly realized a problem. From Chen Mo’s words, it seemed like he was planning to leave, so she said, ”And you?”

”I must continue searching for my wife; I cannot stay long.” After saying that, Chen Mo turned around and left.

Nangong Xue’s face, which had softened a lot, was once again covered with frost upon hearing this.

Nangong Yue’s expression also darkened upon hearing this.

Indeed, she was ultimately an outsider. His saving her was just an incidental act; how could she be more important than his wife...

Nangong Yue didn’t know why she felt compelled to think this way, but she couldn’t help comparing in her heart.

...

”Xiaojiu, how’s it there?” Chen Mo had been searching for nearly half an hour without finding a trace of Qianyi, which made him furrow his brows and worry if something had happened to her.

No, it’s not possible, impossible...

Chen Mo shook his head.

”Master, I haven’t found anything yet,” Xiaojiu transmitted.

After searching for nearly another quarter of an hour, Xiaojiu’s voice came from Chen Mo’s sea of consciousness, ”Master, I think I’ve found the hairpin you gave Zhao Qianyi.”

”Where?” Chen Mo’s expression tightened, and he asked eagerly.

”Here...” Xiaojiu quickly described to Chen Mo her surrounding environment and then said, ”Master, I’ll climb up the tree. As long as you head this way, I’ll be able to spot you.”

”Alright.”

...

In a quarter of an hour, Chen Mo finally reached the location Xiaojiu described.

”Master, I’m over here.” Xiaojiu stood on the tree, waving to Chen Mo.

Jiang Ruoqing jumped down from a nearby tree and handed the found hairpin to Chen Mo.

”Indeed, it’s Qianyi’s.”

”Boom!”

Violent True Qi suddenly erupted from within Chen Mo’s body, and his face became twisted with ferocity.

Under ordinary circumstances, Qianyi would never have dropped the hairpin.

Something must have happened during this time.

”Where was this hairpin found?” Chen Mo’s voice was deep.

”Right here...” Chen Mo’s demeanor made Xiaojiu feel a bit frightened.

It was also the first time Jiang Ruoqing saw Chen Mo like this. She stepped forward, holding his hand, looking at him affectionately, and said softly, ”Husband, Her Highness will be alright...”

”Since the hairpin is here, Qianyi is probably nearby. Ruoqing, you come with me, Xiaojiu, you continue in this direction. Let’s keep looking,” Chen Mo said.

Xiaojiu and Jiang Ruoqing nodded.

The three of them split into two directions to start searching.

Not long after, Chen Mo sensed a surge of True Qi emanating from ahead.

He quickly rushed over.

However, when he discovered that it was only a Late Stage Foundation Establishment male disciple defeating an Early Stage Foundation Establishment demon beast, he immediately lost interest.

Just as Chen Mo was about to leave.

The man seemed to have noticed him and said, ”If I’m not mistaken, you should be called Chen... Mo, right?”

The man smiled as he looked at Chen Mo.

Chen Mo paused and turned around, ”And you are?”

”Allow me to introduce myself, I am Long Jie,” the man who introduced himself as Long Jie said.

”Don’t know you. What’s the matter?” If it weren’t for the odd feeling he got, sensing that Long Jie might be hiding something, Chen Mo would have left already.

”The beauty Zhao Qianyi, she’s your Dao Companion, right?” Long Jie said.

”Qianyi.” Hearing Long Jie mention Qianyi, Chen Mo raised his brow, suppressing the anger in his heart, and said, ”What exactly do you mean?”

”Let me be honest with you, I’ve taken a fancy to her. If you present her to me, from this day forward, you and I will be like brothers, and within the Shenxiao Sect, I’ll have your back. Let me put it this way: Long Xiaoyao, one of the sixty-four direct disciples of the Shenxiao Sect, is my elder brother...” Long Jie boasted.