enior brother Zhong Haoyun and his companions, not to mention that guy who infuriated Ye Yang earlier. Yang Yujuan was also present. Additionally, there were several other men and women; among them, a...Chapter 1216: Top-grade Handmaiden Crow's Mouth

"Yes, Young Master. After we fell into his trap, we realized that he didn't actually want us to contribute our last strength for the nation; instead, he wanted all of us cultivators to provide him with our greatest strength." Gu Hanchuang's tone no longer remained calm; even though a hundred years had passed since then, her voice still carried an indignant edge when talking about this event. "He was the cultivator closest to reaching the Golden丹(Dan) stage back then, but he was also quite old. Therefore, he wanted us to give him all our resources, especially various medicinal pills and treasures beneficial for cultivation. Knowing that we wouldn't comply, he decided to eliminate all of us so that everything would belong to him."

Unconsciously, Gu Hanchuang's voice grew louder: "The most infuriating part was that when his scheme was exposed, he still acted virtuous and said that what he did was for the nation. He claimed that a Golden丹(Dan)-stage expert is far more valuable than a hundred cultivators who haven't reached this stage, insisting that his actions were solely to better serve our ethnic group. However, none of us believed him anymore. We united and defeated him, but some of us had been poisoned, and his power was superior to ours, so we suffered great losses—out of the original eighty-six people, only forty-six remained after this battle."

"It looks like I have a reason not to like old men; too many aren't good guys. Your seniors and my masters weren't good either," Xia Tian said lazily. "But compared to your senior, my three masters are still relatively decent people."

The location where that senior practiced cultivation was the place with the richest spiritual energy back then. Of the remaining forty-six of us, many were injured and unsuitable for a long journey. After discussing among ourselves, we decided to stay together there, practicing our cultivation side by side. We lived like this for a hundred years." Gu Hanchuang continued her account; however, an air of sorrow seemed to have不知不覺中（unintentionally） slipped into her voice. "During those one hundred years, I saw one person after another pass away before my eyes. Without realizing it, I felt as if I myself had also died once. Cultivation no longer held any allure for me; instead, it became a torment at times all I wanted was to end this agony."

Seeing Gu Hanchuang's rare display of sorrow, Xia Tian couldn't help but comfort her: "Sima, you won't have to endure such suffering anymore. Follow me, and you'll effortlessly reach the Golden丹(Dan) stage without needing to undergo that torment."

After a brief pause, Xia Tian asked again, "Right, Frostie, out of the forty-six of you, how many are still around now"

"Only six." Gu Hanshuang was silent for a moment before softly saying, "Young Master, over these past hundred years, forty have passed away, leaving only six at last. But now there are only four left—three of them aren’t even in the capital city; one of them is actually in Shu City where we’re heading to."

"Four That’s not so bad. As long as I find them, it won't be difficult to deal with them." Xia Tian mumbled to himself.

"Young Master, but these last four of us aren’t going to survive for much longer anyway; the other three are older than me and their conditions are even worse," Gu Hanshuang said quietly.

"Hmm, Frostie, I don’t know how long those three will live, but you definitely have many more years left." Xia Tian replied casually.

Gu Hanshuang didn't say anything. To her, whether she lived on or not seemed unimportant now; with cultivators dying out almost entirely, what was the point of just one person living The loneliness of living alone in the days to come would probably be harder to bear than these past hundred years.

Summer's mood didn't improve in the slightest during this conversation, but Gu Hanchuang's words had made him feel much better because he realized that Frosty hadn’t been lying to him at all. This was indeed good news for him.

In fact, everything Gu Hanchuang had told him were things Summer already knew.

The previous night, after putting Yuan Tianzheng under hypnosis, Yuan Tianzheng spent several hours telling Summer everything he knew. In reality, what Summer knew now was far more than what Gu Hanchuang had just recounted to him. The reason he still asked Gu Hanchuang to repeat it all was simply to test whether or not she would deceive him.

These days, finding a pretty maid wasn’t easy, and finding one who obeyed orders even more so. Therefore, Summer took this matter very seriously. Now, however, he felt that he had found an excellent maid who was both obedient and beautiful. This pretty maid could fight as well as warm the bed; she was undoubtedly a top-notch maidservant!

Just as Summer was feeling pleased with himself, the plane they were on suddenly began to shake violently. Feeling puzzled by this sudden turbulence, he heard a slightly anxious voice calling out, "Team leader! Our airplane has been locked onto by a missile; please go immediately to the cargo hold and prepare for an emergency parachute jump!"

Missile

Summer was momentarily stunned, then looked at Gu Hanshuang somewhat dejectedly: "Shuang, you really are a harbinger of bad luck! This plane isn’t safe at all!"

"Team Leader, follow me quickly!" Han Lulan rushed over at this moment. "Hurry to the cargo hold! Although our plane has an anti-missile system, we can't be sure that it will deflect a missile. It seems there's a fighter jet attacking us right now. Team Leader Mu instructed specifically that if something happens, you should parachute out of the plane, and she said that you’ll definitely survive!"

"The missile is approaching; it'll arrive in ten seconds! Hurry up!" The pilot’s voice came again.

Summer didn’t say anything more. He grabbed one hand of Gu Hanshuang while pulling Han Lulan with the other, rushing towards the cargo hold at the same time asking Han Lulan: "Do they have a way to escape"

"Team Leader, this special expert’s passengers can only be important figures; in any circumstances, the pilots and crew cannot survive themselves. Hence, no survival systems were prepared for them!" Han Lulan quickly explained.

Summer frowned slightly: "Then aren’t they doomed" Those two men at least worked under him; he couldn't simply watch them die like this.

"Team Leader, as long as you are safe, it's fine if we die." Han Lulan picked up the parachute pack and said, "Quickly, Team Leader, put on the parachute..."

Summer told her, "Tell them to hold on a bit longer and try to fly lower. I'll be there to assist them shortly."

"Yes, Team Leader!" Han Lulan nodded and immediately conveyed Summer's message through the communicator, then urged him again, "Team Leader, you need to put on your parachute quickly or it will be too late!"

Summer casually replied, "No need for a parachute. Just jump." He then opened the hatch, held Gu Hanshuang with one arm and pulled Han Lulan with his other hand, jumping out directly.

At this altitude of ten thousand meters, an ordinary person's body couldn't withstand it, but Summer was not an ordinary person; moreover, just before he jumped from the cabin, he had already protected Gu Hanshuang and Han Lulan with true energy. Therefore, they would also be fine.

The three of them plummeted rapidly. Han Lulan screamed in terror and hugged Summer tightly, afraid to let go for a moment. In contrast, Gu Hanshuang remained calm because half an hour ago, Summer had already told her that even if the plane exploded mid-air, they would still be safe.

Summer glanced up and saw the special aircraft he had just boarded; a missile had narrowly missed it, while two more were speeding towards it. Further away was a fighter jet that was attacking the special aircraft.

The only consolation was that although this special aircraft resembled a civilian airliner, it had been modified with anti-missile systems. The pilot seemed experienced and managed to evade the fighter temporarily without being shot down immediately, but since this wasn’t a combat aircraft—it lacked any offensive capabilities—unless Summer rammed into the fighter directly, he would have to dodge all of its attacks until it ran out of missiles and ammunition.

For an aircraft not designed for combat, this was extremely difficult. Normally, when a civilian airliner encountered a fighter jet, it had no chance.

Though Summer wasn’t very knowledgeable about planes, he could tell that his special aircraft was in grave danger. So, he instantly increased his speed and, within about a minute, landed two women from ten thousand meters up. He then placed them on the ground, grabbed Gu Hanshuang’s longsword, and soared back into the sky like a missile or meteor, but his target wasn’t the special aircraft anymore; it was the fighter jet!

Less than a minute later, Summer arrived near the fighter. He suddenly swung out with the sword, sending a sharp blade of energy at the fighter.

"Boom!" An explosion suddenly erupted in the air, but it wasn’t the fighter that exploded; instead, the special aircraft had been hit by a missile, although only its wing was damaged and not fatally so.d wearing ancient-style clothing, not the one with bizarre makeup, a perfect figure, and incredibly strong abilities.The current governor of Pinghai Province, Song Jinping, was Song Jinhua’s younger b...