The old scholar stomped his foot and fumed, "Only villains and women are hard to deal with[1]! Our ancestors don't deceive us!"

The tall woman in white twirled the snow-white lotus leaf that she had plucked from some unknown place. She was radiating with killing intent. Even though there was a smile on her face, this smile appeared chilling and menacing no matter how one looked at it. "You can't beat me in a fight, so you're going to curse me instead? Are you looking for a beating?!"

The circular sword formation that had initially had a radius of five kilometers instantly shrunk in size, becoming so small that it only enveloped the mountain face beside the river. At the same time, the wisps of sword qi also became increasingly intense and alarming, with the wall of sword qi even forcing the formless Great Dao circulating through heaven and earth to become visible. Bursts of black and white furiously collided together, and they sent countless sparks flying through the air before eventually returning to the chaotic void of nothingness together.

The old scholar shrunk back slightly. However, a brilliant thought suddenly occurred to him, and this immediately restored his confidence. "I can agree to a fight, but can we fight in a slightly different way?" he asked loudly. "Rest assured, my suggestion can definitely help Chen Ping'an as well. I guarantee you that this is a reasonable request that will suit your wishes!"

The tall woman in white remained silent. However, she suddenly saw the old scholar desperately signaling at her with his eyes.

She hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying, "Fine."

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Standing above the well in Autumn Reed Inn, Chen Ping'an's index finger and middle finger were held together to form a sword that directly pointed at the bottom of the well.

The brilliant ray formed by the first burst of sword qi gradually faded down to half its initial brightness in the old well. It was no longer blinding, and Chen Ping'an could borrow its radiance to observe the burst of sword qi that had been described as "extremely small". After leaving his acupoint, this burst of sword qi had condensed into something tangible before crashing into the well and furiously pummeling its "base". In fact, this "base" that was withstanding the furious punishment of the sword qi was seemingly a round mirror.

Chen Ping'an naturally wouldn't know that this was called the Lightning Division Stamp Mirror, a mirror with an extremely impressive background!

In the ancient past, the gods from the lightning division had seized the opportunity to carve up the lightning powers — the ancestor of all powers — of the Heavenly Lord of Lightning after his passing. Each god had obtained a portion of this power. Afterward, with the exception of the god responsible for welcoming the arrival of spring, the state...