Martial Cultivator Chapter 394: Settling Old Scores

The arrival was a middle-aged daoist nun, her face filled with resentment as her eyes remained fixed on Chen Chao. The murderous intent emanating from her body was not concealed, adding a chilling atmosphere to the spring day.

The daoist nun before him was none other than the master of Guo Xi, one of the qi refiners killed by Chen Chao in the past. She was also the one who was angered to the point of spitting blood in the Ministry of Penalty's great hall.

As Chen Chao looked at the middle-aged daoist nun before him, he could not help but feel rather emotional. His true clash with the foreign cultivators was with this middle-aged daoist nun. Although he was nearly overwhelmed during their battle in Tianqing County, he managed to buy enough time until Song Lian arrived, ultimately saving him from the clutches of this middle-aged daoist nun.

The sensational case that once rocked the Divine Capital ended with Chen Chao being declared innocent. This middle-aged daoist nun, along with the other cultivators, left the Divine Capital about a year or two ago. Chen Chao had assumed that she had returned to her sect to continue her cultivation. However, to his surprise, she had been hiding outside the Divine Capital all this time, waiting for an opportunity to kill him.

When Chen Chao left the Divine Capital previously, he had expected to encounter her, but it did not happen. Instead, a year later, he encountered her again today, when he was completely off-guard.

Gripping the hilt of his saber, Chen Chao felt the daoist nun's aura, and discovered that it was unchanged from before. Though somewhat relieved, he still whispered to Xie Nandu, "I'll hold her off. Can you go back to the Divine Capital and get reinforcements?"

Xie Nandu also whispered, "Are you not confident that you can kill her?"

Chen Chao said softly, "Someone as stupid as this hag probably didn't hide her cultivation realm, but we are separated by a cultivation realm after all. I only have a 30% confidence in killing her."

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