Chapter 86: Successive Trump Cards (Congratulations to Alliance Master 67832! )
That female cultivator with the surname Ruan was merely at the mid-stage Qi Refinement. Having fallen into Ruan Xing Ling's scheme, a bloody hole burst open in her chest, and in an instant, she perished.
Lu Jing Qing suddenly raised his head, his expression icy: "Harlot, I'll have you die!"
"Damn it!"
Elder Rottenwood's face was solemn: "The Lu family actually invited a late-stage Qi Refinement expert. This battle won't be easy. . ."
Fang Xi's lips were tightly pursed, his face filled with resolve, as he gripped the Green Reaping Sword in his hand.
He looked every bit a warrior ready to face death!
Yet, in his heart, another thought arose:
‘Ruan Xing Ling indeed isn't the type of family genius who cultivated herself foolish, ignorant of the treachery of human hearts. On the contrary, she's both brave and resourceful. Since she knew early on that this internal spy wasn't reliable, she must have prepared other trump cards. . . This time, it's going to work! ’
Sure enough!
"The west wind ages the myriad lake's waves, a single night turns Xiang Jun's hair white. . . Heh heh, greetings, everyone!"
The old Daoist in crane-feathers, with benevolent brows and a graceful demeanor, bowed in mid-air to everyone.
However, a look of deep apprehension appeared on Lu Jing Qing's face:
"Feng Bai Meng of White Feather Island? Is your White Feather Island intending to interfere in the affairs of my Peach Blossom Island?"
Feng Bai Meng shook his head: "Firstly, this Peach Blossom Island is not yours. Secondly, Xing Ling is my great-granddaughter, not some outsider."
"Old geezer, you're seeking death! From this day forth, my Peach Blossom Island and White Feather Island shall be irreconcilable foes!"
Lu Jing Qing roared, and strands of ape fur began to grow all over his body.
His magical power fluctuations also rapidly intensified, and in the blink of an eye, he transformed into a great ape with red fur and crimson eyes!
This scene struck Fang Xi as oddly familiar: ‘Could it be the Beast Transformation Secret Art from the Myriad Beast Body? ’
"Indeed, you've also cultivated body refinement techniques!"
Ruan Xing Ling patted the flower basket beneath her, and a burst of sandalwood fragrance wafted out.
"Brother Yin, I'll leave that harlot to you. I'll handle Feng Bai Meng! This old man has just cultivated the Scarlet Ape Transformation, and with my original cultivation, it's no problem to contend with a Qi Refinement Perfected cultivator."
Lu Jing Qing roared ferociously, then looked at his three mid-stage Qi Refinement subordinates: "As for those shrimp soldiers and crab generals, go deal with them!"
Having said that, the ferocious scarlet ape he had transformed into was about to pounce forward, but suddenly let out a miserable shriek: "What's going on? My magical power?"
"That bottle of Scarlet Ape Essence Blood, as expected, was bought by you. " Ruan Xing Ling said with a smiling face, caressing her flower basket.
"Harlot, you poisoned me? Do you know I've been struggling to cultivate the third layer of body refinement, constantly searching for this item? You bribed the Zhong Clan? " Lu Jing Qing shrieked, seemingly realizing what happened.
"You're truly a fool. . . If the Zhong Clan were willing to abandon their reputation to conspire with me to harm you, why would I need to act? The Zhong Clan could crush you like an ant; there's no need for schemes. . . The Scarlet Ape Essence Blood is naturally genuine, but what you didn't know is that while the demon beast Scarlet Ape is incredibly fierce, it has a small innate flaw: if it smells the 'Heavenly Purple Sandalwood Incense' from my flower basket, its muscles and bones will weaken, leaving its entire body powerless. . ."
Ruan Xing Ling chuckled: "Since you've refined the essence blood and smelled this 'Heavenly Purple Sandalwood Incense', your magical power will naturally dissipate, and you'll fall into a deep sleep for several days. . . This process actually benefits the refinement of Scarlet Ape Essence Blood, but unfortunately, you won't live to see that day!"
"Good. . . With you in charge of Peach Blossom Island from now on, this old man has no worries."
Feng Bai Meng chuckled, seemingly extremely satisfied with Ruan Xing Ling's plan.
Even that fellow Daoist Yin hurriedly made his small banner fly out a black light, enveloping himself, considering whether to flee immediately.
Elder Rottenwood and the others, seeing the tables turn, were once again filled with joy.
Only Fang Xi cursed inwardly: ‘So that Scarlet Ape Essence Blood from the auction was Ruan Xing Ling's bait for Lu Jing Qing, not for me! ’
‘Damn these cultivation families, who knows how many traps they've buried in their cultivation technique inheritances. . . specifically to trick rogue cultivators! ’
Although it was the enemy who was unlucky now, Fang Xi, like Lu Jing Qing, was also at the bottom, without an inheritance, ignorant of many hidden secrets of the cultivation world!
Facing those cultivation families who held secret information and shamelessly monopolized it, one could easily suffer a silent loss for no apparent reason!
The key is, after you've suffered a silent loss, those scions of noble families would still triumphantly step on you, cursing, 'A country bumpkin trying to reach the heavens? Bah! '
"Cough, cough. . . Ruan Xing Ling! ! !"
Lu Jing Qing pulled out a dagger and fiercely plunged it into his own thigh. Using this momentary clarity, he snarled: "Good. . . This revenge for your destroyed clan has truly tempered you. This cunning and deep plotting, it's just like your dead old man. Fortunately, this old man had a final trick up his sleeve against you!"
Pop!
A cluster of fireworks suddenly exploded in mid-air, forming a grotesque ghostly face.
Subsequently, two more streaks of escape light flew over, revealing two brothers who looked exactly alike.
Upon seeing them, Fang Xi felt a sense of familiarity, and with a careful thought, he knew who they were.
Elder Rottenwood was faster than him, calling out the brothers' names: "Kou Clan Twin Fiends? Lu Jing Qing. . . You actually colluded with bandit cultivators? If this gets out, from now on, the Thirty-Six Islands Alliance—no, the entire Myriad Islands Lake—will have no place for you to hide!"
"Big Brother, they're so annoying! Just kill them all!"
The second brother among the Kou Clan Twin Fiends yawned in boredom.
"That's right. . . Don't worry, Old Lu. Once they're all killed, no one will know."
The eldest brother of the Kou Clan burst into laughter, killing intent overflowing from his words!
"To think it's these two, this truly makes things difficult."
Feng Bai Meng formed hand seals with both hands, throwing out a spirit beast pouch. From within the pouch, blue butterflies fluttered out, dancing gracefully.
As these butterflies danced, they scattered blue glowing powder, making the surroundings appear dreamlike and illusory.
"Dream Butterfly Gu? ! This old man is an insect cultivator!"
The eldest brother of the Kou Clan frowned and said to Lu Jing Qing: "Old Lu, leave that old man from the Bai family to fellow Daoist Yin. The remaining girls are for us brothers!"
The second brother of the Kou Clan looked at Ruan Xing Ling, shaking his head with a slight pity: "This little lass's artifact is quite beautiful, but she herself is not. . ."
Before, their three brothers combined forces could fight against a Qi Refinement Perfected cultivator. But ever since their third brother died inexplicably in the battle at Green Bamboo Mountain Market, with one less person, they couldn't form their battle formation, and life had been tough—after all, they had too many enemies.
So the two brothers put their heads together and simply fled thousands of miles away to Myriad Islands Lake to eke out a living, and then got involved with the Lu family.
As for the issue of being involved with bandit cultivators? Lu Jing Qing didn't care.
After all, many cultivation families secretly possessed murky forces specialized in dirty work.
If it weren't for the Kou Clan brothers' truly infamous reputation, he would have dared to directly hire them as guest elders.
Now, helping in this fight, it was also a matter of picking the softest persimmons to squeeze.
Lu Jing Qing frowned and immediately said to fellow Daoist Yin: "Fellow Daoist, please help block that old geezer from the Feng family. I'll double the promised reward afterwards!"
With that, he slapped a 'Vajra Talisman' onto his body. His entire being enveloped in a golden shield of circulating runes, he sat cross-legged on the lake surface, continuously swallowing pills, seemingly circulating his cultivation to expel the poison.
"Damn it, I definitely need more money!"
Fellow Daoist Yin roared, forming hand seals with both hands, channeling streams of magical power into his small banner.
Heheheh!
Accompanied by sinister laughter, translucent ghostly figures emerged, transforming into dark clouds, entangling with Feng Bai Meng's Dream Butterfly Gu.
"Hahaha, with us two brothers working together, can't we take down a seventh-layer Qi Refinement cultivator? Big Brother, kill. . . but remember to leave this lass for me!"
The second brother of the Kou Clan swept his gaze, pointing at Wei Yi Xin's Daoist companion, Hua Chan Juan, a look of delight appearing on his face.
Wei Yi Xin and his wife's expressions instantly turned incredibly grim.
The situation on the field was clearly unfavorable to their side!
"Charge!"
Seeing the late-stage Qi Refinement experts locked in battle, with even Ruan Xing Ling controlling a flying sword to fight against the Kou Clan brothers, Lu Jing Qing's three mid-stage Qi Refinement cultivators also roared, pulling out their artifacts and charging towards Fang Xi's group of four.
"Let's fight to the death!"
Wei Yi Xin and his wife released two mid-grade flying dagger artifacts, entangling one of the mid-stage Qi Refinement cultivators. Both sides fought as they retreated, trying their best to avoid the central battle zone.
Coincidentally!
Elder Rottenwood waved his whisk, and myriad silver threads bloomed like a thousand flowers, entangling another Lu family cultivator's artifact and flying off in another direction.
‘Damn, they're all smart ones. . . Both sides are trying to stay away from the late-stage Qi Refinement cultivators, then see how the battle turns out. . . The losing side will also have a chance to escape. ’
Fang Xi's mouth twitched as he watched the Lu family cultivator charging towards him, his face looking as if he had won the lottery.
The opponent was an old cultivator in his fifties or sixties, dressed in a gray robe. At this moment, his face was full of righteous indignation: "Scoundrel, this old man will fight you to the death!"
He released a yellow-skinned gourd artifact, from which clusters of black water spheres emerged, hurtling towards Fang Xi.
Fang Xi activated his 'Green Turtle Shield'; a green turtle shell suddenly expanded, like a shield, blocking in front of him.
Thump, thump!
Clusters of black water exploded upon the turtle's back, seemingly not as powerful as imagined.
‘Alright, this one's also holding back! ’
‘No, wait, he's driving me away from the battlefield, so he can watch which way the wind blows! ’
‘That expression is realistic enough, I'll give you a thumbs up for that! ’
Fang Xi secretly praised him, releasing his Green Reaping Sword to interfere, then controlling his black cloud shuttle to flee into the distance.
"Scoundrel, don't you dare run!"
The old cultivator's eyes indeed lit up. He casually pulled out a peach wood shield to block the Green Reaping Sword, then gave chase to Fang Xi!
The two, one pursuing and one fleeing, flew out over ten li in the blink of an eye, already unable to see the spiritual light from the core battlefield.
"Heheh. . . You're an interesting lad, releasing such a pathetic flying sword. You still need to learn more from this old man about acting!"
The old cultivator's escape light instantly sped up by several tenths, intercepting Fang Xi. He brazenly released his 'powerful' fifth-layer Qi Refinement magical power: "However, this old man is, after all, a cultivator of the Lu family. I still must slay you for my master. . ."
His wishful thinking was to slay Fang Xi for the Lu family, which would be worthy of his treatment.
Then it was a matter of seeing which way the wind blew. If his master won a great victory, he would naturally pursue the advantage. But if his master lost. . . then he wouldn't sacrifice his life for them either.
After all, Lu Jing Qing hadn't usurped power long ago and hadn't had time to cultivate a group of loyalists.
For an outsider, achieving this much was already not bad.
"So much nonsense!"
The next moment, the old cultivator saw the fourth-layer Qi Refinement cultivator pull out a black greatsword from his storage bag, a sword almost as wide as a door panel, and instead of retreating, he advanced!
Bang!
Wielding the Profound Iron Sword, Fang Xi mercilessly smashed it towards the peach wood shield!
Crash!
The wooden shield directly shattered into pieces, but the Profound Iron Sword's momentum was undiminished, sweeping directly across the old man's waist and abdomen.
The terrifying destructive power instantly blasted open the old man's chest cavity, revealing half a spine and fragments of internal organs. . .
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