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Chapter 153 Killing a Foundation Establishment Monk is Like Butchering a Dog

"Report to the elder, he has confessed everything. There should be three more demon cultivators near Qiuping County."

"Very good. Submit this result to Wang Yanshan and have them intensify the search and ensure that all the infiltrating demonic cultivators are captured in one fell swoop."

Yao Dehai, the Grand Elder of Lingyuan Sect, warned: "Send someone to notify the nearby strongholds and make sure to strengthen the defense."

Although he had found another clue, Yao Dehai was not happy at all.

The Divine Fire Sect must have mastered some unusual means to quickly cultivate foundation-building monks.

At present, a Jindan Zhenren is personally investigating the reasons behind this.

However, the cause has not yet been found, let alone a way to stop it.

It’s actually not bad as the front line is protected by a formation.

The key issue is that since the war began, a large number of foundation-building demon cultivators have sneaked into the rear of the front line and caused chaos.

The manpower Yao Dehai can mobilize is becoming increasingly limited.

It is already a blessing if the cultivators on the front line can prevent as many demon cultivators from entering.

It is basically difficult to rely on them to search for the demon cultivators who have already infiltrated.

"I hope that among the new cultivators in Lizhou, there will be a few more Demon Slayers like Ye Fei."

Yao Dehai looked through the map and saw the list of garrisons near Qiuping County, and couldn't help shaking his head.

Within a hundred miles of Qiuping County, only Xiao Chen, who was stationed at the Qingyang Spirit Mine, was at the seventh level of the Foundation Establishment Stage. There was no other cultivator at the late Foundation Establishment Stage.

He had an impression of this name. It was an alchemist who needed care from the Chen family of Lihuomen.

It is well known that alchemists are not good at fighting.

So no matter how you look at it, there's no hope here.

Qingyang Spirit Mine.

"No, no, no, Fellow Daoist Xiao, you really think too highly of me. I don't have the ability to guard the spiritual mine."

Chang Shunping waved his hands repeatedly: "Besides, I still need to take care of the clansmen in Qingyang County, so it's not convenient for me to come here."

Xiao Chen was a little disappointed when he heard this.

He had originally wanted to take a walk around to see if he could encounter any wild demon cultivators.

But such things are also suspected of being absent from duty.

In addition, Chang Shunping clearly expressed his unwillingness to stay at the spiritual mine, so Xiao Chen didn't want to force him.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, if you feel bored being alone, I can send a few Kun cultivators over to keep you company and have some fun."

Chang Shunping suggested with a smile: "We also have a branch of Yixiangyuan in Qingyang, but I don't know what kind of flavor you like? Do you want something with rough waves, or..."

Xiao Chen raised his hand to interrupt him: "No, I still need to maintain my pure Yang body."

There have been rumors in the spiritual practice world since ancient times that a pure yang body is helpful for cultivation.

Although he didn't know whether it was true or not, he always preferred to believe it.

Chang Shunping immediately flattered him, "Oh, no wonder Fellow Daoist Xiao is already in the late stage of foundation building at such a young age. I've never seen such a reason. I'm truly ashamed of myself."

The two chatted for a few more minutes, and then said goodbye as usual.

On the way back, Chang Shunping felt a little regretful. He was a big client of Yixiangyuan and could transfer people from other branches.

Thinking of Yixiangyuan, it seemed like he hadn't been there for a while.

Just when Chang Shunping was wondering whether he should go there today, something strange happened.

There was a "whoosh" sound and a sharp whistling sound.

Immediately, three beams of blood shot out from different directions.

"Oh no, it's the rumored Soul Chasing Shuttle!"

Chang Shunping reacted instantly and realized that he had been ambushed by the evil cultivators. He immediately took out a cloud crystal talisman from his arms and activated it.

At the same time, he slapped his storage bag, took out three spiritual shields, and quickly cast them out to surround himself.

After finishing all this, he finally had time to look around while practicing the protective spell.

"Bang! Bang!"

First, two loud noises were heard, and the two shuttles were successfully blocked by the barrier formed by the cloud crystal talisman.

"Boom!"

However, the third ray of blood, which was a little slower, broke through the barrier directly and hit Chang Shunping's abdomen on the spot.

It turned out that Peng Dawei was well prepared and used not the Soul-Chasing Shuttle, but an inch-long flying knife.

"Ding!"

As the flying knife fell, sparks flew everywhere.

Peng Dawei took a closer look and found that the other party was actually wearing a top-grade magic weapon-level gold silk soft armor.

In terms of saving his life, Chang Shunping did the best he could.

"Boom~, bang!"

A loud command arrow rose into the air, then turned into a beacon in the air, solid and lingering.

"I have already sent out a message arrow, and my fellow believers will arrive in a moment."

Chang Shunping threatened, "I advise you to be smart and leave immediately. If you delay for even a moment, you'll be caught in a net from which you'll be unable to escape!"

"Humph, who are you trying to scare?"

Peng Dawei snorted coldly: "Do you think I don't know that there are no other foundation-building cultivators near Qingyang?"

He even turned around and threatened, "Surrender now, and we brothers will lend you our blood and energy. If you insist on resisting, we will kill everyone in the Chang family!"

As they were talking, the three of them had already used their magical weapons to block all of Chang Shunping's escape routes.

At the same time, he used various spells in his hands to bombard him.

Although Chang Shunping prepared three spiritual shields to protect himself, he was still dizzy and his heart sank from the explosion.

I have been living in fear for more than a year, but I didn't expect that I would not be able to escape this day.

If I had known this, I should have gone to Yixiangyuan less often and spent more time practicing magic.

Seeing the other party raising a bloody knife again, Chang Shunping felt desperate.

Of course, he knew in his heart that apart from Xiao Chen, there was no other foundation-building cultivator near Qingyang.

If he had only encountered a wandering demon cultivator today, perhaps with the help of the several defensive magic weapons on him, he could have held on until the other party came to support him.

But today, three foundation-building demon cultivators suddenly appeared, and I'm afraid Xiao Chen might not dare to risk his life to save him.

He felt nervous and his hands moved slower.

A spiritual shield was hit on the side by the blood knife and was directly split into two halves.

Chang Shunping quickly took out a lotus brocade handkerchief from his storage bag and struggled to hold on.

At the same time, he rushed left and right, trying to find a loophole to break through.

However, he only defended and did not attack, and could not put any pressure on the demon cultivator, which led to him making mistakes in a hurry.

In just half a quarter of an hour, the other two spiritual shields were shattered one after another.

"Don't hold back, fight quickly and decisively!"

Peng Dawei was delighted when he saw this, and this decision was indeed correct.

Everything was just as he expected. If they took action from this position, they would be able to capture Changshunping in a quarter of an hour at most.

In this short period of time, even if the new monk stationed at Qingyang Spiritual Mine wanted to provide support, it would be too late.

Besides, the other party may not dare to come over.

"Boss, be careful behind you!"

Gao Changjun, who was standing opposite Peng Dawei, caught a glimpse of a sword light flashing from a distance, and in an instant it was behind Peng Dawei.

It is the Seven Star Sword Technique - Tianji.
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Tianji has no edge, so Peng Dawei did not hear any sound or feel any fluctuation of spiritual energy.

When he heard Gao Changjun's reminder and subconsciously raised his body to dodge, he was already half a step too late.

The left calf was only scratched once, and the entire calf, including the skin and flesh, was scraped off, revealing the leg bone inside.

The four people present stopped what they were doing and turned to look.

Xiao Chen was seen standing on the Donghua Wind Sword and holding the Donghua Thunder Sword in his hand. When he exerted all his strength, wind and thunder surrounded him, like a god descending to the earth.

Chang Shunping was delighted when he saw this.

He was about to despair, but he didn't expect Xiao Chen to dare to come and save him.

Now the leading demon cultivator has been injured. Although they still have the advantage in numbers, the threat has been greatly reduced.

Now, as long as he can successfully meet up with Xiao Chen, there is a high probability that he can survive today.

However, Peng Dawei also knew this.

While he was summoning his defensive magic weapon, he threw out a jade talisman and shouted, "Divine fire is like a prison!"

The jade talisman suddenly lit up, and a large amount of pitch-black spiritual fire surged out, forming an overwhelming curtain of fire that swept towards Xiao Chen.

This is his most valuable second-level talisman, which is enough to stop the opponent for an incense stick of time even when facing a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building.

However, the next moment, Peng Dawei was stunned.

A nine-foot-long gourd flew out of Xiao Chen's arms and hung above his head. Any flames that tried to approach were directly swallowed up.

The fire talisman, which seemed to be very powerful, did not have any blocking effect at all.

Xiao Chen just passed through the fire curtain and pressed down the sword light.

Then he smiled and said, "I've been waiting for more than a month, and finally you guys are here."

To be honest, if it weren't for the sword energy before, these words would have sounded like an undercover meeting.

"You are Xiao Chen, the newcomer to Qingyang Spirit Mine. I advise you not to meddle in other people's business."

Peng Dawei frowned and tried to threaten with words: "This is not your stronghold. There is no formation to help you."

"If you must save him, then stay here together."

Xiao Chen skillfully raised his golden light bead while gauging their cultivation levels.

Except for Peng Dawei who is at the eighth level of foundation building, the other two demon cultivators are only at the third level of foundation building.

He was a little disappointed. His low cultivation level meant that the points he would get from killing these three demon cultivators would not be that many.

Seeing that Xiao Chen didn't say anything, he took out several magical weapons one after another.

Peng Dawei shouted, "Let's go together!"

As he spoke, he spat out a mouthful of blood and spat it onto the blood knife in his hand.

Seeing that he was ready to fight to the death, the other two did not hesitate to force out their own blood and essence, and through the blood sacrifice technique, each of them sacrificed a sword light.

Under the influence of the essence and blood, three sword beams took shape instantly and slashed towards Xiao Chen at the same time.

And in mid-air they actually merged into one, turning into a lifelike blood sword that slashed down.

"clang!"

A pair of golden hammers flew into the air and collided with the bloody knife.

"Seven Star Sword Technique - Kaiyang."

Then Xiao Chen drew his sword and slashed at the demon cultivator on the right.

Kaiyang is characterized by its strong power.

"Crack!"

In an instant, the opponent's protective seal was completely penetrated.

With a scream, the opponent was instantly split in half on the spot.

Peng Dawei and Gao Changjun exclaimed at the same time: "Third Brother!" Their eyes widened, completely unable to believe what was before their eyes.

It was just one move, just a sword strike, and their third brother died on the spot.

"The ultimate magic weapon!"

Peng Dawei was both angry and shocked. Only the top-grade magic weapon could exert such great power.

But he realized instantly that since Xiao Chen had a top-grade magic weapon in his hand, they would not be able to win the battle today no matter what.

He immediately turned around and fled on his sword, shouting, "Second brother, run in different directions!"

Gao Changjun was stunned when he heard this, then he reacted and turned around to escape.

"Since you're here, why not stay here?"

Xiao Chen held the Donghua Thunder Sword, swung it backhand, and used Kaiyang again to chop towards Gao Changjun.

At the same time, as soon as he thought of it, a golden bead of light came down on Peng Dawei's head.

"Pfft!"

The sound of sword energy cutting through flesh and blood was heard.

Gao Changjun suddenly felt weak all over. He looked down and saw that his defensive robe was torn in half.

"You wait for me!"

Not far away, Peng Dawei saw that there was no escape, so he simply gritted his teeth and made bleeding escape.

His speed instantly increased by 50%, and at the same time, a flash of blood light burst out from the flying sword under his feet.

The combination of the two actually threw away the colorful golden bead, and in the blink of an eye only a small black dot remained.

"Wait a moment, I'll be right back."

Seeing this, Xiao Chen became a little interested. He turned around and gave a few instructions, then immediately chased after him.

Chang Shunping, who was standing by, was already dumbfounded.

Normally, a battle between foundation-building cultivators would take at least a quarter of an hour to determine the winner.

However, after Xiao Chen arrived, in less than ten breaths, two of the three demon cultivators who besieged him were dead and one escaped.

If he had not seen it with his own eyes today, he would never have believed that someone could kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator like butchering a dog.

One sword, one!
It was not until he heard Xiao Chen's reminder that he suddenly woke up and couldn't help but sigh: "Oh my goodness!"

Who is this Fellow Daoist Xiao and why is he so powerful?
Then Chang Shunping was delighted to hear that Lingyuan Sect’s garrison mission would last for three months.

If that’s the case, doesn’t that mean he won’t have to worry about the next two months?
With Xiao Chen in charge of Qingyang, he can finally have a good night's sleep.

Chang Shunping calmed down a little, landed on the ground, and picked up the broken pieces of the spirit shield.

Some spiritual materials can be extracted from these fragments, so they cannot be wasted.

After picking them up, he took another look at the two demon cultivators who had been broken into four pieces, and suddenly shuddered.

Chang Shunping asked himself if he were in their place, he would definitely not be able to withstand those two powerful sword lights.

The only difference may be that you can die more gracefully by relying on defensive magic weapons.

"Friend Chang, are you okay?"

Just as he was stunned, Xiao Chen had already returned to the scene on his sword.

So fast?
Chang Shunping was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook his head: "I'm fine, fine. That..."

He stopped talking halfway.

He actually wanted to know whether the leader of the demon cultivators had escaped.

If that were the case, the other party might come back at any time.

Especially after two months, when the garrison mission rotates, it will be a big trouble again.

Xiao Chen saw what he wanted to ask and casually took out a head from his storage bag: "Don't worry, I waited so long for him to come here, how can I let him go?"
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Chang Shunping took a closer look and found that it was indeed the head of the demon leader.

So fast!
He was shocked again.

Unlike the two cultivators at the third level of foundation building, Peng Dawei is a genuine cultivator at the eighth level of foundation building.

But it only took less than a quarter of an hour to pick up a fragment, and it was gone just like that?

Xiao Chen showed it, then put away the head and the two bodies.

He also collected their two storage bags, and then picked up a flying sword and a pair of iron maces dropped by the two demon cultivators.

Both of these items are top-grade magical instruments and are not damaged.

Although for him, the top-grade magic weapon is no longer of any use.

However, if you have the chance, you can sell it on the black market and it can be worth two to three thousand spirit stones.

Chang Shunping's eyelids twitched as he watched, not understanding what Xiao Chen was trying to do.

But he opened his mouth, but ultimately didn't dare to ask.

After Xiao Chen cleaned up the scene, he turned around and saw Chang Shunping's frightened eyes, and immediately knew that he had misunderstood.

He began to explain: "Fellow Daoist Chang, please don't misunderstand."

"According to the rules of Lingyuan Sect, if there is an attack by demon cultivators during the garrison period, as long as you can repel the demon cultivators, you will be rewarded with points."

"If you can kill the demon cultivator, you will get additional kill points."

After he said this rule, Chang Shunping suddenly understood.

In other words, if you report the attack on the Qingyang Spirit Mine by these three demon cultivators, you can take advantage of Ling Yuanzong and get extra points.

"So, today, three demon cultivators ran to Qingyang County and attempted to attack the Qingyang Spirit Mine."

Xiao Chen continued, "I would also like to thank Fellow Daoist Chang for coming to support us in time and helping us to contain the demon cultivators."

Chang Shunping immediately followed suit: "These demonic cultivators were lying in ambush outside, preparing to attack the Qingyang Spirit Mine. Thanks to Fellow Daoist Xiao's timely intervention, no disaster was caused."

Very good, very good.

Since the other party understood, Xiao Chen didn't say anything more.

Since he had already come out, he did not rush back, but first sent the frightened Chang Shunping back to the Chang family.

Afterwards, he returned to Qingyang Spirit Mine alone.

He randomly found a disciple who had reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining and sent the information about repelling the demon cultivator back to Lingyuan Sect.

"Let me see what you brought."

After opening the three storage bags and scanning them with his spiritual sense, Xiao Chen frowned.

"Why are you all so poor?"

The three storage bags together only contained 2,120 spirit stones.

However, he was not unprepared mentally. When he was fighting with these three demon cultivators today, he discovered something wrong.

Compared with the demon cultivators encountered in Lizhou before, the strength of these three demon cultivators is obviously too weak.

Putting aside other things, just looking at the magic weapons they use, you can tell at a glance that they are the most basic, top-grade magic weapons.

Otherwise, Xiao Chen wouldn't be able to kill them all with just one sword so easily.

"Could it be that the three people I met today were all cannon fodder trained by the Divine Fire Cult?"

Only this can explain why even the demon cultivator in the late stage of foundation building is so weak.

Apart from his somewhat advanced blood escape skills, he doesn't look like a demon at all.

"Forget it, why should I worry about this."

Xiao Chen shook his head, too lazy to think about it any further.

Anyway, no matter whether you are cannon fodder or not, when calculating the points at the end, they will only be counted according to your cultivation level.

It would be a good thing to have more cannon fodder like this.

This way it would be easier for him to fight when the time comes.

"Hey, what is this?"

After gathering some worthless items, there was a blood-red stone, a bottle of black and red elixir, and a special map in the storage bag.

Xiao Chen first picked up the stone and examined it.

He could feel that the stone contained a particularly active spiritual power. When he held the stone, this spiritual power seemed to rush out and enter his blood.

Although he couldn't identify what kind of mineral it was for the time being, he was certain that the spiritual power contained in it alone was worth a lot of spirit stones.

He estimated that if he could find someone who knew the value of it, he could sell it for at least a few thousand spirit stones.

"That's pretty much it."

Xiao Chen took out a storage box and stored the stone separately.

With this stone, plus those ready-made spirit stones and high-grade magic tools, he could earn nearly 10,000 spirit stones in total this time.

Xiao Chen immediately felt much more satisfied. He came to Hezhou to make a fortune.

It would be too hard to wait for a whole month and finally see the demon cultivator, but end up only getting more than 2,000 spirit stones.

"But come to think of it, I seem to have accumulated quite a lot of things now."

Xiao Chen checked and found that he still had a lot of unused high-grade magic weapons, skills, etc. that he had obtained from Dongfang Xingzhe and the demon cultivator from Huang Quegu.

"I have to keep an eye out later to see if there's any chance to sell all these things for spirit stones."

The situation in Hezhou is chaotic now, but it is at times like this that it is convenient to deal with various things.

Xiao Chen could almost conclude that there must be various black markets of varying sizes in Hezhou now, but he just didn't know how to participate.

Making a mental note of this, he continued to check the rest of his harvest.

Next was the bottle of black and red pills, something he had seen once before.

This time it was still placed in a special bone bottle, with a total of three pills.

"Forget it, let's keep it for now. After a long time, we will know what it is."

Finally, there is the special map.

At first glance, this map looks ordinary, made with ordinary paper and ink, and without any spiritual power.

At first, Xiao Chen just opened it and took a look out of curiosity, wanting to see how the Divine Fire Sect marked the current situation.

But unexpectedly, there was no difference in the situation, but a special mark was accidentally discovered.

In addition to the normal colors on the map, there was a white skull drawn on a small hill at the junction of Qingyang Mountain and Qiuping County.

Xiao Chen suddenly remembered the White Bone Sect that Chang Shunping had mentioned to him.

"Could it be that?"

His eyes lit up: "Could this be the location of a White Bone Sect's stronghold?"

This situation is not impossible. After all, the two sides have different intelligence networks and naturally have different information.

Xiao Chen quickly dug out the rest of the debris and checked again, but unfortunately, he didn't find any such markings on the other items.

"White Bone Sect..."

Xiao Chen reopened the map, stared at the skull mark on the map, and suddenly had a good idea.

"It's only about two hundred miles away. How about I go over and take a look?"

"If I really do encounter a demon cultivator, these are all ready-made points."

"The Lingyuan Sect's inspection envoy won't arrive until the day after tomorrow at the earliest. With such a short distance, they should definitely make it in time after making two trips back and forth."

"The magic cultivators of the Divine Fire Sect are magic cultivators, and the magic cultivators of the White Bone Sect are also magic cultivators."

"Lingyuan Sect, it should be impossible to tell their identities."

(End of this chapter)