Xilan City is built on a canyon.

It looked like a flat land split by a huge axe, with sloping hillsides on both sides and a dark, bottomless black crack in the middle. This was Luoyuan Valley.

In Luoyuan Valley, there are both ferocious monsters and all kinds of natural treasures, which makes the cultivators in Xilan City love and hate it.

At this moment, there are six people in Luoyuan Valley, sitting around a bonfire. There are both men and women among the six people. Although there are Jindan cultivators in Xilan City and foundation-building cultivators are not uncommon, under normal circumstances, most of the foundation-building cultivators are elusive. Even if they come to Luoyuan Valley, they will go directly to the middle and lower levels. After all, there are no natural treasures in the upper levels of Luoyuan Valley that are worthy of the attention of foundation-building cultivators.

So, in the upper level of Luoyuan Valley, most of the people who come and go are Qi Refining cultivators, and the six people in front of the campfire are all the best in the Qi Refining period. They are all in the late stage of Qi Refining, and the lowest level among them is the eighth level of Qi Refining. Such a luxurious team can be said to be able to sweep the upper level of Luoyuan Valley.

Of course, they couldn't gather like this on ordinary days. A strong man was getting a little annoyed waiting, so he stood up and looked ahead, "Why hasn't anyone arrived yet? Could it be that Xu Yinhua is here to tease us?"

A hooded monk also glanced ahead. "That's unlikely. Don't forget Gao Jun is also the guarantor. Could it be that the two of them are colluding to defraud us?"

The sturdy man's mouth moved slightly, but he didn't say anything in the end. Xu Yinhua was at the seventh level of Qi training, which in the eyes of these people was just the late stage of Qi training. Naturally, his words had less weight. But Gao Jun was different. He was at the ninth level of Qi training, which was considered the top strength in the Qi training period. This person guaranteed Xu Yinhua, so naturally it was different.

After a while, two figures finally appeared.

A woman wearing three flower hairpins and a man with a somewhat sinister face walked over.

When the strong man saw her coming, he no longer had the complaining look on his face. He ignored Xu Yinhua beside him and looked at Gao Jun, "Haha, brother Gao Jun, you're finally here. I made you wait so long."

Gao Jun just nodded slightly, and Xu Yinhua started to speak, "Everyone, I saw a suitable Taoist friend on the road, and it took some time to persuade her to come over. I hope you can forgive me. Now we can set off."

The sturdy man twitched his mouth, showing a slight dissatisfaction, but he smiled and said that he didn't care. Although Xu Yinhua's cultivation was average, she was close to Gao Jun and might even be Gao Jun's mistress. For Gao Jun's sake, although he was a little dissatisfied, he couldn't get angry.

Others were also more or less dissatisfied, but they did not show it.

In this way, Gao Jun followed behind and Xu Yinhua led the crowd to the depths of the upper layer of Luoyuan Valley. Although the width of Luoyuan Valley was not large, its length was a bit exaggerated. Ordinary people who grew up on one side of Luoyuan Valley could see a black line extending straight to the sky.

As for how long it is exactly, no one has counted it, but an ordinary Qi-refining cultivator would have to fly the sword for three days and three nights before he could barely see the end of it.

The road was winding and some places were caves. She couldn't fly the sword, so she had to lie down and crawl through them. She didn't stop until she reached a pitch-black cave. She clapped her hands and the cave suddenly became bright.

Only then did everyone see the situation in the cave clearly. In front of them was a green lotus leaf, and in front of the lotus leaf was a stone platform. On the stone platform was an incense burner. A magical medicine that looked like a dandelion grew on the incense burner, and it swayed gently with a breeze.

When everyone saw the magical medicine, they all looked happy. Immediately, one person could not bear it any longer and stood up and flew forward. Just as he was about to get the Tianxin Grass, a blood-red ghost hand suddenly came out and grabbed the man's wrist. The man was startled at first, and then he didn't react.

Several more ghost hands stretched out, and the blue-robed monk was torn into pieces in an instant.

The burly man who had complained earlier frowned upon seeing this scene. He looked at Xu Yinhua and asked, "Xu Yinhua, why have you never mentioned the ghost hand in the lotus leaf?"

Xu Yinhua laughed sweetly, "Who told you to rush in before I could even finish my words?"

The other people all stared at Xu Yinhua with unfriendly expressions. They also wanted to take action just now, but if they had not been a step slower, they would have been the ones to die.

Sensing the hostility of the crowd, Gao Jun burst out with the aura of the ninth level of Qi training, took a step forward, and protected Xu Yinhua behind him.

The hooded monk frowned as he looked at Xu Yinhua, who showed no fear at all, and Gao Jun, who was protecting Xu Yinhua behind him despite the pressure from the crowd. He realized something was wrong from the beginning. Gao Jun was too silent along the way. No matter what the strong man asked him, it was the woman Xu Yinhua who answered, and he himself had a blank expression on his face the whole time, only knowing how to nod and shake his head, just like, like, a puppet!

The hooded monk came up with an idea that made his heart skip a beat. If Gao Jun, who was at the ninth level of Qi training, could be turned into a puppet, then the person who did it must be a foundation-building monk. But Xu Yinhua was obviously not a foundation-building monk. In addition, Gao Jun looked dull, and Xu Yinhua still had a sweet smile on her face, as if she was not looking at a living being.

The hooded monk suddenly felt that all this was inexplicably strange.

At this moment, the strong man was arguing fiercely with Gao Jun.

However, Gao Jun remained silent from beginning to end.

At that moment, three short arrows suddenly streaked towards Xu Yinhua like lightning. Unexpectedly, Gao Jun, a ninth-level Qi Refiner, was so slow to react! The three small arrows pierced Xu Yinhua's chest unhindered, leaving three bloody holes the size of bowls.

This sudden scene shocked everyone present, but what happened next shocked them even more.

Despite suffering such a severe blow, Xu Yinhua did not fall down immediately.

She breathed a sigh of relief and looked past the crowd, straight towards the cave entrance.

"There is a clever mouse," she whispered, her tone chillingly calm. As soon as she finished speaking, her body slumped to the ground.

"But no matter how clever a mouse is, it's still just a mouse." Just then, a chilling sound rang out from the high platform on the lotus leaf platform. As the sound rang out, the platform slowly slid down, and everyone realized with shock that this was no platform at all, but a giant coffin! The coffin lid suddenly flew off, and a blood-red figure sat up from it, his eyes suddenly opening.

His blood-red eyes looked at everyone in the cave with indifference.

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