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Shi Yulong of Miaoyin Hall led his fellow junior brothers and sisters, shouldering the master's orders, and hurriedly set out on the journey to support the Jiang family.

"Brother, I'm here to replenish spiritual energy for Lingzhou. You should go and meditate and take a rest. Don't tire yourself out or we'll be leaderless." Gong Shuzhi broke the silence with a smile and took over Shi Yulong who was inputting spiritual energy into Lingzhou.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, junior brother." Shi Yulong did not force him any more. He knew very well that his junior brother was doing this for the good of their team, so he went to sit aside and meditate and rest.

The other disciples each performed their duties and made the spirit boat speed at the fastest speed in an orderly manner.

The disciples of Miaoyin Temple did not dare to stop along the way. They took turns to input spiritual energy into the spirit boat to speed up the journey, for fear that delaying the journey would cause irreversible consequences.

They traveled day and night, crossing mountains and rivers, all of them eagerly hoping to reach the Jiang family as soon as possible.

However, when they passed Yuechen Mountain, which was still a day's journey away from Jiang's family, a sudden crisis came...

A group of evil cultivators suddenly appeared in front of their spirit boat and were immediately surrounded by their fellow evil cultivators, blocking the way of the disciples of Miaoyin Hall. There was a greedy gleam in their eyes, and it was obvious that they were coming for the resources on them.

"I thought it was just a simple mission, but I didn't expect that there would be a golden baby delivered to our door. Hand over the treasures quickly, so that we, the Soul-Devouring Sect, can give you a quick death!" A man wearing an animal bone mask that covered his eyebrows and eyes said arrogantly in his rough voice.

"What a joke! All disciples of Miaoyin Palace, listen up! Set up the Seven Sounds Mysterious Killing Formation!"

"Yes!"

Shi Yulong remained undaunted, immediately directing his fellow apprentices to form a defensive formation. They all positioned themselves methodically at the center of the formation, a position they had practiced countless times. However, a Jindan-stage disciple, having just finished replenishing his Spirit Boat, nearly lost his energy and disrupted the formation. Mu Yunxuan, a medical practitioner standing nearby offering medical support, quickly replaced the disciple.

"Junior Brother Zhou! Let me do it. You meditate and recover! Senior Sister Ye, please give Junior Brother Zhou some spiritual elixirs!" Mu Yunxuan said as he summoned his own innate spiritual energy flute, formed hand seals, and quickly repaired the core of the formation. Shi Yulong gave him a look of approval, "Thank you for your hard work, Junior Brother Mu."

"It's my duty!" Mu Yunxuan responded and then concentrated on forming the formation.

Seeing this, the evil cultivators no longer took advantage of the verbal battle and began to use their own spiritual weapons to break the formation.

Shi Yulong held a whistle in his left hand and a sword in his right hand, fighting back and forth with the leading evil cultivator. The medical disciple paid attention to the situation of everyone so as to rescue the wounded in time, while he used his own natal spiritual weapon to play the unique sound formula of Miaoyin Hall - the Spiritual Sound Formula to provide support to Shi Yulong and the others.

The Soul Devouring Sect's evil cultivators were numerous in number, and they were no match for their desperate fighting style, and gradually fell into trouble.

"Brother, my fellow brothers and sisters are almost unable to hold on, let's retreat first!" Gong Shuzhi saw that his fellow brothers and sisters were seriously injured one by one, even Mu Yunxuan who had just been rescued from the evil cultivator and was almost killed by him.

"Thank you, senior brother, for saving me." Mu Yunxuan covered the wound on his chest and quickly took a handful of pills.

"Let me hold them back! You retreat!" Shi Yulong took out a bottle of replenishing spiritual pills and poured them all into his mouth. Then, his spiritual power surged. He prepared to use the sound formula that would harm the enemy by a thousand and harm himself by two thousand to hold back the evil cultivators, so that his fellow disciples could evacuate safely! If he couldn't hold them back, he could self-destruct!

"Brother! Let me hold them back and you take everyone away!" Gong Shuzhi saw Shi Yulong's intention and decided to sacrifice himself.

"Brother! Let me do it!"

"Big Brother! I'm coming!"

"Senior Brother! I'm seriously injured, and I'm afraid I'll be a burden to everyone if I go to the Jiang family. Let me do it! I can be buried with so many evil cultivators, it's worth it!" Zhou Hebu said weakly.

Everyone in Miaoyin Palace didn't want Shi Yulong to sacrifice himself for them, so they volunteered to cover their retreat...

Shi Yulong felt a warmth in his heart, but he still said sternly, "Don't argue anymore. I've made up my mind. Leave now! Second Junior Brother, if you still consider me your senior brother, then listen to me and quickly evacuate your fellow Junior Brothers and Sisters to safety. Come to the Jiang Family as soon as possible, and write back to the sect to quickly request support from the elders. The Soul Devouring Sect is out in full force this time. If we go there, it's like throwing an egg against a rock!"

"Yes... Senior Brother!" Gong Shuzhi's eyes were blurred with tears. He clenched his fists and prepared to evacuate with the others.

"Hey, hey, hey, why are you crying?" The evil cultivator wearing an animal bone mask laughed evilly, "Did I agree that you can leave?" After saying that, he took out his own life-saving magic weapon, a cauldron, and prepared to take everyone in the Miaoyin Hall into the cauldron to refine their cultivation.

"This is! The Dark Flame Cinder Sky Cauldron! He is Dong Mingye, one of the only two elders in the Fusion Stage of the Soul Devouring Sect! I wonder how many righteous monks have been refined by this cauldron! It is said that the mask on his face is made of refined finger bones of monks!" A disciple exclaimed, and the other disciples followed his gaze and saw that the animal bone mask worn by the man was indeed made of pieces of bones. Although the joints were good, there were still many tiny gaps. They thought it was animal bones, but it turned out to be human bones!

"If you guessed correctly, I'll reward you with a lifetime tour of my trip to the cauldron!"

The people in Miaoyin Hall were defeated. Under the suppression of the fusion stage cultivators, they could not move and did not even have the chance to self-destruct. Seeing that they were about to be sucked into Dong Mingye's cauldron and become a help to improve his cultivation, they wished they had died in the battle. For a moment, a depressing atmosphere enveloped everyone.

Seeing that there was no way to save the situation, Shi Yulong hated his own incompetence and betrayed his master's trust. Not only did he fail to support the Jiang family, but he and his fellow apprentices were also ambushed by the Soul Devouring Sect. He was afraid that the Soul Devouring Sect had already arrived at the Jiang family and had already started a massacre...

"I was passing through here and heard crying sounds from thousands of miles away, so I came to investigate. I never imagined it was the friends from Miaoyin Palace." A heroic red figure descended from the sky with a clear and crisp voice...

The disciples of Miaoyin Palace were relieved of the suppression cast by the evil cultivator with the arrival of the person before them. Shi Yulong quickly recognized who this savior was—"Cangfeng Daojun!"

"Are you all okay, my friends?" Daoist Master Zangfeng responded.

Dong Mingye sensed something was amiss. Why was this God of Death here? Didn't Dongxu Wanwuzhi say he was in seclusion?! He withdrew his mind and was about to have his men cover his retreat while he was still chatting with the prey from Miaoyin Hall when a flash of sword light descended in front of him...

"Did I let you go?" Taoist Zang Feng turned around fiercely and attacked with all his killing moves.

Dong Mingye's attempts to escape proved fruitless, and seeing this, he could only summon the Dark Flame Cinder Heaven Cauldron to resist and dissolve Daoist Master Cangfeng's murderous moves. Daoist Master Cangfeng and Dong Mingye stood facing each other, and the atmosphere was extremely tense...

Taoist Master Cangfeng stood facing the wind, holding his natal spiritual sword in his hand, and the sword body of Cangfeng sword was flashing with a cold light.

Dong Mingye was wearing a blood-stained robe, exuding an evil aura. He took out the bone whip that he had not used before.

This bone whip was also a magic weapon he made by using the waste spines of those monks. It exuded black resentment all over its body, and the Nether Flame Cinders Cauldron surrounded it, ready to defend him from fatal attacks at any time.

"I have long heard of the name of Taoist Master Cangfeng. Now that you have reached the stage of transcending tribulation, you have casually intervened in cause and effect and have acquired karma. Aren't you afraid that your ascension will be hindered?" Dong Mingye tried to make Taoist Master Cangfeng give up, and persuaded him step by step.

"Tsk, maybe that old fellow You Hanhai would consider this, but me? I cultivate Taoism to sever my karma, so why would I be afraid of being entangled by it?" Daoist Master Cangfeng sneered, "Save your energy and prepare to die. If I don't get rid of you today, my Dao heart will be unstable and my ascension will be hopeless!"

The battle was about to break out. Dong Mingye no longer distracted himself from the matter and focused on dealing with the current situation. He waved the bone whip, muttering something. Countless resentful souls gathered on the bone whip from all directions. His moves were full of evil, and he smiled wildly as he waved it towards Taoist Cangfeng's face.

Faced with such murderous intent, Cangfeng Daojun remained unmoved. He just raised his sword, tapped his toes lightly, made a beautiful sword flower, and easily wrapped around the eerie and terrifying bone whip.

When he touched the bone whip, he heard the wails of countless resentful souls. He deduced in his mind the origin of the bone whip! Furious, he controlled his Qi to knock the bone whip from Dong Mingye's hand. Using his magic, he transformed the Hidden Edge Sword into a thousand sword formations that descended from the sky, forcing Dong Mingye to retreat repeatedly and resort to various defensive magic weapons.

On this side, Dong Mingye was struggling to hold on under the overwhelming killing moves of Taoist Cangfeng. On the other side, the disciples of Miaoyin Hall began to meditate and heal on the spirit boat and did not join the battle again. It was not that they did not want to help their seniors repel the enemy, but there was really no need for them to do anything in front of Taoist Cangfeng. As long as they could protect themselves, they would not cause trouble for Taoist Cangfeng.

Dong Mingye, who was at the Fusion Stage, was ultimately one major realm behind Cang Feng Daojun, who was at the Tribulation Stage. He was only able to hold out for an incense stick of time, relying on the magic weapons he had plundered and refined to resist damage. Even his lifeblood magic weapon, the Nether Flame Ash Heaven Cauldron, had cracked. He was already at the end of his rope...

Taoist Cangfeng's swordsmanship was sharp, and each sword contained great power. That power seemed inexhaustible and kept smashing towards Dong Mingye. The evil cultivators around him had already been wiped out by Cangfeng Sword's thousands of sword formations and thousands of killing sword techniques.

At this moment, Dong Mingye suddenly roared, "If that's the case, no one can leave!"

A powerful force erupted from his body, and a black light enveloped his entire body...

"Oh no, he's going to self-destruct!" Taoist Master Cangfeng quickly made a hand gesture and cast a defensive magic weapon to protect the Miaoyin Palace Spirit Boat. He then used his own defensive skills and cast the Hun Tian Chaos Ribbon to surround Dong Mingye's location.

Boom——

The huge explosion made the disciples of Miaoyin Hall dizzy, and the disciples with lower realms were shocked to the point of bleeding from all seven orifices. The frightened fellow medical practitioners rushed to treat them. In the chaos, no one noticed that a wisp of black mist quickly and consciously penetrated into the Mingyan Jintian Ding in the smoke that had not dissipated after the explosion.

After the smoke cleared, Dong Mingye had disappeared, leaving behind only his dilapidated life-saving magic weapon. Taoist Cangfeng put it into his Qiankun bag, ready to destroy this evil weapon when he had the chance. He also picked up the bone whip that fell beside him, placed it properly, and then helped him to purify his soul and pass on to the next life.

Seeing that the crisis was over, the Miaoyin Palace, led by Shi Yulong, burst into tears of gratitude and thanked Taoist Master Cangfeng.

"Thank you for your help, Senior! Otherwise, all of my disciples from Miaoyin Hall would have been tortured to death by the evil cultivators... or even worse, they would have become weapons in their hands to harm others in the future."

Taoist Cangfeng smiled slightly and said, "No problem, it's just a piece of cake. What are you doing here? How did you come across this evil demon?"

"Six days ago, Miaoyin Palace received a letter from the Jiang family in Dongling asking for help from an evil cultivator. This time, I was ordered by my master to go to the Jiang family to support them. When I passed by Yuechen Mountain, I didn't expect to be ambushed by the elders of the Soul-Devouring Sect." Shi Yulong bowed and told Taoist Cangfeng about his itinerary.

"The Jiang family..." Taoist Cangfeng fell into deep thought. He had traveled eastward from the sect and had seen many Jiang families, big and small, destroyed many evil cultivator dens, and met many people with the surname Jiang, but he hadn't sensed anyone who had a master-disciple relationship with him. Could it be...

"I will go with you."

Shi Yulong was stunned, and with an expression that could not be hidden on his face, he said happily: "With the help of senior, this trip will surely be a great victory, saving the Jiang family from the dire situation! I guess that the Soul-Devouring Sect has already gone to the Jiang family, and now the Jiang family is probably in great danger. Dong Mingye, who is stationed here with a mission, must be the team to intercept the reinforcements!" The more he spoke, the more serious the situation became. The surrounding disciples and Taoist Master Cangfeng all felt a sinking feeling in their hearts when they heard it.

"I'll go first, you guys bring your medical disciples and come quickly!" After saying that, he turned into a beam of light and went to Dongling.

Before Shi Yulong and the others could react, they realized that Daojun Cangfeng was no longer on the spiritual boat. They all gathered their forces and set off again...