Upon hearing Han Li's words, the masked man's eyes darted around, as if he were pondering some countermeasure.

"Fellow Daoist, I am merely a rogue cultivator. The reason I attacked Miss Yuye was simply because I had long heard of her beauty, and in my haste I took the wrong path. I hope you will forgive me!"

"If I had known that this young lady had a close relationship with you, I would never have made a move."

The masked man chuckled and said.

"You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences. Do you think I look that easy to fool?"

As he spoke, Han Li slowly released his unique spiritual pressure, characteristic of the late-stage Qi Refining realm, and pressed down on the masked man.

Sensing the unfathomable magical power fluctuations emanating from the other party, the masked man's expression darkened. He then clasped his hands in a fist salute and said, "I had no intention of deceiving you, senior. Everything I have said is true. If you do not believe me, then there is nothing I can do."

Seeing this, Han Li didn't say anything. He spread his five fingers, and the fang mask that was originally covering his face flew out and landed in Han Li's hand.

Upon seeing the person's true appearance, Han Li was momentarily speechless.

Since entering the world of cultivation, this was the first time he had seen a cultivator even uglier than himself. He was shocked but couldn't help finding it somewhat amusing.

Seeing Han Li's undisguised mockery, a fierce glint flashed in the ugly cultivator's eyes, which he then replaced with a fawning smile, staring expectantly at Han Li.

"You must be a demonic cultivator! Even if you aren't, you're still inextricably linked to the demonic path."

"Speak, who sent you to target the Feng family like this?"

"If you don't talk, I have plenty of ways to make you talk. But these methods are too cruel, and I don't know how long you can last."

Han Li held the woman in his arms, took out a black cloth robe from his storage bag, covered her with it, and then slightly raised the corners of his mouth, exuding a murderous aura.

Upon hearing this, the ugly cultivator's expression changed repeatedly.

"If that's the case, then go die!"

Han Li stopped talking nonsense. The flying sword on his forehead trembled violently, as if it would fall down on him at any moment.

"Wait...wait a minute!"

"If I were to tell you, would you spare my life, fellow Daoist?"

Do you have the right to bargain with me?

Han Li snorted coldly and said.

The ugly monk remained silent after hearing this, seemingly deep in thought. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and made up his mind.

"Alright! Then I'll tell you everything I know."

"I was originally a rogue cultivator from the Wushan area of ​​Guangling City. A few years ago, I accidentally received a bounty notice. The bounty notice was to wipe out the mortal Jianghu forces, and the reward was extremely generous. At the time, I thought that such a simple job was a piece of cake for us rogue cultivators."

"It wasn't until I accepted the mission that I realized things weren't so simple at all. The force targeted for elimination in the bounty was actually the Feng family of Wuling City."

"You should know that the Feng family has a Core Formation cultivator, and they are also protected by a strange array, so their sphere of influence is quite large. With our Qi Refining stage cultivation, it would be unwise for us to offend a Core Formation cultivator."

"The person who issued the bounty told us not to worry, that someone would handle the Core Formation cultivator, and that we only needed to target the direct lineage of the Feng family. With these people's confident assurances, we gradually began to take action."

"At first, we only secretly killed a few members of the Feng family. Later, seeing that the Core Formation cultivator did not react at all, we gradually became bolder."

"Until a few days ago, I accidentally caught a glimpse of Miss Yuye's beauty, and I was momentarily blinded by lust... But what I didn't expect was that the power of this great formation had weakened so much. I'm sure you know what happened afterward."

The ugly cultivator sighed and spoke in one breath.

"Besides you, who else has accepted the bounty?"

Han Li pondered for a moment before asking.

"Besides me, there are three people in the early stage of Qi Refining, two in the middle stage of Qi Refining, and one in the late stage of Qi Refining," the ugly cultivator replied after thinking for a moment.

"Can you contact these people?"

The ugly monk shook his head.

“These people are very cautious, and they always wear masks when they move around, so they are impossible to identify. You can only sense their general cultivation level.”

Upon hearing this, Han Li's eyes narrowed slightly.

He couldn't possibly believe everything the man in front of him said. But the matter of the bounty order certainly didn't seem fake.

Wushan and Guangling City, it seems I'll have to visit them sometime in the future.

Just as Han Li was deep in thought, the ugly cultivator's body shone brightly. With a flash of purple light, he transformed into a strange wisp of green smoke, broke free from the vines' restraints, and shot away as a streak of blood-red light.

Han Li smiled slightly upon seeing this, and with a wave of his hand, more than twenty golden flying swords flew out, like little golden fish, chasing after the enemy.

With a bloodcurdling scream, the ugly cultivator's body was pierced by golden flying swords, and he fell straight to the ground.

At that moment, all the golden flying swords flew back, each carrying a black storage bag.

Han Li originally intended to use this person as bait to have him take care of the Feng family in his place.

Unfortunately, this person was too scheming. Rather than letting a wolf into the house, it's better to deal with him as soon as possible to prevent future troubles.

However, the escape technique this person just used was quite interesting; he was able to break free from the vines' restraints and escape in a short time.

After briefly glancing at the contents of his storage bag, Han Li flipped his palm, revealing an ancient book with the three large characters "Blood Shadow Escape" written on it.

This Blood Shadow Escape is an extreme speed gained by burning one's life essence. When combined with flying on a sword, it can unleash unprecedented speed.

Driven by essence and blood, it undoubtedly belongs to the demonic path.

It seems that the person just now was indeed suspicious of his identity; he was most likely not a rogue cultivator.

And this so-called Wushan is most likely one of the strongholds of those demonic cultivators in Ningzhou.

There's a good chance there are Foundation Establishment cultivators inside!

If you go there rashly, you might not even be left with bones.

Han Li put away the books in his hands and pondered.

Wuling City is, after all, a major city of the righteous path, located at the intersection of the five major sects. No matter how bold these demonic cultivators are, they would not dare to make a move easily within the city.

At most, they would just lure those mortals out of the city like they did today, and then plot against them.

"Let's go back to Feng Manor first. Perhaps my master still has some backup plan."

Han Li shook his head, and the lightning-struck wooden sword flew out from his body. He grabbed Feng Yuye's soft, boneless waist and flew towards Wuling City.

Meanwhile, inside the Feng Mansion.

After learning that the young lady was missing, chaos ensued.

Inside the hall, Madam Yan paced back and forth anxiously.

Yan Shi, as Feng Yuye's mother, is undoubtedly the most worried at this moment.

She knew very well that with her daughter's beauty, she had probably been coveted by someone for a long time.

As the saying goes, it's not the thief you should fear, but the one who has his eye on you.

But he had only been back for one night when he disappeared again. Thinking back to the guards' testimonies this morning, Yan Shi felt even more uneasy.

"How's it going? Did you find it?"

Upon seeing someone enter, Yan Shi hurriedly stepped forward and inquired.

Seeing this, the maid simply shook her head.

After learning of the young lady's inexplicable disappearance, the entire Feng family was on edge, and everyone was in a state of constant anxiety.

To their surprise, the patriarch seemed completely unconcerned. This left everyone puzzled, wondering what the patriarch was thinking.

"Aunt, please don't worry too much. Sister Yuye is a lucky person and will definitely be alright."

Seeing that Madam Yan was in such a hurry, Feng Jinzhi spoke up.

Perhaps, even she herself doesn't believe this!

This person had just returned when he disappeared the very next day, clearly indicating that it was premeditated.

"Yu Ye is my only precious daughter. How could I live if something happened to her..."

At this moment, large tears rolled down Yan's cheeks, completely devoid of her usual arrogant demeanor.

Seeing this, Feng Yuye felt even worse.

Feng Jinzhi quickly comforted her, "Aunt, don't be too sad. Maybe my sister will come back soon."

At this moment, a servant rushed over, knelt on the ground, and reported: "Madam, there is an old man outside requesting an audience. He says he is a friend of Miss and has news about Miss to tell you."

Upon hearing this, Madam Yan immediately stopped crying and hurriedly said, "Quickly, please invite him in!"

At the same time, in front of the Feng Mansion, an old man dressed in a linen shirt stood with his hands clasped behind his back, and behind him stood a beautiful woman with a pretty face.

These two were none other than Han Li and Feng Yuye in disguise.

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