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"When the Purple Cloud Vine is young, it emits a peculiar fragrance. This fragrance is nothing special to ordinary creatures, but it will attract a certain kind of demon beast to stay by its side. This demon beast can absorb the spiritual energy of the Purple Cloud Vine to a certain extent and then nourish the Purple Cloud Vine in return. With the assistance of this demon beast, the Purple Cloud Vine will mature faster and its medicinal effects will be much stronger."

"Once the Purple Cloud Vine matures, this demonic beast will swallow it to maximize its effects."

As Lu Yunshi spoke, his gaze turned to the toad in the arena.

"And the monster I'm talking about is the Water Arrow Frog."

"That person was the first to know that the Purple Cloud Vine was about to ripen here, but when he arrived, he probably also discovered the Water Blade Frog's ambush. Because he was not strong enough to deal with the Water Blade Frog, he came up with a plan to spread the news of the Purple Cloud Vine and lure some people to appear."

"Let them, the Iron Flame Rhinoceros, and the Water Arrow Frog that ambushed them even more severely weaken each other, and then we can reap the benefits ourselves."

At this moment, Senior Sister Li, who had gone to chase the enemy, returned, her face extremely grim.

"Ran away?" Lu Yunshi asked, seeing Li Shijie's expression.

Senior Sister Li nodded awkwardly. "That guy is not as strong as me, but he has an extremely strange footwork technique. I couldn't catch up with him, and I was worried that something might happen to you, so I came back first."

"Let them run away. They probably won't come back." Lu Yunshi nodded slightly. This result was not unexpected.

This cunning old fox who likes to set traps and swindle people from the very beginning, how could he really put himself in danger? He probably didn't expect that the Water Blastoise would be more interested in Zhang Quan at this moment, and would be indifferent to the Purple Cloud Vine that he had taken care of for so long, showing no intention of protecting it at all.

This allowed Zhang Quan to always find opportunities to seize the Purple Cloud Vine, which is why I couldn't resist wanting to kill Zhang Quan.

Little did they know that someone was hiding in the shadows.

It wasn't a particularly brilliant strategy; it was simply a contest of who could remain calm and collected.

The result is obvious: as the one who orchestrated the scheme, he was slightly lacking in composure.

"Junior brother, shouldn't we go help Senior Brother Zhang Quan now? He doesn't seem to be in a good situation." Senior Sister Li looked up at Zhang Quan and noticed that there were not only water burrowing frogs surrounding him, but also two mercenaries constantly lurking on the edge and attacking him from time to time.

It seems that the two mercenary leaders noticed the situation and, to prevent Zhang Quan from actually getting his hands on the Purple Cloud Vine, they made the difficult decision to send men to stop him.

"Senior sister, what are you saying? Senior brother is in danger right now, so it's only right that you help him immediately. After all, if anyone should be helping, it would be you and Miss Lu. All I can do is stand here. Why are you asking me?" Lu Yunshi smiled and handed the choice back to her.

"Uh..." Senior Sister Li was also stunned when she heard these words.

What the other party said made sense. She was much stronger than him, so she should have made the decision herself. However, Lu Yunshi's previous performance was too outstanding, which made her unconsciously want to listen to him before making a decision.

It was as if they had unconsciously accepted Lu Yunshi's position as captain.

But Senior Sister Li had no time to think about these things now. Zhang Quan's situation was indeed precarious. She and Lu Yunxi exchanged a glance, and after the other nodded slightly, the two of them rushed out in the direction of Zhang Quan without much hesitation.

Watching the two women's backs, a glint flashed in Lu Yunshi's eyes, and he then walked to his left.

"Damn it, where did this Spirit Gathering cultivator come from? Judging from his clothes, he's a student from the academy?" The mercenary leader, who was fighting with the man in black, immediately turned grim when he saw Lu Yunxi and Senior Sister Li.

He took a second look before noticing that Lu Yunxi and the other two women were dressed very similarly to Zhang Quan, and he also realized from the women's purpose that the three of them were in cahoots.

"Hey! If we let them continue, none of us will be happy." The man in black suddenly stopped and looked meaningfully in the direction where Lu Yunxi and the other two were.

Upon hearing this, the mercenary leader stopped fighting and began to ponder.

However, before he could come up with a solution, a sudden "whoosh" sound came from the air, and the man in black groaned, his body swaying violently, almost falling to the ground.

The mercenary leader looked up and realized that one of the other's hands and feet had been pierced by silver arrows at some point.

Judging from the appearance of this silver arrow, it is obviously the crossbow bolt that killed his brother before, but wasn't that crossbowman dead?

The mercenary leader was filled with trepidation, and the black-clad man's face was contorted with fear. The two looked at the location of the crossbowman's corpse almost simultaneously, only to find that the man was still dead on the ground, and the surrounding bits of flesh proved that he really hadn't come back to life. So who could it be?

'call out!'

A similar sound came from the air again, but this time the man in black was prepared. Even with an injured hand and foot, he still dodged to the side.

This time, the man in black and the mercenary leader finally caught the direction from which the silver arrow had come. They immediately turned their gaze and noticed a young man in blue robes with eyes full of hatred. In the young man's hand, he was holding the crossbow that had caused them so much trouble before.

However, the next second, they noticed that the boy's aura was only at the level of Body Tempering.

"Zhang Dahei! I finally got my chance, didn't I?" The young man in blue, Lu Yunshi, shouted angrily, his gaze at the man in black seeming to spit fire.

The man in black squinted at Lu Yunshi several times, but still couldn't tell who he was.

"No...who are you?"

"Heh!" Lu Yunshi grinned coldly, his laughter so maniacal that it sent a chill down the spines of the spirit cultivators present.

“You are truly heinous. My parents took you in out of kindness when they saw you were injured, but after you recovered, you heartlessly took their lives for some medicinal herbs. As their son, I have no memory of you at all. Zhang Dahei... you deserve to die.”

Lu Yunshi practically ground his teeth to powder as he spoke the last few words. The crossbow he held trembled as if he were about to fire another arrow at any moment.

Upon hearing Lu Yun's words and seeing his expression, the mercenaries and the crossbowman's companions all simultaneously revealed expressions of disdain.

Although they are all bad people, that doesn't stop them from despising others when they hear about them doing animalistic things.

"Wait! When did I kill your whole family?" Noticing the expressions on the faces of those around him, the man in black was completely dumbfounded. "And my name isn't even Zhang Dahei!"