Chapter 54 Yan Yuxue's Invitation
Chapter 54 Yan Yuxue's Invitation
The Beast Spirit Sect disciple fell to the ground, his blood staining the ground red.
Xiao Ming reached out and summoned the other party's storage bag and beast-taming bag.
"Well done." Shen Tu Ren's laughter rang out.
With Jiang Xing dead, the two third-tier spirit beasts he controlled immediately died on the spot, freeing Qu Zheng and Shen Tu Ren from their entanglement.
"Two senior brothers." Seeing the two men slowly approaching, Wang Debao immediately greeted them with an awkward smile.
"You recognize us?" Shen Tu Ren looked at Xiao Ming and Wang Debao with amusement.
Having sensed that the two were at the sixth and seventh levels of Qi Refining respectively, he already had a good idea of their situation.
"Of course I recognize them. These two senior brothers are among the best of this year's new disciples. We're all fellow disciples..."
"If you recognize it, why are you wasting your breath? Hand over everything now." Shen Tu Ren's expression suddenly changed, and he sneered.
Wang Debao's expression immediately changed. Shen Tu Ren had a notorious reputation; could he be planning to attack his fellow disciples?
"Here you go, senior brothers." Xiao Ming flicked his sleeve, tossing a storage bag into the air, then grabbed Wang Debao and turned to flee.
"My Azure Lotus." Qu Zheng immediately flew towards the storage bag.
However, Shen Tu Ren didn't even glance at the storage bag, and instead quickly chased after him.
"My two junior brothers, you've actually come. Why are you in such a hurry to leave? The path to immortality is fraught with hardship for your senior brother, and you don't even know how to show him some respect."
Qu Zheng grabbed the storage bag, but when he opened it, he found it was empty.
"How dare you play me for a fool!" Qu Zheng clenched his fists, turned around, and chased after him.
The two pursued each other and soon reached the cave entrance.
Xiao Ming's ears twitched. The Six-Eared Secret Technique detected footsteps, indicating that someone else was approaching.
"What bad luck." Xiao Ming reached out and touched his storage bag, and several talismans were hidden in his sleeve.
As he rushed out of the cave, he saw a man and a woman walking towards him. The young man was dressed in a blue outfit and had a cold face. The young woman had black hair like a waterfall and skin as white as snow. A white jade longsword hung at her waist.
Seeing the two people rush out of the cave, the woman was stunned at first, then a look of joy appeared on her face.
"Senior Brother Xiao!"
"Junior Sister Yan!" Xiao Ming was also somewhat taken aback, and he put away the talisman hidden in his sleeve.
On the contrary, Wang Debao reacted very quickly and immediately rushed towards the two of them.
"Senior brothers and sisters, help me!"
"Where do you think you're going!" Shen Tu Ren charged out.
"Shen Tu Ren!" The blue-clad youth's expression changed upon seeing Shen Tu Ren, and he immediately drew a long spear flashing with lightning.
"Thunderfire Spear, from the Wu family?" Shen Tu Ren asked tentatively.
"That's right, my name is Wu Yun," the young man in blue said coldly.
Shen Tu Ren had committed too many evil deeds, and some of the Wu family disciples had died at the hands of this bandit. Naturally, Wu Yun would not give him a kind look.
"This is really troublesome." Shen Tu Ren looked at the four people in front of him and frowned slightly.
However, he was not afraid. Qu Zheng had already followed him out. When he saw the people present, he immediately understood what was going on, so he smiled "kindly".
"Everyone, don't be impulsive. We are all fellow disciples. In this secret realm, we should support each other. Wouldn't killing each other only benefit the other two major sects?"
"The two senior brothers were pressing each other so hard just now, it didn't seem like they were going to support each other," Xiao Ming said irritably.
"Hmph, isn't that because you took something you shouldn't have? Hand over that Beast Spirit Sect disciple's storage bag, and I can let bygones be bygones." Knowing that he couldn't take action now, Shen Tu Ren had no choice but to settle for second best.
"But it was Senior Brother Xiao who killed that Beast Spirit Sect cultivator," Wang Debao said in a low voice.
"If that guy hadn't been afflicted by my Blood Erosion Gu, how could you two possibly have done anything to him?" Shen Tu Ren felt a pang of heartache at the thought of the Blood Erosion Gu worms that had been annihilated.
"Could you please hear me out, fellow disciples?" Yan Yuxue stepped forward at this moment.
From the few words spoken by these people, she still understood the general situation.
"Since we joined forces to kill the Beast Spirit Sect cultivators, why not divide the treasures equally? Senior Brother Wu Yun and I can be witnesses."
"What this junior sister said makes sense," Qu Zheng immediately agreed.
"Junior Brother Xiao, the Azure Lotus of that day originally belonged to me. If you return it to me, everything will be fine."
"Azure Lotus!" Upon hearing this name, Yan Yuxue's eyes flickered slightly. This was the main ingredient for refining Foundation Establishment Pills, and it should be the most precious item in that storage bag.
"In that case, I'll return it to Senior Brother Qu." Xiao Ming opened his storage bag, took out the Azure Lotus, and tossed it over.
"I want that golden alms bowl, and the two third-tier demon beast corpses in the cave. I'll take one for myself and Senior Brother Qu," Shen Tu Ren said without any politeness.
"Here you go." Xiao Ming tossed out the golden bowl.
He then opened his storage bag, took out half of the spirit stones, and gave them to the somewhat surprised Wang Debao.
With Yan Yuxue and Wu Yun as witnesses, the four of them finished dividing up the belongings of the Beast Spirit Sect cultivator.
Qu Zheng and Shen Tu Ren were about to leave when Yan Yuxue called them back.
"Please wait a moment, senior brothers. I have something important to discuss with you. Would you two be willing to participate?"
"Oh, what's the big deal?" Upon hearing this, Shen Tu Ren immediately became interested.
"To be honest, before the three major sects discovered this place, my Yan family had already entered this secret realm. After paying a huge price, we also obtained some important information."
"Please tell me in detail, junior sister," Qu Zheng said with a smile.
"This secret realm was built by ancient cultivators. For some unknown reason, they left and sealed this place away, taking most of the treasures with them. What we are searching for are just scraps that the ancient cultivators didn't even consider worthwhile. After the passage of time, there are even fewer usable treasures left."
As Yan Yuxue was speaking, she suddenly changed the subject.
"But there is one place that is different. Over time, that place has become even more valuable than when the ancient cultivators were alive."
"You mean... the Spirit Herb Garden!" Xiao Ming immediately realized.
"You know the location of the Spirit Herb Garden." Shen Tu Ren licked his lips excitedly.
"Since Junior Sister knows such important information, why doesn't she go herself?" Qu Zheng questioned.
"That place is protected by a restriction, and my Yan family suffered a lot because of it in the past. Moreover, this information is not only known to my Yan family, but the Beast Spirit Sect should also know something about it. At this moment, many cultivators from the Beast Spirit Sect have already gathered together and begun to forcibly break the restriction. Only by sticking together and gathering more fellow disciples can we have a chance to get a share of the spoils."
"So that's the place." Xiao Ming recalled the mountain peak he had passed by earlier.
"I wonder if any of you senior brothers would be willing to join me in exploring this herb garden?" Yan Yuxue said with a smile.
"Why not?" Shen Tu Ren immediately agreed.
"Junior sister, please lead the way." Qu Zheng nodded.
Although Wu Yun remained silent, his brows were furrowed. These two were no pushovers; traveling with them was tantamount to courting a tiger.
"Senior Brother Xiao, what do you think?" Yan Yuxue looked at Xiao Ming, and no one noticed that her right hand was slightly clenched, the expectation in her eyes was self-evident.
"Since it was Junior Sister Yan who invited me, I naturally will not refuse."
"That's wonderful." Her clenched fingers suddenly loosened, the worry between her brows disappeared, and her lips curled up slightly, her smile as beautiful as a flower.
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