Lan Hua quickly pulled Jiang Xinghai up, "Instructor Jiang, how are you?"

Jiang Xinghai shook his head, quite surprised: "It was you! How did you manage to trespass into the forbidden area?"

After saying that, he quickly chased after the two who had fled in that direction.

Lan Hua chased after him, making up a random excuse to brush it off.

"Instructor Jiang, who are the two people who just snatched that box?"

Jiang Xinghai said, "Those two are from the Immortal Sword Sect and the Overlord Blade Sect respectively! They are both experts in the early stage of the Transformation Realm. Be careful when they catch up with us!"

Lan Hua thought to herself, "They really are from those two major sects!"

"Instructor Jiang, why did those two appear in the forbidden area behind the cliff?"

Jiang Xinghai gave a wry smile, "It's all my fault for being careless and being followed by those two!"

"The two of them used invisibility spells to follow me into the forbidden area. When I discovered the black box, they suddenly pounced and snatched it!"

Lan Hua exclaimed in surprise, "Invisibility talisman? No wonder we couldn't detect their presence!"

The invisibility talisman is a high-level talisman technique. It can not only conceal one's form but also hide one's aura. Only talisman masters at the Danxia Realm or above can draw it.

As a second-rank talisman master, Lan Hua was no stranger to the art of talismanic arts.

Once a talisman technique is used, there will always be a slight fluctuation of spiritual energy, which is difficult for non-talisman practitioners to detect.

"No wonder I felt something was off about the Pill God Temple lately. It turns out someone had already infiltrated the Pill God Temple, but my talisman skills weren't good enough to detect it!"

"It seems that the Immortal Sword Sect and the Overlord Blade Sect have been secretly plotting for a long time, with the aim of using Jiang Xinghai to seize the black box in the forbidden area!"

Lan Hua thought for a moment and realized that neither the Immortal Sword Sect nor the Overlord Blade Sect had any talisman masters; one was a sword-cultivating sect and the other a blade-cultivating sect.

"Could it be an invisibility talisman obtained from the Immortal Talisman Sect? Or is the Immortal Talisman Sect involved in this operation?" Lan Hua wondered to herself.

Lan Hua and Jiang Xinghai chased each other for a long time inside the underground palace before finally following the people from the Immortal Sword Sect into a cave.

This cave was different from the one they had come from; this one was longer.

One thing Lan Hua was certain of was that even the people of the Immortal Sword Sect and the Overlord Blade Sect didn't know about the existence of this cave, otherwise they wouldn't have gone around in circles for so long.

Lan Hua felt that the exit of this cave might be on the edge of Danhua Mountain, far away from the Danshen Temple.

As expected, when Lan Hua and the other person emerged from the cave, they were quite far from the Dan Shen Palace.

Although they had emerged from the cave, the person who had stolen the black box had vanished without a trace.

Jiang Xinghai looked regretful, realizing he shouldn't have trespassed into the forbidden area behind the cliff, giving those with ulterior motives an opportunity to take advantage.

Lan Hua, however, felt that the two people had not disappeared; they had most likely used an invisibility spell to hide themselves again.

After all, he and Jiang Xinghai had been relentlessly pursuing him in the cave; they couldn't have disappeared so quickly.

Even if you're flying on a sword, there should still be a shadow in the sky!

"Instructor Jiang, don't panic, the thief should still be nearby!"

Lan Hua released her spiritual power and began to carefully comprehend it.

He quickly detected a fluctuation of spiritual energy, which came from the invisibility talisman.

With a flick of her right hand, Lan Hua grasped two black iron talisman arrows and nocked them onto the bowstring of the Piercing Bow.

"I'd like to see how many invisibility talismans you have!"

Lan Hua closed her eyes and focused on sensing the location of that wisp of spiritual energy.

"Two dragons emerge from the sea! Let's go!"

Two black iron arrows shot out at lightning speed, creating two waves of air.

Two metallic clangs rang out, accompanied by two muffled groans. Only then did the people from the Immortal Sword Sect and the Overlord Blade Sect regain their footing, having been knocked back several feet, now a hundred feet away from Lan Hua and her companion.

The swordsman exclaimed, "Brother Chang, this kid is a skilled archer. His arrows are quite strange. Be careful!"

The man with the knife said, "Brother Zhao, don't worry, fortunately that kid is only at the Pure Yuan Realm!"

Jiang Xinghai roared, "Who are you? Are you from the Immortal Sword Sect and the Overlord Blade Sect?"

The man with the knife laughed, "We're just rogue cultivators. I've never heard of the Immortal Sword Sect or the Overlord Blade Sect!"

Lan Hua was speechless. There was no such ridiculous reason as to sever ties with the Immortal Sword Sect and the Overlord Blade Sect.

The two wanted to sever ties with the two major sects; frankly, they didn't want the relationship between the Pill God Palace and the two major sects to become too strained.

The man with the knife thought for a moment, then said, "Brother Zhao, you go first, I'll cover your retreat!"

After saying that, the man with the knife threw a black box to him.

The man with the sword hesitated for a moment before saying, "Alright, let's meet at our usual spot!"

After saying that, the man with the sword ran off into the distance.

Although this place is far from the Pill God Temple, if one rashly uses the sword control technique, one will still inevitably be discovered by the elders inside the Pill God Temple.

Those elders were powerful experts at the Danxia Realm, capable of annihilating cultivators at the Huayuan Realm with a single hand, so the man with the sword did not choose to fly on his sword.

Jiang Xinghai said in a low voice, "Lanhua, that sword cultivator is trying to run away. Can you stop him?"

"no problem!"

"That's good!"

A ball of blue-purple flame appeared in Jiang Xinghai's right palm, and then he rushed towards the man with the knife.

Lan Hua then took the opportunity to cross over.

"Want to get over there? No way!"

The man with the knife suddenly drew his sword, a flash of light appeared, and several blade energies pierced the air, attacking Lan Hua and Jiang Xinghai with extreme speed.

"As expected of someone from the Overlord Blade Sect, their swordsmanship is indeed formidable!"

Amazed, Lan Hua used the Flowing Light Step to dodge the two blade energies, and then chased after the sword cultivator.

The man with the knife was somewhat surprised to see Lan Hua easily dodge his blade attack, but he did not continue to stop him, because he knew he couldn't stop him.

However, he trusted his companions more.

The Immortal Sword Sect's Immortal Sword Technique is unparalleled in the world, and it is definitely not something that a kid like Lan Hua can handle.

At this point, he still felt that Lan Hua's ability to force the two of them to show themselves was nothing more than a lucky fluke.

Jiang Xinghai wielded the Dan Fire with unparalleled skill, transforming it into a fire dragon that seemed to devour the man wielding the knife.

But the man with the knife was not afraid at all. With each swing of his long sword, he unleashed wave after wave of sword energy, shattering the fire dragon.

Just as Jiang Xinghai and the man with the knife were locked in a stalemate, Lan Hua had already caught up with the sword cultivator.

The swordsman was startled and immediately used all his cultivation to increase his speed and get away from Danhua Mountain.

The two chased each other for a while, and after a short time, the man with the sword, seeing that he was far away from Danhua Mountain, used his sword control technique to fly away on his sword.

"Trying to run? You'll have to ask me, the archer, if I'll allow it!"

Lan Hua unleashed the first move of the Invisible Arrow Technique, maintaining it consistently throughout.

A powerful arrow shot toward the swordsman, but he blocked it with his scabbard.

Although he blocked the invisible arrow of light, the swordsman suddenly lost his balance and almost fell to his death.

Fortunately, he managed to regain his balance, thus preserving his dignity as a swordsman and preventing him from becoming the first swordsman in history to die from a fall.

Lan Hua's expression turned cold as she nocked a black iron talisman arrow and locked it onto the back of the man wielding the sword.

call out!

The black iron arrow arrived quickly, startling the swordsman who thought to himself how skilled the archer was.

Having just experienced a close call, he dared not catch the arrow with his bare hands and once again used his sword sheath to block it.

boom!

The black iron arrow pierced straight through the sword sheath, but fortunately the swordsman was quick-witted and dodged it.

However, the powerful impact still sent the sword-wielding man flying, detaching him from the flying sword.

Fortunately, he summoned his flying sword in time, which allowed him to land safely and avoid a fatal fall.

Lan Hua drew back the bowstring taut, smiled slightly, and said, "Now, can you tell me who you are?"