Fourth Elder Luo Fang, tears streaming down his face, exclaimed excitedly, "The young sect master is not dead! There is hope for our Luo Fu Sect!"

Lan Hua noticed that among the two hundred-plus people, only ten were followers of the Luo Fu Sect of the Lan family.

The rest, he knew without even thinking, were the poor masses who had been forced to come by the Fire Sword Sect.

"Why are there only you people?"

Luo Fang replied with tears in his eyes, "There were quite a few people who originally swore to be loyal to the Lan family to the death, more than twenty people!"

"As a result, everyone was ambushed by Bai Ye's forces, their dantian were destroyed, their cultivation was completely ruined, and they were driven to this soon-to-be-abandoned spirit mine!"

Lan Hua thought to herself, "So it's a spirit mine that's about to be abandoned. No wonder there aren't any experts above the Transformation Realm guarding it!"

Under normal circumstances, the elders in the sect would spend some time inspecting the spirit mines, and some would even personally guard important spirit mines to prevent them from being plundered.

With tears streaming down his face, Luo Fang said, "The Third Elder was old and seriously injured. After losing his cultivation, he soon died of exhaustion in this mine!"

"Many disciples of the Luo Fu Sect also died tragically at the hands of Xu Yuan and his group!"

Ping An cried and said, "We are just like these poor people, we have to mine for at least nine hours every day!"

"That's nine hours! We don't even have enough time to sleep!"

Lan Hua's hands, which had been tightly clenched, were now bulging with veins and her joints were cracking.

"Your cultivation has been destroyed, and you've become a slave!"

"Elder Luo, rest assured, I will make the Fire Sword Sect and Bai Ye pay the price!" Lan Hua promised them.

Just as Lan Hua was preparing to help everyone escape from the mine, a crystalline green light rose from the depths of the mine.

The light came from a pebble-sized, crystal-like object.

Lan Hua exclaimed in surprise, "What's that?"

Fourth Elder Luo Fang turned his head to look, and his eyes widened in surprise.

"A spirit, that's a spirit!"

Lan Hua stepped forward and discovered that the spirit was located in the crater created by the three talisman arrows, presumably helped by the talisman arrows to break through the soil.

"Elder Luo, what is a spirit?"

Luo Fang picked up the crystal and examined it carefully.

"Young Sect Master, the formation of spirit mines is quite complex. Some spirit mines are formed because of spirit essence!"

"Spirit essence is like the source of spirit ore. The spiritual energy emitted by the spirit essence nourishes the rocks! Given enough time, these ordinary rocks will turn into spirit stones containing spiritual energy!"

Upon hearing this, Lan Hua realized that she had stumbled upon a great treasure; this spirit essence was truly the essence of heaven and earth.

Luo Fang sighed, "I never expected that this spirit mine, which even second-rate sects wouldn't want, would contain such a treasure as spirit essence! Judging by its quality, this stuff is probably worth a lot of high-grade spirit stones!"

Lan Hua thought to herself, "Could it be that this spirit mine was discovered too early and didn't develop properly? Otherwise, why would it produce only the lowest-grade spirit stones, and with such a low yield?"

"Young Sect Master, we cripples are no longer qualified to cultivate. You must make good use of us!" Luo Fang said softly.

As Lan Hua was playing with the spirit essence, a claw-like shadow swept across.

The target is the spirit!

Fortunately, Lan Hua was alert enough to dodge and thus saved her precious spirit essence.

Once he regained his footing, he realized that the newcomer was actually a leopard demon, and that he recognized it.

On the day the original owner fell off the cliff and was killed, he was first attacked by leopard demons, and only then was he seriously injured and Bai Zhilan took advantage of him.

The leopard demon in front of Lan Hua was the leader of the pack, with a cultivation level of at least the ninth level of the Initial Yuan Realm.

With its powerful physical body, the leopard demon's strength is no less than that of a Pure Yuan Realm cultivator.

Everyone quickly and sensibly moved to the side, fearing that the impending battle would affect them.

"It's you, you demon beast! How did you end up in this spirit mine?" Lan Hua asked instinctively.

The leopard demon was clearly taken aback, as if it were thinking, "You're still alive!"

Lan Hua stared at the monster in front of her, her mind racing, and finally figured out a key issue.

On the day the original owner was murdered, news was received that a leopard demon was lurking a hundred miles down the mountain, harming people.

Bai Zhilan strongly recommended that he personally subdue the demons, but in the end, it wasn't just one, but a whole group.

Fortunately, the original owner had some skills and managed to break through the encirclement, but inevitably suffered serious injuries.

Lan Hua said to the leopard demon, "So, when I was murdered that day, even you, you beast, were an important part of the conspiracy. You must have deliberately injured me that day, didn't you?"

"And you must have come today to demand the spirit stones back and reclaim the promised reward, right?"

The leopard demon let out a low growl, seemingly admitting everything Lan Hua had said, and then slowly walked towards Lan Hua.

Drooling was everywhere!

"Very well, saves me the trouble of looking for you, you beast! Prepare to die!"

Lan Hua used the Flowing Cloud Step to flash to a high platform inside the mine, and unleashed a series of invisible arrows.

However, the leopard demon lived up to its reputation as an agile beast. With a few quick movements, it dodged Lan Hua's three invisible arrows, leaving several deep claw marks on the ground. Then, it pounced on Lan Hua from mid-air.

Seeing the leopard demon leap up, Lan Hua revealed a wicked smile and fired three arrows with all her might.

That last arrow was a talisman arrow, and the leopard demon had no chance of dodging it.

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The leopard demon dodged the first two arrows, but was pierced through the abdomen by the last one. It screamed and fell heavily to the ground, never to rise again.

Lan Hua put away her bow and lightly leaped to the front of the leopard demon.

"Young Sect Master, be careful!"

The leopard demon roared and suddenly pounced on Lan Hua, crashing hard into her chest.

The impact of the demonic beast on Lan Hua's middle dantian in her chest caused her Yuan Power to stagnate, and she was pinned down by the leopard demon.

The leopard demon roared, as if to say that it was the final victor.

Just as Lan Hua was about to have her head torn off by the leopard demon, a bowl-shaped barrier suddenly appeared, blasting the leopard demon away.

"A great opportunity!"

Lan Hua leaped up and fired three arrows in quick succession, piercing the leopard demon's head once again.

The poor leopard demon was beyond dead.

"That was close! I almost died. What just happened?"

Lan Hua touched her body and found nothing unusual.

Everyone thought that Lan Hua had suddenly unleashed her divine power, which was how she defeated the leopard demon.

After rescuing everyone, Lan Hua was almost in a dilemma.

The rest of the people were fine, and they all went home. However, how to settle the people of Luo Fu Sect was a problem.

Fortunately, Elder Luo knew of a secluded place, which allowed him to settle everyone down.

It was already dark when we returned to Misty Valley.

"Hey! Xiao Hua's demeanor is a bit different today!"

Zi Yue flashed to Lan Hua's side.

She reached into his arms with one hand and grabbed his wrist with the other, startling Lan Hua into exclaiming that she only sold her art, not her body.

"Shut up, you want to sell yourself? I don't care!"

"It's actually a low-grade spirit essence! You've really struck it rich this time!"

"With this spirit essence in hand, you'll have enough to break through to the Yuan Dan realm!"

Lan Hua snatched the spirit back, then casually rubbed his hand with it, and chuckled.

"What incredible luck!"

After taking her pulse, Zi Yue's expression flickered with a strange look, and then she strode towards her boudoir with her long legs.

"Get some rest! Now that you've avenged your great grudge for the time being, starting tomorrow, you'll begin your grueling training!"

"Hellish training? Do you have no humanity left?!"

With a slap, a palm technique manual was smashed onto Lan Hua's face again.

"Without rigorous training, how will you take revenge?"

"Watch it carefully tonight, we need it tomorrow!"

Lan Hua returned to the treehouse and carefully recalled the events of the day, muttering to herself, "Who saved me? It couldn't have been my beautiful master!"

"I saved you!"

A female voice appeared in Lan Hua's mind, startling him.

"No need to look anymore, I'm right inside your body!"

Lan Hua asked anxiously, "Who are you? I have no grudge against you, so why are you inside my body?"

"I am the spirit of the Qiankun Bowl! In your past life, you were shot in the head by a robber, and your blood splattered onto the Qiankun Bowl, which forced me to acknowledge you as my master!"

"Fortunately, I opened a spatial rift in time and brought your soul to this world, which allowed you to live two lives!"