If I can't complete the task, I won't be able to explain it to my master, and this is going to be a bit of a problem.

"Brother, are you really determined to oppose our Heavenly Pole Sect? I advise you to think it over carefully before you speak," the other party said.

Liu Xiaoyuan said, "I'll consider your sister! Didn't you hear me clearly? Release him!"

"Hmph, don't think that just because you're at the late stage of Qi Refining, you can be so presumptuous. If my fellow disciples and I join forces and fight to the death, I'm afraid you won't get any advantage either. In the end, we'll both be injured. The two Qi Refining mid-stage cultivators from the Heavenly Extreme Sect saw that Liu Xiaoyuan was deliberately making things difficult for them, and they knew that this matter tonight would probably not end well."

The two realized that Liu Xiaoyuan was at the late stage of Qi Refining, and they were not sure they could win a fight.

However, this small cauldron from the Tan family is very important. It was personally ordered by their master that they must bring the small cauldron from the Tan family back.

"I don't think it's a good deal for you either!" one of them said.

His words were meant to tell Liu Xiaoyuan not to push the two of them to the brink of despair, for even a rabbit will bite when cornered.

If other late-stage Qi Refining cultivators heard this threat, they might be afraid, because if two mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators joined forces, it would be fatal to a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

However, this threat posed no threat to Liu Xiaoyuan at all. In Liu Xiaoyuan's eyes, the two cultivators at the mid-stage of Qi Refining were as vulnerable as rabbits, clay chickens, and earthenware dogs.

"Haha..." Liu Xiaoyuan laughed loudly, his laughter was very arrogant. The two Qi Refining stage cultivators opposite him were even more frightened when they heard this. Liu Xiaoyuan's smile was like the laughter of a devil, making their hearts tremble and involuntarily fear.

After the laughter subsided, Liu Xiaoyuan stopped talking and immediately summoned the Flying Cloud Sword he had obtained from the God-level Invincible System, slashing at one of the cultivators.

Liu Xiaoyuan already possessed the memories of the other sword immortals in his mind, and he knew their sword techniques and supernatural abilities perfectly. Therefore, even though Liu Xiaoyuan was a cultivator who had just entered the late stage of Qi Refining, his application of the techniques was still highly proficient.

The Flying Cloud Sword flew towards the opponent like a meteor, arriving in front of the cultivator in the blink of an eye. The cultivator, who was in the mid-stage of Qi Refining, reacted quickly. Sensing the danger approaching, he immediately dodged to the left, avoiding the attack of the flying sword.

Liu Xiaoyuan secretly sighed in regret. It seemed that this was his first time using it and it wasn't perfect yet. If a true late-stage Qi Refining Sword Immortal were to use this move, especially one that was impossible to defend against, the opponent, a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator, would immediately be killed on the spot.

Although it was a pity, Liu Xiaoyuan didn't think it mattered much, because with Liu Xiaoyuan's current abilities, those two mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators would eventually die on the spot.

"Sword Immortal, you are a Sword Immortal!" The two men were astonished to see Liu Xiaoyuan use a flying sword right away, and with such ruthlessness.

If Liu Xiaoyuan is truly a sword immortal, then those two cultivators in the mid-stage of Qi Refining would definitely not survive.

Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile, "Congratulations to you two, you got it right. As a reward, I can send you to the Western Paradise for free."

After saying that, Liu Xiaoyuan stopped talking nonsense, because villains in TV dramas always die from talking too much nonsense.

As for Tan Lingshan and her daughter, they were so astonished that their mouths were agape. Was this still an ordinary person? How could a sword be flying in the air, as if it were being controlled by someone? How was this possible?

This time, facing Liu Xiaoyuan's Flying Cloud Sword, the two mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators didn't even have the courage to fight. They fled in different directions. As for the Tan family's cauldron, they no longer cared about it; saving their own lives was the priority.

Although they were running fast, compared to Liu Xiaoyuan's flying sword, they were too slow. One of them hadn't even run a kilometer when he was stabbed in the back by the Flying Cloud Sword and died instantly.

After dealing with this cultivator, Liu Xiaoyuan immediately chased after the other cultivator. Because of this delay, the other cultivator, who was in the mid-stage of Qi Refining, had already escaped to a distance of more than five kilometers.

To save his own life, this cultivator flew through the air with reckless abandon, putting in every ounce of strength he could muster.

However, he was still a small realm below Liu Xiaoyuan, a cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining. Therefore, no matter how hard he tried to escape, he was destined for tragedy when facing Liu Xiaoyuan.

At the ten-kilometer mark, Liu Xiaoyuan finally caught up with him. Liu Xiaoyuan blocked the cultivator's path. Seeing that his way out had been blocked by Liu Xiaoyuan, the cultivator immediately tried to escape. However, as soon as he turned around, Liu Xiaoyuan appeared in front of him.

Now, the cultivator was about to cry. Damn it, the speed was so fast, was there no way to survive?

"Brother Daoist, please spare my life! I'm willing to be your slave, just please spare my life!" Seeing that there was no way to escape, the other party immediately begged Liu Xiaoyuan for mercy.

Liu Xiaoyuan laughed and said, "Sorry, I don't need any underlings!" With that, Liu Xiaoyuan killed the cultivator.

After dealing with the cultivator, Liu Xiaoyuan put away the Flying Cloud Sword. The sword was still as cold as ice, and there was not a trace of blood on it.

"What a fine sword!" Liu Xiaoyuan exclaimed sincerely, holding the Flying Cloud Sword in his hands.

Then, Liu Xiaoyuan began to search the body to see if the mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator had anything valuable. After searching for a while, Liu Xiaoyuan found a storage bag on the cultivator's body. Inside the storage bag, apart from a small amount of spirit stones, were some miscellaneous and useless items.

As for the magic weapon, Liu Xiaoyuan did not find it in the storage bag.

Besides, Liu Xiaoyuan doesn't need anyone else's magic weapon now. With the Flying Cloud Sword in hand, he can be said to have the world at his fingertips!

As far as the cultivators Liu Xiaoyuan can deal with at this stage are concerned, their magic weapons are utterly useless in front of the Flying Cloud Sword.

Therefore, Liu Xiaoyuan was not disappointed at all that there were no magical treasures in the storage bag!

Liu Xiaoyuan emptied the unwanted items from the storage bag and took the storage bag along with the spirit stones inside.

Afterwards, Liu Xiaoyuan went to the corpse of another Tianji Sect cultivator and searched through the storage bag, but still didn't get anything useful.

Liu Xiaoyuan had no choice but to do the same thing, emptying out all the useless items from the storage bag, leaving only the storage bag and the spirit stones inside.

Looking at tonight's haul, Liu Xiaoyuan couldn't help but sigh. Each time, he only got a few or a dozen low-grade spirit stones. He wondered when he would ever become a spirit stone tycoon!

(End of this chapter)