"Kid, what are you doing? I don't think that's a key at all. If it's something that destroys treasure, I reckon the treasure in the cave would already be destroyed by your thing!" The early Foundation Establishment cultivator immediately seized the opportunity to criticize Liu Xiaoyuan.

Upon hearing this, everyone agreed that the early Foundation Establishment cultivator's words made sense. The earth-shaking tremor just now did not resemble a key opening a door at all, but rather a magical artifact destroying a cave.

"Boy, you destroyed our treasure, what are you going to use to compensate us? Let's kill this kid to vent our anger!" The early Foundation Establishment cultivator immediately shouted, urging everyone to kill Liu Xiaoyuan.

Holy crap! I just talked back to you a couple of times, and you're trying to kill me? That's way too domineering.

Just then, one of the cultivators shouted, "Look everyone, the cave door is open! Look everyone, the cave door is open!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately craned their necks to take a look, and saw that the stone door in the middle of the cliff slowly opened, revealing a cave!

"Everyone, hurry in and search for the treasure inside!" one of the cultivators said as he rushed in first.

But as soon as the cultivator rushed in, he let out a scream.

Upon hearing the scream, everyone went over to investigate and saw that the cultivator had been torn into countless pieces by something, a truly gruesome sight.

“There’s a formation at this entrance, as you can see. If this formation isn’t broken, you’ll be torn to shreds by these fine threads at the entrance,” one of the late Foundation Establishment cultivators said solemnly.

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces turned grave. What should they do? The art of formations is a very advanced subject, not something you can learn just because you want to.

None of these cultivators understand formations, so they are all helpless when their path is blocked by the formation.

After a while, one of the cultivators said, "Why don't we all work together? I don't believe this formation can hold up."

"Yes, no matter how powerful the formation is, it was still set up by cultivators. As long as we work together, we will definitely be able to break it."

Having no other options, they resorted to this rudimentary method, so the other cultivators immediately joined forces to unleash their supernatural powers to attack the formation.

Although these cultivators were all at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stage, their combined power was terrifying. Just as everyone was about to unleash that terrifying energy, Liu Xiaoyuan said calmly, "Everyone, if you just attack like this, the mountain will collapse, burying the treasures inside. Where will you find the treasures then?"

As soon as Liu Xiaoyuan spoke, the cultivators immediately withdrew their supernatural powers.

Yes, if we all work together, this mountain will at least collapse, if not be completely destroyed.

What will happen to the treasure in the cave then?

This clumsy method won't work, so what should we do? Everyone looked at each other, unsure of what to do.

"Kid, does that mean you have some good ideas?" the early Foundation Establishment cultivator asked again. He was specifically there to oppose Liu Xiaoyuan.

Liu Xiaoyuan glanced at the early Foundation Establishment cultivator and asked, "I don't have any good solutions, so this doesn't seem to concern you much, does it?"

Upon hearing this, the early Foundation Establishment cultivator's face turned pale, and he said, "Since you don't have a solution, don't spout nonsense here. Shut up!"

Liu Xiaoyuan wasn't angry at all. Instead, he looked at the early Foundation Establishment cultivator and asked, "Then let me ask you, do you have any good ideas?"

The cultivator in the early stages of Foundation Establishment shook his head, indicating that there was no good solution.

Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile, "Since you don't have any good ideas, then shut up right now!"

The cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment was furious when he saw Liu Xiaoyuan being so arrogant in front of him.

"Boy, you dare to be arrogant in front of me, a mere late-stage Qi Refining cultivator? I think you're tired of living." The early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator said, his tone tense, ready to fight.

Liu Xiaoyuan sneered inwardly, "Fine, I'll just kill you as a sacrifice!"

Just as the two were about to fight, one of the cultivators stepped forward and advised, "Gentlemen, this is not the place to fight. We can sit down and talk things over. It would be bad if we started fighting."

The one who tried to mediate was a cultivator in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. When that proud early-Foundation Establishment cultivator saw a cultivator with a higher cultivation level than him, he would definitely greet him with a smile.

"Hmph, I'll spare your life today for the sake of this fellow Daoist!" the early Foundation Establishment cultivator said with a cold snort.

Liu Xiaoyuan said calmly, "But I don't intend to let you go!"

Having repeatedly mocked and tormented him, Liu Xiaoyuan was no longer going to let this guy off the hook. He decided to kill him to gain more experience points.

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Xiaoyuan's Flying Cloud Sword flew out from the Niwan Palace and directly killed the early Foundation Establishment cultivator.

When this cultivator in the early Foundation Establishment stage saw that Liu Xiaoyuan was a sword immortal in the late Qi Refining stage, he immediately felt that something was very wrong.

"Don't push your luck!" The early Foundation Establishment cultivator roared, and his magic weapon appeared in response—a whip. As soon as the whip appeared, it was like a nimble snake, immediately coiling around Liu Xiaoyuan's Flying Cloud Sword!

However, the whip of this early Foundation Establishment cultivator was only a low-level magic weapon. Faced with a high-level weapon like the Flying Cloud Sword, it was immediately broken into several pieces by the Flying Cloud Sword.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators who witnessed this scene nearly had their eyes pop out of their sockets. How could their magic weapon be destroyed like this?

Not only was the person involved dumbfounded on the spot, but even the onlookers found it unbelievable that a cultivator at the late stage of Qi Refining could destroy someone else's magic weapon in a single exchange.

Sword immortals are indeed terrifying!

After destroying the magic weapon of the early Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, Liu Xiaoyuan didn't waste any more words and immediately urged his flying sword to slash at the opponent's head.

Upon seeing this, the cultivator in the early stages of Foundation Establishment knew he was no match for Liu Xiaoyuan and tried to flee.

"Trying to escape? It's too late now!" Liu Xiaoyuan sneered, and his flying sword immediately shot through the heart of the fleeing early Foundation Establishment cultivator like a meteor.

The Flying Cloud Sword pierced straight through the chest of the early Foundation Establishment cultivator, killing him instantly.

"Come back!" Liu Xiaoyuan waved to the Flying Cloud Sword, and the sword immediately landed in his hand.

After obtaining the Flying Cloud Sword, Liu Xiaoyuan put it away.

At this moment, no one present dared to underestimate Liu Xiaoyuan, because the fact that Liu Xiaoyuan, a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, could easily kill a early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator proved that Liu Xiaoyuan's late-stage Qi Refining cultivation was of extremely high quality.

(End of this chapter)