The ghostly Taoist's furious voice echoed through the empty market, but no one answered.

"You little thief, do you really think I can't catch you on my turf?"

Even if we can't catch you, are you just going to leave your friends alone?

While threatening and intimidating, the Ghost Taoist also filled the entire underground with his divine sense, trying to catch even the slightest movement of the little thief.

Unfortunately, they couldn't detect any movement from the other side.

Not only that, when the Ghost Taoist's divine sense pushed inch by inch into his own cave, he was finally enraged and roared wildly.

"Aaaaaah—!!!"

"Get out here! Get out here for me!!!"

"BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!"

Ghost Taoist flashed back into his cave, his palms sweeping across every inch of the ground, causing a series of explosions and roars.

Where are the people in his cave?

That's why the Ghost Daoist is so furious! It's because those people in the cave disappeared without a trace at some point!

Unfortunately, sometimes rage is just impotent rage.

No matter how high Ghost Taoist's anger was, it couldn't reach the person he was looking for, but the entire underground area had been blown to smithereens.

Once the most intense anger had passed, a thought suddenly flashed through the Ghost Taoist's mind.

Can an ordinary Golden Core cultivator have this ability?

He can infiltrate the formation he controls without being detected, silently take away his puppets, and kill so many Golden Core cultivators instantly without them even realizing it.

Don't think that Ghost Daoist wouldn't believe it; no one would believe it if this happened to anyone.

Unless one of the people who come has a higher level of cultivation than him, this is not possible.

Those with higher cultivation levels than him are Nascent Soul cultivators.

So, what they attracted were Nascent Soul cultivators?

Impossible. If he were a Nascent Soul cultivator, he wouldn't go through such a roundabout way; he should have just crushed him and the Lord of Thousand Sun City to death.

However, even if someone is a Nascent Soul cultivator, they could not be so nimble if they were not a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Unless... it was premeditated, and someone extremely familiar with themselves and the situation underground.

If that's the case, the candidate is obvious—the Lord of Thousand Sun City!

"Hehe...hehehehehe—"

Ghost Taoist, his face contorted with anger, let out a series of calm laughs. The next instant, he vanished from the spot with a cold expression, leaving behind only a chaotic underground market.

"Woo-woo-woo-woo-"

The underground market was deserted, with only the occasional chilling wind whistling from who-knows-where. There wasn't a single human voice to be heard, as if there wasn't a single living creature here.

However, in the next instant, the figure of the Ghost Taoist who had left reappeared at the entrance.

Looking down into the seemingly normal underground, the Ghost Taoist frowned deeply, a hint of doubt flashing in his bloodshot eyes, which were red with anger.

Is the person who caused trouble really not here anymore?

How did the other party manage to remain completely silent?

The Ghost Taoist's eyes flickered, and he vanished into thin air once more.

After a short interval, the Ghost Taoist reappeared.

Then the Ghost Taoist disappeared again... and reappeared...

After repeated trials, the Ghost Taoist still couldn't find any flaws and finally became mostly convinced that the troublemakers had left.

Even so, the Ghost Taoist did not leave the underground, but instead sent a message directly to the Lord of Thousand Sun City, asking him to come over immediately.

The Lord of Qianyang City was unaware of what was happening underground. If he had known the current situation, he would never have come down; instead, he would have chosen to flee immediately.

"What happened?"

The Lord of Qianyang City entered the underground area completely bewildered. Seeing the mess before him, he had a bad feeling.

Ghost Daoist's face showed nothing, he simply stared intently at the City Lord of Thousand Sun City and said:

"The city lord asked me what happened? Wasn't it the helpers the city lord hired who caused all this?"

The Lord of Qianyang City's expression changed, and he instantly became fully alert and asked:

"What makes you say that, Fellow Daoist Ghost?"

Seeing that the expression on the face of the City Lord of Qianyang did not seem to be feigned, the Ghost Taoist began to recount what had happened after he left.

"What? You're saying this situation was caused by those two who slipped through the net?"

"How could they, who are merely at the Golden Core stage, possess such abilities?"

This is precisely what the Ghost Taoist couldn't understand.

It's normal that he can't understand it, because Liu Yunqing doesn't actually have that ability; she just has some brains and a spatial ability.

Seeing that Mingxin Zhenren and Wuxiu Zhenren had been captured, and even the three from the Ghost Market had been captured without any effort, Liu Yunqing knew that a head-on confrontation was completely out of the question.

To keep the two at ease and to ensure that no one escaped from the city, Liu Yunqing deliberately dropped two jade pendants. Then, while the other companions were distracting the Ghost Daoist, he silently used his spatial ability to take away a puppet with a unique clothing pattern.

Then, he partially opened the space, enveloped himself with the aura of a puppet, and impersonated the puppet from before. He obtained the temporary token from the Ghost Taoist to control other puppets and put all the puppets he could control into the space.

Using the puppet's unsuspecting identity, he used the fire from the Golden Crow Space to kill off those who controlled the puppet's transactions in the market one by one, before sneaking back to the Ghost Taoist's cave.

When the Ghost Taoist realized something was wrong with the puppet and went to check it himself, Liu Yunqing took the opportunity to knock out his companions whose spiritual power had been sealed and put them all into his own space.

Oh, except for Liu Yunzhao.

Putting aside the fact that Liu Yunzhao has her own space, Liu Yunqing would never put the other soul in Liu Yunzhao's body into her own space.

All Liu Yunqing did was to unseal Liu Yunzhao's sealed spiritual power and let her hide away.

As for why she wasn't killed, it was naturally because if only Liu Yunzhao died, trouble would follow.

Even so, Liu Yunzhao's situation wasn't easy either.

Liu Yunqing's spatial ability was powerful, making it easy for her to be protected. Although Liu Yunzhao also managed to temporarily evade the Ghost Daoist's search, she was exhausted and looked disheveled.

"Fellow Daoist Zhenru, how come it's just the two of us left? Where did the others go?"

While the Ghost Taoist was probing her back and forth, Liu Yunzhao huddled in a corner with Liu Yunqing and couldn't help but communicate with her telepathically.

In this situation, apart from having an advanced mustard seed space, it's hard to think of any other way to save one's life. Liu Yunzhao's question was naturally a test.

Unfortunately, the Golden Crow Space on Liu Yunqing's body was something that her Mustard Seed Space could not detect, so it could not be confirmed.

Liu Yunqing's decision not to kill Liu Yunzhao was already the result of his great forbearance, and now, hearing these probing words, his voice was full of impatience.

"What? You're allowed to have a way to save your life, but others aren't?"

"But in this situation, apart from space..."

"Heh—I know Fairy Yun Zhao has a space, but there are always people more powerful than you, and there's always something beyond your understanding. I advise Fairy Yun Zhao not to be too confident."

Just as the two were crouching motionless, they suddenly heard the Lord of Thousand Sun City say:

"Hmph, even if they are that powerful, I'm not afraid. As long as they are still in this formation, I have a magic weapon that will definitely make them show themselves!"