Ouyang Xiong's face was somewhat gloomy, unsure whether Ye Feng had been dragged away by mountain spirits or monsters, or had escaped on his own.
But then, thinking of Ye Feng's Qi Refining Level 2 cultivation, he shook his head again.
Before them lay a cave dwelling, but it was blocked by a shimmering white light barrier, obscuring its interior.
Jiang Che formed hand seals, controlling the array that had already been inscribed on the ground.
The servants, killed by the crowd, left trails of blood, forming crimson lines along the array.
The blood seemed to come alive, endlessly absorbed by the formation, and the dead instantly turned into emaciated, dried corpses.
The four members of the Ouyang Zhang family all stepped aside, exchanging glances.
The power of this formation is truly terrifying; if it were used to deal with them, even several of them combined wouldn't be enough.
This young master Jiang claims to be at the sixth level of Qi Refining, but I'm afraid he's hiding something...
However, with so many of them, even those at the late stage of Qi Refining were not without the power to fight. The group exchanged glances and secretly took precautions.
After absorbing the blood mist, a red light shot up from above the formation, hurtling towards the white light barrier.
The light barrier was struck by the crimson impact, and immediately began to ripple.
The shimmering white light gradually dimmed and became transparent.
"Spiritual Essence!!"
With Zhang Bao's startled cry, everyone became excited.
Inside the light screen, there was a small pool filled halfway with a milky white liquid.
This is the legendary spiritual marrow that can cleanse the marrow and refine the body.
Not only that, it can also be taken directly.
The spiritual energy within the spiritual marrow is gentle and easily absorbed.
It can be taken directly. Even for ordinary people refining elixirs, adding just a little bit can greatly enhance the efficacy of the pills.
But here there is a small pond...
How much is this worth?!
"Hahaha... I'm rich! I'm rich!"
Furthermore, there was a mummified corpse next to the Spirit Marrow Pool. The corpse must have had a storage artifact on it, and who knows how many treasures were inside.
As for the fruit tree, about half a person's height, next to the spiritual essence, they simply ignored it.
Jiang Che's face also showed excitement, but seeing the others staring at the spiritual marrow, he couldn't help but reveal a look of disdain.
While spiritual essence is valuable, it also comes with a price.
The truly valuable item is the Foundation Establishment Fruit Tree beside the Spirit Marrow Pool.
Foundation Establishment Pills have always been controlled by sects. Although a single Foundation Establishment Pill only costs one or two hundred thousand coins, it is extremely rare and hard to come by.
Each appearance of this creature triggers a fierce battle among numerous independent cultivators, resulting in countless deaths and injuries.
But now, there are five Foundation Establishment Fruits here, not to mention the priceless fruit trees!
These "families" who are not even at the late stage of Qi Refining don't even know what a Foundation Establishment Fruit looks like, so how could they know its value?
As the light screen grew thinner and more transparent, the excitement on everyone's faces intensified.
At the same time, he gripped the magic sword in his hand even tighter... waiting for the formation to break so he could launch an attack!
Although Jiang Che appeared to be fully controlling the formation, a magical sword quietly slipped out of his storage bag...
The crimson light gradually faded and disappeared. Just then, a strange change occurred.
A small layer of spiritual essence disappeared from the pool, and then the light curtain outside began to glow again...
"W-what happened?"
"how so?"
Jiang Che's face also showed astonishment, and he gritted his teeth and said,
"A coordinated formation... Damn it! I was so close..."
Seeing his equally unpleasant expression, Ouyang and the other three members of the Zhang family finally relaxed.
It's good that he's not behind this.
But in the blink of an eye, their expressions turned grim again.
Now that so many servants have been added to the household, there are still less than twenty maids and servants left outside...
"We need to be quick. The light screen is still slowly recovering. If we wait until it's fully restored, all our previous efforts will be wasted."
The crimson light that Jiang Che was controlling was also gradually thinning, barely enough to slow down the rate at which the light barrier was recovering.
The group knew that time was of the essence, so the two family heads immediately went out to fetch reinforcements.
If they had only boarded the ship because Jiang Che had misled them, now they were seeing the tangible benefits right before their eyes.
That pool of spiritual liquid alone could fetch at least 100,000 spirit stones, not to mention the legacy of a powerful being and an unknown spiritual fruit tree...
Ye Feng lay prone in the grass, watching the group of people ahead.
In the desolate mountains and wilderness, they dared not light a fire, and could only see by the faint moonlight.
Several couples of adulterers got together.
Especially Ouyang Yan and his lover... it was like watching half a blockbuster movie.
But this guy didn't give away his gifts for nothing; he promised one thing after another, and as for what he was wearing, it had long since been stripped bare.
What a money-making genius!
If before, Ye Feng was guessing based on the original owner's memories, now it's undeniable evidence.
"Alright, everyone come here, let's all go in together now,"
The two family heads gave their orders, which immediately excited everyone. They had heard that the spiritual energy beneath the fortress was abundant, comparable to that at the foot of a sect's mountain, and there might even be a spiritual vein beneath it.
A group of young ladies and gentlemen swarmed inside, followed by servants and maids.
The two heads of the family were at the very back.
Now everyone from both families is here, and the houses are completely empty. If this doesn't work, we'll truly be in a dilemma.
To prevent any unforeseen events from happening in the family, he even brought his wife and several descendants. As for valuables, they were naturally all in the storage bags of the patriarch and the head of the family.
Those ahead were almost at the formation's location, while the two family heads behind were discussing what to do if they were still short of people.
That light barrier can automatically draw upon spiritual essence to regenerate; without the aid of a blood array, they have to rely on direct attack to break through it.
Not only would the spiritual essence be completely depleted, but the time required would also be immeasurable...
"My Zhang family has at most four people: my useless second brother and his wife, plus their two sons."
Zhang Bao's face hardened, and he said in a sinister tone,
Ouyang Xiong looked troubled. He thought to himself that he should have just robbed a few villagers outside.
But now it's too late. Both families have disappeared. If they can't retrieve the treasure and leave, they'll be arrested and punished by the town mayor in no time.
"You have a second brother, but I'm the only one in my family. There are at most three of us: two concubines, plus my daughter."
Although there was one less person, Zhang Bao didn't say anything. After all, they were even planning to send their own daughter away...
Before even getting close, I could already hear shouts of battle coming from ahead, followed by the sound of more than ten people pushing and shoving as they ran back...
The two were so focused on chasing the crowd that they didn't notice another person lurking suspiciously behind them.
Ye Feng hadn't cultivated a concealment technique, so he could only rely on the range of his divine sense to carefully follow behind.
However, his cultivation level was far superior to the others, so he didn't need to worry about being discovered.
Before he even saw the stone chamber, the horrific scene in front of the array had already flashed through his mind.
On a floor less than fifty square meters in size, nearly a hundred corpses were laid out haphazardly.
The corpse was withered and pale, its blood completely absorbed by the evil formation, then reflected onto the white light in front of it.
Damn it!
They actually dared to do such a thing right under the noses of the immortal sects.
Just as Ye Feng was filled with righteous indignation, he felt a pulsating sensation coming from his storage belt.
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