Chapter 85 The Enemy Arrives
Seeing Su Qingwu, the female cultivator was also somewhat surprised.
She stepped forward, bowed slightly, and said softly:
"My name is Nian Ru. I was just chased by the monks of the Lan family, but I was lucky enough to escape. Although this place is far away from the Lan family's territory, it is not safe. Fellow Daoist, please leave as soon as possible."
Su Qingwu just had something to ask the person in front of him, and when he heard this, he immediately suggested:
"Since we are both being hunted by the enemy, how about we travel together for the time being?"
"Of course you can. Which direction are you going to?"
"I am currently training outside and have no fixed destination. I will let Brother Nian decide."
"Then let's go to the Loose Cultivators Alliance. They have a subtle hostility towards the Immortal Cultivation Families. As long as we can get through smoothly, the Lan Clan won't be able to do anything to us."
Su Qingwu did not comment on this. The Loose Cultivator Alliance was located in the northeast, and in the current situation, if they wanted to avoid the Lan family, they had to take a detour.
Nian Ru naturally understood this, and just listened to him continue:
"We can go south for a while, and after reaching the Qiyao Sect's influence, we can go through the teleportation array in the market to the Baihua Valley, and then pass by the Linghe Sect and the Danxia Sect to reach the Loose Cultivator Alliance."
Having said this, she waved her sleeves and took out a few talismans, then continued:
"These speed talismans can speed up our journey after being activated. Take a few, fellow Taoist. Let's get rid of the enemy's pursuit as soon as possible."
As soon as she finished speaking, Su Qingwu took out a light blue umbrella-shaped magic weapon, waved his sleeves, and flew into the air with her.
Nian Ru's eyes suddenly widened. Although she had guessed that this person had hidden his cultivation level, she never expected that the other party was a foundation-building cultivator.
Thinking that he had just been addressing him as a fellow Taoist, a layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead.
"Senior...Senior, I..."
Sensing that the person next to him was experiencing greater emotional fluctuations, Su Qingwu immediately explained in a gentle voice:
"Don't be nervous. I was the one who killed that man. You are implicated by me. Plus, I owe you a favor for reminding you twice before. I won't do anything bad to you."
Hearing this, Nian Ru felt much more relaxed and thanked him sincerely.
At this time, Su Qingwu continued, "Do you know the overall strength of the Xizhu Lan family? Does anyone in the clan have a golden elixir?"
Nian Ru responded immediately:
"There is no golden elixir. The most powerful person in this clan is the head of the clan, Lan Wu, who has completed the foundation-building cultivation. There are a total of 39 people in the clan who have completed the foundation-building cultivation."
After receiving this answer, Su Qingwu felt much more relieved.
She had originally planned for the worst, that there was a golden elixir in the Lan clan.
Now that she was certain that her highest level of cultivation was just the perfect foundation, she would be confident enough to escape unscathed even if she was caught up by the enemy.
As for the confidence, one is from the Black Sword Jade, and the other is the talisman.
The latter is an extremely powerful killing weapon below the Jindan level.
Su Qingwu was now traveling with Nian Ru, and felt it necessary to understand her background, so he continued to ask:
"Were the four people with you in the dense forest earlier from the same force?"
"no."
Nian Ru shook her head and explained:
"Among them, two are from Pingchuan Yang's clan, and the remaining two are from Xiaowei Sect. They are fellow apprentices. I had an appointment with them to go treasure hunting in a secret place, but we ran into Lan Feng halfway. He got the news from somewhere and wanted to snatch the map, so we started fighting."
Having said this, Nian Ru sighed.
"The map was originally divided into three parts, and I only have one copy in my hand. Now that this has happened, I am afraid that I will never be able to collect all of them. I was able to escape because I had a long-distance teleportation talisman in my hand. I think those four fellow Taoists are in danger. The remaining two copies should fall into the hands of the Lan family."
Su Qingwu had no interest in treasure hunting in secret places.
She has the mysterious stone bottle in her hand, and it will not be difficult to improve her cultivation level with just some time. There is no need to risk going to an unknown place.
However, Nian Ru did not mention her identity in her previous remarks, so she simply said:
"Fellow Daoist, you want to go to the Loose Cultivator Alliance, but are you very familiar with that place?"
"Not bad." Nian Ru nodded and replied:
"I am originally a free cultivator. Although I am now wandering around, the place I spent most of my time in the past was still the Free Cultivator Alliance."
Su Qingwu's guess was confirmed, so he didn't ask any more questions and continued to drive away with the other party...
On the other hand, people sent by the Lan family were scattered all over the place, holding portraits to search for their whereabouts.
Because the two did not stay in places where people gathered, the Lan family received very little information.
There are various industries in Dongxuanzhou, including some that specialize in killing people.
After two whole days of searching for the people, Xizhu Lan's family failed and went straight to the largest killer organization on this continent, Jueying Tower. After showing the portraits of the two people, they paid a large sum of money to hire the killers in the building.
Jueyinglou has a wide range of information sources, and within half a day, the whereabouts of Su Qingwu and Nian Ru were exposed.
The information provided by the Lan family mentioned that both of them were at the Qi Refining stage, so when Jueying Tower took action for the first time, it only sent out an experienced killer at the initial stage of Foundation Establishment.
Of course, those who can survive the multiple missions in this building are by no means an easy person to deal with.
Although the person sent out was only at the initial stage of foundation building, his actual strength was already beyond that of an ordinary cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building.
In the eyes of the dispatcher, it would be easy for such a killer to deal with two small shrimps in the Qi Refining Stage.
One day, Su Qingwu took Nian Ru to a large lake, and suddenly he received a warning of crisis from his intuition.
She stopped running at an abrupt speed, and immediately focused her attention on her surroundings, while warning the people around her.
"Fellow Daoist Nian, be careful. There may be enemies around."
As soon as he finished speaking, two whooshing sounds were heard in succession.
Su Qingwu quickly took out the gilded treasure leaf and activated it. The palm-sized golden leaf instantly emitted a golden light, protecting her and Nian Ru.
The next moment, the enemy's attack hit the defensive aperture, and a series of loud bangs were heard.
The attack was successfully blocked.
The killer from Jueying Tower had extremely sharp eyesight. Hiding in the dark at the moment, he naturally saw that Su Qingwu was a foundation-building cultivator.
Realizing this, his originally nonchalant attitude suddenly changed, and a dangerous look appeared in his eyes.
He has never failed in his missions so far, and no matter what the target is, he believes that the final result will not change.
The previous attack failed and there was no way for him to launch another sneak attack. He simply waved his sleeves and took out several battle flags. Using his spiritual power, he activated them immediately.
A movable second-tier killing array was formed in an instant, locking onto a distant target and falling.
When the enemy took out the formation flag, Su Qingwu realized his intention. She was not good at formation, and once trapped in the formation, she would definitely be in a passive position.
By then, anything could happen.
In order to avoid this situation, she took Nian Ru and quickly retreated to the ground, took out the Xuanshui Formation array plate, and embedded fifty spirit stones to activate the formation.
A moment later, the two groups collided, and a deafening roar was heard instantly...