"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
Lu Xuan chuckled noncommittally.
Clearly, the other party was in a hurry to retrieve the treasure.
Fairy Linglong was not surprised at all. "Fellow Daoist Lu, I knew you would come. You did not disappoint me."
"And who is this fellow Daoist in black robes?"
Upon hearing this, Fairy Linglong replied:
"This is our Sword Slave Fellow Daoist from the Lingyin Pavilion, at the eleventh level of Qi Refining. He will join forces with the two of you to unleash the Three Talents Sword Formation and break through the defensive array of the underwater cave."
"Hmm. I have no objection."
Blackbeard, standing to the side, said impatiently, "Little Linglong, hurry up! I haven't refined that Transcending Realm Pill yet. Once I get a Foundation Establishment Pill, I can break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm in one go, haha!"
"Then congratulations in advance, fellow Daoist, on embarking on the path of Foundation Establishment soon, greatly increasing your lifespan, and exploring the mysteries of the Golden Core..." The Linglong Fairy beside her changed her expression and revealed a meaningful smile.
"It's not that easy. Even with the help of the ancient Foundation Establishment Pill, it still took Old Ancestor Red Leaf decades to achieve this, didn't it?" Blackbeard said casually, waving his sleeves.
"Alright, let's go then!" Fairy Linglong summoned a flute, which stirred up a gust of wind. With a flash of light, it transformed into a streak of light and disappeared into the horizon.
"Spirit Sound Escape Technique, truly extraordinary." Blackbeard sighed from the side, then, not to be outdone, patted his storage bag, and a black mirror appeared, emitting a faint aura of the Five Elements.
"The Five Elements and Two Elements Mirror?" the black-clad swordsman from Lingyin Pavilion blurted out.
"A top-tier existence among superior-grade magic artifacts?" Lu Xuan's eyes flickered upon seeing the aura and power of this object.
It seems to be no less powerful than his flying sword, the Taiyi Sword.
As expected of a veteran late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, the lord of this market town is no ordinary person.
Lu Xuan sighed inwardly and summoned his mid-grade magic weapon, the Soul-Devouring Banner. It also stirred up a black wind, which carried Lu Xuan's body into a streak of black light, heading towards the direction where Fairy Linglong had flown.
Since absorbing the souls of the Lingzhi Deer and several first-tier demonic beasts, this Soul-Devouring Banner has been subtly advancing to the level of a mid-grade peak magic weapon.
After devouring a few more powerful late-stage Tier 1 demon beast souls, it can be upgraded to a truly superior-grade magic weapon!
Who knows, it might even be able to be upgraded to a top-grade magic weapon in the future!
Lu Xuan turned around and looked.
The black-clad sword slaves from Lingyin Pavilion had already arrived on their swords, and their speed was not slow either.
Blackbeard, at the eleventh level of Qi Refining, activated his trump card, the Yin-Yang Mirror, and swiftly overtook Lu Xuan and the black-clad sword slave, catching up with the leading Fairy Linglong. He must have something to say.
This speed is indeed close to the escape speed of a cultivator at the twelfth level of Qi Refining.
Lu Xuan believed that his flying sword was much faster than Blackbeard's.
Of course, he doesn't want to reveal his true strength right now.
The next morning.
After flying for most of the day, the group finally stopped in an extremely unfamiliar place deep in the Yunmeng Mountains.
Linglong Fairy stopped and said.
“There’s a small lake ahead! The underwater cave is there. I’ve been here a few times before, but I’ve been driven away time and time again by the late-stage Tier 1 demonic beast, the Horned Serpent, in the lake. This time, let’s kill this beast first.”
Clearly, Fairy Linglong also hated this unicorn snake with a vengeance.
"It's just a late-stage first-tier demon beast. The Five Elements Yin-Yang Mirror in my possession is more than enough to deal with this beast."
After saying that, Blackbeard volunteered, perhaps wanting to show off in front of the stunningly beautiful Fairy Linglong.
Lu Xuan sighed inwardly upon seeing this.
A late-stage first-order demonic beast, especially a water-savvy unicorn snake, is not so easy to deal with. Even a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the twelfth level of Qi Refining, wielding a high-grade magic weapon, would have to use all their cunning to defeat it.
Sure enough, in just a few breaths, Blackbeard was instantly chased by the unicorn snake.
"Fellow Daoist, save me!"
"Hehehe." It was unclear whether Fairy Linglong was mocking Blackbeard's overestimation of his abilities or something else, but she then joined forces with the black-clad swordsman beside her to rescue Blackbeard.
With the three working together, the unicorn snake managed to break through the encirclement.
"Sss~" The giant snake's forked tongue, full of venom, came toward Lu Xuan in the distance.
"court death!"
Lu Xuan was originally too lazy to make a move.
I never expected that this bastard would think he was easy to bully. He really asked for trouble.
"Sword drawn!"
A sword beam flashed from Lu Xuan's mouth, and a cold light circled around the head of the one-horned snake before the huge snake head fell off.
With a single strike, the unicorn serpent, which was even more powerful than an ordinary late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, was killed instantly by Lu Xuan's flying sword.
"Fellow Daoist Lu's strength is indeed extraordinary." Fairy Linglong finally realized that she had not chosen the wrong person.
Blackbeard, standing beside him, also had an unpredictable expression, his thoughts unclear.
In fact, Lu Xuan only activated 50% of the flying sword's power.
"Thank you for your help, Fellow Daoist Lu. Let's explore that underwater cave next."
After speaking, Fairy Linglong took the lead and fled into the lake, activating the superior-grade magic artifact, the water-repelling glass shield.
Since Lu Xuan and his two companions didn't have any powerful water-attribute magical artifacts, they each had to summon an ordinary water-repelling talisman and follow Fairy Linglong.
Soon the group arrived at the cave in the water.
Ahead, a faint black light barrier blocked their path.
"This is the sect's treasure formation of our Lingyin Pavilion, the Bagua Swimming Water Formation. It cannot be opened by anyone other than a Foundation Establishment cultivator. However, now that a hundred years have passed, the three of you can use the Three Talents Sword Formation to open a gap. After I go in to retrieve the treasure, I can find the restriction token and refine it using our sect's secret technique, and then I can take control of this underwater cave!"
"Alright! Let's do it this way!" Blackbeard couldn't wait to take out his inferior high-grade magic weapon flying sword.
"go."
"disease!"
Lu Xuan, the black-clad sword slave, and Blackbeard already knew how to activate the Three Talents Sword Formation, so they were quite adept at cooperating now.
Soon, the three sword lights combined their power and opened a gap about a foot in size in the black light curtain in front of them.
The Fairy Linglong seized the opportunity and activated her superior-grade magic artifact, the Water-Repelling Glazed Shield, to dive inside. With the protection of this superior-grade water-attribute magic artifact, the power of the array inside could not harm the Fairy Linglong.
It seemed that Fairy Linglong was about to obtain the forbidden token inside and refine it.
Suddenly, the lake water began to sway.
It seems that something unusual has happened in the underwater cave.
Just then, Fairy Linglong flew out, the restriction token in her hand already refined:
"Everyone, the formation has just been broken, which has affected the underground spiritual veins and water veins. The underwater cave is about to collapse. Let's work together to stabilize this cave first!"
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