It seemed that he couldn't return to his cave for the time being. Just as Lu Xuan was about to leave the vicinity of Red Leaf Market and find a quiet place to cultivate in seclusion.
A dark cloud flew in, and from it flew a strange-looking man:
"Hehehe~"
"What a fine place, Red Leaf Market! There's even a fish like you who slipped through the net. Perfect for refining my Heavenly Demon Soul Banner!"
"From the Heavenly Demon Sect?"
“That’s right.” The strange man’s aura was clearly at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and the demon banner in his hand was a mid-grade magic weapon.
Lu Xuan, too lazy to fight, summoned his flying sword and prepared to leave the area. However, the demonic cultivator from the Heavenly Demon Sect revealed a greedy look the moment he saw the Taiyi Sword that Lu Xuan was wielding.
"Boy, what makes you think you deserve such a fine flying sword? Give it to me, Demon Insect Daoist, and leave it here!"
The Demon Insect Daoist, who was at the seventh level of Qi Refining, considered himself a disciple of the Heavenly Demon Sect and possessed the mid-grade magic weapon, the Heavenly Demon Yin Soul Banner. He didn't take Lu Xuan, a mere rogue cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining, seriously at all.
In the blink of an eye, the Demon Insect Taoist had chased them for hundreds of miles, far beyond the boundaries of Red Leaf Market.
Seeing this, Lu Xuan remained calm, changed direction, and flew towards a certain direction in the Yunmeng Mountains.
That place was neither within the territory of the Righteous Alliance nor the territory of the Heavenly Demon Sect, but a place where demonic beasts gathered, called [Mount Ten Thousand Beasts].
The Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain is teeming with demonic beasts, including many second-tier demonic beasts comparable to Foundation Establishment cultivators. Cultivators from the Righteous Alliance and the Heavenly Demon Sect rarely venture here.
Moreover, it is said that there are several powerful beast kings guarding the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, each of them possessing formidable strength.
The Demonic Insect Taoist behind him saw Lu Xuan heading towards Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain and sneered:
"My demonic insects are even more powerful in a place like the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, where demonic energy abounds. It's perfect for you to feed my treasure insects, the Black Demonic Insect, one of the most powerful demonic insects in the cultivation world. If I hadn't obtained it by chance in an ancient cave, how could you have perished in the mouth of this infamous Black Gold Demonic Insect?"
at this time.
Lu Xuan had already flown to the vicinity of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain. If he continued for a few hundred more miles, he would reach the area of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.
The map in his hand showed...
The area of Wanshou Mountain is extremely vast.
It can be said that one-third of the vast Yunmeng Mountains belong to Wanshou Mountain!
The other two-thirds of the area belong to the Righteous Alliance and the Heavenly Demon Sect, respectively.
Soon, the Demon Insect Taoist arrived, riding a swarm of dark demon insects.
"Go." The Demon Insect Daoist commanded the swarm of several hundred demon insects to fly towards Lu Xuan. It seemed that once they were swallowed by the insect cloud, not even bone fragments would be left.
As expected, none of the demonic cultivators are good people.
They are even more ruthless and vicious than evil cultivators.
No wonder demonic cultivators are dozens of times more likely to encounter inner demons and suffer from qi deviation when breaking through their cultivation realm compared to righteous cultivators.
"Taiyi Sword. Go."
Lu Xuan gave a low shout.
The flying sword in his hand instantly transformed into a beam of light, piercing towards the demonic insect Taoist opposite him like lightning.
"block!"
Seeing the fierce approach of Lu Xuan's flying sword, the Demon Insect Taoist immediately summoned half of his demon insects to form a wall of insects.
After Lu Xuan's Taiyi Flying Sword killed dozens of demonic insects, its spiritual light diminished greatly, and it was eventually blocked.
At this moment, both of them were very surprised.
"What kind of flying sword is this? Its power is extraordinary! It can actually kill my demonic insects. This is something only a top-grade flying sword can do. How is this possible? Each of my demonic insects is hard-won!"
"What kind of insect is this? Its defense is amazing!"
The two of them continued to make their moves without prior arrangement.
Lu Xuan gritted his teeth.
He pulled out nearly a hundred talismans at once, including the Golden Soul-Capturing Talisman, the Blazing Flame Talisman, the Divine Sword Talisman, and the Light-Severing Talisman...
Each talisman is equivalent to a full-force strike from a low-grade magic weapon.
"Are you crazy, kid? These low-grade talismans are worth hundreds of spirit stones!"
Lu Xuan didn't want things to turn out this way either, but this Demonic Insect Daoist was just too powerful. It was the first time that a Qi Refining cultivator could so easily withstand his Taiyi Flying Sword.
Lu Xuan was always cautious yet decisive.
He unleashed all the talismans from his storage bag at once.
Instantly, a series of crackling explosions rang out.
The demonic insect Taoist opposite was instantly enveloped by countless bursts of spiritual light.
Lu Xuan then took the opportunity to leave.
He hadn't expected that so many talismans stacked together would generate such destructive power.
"Cough cough cough..."
A moment later, the light dissipated.
The Demon Insect Daoist was covered in wounds. His aura had also dropped to the early stage of Qi Refining.
Most of the demonic insects were wiped out.
"go."
Lu Xuan wasted no time and instantly summoned his flying sword, ending the life of the demonic cultivator enemy and obliterating his primordial spirit as well.
After taking the black gourd from the opponent's waist and refining it, Lu Xuan put the remaining black demonic insects into the gourd.
Upon opening the Demon Insect Taoist's storage bag, it was found to be almost empty.
A small amount of spirit stones and pills, and a fragmented beast taming manual.
"He's a demonic insect cultivator?"
These demonic insects were indeed exceptionally powerful, one might even say astonishing.
Even a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Twelfth Level of Qi Refining would perish if they encountered these demonic insects.
Fortunately, Lu Xuan had just decisively unleashed nearly a hundred talismans!
Put the gourd away safely.
Lu Xuan turned his sword light around and flew towards a certain direction in the Yunmeng Mountains.
That's the market town where Blackbeard is located, called Black Cloud Market Town. It's not very big, about a third the size of Red Leaf Market Town, and it's Blackbeard's property.
Now, Blackbeard has fallen. Fortunately, before his death, he told Lu Xuan the incantation to open his cave, with only one condition: to avenge him by killing Fairy Linglong and her servant.
At the time, Lu Xuan thought it over and agreed, after all, the wealth and cave dwelling of a veteran late-stage Qi Refining cultivator was very tempting, not to mention that this black-bearded man was the controller of Black Cloud Market.
He was just one step away from breaking through to the twelfth level of Qi Refining.
Half a day later.
Red Leaf Market is located a thousand miles away from Black Cloud Market.
Lu Xuan easily opened the market formation using the incantation from Blackbeard.
He had previously discovered that the demonic cultivators had not appeared in this Black Cloud Market.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have come.
Under the cover of night.
Not wanting to alert others, Lu Xuan secretly infiltrated the Black Cloud Pavilion in the heart of Black Cloud Market.
Behind the Black Cloud Pavilion is a secret chamber, and inside the secret chamber is a treasure vault containing Blackbeard's life's savings.
Moreover, this Blackbeard was incredibly selfish throughout his life, having neither taken on any disciples nor had any children, only a few loyal servants.
Lu Xuan did not disturb the servants who were at the first or second level of Qi Refining.
Using the Wind Control Technique, he entered the secret chamber behind the Black Cloud Pavilion without making a sound.
Just as Lu Xuan was about to enter the secret chamber, he discovered that there were other cultivators inside. They were not early-stage Qi Refining cultivators, but at least mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators.
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