"How dare a mere heretical cultivator act so presumptuously in our Red Leaf Market?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a woman in a light red palace dress appeared in front of the market's array light screen. Lu Xuan guessed that this woman was Linglong Fairy, one of the three late-stage Qi Refining experts in Red Leaf Market.
"You wicked monk, what are you doing here?" Fairy Linglong demanded, her magical artifact, the Jade Ruyi, shining brightly in her hand.
Just then, Senior Brother Jin also escaped back, his aura already weak and feeble.
"Where is Master Hanxin? Didn't you go to fetch the Lingzhi deer for Ancestor Hongye?" Fairy Linglong asked Senior Brother Jin.
Senior Brother Jin hurriedly and awkwardly stood up, panting and respectfully replying:
"Reporting to Senior Fairy Linglong, we encountered this evil monk on our way to retrieve the treasure. We got separated from Venerable Hanxin and several fellow Daoists."
At this moment, Lu Xuan had already hidden in a nearby restaurant.
How could she dare let Senior Brother Jin see that she was even faster than him? If she were to be blamed by Venerable Hanxin and the others, it would be difficult to stay in Red Leaf Market.
The evil monk outside shouted fiercely, then activated his superior magic weapon, the Soul-Devouring Banner, to bombard the formation.
"presumptuous!"
"You wicked monk, let me ask you this: what about Fellow Daoist Hanxin? Do you know that he went to retrieve treasures for Ancestor Hongye? Aren't you afraid that Ancestor Hongye will punish you and take your life?"
Upon hearing this, the evil monk outside the formation laughed loudly and said:
"You mean Old Man Red Leaf? He's probably too busy taking care of himself to care about you. You'd better think about how to escape from my evil monk's clutches, or you'll miss your chance."
Upon seeing this, the beautiful and exquisite fairy's face darkened with anger, and she said:
“Evil monk, our righteous and evil factions have always kept to themselves. Why have you come to invade our Red Leaf Market? Your followers have been causing trouble near our market, and we haven’t taken any action against them.”
Upon hearing this, the evil monk flew into a rage and said:
"You still have the nerve to say that? My most talented disciple was killed by a cultivator from your Red Leaf Market not long ago. How could I, Evil Monk, not avenge this? Enough with the nonsense."
After the evil monk finished speaking, he activated his superior-grade magic weapon, the Soul-Devouring Banner, with all his might, and it looked like he was about to break through the market's formation.
From the depths of the market came an old man's sigh:
“Evil monk, I spared your life many years ago because I thought your cultivation was not easy. Why do you come back to do evil again? It seems I can’t let you live.”
The words had barely left his mouth.
From an ordinary-looking pavilion in the market, a large seal flew out and instantly transformed into a giant phantom seal several dozen feet in size, crushing towards the evil monk.
This power and aura have long surpassed the Qi Refining realm.
"Foundation Establishment Realm? You broke through! You hid it well! You despicable old man, Red Leaf Ancestor, you deliberately tricked me, didn't you... I'll haunt you even in death..."
Amidst the ravings of the evil monk, he was crushed by the illusory giant seal, his body and soul perished, not even escaping.
Inside the restaurant.
Lu Xuan had long since departed.
Unexpectedly, Ancestor Red Leaf actually succeeded in establishing his foundation.
What's the point of having a Lingzhi deer? Could it be that although you successfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage, you damaged your dantian?
Thinking of this, Lu Xuan still didn't know the truth. Since the evil monk had been executed, there was no need to worry about him seeking revenge.
We arrived at the roundhouse of the hermits.
That cold-hearted person probably hasn't returned.
Without alerting anyone, Lu Xuan quietly returned to the secluded cultivation room of the Loose Cultivator Alliance, activated the formation, and opened the two storage bags in front of him.
As expected, Shen Yue'er's storage bag was empty. There were only three or five spirit stones, and that magic artifact was probably ruined; the Soul-Devouring Blood Banner was the most damaging magic artifact.
There were also one or two talismans and a strange cultivation technique called "Spiritual Melody Technique," which were obviously useless to Lu Xuan.
He then opened the pockmarked evil cultivator's storage bag and found a low-grade Soul Devouring Banner, a dozen spirit stones, three bottles of pills, a few useless cultivation manuals, and a complete encyclopedia of spells? That was somewhat useful.
Huh? The [Yunmeng Mountain Map] is a godsend for Lu Xuan. He has been cultivating for many years and has not yet left the vicinity of Red Leaf Market.
This catalogue contains information on the numerous cultivation factions within Yunmeng Mountain.
There is also a book called "The Immortal Cultivation Manual," which is practically an encyclopedia. It contains many illustrations of demonic beasts and spiritual herbs, as well as various natural treasures.
He carefully stored away the useful items and turned the two useless storage bags into ashes with a single fire spell.
I have now obtained more than ten spirit stones and several bottles of pills.
That's enough for him to cultivate to the fifth level of Qi Refining.
Several days later, Master Hanxin returned. It turned out that Master Hanxin had gone to Elder Hongye to give instructions during those days.
Besides Senior Brother Jin, Zhou Lingyun and the taciturn man in black robes also returned safely.
As expected, none of them were easy to deal with.
Although most of them had injuries.
With the elixir in hand, Lu Xuan went into seclusion to cultivate within the Loose Cultivator Alliance.
He didn't emerge from seclusion until he broke through to the fifth level of Qi Refining.
He continued to conceal his aura at the peak of the third level of Qi Refining.
At this point, more than half a month had passed.
The medicinal herbs inside the bronze cauldron had matured.
After exchanging at another medicine shop and obtaining more than thirty spirit stones, Lu Xuan bought three bottles of Qi Gathering Pills at once, intending to break through to the sixth level of Qi Refining in one fell swoop.
They returned to the Qing Shi Cave Mansion on the outskirts of their own market town.
Lu Xuan began his secluded cultivation.
But he came out of seclusion the next day.
It turned out that he had made too rapid progress in his cultivation during this period, his realm was unstable, and he was too eager for quick success, which almost caused him to suffer a qi deviation.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, the bronze cauldron in his dantian emitted a powerful aura, which brought him back to his senses. Recalling this experience of almost falling into demonic possession, he was still filled with lingering fear.
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