Shi Xuan returned to the spirit spring and put Zhao Cai, Hong Mao, Jin Duoduo, and Jin Dada into it. These spirit beasts were all incredibly expensive in terms of spirit stones. Zhao Cai was picky, Hong Mao had a big appetite, and the two newcomers probably weren't much better. Since there was a spirit spring here, it couldn't be wasted, and the spirit stones collected from those who came in couldn't be wasted either.
Sure enough, not long after the four spirit beasts entered the water, the luster of the spirit spring water visibly faded, and in the end it was just like ordinary water, without any luster at all.
The remaining spiritual energy in the spring was quickly swept away by the spirit beasts. Although the spirit beasts did not advance in rank, they looked very happy, and Jin Duoduo's spirits returned to a lot.
After exhausting his spiritual energy, Shi Xuan put away the four spirit beasts, then let go of the spirit spring that would take an unknown amount of time to recover, and went down the mountain with his teammates.
Since every minute spent here was earned with spirit stones, the team members were not polite at all. They took in any usable spiritual plants and materials they saw, aiming to make a profit from every opportunity and do their best to earn back the spirit stones they spent.
The descent was smooth, but several groups of people were waiting impatiently at the foot of the mountain.
They've been caught in a dilemma for over ten days. If they go out now, it will cost each person 100 high-grade spirit stones every three days. It's been ten days already, which is 400 spirit stones per person. For a small team of more than ten people, that's too much spirit stone to spend. But if they wait any longer, they don't know how long they'll have to wait. Whether to go or not has become a problem.
Fortunately, just as they were struggling with their decision, the best team members came down the mountain!
The groups were overjoyed; they had never looked forward to anyone's arrival so much.
For more than ten days, they had been communicating with each other outside. In order to prevent any accidents from happening and to ensure that the four hundred high-grade spirit stones each person earned were not wasted, they decided to form an alliance. When the best team came down, they would all go together, and the spoils would be distributed equally upon their return.
Four teams, totaling over sixty people. This small team needs to rob 30,000 high-grade spirit stones to break even.
They recalled how readily the group had taken spirit stones when they came in, and concluded that they must be very wealthy, with definitely more than 30,000 spirit stones on them.
Actually, they guessed quite correctly. They could have made three million, let alone thirty thousand. It has to be said that they have a good eye for business.
So the best team had just come down from the mountain when they were suddenly blocked from their way.
The massive group of sixty people completely surrounded the best team.
With sixty people against nineteen, and the average cultivation level of the latter being significantly higher, it seemed that even the best team was doomed this time.
The man blocking the road revealed a triumphant smile and said to Shi Xuan, "We don't want to take your lives. Hand over your storage bags and we'll let you go."
Shi Xuan looked around and glanced at the sixty cultivators.
There was no sign of panic on her face. She smiled faintly and said, "Instead of focusing on cultivation, you choose to take this crooked path. It damages your Dao heart, making it even more difficult to advance."
These sixty people were well aware of the reasoning behind this. Many of them were at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage, but had no hope of forming a Nascent Soul. So, they gave up and embarked on this shortcut together.
Now that their Dao heart has been lost, it is even more difficult for them to make any progress. If they do not have any extraordinary encounters, reaching the Golden Core stage will probably be their peak.
But at this point, it's no use saying all this. Things have come to this, there's no turning back now, and they have no other choice.
Seeing that Shi Xuan refused to back down and kept stabbing them in the heart, the leader of one of the squads became even more furious and shouted, "Stop wasting your breath on her and attack!"
At his command, the sixty men surrounding the best squad moved out at once and attacked the nineteen men who were surrounded.
At the same time as they moved, Shi Xuan shouted, "Defend!" At the same time, he threw four explosive pills in all directions.
In that instant, the members of the best squad uniformly set up their defensive artifacts, protecting themselves and their companions tightly. With multiple people stacked on top of each other and several layers of protection, at first glance, these people were really over-defended.
Those who were blocking them didn't think much about it; they had already made their move, so wasn't it normal for the other side to defend themselves?
But in the next instant, a huge explosion rang out, catching the unprepared 60-man joint brigade completely off guard.
Some who reacted quickly managed to set up their defensive artifacts and fared better. Those who didn't react at all were blasted away. Several with lower cultivation levels who were at the center of the explosion lost their fighting ability and lay on the ground struggling desperately.
Those with higher cultivation levels and who were further away were also injured to some extent. When they turned around and saw that in just one exchange, their opponents were completely unharmed while they were in such a sorry state, they were utterly furious.
They never expected this outcome. Sixty against nineteen, and those were even more powerful. They should have been able to kill them instantly, let alone this hastily assembled rookie squad.
They didn't look like a newly formed team at all; they were incredibly organized and orderly. The captain only said one word, and they all understood what he meant. Even an experienced team like theirs wouldn't dare say they could do that.
Even though they suffered losses due to momentary lapse in attention, their current combat strength is still far superior to that of this ragtag squad.
The leader of the joint brigade gave the order: "Go! Take control of that captain, stop her from throwing anything else!"
Shi Xuan didn't intend to throw out any more pills. These things are useful when used unexpectedly, but now that they are on guard, they are not as effective.
Instead of throwing out the Exploding Pill, she didn't stay idle either, releasing Red Hair, Golden Big Brother, and the puppet from the Silver Frost.
In an instant, while the enemy suffered losses, their best squad actually gained reinforcements, and the gap in strength narrowed dramatically.
Shi Xuan maintained his ambiguous smile and said casually, "We have no intention of taking your lives. Quickly hand over your storage bags, and we'll spare your lives."
The lines were so familiar that Shi Xuan returned them to the bandit alliance in just a short while.
The leader was extremely surprised to see so many spirit pets suddenly appear.
More than ten days ago, when they fought the first team that tried to ambush them, these spirit pets and puppets did not appear! It is clear that they did not take the first team seriously at all, and did not even reveal their trump cards.
So, is this all they have now? It doesn't seem so!
He suddenly felt like he'd kicked a hornet's nest. Such a disorganized team wouldn't dare flaunt their wealth in public without some skill, since even the newcomers had all cultivated to the late Golden Core stage.
But now it's too late to say all this; they have no other choice.
"All-out attack!" the leader roared. "Charge! Fight to the death!"
Shi Xuan waved his hand and ordered, "Form the formation!"
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