The yamen runners were in a commotion and wanted to enter the villa to check the situation, but were stopped by the county magistrate. Since the Qi Refiner ignored them and went straight into Longliu Villa, it was obvious that he didn't want to have any contact with them. If they rashly went over to try to get close to him, they would only be asking for trouble.

The county magistrate is very self-aware and never does anything beyond the rules.

…

Watching the three Qi Refiners heading straight for the secret room where the Soul Calming Bottle was originally placed, Du Ge was torn between two options. Should he do it or not? If there were only one or two Qi Refiners coming, he would do it without hesitation, but with three coming at once, if any one of them escaped, he would be killed.

The speed of the opponent's sword light was not much slower than the dark divine power, and the middle-aged Qi-refining practitioner also looked capable.

The cultivators in the first alien battlefield said they were practitioners, but their martial arts methods were similar to those in the high-level martial arts world. The Qi-refining practitioners in this world would often combine their bodies with sword flashes, and Duger had no confidence at all when fighting with them.

In fact, Du Ge wanted to plot against the Qi Refiner who came from Prince Duan's Mansion. That Qi Refiner had such a sinister soul-calming bottle, so he definitely wouldn't dare to come to Longliu Villa with only three or five people to check the situation.

These three are obviously hunting down the alien warriors, and who knows what sect they are connected to!

But soon, Doug made up his mind.

Get them.

The brave will die of overeating, and the timid will die of starvation.

What if the Qi Refiner from Prince Duan’s Mansion doesn’t come?

Now he is number one in the alien battlefield. In about twenty days, once the ranking is announced, danger will come. The sooner he improves his strength, the sooner he will be protected.

What's more.

The night was his home turf.

Magical techniques and the like were just a cover for him. What he really wanted was to use magical techniques and treasures to use his divine power openly and honestly.

Don't you see, a soul-suppressing bottle has made his strength soar by a huge amount? ...

"You guys wait here, don't run around, I'm going to catch those Qi Refiners." Du Ge turned around and told Long Yichen and the others, "I've already planted the Hundred Ghosts Tracking Technique in you, I can track you within a thousand miles. If I find you running away, you'll be in trouble."

He once again fabricated a spell to scare Long Yichen and others.

Douger hid himself in the dark divine power and approached the three Qi Refiners little by little. He was cautious when fighting against opponents of unknown strength.

500 meters, 400 meters...200 meters, 100 meters...50 meters, 20 meters...8 meters, 5 meters...

Relying on the cover of the dark power, Duger hid himself in the shadow of the middle-aged Qi Refiner, and the Qi Refiner was still unaware.

So far.

Doug was completely relieved.

Even though Qi Refiners are feared like tigers by warriors, it cannot change the fact that they are the lowest level in the cultivation world.

Overestimate them.

Dark divine power comes from the master of another world. Even if the number is small, it is still divine power, which can completely crush these low-end Qi Refiners...

The Dark God’s counterpart should be the gods in this world.

…

"Master, it is definitely not going to work for Prince Duan to keep evil cultivators in captivity. Which of the remaining princes do you think has a chance of ascending the throne?" the young female disciple asked as they walked.

"Ziyun, focus more on cultivation and worry less about worldly affairs." The middle-aged Qigong practitioner said, "No matter who takes the throne, the status of Longhu Mountain cannot be shaken. It would be better to cultivate peacefully and ascend to the immortal world than to be a small god in the mortal world."

People from Mount Longhu? Douger was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously aimed at the neck of the middle-aged Qi Refiner, considering whether to kill him with one strike, leaving the two younger ones to deal with...

Just as his eyes fell on the middle-aged Qi Refiner's neck.

The middle-aged Qi cultivator suddenly frowned. He subconsciously turned his head and looked behind him, but found nothing: "Ziming, Ziyun, you two should be alert. Something is not right here."

"Isn't that right?"

The male disciple named Ziming stopped and looked around, finally set his gaze in the direction of the yamen runner and said, "Could there really be an evil spirit hiding among those people?"

"It doesn't look like a demon, it looks like someone is spying on us from the dark." The middle-aged Qi cultivator finally stopped, put his two fingers together, and the long sword behind him flew out and hovered in front of him, "Fellow Daoist, why don't you show yourself?"

His two disciples then took out their flying swords.

…

What a clever mind! Doug was impressed by his sharp intuition, but he shrank back in his shadow, remaining calm.

He is an expert in this kind of tactics. When he is not sure whether there are enemies around, he can just bluff. If he succeeds, it is a success. If he fails, there is no loss.

If the Qi Refiner wanted to discover him, he would have discovered it long ago. There is no need for him to hide in the shadows.

No movement.

The middle-aged Qi cultivator frowned again.

"Master, how about I go and take a look around?" asked the male disciple.

"No need. You can't deal with someone who can evade my perception. You two should stay with me." The middle-aged Qi cultivator sensed the surroundings again and shook his head. "Let's go. Maybe I sensed it wrong. Let's get the magic weapon of the evil cultivator first, and then go to check if there are any evil spirits. If there are no evil spirits, we will leave here and go to Fancheng to investigate."

"Yes, Master." The male disciple responded.

The middle-aged Qi Refiner quickened his pace, but he never put away his flying sword. Obviously, he did not let his guard down.

Two disciples were guarding beside him, making sword gestures with their hands and also remaining alert.

final.

The three of them found the secret passage and walked through the corridor to the secret room where the soul-soothing bottle was placed.

Looking at the empty secret room, the middle-aged Qi cultivator was stunned for a moment, then smiled dejectedly: "Let's go, I should have thought of this earlier."

"What did you think of?" asked the female disciple.

"Longliu Villa has been operating peacefully for so many years, but suddenly such a tragedy happened. How could it be possible if there was no one behind it?" said the middle-aged Qigong practitioner, "It must be that a demon came to the world, giving Prince Duan an opportunity to mature the magic weapon..."

"Ripe?" The female disciple was stunned and shouted in surprise, "Prince Duan is crazy. He used so many lives to ripen the magic weapon. Isn't he afraid of being criticized?"

"Under normal circumstances, he would not do this, but if there are evil spirits around him, it will be different." The middle-aged Qigong practitioner said, "Each evil spirit has its own magical powers. If there are evil spirits around Prince Duan that disturb his mind, he may take action in advance."

"Master, are you saying that there is an evil spirit around Prince Duan?" asked the male disciple.

"Nine out of ten." said the middle-aged Qigong practitioner.

"If the evil spirit is beside Prince Duan, my status is not enough." The middle-aged Qigong practitioner said, "At least your great-grandmaster should come forward."

"But if we go back to the mountain to ask our uncle for help, what if the evil spirits take the opportunity to cause chaos and strengthen themselves?" the female disciple asked worriedly, "They dared to kill so many people for a magic weapon. Once they intervene in the dispute over the crown prince, I don't know how many people will die!"

"Died an untimely death?" The middle-aged Qi cultivator glanced at his two disciples and said, "If we could just provoke a war in the mortal world and catch them, it would be a good thing. Now we are not afraid of them jumping out, but we are afraid of them hiding!"

"Why?" asked the female disciple.

"..." The middle-aged Qi cultivator was silent for a moment, and then said, "The Heavenly Master has issued a decree that the demons and evil spirits in troubled times are not disturbing the mortal world, but the Three Realms. Only by strangling them when they are weak can we save the Three Realms from danger. Therefore, the demons and evil spirits that jump out now are easy to deal with no matter how powerful they are. What we should be afraid of are those that hide and eventually merge with the world and grow in secret. Those are the real disasters."

"Master, since the evil spirits are so harmful, why doesn't the Heavenly Court send troops to destroy them directly? Why do we, the Qi Refiners, have to search for them in the mortal world?" the male disciple asked, "Even though the Dao Ancestor has great magical powers, can't he deduce where they are hiding?"

"What is the intention of Daozu? Mortals like us cannot guess it." The middle-aged Qi cultivator shook his head and said, "We just have to obey orders. As for why the immortal world did not send troops? Why did Emperor Donghua suddenly come to the mortal world a few days ago? It's just that the demons are weak and there is no need for the emperor to take action for the time being!"

"So that's how it is." The two disciples nodded in confusion.

They really are on high alert, with the big boss sitting directly on earth in charge, not giving the alien warriors any time to grow!

Doug, hiding in the shadow of the middle-aged Qi Refiner, felt emotional and confirmed once again that this was the most difficult alien battlefield. In the battle with Luo Shuang, the national master could only vaguely calculate the future disaster. The immortals and gods in this world were much more powerful than the national master. Maybe they could even calculate the pan-universe entertainment behind the alien warriors.

but.

The more powerful the world's natives are, the happier Doug is, because it means he can command more powerful power. It also means that Pan-Universe Entertainment is gradually increasing the difficulty of the alien battlefield in order to increase ratings.

If he continues to improve, one day, Pan-Universe Entertainment will lose control of the alien battlefield, and then, his chance will come.

…

"Let's go." The middle-aged Qigong master took care of the two disciples, "There's nothing to investigate here, let's go back to Longhu Mountain."

"Master, aren't you going to Fancheng to investigate the evil spirits?" asked the male disciple.

"There are no sects of cultivators around Fancheng, and the evil spirits cannot learn the methods of cultivation. They have no reason to suddenly target Longliu Villa, nor do they have the ability to kill all the people in Longliu Villa. This is obviously the work of evil cultivators, and has nothing to do with the evil spirits. Prince Duan's side is more important, and it is not worth our time wasting in Fancheng." The middle-aged Qi Refiner said affirmatively.

Having said that, he stood up and walked out, his pace obviously quickened a lot, obviously not wanting to waste any more time here.

Right now.

The investigation of the incident was completed, and even a conclusion was reached and ready to turn around, which meant that he relaxed all his vigilance.

Just before the three of them walked out of the secret room, Douger suddenly attacked, and the power of darkness suddenly spread out, isolating them.

A series of negative curses such as dullness, slowness, corrosion, etc. were all instilled into the three people by Doug.

at the same time.

The steel knife in Doug's hand suddenly chopped towards the back of the middle-aged Qi cultivator's neck.

It is better to strike first.

If you don't know the magical powers of the Qi Refiner, of course you have to kill the strongest one first. When both parties are on opposite sides, there is no need to consider right or wrong. Everything should be based on survival.

Puff! Doug's steel knife hit the Qi Refiner's neck, but it did not chop off his head as he imagined. Instead, it cut into the neck three-quarters of the way, and then with a clang, the fine steel knife broke.

Is his body as hard as iron? Douge was stunned for a moment, and then he felt a streak of light breaking through the dark power and slashing towards it, but the sword light was blocked by the dark power, like a bullet shot into the water, with a very fast speed at the beginning, but it quickly slowed down, and the path of the sword light was even a little erratic.

When Doug controlled the dark power to block the sword light, the sword light was quickly suppressed back into the sword body. The flying sword was fixed in the divine power, trembling and unable to move forward at all.

"Thief!"

The middle-aged Qi Refiner had no idea that he couldn't even launch a single move. Shocked and terrified, he used his spiritual power to rush outward, trying to break free from the shackles of darkness.

But the power of darkness was like sticky asphalt. He had to stop after taking a few steps. Fighting against the power of darkness consumed too much of his spiritual energy.

"Jindan Zhenren, you are Jindan Zhenren." The middle-aged Qigong practitioner's voice trembled, "What virtue and ability does Prince Duan have to allow you, a Jindan Zhenren, to work for him?"

"I have lived a carefree life, helping whoever I want to help. What qualifications do you, a junior from Longhu Mountain, have to criticize me?"

Douger sneered, and suddenly he was no longer in a hurry to kill him. He controlled the dark power and took out the things in his arms one by one, including pills, talismans, etc., but he did not find the secret book.

"Old thief, since you know that Liao is a disciple of Mount Longhu, aren't you afraid of offending Master Xu?" The middle-aged Qigong practitioner said sternly, "Master Xu is the most protective of his people. If he knew that a disciple of Mount Longhu died at your hands, he would definitely cut you into pieces. Be sensible and let us go. I can forgive you for what happened."

"What a good way to let bygones be bygones! If you don't know, you would think I was caught by you! Are all the disciples of Mount Longhu so cowardly now? Do you want to bring out the parents to scare people when you can't win?" Du Ge sneered, "If I let you go, what will happen to Prince Duan's cause? I still want to get the credit of following the dragon and become a national teacher!"

"Old villain, now the three realms are all hunting down evil spirits. Prince Duan is in league with the evil spirits. Once it is revealed, he will be killed by both humans and gods. Do you really think he can sit on the throne of God?" The middle-aged Qigong cultivator sneered, "He is just a mortal and can't understand it. Don't you, a great Golden Core Master, understand this truth? It's not easy to cultivate the Golden Core. Why put yourself in an irretrievable situation for a mere position of God?"

This moment of effort.

The wound on the back of the middle-aged Qigong practitioner's neck has healed.

It has to be said that although the wound healing speed of the Qi Refiner cannot catch up with that of the alien warrior, it is not much weaker.

Douge sensed the changes in his body and said with a smile, "Youngster from Longhu Mountain, I will not kill nameless people. What is your name?"

"My name remains unchanged, I am Liao Jiulong from Tianlan Peak, Longhu Mountain." said the middle-aged Qigong practitioner.

"Where are your two apprentices?" Doug asked again.

"What do you want to do?" Liao Jiulong asked vigilantly.

"Xiao Liao, I want to play a game with you." Doug smiled, "I play with people. I don't have any hobbies, but I love to test human nature. Anyone who can pass my test, I will let them go. If they can't pass, I will add a few more main souls to my soul-suppressing bottle. Xiao Liao, do you want to play this game with me?"

"You can kill me or chop me up as you like. I would rather die than make a deal with an evil cultivator like you." Liao Jiulong said, "You want to use my soul to harm others? That's just wishful thinking. I would rather die than let you imprison my soul."

"Xiao Liao, it must not be easy for you to cultivate till today!" Doug laughed, "Ask yourself, are you really willing to give up your cultivation? You just need to play a game with me, and if you win, you can leave and continue to be your disciple of Longhu Mountain, isn't that great?"

"Hmph!" Liao Jiulong snorted coldly, using his spiritual power to sense the darkness that imprisoned him around him, trying to find the location of Doug and his two disciples.

"If you don't play this game with me, you will definitely die." Doug chuckled and continued, "If you play this game, you will have a 50% chance of survival. Do you really want to give up? If you are willing to give up, those two children are still young. Are you willing to let them die with you?"

Liao Jiulong's face changed.

"Liao Jiulong, why do you think I killed so many people in Longliu Villa?" Du Ge laughed evilly, "Is it really for Prince Duan? I just want to use this Longliu Villa as bait to lure you so-called Qi Refiners!

The quality of mortal souls is too poor. Only by gathering the main souls of nine Qi Refiners can my Soul Calming Bottle be refined to perfection. Do you believe that after you die, Longhu Mountain will send other people to Longliu Villa to investigate the cause of your death?"

"You..." Liao Jiulong's expression suddenly changed, "Will you really let me go?"

(End of this chapter)