Immortal Falls (May Day Joy!)

Immortal Falls (May Day Joy!) Ge Tianqing's figure flashed, and he appeared beside Junior Sister Zheng. The Low-Grade Iron Hammer Magical Artifact in his hand came crashing down.

Panic seized Junior Sister Zheng. Only then did she realize the flaw in her coordination with Senior Brother Zhao. If she had advanced and retreated alongside Senior Brother Zhao, she would never have given Ge Tianqing an opening.

She wanted to recall her Low-Grade Hairpin Magical Artifact, take out a Defense Talisman from her Storage Bag, and pour more Spiritual Power into her Low-Grade Defense Small Shield. In her panic, she tried to do all of it at once and immediately became utterly flustered.

She could not be blamed for that. She had hardly experienced any combat in the sect. Even when she occasionally went on missions, she had her fellow disciples to help her. That was precisely why she had been able to save enough Spirit Stones to buy a Spirit Gathering Disk.

But lacking strength revealed its bitter consequences in a real battle. Her panic allowed the Low-Grade Defense Small Shield in her hand to barely block the Low-Grade Iron Hammer Magical Artifact.

Yet this was a Low-Grade Iron Hammer Magical Artifact driven by a Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivator. With a single blow, it shattered her Low-Grade Defense Small Shield, and the hammer struck her body with tremendous force.

Junior Sister Zheng's entire body jolted. The Late-Stage Qi Refining Spiritual Power carried by the Low-Grade Iron Hammer Magical Artifact instantly extinguished the life force within her.

"Junior Sister!" Senior Brother Zhao roared.

He no longer held anything back. He slapped his waist, and an Intermediate Attack Talisman appeared in his hand.

He activated the Intermediate Attack Talisman with Spiritual Power, and a streak of fire shot toward Ge Tianqing.

Ge Tianqing snatched up Junior Sister Zheng's Storage Bag, then noticed Senior Brother Zhao's attack. Without the slightest hesitation, he hurled the Low-Grade Iron Hammer Magical Artifact in his hand toward the flames unleashed by the Intermediate Attack Talisman.

He then took out a red talisman and spat out a mouthful of heartblood onto it. The red talisman transformed into a streak of bloody light and carried him far away.

After activating the Intermediate Attack Talisman, Senior Brother Zhao moved as one with the Mid-Grade Longsword Magical Artifact in his hand, intending to close in on Ge Tianqing and fight him.

As someone raised by a sect, he had many methods at his disposal that he had yet to use.

As long as he could hold Ge Tianqing back, Ge Tianqing would surely be left behind.

But he had clearly not anticipated a Rogue Cultivator's decisiveness. Ge Tianqing had actually detonated his main Magic Artifact and activated a special Blood Guiding Talisman to escape.

Senior Brother Zhao rushed forward, only to meet the detonating Low-Grade Iron Hammer Magical Artifact head-on.

The exploding Low-Grade Iron Hammer Magical Artifact had been nurtured by a Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivator for a long time. The power of its self-destruction was incomparably terrifying.

Perhaps even Ge Tianqing had not expected detonating the Low-Grade Iron Hammer Magical Artifact to produce such an effect. He had already fled far away and did not inspect the battle's outcome.

The effects of Senior Brother Zhao's Intermediate Defense Talisman had been shattered earlier by a handful of low-grade talismans from Ge Tianqing. Even the Mid-Grade Tortoise Shell Magical Artifact had suffered an impact.

The explosion of the Low-Grade Iron Hammer Magical Artifact instantly shattered the Mid-Grade Tortoise Shell Magical Artifact.

Fortunately, the Mid-Grade Tortoise Shell Magical Artifact absorbed most of the blast's power, and the Mid-Grade Longsword Magical Artifact in Senior Brother Zhao's hand helped block some of it as well. Only then did he avoid dying on the spot.

Senior Brother Zhao's body flew out like a rag doll and slammed heavily onto the street.

Suppressing the pain, he took out a Pill from his Storage Bag and swallowed it. Then he leaped to his feet, first storing Junior Sister Zheng's corpse in his Storage Bag before summoning a Small Flying Boat.

This Small Flying Boat was not his. It had been borrowed from the sect for this mission.

He jumped into the Small Flying Boat and inserted several Spirit Stones into its formation. The Small Flying Boat rose into the air and flew toward the horizon.

Only after the Small Flying Boat had settled into stable flight did his mind relax. He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of organs, and his face turned deathly pale.

The reason he fled at once was that he had suffered grave injuries from the close-range self-destruction of the Low-Grade Iron Hammer Magical Artifact.

He feared that the Rogue Cultivator might return. By then, he would not even have the strength to fight back and could only let the other party deal with him as they pleased.

The two cultivators departed, leaving behind only a wrecked scene. The street, the ground, and the buildings on both sides were devastated, littered everywhere with fragments of rock and wood torn apart by Spiritual Power.

Aside from the groans of the injured within the buildings, everyone else had long been so frightened by the commotion outside that they did not dare make a sound.

Only when torchlight appeared and the footsteps of a large group of people approached did anyone dare come out to inspect the situation.

Li Wenyuan was awakened from his sleep by a servant and hurried to the scene.

Li Shiming had still been trying to sense Spiritual Qi and had not fallen asleep. He too heard the commotion outside.

"Mo Yan, what happened again?" Li Shiming asked as he got dressed and came outside, seeing the servant Mo Yan approaching.

He was quite satisfied with Mo Yan. Whenever anything happened, Mo Yan would always rush over at the first opportunity to inform him.

"A battle broke out over on Siqian Street. The reports say the destruction looked somewhat like what happened in the garden!" Mo Yan replied, somewhat frightened.

The explosion in the garden had terrified all the servants in the residence. Who would have thought the city had not yet found peace before another incident occurred?

Li Shiming naturally knew that what had happened on Siqian Street was not the same as the incident in the garden. There was no second person in this world capable of mixing Nitroglycerin, so it was impossible for anyone to create such an explosion.

He thought of the two cultivators. Only a battle between cultivators could produce such an effect.

"Mo Yan, send two matrons to the Guest Courtyard and see whether the two guests are still there," he ordered gravely.

The matrons of the residence were all worldly-wise. They knew how to gather information without provoking displeasure. If Mo Yan went to investigate instead, Li Shiming worried he might not handle it properly.

"Yes, Young Master!" Mo Yan did not know why, but he still bowed and replied.

Li Shiming could no longer sleep. He went to the Government Office area and waited in the reception hall where Li Wenyuan worked.

News from Mo Yan arrived first. The two guests were not in the Guest Courtyard.

At that point, he was one hundred percent certain that the events in the city were connected to those two cultivators.

"Father!" Li Wenyuan entered with heavy steps. Li Shiming hurried forward to support him, concern written on his face.

"I'm old. When I was young, I could spend three days and three nights on the riverbank without feeling tired!" Li Wenyuan said helplessly as he sat down and lightly pounded his legs.

Li Shiming instructed the servant outside to bring in ginseng soup, which he had had the kitchen prepare in advance.

"Father, I sent people to investigate the Guest Courtyard where the two cultivators were staying. Neither of them is there anymore!" Li Shiming said.

"Actually, there was no need to investigate much. There was a bold witness at the scene who saw the battle. The Female Immortal from yesterday died, while the Male Immortal and their enemy all fled!" Li Wenyuan said gravely.

"Father, this year's Ministry of Revenue evaluation may be trouble!" Li Shiming said with concern.

The Ministry of Revenue evaluation was an assessment of an official's work over the year and an important basis for an official's promotion or transfer.

"There's no need to worry about the evaluation. I never had any intention of returning to the Central Capital in the first place!" Li Wenyuan said with a smile, shaking his head.