The Fisherman's Profit

"You're truly insane!"

The Formation Breaking Hammer is worth 2000 low-grade spirit stones.

Lin Zhi Shan felt his heart ache. His expression was gloomy; losing property was secondary, but losing face was a big deal!

"Fairy Liu, I wonder where I have offended you?" Lin Zhi Shan said in a low voice. "You destroyed my array formation for no reason. If you don't give me an explanation... this matter is not over!"

"Give an explanation?!" Liu Mei laughed in anger. "Are you playing dumb?!"

"What am I playing dumb about? Liu Mei, you'd better explain yourself clearly!"

Lin Zhi Shan was stunned for a moment. He suddenly noticed the faint pink mist swirling around him, drifting towards him. He tried to escape, but it was too late.

The thick mist quickly covered everything.

The scent was pleasant, but everyone in the Outer Sect knew the power of Joy Peak's "Crimson Powder Miasma."

"If you had only killed my sisters from Joy Peak, I could let it go. But you actually performed Essence Absorption on them.

Joy Peak disciples have always performed Essence Absorption on others; outsiders never do it to Joy Peak disciples!"

Liu Mei's angry voice was still mixed with seductive charm. Her voice suddenly weakened and strengthened, coming from different directions.

"Who the hell did I perform Essence Absorption on!" Lin Zhi Shan exclaimed in shock and anger. A layer of dark green spiritual energy already enveloped him as protection. "I have countless pills, why would I need to perform Essence Absorption on your Joy Peak... Oh, right, speaking of which, one of my disciples, Lin Miao, is also dead. Did you kill him!"

"Stop joking. Su Hao already confessed. Are you still pretending with me!"

Liu Mei grew even more annoyed. The crimson silk ribbon in her hand instantly shot out sharply, powerfully striking Lin Zhi Shan's back.

Lin Zhi Shan's protective spiritual energy cracked, but it didn't break completely. As he dodged, he quickly replenished and repaired his protective spiritual shield, while simultaneously sprinting away, trying to escape the pink poisonous miasma.

"Who is Su Hao?"

Lin Zhi Shan was completely confused as he fled. He couldn't recall this person for a moment. "Right... it seems to be that Medicine Slave?"

"Fairy Liu, you believe the words of a mere Medicine Slave? Don't be instigated by a villain!"

Lin Zhi Shan vaguely sensed something was wrong.

He had only been putting on a show initially, and now he was even less willing to fight.

He absolutely did not want to completely offend Joy Peak, especially Liu Mei, who was notorious for her beauty and had countless admirers.

"Alright, then open your mind and let me ask properly!" Liu Mei said with a cold laugh after another sneak attack with her crimson silk ribbon failed.

"Liu Mei, you're really joking!"

Lin Zhi Shan's face darkened. If he opened his mind and let Liu Mei bewitch him, wouldn't he be at her mercy, with all his secrets exposed!

"I can't reason with you. Don't think I'm afraid of you; you're the one being aggressive. When we get out, I will definitely find your Joy Peak Elder and demand an explanation!"

A magic artifact sword entwined with vines appeared in Lin Zhi Shan's hand.

Spiritual energy surged. He formed a hand seal, and the vines on the sword rapidly grew, instantly shooting out sharp spikes in all directions.

When a different sound came from the west, the sound of spikes hitting silk was heard.

Lin Zhi Shan, enraged, ran towards the west, sword in hand, and simultaneously activated a bell-shaped magic artifact. The bell shook, and its sound waves transformed into numerous shockwaves.

Where the sound waves passed, the thick mist dispersed, revealing the scene ahead.

There was no sign of Liu Mei ahead, only a piece of crimson silk ribbon fluttering down.

"Not good!"

Lin Zhi Shan's expression changed drastically.

On the left, the mist rolled like a giant snake, and the fiery crimson silk ribbon swept through the air.

The next second, Lin Zhi Shan was completely entangled by the ribbon.

"Heh?"

Liu Mei emerged from the pink miasma, her figure as alluring as a snake. She held the end of the crimson silk ribbon with her slender hand. "A good-for-nothing is still a good-for-nothing. You have the realm of Qi Refining Level 8 but not the combat power of Level 8. It was much easier than I imagined."

The outcome was decided. The crimson powder miasma from all directions rapidly converged into a red ring on Liu Mei's hand.

"I'm only at Qi Refining Level 7!" Lin Zhi Shan roared. He had just managed to cultivate the Hundred Profound Gang Body; where would he find the time to cultivate and break through?

Before his words even fell, the crimson silk ribbon instantly turned into countless shredded pieces.

Lin Zhi Shan furiously activated a silver-white cone-shaped artifact. This magic artifact was incredibly sharp and instantly destroyed a low-grade magic artifact, stabbing towards Liu Mei.

The battle in front of the cave dwelling was fierce.

Su Hao hid behind a rock, secretly observing everything.

The Crimson Powder Miasma blocked his view, so he couldn't see what was happening inside.

Only when Lin Zhi Shan deliberately showed weakness and was captured, and Liu Mei retracted the Crimson Powder Miasma, did he immediately launch his counterattack.

Everything that followed was witnessed by Su Hao.

Having learned from the previous incident where Zhou Cui Feng discovered him.

This time, Su Hao was even more cautious. He squinted to observe the battle, avoiding looking directly at the two of them, to prevent the mysterious combat intuition of cultivators.

Liu Mei couldn't set up the Crimson Powder Miasma in such a short time, and the situation reversed, putting her at a disadvantage.

In the end, at the cost of destroying three magic artifacts, she managed to deplete the remaining power of the disposable mid-grade magic artifact, the Tiger King Cone.

However, she was also at the end of her rope. Her Qi Refining Level 6 was still one level below Lin Zhi Shan's.

By the end, both of them had little spiritual energy left, and they began to fight hand-to-hand.

Liu Mei's physique was ultimately inferior. After taking a spiritual energy blast from Lin Zhi Shan, she used the Crimson Powder Miasma to escape.

"Lin Zhi Shan, you wait! I will repay this debt a hundredfold!"

Liu Mei's venomous voice echoed from a distance.

"Bitch..." Lin Zhi Shan gasped, his spiritual energy depleted, yet he still didn't understand the whole story.

The guardian array formation and the Tiger King Cone were successively destroyed.

He had lost over 3,000 spirit stones.

These could be overlooked; spirit stones and magic artifacts could be found again, but incurring the enmity of Liu Mei from Joy Peak was the biggest trouble.

"Su Hao? What did this kid say to Liu Mei... A female disciple from Joy Peak being subjected to Essence Absorption?

He wouldn't frame me, would he?

How could a mere Medicine Slave lie to Liu Mei?"

Lin Zhi Shan clutched his chest, gritting his teeth in hatred.

He was also not lightly injured in this battle.

"Su Hao..." Lin Zhi Shan repeated the name through clenched teeth.

"Master, did you call me?"

Su Hao had appeared under a tree twenty meters away at some unknown time.

Lin Zhi Shan broke out in a cold sweat and whipped his head around to look at the source of the voice, "You... How are you here!"

"Master, aren't I worried about you?" Su Hao walked towards Lin Zhi Shan step by step, the spiritual energy fluctuations on his body rising with each stride. "Liu Mei is looking for trouble with you, so I came specifically to help you!"

"Your strength..."

Qi Refining Level 3, Qi Refining Level 4, Qi Refining Level 5!

His spiritual energy was violent like fire, faintly emitting a reddish glow.

Lin Zhi Shan was greatly alarmed. Su Hao wasn't cultivating the Hundred Profound Medicine Veins, but a Fire Element Cultivation Method?

The key was that his cultivation realm was too bizarre. In less than twenty days, he had gone from a mortal all the way to Qi Refining Level 5... no, Qi Refining Level 6?

Damn it, Qi Refining Level 7!

"You were the one who subjected the Joy Peak disciple to Essence Absorption!" Lin Zhi Shan's soul almost left his body. Although this truth couldn't fully explain all the doubts surrounding Su Hao.

A sword appeared in Su Hao's hand.

With golden decorations and a dragon-patterned scabbard, Lin Zhi Shan recognized the artifact embryo, the Golden Rock Sword, at a glance!

"Wait, Su Hao..." Lin Zhi Shan's mind was shaken to its core. He instinctively raised his hand, trying to stall for time.

While his attention was entirely on the Golden Rock Sword, he completely failed to notice Su Hao lightly shaking the Soul Shaking Bell on his left hand, which was behind his back.

The bell's chime was crisp, and an invisible pressure transformed into a terrifying grimace in mid-air. It roared ferociously, soul-shattering and spirit-terrifying!

Lin Zhi Shan's face turned ashen, his mind was greatly shocked, his eyes filled with pain, and his body was unable to move.

Su Hao, holding the sword in his right hand, stepped forward and slashed horizontally, his sword move clean and swift!