On an unnamed island, savage waves pounded ceaselessly against the reefs, erupting with thunderous booms.
Beneath the countless splashes, a spirit insect quietly crawled onto the reef.
The instant the insect landed on the reef, a figure descended beside it.
The figure wore a blue robe that was tattered beyond recognition, looking utterly bedraggled. Blood covered his entire body, and his injuries were extremely severe.
"Damn it! If not for those two shifty-eyed thieves, how could I, Lan Yuanqing, have ended up in such a sorry state?" He gritted his teeth in hatred, then suppressed his fury and took out a spirit pill, swallowing it outright.
He knew full well that he had not yet entirely escaped danger.
The Cloud Crane Demon Emperor could catch up at any moment.
Thus, recovering as quickly as possible was what mattered most.
"Fortunately, I didn't take those two Sixth-Order Spirit Attraction Stones. Otherwise, I might have had the life to seize them but not the life to use them." After a while, Lan Yuanqing sighed.
He was a Nascent Soul Rogue Cultivator. What he prided himself on were his concealment methods, along with the many escape divine abilities he had mastered.
Yet he was only a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator. Breaking through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage remained a distant prospect, which was why he had set his sights on the Spirit Attraction Stones.
After all, if he obtained a Sixth-Order Spirit Attraction Stone and secretly activated a Sixth-Order Spirit Vein, he might truly be able to use that vast, pure spiritual energy to break through in one stroke.
Unfortunately, quite a few Nascent Soul Cultivators had infiltrated that day, including several cultivators from immortal sects.
Among those he recognized were Nascent Soul Cultivators from the Mu Family and the Green