Climbing the Mountain

Zhang Pingsheng's strength was at most around the sixth level of the Foundation Realm. In front of Shi Lan, he didn't even have the qualifications to escape.

With Shi Lan intentionally holding back, after three rounds, Wu Lingkong shattered Zhang Pingsheng's head with a spear thrust.

Behind them, a group of Demon Suppression Army soldiers flooded into the main hall, while a few others scouted the backyard.

Many martial artists tried to intervene midway, including two Foundation Realm cultivators. As soon as these two Foundation Realm cultivators appeared, they were both killed by Shi Lan in a single exchange.

The Body Tempering Realm martial artists who attacked were crippled by Wang Ning and the others. Some who were particularly vicious were even killed on the spot.

After searching the entire City Lord's mansion, they only recovered over 7,500 Spirit Crystals and four horses.

Shi Lan's portion of the Spirit Crystals was not among these.

Shi Lan's Spirit Crystals were different from Wang Ning and the others'. Her Spirit Crystals were the part wrapped around the Spirit Marrow, and their grade was mid-grade Spirit Crystals, hundreds of times more valuable than low-grade Spirit Crystals.

Although there were only a few hundred pieces in total, their value was much higher than all of Wang Ning and the others' Spirit Crystals combined.

Not finding her share, Shi Lan didn't mind. She led everyone away from Yanshan City and immediately headed for the next location without rest.

In two days, the Demon Suppression Army's horses had trampled across nearly a thousand miles. They wiped out more than half of the forces that participated in the interception. Only the scattered spirit daoist Yang Kun remained uncaught, along with the Thousand Clouds Sect, which was guarded by an Earth Fiend Realm martial artist.

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