The Cautious Fifth Elder
After leaving the spirit medicine, the man with the mustache went straight home.
The thought of serving the Fifth Elder from now on filled the man with excitement.
"Let's see if the second, third, and fifth brothers still dare to look down on me. Every time there's something good in the Lineage, they leave me out, dividing the spoils among themselves, not even leaving me a drop of soup."
Inside the house, the man with the mustache was so excited that he tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
In his courtyard, Su Wei and Su Gu concealed their presence, one on each side, hiding in a secluded corner.
Having secretly followed Song Wen for almost a night, he gazed at the faint light appearing on the eastern horizon.
Dawn is breaking; it's time to get started!
The Cold Moon Blade flashed like a shooting star across the Ye Kong, heading straight for Su Wei on the left side of the courtyard.
Su Wei and Su Gu immediately became alert.
The former twitched his fingers slightly, forming a Method Formula, and a flying sword gleaming with cold light suddenly appeared, slashing towards the Cold Moon Blade.
Su Gu then extended his Divine Sense to search for the direction from which the Cold Moon Blade had attacked, trying to locate the enemy.
Suddenly, his Divine Sense detected a tiny insect, no bigger than a sesame seed, yet possessing a powerful aura of the Early Second Rank, rushing towards him.
Second-tier Gu Worm!
A look of horror flashed in Su Gu's eyes. When did a powerful second-tier Gu Master appear near the Northern Lands Market?
Although he was terrified, he didn't slow down at all.
With a thought, a flash of sword light appeared, and a flying sword slashed towards the Gu Worm.
The Sacred Beetle Gu dared not take the flying sword head-on, and could only hurriedly change direction, barely dodging the flying sword's slash, but was still forced back by the flying sword.
Before Su Gu could catch his breath, he was shocked to find that five identical Gu Worm were approaching him from five different directions with lightning speed.
The five Gu Worm were now less than ten feet away from him!
The previous Gu Worm was merely a distraction.
Su Gu looked panicked and hurriedly summoned a palm-sized Spirit Artifact shield. The shield instantly grew to the height of a person and began to rotate around his body, trying to protect him.
But he was a step too slow. Before the shield could even begin to rotate, two Gu Worm, whose attack routes were not blocked by the shield, had already gotten close, instantly breaking through his protective spiritual power and burrowing into his body.
In an instant, Su Gu was lifeless.
The battle on Su Wei's side has also ended.
After he blocked the Cold Moon Blade, a gust of cold wind suddenly came from behind him, and it was the red-faced, red-haired late-stage second-tier ghost general.
The late-stage second-tier ghost general faced off against Su Wei, who was only at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage. Moreover, the ghost general launched a surprise attack on Su Wei, who was caught off guard. Su Wei had an overwhelming advantage and was completely powerless to resist. He was torn into eight pieces by the red-haired ghost general, and blood splattered everywhere.
Song Wen's figure suddenly appeared in the courtyard, looking at Su Wei's limbs that had been thrown everywhere by the red-haired ghost general, and Su Gu's corpse, which had been mostly devoured by the Sacred Beetle Gu, leaving only a skin shell on his upper body.
I shook my head. He's such a worry!
He channeled his spiritual power, drawing all the remaining remains from the surrounding area to his front. Using his spiritual power to support the remains, he escaped on his sword.
While flying, they put away their storage rings.
Then, he grabbed one head in each hand and began searching for the soul.
As for the mustache, it had already been knocked unconscious by the red-haired ghost general, and was wrapped in ghostly energy, following behind Song Wen.
It's a long story, but from the moment Cold Moon Blade struck out to Song Wen's departure on his sword, only a dozen or so breaths passed.
About twenty breaths after Song Wen left, the Fifth Elder appeared in the courtyard.
Looking at the blood scattered on the ground, as well as the residual spiritual energy fluctuations and dense Yin Qi in the air, the Fifth Elder's face was ashen.
A few days ago, the Su Clan's Su Clan Crimson Blood Spirit Crystal Mine was raided by Bandit Cultivator, resulting in the loss of eight Foundation Establishment cultivators, including the Third Elder Su Jingtong, a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator. The Su Clan has been severely damaged.
Afterwards, the Du Clan took the opportunity to attack the Crimson Blood Spirit Crystal Mine, Su Clan lost two more Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Now, they have inexplicably lost two more members of their clan who Foundation Establishment Early Stage.
The Su Clan has been beset by one disaster after another.
Following the lingering scent in the air, the Fifth Elder looked in the direction where Song Wen had fled, but did not rashly give chase.
Su Wei and Su Gu, two Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivators, were killed instantly without any resistance. Even the Fifth Elder himself found it difficult to do so. The person who killed them must be extremely powerful. If he rashly pursued them, he himself might fall into the hands of the villain.
A moment later, several more figures landed on their swords beside the Fifth Elder.
"Fifth Elder, what happened?" asked a member of the Su Lineage who Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
The Fifth Elder clenched his fists, his face filled with hatred.
"A little over an hour ago, Su Liu came to see me and said he had discovered the whereabouts of a second-tier Alchemist. So I sent Su Wei and Su Gu to assist him, intending to recruit the second-tier Alchemist into the Su Clan to serve the Su Clan."
"However, I underestimated the methods and ruthlessness of that unknown Alchemist. Su Wei and Su Gu were killed, and Su Liu's whereabouts are unknown; he must have been captured alive."
"Fifth Elder, our clansmen have been murdered, shouldn't we pursue them?" one of them asked indignantly.
The Fifth Elder turned his head and stared at the man with an unfriendly expression.
"Go chase him yourself! The murderer dared to kill in the market; he must have something to rely on! He was able to kill two Foundation Establishment cultivators in such a short time; he's no pushover."
After uttering a curse, perhaps having vented his anger, the Fifth Elder calmed down somewhat.
"Those who kill members of my Su Clan must pay the price. But we can't blindly pursue them; we must act together to avoid being picked off one by one."
"I've already informed the Lineage that they will send people to search for the murderer."
After fleeing for dozens of miles, Song Wen found a dense forest, concealed his presence, and hid inside.
After waiting for about half an incense stick's time, a spaceship seven or eight meters long finally appeared and slowly arrived.
There were quite a few people on the spaceship; at a glance, at least five or six figures could be seen.
This put Song Wen in a bit of a dilemma.
He had already performed a soul search on Su Gu and Su Wei when he fled on his sword.
It's unclear whether Song Wen was simply unlucky and failed to extract the memories from the two men about the Su Clan capturing the <Longevity Art> cultivator; or whether the two men were not core members of the Su Clan and therefore lacked access to the Su Clan's core secrets.
Song Wen did not obtain much useful information from the memories he received.
The only useful information is that, so far, the Su Clan has captured hundreds of cultivators practicing the Longevity Art, the vast majority of whom are young and middle-aged rogue Rogue Cultivator in the Late Qi Refinement Refining.
Yellow Essence Fungus was not found in either of their storage rings.
The only useful intelligence is that the fifth elder of the Su Clan has been stationed in the Northern Lands Market for a long time. This person is a core member of the Su Clan and knows most of the Su Clan's secrets.
The spaceship in front of us clearly came from the direction of the market, and the Fifth Elder is most likely on board.
However, there are quite a few people on the spaceship, making it difficult to kill them all in a short time. This place is also too close to Clearpeace Mountain, less than a hundred miles away. If the battle cannot be ended in a short time, the Su Clan's reinforcements will arrive.
Just as Song Wen hesitated, another spaceship flew in from the direction of Clearpeace Mountain.
This made Song Wen instantly abandon his intention to take action.
His gaze was fixed on a Xiao Shan about a mile away, at the foot of Xiao Shan was a crevice in the rock.
The man with the mustache, still unconscious, was nestled in a crevice in the rock.
Song Wen had grown a mustache, which he originally intended to use to lure the fifth elder of the Su Clan, but it was no longer of any use at this moment.