First Battle, Instant Windfall
Xu Changqing's haul this time was decent.
A fragment of a High Grade Cultivation Method called [Green Lotus Creation Art].
A recipe for brewing a higher-grade wine than Spirit Rice Wine [Yellow Rice Wine].
As soon as I stepped out of the trading house, I noticed someone was following me.
As is widely known, reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm activates Spiritual Sense.
Centered on itself, it has a range of approximately ten zhang (about 33 meters).
Everything within the Spiritual Sense can be perceived.
After thinking it over, Xu Changqing decided to head towards the area with more people.
Unexpectedly, the other party was like a leech clinging to a bone.
They follow me everywhere I go; I can't shake them off at all.
"Senior Brother Zhang, where is this kid going?"
"Have no idea."
Should we continue?
"He must have bought something good after coming out of the trading house!"
"I understand what you mean, let's continue!"
Those following Xu Changqing were none other than Zhang Er group.
They happened to see Xu Changqing coming out of the East Azure Trading House.
Therefore, they followed closely.
At this moment, Xu Changqing suddenly walked towards the north gate of Dongqing City.
Zhang Er and his companions exchanged glances and immediately followed.
Before long, they all arrived outside the North Gate.
There are many gathering points here, and Demon-Hunting Team are everywhere.
Some were waiting for someone.
Some are hiring.
"Would you like to hunt demons together, fellow cultivator?" A female cultivator approached.
Xu Changqing ignored him and took out Flying Paper Crane, soaring into the air.
Before long, he arrived at the outskirts of the Black Forest.
Although monsters occasionally escape from here.
But most of the time it's very safe.
"Still following us?" Xu Changqing, hidden among the leaves, looked in the direction they had come from.
Soon, a Flying Paper Crane approached.
Four people were standing crowded up there.
I don't recognize three of them.
But there's one that's very familiar.
"It's actually Zhang Er?" Xu Changqing was quite surprised.
He initially thought the person following him was a greedy Rogue Cultivator.
Unexpectedly, in a sense, they turned out to be "one of our own."
They all came from the same Immortal Sect, especially Zhang Er, who came from the Spirit Fields.
The bald man among the four scoffed, "A mere Spirit Farmer dares to explore the Black Forest alone?"
Zhang Er sneered, "This just gives us the perfect opportunity to make our move!"
He had long wanted to cause trouble for Xu Changqing.
However, the opponent remained inside the Spirit Fields and did not come out, so there was no way to make a move.
Unexpectedly, this time, I actually found an opportunity in the Rogue Cultivator Market.
They even went so far as to enter the Black Forest on their own initiative.
If they die, their bodies don't even need to be buried; they'll be eaten by monsters very quickly.
This wasn't the first time Zhang Er and his group had done something like this; they'd gotten several fellow disciples killed before.
He knew that even if the Immortal Sect investigated the cause of death, it would be dropped without any evidence.
Just as the four men were excitedly imagining the scene of dividing the spoils in their minds...
Suddenly, several whooshing sounds rang out.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
A large number of Black Iron Vine flew out from the dense foliage ahead.
Fortunately, Zhang Er and the others had combat experience, so they reacted quickly.
He immediately activated the spiritual energy within his body.
One person controls the vines.
One person unleashed a burst of Golden Qi.
One person forms an earthen shield.
One person hid in the water bubble.
They easily blocked the attacking black iron vines.
Zhang Er couldn't help but sneer, "Is this all you've got to launch a sneak attack?"
Xu Changqing, seemingly responding from within the leaves, replied, "Of course not."
"Huh?" Zhang Er was taken aback upon hearing this.
The next second, the Flying Paper Crane shook violently.
The four looked down and their faces turned deathly pale.
It turns out that Black Iron Teng wasn't just attacking them.
And there are Flying Paper Crane at your feet.
This thing is just paper with the ability to fly.
No protective array was installed.
If it's just one or two people, it can be barely controlled.
But there were four of them.
In an instant, the two people standing on the very edge fell down.
One is the Earth Spirit Root that just formed the earth shield.
One is the Metal Spiritual Root that just unleashed its Golden Qi.
Having Earth Spirit Root is good; it's a physical cultivation method, so it has strong resistance to attacks.
Those with Metal Spiritual Root were in a terrible predicament, helpless and at a loss in mid-air.
With a bang.
One person smashed a hole.
One person suffered broken bones and tendons.
"Ah!" The Metal Spiritual Root let out a heart-wrenching scream.
"Luckily, I'm tough enough!" Earth Spirit Root struggled to crawl out of the pit.
But just then, the weeds on the ground began to writhe wildly.
In an instant, it transformed into dozens of Black Iron Vine, giving them no chance to breathe, piercing them into pincushions, and killing them instantly.
Zhang Er and the other person with Water Spirit Root, who were still on the Flying Paper Crane, were not safe, even though they hadn't fallen.
With only five meters left to the ground, dense Black Iron Vine shot out from the leaves of the trees opposite.
"Sorry." After saying that, Zhang Er suddenly jumped down and decisively abandoned the Flying Paper Crane.
The person is in mid-air, and swings their arms.
Two thick vines flew out and entangled two nearby large trees.
The whole person felt like they were swinging on a swing.
It sways up and down at a height of three meters above the ground.
It was a close call, but ultimately without serious harm.
"You son of a bitch!" Water Spirit Root cursed loudly upon seeing this.
He wanted to control the Flying Paper Crane, but it bore Zhang Er's mark.
In the end, the person and the paper crane crashed into a large tree in front of them.
Fortunately, the blisters protected the body and prevented most of the damage.
Just as I breathed a sigh of relief, I heard a rustling sound overhead.
He looked up and saw the familiar Black Iron Vine again.
Whoosh whoosh!
The bubbles were already weakened by the impact.
Moreover, this is Black Iron Vine formed by three layers of [Wood-Spirit Entanglement Art], and each vine has a penetrating force of 100 jin.
The bubble burst with a "pop," and the person immediately fell silent.
"Damn it!" Zhang Er landed on the ground, his face extremely gloomy.
The entire process took less than ten seconds; the three companions died one after another in a gruesome manner.
They didn't even know who had launched the sneak attack.
I've never been so passive before.
Suddenly, a noise came from ahead.
Zhang Er immediately looked over, and when he saw who it was, he was struck dumb.
Who?
Xu Changqing!
Zhang Er never imagined that the person who launched the sneak attack would be Xu Changqing.
After all, in everyone's eyes.
The other party was just an ordinary Spirit Farmer.
He has no other skills besides farming.
He hid for almost three years before leaving the Spirit Fields, which shows how cowardly he was.
Xu Changqing brushed the leaves off his clothes, then gave him a cold, indifferent look, as if he were looking at a dead man. "Now you know why I don't call you senior brother, right?"
"You're actually at the Foundation Establishment Realm!" Zhang Er felt a chill run down his spine.
Only by reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm can one kill them as easily as killing dogs.
It took me three years to finally Qi Refining Perfection.
But the other party had actually Foundation Establishment.
This person is terrifying.
It was hidden too well.
Xu Changqing, too lazy to waste words, immediately waved his hand.
In an instant, hundreds of Black Iron Vine sprouted out.
They resembled venomous snakes, exuding an aura of danger.
Zhang Er was unable to move; he was... terrified.
Pfft!
The next second, the Black Iron Vine swarmed in.
Zhang Er was stabbed to a pulp, his blood splattered everywhere.
Next, Xu Changqing controlled the Black Iron Vine to shred all the corpses until they were indistinguishable from the soil, before he began to check the Storage Bag of the four people.
There are so many good things here.
There are more than a dozen Spirit Artifact.
Things like Sword Pellet and shields.
There were more than a dozen bottles of elixirs.
They have all kinds of Body-Strengthening Pill and Qi Refining Pill.
The First-Grade Spirit Rice weighs over 800 jin (400 kg).
There were over 300 jin of Second-Grade Spirit Rice.
The total value of these Spirit Plant alone exceeds 10 Mid-Grade Spirit Stone.
Not to mention there are many I don't recognize.
As for Spirit Stone, there are even more.
There are more than 300 low-grade pieces.
There are 17 medium-grade pieces.
Xu Changqing even found a High Grade Law Technique in Zhang Er's Storage Bag.
It was the fragment of the [Wood-Hiding Art] that he originally wanted to buy.
Looking at all this stuff, Xu Changqing couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. "Now I finally understand what 'a horse won't get fat without night grass, and a person won't get rich without unexpected wealth' means! Look at all this money!!!"