Treasure—Who Wouldn't Want It?

The cultivators setting up the formation saw the Magic Beast heading for Jiang Lu, yet it did not spare them a single glance.

Their expressions were somewhat bewildered.

What was going on?

But they did not dare stop what they were doing. Suppressing their curiosity, they immediately began setting up the formation according to Fu Yao's instructions.

Still, their peripheral vision could not help drifting toward Jiang Lu.

Jiang Lu did not care how everyone viewed her now. She simply ran for her life.

A fifth-rank demonic beast could speak human language, and a Magic Beast was no exception.

Then a furious roar rang out.

Everyone heard only that heavy, enraged voice.

"Damn human! Stop right there, you shameless thief!"

Everyone: ???

So they knew each other!

Jiang Lu: Like hell they knew each other! She did not know this Magic Beast at all.

"You're the shameless one! Who stole your things?"

"Stop chasing me, and I'll stop!"

As Jiang Lu spoke, the sprinting shoes on her feet kept accelerating, while her Wind Riding Art never ceased. For a time, she truly managed to widen the gap between herself and the Magic Beast.

But she did not dare run too far. Keeping the cultivators at the center, she circled around them again and again.

Everyone: ...

Anyone unaware of the situation might have thought they were playing a game.

Jiang Lu: A game, my ass! Let them try getting chased by a Magic Beast!

If not for her Chaos Spirit Root and the vast reserves of spiritual power within her, she would already have exhausted her spiritual power and collapsed to the ground.

"Her strength is truly formidable!"

"She concealed her strength, which is why we couldn't see through her. But judging by what she has shown, she might only have Qi Refinement cultivation."

"Qi Refinement? Could someone at Qi Refinement endure for so long?"

"Perhaps she encountered some opportunity."

The more calculating among them heard this, and their eyes darkened.

An opportunity?

If they obtained it themselves...

Elder An sensed those few wavering auras and said coldly,

"Put away those petty thoughts. She is not someone you can afford to provoke. Did you see the ring on her hand? It is a mark of status possessed only by Medicine King Pavilion's direct disciples."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Elder An in disbelief, especially Fu Yao.

As fellow prodigies, she had naturally dealt with them before.

Yet she had never seen such a person, much less one so weak.

They knew all of Medicine King Pavilion's disciples. Even the weakest among them now possessed Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation.

Setting aside her strength, the person before them did not even match the right age!

Everyone was puzzled as well. Could she be some secretly cultivated prodigy who had never appeared before the public? Σ(ﾟдﾟ;)

One had to know that Jiang Lu had been chased by that Magic Beast for quite some time, yet no one had seen her take any Dan.

That alone was not something just anyone could accomplish.

Those few restless auras paused, and only then did they suppress the stirring in their hearts.

Elder An naturally noticed this as well, and he was secretly astonished.

Just this perseverance alone, sustained for so long, proved that this little girl was no simple person.

He had underestimated her.

That was what he thought—Medicine King Pavilion's direct disciples were no less gifted than the personal disciples of their various sects.

Presumably, some particular talent had caught someone's eye. He just did not know whose disciple she was.

The distance between Jiang Lu and the Magic Beast gradually shrank, and beads of sweat covered her forehead and back.

When were those elders coming?

She could already feel the Magic Beast behind her running out of patience!

Suddenly, several auras flew in their direction, dispersing the Demonic Qi lingering all around them.

Jiang Lu was delighted. She immediately hurled the offensive artifacts in her hands behind her.

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Two red streaks flashed through the air as the two artifacts flew toward the Magic Beast, scraping against the air and throwing off showers of sparks.

Then an explosion rang out, and the Magic Beast's footsteps halted.

"Damn it—"

A voice a hundred times more enraged than before burst from the Magic Beast's mouth, brimming with killing intent.

Several streams of Demonic Qi then swept toward Jiang Lu.

Jiang Lu turned and discovered that she was some distance away from those disciples. Realizing things were bad, she gritted her teeth and could only dodge aside.

If she had known, she would not have circled such a huge loop!

Several defensive artifacts appeared behind her, and the Demonic Qi struck them with a series of loud bangs.

Jiang Lu widened the distance between herself and the Magic Beast once more, then turned and headed toward those disciples.

She did not believe those cultivators would come save her. She had already sensed their auras earlier, yet they had not appeared in time. There could only be one explanation.

They would not come rescue her. They wanted her to hold off the Magic Beast alone, preferably draining some of its demonic power while also gaining a clearer measure of her own strength.

What a lovely thought.

She glanced at where those disciples were and pressed her lips together.

She had no intention of letting them have their way.

They would not help her, would they? Just wait.

If they would not help her, could they refuse to help their own disciples?

Those disciples were different. The elders who had come to assist were from their own sects, and the personal disciples and sect disciples of every sect were here. She refused to believe they would not protect them.

So, she could only shift the danger onto them!

Fellow Daoists, forgive me!

Jiang Lu thought without the slightest guilt, her feet never slowing.

The instant she neared the area occupied by the Flowing Cloud Sect disciples, the Magic Beast reentered everyone's sight.

Its fur was no longer smooth and glossy as before, but bristled and frizzed up from its rage.

Its eyes bulged, filled to the brim with killing intent.

In an instant, several black figures surrounded the Magic Beast.

Elder An had also taken Dan during this time to recover his magical power. Holding a scepter, he joined the others.

"Retreat!"

Fu Yao's voice rang out, and all the disciples immediately withdrew.

Jiang Lu followed behind them as they left, while fierce battle sounds erupted behind her. Explosions and the clashes of spell techniques continuously swept through the surroundings.

Waves of thick, viscous pressure filled the air.

Jiang Lu turned her head and saw the trees and spirit plants around them rapidly withering.

Then she felt the life force of the surrounding plants swiftly drain away. That was what happened when spiritual power was absorbed to the extreme and annihilation followed.

Fortunately, they had already left. Otherwise, everyone would have become sacrifices to that battle.

Fortunately, she had been cautious. If they had encountered some blind fool of a cultivator, that person would surely have thought they could pick up scraps there.

After Jiang Lu could no longer sense that oppressive aura around her, she slowly widened the distance between herself and the Flowing Cloud Sect disciples.

Chi Li had just told her that the Treasure-Seeking Mouse had found treasure.

Rather than giving it to someone else, she might as well take it herself.

Finding an opportunity, Jiang Lu immediately headed in the direction indicated by the Treasure-Seeking Mouse. The closer she came, the more familiar the aura around her felt.

Though there was no dense Demonic Qi, she knew it was the aura of that Magic Beast from before.

It seemed she had entered the Magic Beast's nest.

Her gaze flickered.

A fifth-rank Magic Beast surely possessed plenty of treasures!

The Treasure-Seeking Mouse led the way ahead, and Jiang Lu quickly entered its nest. It was powerful and possessed a strong sense of territory.

Demonic beasts weaker than it did not dare come here, while demonic beasts of equal strength would not confront it head-on.

While the cultivators held it up, she concealed her aura and swiftly entered the depths of the nest.

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