At that moment, Lie Yangfeng received the Sky-Blue Silver-Spotted Grass and was overjoyed. He immediately stopped wasting time.
After tucking the spirit herb into his robes, he cupped his hands to Su Yueli in farewell once more. Then, with one hand gripping the heavily injured Junior Brother Wu, he took the red-robed female cultivator and rode a crimson streak of light into the sky, swiftly vanishing beyond the horizon.
After flying only several dozen li, the pale-faced Junior Brother Wu could no longer hold back. Clutching his chest, he spoke with venomous resentment, "Senior Brother Lie! Why didn't we just kill that woman earlier?"
"If we killed her, not only would those two venom hooks be ours, that spirit herb would be ours too! And judging by her appearance, there must be other good things in her Storage Pouch!"
The female cultivator also ground her teeth and followed up:
"Yes, Senior Brother. She's just a brainless mortal martial artist, and she was injured just now. If you hadn't stopped us, I could have joined you and killed her with ease. Why did we have to hand over three hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones for nothing? Those were Mid-Grade Spirit Stones!"
"Fools! Shut your mouths!"
Lie Yangfeng abruptly halted his escape light and turned back to berate them.
His face was livid, veins bulging on his forehead. "Haven't you embarrassed yourselves enough? One Late Second Realm and one Third Realm Mid-Stage—forget being intercepted while surrounding a beast suffering internal injuries."
"Joining forces against a mortal martial artist without any spiritual power, yet having your magic shields shattered by a single punch and nearly losing your lives! If today's affair gets blown up and reaches the sect, the Enforcement Hall will be the first to put the knife to you!"
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