Li Xiaoya naturally knew what sort of people were following him. After more than a month of plundering, he had killed quite a few demonic cultivators who murdered people outside the city for their treasures. To his surprise, some cultivators practicing righteous cultivation methods were doing the same thing, which left him rather rueful. After a few encounters, he no longer bothered with what methods they practiced. If one came, he killed one; if a group came, he killed the whole group. Only cultivators from the Gu Household were spared. Stirring up a major response from the Gu Household would be trouble.
Although he frequently changed his identity, appearance, and build, the people at the Secret Market had still set their sights on him. The main reason was that he had been far too brazen, killing practically every Core Condensation Stage cultivator he saw. He had acquired plenty of materials and treasures, but all of them had passed through this Secret Market, gradually arousing its suspicions. Although he always sold his goods there under an unfamiliar face, he seemed to have inadvertently killed a few of their people as well. Whenever he visited the Secret Market with a strange face, its cultivators would follow him.
But with Li Xiaoya's divine abilities, how could these fellows possibly keep track of him? He swiftly passed through several alleys, checked with his divine sense that no one was around, and vanished as his figure blurred.
"How did he disappear again?" Two cultivators in white shirts and black trousers appeared in the passage, one of them crying out in frustration.
"Ah, forget it! Neither of us can keep up with him! Looks like Martial Uncle was right. This cultivator must be at the Golden Core Stage or higher!" the other cultivator hurriedly said.
"Yes!