The surrounding crowd immediately erupted into a hubbub of discussion.
"That's the third leader of the Three Pythons Bandits!"
Someone cried out, his voice filled with terror.
The Three Pythons Bandits could not compare to the Thirteen Bandits of Yin Mountain, much less the Black Tiger Water Stronghold.
But all three leaders of the Three Pythons Bandits were at the late Qi Refining stage.
They were a bandit gang whose reputation had soared in recent years, and every member was ruthless and cruel in his methods.
At those words, everyone was startled and hurried to give him a wide berth.
A vicious look appeared on the boorish cultivator's face. In this Market Ward dominated by rogue cultivators, his cultivation at the seventh layer of Qi Refining was enough to let him run rampant.
He suddenly made his move. His magic power surged, forming a powerful aura and murderous intent that enveloped the surroundings.
Under the pressure of that aura and murderous intent, the old man, who was only at the fifth layer of Qi Refining, and the young man, who was at the third layer of Qi Refining, instantly turned pale.
Then his figure flashed, and he appeared before the old man like a phantom, snatching the incomplete scroll away in one clean, swift motion.
Immediately afterward, he activated a bell.
Before the young cultivator could mount any effective resistance, the boorish cultivator easily seized him.
The young cultivator tried to struggle, but in the face of absolute strength, all resistance was futile.
The boorish cultivator sneered and knocked him unconscious with a punch.
Then he swiftly mounted his Dharma Artifact and shot into the distance in a streak of light, vanishing from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.
The old man watched the boorish cultivator's departing figure,