First Battle Won
"Again!" the Xue Household head roared, charging forward again with the White Bone Sarira.
The Evil Granny, seeing her methods thwarted, remained unperturbed. She lightly touched the White Bone Sarira with her short blade. With a crisp "clang," the bone-carved Vajra on the relic was sliced by the blade, instantly showing a pained expression. The angry Vajra's face transformed into a bitter-faced monk, and the blade flew back into the Xue Household head's hand.
Startled, the Xue Household head's white eyebrows twitched, and he looked at the Evil Granny's short blade with fear in his eyes. Then, with a pained expression, he retrieved his prized Law Artifact and summoned back the black blood throwing knife he had just tossed aside, holding it in his hand for protection.
"Senior brother, you once said that Old Xue has devoted himself to studying this White Bone Sarira all these years, even neglecting his cultivation. Now that we've seen it, why is he still using it so inappropriately?" Jiang Qing, who had been forced to stay behind the formation by Kang Dabao and not allowed to participate, said with a frown.
"That White Bone Sarira is said to be a Second Tier Law Artifact used by a Foundation Establishment True Cultivator back in the day. However, it was downgraded during that senior's battle and is now only considered First-Tier Superior-Grade. With such a significant background, Xue Hu has never let go of it since he obtained it. He has studied it for over a decade and has managed to master it to a considerable degree. It's not as worthless as you make it out to be."
Kang Dabao disagreed with his junior brother's opinion. He believed that Xue Hu, the head of the Xue Household, was already quite skilled among cultivators of the same level in the vicinity.
In comparison, he is probably only slightly inferior to infamous Evil Cultivator like Eldest of the Liu Household and Zhao Gu. Before Kang Dabao's last visit to Jingnan Prefecture, he would likely have been unable to defeat him using ordinary methods.
"That Evil Granny's short blade seems to have some tricks up her sleeve." Pei Yi's eyes were still on the battle when, as soon as he finished speaking, the Evil Granny's short blade flew out of her hand.
The Xue Household head immediately summoned the Black Blood Flying Knife to block. The two Law Artifact clashed several times in the air in the blink of an eye. The Black Blood Flying Knife was no match for the Black Blood Flying Knife, and even the spiritual light on its blade visibly dimmed rapidly.
The Xue Household head had a bad feeling and was about to make a move when he heard the Evil Granny shout. She slashed the black blood flying knife heavily with her short blade, and gold dust flew everywhere. This decent mid-grade magic Law Artifact was cut in two with one blow.
Heartbroken, the Xue Household head hurriedly used his movement Movement Method to retreat. His two Law Artifacts were now one destroyed and the other damaged, with six out of ten of his weapons gone. He feared that the Evil Granny's short blade would take advantage of the victory to take his life.
The latter turned and ran; she was trying to escape. What use would taking Xue Hu's life be? She couldn't afford to waste any time.
The Evil Granny had barely turned halfway around when a large patch of vines took root from her feet and grew rapidly. Hundreds of thin vines spread up her plump, slender legs, tightly binding her curvaceous body.
The Evil Granny finally showed signs of panic. She spun her black short blade in the air, turned around, circled back, and slashed through the air, cutting most of the vines apart.
Just as she was about to breathe a sigh of relief, before she could even break free, she saw Kang Dabao stride over with great strides, his Army-Breaking Hammer shining brightly like gold in the setting sun, and he raised it high.
Unable to shake off the remaining vines beneath her feet, the Evil Granny's beautiful face showed a pitiful look, but before she could even utter a word of begging for mercy, she was smashed to pieces with a "splat" after intimate contact with the Army-Breaking Hammer.
It is clear that this Evil Granny is far inferior to her husband; her skills and abilities are not as stunning as her face and figure.
Kang Dabao first shook the white paste off the hammer, then skillfully took off his Evil Granny's Storage Bag and tossed it to Pei Yi. As for the short blade she used, Kang Dabao kept it in his hand and played with it.
This scene left Xue Hu, who had just escaped the battle, feeling extremely frustrated. He had fought his Evil Granny with all his might, but not only did he gain no advantage, he also lost a handy mid-grade magic Law Artifact.
Unfortunately, his skills were inferior to others, and he dared not complain about the Chongming Sect stealing his prize. So Xue Hu simply took a short break to adjust his breathing, and then led the Xue Household cultivators to find the remaining lackeys and their Storage Bag.
Once the Evil Granny's head was rotten, the remaining henchmen, seeing the corpse on the ground, offered no resistance and unanimously turned and walked away.
Even though they were all thinking of sacrificing themselves rather than their friends, they still couldn't escape. The "allied forces," whose morale had soared, caught up with them all.
At this point, they didn't even need to expend much spiritual energy; they only needed to use Law Artifact Talisman Artifact to beat the retreating henchmen indiscriminately from behind, killing them all in seven or eight blows.
The initial battle of the bandit suppression operation was a resounding success, and everyone felt a sense of relief. Even a small gain is still a gain; the three groups of cultivators had wiped out the bandit cultivators without losing a single member of their own side, and they had all even shared in the benefits.
Despite the carnage scattered everywhere, these Lineage cultivators, who usually struggled to even obtain enough food for cultivation, wore expressions of joy.
At this moment, the Lu Household head was the happiest. He ordered the Lu Household cultivators to stand in front of him in a row, and commanded them to place their Storage Bag in front of them. Then he picked them up one by one and looked through them. When he saw anything slightly valuable, he tried to put it into his pocket.
His demands weren't high; finding ten or so Spirit Stone in a Storage Bag was enough to make him happy. Regardless of how unpleasant the expression on the faces of his fellow cultivators beside him was, he continued to search with great enthusiasm, unwilling to stop for a moment.
Although both were family heads, Xue Hu wasn't as happy as him, because he cared more about his reputation than the Lu Household and wouldn't do something so degrading. It was true that the Xue Household cultivators made a profit; even one of them, whose nose had been shaved off, was still smiling and hugging a Storage Bag to his chest, ignoring his pain.
Xue Hu himself had wasted a lot of time at his Evil Granny's place, even destroying one of his Law Artifact that he had used for many years and missing out on a chance to make money. He was now regretting it.
Ye Pinglin, carrying half a bandit's head, was panting heavily, his eyes still seeming to hold a hint of madness. He was slumped on the back of a bull with a broken horn, his body covered in blood, so much so that it was impossible to tell if the blood was his or someone else's.
That kid rushed forward too recklessly. If Jiang Qing hadn't noticed him and blocked his way with his sword, Ye Pinglin would have lost his own head while slicing off the other's.
The main event finally arrived. Pei Yi rummaged through his Evil Granny's Storage Bag and found a diamond-shaped token. After searching the thieves' den, he discovered a groove on a cliff face that he could fit into.
He placed the diamond-shaped token aside, then his fingers moved in a series of hand seals, and a jagged crack appeared in the cliff face before him. With a loud "boom," the cliff split open from the left to the right along the crack, revealing a stone cave about two people long and wide. The cave was filled to the brim with all kinds of cultivation resources, making everyone present's eyes gleam with greed.
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