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Chapter 53: The Bandits
Inside the palace.

Before everyone could come to their senses, Elder Zhuang Xiran, who was sitting on the first seat, instantly turned into a streak of white light and disappeared.

"What happened?"

"Why does it feel like this palace is about to collapse?"

"Why is there such a big commotion outside?"

"Could it be that someone is attacking the mountain gate?"

"Let's go out and take a look."

About a hundred spiritual plant masters began to run out in a bustling crowd.

Qin Ming was also shocked. The loud noise just now was deafening and seemed to be very close to this place.

He ran out quickly to take a look.

I found that there was chaos outside.

Qin Ming raised his head and looked up into the sky. He was shocked to find that one of the defensive formations of Lingyu Sect had been broken.

You know, this is a second-grade superior defense formation!

"Brother, what happened just now?"

Qin Ming casually stopped a panicked disciple of Lingyu Sect.

"It looks like something happened in Elder Zhuang's medicine garden." The disciple didn't seem to know exactly what happened and hurried towards the medicine garden.

Qin Ming's brows were furrowed into a shape of a "川" (river).

I was hesitating whether to run away and get away from this place of trouble.

Suddenly.

"He's too fierce. He even broke through the second-order defensive formation. What a beast!" The thin monk who was originally sitting behind Qin Ming rushed back all the way from the direction of the medicine garden.

Qin Ming was slightly startled, and asked doubtfully: "Daoyou, do you know what happened over there?"

The lean monk stopped walking after hearing this, showing a gloating expression, and said with a smile: "Hehe, you may not believe it when I tell you, but just now, a group of bandits used a high-level forbidden-breaking talisman to break through the Lingyu Sect's defense formation, and took advantage of the absence of Elder Zhuang Xiran to rob the spiritual medicine garden."

"They also pulled out Elder Zhuang's Seven-Colored Heart Cleansing Lotus, which is a second-grade top-grade spiritual plant! I just went to check the scene and found that many other precious spiritual plants and medicinal herbs were also lost."

"Elder Zhuang has already gone to chase after the gang of bandits."

"Oh, I don't know if I can catch him."

Qin Ming understood the whole story and fell into deep thought, unable to recover for a while.

From the beginning to the end of the attack, it only took half a cup of tea, as if everything was premeditated.

What was most shocking was that the Lingyu Sect actually let all those bandits escape.

and many more!

Qin Ming recalled it, why did he have a sense of déjà vu?
a long time.

Qin Ming asked, "Didn't the other cultivators from Lingyu Sect try to stop it?"

"They stopped it. The foundation-building elders of Lingyu Sect have all taken action."

"But he was defeated after just one round of fighting. He was hit by a spell from the other party and is still seriously injured and unconscious in the medicine garden."

Qin Ming was shocked again when he heard this, "Ah?! Could it be that the gang of bandits are high-level cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage?"

"That should be it. According to my guess, there must be an insider in Lingyu Sect supporting these bandits, and the level of the insider is not low." The lean monk analyzed it clearly and expressed his thoughts. "Otherwise, how could the bandits find the weak point of the protective formation so quickly?"

Qin Ming continued to ask: "How many bandits are there?"

"I heard from the people of Lingyu Sect that there were five of them, and they were wearing special concealing masks, so their faces and identities could not be identified at all. However, judging from the skills they performed, they seemed to be evil cultivators." The thin middle-aged cultivator thought for a moment, and then said, "It seems that fellow Daoist and I have the same idea."

"Such a daring and evil bandit cultivator is most likely the five cultivators that Jinyun Valley is looking for."

"Don't mess with this evil star!"

"Hide as far away as you can."

For a while, the warning bell inside Lingyu Gate kept ringing.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
A large number of elite disciples began to gather and drove the magic boats outside to chase the criminal.

Among the crowd.

Qin Ming actually saw Jiang Kun. At this moment, Jiang Kun was following a dignified-looking elder of the Lingyu Sect. He was constantly scolded by the elder and looked very miserable.

Immediately, under the leadership of the elder, Jiang Kun also followed the team to hunt down the murderer.

"Tsk tsk tsk, even the elite members of the Punishment Hall have been mobilized in full force. The Lingyu Sect is going to get serious this time." The lean monk sighed as he looked at the direction where the large number of monks flew out.

"Fellow Daoist, this is not a place to stay for long. Something strange might happen next."

"After such a change in Lingyu Sect, Elder Zhuang probably has no interest in giving lectures or accepting disciples anymore."

"Well, let's hurry back to Qingyang Market. Do you want to go with me?"

Qin Ming hesitated for a moment and declined, "Thank you for your kindness, I plan to wait and see."

"In that case, I'll take my leave first." After saying this, the thin monk drove away quickly on the magic boat.

Qin Ming stood there and thought for a while, then took out the spiritual shuttle from his storage bag.

He changed direction and used his magic power to fly towards Qingyang Market at the fastest speed.

……

A swamp three hundred miles away from Lingyu Gate.

In an underground cave.

Five masked, black-robed monks are hiding here.

A bandit wearing a pig-head mask, holding a seven-colored spiritual lotus in his hand, said excitedly: "With this seven-colored heart-cleansing lotus, your skills will be able to be further improved, big brother!"

The other two black-robed monks wearing monkey-head masks and dog-head masks were also very excited.

"That's right! I didn't expect to have such an unexpected harvest this time. We also found a lot of other second-level spiritual materials. Together with the spiritual stones and spiritual materials we extorted from Jinyun Valley before, it is enough for us to cultivate to the late stage of foundation building. We are rich!"

“Hahaha, I didn’t expect that Old Man Zhuang’s spiritual medicine garden is so fertile!”

"By the way, does the person from Lingyu Sect who delivered the message need help?"

The tall black-robed monk in the middle, wearing a Buddha mask, said calmly, "After this matter is over, you all should not show your heads. Leave Yunhuang Lake temporarily and find a place to practice. Don't worry about anything else."

"Brother, can Mr. Zhuang find this place?" the pig-headed masked bandit asked cautiously.

“Don’t worry, I have set up a second-order illusion array on it. Ordinary people in the foundation-building stage cannot see through it at all.” The black-robed monk wearing a Buddha mask took the seven-colored Heart Cleansing Lotus and said calmly.

The voice just fell.

Suddenly, a white light flashed across the sky above the swamp and suddenly stopped in the air.

The person who came was Elder Zhuang Xiran. He looked at the swamp below with a ferocious face and roared angrily, "You thieves! You are so brave! You actually hit me! Wait until I force you cowards out, and then you will have a taste of the taste of extracting souls and refining spirits!! "

After saying that, he immediately sent a communication talisman back to the inside.

Then he began to cast spells, bombarding the swamp wildly.

In an instant, the power of the foundation-building period's magic descended.

Rumble!
In the hole.

"Brother! How did Mr. Zhuang know we were hiding here?" the bandit with the pig-head mask asked anxiously.

The black-robed monk wearing the Buddha mask did not show any panic when he heard this. Instead, he took out the seven-colored heart-cleansing lotus and said in a cold voice, "The problem should be here. It seems that old man Zhuang has kept a trick and made a special mark on it."

"But, what can we do even if he catches up with us?"

"I want to see what the strength of the Lingyu Sect's foundation-building stage is like?"

"You four go ahead and meet up at the old place. I'll take care of him."

After the monk with the Buddha mask said this, he looked up and his body turned into a black light and rushed upwards.

(End of this chapter)