Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 410 Instant Kill of Ah Hu
Liu Yu readily agreed, saying:

"So good."

He still had several hundred mid-grade spirit stones and a number of low-grade spirit stones in his hands, which were completely worthless.

For cultivators in the Chaoyuan stage, mid-grade spirit stones are a relatively low-level resource, while high-grade spirit stones are more like it.

Han Yan nodded in agreement; the joy emanating from the spiritual artifact after absorbing the spiritual energy indicated that it had benefited considerably.

Purchasing high-level resources that accelerate the spiritual development of magical artifacts seems like a worthwhile deal.

The Fire Phoenix Soul-Burning Fiend resource is not produced much in the Western Continent. She had only heard of it, and this was the first time she had seen the real thing.

Compared to the essence of fire, the color of the spirit is reddish-golden, making it appear more vibrant and lively.

The three of them discussed their resources, and Ji An flew to a high place on a cloud, saying in a deep voice:
"Fellow Daoists, I wish to acquire some Fire Phoenix Soul-Burning Fiends. Mid-grade spirit stones, first-tier top-grade talismans, or Foundation Establishment level pills are all acceptable for trade."

Interested fellow cultivators are welcome to come and inquire; the price is guaranteed to satisfy you!

His voice wasn't loud, but it was clearly transmitted to the ears of cultivators within a mile radius.

At the same time, he summoned the Flame Banner, and the magical artifact transformed into a cloud of fire, which condensed into the image of a fire phoenix hovering above his head.

The phoenix's long feathers trailed behind a trail of vibrant flames, creating a powerful advertising effect.

A group of cultivators flew over and bowed, saying:
"May I ask what kind of top-grade talisman you possess, senior?"

Unless the person is a weapon refiner or has a personal need for it, these spiritual energys will eventually have to be sold. As long as the price is satisfactory, it doesn't matter who you sell them to.

"Exploding Fireball Talisman and Rock-Solid Talisman".

Ji An took out the talisman and held it above his head so that others could see it.

People are naturally curious, and cultivators are no exception. Some gathered around him to discuss the price, while most stood on the periphery, watching their transaction with great interest.

Some monks seemed insecure about such a transaction and left without even looking at it.

"In the Golden Lion Ridge Immortal City, the purchase price for a wisp of Fire Phoenix Soul-Burning Fiend is three spirit stones. What price do you intend to offer for it, Senior?"

"Ten strands, thirty-two pieces."

The cultivators jeered:

"This price is too low, and it's safer to trade in the Immortal City."

Ji An smiled kindly:
"Could the spirit stones I gave you be fake? Besides, with so many of you here, I wouldn't dare to rob you even if I wanted to."

His price gouging in the Immortal City would certainly offend the local shops, but without a price advantage, they wouldn't choose him.

Another point is that he is only a cultivator in the Chaoyuan stage. When he is on someone else's territory, he has to abide by their rules because they need to resupply here.

The crowd burst into laughter. Some cultivators inquired about the types of pills. After agreeing on a price, Han Yan and her companion maintained order and conducted the transaction in an orderly manner.

When Sang Chen led the group to arrive, the cultivators had already left in twos and threes.

Some cultivators flew towards the immortal city, while many others scattered and left; they were members of nearby cultivation families.

'Too late!'

Sang Chen was annoyed that he hadn't arrived before the volcanic eruption ended, but he remained calm and gave the order:

"Ah Hu, you guys spread out and search. Once you spot the target, immediately launch a signal talisman!"

Ah Hu nodded, "Understood."

He handed the signal talisman to two cultivators from the immortal city and instructed them:

"Don't hesitate once you spot the target; the enemy is ruthless."

The deaths of four fellow disciples in the Chaoyuan stage made him realize the strength of his target. The four disciples might have been of average ability, but the combined attack of four black zombies was no joke.

Although he wasn't sure if the target he found here was the one they wanted to capture, it was better to be safe than sorry, and he left the task of distinguishing the real from the fake to his master.

At this point, Ah Hu had given up hope of catching up with the target. In order to save time, they did not have time to bring a large number of people, and even a few hundred or a thousand people were not many in the open area.

For just a few of them to try to find one person among so many cultivators is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.

However, finding out that the cultivator who harmed Sangza was his master's obsession, he dared not try to dissuade him.

After Ah Hu and the others left, Sang Chen said with a gloomy face:
"Think carefully back to where you encountered the target. Let's go over there and take a look."

Zhang Kun smiled bitterly to himself. He could only remember the general location, but looking at the other person's expression, he could only pretend to be thinking carefully.

The heads of the Enforcement Hall treated him with utmost respect, and he dared not disobey them in the slightest.

After a moment, he looked enlightened and pointed in a direction:
“Senior, I remember now. Follow this direction, and it's next to a low-lying red pine tree at the foot of the mountain.”

He had given up hope of receiving the bounty; the volcanic eruption had ended, and the monks were leaving one after another.

The target was a cultivator in the Chaoyuan stage, whose flying speed was much faster than that of other cultivators.

Sang Chen rode on the clouds, but did not reveal the spiritual pressure of the Golden Core stage. He understood that the hope of finding the target was slim, but he still held onto the hope that it might be the best-case scenario.

The two flew to the location Zhang Kun had indicated, but of course found nothing. Sang Chen then rode a cloud into the sky and began flying around the volcano.

Ah Hu flew for a while and saw a group of cultivators gathered on the mountainside in the distance. He couldn't help but become curious. He stopped a cultivator who was flying over from that direction and asked arrogantly:
"What happened over there? There are so many people."

The cultivator, only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, immediately cupped his hands in greeting upon seeing that it was Ah Hu traveling on a cloud:

"Senior, there are several cultivators who are buying up the Fire Phoenix Soul-Burning Fiend. They are very generous and are offering prices that are 10% higher than what they would sell for in the Immortal City."

Ah Hu nodded slightly and waved his hand to indicate that the other party could leave.

He rode on a cloud and soon saw the group of people surrounded in the middle.

Ah Hu's left eyelid twitched a few times, and he exclaimed in his heart, "I've searched high and low for this, and now it's right here without any effort!"

He immediately lowered his head, quickly calculating in his mind that there were not just one enemy, but three, which was beyond his initial expectations.

However, he breathed a sigh of relief. He had initially thought the enemy was fighting four against one, but now it seemed that the enemy had accomplices.

He was conflicted about what to do now. Releasing the signal talisman would inevitably alert the target and make them suspicious.

Even if we go back to find our master, whether we can find him is another question.

With that thought in mind, he no longer hesitated and immediately released the signal talisman; even the worst decision was better than no decision at all.

The signal talisman rose into the air with a piercing sound, like a dazzling firework, clearly revealing a golden lotus flower even in the daytime.

This signal pattern is brightly colored and can remain in the air for 45 minutes.

Upon hearing the sound, all the cultivators who were making the transaction looked up.

Ji An scratched his head. This was a signal symbol, clearly belonging to a certain faction, but what did they mean by it?
He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a monk with a golden nose ring standing there, looking up at the sky in a pretentious manner.

Just as he was completely confused, he heard some murmurs from the side.

"The Earthly Fiend Sect's signal talisman, what are these domineering guys up to?" "Shh, don't talk nonsense, these cultivators are arrogant, be careful what you say."

Ji An immediately became alert, since he had gotten himself into trouble.

Han Yan also heard the whispers. Her eyes darted around, and she said hesitantly:
"Gentlemen, there are cultivators from the Earthly Fiend Sect here on business. This place will soon become a hotbed of trouble. We don't want to get involved. Let's disperse."

The Earthly Fiends Sect had a bad reputation, and others immediately echoed this sentiment:

"It's good that you've broken up, but you can find another place to trade."

To get rid of everyone, Han Yan said without hesitation:
"Tomorrow at Chenshi (7-9 AM), we will trade near the entrance of the Golden Lion Ridge Immortal City. Everyone, remember that."

Seeing the cultivators begin to disperse, Ah Hu summoned his magical artifact and the black zombie.

His magical artifact is the same as his master's, a white bone skull that can spew corpse fire and contains corpse poison. It can also fly out on its own to tear and bite, making it extremely insidious.

After a long period of refinement, the bones become hard and can be used as defensive magical artifacts, which is very convenient.

He rode forward on a yellow auspicious cloud and shouted sternly:
"By order of True Person Sang Chen of the Earthly Fiend Sect, we are to capture the calamity cultivators. These cultivators who are buying up spiritual energy are the calamity cultivators."

"Just help hold them off for a moment, and the real person will be here shortly!"

His eyes were sharp, and he looked like a ferocious tiger.

Ji An was startled. He didn't know how he and his companions had been exposed, but he knew that he absolutely couldn't let these cultivators be incited at this moment.

He made a hand seal, and his figure vanished in a flash, using earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic that allows one to escape from the crowd).

The moment he emerged from the earth, he immediately unleashed the full power of the Gengjin Spirit-Slaying Sword.

The magical power flowed rapidly through the immortal veins, and the Geng metal Dao seed in the divine palace shone brightly.

Countless silver flying swords appeared in the void and were launched almost the instant they appeared, their target being Ah Hu in the air.

At this moment, Ji An was less than twenty feet away from the target, and the flying sword could reach it in an instant.

Ah Hu's eyes seemed to see the twinkling stars in the night sky, so dazzling and radiant.

'What kind of attack is this? Why is it so fast!'

He sensed the danger of death in his spiritual perception. The thought was still swirling in his mind when his body instinctively began to perform hand seals.

The skull instantly grew larger, its mouth opening wide to spew out corpse fire resembling will-o'-the-wisps in a graveyard at night.

Despite his highly refined reflexes, some flying swords still managed to pierce through before the magical artifacts grew to enormous size. He escaped the fate of having his eye sockets pierced, but he could not escape the destiny of having his throat pierced.

Several flying swords pierced his arms, thighs, and lower abdomen. His sharp eyes immediately became empty, and he could no longer maintain the auspicious cloud, causing his body to fall.

The skeletal skull severed its connection with its master, spinning and spewing corpse fire as if in a fit of epilepsy, before finally falling to the ground.

Injuries to the arms and thighs are not fatal, and even being pierced in the throat and cervical spine will not kill immediately, but being hit by the corpse fire will cause the body to burn up in a greenish flame.

Poor Ah Hu never understood what kind of magic killed him, even in his death.

The cultivation technique he practiced also had the effect of body tempering, making his skin and muscles as tough as those of a Foundation Establishment stage demonic beast, but it had no effect whatsoever.

Ji An flew forward and packed the white bone artifact and the corpse into his storage bag.

Things happened too fast. Some cultivators were still hesitating about whether to listen to the words of the Earthly Fiend Sect cultivators when they saw Ah Hu being killed instantly, his body being taken away before it even hit the ground.

The crowd immediately dispersed, all wishing their parents had given them two more legs.

At this point, no one had any intention of cooperating with the Earthly Fiend Sect cultivators anymore. It was a joke; the other side could kill a Chaoyuan stage cultivator like a chicken. Who could withstand that?

Upon seeing the signal talisman rising in the distance, Sang Chen was overjoyed. He immediately put away the auspicious cloud and rode away at high speed on his magical artifact.

Zhang Kun panicked and channeled his magic power, managing to avoid falling to the ground.

'Old bastard!' he cursed inwardly, following the magic weapon at a distance.

In his view, it would be easy for a Golden Core cultivator to capture a Chaoyuan stage cultivator, and the promised reward should still be paid!

Ji An and the other two summoned their respective spiritual weapons and frantically activated them, completely disregarding the consumption of spiritual energy.

The enemy actually claimed that a Golden Core cultivator had appeared; it's better to believe it than not.

As they flew away, the three discussed their next move.

Ji An said:

"We must prepare for the worst. What should we do if a Golden Core cultivator really does pursue us?"

Liu Yu gritted her teeth and said:
"When I left the sect, the ancestor gave me several second-grade top-quality fire dragon talismans, which I have never used. I wonder if they can pose a threat to Golden Core cultivators."

Han Yan shook her head with a gloomy expression, "It's difficult. These talismans will only be effective against Golden Core cultivators who have just broken through."

Liu Yu's face turned extremely ugly. With a difference of one major realm, a high-level cultivator could completely crush a low-level cultivator.

Ji An's eyes turned ruthless as he said:
"If a Golden Core cultivator really comes after us, we can only accept our fate and scatter to escape, hoping that everyone can make it."

However, I possess a mid-grade, third-tier Bing Fire Divine Thunder Talisman, equivalent to the full-force attack of a fourth-level Golden Core cultivator. I must test the talisman's quality before fleeing.

Even if you're trying to escape, you still have to take a piece of the enemy's flesh before you leave.

Liu Yu's eyes suddenly lit up. Even if the three of them fled separately, one or two of them would probably be captured. However, if they could harm a Golden Core cultivator, it would make the enemy hesitate to act.

"I also have a Bing Fire Divine Thunder Talisman, let's use it together!"

Han Yan stated that she understood very well that if a Golden Core cultivator were to participate, escaping would be a pipe dream if they were unlucky enough to be chosen, so it was better to take a gamble.

Without wasting words, Ji An cast the spell on everyone in turn by activating the Mixed Gold Armor Incantation, then distributed the Panshan Talisman to the other two, and then came up with a simple plan.

When Sang Chen arrived at the location of the signal talisman, he saw three red auspicious clouds fleeing into the distance. They had already traveled more than ten miles away, but his own people did not see them.

'Which idiot could not even hold off the enemy for a moment!'

He rode away on his magical artifact, a sinister smile playing on his lips.

'If a few junior cultivators at the Chaoyuan stage escape right under my nose, I'd rather find a wall and smash my head against it!'

The magical artifact emitted a ghostly howl in the air. Ji An and the others turned around and threw away their last shred of hope.

Liu Yu said:

"I'll act as bait to create an opportunity for the two of you."

He has no means to harm a Golden Core cultivator, so he's the best person to do this job.

Ji An said in a deep voice:
"We are all bait. Keep your distance and proceed according to plan."

He possesses defensive talismans and top-grade defensive spiritual artifacts, coupled with various perfect-level spells and late-stage Foundation Establishment level physical cultivation strength, allowing him to hold out for a while even against a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator.

The sect's jade tablet also has the ability to resist attacks from the early stages of the Golden Core realm, so there will be no immediate danger to life.

(End of this chapter)