A leisurely life in the world of cultivation

Chapter 173: Worry about ghosts

Do you think our family still needs to venture into the lesser secret realms?

That night, after Li Weizhou transferred the enormous amount of electricity he had absorbed from the aluminum electrolysis tank on the other side of Earth to Situ Qingyue, Situ Qingyue put on her undergarments and asked softly.

In her view, the resources possessed by the Li family were almost inexhaustible.

The endless pool of thunder, metal, and soil, along with Feng Biwu's Myriad Streams Returning to Their Source, are equally powerful.

Is it still necessary to take risks like a rogue cultivator for cultivation resources?

Li Weizhou, feeling refreshed, said, "Don't underestimate the Spirit Realm. What we possess is not an absolutely overwhelming advantage. The evil magic weapons that the Poisonous Serpent Demon Lord unleashed today were still quite threatening and extremely bizarre. While someone like him is notorious and has a rather ferocious reputation in the Northern Spirit Region, in the entire Spirit Realm, he's at most a slightly stronger lowlife. If even he poses such a threat, we're afraid we'll run into trouble if we remain complacent. My master's wife, Liu Zhe, and Aunt Lan all say that the truly powerful ones are the Sin Clan. But we haven't even seen them yet."

Now, in the Li family, apart from him, no one is a match for the Poisonous Serpent Demon Lord.

Situ Qingyue nodded and said, "That's true, I was a bit careless... Do you have a target yet?"

Li Weizhou smiled and said, "Why recruit those five rogue cultivators? Because they have the best information network. Broken Blade Shen Quan said that a new secret realm appeared in the Northern Ice Plains last year. Many people died there, but some also gained a lot. I'm going to take a look."

"Thank you for going through all this trouble."

Situ Qingyue gently stroked Li Weizhou's brow and said softly.

Li Weizhou felt a warmth in his heart, smiled, and embraced her, saying, "Not tired, it was worth it."

Even between husband and wife, a kind word can warm the heart.

……

"Sect Leader, we've arrived."

The Broken Blade Master Shen Quan led Li Weizhou 1,500 li north from the Five Elements Sect to the icy and snowy secret realm he had described.

Li Weizhou stood on his flying sword, looking down at the icy plains of the northern region.

The wind from the icy plains blew against his body, and even with his current cultivation level, he felt a slight pain.

As it swept across the towering glacier, it carried a mournful howl, like countless wronged souls crying in the crevices of the ice.

The sky was leaden gray, pressing low over the ice field, as if it would sink another half inch and merge with the ice field.

Shen Quan shrank his neck and subconsciously pressed his right hand against the broken sword at his waist, the scabbard covered with a thin layer of ice.

"Sect Leader, look."

He pointed to the distance, where the ice peaks looked as if they had been cleaved by a giant axe, their sharp edges capable of cutting through the wind. He said, “The entrance is on the other side of that ice cliff, but you can only climb down to the bottom and then up to the other side. Last year, some cultivator from who-knows-where, probably a novice with lofty ambitions, tried to fly across from the top of the cliff. As a result, he was frozen into an ice block by the gale as soon as he reached mid-air, and crashed straight down onto the ice, shattering like sand.”

Li Weizhou glanced at the scheming man, wondering who he was talking about...

Looking up, the ice field stretched out endlessly, nothing but white, as if it had never changed in the slightest since time immemorial.

The ice underfoot was as hard as iron, yet it had a strange brittleness. Walking on it, you could hear a "crunching" sound, as if something was grinding its teeth under the ice.

Occasionally, you can see some dark shadows embedded in the ice, their outlines blurred by the ice.

From the distant ice crevice, a chilling blue aura seeped out. Instead of rising, the aura sank downwards, accumulating into mist around the crevice. Occasionally, flashes of blue light, like will-o'-the-wisps, would appear within the mist.

Li Weizhou reached out and caught a piece of ice. The ice didn't melt in his palm; instead, it stung his skin.

Tsk tsk, you know, he's been immune to heat and cold for many years now...

The cold of this icy plain is not ordinary; it carries a chilling intensity that seems to freeze even the flow of spiritual energy within the body, slowing it down by a fraction.

"It's almost midnight."

Shen Quan looked at the sky, which was a leaden gray. The moon looked like a piece of broken silver frozen in ice. He said, "When the ice eye cracks, the wind will be even fiercer. Sect Leader, be careful. There are still people around, but none of them have shown themselves."

Li Weizhou nodded, looked around but didn't see anyone. He felt the wind pick up, carrying ice shards that lashed against their robes with a crackling sound.

The ice field remained silent, so silent that only the howling wind and the grinding of the ice could be heard, as if the ice field itself were a lurking beast, coldly watching everyone who came here.

"Sect Leader, the Five Elements Sect has spiritual veins, cultivation techniques, a sect-protecting formation, and spiritual artifacts. You are of noble status and don't need to suffer in a place like this."

Shen Quan seemed somewhat puzzled as to why this young sect leader, who was undoubtedly a dragon among men, would come to such a place to suffer.

Even the most outstanding talents in Zhongzhou who want to gain experience will go to stable secret realms, such as the Kunpeng Secret Realm in the Northern Spirit Domain, which is a stable small world.

There are risks, but not to the point that the entire space could get out of control.

If the small world suddenly collapses while one is undergoing a trial, even if the sect has powerful experts, it will be too late to rescue them.

In such a situation, no matter how good one's background or how high one's talent, it will all be in vain.

The reason these five people have survived to this day is that they never enter the small secret realm lightly. They only enter when others have entered and the small secret realm remains stable for a year, or at the very least, half a year.

Because of their insistence on this principle, they did miss out on quite a few treasures, but those who did manage to snatch them mostly died on their next expedition, so they had no regrets.

Li Weizhou smiled. He didn't know if there was such a saying in the world that a wise man doesn't stand under a dangerous wall, but Shen Quan clearly meant it.

He said, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." He paused and then added, "If a sect wants to revive, its leader must be a veteran of countless battles and have experienced the dangers of the world. Otherwise, he will neither gain the respect of the people nor accumulate experience. As for my personal safety... I believe I have a good chance of keeping myself safe."

Shen Quan recalled the rumors that the sect leader was a master of innate spatial abilities, so he figured he must have a way to save his life.

Hey, Shen Quan didn't know what to think for a moment.

It seems that Heaven has never been fair.

However, compared to the disciples of the major clans in Zhongzhou, Li Weizhou was nothing.

The Five Elements Sect's cultivation techniques and spiritual veins are no match for the major sects of Central Plains.

Moreover, those who are good swimmers often drown; those who are initially impressive but then rely on their abilities to rush ahead recklessly rarely survive to the end...

Hopefully, our newly established sect can last a long time.

"It's midnight!"

Shen Quan suddenly spoke up, then pointed to a snow-capped peak in the distance and said, "Sect Leader, look over there."

Li Weizhou looked over, his eyes narrowing slightly. There really was someone there...

On the snow-capped peaks, a group of people wearing white cloaks were descending, and this was happening on more than one of the smaller peaks.

There are many people.

Shen Quan lowered his voice and said, "Sect Leader, there have been rumors that the Ice Plains Secret Realm may produce Ice Soul Pearls. Ice Soul Pearls can be ground into powder to refine Ice Heart Pills, which can suppress the restless inner demons caused by the burning heart fire when breaking through a cultivation level. The Xuan Tian Tower in Qing Shui City has already offered a high price to buy them, which has spurred many rogue cultivators to keep searching. They have people from all sides, so we must be careful when we go in."

Li Weizhou said softly, "I understand. The main purpose of coming here today is to observe more, rather than competing with the rogue cultivators for resources. Of course, when something comes to us, we shouldn't let it go."

Apart from Xi Mei, the rest of the family all possessed top-grade spiritual roots. Xi Mei, blessed by the Heavenly Dao, also had a superior-grade spiritual root, just like Tao Ling'er.

Before reaching the Spirit Origin Realm, or even the Spirit God Realm, there are no insurmountable bottlenecks.

Ice Heart Pills and the like are not very useful for now.

There's no struggle for profit, and no one's crazy enough to insist on fighting and killing in an unstable little secret territory.

……

The moment you fall into the icy eye, the chill suddenly becomes clear and transparent, and the ferocity of the icy plain is gone.

When Li Weizhou steadied himself, he was stunned. The world before him was completely different from the hellish world he had imagined. It was a crystal world made of ice and snow.

Looking up, the dome overhead is an ice-blue color. It is not solid ice, but rather looks like it is made up of countless hexagonal ice crystals. Each ice crystal locks in a ray of sunlight, which refracts and casts thousands of fine golden rays on the ice surface.

This……

You don't even need to decorate for your wedding here!
But it was clearly night outside.

The distant ice peaks rise abruptly from the ground. Their bodies are not perfectly round, but rather as if they were carved by a knife and axe, with distinct edges. When the sunlight falls on the ice ridges at the peaks, it refracts into rainbow-colored bands of light.

The ice beneath our feet was as smooth as a mirror, yet we could see a hundred feet below the ice—not an underground river, but an ice forest.

Not only are there endless snow-covered forests on the ground, but there are also some underwater!
This is clearly a fairy tale world.

The "trees" in the forest are all sculpted from ice crystals, with straight trunks, branches that stretch to both sides, and half-open ice flowers on the branches, with petals as thin as cicada wings.

Li Weizhou squatted down and lightly touched the ice surface with his fingertips. He had the Jianmu tree in his soul, the emperor of wood. He tried to communicate with it, and then he saw the ice tree under the ice suddenly sway gently, and the ice flowers on the branches all turned towards him.

Li Weizhou: "..."

Is this ice tree... alive?
Moreover, it still retains the original nature of wood!
Amazed.

The wonders of creation.

Standing up, I saw a range of mountains and icy valleys in front of me, with flowing silver patterns emanating from the cliff faces.

Along the sides of the ski slope stand some ice sculptures, not carved by humans, but naturally formed strange shapes.

"Sect Leader, the daily opening time of the small secret realm is limited to three hours. After that, you must leave, otherwise the entrance will close and the inside will turn into an extremely cold domain, where even Spirit Origin Realm cultivators will freeze to death."

Seeing that Li Weizhou was actually admiring the scenery, Shen Quan patiently advised him.

Can't you see that everyone who comes in is busy searching for treasure?
Li Weizhou remained unhurried, saying, "You go ahead and do your thing, I'll just look around."

Shen Quan was both amused and exasperated, thinking that perhaps only someone as pure-hearted as him could cultivate to such a high level.

He was still hesitant, seemingly worried, but Li Weizhou waved his hand and said, "In terms of self-preservation, I am far superior to you. Go and do your thing. We'll meet at the entrance in three hours."

Shen Quan stopped arguing and turned to leave.

Not only has Liu Zhe's skill improved, but the bottleneck that has plagued him for many years has also loosened up somewhat recently.

If he could find one or two rare treasures, he would be even more confident in breaking through his bottleneck.

After Shen Quan left, Li Weizhou walked around filming with a video camera. Since no magic appeared on the camera, almost no one paid him any attention.

As we ventured deeper into the ice field, the camera panned across the flowing silver patterns on the ice cliffs on both sides, leaving us deeply moved.

This was clearly some kind of celestial array, but he didn't recognize the runes at all.

Therefore, talent is talent, and learning is learning; they are two different things...

what.

As Li Weizhou walked, he was suddenly blocked by a light blue barrier.

Fine water ripples flowed across the barrier, interspersed with tiny ice crystals, exuding a chilling aura.

He recognized the water pattern; it was a water-based magic array, a barrier of icy layers.

He reached out and touched it, and sure enough, he felt a cold resistance at his fingertips.

"The people inside are from the Cold Water Sect; this is the territory they've taken over."

A female voice came from behind. Li Weizhou turned around and saw a female cultivator wearing a moon-white Taoist robe, carrying a medicine basket on her back. Her beautiful face was a little sullen. She said, "They occupied this ice forest five days ago, saying that they discovered it and that it belongs to their Cold Water Sect. Others can't use formations here, but the Cold Water Sect is perfect for this secret realm. They quickly surrounded this valley with formations."

Li Weizhou asked curiously, "Are there herbs in such a snowy and icy place?"

The herb-gathering girl glanced at Li Weizhou, pursed her lips, and said, "Which young master has sneaked out to relax again... As long as the Heavenly Dao still exists, there will always be life. By the way, I am a disciple of the Hundred Herbs Hall, which family do you belong to?"

Li Weizhou touched his face, feeling bitter: "Sigh, it's all because of this face. Ugly men can't understand this kind of suffering..." He coughed and said, "I am a disciple of the Five Elements Sect. My name is Li Changning."

The herb-gathering girl said, "My name is Bai Wei. Oh, didn't the Five Elements Sect close its gates?"

Li Weizhou said, "Yes, I'm stuck outside, so I'm wandering around."

The herb-gathering woman rolled her eyes at him and said, "You never tell the truth." But then she praised him, "When you're out and about, you have to be careful. Not bad, you have quite a bit of experience in the ways of the world."

Li Weizhou smiled, knowing that the name Bai Wei was most likely a lie, and said, "Why are you here collecting herbs? Are you also looking for the Ice Soul Pearl? The people from the Cold Water Sect are digging inside."

The herb-gathering woman curled her lip and said, "They're not after the Ice Soul Pearl, they're looking for the 'Ice Marrow Grass'."

Li Weizhou thought for a moment, then reached out and gently pressed a node in the icy barrier. The array's energy immediately became chaotic, and it was broken after only a short while.

Looking around, one could see disciples of the Cold Water Sect busy around an ice crevice in the valley. Some were holding spirit shovels, carefully digging into the frozen soil beneath the ice. Buried in the soil were some pale blue grass stems, which were probably the Ice Marrow Grass that the herb-gathering girl had mentioned.

The herb-gathering girl's eyes lit up, and she was about to go inside when she saw Li Weizhou casually wave his hand, and the formation was restored...

The herb-gathering girl: "??"

Li Weizhou smiled and said, "They're working hard, I think it's best not to bother them."

The herb-gathering woman still felt that the person in front of her was probably seriously ill...

The formation was already broken, but they just patched it up again...

Is this what the new leader of the Five Elements Sect is like?

Of course she recognized Li Weizhou. The day this new sect leader of the Five Elements Sect appeared in the Lingxian Pavilion, someone took a picture of him, and the news spread everywhere.

Hmph, he even lied to her and called her Li Changning, how despicable.

Li Weizhou smiled and said, "I still need to go and take a look around. Miss Bai Jie, see you later."

"Bai...Bai Jie?"

The herb-gathering girl was shocked and angrily exclaimed, "My name isn't Bai Jie, it's Bai Zhiwei!!"

Li Weizhou apologized, "I'm sorry! My memory isn't very good, I made a mistake."

However, after witnessing Li Weizhou's method of breaking the formation, the herb-gathering woman was unwilling to leave easily. She followed behind him, muttering, "When the Cold Water Sect's 'Mysterious Ice Technique' is cultivated to a deep level, it will trigger the cold evil within the body. Only the 'Evil-Melting Soup' made from Ice Marrow Grass can suppress it. Last year, two elders of their sect perished at Black Wind Lake, both of them dying from the outbreak of cold evil. So this time, they are determined to take over this ice forest at all costs."

Li Weizhou asked in surprise, "If they can't improve their techniques, can't they use a different method?"

Bai Zhiwei said speechlessly, "If cultivation techniques were so easy to obtain, why would those rogue cultivators risk their lives? The Five Elements Sect behind you certainly doesn't lack cultivation techniques. You make it sound so easy."

Li Weizhou nodded and said earnestly, "That's true. I've never experienced hardship before... I know that's a major weakness, so I came to the bottom and suffer with you all, didn't I?"

Bai Zhiwei's round face puffed up like a pufferfish in anger. She watched Li Weizhou fuming for a long time, then suddenly seemed to remember something and burst out laughing, saying, "My mother repeatedly warned me that the people outside are bad and told me to be careful. I never thought that the people outside were bad before, but I've seen it for myself today."

Li Weizhou protested, "Am I bad?"

Bai Zhiwei became somewhat smug and said, "Yes! You're bad! Don't think I'm stupid, you're deliberately playing me, aren't you?"

Li Weizhou chuckled and said, "No, just kidding. Go find your family. It's quite dangerous for you to be out there alone."

Bai Zhiwei said, "I'm not afraid! No one here will bully me, except for that liar!"

Li Weizhou touched his face again, warning the little mirror phantom in his mind not to secretly add buffs. The little mirror phantom felt wronged; it hadn't moved an inch...

Li Weizhou sighed inwardly again. It was difficult. He asked, "Is this the only place where Ice Marrow Grass grows?"

Bai Zhiwei said, "Of course not, it's just that the Ice Marrow Grass here is the purest, with roots entwined with 'Ice Marrow Crystals,' which can double the medicinal efficacy. Li Changning, how about we cooperate and dig up Ice Marrow Grass together? We can each take half when we go out later, what do you think?"

Li Weizhou politely declined, saying, "I want to take another look inside. Miss Zhiwei, you should go find your elders to dig together. Don't go alone. Farewell."

Having said that, he accelerated and vanished in an instant.

After he left, an old woman came up from a short distance behind and asked, "Miss, did he agree?"

Bai Zhiwei said somewhat dejectedly, "No, he simply refuses to befriend me. Granny Jin Hua, is it only the Five Elements Sect that possesses a treasured alchemy furnace?"

The old woman sighed and said, "Of course not, the Xuan Tian Tower has them. But we can't afford them. The Five Elements Sect is a large and powerful family, and now it's all empty. Their precious artifacts and alchemy furnaces are just sitting idle anyway, it would be so nice to lend them to us... Unfortunately, this kid is as cunning as a devil, he doesn't fall for any of that. Well, news came from the Xuan Lei Sword Sect that this kid has four wives, all of them beauties, no wonder he couldn't resist their charms..."

Bai Zhiwei blushed upon hearing this and said angrily, "Mother-in-law, what are you saying? You said before that we should make friends sincerely."

The old woman hurriedly said, "It's about making friends, it's about making friends. The honey trap isn't what you think. Even when it comes to making friends, people prefer to be friends with good-looking people, right? That's also called a honey trap."

Bai Zhiwei huffed, "I can't argue with you... Granny Jin Hua, let's hurry up and go find more Ice Marrow Grass! We'll definitely dig up more and try to save up enough spirit stones to rent the Xuan Tian Tower's treasured alchemy furnace so we can refine medicine to cure Mother. If Sister Tao Ling'er from the Five Elements Sect can do it, so can I!"

Grandma Jinhua looked at her young mistress with affection, but her heart was filled with worry.

The Five Elements Sect's eldest daughter's poverty is a lie. Even after a tiger dies, its spirit remains strong; she could live off its legacy for two hundred years.

But their Baicaotang was truly poor.

Bai Zhiwei's father was once the number one divine physician in the Northern Spiritual Domain, but he ended up killing five people in a row, each one more important than the last. As a result, Baicaotang went bankrupt, and the head of the Hundred Herbs Hall was captured. Now, no one knows whether he is dead or alive, and so many years have passed...

Sigh, never mind, let's not talk about it.

Thankfully, the young lady has finally grown up...

……

"Ouch!"

Li Weizhou, all alone and dressed like a scholar, strolled leisurely through the icy world.

Of course, in the eyes of those who work hard at digging, he probably belongs to the category of street urchins.

However, he finally saw the real battle begin, and the two groups started fighting each other.

On the ice surface in the middle of the icy valley, two groups of people were locked in a fierce battle.

On the left were seven monks wrapped in khaki cloaks, the leader of whom was a scarred man with a bulging yellow cloth bag hanging from his waist.

Li Weizhou didn't know who they were, but he wasn't the only one watching the commotion nearby. An old man was also there, clicking his tongue in amazement as he watched, saying, "They're from Yellow Wind Valley, notorious ruthless characters in the Northern Spirit Region. This group cultivates the 'Yellow Wind Technique,' which can summon sandstorms. Once activated, they cause darkness and chaos, specializing in plundering resources in small secret realms. It's a pity there's no sandstorm for them to use today, but they probably prepared quite a bit themselves."

Li Weizhou glanced at the old man, but the old man ignored him, focused on watching the spectacle.

Coincidentally, he also liked to watch, so he stood there with a handful of sunflower seeds in his hand and started cracking them open.

On the right are five cultivators dressed in gray robes, with bronze tokens hanging from their waists. The tokens are inscribed with the words "Stone Talisman," indicating that they are disciples of the Stone Talisman Sect.

The leading cultivator in green robes held a jade ruler, its body gleaming with an earthy yellow light. He was confronting the scarred man. The earthen wall drawn by the jade ruler had just blocked the wind strands thrown by the man when the wind strands cut fine lines into the wall, and ice shards fell down in a rustling sound.

"This place was first surveyed by our Stone Talisman Sect!"

The green-robed cultivator from the Stone Talisman Sect shouted sharply, and waved the jade ruler again. The earthen-yellow light transformed into a net of Dao stones, enveloping a cultivator from Yellow Wind Valley who was wielding a curved sword.

The cultivator let out a strange laugh, tugged at the yellow cloth bag at his waist, and a column of grayish-yellow wind immediately shot out from the bag's opening. The wind column hit the stone net, causing the hard stone net to sway precariously, and the mesh of the net quickly became covered with a layer of sand.

The old man exclaimed "Ouch!" again, saying, "The 'sand erosion wind' of Yellow Wind Valley can erode metal and stone, and also impede spiritual energy. It's ruthless!"

The scarred man turned to look at the old man and grinned maliciously. He suddenly ripped open the yellow cloth bag, and the wind wisps surging out of the bag instantly transformed into several wind blades, aiming straight for the Stone Talisman Sect disciple's face: "On this icy plain, only the strongest have the right to win! At your age, you don't even understand this simple principle?"

The Yellow Wind Valley cultivators behind him acted in unison. Some of them summoned the Yellow Wind Banner, which was wrapped with dried finger bones. When it was shaken, several gray shadows flew out, filled with sand. They landed and turned into sand figures, wielding stone hammers and rushing towards the Stone Talisman Sect disciples.

Someone took out a yellow talisman, which burned and transformed into an earth-yellow wind snake with sand grains wrapped around its body. The snake flicked its tongue and bit at the youngest disciple of the Stone Talisman Sect.

The green-robed cultivator from the Stone Talisman Sect was prepared. He slammed his jade ruler onto the ice, and several stone spikes suddenly emerged from beneath the ice. These spikes, coated with an earthy-yellow spiritual light, pierced the sandman's chest with pinpoint accuracy. Yet, the sandman did not fall. The sand at the wound moved rapidly, enveloping the stone spikes and dragging them back. Soon, a thick layer of sand covered the spikes, dimming their spiritual light.

Li Weizhou also found it fascinating, and he held a small video camera in his hand, filming as he watched.

The scarred man laughed even more fiercely, and with a sudden shake of the yellow cloth bag, the column of wind that spewed out of the bag suddenly became thicker, smashing straight onto the ice surface.

With a loud "boom," the ice layer exploded, revealing an Ice Soul Pearl hidden beneath. The pearl's blue light suddenly shone brightly, illuminating the surrounding ice forest with a ghostly blue hue.

"Ouch."

Li Weizhou exclaimed in surprise again.

The old man clicked his tongue and said, "The Ice Soul Pearl is quite a rare treasure. Refining it into the Ice Soul Pill can increase the chance of breaking through a bottleneck by 30%. This isn't just about bottlenecks; it's about lifespan. Breaking into the Spirit Origin Realm grants eight hundred years of lifespan. Wow, that's incredible!"

"Whoever gets it keeps it!"

Probably provoked by the old man's words, the scarred man from Huangfeng Valley roared and lunged at the mine. The wisps of wind emanating from his yellow sack forced back two Shifu Sect disciples who tried to stop him.

The monk in the green robe was also frantic. He plunged his jade ruler into the ice and chanted incantations. Suddenly, the stone veins beneath the ice stirred, and several ice rocks as tall as a person broke through the ground, forming a stone cage that trapped the scarred man in the center.

"This is the Stone Talisman Sect's trump card, the 'Mountain Suppressing Formation'!"

Some cultivators from Huangfeng Valley cried out in alarm and tried to rush forward to help, but they were held back by the disciples of Shifu Sect.

But the scarred man remained calm. He pulled out a ceramic bottle from his pocket and smashed it against the gabion.

The bottle cracked open, releasing a grayish-yellow toxic mist. When the mist touched the gabion, it made a sizzling sound, and the stone surface quickly became covered with yellowish-brown veins.

The old man exclaimed "Oh dear!" and lamented, "How did it come to this? This is the Yellow Wind Valley's trump card, 'Yellow Wind Poison Mist,' which can corrode metal and stone, pollute spiritual veins, and even a single breath can disrupt spiritual energy."

"not good!"

Upon hearing this, the green-robed cultivator from the Stone Talisman Sect's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly waved his jade ruler, trying to withdraw the formation, but it was too late.

The grayish-yellow poisonous mist seeped out from the cracks in the rocks, choking the two nearest Stone Talisman Sect disciples who coughed repeatedly, their skin instantly turning into dirt spots, and their spiritual energy circulation becoming sluggish.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the scarred man smashed through the corroded stone cage, and the wisps of wind from the yellow cloth bag went straight for the face of the monk in the blue robe.

The cultivator in the green robe hastily raised his ruler to block, but with a crisp "clang," the jade ruler was knocked out of his hand and he was thrown back several steps, crashing into the ice cliff. A metallic taste rose in his throat.

"Head!"

The disciples of the Stone Talisman Sect were shocked and were about to rush forward, but the green-robed cultivator cupped his hands and said, "My skills are inferior to yours, so I admit defeat and this place belongs to Yellow Wind Valley."

The scarred man laughed loudly, "It should have been done long ago."

Having said that, he turned his fierce gaze to the old man and Li Weizhou and asked, "Have you two seen enough? Would you like to try out the poisonous fog of my Yellow Wind Valley?"

The old man chuckled and said, "I don't need it. My old arms and legs can't move, I'm just passing by. But this young man is exceptionally strong, his aura of thunder and fire is evident, he must need a rare item like the Ice Soul Pearl. Right, young man? With your abilities, it shouldn't be difficult."

Li Weizhou chuckled and said, "I was just passing by. Huangfeng Valley is too strong. I can't handle them."

"Hahaha!"

The seven men from Huangfeng Valley thought this handsome young man spoke really well. If they weren't also poor, they would have given him the precious pearl.

Li Weizhou cupped his hands in greeting and continued walking deeper into the area.

The old man scratched his messy, gray hair, stared at Li Weizhou's back for a moment with his small, beady eyes, and then followed him.

After the two men left, a slightly weaker-looking man beside the scarred man whispered, "Brother, that old man, could he be...?"

"Ghost's Bane. This is truly a ghost story. How did he get in... My back was soaked with sweat just now. I was afraid he was after us. We can't stay here today. Grab the Ice Soul Pearl and let's go, let's go!"

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(End of this chapter)