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As soon as Lin Xuan said this, the entire battlefield became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

The Taoist Ran Deng stood in mid-air, holding the string of Sea-Stabilizing Pearls that shimmered with five-colored light. He had initially maintained an air of superiority and compassion. But when he saw the thirty-six pearls floating around Lin Xuan's body, his withered old face instantly froze.

Its eyes were wide open, its mouth was slightly open, and it made a strange "clucking" sound from its throat, just like an old hen being strangled.

"This...this is..." Daoist Ran Deng stared intently at the beads around Lin Xuan, his voice trembling so much that he couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

He knew that scent all too well.

The twenty-four pills in his hand were fakes he had painstakingly created by collecting countless rare and precious materials and even shamelessly borrowing some from the Primordial Celestial Venerable. They were only good for impressing people or fooling those ignorant Taiyi Golden Immortals.

But now?

What Lin Xuan took out was a genuine, top-grade innate spiritual treasure—the authentic Dinghai Divine Pearl! And there were a full thirty-six of them! The vast water laws and innate Daoist charm flowing over them overshadowed the fake pearl in Ran Deng's hand, making it look like an ordinary stone bracelet.

"What? Don't you recognize me?" Lin Xuan sneered, his eyes full of mockery. "Didn't you like playing with beads? Didn't you like stabbing people in the back? Come on, today I'll let you play to your heart's content!"

The Taoist Ran Deng was extremely flustered.

He was an extremely shrewd and ruthless man; one look at this situation and he knew he'd bitten off more than he could chew. Lin Xuan was incredibly strange; not only was his physical body ridiculously strong, but how did he also possess a magical artifact of this caliber?

"Fellow Daoist Lin Xuan, please let me explain." Daoist Ran Deng quickly put on a smiling face, a smile more painful than a grimace. "I was merely tempted by the sight of this Golden Light Daoist and wanted to exchange a few blows. I had absolutely no intention of harming anyone. We are all fellow Daoists, why ruin our harmony over such a trivial matter?"

As he spoke, he quietly retreated, and the auspicious clouds beneath his feet began to change direction.

Hearing this, the Golden Light Holy Mother, nestled in Lin Xuan's arms, was so angry that she spat out another mouthful of blood.

"You old thief...you shameless! You were clearly trying to kill me!" the Golden Light Mother cursed weakly. She had never seen such a shameless person in her life.

Lin Xuan gently patted the Golden Light Holy Mother's back, sending a gentle stream of chaotic primordial energy into her body to help stabilize her injuries.

Then, he raised his head, and the look in his eyes as he looked at the lamp had completely turned into that of someone looking at a dead man.

"A sparring match? Sure, I'll have a sparring match with you."

Lin Xuan didn't give Randeng a chance to talk nonsense and suddenly waved his right hand.

"go!"

The thirty-six genuine Sea-Stabilizing Pearls instantly transformed into thirty-six streams of light, accompanied by a terrifying howl that tore through space, and crashed down upon the Burning Lamp.

This was no ordinary physical attack. Each bead contained the weight of water from the four seas. When all thirty-six beads came crashing down at once, the force was as if the entire sky had collapsed.

The Taoist priest was so frightened that his soul almost left his body.

"Lin Xuan! You dare kill me! I am the Vice Leader of the Chan Sect!"

While screaming, Ran Deng frantically channeled his magic power, throwing out all twenty-four counterfeit beads in his hand in an attempt to block Lin Xuan's attack. At the same time, layers upon layers of protective golden light shone from his body as he exerted every ounce of strength he had.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

A series of deafening explosions erupted in mid-air.

The fake beads that Ran Deng was so proud of were like eggs hitting a rock compared to the genuine Dinghai Divine Pearl. With a crisp cracking sound, the twenty-four fake beads didn't even last a second before being smashed to pieces, turning into dust that scattered in the wind.

"My treasure!" Randeng's heart ached terribly; it was the culmination of most of his life's work!

But he couldn't care less about the heartache now, because after the thirty-six genuine beads smashed the fakes, their speed didn't decrease at all, and they directly crashed into his protective golden light.

"Snap!"

The protective golden light of the lamp was as fragile as paper, instantly covered with cracks, and then shattered with a crash.

"what!"

Ran Deng let out a pig-like scream as he was thrown backward by the enormous impact, like a broken sack.

He was filled with regret! If he had known that the Golden Light Saintess had this connection with Lin Xuan, he would never have gotten involved in this mess. Now, he's lost his magic weapon and is almost dead.

Just when he thought he was about to be smashed into mincemeat, Lin Xuan suddenly flicked his finger.

The thirty-six beads paused abruptly in mid-air, then quickly merged together, transforming into a giant, light blue bead larger than a millstone.

Lin Xuan squinted, watching the lantern tumbling in the air.

He remembered clearly that the old man had used the Seven Arrows of Nailhead to plot against Su Daji, but was afflicted by the backlash of karma and lost an eye, becoming a one-eyed dragon.

"Your hairstyle is asymmetrical. I have OCD, let me fix it for you."

Lin Xuan grinned and pressed his finger down sharply.

The giant Sea-Stabilizing Pearl drew a strange arc in the air, precisely bypassing Randeng's waving arm, heading straight for his old face.

The target was the only intact eye that the lamp still had!

The Taoist Ran Deng only felt a flash of blue light before his eyes, and a deadly sense of crisis enveloped his entire body. He wanted to dodge, but the surrounding space had been completely locked by the laws of the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl, and he was completely unable to move.

"No! Lin Xuan! You can't..."

"Bang!"

A dull, muffled sound of flesh colliding rang out.

That was a solid hit.

The Taoist Ran Deng's voice abruptly stopped. His head snapped back, and he spun around in the air seventeen or eighteen times before crashing heavily into the soil below, creating a bottomless crater.

The entire battlefield was deathly silent.

Jiang Ziya and Yun Zhongzi on the city wall were dumbfounded. That was the vice leader of the Chan Sect, a veteran quasi-saint! Was he just going to be used as a punching bag?

A faint groan came from the bottom of the pit.

After a while, the Taoist Ran Deng climbed out of the pit.

His current appearance was simply appalling. His topknot was undone, he was covered in dust and dirt, and most importantly, his face was a sight to behold.

His only remaining eye was now swollen high, looking like a large, purplish-black steamed bun, with the eyelid completely stuck together, unable to open even a slit.

With the eye he had previously lost, Randeng is now completely blind, with a bruise on each eye, making him look exactly like a giant panda that has come to life.

"Lin Xuan...you...you're so cruel..."

Ran Deng covered his eyes, trembling with pain. He couldn't see anything now, only able to perceive his surroundings with his divine sense. He knew he was completely doomed today; if he didn't leave now, he would truly lose his life here.

"Ruthless? I call this helping others." Lin Xuan sneered. "Go back and tell Yuan Shi that next time he sends someone, he should send someone who can take a beating. Get lost!"

Ran Deng didn't dare to talk back; he didn't even have the courage to utter a threat. He hastily made a hand seal, forcibly tore open space, and scrambled inside, disappearing without a trace like a stray dog.

As Lin Xuan watched the direction Ran Deng fled, a crisp system notification sounded in his mind.

Ding! Congratulations, host, for defeating the Daoist Burning Lamp's Dao heart and intercepting a portion of his fortune.

Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow in satisfaction. Although he had intercepted a portion of this old thief's luck, he could keep it for later and play with it slowly; killing him all at once would be too easy for him.

He put away the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl, lowered his head, and looked at the Golden Light Mother in his arms.

At this moment, the Golden Light Saintess's face was ashen, and the bloodstains at the corners of her mouth were shocking. Although she had felt very satisfied watching Lin Xuan beat up Randeng, the backlash from the formation was too severe, and she was now on the verge of collapse.

"Lin Xuan da'lao...I...am I going to die?" The Golden Light Saint Mother weakly clutched Lin Xuan's clothes, her eyes somewhat unfocused.

"With me here, you'd have a hard time dying even if you wanted to." Lin Xuan picked her up in his arms, feeling the coldness of her body, and frowned slightly.

This has damaged the heart meridian; it cannot be delayed.

He didn't return to Chaoge City or Pangu Palace. Instead, with a thought, he took the Golden Light Mother and disappeared from the spot, intending to find an absolutely quiet place to properly heal her injuries.