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Chapter 88 Four Departures and Three Returns [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

"Hey, Meng, do you think anyone else will be coming later?"

"These five gentian plants of ours have caught quite a few people."

Deep in the dense forest, by a small river, two middle-aged men dressed in black robes sat around a campfire. One of them was cultivating with two spirit stones in his hand, while the other was poking around in the fire with a wooden stick.

After absorbing the two spirit stones in his hand, Meng Zhe exhaled a breath of turbid air.

"There will definitely be more people coming."

After saying that, he looked down at his boots and sneered, "The female cultivator who left the 'Mother and Child Incense' on me hasn't arrived yet."

Huang Sanshui nodded in agreement. "That female cultivator is quite pretty. Remember to leave her alive; don't waste such a fine furnace."

"It's no use telling me; you have to talk to my eldest brother and second brother."

After Meng Zhe finished speaking, he couldn't help but smile, thinking to himself that the method he had come up with was truly ingenious.

The four of them joined forces.

The second brother, who is at the ninth level of Qi Refining, is in charge of selling this century-old gentian grass, while the eldest brother, who is at the tenth level of Qi Refining, is in charge of buying it. After it's sold out, there will definitely be many people rushing out to grab it.

During the fight, a chaotic battle ensued. The eldest brother pretended to be outmatched so that he and his fourth brother could snatch the gentian root.

After that... you can sit back and relax.

One comes, one is killed.

Two of them, let's kill them both!

Using this method and by infiltrating various markets and cities, they killed quite a few cultivators.

Basically, they would sell one city at a time, complete one job, and then move on to the next place, so they weren't afraid of being targeted.

This is now the fifth location they've occupied in Qingshan City.

Huang Sanshui threw the wooden stick in his hand into the fire and nodded. "That's right. I'll go talk to my eldest brother and second brother."

"Don't move, you'll ruin things..."

Before Meng Zhe could finish speaking, the silent forest was immediately filled with the calls of several nightingales.

Huang Sanshui, who had just lifted his leg, stopped moving again.

"They've arrived!"

After Meng Zhe finished speaking, he immediately pinched a talisman in his hand.

Huang Sanshui sat back down, and his sleeves, which had been dry and shriveled, immediately became bulging.

"Brother Meng, is the Water Dragon Sect such a desolate place that it's not worth visiting? Or is it better to go to the Joyful Palace and have some fun, where you can find a female cultivator to do dual cultivation with every now and then?"

Huang Sanshui began to speak loudly.

Meng Zhe also chimed in, "But the Water Dragon Sect has a good atmosphere, so finding a decent family here is quite an experience."

In no time at all.

A furious shout rang out from the dense forest.

"The devil's thief!"

Even faster than the sound came a round pebble, which flew through the air and instantly struck the fire.

"boom--"

A loud noise was heard, followed by a burst of fire that burst through the dense forest.

The fireball exploded with a roar, leveling the area within a radius of three zhang (approximately 10 meters).

This was the first time Ji Yuan had ever seen a mine explode, and seeing its power, he couldn't help but be speechless.

With this effect, those two demonic cultivators would probably be seriously injured, if not killed.

His gaze swept over the other three directions. Du Wanyi and the other two had already summoned their respective magical artifacts and were slowly approaching, showing no excitement whatsoever... Fortunately, his teammates were still reliable.

Ji Yuan then glanced at the Hundred Fish Shield in front of him.

This was his first battle before advancing to the late stage of Qi Refining, which made him quite excited.

The airship moved forward little by little, the dust in the dense forest still lingering.

Yao Jingfeng suddenly threw out several fireball talismans, and the flames rose again, breaking through the darkness. At the same time, Ji Yuan also saw two dark figures suddenly darting out from the ruins.

They attacked him from the east and Du Wanyi from the west.

"He's not dead!"

Luo Tian shouted from afar.

Ji Yuan naturally knew that the two demonic cultivators were not dead, and judging from their speed, they didn't seem to be injured... They even knew how to pick on the weak!

After all, among the six people present, Ji Yuan and Du Wanyi had the lowest cultivation levels, both of them only at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

In the blink of an eye, Ji Yuan put away the Thunder Falcon Boat with a thought. Holding a shield in his right hand, he threw out five water arrow talismans and three lightning strike talismans with his left.

Water struck in mid-air, thunder struck in mid-air.

He then took the opportunity to fall into the dense forest, activated the magical artifact on his boots, and disappeared from the spot in a flash.

Running away... Ji Yuan fears no one.

As Meng Zhe leaped into the air, he watched Ji Yuan's disappearing figure and couldn't help but curse. With a wave of his sleeve, a phantom image of a hungry wolf flashed through the air and immediately swallowed the thundercloud.

He also landed on the ground and chased after Ji Yuan.

Yao Jingfeng and Du Wanyi, who were in the distance, were just thinking of urging their flying boat to go and help when suddenly they both sensed that something was wrong.

"Grass!"

Yao Jingfeng cursed angrily and turned around to throw a mine, but a voice rang out from the dense forest.

"The product is good, you should keep it for yourself."

Yao Jingfeng subconsciously stopped activating the water mine. Sure enough, before he could retract it, several vine cages suddenly appeared around him.

If this were thrown out, I'd probably be the one who dies.

Luo Tian reacted quickly, urging his flying boat to dodge a large sword coming from behind.

He leaped into the air, turned back, and his eyes immediately filled with panic. "It's you! You're all in cahoots!"

The person who ambushed him was none other than the one who sold gentian grass in Qingshan City the day before yesterday, and the Qi Refining Peak cultivator who used wood magic to trap Yao Jingfeng was the cultivator who bought the gentian grass.

In the distance, Ji Yuan once again summoned the Thunder Falcon Boat and rushed out of the dense forest, his figure hovering in mid-air.

Meng Zhe didn't chase after them anymore... mainly because he couldn't catch up, so he reunited with Huang Sanshui, the two of them having been hit by a water mine earlier.

Although they had made preparations in advance and used all their magical artifacts, talismans, and spells, they still suffered some injuries.

At this point, he looked rather disheveled.

Ji Yuan stood on the Thunder Falcon Boat, surveying the scene with a gloomy expression.

One at the tenth level of Qi Refining, three at the ninth level of Qi Refining... This is damn shady, damn shady. Sure enough, there aren't many fools in this world who can cultivate immortality.

Ji Yuan was already somewhat regretful about coming here to steal the gentian grass, but Yao Jingfeng and Du Wanyi were even more regretful.

It was their suggestion to come here, and even Ji Yuan, who was initially unwilling to come, was persuaded to come. But facing the scene before them... it was a truly dangerous situation!

"Cultivators die from talking too much, attack!"

Mo Fenghua, who was at the tenth level of Qi Refining, shouted in a low voice.

In an instant, the others charged forward again, not even giving them a chance to speak.

In this way, Ji Yuan had no time to care about Yao Jingfeng, who was trapped, because Meng Zhe attacked again.

This time, Ji Yuan didn't run away again. He simply tossed out a high-grade demon-suppressing talisman.

Both are first-tier high-grade talismans, but when facing demonic cultivators, the Demon-Suppressing Talisman is indeed more useful than the Golden Seal Talisman.

As the word "Zhen" came crashing down, Meng Zhe was forced to affix another high-grade protective talisman to himself. But before he could retaliate, a black pebble came hurtling through the air.

"Damn it!"

His body was controlled by the demon-suppressing talisman, and he couldn't even run away. He had no choice but to use all his strength to withstand the attack.

In the distance, the sound of two mines exploding rang out in succession.

But this time, it wasn't Yao Jingfeng who used water mines, but Du Wanyi and Yao Jingfeng.

In an instant, three water mines exploded in the narrow forest, and Ji Yuan was thrown five zhang away by the shockwave. He looked back at the dense forest.

At this moment, there was no dense forest to be seen; it was as if the earth had collapsed and the mountains had split open.

The roaring sound continued to linger in the air.

He heard a series of clanging sounds in his ears and couldn't hear anything clearly. He could only see that Du Wanyi had also been blasted and was spitting blood. Luo Tian was also fighting with the demonic cultivator again in the dense forest.

Yao Jingfeng, however, has disappeared without a trace.

"court death!"

Although Meng Zhe narrowly escaped death by withstanding a water mine and a high-grade talisman, he was bleeding from all seven orifices and looked like he only had a few days left to live.

Although Ji Yuan hadn't seen how he moved, a high-grade Iron Wall Talisman had already been slapped onto his body, along with the Hundred Fish Shield protecting him.

In that instant, a phantom image of a hungry wolf suddenly appeared out of thin air.

It held tightly to the Hundred Fish Shield in Ji Yuan's hand.

For a moment, Ji Yuan was also pushed back repeatedly by the force.

"go!"

With a thought, a fallen leaf on his shoulder suddenly flashed with a blue arc of light, accompanied by several strands of hair-like spiritual light.

"laugh--"

The blue light was mixed with a bluish glow.

It immediately broke through the illusory image of the hungry wolf and attacked Meng Zhe in the distance once again.

But what followed were ghostly figures rushing out of the dense forest. They all had long, thin legs, but their upper bodies were incredibly thick.

"fall--"

The Hundred Fish Shield, freed from its restraints, spun around him, and Ji Yuan crushed six more lightning strike talismans.

The purple lightning struck, causing the ghostly figures to stagger and fall.

Seeing that Meng Zhe was still planning to forcefully cast a spell, Ji Yuan narrowed his eyes, knowing that he could not delay any longer.

With a wave of his hand, the Azure Flying Sword in mid-air descended with a curtain of rain. As the raindrops hit the ground, they immediately transformed into more than a dozen mirrors, surrounding Meng Zhe completely.

He naturally assumed that Ji Yuan had used some kind of deadly move, so he quickly withdrew and cast a protective spell.

At the same time, a cloud of black mist rose from his robes, protecting them.

Upon seeing this, Ji Yuan immediately had a thought and stopped using the "Canglang Sword Technique". The dozen or so mirrors suddenly shattered and turned into streams of water arrows that shot out.

Not only that, he also crushed a thunder magic talisman.

However, this time the talisman is no longer a mid-grade lightning strike talisman, but a high-grade lightning strike talisman!

In an instant, nearly ten bolts of purple lightning, mixed with water arrows, landed on the ground.

The water magic combined with lightning made it even more powerful, breaking through Meng Zhe's last gasp in the blink of an eye.

"kill--"

Ji Yuan made a hand seal, and the Qingfu flying sword suddenly accelerated. In an instant, a green light flashed, breaking through the black mist and bringing out a head.

Three fireballs followed closely behind.

Each of them landed on the demonic cultivator's corpse and head. Amidst the raging flames, Ji Yuan, piloting the flying boat, flashed past and had already taken his storage bag.

The entire sequence of movements was fluid and graceful.

While waiting for the Azure Flying Sword to return, Ji Yuan had already piloted the Thunder Falcon Boat out of the dense forest.

He hurriedly looked left and right... Du Wanyi had barely gained the upper hand, but the fight was still very close.

Luo Tian was even worse off, suffering repeated defeats and forced to defend.

With his sharp eyes, he noticed that Ji Yuan had already finished the fight, so he immediately shouted, "Don't worry about me, go save Yao Jingfeng!"

"Damn it, you want me, a Qi Refining Level 7 cultivator, to fight a Qi Refining Level 10 cultivator head-on?" Ji Yuan thought to himself, but he didn't stop. Instead, he went straight to another battlefield.

With a formidable enemy at hand, he has no intention of abandoning his teammates... not at the moment.

I don't know what will happen after that.

He vanished in a flash, and when he arrived at another open space... Yao Jingfeng was barely breathing, but even so, he was still struggling to hold on.

"town!"

Without saying a word, Ji Yuan threw out a demon-suppressing talisman.

Mo Fenghua raised a silver shuttle in his hand, instantly blocking the power of the talisman. But when he looked down again, he found that Yao Jingfeng's figure had already disappeared.

Only a flying boat could be seen soaring through the sky above the distant dense forest.

He looked at the speed of the flying boat and his eyes lit up.

nice one!

I want it!

With this thought in mind, he leaped into the air, and the silver shuttle instantly transformed into a flying boat, which then chased after Ji Yuan.

"Fourth brother...this is the last mine I have left. Put me down and run for your life."

At this moment, Yao Jingfeng had lost all the high spirits he had before setting off; in fact, he was actually spitting blood while speaking.

Ji Yuan took the water mine from his hand, but did not put it down. Instead, he looked back at it.

A streak of silver light is rapidly approaching.

Damn it!

"How come this guy's flying boat is so fast!"

Ji Yuan glanced down at Lei Junzhou. He hadn't activated the Lei Junzhou spirit yet, but once he did... he was confident he could shake off the demonic cultivator.

But if that were to happen, it would put Du Wanyi and Luo Tian in a deadly situation.

But given the current situation, there's nothing we can do but rescue one person first.

With a thought, Ji Yuan immediately activated the Thunder Falcon Spirit within the flying boat.

In an instant, the entire airship was covered in purple light, and its form paused slightly.

Just when Mo Fenghua thought he was about to catch up, he saw the flying boat suddenly accelerate and disappear from his sight at a speed that he could not reach.

Seeing this, he had no choice but to stop the flying boat and watch that figure disappear into the distance.

"Fine, let them go if they've run away. Let's eat these two first."

With this thought in mind, he piloted the flying boat back to the dense forest.

"Fourth brother, your flying boat..."

Although Yao Jingfeng, who was seriously injured, swallowed a handful of pills, it only temporarily suppressed his injuries. In his condition, even if he could recover, his foundation would probably be damaged.

Ji Yuan didn't say anything, but popped a few pills to restore his spiritual energy into his mouth and continued to urge the flying boat forward.

A full incense stick's time passed, and seeing that they had already reached the edge of Yunyu Marsh, he slowed down the boat and looked back at the direction they had come from.

He was too far from the battlefield to see what was happening there.

But going back like this was definitely not an option... Ji Yuan found a reed bed by the lake, and the Dharma boat sank down into it.

Yao Jingfeng saw through his thoughts and struggled to get up from the flying boat. As soon as he moved, he spat out another mouthful of blood, which contained some internal organs.

"Fourth brother, if you want to leave, then leave. It was really Du Wanyi and I who ruined you this time."

Yao Jingfeng took a labored breath as he spoke.

"Life and death are predestined, brother, stop with the nonsense."

Ji Yuan looked around as he spoke, and finally stuck a mid-grade protective talisman on Yao Jingfeng. "Wait here, I'll go back and meet up with Second Sister and Third Brother."

"Fourth brother, you..."

Yao Jingfeng was deeply moved that even at this point, Ji Yuan was still unwilling to give up on them... I thought he was leaving just now.

Just as Ji Yuan's flying boat took off, a dazzling ball of light suddenly appeared in the valley where the battle had taken place, in the direction they had come from.

The sphere of light enveloped half of the valley.

Immediately following was a huge explosion, and even from this distance, the sound still made Ji Yuan feel a little uneasy.

This is a complete landslide.

Because after that ball of light passed, Ji Yuan watched helplessly as half of the mountain collapsed.

"Luotian!"

Although Yao Jingfeng didn't get up to see it, he could guess what was going on from the sound... It was probably the explosion of a lot of mines that had this effect.

Ji Yuan took a deep breath. "I'll go take a look."

After saying that, the Thunder Falcon Boat soared into the sky once again.

After a while, Ji Yuan returned to the battlefield, but there was no sign of anyone, not even a ghost.

The once vast forest has long since vanished, leaving only ruins and broken trees everywhere.

Ji Yuan piloted the flying boat for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, but he did not see Luo Tian or the three demonic cultivators. Instead, he found a badly damaged silver flying boat on a tree branch.

There was a severed hand on the airship, tightly clutching a storage bag in its hand.

Ji Yuan took the flying boat and storage bag without a second thought, and burned his severed hand with a fireball.

After another two incense sticks' worth of time, they finally found Du Wanyi lying unconscious in the stream outside the dense forest.

Ji Yuan rescued him and placed him in the flying boat. When he looked up again, he realized that the sky was already turning a pale white.

The sun rises.

Ji Yuan felt no joy at surviving a calamity, only awe for the world... The path of cultivation is indeed as difficult as ascending to heaven.

No one is immortal, and no one can predict what the future holds.

Luo Tian, ​​who had mastered the method of refining water mines, probably never imagined that he would one day die from water mines, just as the demonic cultivator at the tenth level of Qi Refining never expected that he would die at the hands of a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining.

The road to immortality is long and arduous.

One thought is life, the other thought is death.

The path of life and death leads to immortality.

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Because this book is a very long novel, I still want to write about the protagonist's growth arc. All told, he's only been in this world for two years, and he needs to go through various experiences to gradually grow into the Old Demon Ji, and then into the Celestial Master Ji.

(End of this chapter)