Xuanjian: Jade True Sword Immortal, my Dao Wisdom keeps increasing.

Several milky-white jade-like sword energies shot towards Yu Xiao'ou like arrows released from a bow.

Sword energy leaves the body, and sword essence is initially formed.

Jiang Heqian unleashed a full-force strike filled with resentment, and his swordsmanship unexpectedly broke through to the level of Sword Essence.

The fourth-grade "Cold Jade Moon Sword Technique" suddenly appeared in his mind, and the secrets of cultivating sword essence instantly became clear to him.

The sudden surprise left Jiang Heqian stunned, feeling the surge of swordsmanship within him, completely oblivious to the carnage outside.

Outside the main hall, Fei Wangbai, along with his retainers, ruthlessly attacked the Yu family cultivators.

The screams and pleas for mercy from the Yu family cultivators rose and fell in waves.

The entire market was engulfed in flames, thick smoke billowed, corpses were scattered everywhere, and blood soaked the ground.

As the cries of fighting and begging for mercy grew fainter, Jiang Heqian snapped out of his reverie about swordsmanship and walked expressionlessly out of the hall.

Upon seeing Jiang Heqian appear, Fei Wangbai said with a smug smile:

"Brother He Qian, all the Yu family cultivators in the market have been killed. What do you think..."

He was interrupted by Jiang Heqian, who looked dejected and didn't want to talk about it anymore.

Seeing this, Fei Wangbai wisely shut his mouth and said nothing more. After his guest elder had collected all the corpses of the Yu family cultivators and piled them on the open ground, Jiang Heqian finally spoke:

"Just leave it like that, Yu Xiaogui will bring people to clean it up."

Fei Wangbai naturally wouldn't say anything about such a trivial request. He waved his hand, signaling his retainer to plunder the market, and then said:

"Brother Heqian deserves the credit for breaking through the market's grand formation so quickly this time. Heqian should take the lion's share of the spiritual items obtained from the market."

At this moment, Jiang Heqian was preoccupied with Jian Yuan and had no energy to argue about such material things. Feigning confusion after taking revenge, he spoke with a forlorn expression:

"Brother Wang Bai, I really have no interest in this matter. Now that my family's grudge has been avenged, you can just give me a portion of those valuables in spirit stones."

"How can that be? Brother Qian has done a great deal of work." Fei Wangbai knew in his heart that although the spiritual materials in the market were quite valuable, they could not compare to the favor of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

He also thought of using money and gifts to win over Jiang Heqian, preferably to make him a foundational retainer of the Fei family.

Jiang Heqian's impressive combat prowess made Fei Wangbai even more eager to win him over.

This led to the act of forcibly giving the spirit objects to Jiang Heqian.

Jiang Heqian knew that this was an attempt to win him over, but he didn't expose it. Instead, he felt a little sorry for Fei Wangbai.

He was born in the wrong era, and his immortal foundation was unfortunately cultivated into the "Intermittent Path Brocade". A powerful figure did not want the Supreme Yuan True Person to break through smoothly, so the Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Jade True Path suffered collateral damage.

As a result, Fei Wangbai was beheaded by a sword in his own home, but he escaped because he was of the Jiang family bloodline.

What does your destruction have to do with you? A minor cultivator with no background will die without even knowing why.

Since Fei Wangbai was determined to give the spirit object, Jiang Heqian decided to let him have it and stopped refusing.

Upon seeing this, Fei Wangbai nodded with a smile and spoke up to remind him:

"Now that this matter is settled, we should leave quickly. However, the Li family is still holding off Yu Xiaogui, and Li Tongya has only just established his foundation; he can only manage to hold them off with difficulty. We still need to go and help the Li family out of this predicament. Brother Heqian, what do you think?"

His decisive and efficient decision to help the Li family out of their predicament was unlike Fei Wangbai's usual behavior.

To this, Jiang Heqian could only keep his thoughts to himself and reply aloud:

"Brother Wangbai, there's no time to lose, let's set off immediately."

Upon hearing this, Fei Wangbai let out a long sigh of relief, his joy evident in his expression. He instructed his guest to return first, and the two of them then rode the wind and sped off towards Huazhong Mountain.

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Hua Zhongshan.

Li Tongya and Yu Xiaogui are locked in a fierce battle.

One relied on the advantage of the Foundation Establishment artifact Jade Smoke Mountain, while the other relied on the Immortal Foundation 'Vast Sea' and the sharpness of the sword. They fought to a standstill, neither able to gain the upper hand.

Although Li Tongya had only just established his foundation, his immortal foundation, the Vast Sea, was recovering its magical power exceptionally quickly under the blessing of the Great Sea Whale of the Talisman Qi, making him no less powerful than Yu Xiaogui, who had been established for a long time.

They fought back and forth over Huazhong Mountain for more than two hours, from dawn until the sun was high in the sky.

The Li family cultivators from Huazhong Mountain were initially very worried as they watched the battle in the sky. However, seeing that neither of them could gain the upper hand, they dispersed and went about their business.

Yu Xiaogui's face was gloomy. The more he hit, the angrier he became. Li Tongya had only just established his foundation, while he had been established for a long time and had the Jade Smoke Mountain, a foundation-establishing magic artifact, in his hands. He had expected to be able to easily deal with the arrogant Li Tongya, but he did not expect that he could not even suppress the other party.

The thought of this made Yu Xiaogui extremely angry. If word got out that Yu Xiaogui couldn't beat Li Tongya, who had just established his foundation, what would become of his reputation?

They became increasingly ruthless.

Li Tongya deflected the attacking Yu Yanshan with his sword, and said calmly:

"Brother Yu, do you still wish to continue this struggle?"

Yu Xiaogui, his face extremely pale, stared intently at Li Tongya without uttering a sound.

The busy movements of the Li family cultivators in Huazhong Mountain finally triggered Yu Xiaogui's imagination.

He fought with Li Tongya for several hours, yet no one from his family came to report the incident. Yu Xiaogui felt a chill run down his spine, broke out in a cold sweat, and said viciously:

"Li Tongya, you schemed against me, you schemed against the Yu family, good, very good, it was that bastard Fei Wangbai who did it."

Most of their own cultivators are in the dense forest market. The Jade Court Garrison's great formation is enough to resist Foundation Establishment cultivators, and Fei Wangbai would never be able to break through it.

Thinking of this, Yu Xiaogui felt a little more at ease.

Upon hearing this, Li Tongya remained silent, and the two faced off against each other high in the sky.

At this moment, a gust of magical wind stirred in the sky, and two streaks of light flew rapidly toward Huazhong Mountain.

In a short while, Fei Wangbai and Jiang Heqian were standing on either side of Li Tongya.

"Wang Bai greets Fellow Daoist Li," Fei Wang Bai said, bowing to Li Tongya.

Then, looking at Yu Xiaogui, he spoke up sarcastically:

"The Yu family cultivators are still behaving in the same way as always, bullying the weak. We came here to lend Fellow Daoist Li a hand, but it seems that Brother Yu is not in much trouble and can do nothing to Fellow Daoist Li."

Yu Xiaogui's eyes bulged, his expression ferocious, and he roared furiously, each word dripping with rage:

"I hope you'll forgive me."

Despite his anger, Yu Xiaogui wasn't stupid enough to fight three Foundation Establishment cultivators at once. He glared at Fei Wangbai and then flew away at top speed towards the dense forest market.

The others did not stop Yu Xiaogui, letting him ride the wind away.

Jiang Heqian gripped the hilt of his sword, suppressing the burning rage for revenge within him.

Yu Xiaogui must not be killed here.

Killing Yu Xiaogui would greatly deviate from the Xuanjian worldline, and given my weak strength, uncontrollable events could easily occur.

Jiang Heqian forcefully suppressed his hatred for physical revenge, his grip on the sword hilt cracking loudly.

Seeing Yu Xiaogui leave in a disheveled state, Fei Wangbai sneered, his face full of mockery, then turned to Li Tongya and introduced him:

"Brother Tongya, let me introduce you to a friend. This is Jiang Heqian. Heqian made a great contribution to breaking the Yu family's market formation this time."

Li Tongya's expression remained calm, and he cupped his hands in a composed manner, saying:

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, how have you been?"

Jiang Heqian smiled slightly, clasped his hands in return, and said:

"Fellow Daoist Li, how have you been?"

Fei Wangbai then realized that the two knew each other before.