After the witch ripped out his heart, this mortal body began to lose control.

As soon as Lu Changsheng finished speaking, Zhang Decai stepped forward, drew the low-grade magic weapon, the ring-pommel sword, from his waist, poured spiritual power into the blade, and the pale blue spiritual light surged as he slashed diagonally down at the Taiyin Essence Stone in the mine.

clang!

A deafening clang of metal clashing rang out, sparks flying everywhere. The ring-pommel sword struck the surface of the fine stone, yet it couldn't even leave a shallow mark.

Zhang Decai frowned and struck again with all his might.

Ding ding ding!!

Three consecutive slashes

However, the Taiyin Essence Stone remained as smooth as ever, and its icy silver-blue body showed not a single crack or even a trace.

"Son-in-law, no!"

Manager Zhang sheathed his knife and withdrew, his face grave. He called out to Lu Changsheng, who was about to leave.

"The quality of this Taiyin Essence Stone far surpasses that of Xuan Tie and Jing Jin. Even a low-grade magic weapon cannot damage it in the slightest, and even a mid-grade magic weapon, with my early Foundation Establishment cultivation, cannot break through its defenses."

Lu Changsheng was about to leave when he heard this, and his eyes darkened.

It seems he underestimated this rare treasure of heaven and earth. Since it cannot be cut up now, it cannot be taken away.

"Since mining is impossible, there's no point in lingering. Gather everyone immediately and evacuate all the people from this place!"

He made a quick decision: the Taiyin Essence Stone was good, but if one was not fortunate enough to enjoy it, it would be a source of trouble. Since the Li family could get the news about the Taiyin Essence Stone, other forces could also get the news.

Who knows, there might be forces lurking in the shadows right now, eyeing us covetously?

There's no need to get surrounded for a treasure that can't be moved.

Chu Feng and Zhao Hu reacted immediately, calling on everyone to assemble and leave this dangerous place overnight.

Steward Zhang released the flying boat directly. This flying boat was six zhang long and two zhang wide, with two spacious and transparent upper and lower levels. It was a mid-grade spirit pattern flying boat, specially made for transporting supplies and combat cultivators during wartime. The hull was made of thousand-year-old spirit wood and black iron, and was engraved with three restrictions: wind control, concealment, and speed increase.

"All mortals were divided into two groups and evacuated."

Zhang Decai, you will steer the boat and take the brothers from Yunshan Village to send the first batch of elderly, weak, women and children back to Chengnan Village.

The able-bodied men and the remaining monks stayed behind for the second evacuation; I stayed here to wait.

Before long, all 137 elderly, weak, women and children from Heishi Village boarded the boat, and there was still plenty of room in the boat.

As the flying boat departed, Lu Changsheng turned his gaze to the Taiyin Essence Stone.

Perhaps I could break through its defenses with my Breaking Thousands of Troops technique, but there are too many people around, and there might be someone lurking in the shadows, so it's not convenient to show my Breaking Thousands of Troops technique to others.

Just then, the jade slip at Lu Changsheng's waist suddenly trembled violently, a pale blue spiritual light emanated, and Shen Qinghe's clear, cold voice came through:

"Young Master Lu, I have received reliable information that Taiyin Essence Stones have appeared in Black Stone Village!"

Li Wanguan of the Li family has already secretly dispatched a core elder with dozens of experts to the location.

Blackstone Village is less than 50 miles from your current Chengnan Village. You must rush to Blackstone Village immediately and obtain the Taiyin Essence Stone before the Li family!

I have already set off with my men and will arrive within half an hour!

The transmission abruptly stopped, and Lu Changsheng's hand holding the jade slip tightened slightly.

Shen Qinghe and Li Jiayuan, both located in Yunyang City, 150 miles away, received news of the Taiyin Essence Stone.

However, Changfeng Village, which is at most fifty miles away, did not make any move, which is very unusual.

As he was thinking this, a guess he dared not think about suddenly exploded in his mind.

Could it be that Changfeng Village is taking this opportunity to attack Chengnan Village?

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At the same time, Qin Lie of Changfeng Village personally led the remaining six leaders and a team of more than two hundred cultivators, rushing towards Chengnan Village like hungry tigers pouncing on their prey.

The ruthless bandits of Changfeng Village donned their armor and brandished their weapons, descending the mountain under cover of night, preparing to seize Chengnan Village and take over the spirit mine!

Over the past few days, most of the spies they sent out had died on the outskirts of Chengnan Village, with only two bringing back accurate intelligence.

Through intelligence, they learned

Lu Changsheng has led the main force of Yunshan Village to Heishi Village, leaving only more than twenty Shen family guards in Chengnan Village. Currently, Chengnan Village is at its most vulnerable in terms of defense.

The opportunity they had been waiting for for days had finally arrived!

They were the ones who spread the news about the Taiyin Essence Stone. Although the Taiyin Essence Stone is good, unfortunately, it is impossible for someone with Foundation Establishment cultivation to break through its defenses.

It's unrealistic for them to hold onto the entire Taiyin Essence Stone Mine, so Liu Ruyan simply threw this bait to the Li family first.

The purpose was to lure Lu Changsheng to Black Stone Village through the Li family.

Changfeng Village then seized the opportunity to directly attack the spiritual mine in Chengnan Village.

As Qin Lie flew through the air at breakneck speed, he gave Liu Ruyan a thumbs-up: "Ruyan, your tactic of luring the snake out of its hole was truly brilliant!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Ruyan frowned slightly and pondered, "I think Lu Changsheng is a meticulous person. I'm just afraid he'll disregard the Taiyin Essence Stone and rush back to Chengnan Village. If that happens, we'll probably run right into him."

"Ruyan, don't worry. Just to be on the safe side, I recently spread the news of the Taiyin Essence Stone to both Yunyang City and Zhaixing City. I'm afraid Lu Changsheng has already received orders from Miss Shen."

Qin Lie's eyes flashed with a fierce smugness as he said, "This time, Lu Changsheng is probably in a difficult position, unable to attend to both ends."

Blackstone Village, outside the mine.

Lu Changsheng immediately decided to abandon Black Stone Village. He was not prepared to listen to Shen Qinghe's explanation. In his view, the Taiyin Essence Stone was just a piece of cake that he could look at but not eat.

"Everyone, leave this place and retreat westward. Fang Muhan, you lead the way, and the rest of the cultivators bring up the rear."

Upon hearing this, Fang Muhan, holding his silver spear, immediately led the way, displaying the imposing aura of a lone warrior, the spear tip gleaming coldly.

"Fang Muhan, I have to go first! These people are in your care. Try to avoid any danger!"

"Brother Lu, rest assured, I will definitely bring these fellow villagers to Chengnan Village safely."

After explaining everything, he grabbed Chu Feng with one hand and Zhao Hu with the other, activated the Wind Control Technique to its maximum, and rushed towards Chengnan Village.

He took a deep breath, quickly calmed his emotions, and focused his gaze on Chu Feng and Zhao Hu.

Both of them possess three spiritual roots and have now reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, lacking only one thing to reach Foundation Establishment.

This is the Foundation Establishment Pill!

Lu Changsheng used his spiritual power, and a jade bottle flew out of his storage bag and floated in front of him.

"Little Feng, here are two Foundation Establishment Pills, take them!"

"When I came, I saw a cave ahead. I will put you two down there later."

Once you're inside, seal the cave and build your foundation there!

Chu Feng's pupils suddenly contracted, and he looked at him, asking, "Brother Changsheng, why now...?!"

Lu used his spiritual power to control the medicine bottle and stuffed it into his hand, his tone leaving no room for refusal, "You have already reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and your foundation is already solid. Now is the perfect time to try to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage!"

With this Foundation Establishment Pill, you have at least a 70% chance of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

If you two break through the barrier, hurry to Chengnan Village. Then we'll have a better chance of winning!

Chu Feng clutched the warm Foundation Establishment Pill, his fingers trembling, his eyes slightly burning.

The Foundation Establishment Pill is incredibly precious, yet Lu Changsheng gave it to him without hesitation. This brotherly affection is heavier than a thousand pounds.

"Brother Changsheng, I..."

"Enough with the nonsense, we must break through to the next level!"

Lu Changsheng lightly kicked him in the buttocks and said in a deep voice, "Remember, stay calm, focus on breaking through to the next realm, don't worry about me, your brother isn't that easy to kill!"

Chu Feng nodded emphatically, said no more, carefully put the Foundation Establishment Pill into his storage bag, turned around and led the bewildered Zhao Hu into the secret cave, set up a concealment restriction, and began his secluded cultivation to break through.

These Foundation Establishment Pills were the two that Shen Qinghe had promised to give him after he married into the family.

Such a treasure, which would make Qi Refining cultivators scramble for it, was utterly useless to him.

He has mixed spiritual roots and cultivates the Chaotic Creation Technique. Foundation Establishment requires tempering the body with heavenly lightning and achieving the Great Perfection of the Golden Body Realm. The medicinal power of the Foundation Establishment Pill is like a chicken rib to him, having no effect whatsoever.

They originally obtained it for their brothers in Yunshan Village.

After explaining everything, he continued to travel on the wind, glancing back at the direction of the cave where the two had been in seclusion.

He thought to himself: Whether you two succeed or not, you've both escaped this calamity! That's enough!

I'm going to save the others right now!

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A thousand miles away, in the city of Zhaixing, in a tavern on the outskirts.

A ragged fellow was shouting for the manager to take him to see the restaurant owner.

This person was none other than Xue Yan, who had escaped death that night.

He narrowly escaped with his life that night, and after a long and arduous journey, he finally arrived here.

As he struggled with the shopkeeper, a woman's voice rang in his mind again. Then, he felt a splitting headache, his face turned deathly pale, and his eyes filled with resentment and madness. He immediately grabbed the shopkeeper and roared:

"Fellow Daoist! Lu Changsheng of Yunyang City has obtained the ancient treasure, the Xuan Tian Demon-Slaying Sword! He was able to kill three Foundation Establishment cultivators in succession at the peak of Qi Refining!"

"That ancient treasure is a supreme artifact left behind by the Xuantian Dao Sect; ordinary magical artifacts are utterly insignificant before it!"

"That Lu Changsheng is just a son-in-law with mixed spiritual roots, how can he be worthy of possessing such a treasure?"

This treasure should belong to the capable; whoever obtains it will rise to the top in one fell swoop!

He yelled and shouted at the top of his lungs.

The news spread like wildfire, quickly reaching the cultivator markets, inns, and sect strongholds of Star-Picking City.

The ancient Xuan Tian Demon-Slaying Sword, used for Qi Refining to slay Foundation Establishment cultivators, fell into the hands of a son-in-law with mixed spiritual roots...

This news was enough to drive independent cultivators, small factions, and even the major families of Star-Picking City into a frenzy.