Sixty years of blacksmithing, a single hammer blow forging a celestial being.

He is probably the only person in history to have gone down alone and picked the snow lotus.

However, as he got closer and closer to the shore, Li Ping'an became a little nervous.

If I go up there again, wouldn't that be like walking into a trap, like a lamb entering a tiger's den?

But without these people to guide him, he would be trapped in the middle of the lake again.

How did it become a dead end?

Thinking of this, Li Ping'an couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

I regretted being too greedy; I had already collected enough herbs, but it still wasn't enough.

Yet they still want to get their hands on this so-called Mysterious Snow Lotus.

Now we're in a dilemma, what should we do?

They were only a dozen meters away from the shore.

Li Ping'an gritted his teeth and summoned the black hammer with his other hand.

The incoming beam of light was blasted away.

His strike was extremely stealthy, executed entirely within the dark mud.

Even the people on the shore couldn't see that he had deliberately spun the light away.

They only saw the traction talisman shoot away before being forcefully bounced off.

"What happened?"

On the shore, Tang Jiannan frowned as he looked at Li Ping'an in the pool.

Li Pingan said in a muffled voice,

"Senior Brother Tang, I don't know what happened, but something in this muddy swamp seems to have knocked the talisman away. Should we try again?"

"OK."

Tang Jiannan didn't have too many doubts.

Another disciple cast another talisman.

Then he was bounced away again.

At this moment, as he approached the shore, Li Ping'an clearly felt that the gravity of the silt had significantly lessened.

Now, even without the talisman, he can walk ashore on his own.

However, now is not the time to go ashore.

It's best to delay as much as possible.

He knew that the Tongtian Sword Sect wasn't the only one coveting the Xuan Tian Snow Lotus.

The Giant Elephant Sect, the Eastern Saint Sect, and the Crimson Fire Sect are all determined to obtain the Mysterious Snow Lotus.

If I delay a little longer, I'll definitely have enough time.

When they all arrive, a major battle is inevitable.

Then I'll take advantage of the chaos to escape.

Li Ping'an was formulating a plan in his mind.

Hammer after hammer slammed away the traction talismans that were shooting towards them from the shore.

"What happened?"

Tang Jiannan's brows furrowed more and more tightly.

He found it strange that these guiding talismans had no effect on Li Ping'an here.

This is not normal!

Could it be that Mo Songyuan is deliberately causing trouble and doesn't want to go ashore?

But that's impossible; the toxins in the pool are more than most people can withstand.

Staying in the pool for even a moment longer is torture.

How could he not be in a hurry to get ashore?

Damn it, what's going on?

Tang Jiannan grew anxious, knowing that there was absolutely no time to delay.

Because it won't be long before people from the other three major sects arrive.

Then the snow lotus won't be so easy to obtain.

"Could you throw the snow lotus up here for me?"

Tang Jiannan couldn't help but shout anxiously.

Li Ping'an said with a wry smile from the pool.

"Senior Brother Tang, this distance is too far. I'm afraid I won't be able to throw it up. If the snow lotus falls into the mud, it will be doomed."

"Too!"

Tang Jiannan slapped his thigh in frustration.

If the snow lotus really falls into the mud and gets eroded.

He had nowhere left to cry.

Damn it, how could this happen?

Tang Jiannan also took out a guiding talisman from his pocket and infused it with spiritual power.

Then they saw a beam of light that was much thicker than the talismans shot out by the other disciples.

It instantly wrapped around Li Ping'an's wrist.

They pulled him forcefully towards the shore.

"broken!"

Tang Jiannan truly lives up to his reputation as a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining stage.

The force of the talismans they used was much greater than that of others.

Caught off guard, Li Ping'an failed to break the traction talisman with the black hammer.

Tang Jiannan grabbed him, and they watched as the shore drew ever closer.

Li Ping'an was trying to escape towards the center as soon as the effect of the talisman wore off.

But then Tang Jiannan was seen shouting on the shore.

"All disciples who still have traction talismans, hurry! Use them together! That last bit of distance, pull Mo Songyuan up in one go!"

"yes!"

In an instant, several disciples took out their guiding talismans from their pockets.

At the same time, crush the talisman.

Several beams of light simultaneously pulled Li Ping'an, and an even greater force nearly pulled him out of the mud.

Li Ping'an felt as if he were flying.

He was instantly pulled ashore, but fortunately, because he was wearing a heavy protective suit, no one could recognize him for a while.

I thought he was Mo Songyuan.

"Come! Give me the Mysterious Snow Lotus!"

Tang Jiannan was the first to walk over.

He helped Li Ping'an up from the ground and reached out his hand to him.

Li Ping'an hesitated.

Should we really give him the Xuan Tian Snow Lotus?

If he gives it to himself, will he be able to keep it from being discovered?

Just as he was hesitating whether to hand over the Xuan Tian Snow Lotus and then take advantage of the chaos to escape.

Just then, dozens of figures were seen flying across the horizon not far away.

They were all dressed in bright red clothing and quickly landed at the edge of the central pool.

Upon closer inspection, they were all disciples of the Crimson Fire Sect.

The main force of the Crimson Fire Sect has arrived!

Upon seeing this, Li Ping'an's eyes lit up.

Great, the enemy has finally arrived!

As long as they start fighting, I can take advantage of the chaos to escape!

However, Tang Jiannan was also very anxious when he saw the people from the Crimson Fire Sect arrive.

He quickly shook Li Ping'an's shoulder and said.

"Mo Songyuan! Quickly give me the Xuan Tian Snow Lotus!"

"good!"

Li Ping'an nodded, making a gesture as if he was about to take a snow lotus from his bosom.

Suddenly, he lay down on the ground and rolled around.

"What's going on?"

Tang Jiannan was startled by Li Ping'an's action.

Li Pingan then feigned pain and said...

"Senior Brother Tang, my body hurts so much! The poison has invaded my body! It's so painful! I can't take it anymore!"

Then he pretended to be in pain and rolled around on the ground.

"you!"

Tang Jiannan panicked and tried to pull Li Ping'an up.

They forced him to give them the Xuan Tian Snow Lotus, but by then the people from the Crimson Fire Sect had already arrived.

The person in the lead was Chen Fan.

The disciples leading the Crimson Fire Sect this time are just as strong as Tang Jiannan.

Beside him was Xie Sheng, whose face was bruised and swollen from being beaten by Tang Jiannan.

There were also several disciples who had reached the completion of the Qi Refining stage.

Moreover, he was followed by dozens of Crimson Fire Sect disciples.

There were forty or fifty of them, comparable to the disciples of the Tongtian Sword Sect.

Chen Fan stood on a flying sword and looked coldly at Tang Jiannan.

"Tang Jiannan! You despicable villain! You actually took advantage of the fact that my Crimson Fire Sect was outnumbered and killed so many of my disciples! Today I will make you pay the price!"

He didn't wait for Tang Jiannan to answer.

He flicked his wrist and launched two silver needles, gleaming with a bluish light, straight at Tang Jiannan.

Tang Jiannan originally wanted to get his hands on the Xuan Tian Snow Lotus before the Crimson Fire Sect attacked.

However, upon sensing two cold glints approaching from behind, he immediately frowned.

He drew his longsword and knocked the silver needle away with two clangs.

Li Ping'an took the opportunity to retreat to the back of the crowd.

When Tang Jiannan turned around again, he found that Mo Songyuan was no longer there.