Destiny is ashes

Chapter 116 Guiyi Army (Thanks to the leader Yin Liuxiao!)
"These two people are both at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and have reached the final stage of cultivating their essence and spirit. They only need to wait for the emergence of 'spiritual consciousness' before they can prepare to build their foundation."

The sword spirit shared a vision with An Jing and commented: "But the martial arts cultivator has not mastered the orthodox method of cultivating the mind and nourishing life. He uses elixirs to force growth, which makes his blood and qi empty and his foundation unstable."

"The other one... is a ghost cultivator. He uses underworld tools to carry souls, uses blood evil to nourish souls, and conceals his aura. These are the orthodox methods of the Youli Demonic Path."

“But in the final analysis, this weapon soul technique is not very advanced, and this ghost cultivator is just a tool.”

"Can you tell which side they belong to?" An Jing controlled the submachine to hide in a hidden crack in the wall, avoiding the aftermath of the fight between the two cultivators. The sword spirit carefully observed the two people who were fighting again and denied it: "They are all simple and crude techniques, none of them is a fundamental method of cultivation."

"What a pity." An Jing sighed. He thought he could figure out who stole the rare item from Luofu, but it seems not that simple.

But soon, he noticed another important thing: "The box that the martial artist threw back just now..."

"It's not a rare object." The sword spirit knew An Jing's thoughts, so he quickly replied: "Maybe it once contained a rare object, but it was just a decoy. The rare object is still in the man's possession... Wait!"

Suddenly, the sword spirit raised its voice: "Quiet sword meditation, hold your breath and calm down!"

"?!" An Jing was also slightly startled, but he did as he was told without hesitation, and immediately entered into meditation and restrained his breath.

Two seconds later.

thump.

A sound of footsteps that was not heavy, and could even be described as 'soft', was heard, yet it caused the entire passage to shake slightly.

The dark shadow was like a giant beast from the depths of the sea. It made some strange noises from the shaking and bumping, stimulating An Jing's tense nerves.

Having already entered the state of 'Pure and Quiet Sword Contemplation', he suppressed the anger that rose in his heart and understood very clearly what had suddenly approached the Xiaozhe Mountain where he was and caused the sword spirit to issue a warning.

——There was only the Fengdu Guard who was chasing the tall man!

The Fengdu Guard, covered in black armor, walked in a passage littered with stone chips and corpses. When he stepped on the ground, the first thing that appeared was a pitch-black mist. The mist was mysterious and unpredictable, flowing through all the gaps like black water, penetrating into the shadows, and causing ripples.

The ripples were the source of the shaking. When he swept past An Jing, there should have been a reaction, but the Qingjing sword view was extremely profound. In the perception, it was just a rusty sword, and the ripples just passed through without showing any abnormality.

Instead, the body of the female cultivator in the shop nearby was swallowed up by the dark shadow for a moment, and then quietly retracted, causing Fengdu Wei's steps to pause slightly, and then he continued to move forward towards the ventilation vent where the sound of fighting came from.

The footsteps and shaking disappeared, and after several seconds, the sword spirit's voice sounded: "Okay, he left."

"This Fengdu Guard can actually step into the underworld. This is the most orthodox method of the underworld, and it is the real inheritance of the 'Northern Yin Fengdu' lineage."

"But..." At this moment, the sword spirit's tone was full of doubt: "What does this have to do with Luofu? As far as I know... Luofu's inheritance should be the Yang Palace Yin Room, the Cave Heaven Method, right?"

He couldn't explain this problem clearly either, and could only attribute it to time: "Perhaps it is the development and integration of later generations."

"Huh..." An Jing let out a deep breath, thinking that it was a good thing that he did not run around rashly, but stayed in this seemingly dangerous place.

Otherwise, if he met a Fengdu guard who came and went without a trace in the middle of the road, he would definitely be crushed to death by the other party, and he would not even have time to use the Taixu Sword to return to Huaixu.

Fortunately, it is difficult to get spiritual sense from the black market here, so Fengdu Wei can only use this indirect method to scan. Otherwise, once the spiritual sense is shaken, he will not be able to escape no matter what.

But why did he come here? Did he come here specifically for the female cultivator from Xiaozhe Mountain?

Shaking his head slightly, An Jing felt that it was unlikely. The Fengdu Guards seemed to be inspecting all abnormalities in the surrounding shops. The reason why the female cultivator from Xiaozheshan was inspected was probably because she was an employee of Shouyang Group's subsidiary industry.

In the distance, the sounds of fighting between martial artists and ghost cultivators were coming in waves, and An Jing immediately put on his drone glasses again.

Then, he happened to see the Fengdu guards suddenly attacking the two.

The grey-haired Wu Xiu was fighting with the hexagram-faced ghost cultivator. Even though the sword spirit commented that one of them had an "unstable foundation" and the other a "minor ghost technique", their fighting was still extremely powerful. Wu Xiu must have used some kind of earth and stone body-building technique. At this moment, he was wearing a blood-rock armor, looking majestic, like a general on the battlefield. He waved a rock spear, and a nine-layer phantom shrouded him, impervious to water and rain.

Gun shadows flashed, and white mist waves swept across, hitting the walls on both sides, causing the rocks to crack, rock chips and dust to fall, and the passage to shake continuously.

But that ghost cultivator was even more unpredictable. His body was erratic, and he avoided the attacks of the martial artist at all kinds of strange angles. He also swung the ghost sword in his hand from time to time, shooting out streams of cold blue air to hit the enemy directly.

Even if this cold air cannot get close enough and is shattered by the gun shadow, it can still drain the martial artist's energy.

Although it seems that the martial arts cultivator has the upper hand now, his goal is to escape from the black market through the "pipeline" rather than defeating the ghost cultivator, especially since he knows very well that there is probably a Fengdu Guard following closely behind him, and he feels even more anxious.

"Zhuo!"

He shouted and swung his gun with all his strength. A red flame lit up on his chest and a heavy ash-like air gushed out, wrapping around the rock spear and leaving red cracks like branding irons all over the spear tip, directly hitting the unsuspecting ghost cultivator.

This is obviously his trump card, the earth is turbid and the flames are ashes, the corrosive and killing power is more than doubled.

But the attack missed.

Because before Wu Xiu hit the enemy, he was hit by another enemy!
Boom!
A dazzling light flashed from behind and pierced through his left arm, instantly causing the martial artist's rock armor to disintegrate. He fell to one knee, and the Rock Flame Spear, which had been so powerful, fell to the ground.

Then, the dark shadow took a step forward, and the Fengdu guards who suddenly attacked with fierce momentum grabbed the ghost cultivator who wanted to escape.

——He should have dodged, but An Jing saw black tree root tentacles light up in Fengdu Wei's palm, thriving with vitality, and forcibly pulled the escaped ghost cultivator into his palm.

A ghost fire like a boiling shadow rose from Fengdu Wei's hand, burning the silent ghost cultivator so hard that he cried out in pain. A large amount of gray-white icy ghost energy rose up, making his ghost body a little fainter.

[Tell me, who sent you? Beishan League? Or Guiyi Army?]

This Fengdu guard held a large spiritual light spear in his right hand, severely injuring the martial artist, and used the ghost fire to refine the soul in his left hand to suppress the ghost cultivator. In an instant, he defeated two ninth-level Qi training cultivators, truly worthy of the combat power of his spiritual weapons and armor.

He asked coldly: [How dare you intercept our goods... Looks like I have to take you back and refine your soul and soul, so that you can know the feeling of having your soul torn apart bit by bit! ]

The ghost fire burned, and the ghost cultivators were unable to resist. A lot of information kept flowing out from the soul, causing the red light in the Fengduwei helmet to flash. Looking at the martial arts cultivator who seemed to be unconscious on the side: [Separate cultivators, the resistance army... the Guiyi Army, as expected, only this group of rebels dared to steal the group's property, but there were other groups and internal thieves behind them to help.]

[This time, we caught him, which is a great achievement]

Then, he turned to look at the ghost cultivator and asked sternly: [And you guys who are intercepting, who is behind this? ]

[Hmm?] During the interrogation, a red light flashed in the helmet, and Fengdu Wei suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of the Six Qi Lotus Platform: [Are there still insects spying?]

Bang!
The Yin Fire burned, and the sub-machine exploded instantly. There was even a strange and inexplicable aura surging back, trying to detect the location of the drone operator behind it.

"We've been discovered!" Behind the camera, An Jing immediately cut off the connection with the sub-machine, with a serious expression on his face: "How could they follow the signal to arrest people? The Tianyuan Realm is too unfriendly!"

An Jing only knew of the secret passage leading to the black market, the one at Xiaozhe Mountain. It was previously guarded by ghost cultivators, and now it was guarded by Fengdu guards. There must be other Fengdu guards checking the deeper levels. Any rash action would only lead to walking into a trap.

An Jing immediately mobilized another sub-machine located at the main entrance to observe, but the surging spiritual energy blew the sub-machine back in an instant. Obviously, the battle in the Purple Mansion outside was still going on, and the pressure was so great that no one could leave through the main gate!

Can't run away!
——Then just go back to Huaixu like this?
What a joke, it's just that he died a little later. If he goes to fight Fengdu Wei now, he only has to face one Fengdu Wei, but he will be blocked in the black market. If he comes again next time, there will probably be several Fengdu Wei or Zifu!
His situation in Huaixu Realm is probably even more dangerous. Not only is the Demon Cult tracking him, but there are also Heavenly Demons blocking his way!
We must never lose the safety zone of Tianyuan Realm.

After realizing this, An Jing laughed instead, feeling as if lava was boiling in his veins: "Sure enough, that's how it should be."

"It's time to fight!"

(End of this chapter)