Raise a sword!

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Peng had been searching in the mountains for two days.

During this period, some traces of human activity were found, but the evil practitioners were never encountered in person.

Clearly, the Cangshan Sect's encirclement and suppression had made these evil cultivators feel as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and they were unwilling to show themselves easily under any circumstances.

In the dead of night, Jiang Peng moved silently through the mountains and forests.

Unable to find anything openly, Jiang Peng had no choice but to proceed covertly, hoping to try her luck.

Suddenly, Jiang Peng noticed that the mother-child tracking talisman in her hand was moving slightly.

In the past two days, Jiang Peng had been able to sense the presence of the other three people early on using this talisman, but this was the first time the talisman had been activated.

After examining the talisman, Jiang Peng immediately headed in the indicated direction.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Jiang Peng had traversed the ten-mile mountain forest road.

The sounds of a battle could be faintly heard ahead.

After Jiang Peng passed through the dense forest, she saw Sun Yinxi descending from the sky above and knocking a man in black down from mid-air with a single palm strike.

Even just watching from afar, Jiang Peng could feel the terrifying power contained in that palm strike. At the same time, Sun Yinxi's every move seemed to have some resemblance to the Dragon Tiger Body Refining Technique.

"It's not just the Dragon Tiger Strength; this woman also cultivates the Dragon Tiger Skill and incorporates other techniques... She truly deserves to be a Foundation Establishment cultivator; she has no weaknesses whatsoever."

Jiang Peng could tell that although Sun Yinxi looked weak, her body refinement level had actually reached a very high level.

Because the evil cultivator who was knocked down was actually a late-stage Qi Refining Stage 7 cultivator, yet such a person was defeated by Sun Yinxi with a single blow using her physical body.

"As expected of someone about to establish their foundation, such a prodigy should have few rivals in the Qi Refining Realm."

Jiang Peng then noticed Ma Jingshan, who was sending out a distress signal not far away.

At this moment, Ma Jingshan's face was pale, and his clothes were stained with blood, making it look like he had vomited blood himself.

Upon seeing Jiang Peng appear, Ma Jingshan quickly said, "Senior Sister Yinxi is enough over there. I would like to trouble Junior Brother Jiang to protect me. I need to recuperate for a while to avoid delaying my injuries and damaging my foundation."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Peng glanced at Sun Yinxi's side.

Besides the evil cultivators who were initially defeated, there were two other evil cultivators besieging Sun Yinxi, one being a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator and the other a peak ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator.

Even so, Sun Yinxi still had a significant advantage.

Although there was no quick victory, defeating the enemy was already a foregone conclusion.

Jiang Peng was relieved and began to protect Ma Jingshan.

About fifteen minutes later, Zhang Jingfang arrived and immediately joined forces with Sun Yinxi to defeat the remaining two evil cultivators.

In the end, two people were killed in this battle, and only the one evil cultivator at the mid-stage of Qi Refining survived.

After a while, Jiang Peng saw Sun Yinxi crush the neck of the surviving evil cultivator. Her clean and neat manner made it look like she had just strangled a chick.

Then, Sun Yinxi and Zhang Jingfang came to Jiang Peng.

The two first focused on Ma Jingshan's injuries, only to discover that his internal injuries were quite severe.

Ma Jingshan had also finished adjusting his breathing by this time.

When he opened his eyes, he saw the three people traveling with him staring at him, and he gave a wry smile.

"I was ambushed by an evil cultivator and almost lost my life."

Sun Yinxi said calmly, "If you don't want to leave any hidden dangers, then go down the mountain. The Spirit Transformation Pool has no effect on repairing the foundation, and the reward I give you is not enough to compensate for your own future foundation building."

Ma Jingshan's bitter smile deepened.

"It was clearly Senior Sister Sun who asked me to help, but I ended up dragging her down instead."

"Junior brother, there's no need to take it to heart."

Although Ma Jingshan enjoys arguing, he is quite decisive and efficient when it comes to taking action.

After thanking the three for saving his life, he left the mountains without hesitation and withdrew from the mission to search for the evil cultivator.

"Given the lesson of Junior Brother Ma, you two must proceed with utmost caution."

"I don't seek merit, I just want to avoid mistakes," Zhang Jingfang said with a light laugh.

Jiang Peng nodded slightly in response.

Sun Yinxi then brought up the information she had obtained from interrogating the heretical cultivator, but there was nothing noteworthy in it.

"The evil cultivators scattered and fled, and we couldn't find any useful clues... On the contrary, the matter that Junior Brother Jiang told us to be careful of poison earlier was correct. There was indeed an evil cultivator who used poison just now. Because we were prepared in advance, it saved us a lot of trouble."

Zhang Jingchu also thanked Jiang Peng.

"You're too kind, both of you," Jiang Peng replied casually.

After a short rest, Sun Yinxi took out the mountain map again and marked out a small area further in.

"This area has been searched. We can go a little deeper now. Everyone should search separately, making sure their tracking talismans can detect each other. Don't be greedy and rush ahead."

After Jiang Peng and Zhang Jingfang agreed, the three of them quickly separated again.

......

At noon, a figure was swiftly moving through the mountains and forests.

He was panting, and his figure looked extremely disheveled as he ran away.

As he fled, he kept looking back, his eyes filled with regret.

"They're all dead...they're all dead..."

Zhao Shan'ao's voice was full of panic. There was clearly no trace behind him, but his heart was beating faster and faster.

It was the same before.

An evil cultivator suddenly appeared, severely injured him, and forced him to activate the tracking talisman.

When his fellow disciples arrived, Zhao Shan'ao thought he was saved, but he did not expect that the evil cultivator's methods were terrifying, and he actually killed all his fellow disciples.

Then only his life was spared.

At first, Zhao Shan'ao didn't quite understand.

But it wasn't until the third wave of fellow disciples who came to help were killed by the enemy that Zhao Shan'ao finally understood.

He became bait for evil practitioners!

"Kill me if you want! Why play games with me like this?!"

Zhao Shan'ao called out behind him, but received no response.

His divine sense could not detect anything.

But he knew that the other party was still following behind him, still waiting for the Cangshan Sect's help to arrive.

As proud as Zhao Shan'ao was, he never imagined that he would one day fall into such a predicament.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he stopped fleeing in despair.

A few breaths passed, and then a sinister voice rang out in mid-air.

"Why aren't you running away? I haven't had enough fun yet."

"Kill me if you want!"

"When we first met, didn't you call me a heretical cultivator scum? Show me your arrogance and bring me a few more brats from the Cangshan Sect."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Shan'ao's face showed grief and indignation.

He raised his hand to strike the top of his head, but before his hand could land, that eerie sound rang out again.

"Just commit suicide. Anyway, there are so many of your fellow disciples in the mountains. I'll just find another one."

Zhao Shan'ao's hand suddenly stopped.

The evil cultivator in the shadows sneered, "What's wrong? Afraid to die? Turns out you're just a coward."

Zhao Shan remained silent.

If he dies, this torment will fall on his fellow disciples.

But if he doesn't die, this torment will continue without end.

"Why hasn't the Foundation Establishment Elder responded yet?!" Zhao Shan'ao thought in despair.

Just when all hope seemed lost, there appeared to be some movement ahead.

Zhao Shan'ao was terrified and immediately shouted, "Don't come! Run!"

The evil cultivator in the shadows laughed out loud.

"Hehe, too late!"

The next moment, a gust of wind blew by, and then, a figure flew out of the bushes not far away and fell heavily next to Zhao Shan'ao.

Zhao Shan'ao saw the man's appearance clearly.

"Jiang Peng? Run!"

At the same time, Jiang Peng was clutching her chest, her expression changing rapidly.

"Oh no, we've been tricked!"

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