Starting as a spiritual plant master, may I eventually become the master of all lands.

The two men from Teng Hua Gu changed their expressions drastically upon hearing their conversation.

"Senior Brother Kong, that fellow even has the Earth Locust Stone! Even without using this stone, I don't think we can hold out for long if he attacks us in turn," Lu Fenghua said anxiously.

"I still have a top-tier first-order talisman. This talisman should be able to temporarily repel these four. But I'm afraid we won't be able to escape far either," Senior Brother Kong said with a wry smile.

"I wonder if Senior Brother Guo will come looking for us since we haven't returned for so long."

Lu Fenghua took out the sect's Heaven-Pointing Vine and examined it, but the vine showed no reaction.

"It's our fault for being greedy, running so far to pick that Red Heart Grass. Junior Sister, I'll use this talisman in a moment, and then we can take the opportunity to escape and each go our own way."

"Don't worry, senior brother. I am already extremely grateful for this talisman that has bought us time."

Senior Brother Kong reached into his robes and pulled out a talisman, brimming with spiritual energy and adorned with intricate runes.

He glanced at the talisman with a pained expression, then tossed it aside.

The talisman instantly exploded, transforming into a shower of water arrows that rained down on the four people opposite.

"Scatter quickly! This is a top-tier, first-order water arrow talisman!"

Someone shouted, and before the water arrows could land, Lin Kuo and the other three scattered in four different directions.

If this water arrow talisman is concentrated on one person, its power will naturally be immense.

However, since Senior Brother Kong was fleeing in order to repel the four people, he had to spread out his attacks, which greatly reduced their power.

Even so, these four people had no choice but to avoid their sharp edge.

A barrage of water arrows rained down, riddling the ground where the four had stood with countless holes.

A few breaths later, water began to gush out of these holes.

Lin Kuo fled dozens of feet away, with a wet tortoise-shell artifact in front of him, which looked like it had blocked several water arrows.

Seeing that it was safe, he put away the tortoise shell and waited for the water arrow talisman to run out before preparing to go with the other three to capture the two men.

Just then, a whooshing sound came from behind him!

He turned his head and saw a bright red hoe, sparks flying, heading straight for him, and in the blink of an eye it was already four or five zhang away.

His face paled in horror, and he hurriedly summoned the tortoise shell again. But just as he was about to form a hand seal, he heard a faint buzzing sound.

He suddenly felt a piercing pain in his left wrist, and glancing to the side, he saw blood gushing out from his wrist!

He scanned the area with his late-stage Qi Refining divine sense and discovered a pinkish-white demonic insect that had appeared beside him at some unknown time, moving erratically and difficult to detect.

"Damn it!"

He cursed loudly and used his right hand to forcefully form a hand seal to summon the tortoise shell, which just happened to meet the fire-wielding hoe coming straight at him.

With a slight press of the hoe, the tortoise shell, which hadn't yet fully exerted its defensive function, was directly ripped open, and the hoe swiftly fell on him.

Lin Kuo was so frightened that he tried to dodge the fire-wielding hoe that was right in front of him.

But he only had time for a quick glance and saw the person standing behind the fire-hoe. The person looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.

Oh, right, in Daicheng... the Great Corpse Flower... another sneak attack...

This was the last bit of consciousness he had before his death.

Then, unsurprisingly, his body was split open by a fire-wielding hoe.

The fire-wielding hoe spun around, flew back, and landed in Song Chuan's hand.

Song Chuan strode over to Lin Kuo's side and snatched his storage bag.

He wiped away the divine sense from it, glanced at it, and revealed a smile.

"Who goes there? How dare you ambush Fellow Daoist Lin!"

With a furious shout, Song Chuan looked up and glanced ahead.

It turned out that the water arrow talisman had exhausted its spiritual power and dissipated. The three people were about to chase after the two from Teng Hua Valley, but they could not see Lin Kuo's figure, so they ran towards this place.

Song Chuan chuckled, lightly touched the ground with his toes, and instantly vanished into the earth, disappearing completely.

"asshole!"

"Get out here!"

"Alright, stop chasing!"

The man surnamed Miao from the Fire Spring Sect waved his hand, his face grim.

"Senior brother, this earth escape technique isn't that sophisticated. How come it's been so long since I could detect it with my divine sense?"

"This person's ability is not just limited to earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of martial arts technique), but rather he has integrated into the earth's veins. If we really want to find him, it's not impossible."

"Fellow Daoist Miao, now that you've found him, why not go after him and avenge Fellow Daoist Lin?" the pockmarked youth said angrily.

The man surnamed Miao glanced at him: "Didn't you see that this person almost instantly killed Fellow Daoist Lin? His strength is extraordinary. Moreover, this person also seems to be wearing the clothing of Teng Hua Valley."

"Senior brother is right. There are actually experts from Vine Flower Valley here. I think we'd better leave quickly."

"This..." The pockmarked boy seemed unwilling.

"Fellow Daoist Cao, Lin Kuo is dead. I think you should reconsider whether to act alone or join us. What do you say?"

The man surnamed Miao suddenly said to the pockmarked boy with a forced smile.

"Of course I'll be with you two fellow Daoists," the pockmarked youth said immediately, his expression changing.

The man surnamed Miao nodded slightly, and the three of them found a direction and quickly left the place.

Kong Shixiong and Lu Fenghua, who had already escaped after releasing the water arrow talisman, looked as if they had survived a disaster.

"Senior brother, those people didn't catch up." Lu Fenghua breathed a sigh of relief.

"Because someone took advantage of me casting a talisman and entangled someone," Senior Brother Kong said, looking puzzled.

"What? Wouldn't it be a bit unfair of us to just leave like this?" Lu Fenghua said anxiously.

"Junior sister, you should be grateful you escaped with your life. As for that person, since he dared to act like that, he must have extraordinary abilities. Let's not worry about him."

However, this senior brother Kong caught a glimpse of the man's sect attire but did not tell Lu Fenghua.

Lu Fenghua glanced at Senior Brother Kong, then looked back, gritted her teeth, and silently followed Senior Brother Kong as they continued their escape into the distance.

At this moment, Song Chuan had already fled to the inside of a small earthen mound.

He quickly made a hiding place there and eagerly emptied Lin Kuo's storage bag.

An iron magic tool, several talismans, three bottles of pills, and a muddy stone were placed in front of him.

Song Chuan glanced at the other things briefly before his gaze immediately fell on the stone.

The stone was only a few inches in size and looked no different from ordinary soil and rocks.

But Song Chuan kept staring at the stone, as if waiting for something.

A few breaths later, the stone suddenly jumped up without warning, and just as it was about to fall, Song Chuan grabbed it.

"It really is a soil locust stone!"

Song Chuan held it, his face beaming with joy.

Once this stone touches the soil, it leaps around like a locust, and when it falls, it disappears into the ground.

Judging from the appearance of this stone, Lin Kuo indeed hasn't had time to refine it yet!

Song Chuan played with it for a while as if it were a priceless treasure before he began to refine the stone with pure earth elemental power.

After a moment, he smiled with satisfaction and carefully put the stone away.

However, refining this stone had consumed a lot of his spiritual sense and magical power. He meditated to recover for a while and then continued to examine Lin Kuo's things.

So poor? Where are the spirit stones?

Song Chuan looked puzzled. Don't tell him that someone who can participate in the Kongsang Adventure has such a low status. Even a rogue cultivator should have more than that.

Song Chuan had seen that iron block magic artifact before; it was a mid-grade magic artifact, and he casually put it away.

Then he picked up the talismans and examined them one by one.

Upon seeing one of the talismans, he suddenly realized, "No wonder!"