Gou Zai created a blessed land in the immortal abode

"Pfft!"

The fire snake bit into his left arm, and the intense flames instantly burned his entire arm.

He let out a strange cry, made a hand seal, and severed his entire arm. Then he took out a large number of pills and stuffed them haphazardly into his mouth.

"We're no match for this old man, let's retreat!"

After leaving those words behind, he stepped onto a leaf-shaped flying artifact and flew eastward.

Upon seeing this, another heretical cultivator quickly summoned his own flying artifact to give chase.

"Hmph, this protective array is so powerful that even Foundation Establishment cultivators wouldn't be able to break through it in a short time. I'd like to see where you two can escape to today."

Kong Shaofeng smiled dismissively and then remained motionless.

The female cultivator at the late stage of Qi Refining behind him moved.

She flipped her hand, and a white light shone out, instantly revealing a huge fan in her hand.

The fan shimmered with a blue light, stirring up a gust of wind that made the robes of the group flutter wildly.

"Today, I'll see where you run!"

She gave a soft shout, then flicked her wrist and slapped the evil cultivator in the direction he had fled.

In an instant, a strong wind arose, and a visible cyan wind blade shot out from the fan.

The wind blades were extremely fast, arriving first despite being behind, and caught up with the two evil cultivators in the blink of an eye.

"Damn it!"

The assailant, a heretical cultivator, paled and cried out repeatedly:

"Second brother, you block it!"

Upon hearing this, the perfectly healthy heretic immediately stopped.

Seeing the incoming wind blades, he sneered:

"A mere seventh-level Qi Refining cultivator dares to be so arrogant!"

Then, the evil cultivator raised his long axe high, gleaming with golden light, and slashed down fiercely at the oncoming wind blade.

Golden light intertwined with the gale, and in the next instant, several golden beams flew out from the gale, heading straight for the three members of the Kong family.

"Fifth Sister!"

Kong Shaoling frowned slightly, took out two cyan talismans, stuck them on the fan, and with a surge of spiritual power within his body, he fanned it sharply.

The next instant, a tornado three zhang high rose from the ground.

The golden light was sucked into the tornado, twinkling like starlight inside, and then disappeared in an instant.

"Big brother, are you done yet!"

The one-armed evil cultivator flew to the bottom of the formation, looking at the formation intertwined with fire and lightning, a subtle smile appeared on his lips.

He took out an ordinary talisman, poured spiritual power into it, and threw it towards the array barrier.

"Boom!"

The great formation swayed and dissipated at a visible speed in the next instant.

"How is this possible!" Kong Shaofeng exclaimed in shock.

This [Fire and Thunder Formation] is a large formation that took a lot of resources from three different sources to build, and even a Foundation Establishment cultivator cannot easily break it.

But now, a mere evil cultivator at the late stage of Qi Refining has managed to tear the great formation apart like paper with just a single talisman.

"A mole."

These two words flashed through Kong Shaofeng's mind, and his face turned terribly gloomy.

"Second Brother, how did the great formation break?" Kong Shaoling gripped his fan tightly, his face full of surprise.

"What should we do? Should we give chase?" Kong Shaoan, who hadn't made a move yet, frowned.

"Let's give chase!"

Kong Shaofeng said in a deep voice.

This is no longer just a matter of evil cultivators infiltrating the market. If there really is a traitor within the market, it is most likely the Zhao family, who are currently assisting in the governance of the market.

Then, the three of them summoned their flying magical artifacts and chased after it into the wind.

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below.

Li Chengming, who was watching the entire battle of late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, was deeply shocked. Staring at the several streaks of light disappearing into the distance, he exclaimed in astonishment:

"The difference between the early and late stages of Qi Refining can be this huge?"

In the later stages of Qi Refining, one can ride the wind, and the spells one casts should not be underestimated.

He, at the third level of Qi Refining, could only cover an area of ​​about one acre with his Spirit Rain Technique, and he would almost drain it dry after using it twice.

"Fighting with magic is still too dangerous," Li Chengming sighed.

"Brother Li, Brother Li!"

Just then, Li Chengming heard Zhao Yuan's voice coming from not far away.

He quickly jumped off the roof, landed in the yard, opened the gate, and went outside.

"Brother Zhao."

Zhao Yuan hurried over, and upon seeing Li Chengming, he quickly said:

"Quickly, while the formation is fully open, let's get out of here!"

"Why? Didn't the evil cultivators already run away?" Li Chengming frowned slightly and asked, puzzled.

Now that the evil cultivators have fled, there are still quite a few mid-stage Qi Refining patrol officers in the market. What if they run out of the market and encounter other evil cultivators or robbers taking advantage of the chaos?

"Hey! Brother Li, you don't know this, there are more than just those two evil cultivators! There are at least ten other evil cultivators in the market who are at the mid-stage of Qi Refining." Zhao Yuan quickly explained.

"What?"

Li Chengming's expression changed, and he said in a deep voice:

"Wouldn't we have fallen for a diversionary tactic?"

With the departure of the three strongest late-stage Qi Refining experts from the Kong family, who else can hold down the fort in the market now?

"No, the market is in complete chaos right now. I have a celestial abode, so I can't escape," Li Chengming thought to himself.

If he were to unfortunately run into an evil cultivator while out there, with Li Chengming's Qi Refining Level 3 strength, it would undoubtedly be courting death.

Thinking of this, Li Chengming looked at Zhao Yuan, who looked anxious, and shook his head, saying:

"Zhao Yuan, I have important business to attend to in the neighborhood, so please excuse me for not being able to accompany you."

"Sigh! What could be more important than life?"

Zhao Yuan was so anxious he stamped his feet, but seeing Li Chengming's solemn face and resolute expression, he hesitated for a moment, then cupped his hands in a respectful gesture and said in a low voice:

"Brother, I'll be going now. Take care!"

Although he valued Li Chengming's status as a spiritual plant master and was eager to befriend him, he felt it wasn't worth risking his life for.

Watching Zhao Yuan's hurried departure, Li Chengming breathed a sigh of relief.

With no one by his side, he could enter the immortal abode and hide at any time without any worries.

"The market is in chaos right now; perhaps I can profit from it."

Since chaos in the market was inevitable, Li Chengming was now focused on how to secure his own interests.

"There are many shops in the market, and a lot of spiritual items. They definitely won't have time to transport all of them out. Maybe I can pick up some leftovers."

Once the idea came to mind, it kept taking shape.

Li Chengming took a deep breath, suppressed the restlessness in his heart, and quickly sketched out a map of the market in his mind.

"You can't go to the shops of those three families, but you can go to the shops of those Qi Refining forces."

Not only are the three shops protected by formations, but given the current situation, the remaining three cultivators in the market have likely retreated to their shops to rely on the formations to deal with the evil cultivators.

But the shops belonging to Qi Refining forces are different; they don't have formations, and the cultivators guarding them are mostly at the third or fourth level of Qi Refining.

"Let's go check out the west side first."

Having made up his mind, he immediately took action.

He pushed open the small gate to the backyard and groped his way west along the base of the wall.

The streets were in complete chaos.

Everywhere were cultivators fleeing in panic, their cries, roars, and the deafening explosions of spells mingling together.

Many cultivators shared Li Chengming's idea: to profit from the chaos.