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Whoosh!

With a swift stroke of his Azure Tassel Sword, Yu Huai beheaded a top-tier first-order demonic beast, several meters in size and resembling a lizard. He then turned his gaze to a slope ahead.

We finally arrived at the barren slope.

He had quickly circled the area beforehand and hadn't seen any other disciples of the immortal sects, so he must have been the first to arrive.

Thinking to himself, Yu Huai glanced at the demonic beast on the ground, put it into his storage bag, and stepped forward, gripping the Qing Sui Sword.

Caw!

However, before he could get close, he heard a sharp cry coming from the barren slope, which made Yu Huai pause slightly and stop in his tracks.

Is there a monster?

Well, the Heavenly Spirit Fruit is a mid-grade second-tier spiritual medicine, so it's normal for it to be guarded by a demonic beast.

The beast that can claim this barren slope as its territory must be at least a second-tier beast.

They used to be accompanied by Foundation Establishment elders, making them capable of fighting against them. Now, the secret realm has undergone an anomaly, and only Qi Refining disciples can enter, which is quite a challenge.

We still need to go and see this demon.

Yu Huai pondered for a moment, then used the [Silver Ring] to completely conceal his aura before slowly walking forward.

Not long after.

Yu Huai squatted on one side of the barren slope, looking ahead.

Then they saw on the shady side of this barren slope that a monster several meters long, with coarse blackish-brown feathers all over its body, resembling a vulture, was tearing apart the corpse of another monster on the ground.

Judging from its aura, it was clearly a mid-level second-tier cultivator.

This is going to be a bit troublesome.

Yu Huai frowned.

On the slope behind the demon queen, there grew some low bushes with leaves as green as jade, and on them grew many fruits of different sizes, as crystal clear as jade.

These fruits are called Heavenly Spirit Fruits.

After a quick glance, I noticed that there were only a few ripe Heavenly Spirit Fruits on this barren slope.

If he wants to obtain these Heavenly Spirit Fruits, he must either deal with this demon or find a way to lure it away.

A direct confrontation is too risky.

Although his body refinement had reached the Chun Yuan Gen realm, making him comparable to a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he was not yet confident in fighting a second-tier low-grade demon beast, let alone a second-tier mid-grade demon beast.

The best way is to take advantage of the terrain or the gaps in the monster's feeding to lure it away from the area where the Heavenly Spirit Fruit is located.

Just as Yu Huai was pondering a solution, he suddenly heard voices coming from not far away. Startled, he hurriedly and carefully walked down the slope, lay down in a small pit, and used his divine sense to take in the approaching figures one by one.

A disciple of the Qingyun Sect?

Didn't expect it to come so quickly?

Upon seeing the people's attire, Yu Huai quickly determined which sect's disciples they belonged to.

"Senior Brother Wu Zheng, we should have arrived first."

Ok?

"It's actually a mid-tier second-order vulture demon! This Heavenly Spirit Fruit won't be easy to obtain!"

Several figures arrived at the top of the barren slope and saw the vulture demon feeding. One of them spoke to the leader.

This Qingyun Sect disciple named Wu Zheng, who had reached the peak of Qi Refining cultivation, also showed a slight solemnity upon seeing this demon.

Wu Zheng pondered for a moment, then turned to the four people who had come with him and smiled:

"Gentlemen, have you ever heard the story of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it?"

Ok?

Hearing Wu Zheng's words, the men following him were slightly taken aback, but quickly realized what he wanted to do.

"But Senior Brother Wu Zheng, this demon is a mid-grade second-tier demon beast. Do the other three sects really have disciples who can deal with it?"

One of them seemed to have thought of something and asked a question.

Humph.

"Are you stupid? Every sect will send in a designated elite team. They must have treasures given to them by their sect that can deal with this demon."

Wu Zheng looked at the person who spoke and cursed.

"But they are the elite; how can we possibly be the ones to suffer the consequences?"

The man spoke again.

Humph.

"This demon is a mid-grade second-tier demon beast. Even if these elites have the treasures given to them by the sect, they cannot easily defeat this demon. We will wait until they are both severely injured before we go out."

"If we can eliminate the elite of one of the three sects, the sect will surely reward us. It's a win-win situation."

Wu Zheng snorted and explained to the vulture demon below as it fed.

Upon hearing this, the others who were with him suddenly realized what was happening and echoed his sentiments.

Ok?

Yu Huai heard the conversation between the Qingyun Sect members through his divine sense, and his expression was strange.

However, he had also heard a little about those elites.

Let's wait and see.

The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

This idea is good.

It's hard to tell who's the mantis and who's the oriole.

As Yu Huai pondered this, he turned his gaze to the group of people again.

Then they saw Wu Zheng lead them to one side, and then they all lay down in a pit, just like Yu Huai.

"Someone should be arriving soon. Don't make a sound, lest the elite troops notice us."

Wu Zheng, who was lying down, poked his head out and looked in the direction they had come from. After thinking for a moment, he turned to look at the group of people behind him and said.

Not long after.

The third team has arrived.

Ok?

Upon seeing the person who had arrived, Yu Huai was slightly taken aback.

Because the newcomers were not the so-called elites, but Xu Yun and the others whom they had met in the misty forest earlier.

Among them, Xu Yun, who had the highest cultivation level, was only at the ninth level of Qi Refining, which was lower than Wu Zheng's cultivation level.

Yu Huai wasn't surprised by their arrival, and then looked at Wu Zheng and his group not far away.

"Senior Brother Wu Zheng, someone's here! Someone's here!"

Upon seeing several figures appear, one of the people who had been observing hurriedly called out to Wu Zheng, who was resting with his eyes closed to the side.

Someone's here?

Upon hearing this, Wu Zheng's face lit up with joy. He quickly made a shushing gesture and looked up at Xu Yun and the others not far away.

Ok?

A disciple of the Qingxuan Sect?

Seeing the newcomer's attire, Wu Zheng recognized his background.

As they approached, Wu Zheng sensed their cultivation levels, his face darkened, he shook his head, and then pulled his head back.

"They're not elites, just a bunch of useless people at the eighth or ninth level of Qi Refining."

With that, Wu Zheng lay back down.

But not long after Wu Zheng lay back down, someone woke him up again.

"What's going on? Someone else is here?"

Wu Zheng said impatiently.

"Those disciples of the Qingxuan Sect are coming this way."

The man spoke up quickly.

"What?"

Wu Zheng was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly peeked out to look at Xu Yun and his group who were coming towards them. He could vaguely hear something about someone being a stalker.

"Senior Brother Xu Yun, is this really feasible?"

As they were walking, one of the people following behind Xu Yun asked a question.

"Don't worry! Don't you trust my idea?"

Xu Yun lightly waved his folding fan and said confidently.

A short while later, Xu Yun and his group did not bump into Wu Zheng and his group, but the two sides were very close to each other.

This made Wu Zheng and his group, who wanted to be the ones to suffer the consequences, hold their breath and keep their auras very low, even though they were not afraid of Xu Yun and his group, for fear of being discovered and causing their strategy to fail.

Yu Huai possessed divine sense and heard Xu Yun and the others' plans clearly, which made his expression even stranger.

No, if every couple wants to be the oriole, then who will be the mantis?

It's so interesting.

I'll see who gets caught in the crossfire!

Thinking to himself, Yu Huai suddenly looked to the side.

Ok?

Another person has arrived?