Fantasy: I'm in a discarded alchemy room, but I can turn trash into treasure!

The corpse mist pressed in from all sides, and the gravel underfoot creaked underfoot.

Hua Meiniang and her two companions stood with their backs to Qin Mo, with Ji Hongxiao carrying a lantern in front of them and more than a dozen bounty hunters standing behind them.

The woman inside the bronze lamp stared at Qin Mo, her laughter coming in fits and starts.

"Hua Meiniang, the Netherworld Sect is offering a top-grade poison pill for your life. Cang Wuyue, the Azure Dragon Sect is offering a top-grade spiritual artifact for you. Both of you, you must come with me today."

Hua Meiniang pressed her fingertips firmly against the sword hilt.

Tang Mei's divided soul did not rush to make a move, but instead turned its gaze to Luo Xiaoman.

"As for this little girl, she's the younger sister of the Beast King Valley's young master. Touching her will bring trouble. Ji Hongxiao, let her go."

Ji Hongxiao gripped the soul lamp, her face somewhat grim.

"Miss Luo, please step aside. This matter is none of your concern."

Luo Xiaoman hugged the little green-eared beast tightly in her arms and took a step forward.

"I'm not leaving."

She spoke very quickly, without even pausing to catch her breath.

"They are the ones I brought. If you want to harm them, you'll have to step over me first."

Ji Hongxiao's brow twitched.

"Don't gamble your life with the name of Beast King Valley."

Luo Xiaoman raised her chin and pressed her palm against the little beast's head.

"My brother lives in the Eighth Palace. If you dare kill me, he'll bury you all alive."

Ji Hongxiao did not try to persuade her further.

Tang Mei's split soul laughed even harder, and the lamp flame flickered wildly with her laughter.

"That temper of yours is just as annoying as your brother's."

Qin Mo stood in the middle of the crowd, his fingers resting on the Thunder Sound Sword, his gaze sweeping over his surroundings.

These bounty hunters wore different clothes and carried different weapons.

But their positions were carefully chosen, blocking off all sides, clearly indicating that they had planned it in advance.

Hua Meiniang lowered her voice: "Master, leave the three on the left to me."

Cang Wuyue turned her head to the side: "The right side is mine."

Luo Xiaoman grinned: "Then I'll play in the middle."

Qin Mo looked at them without saying a word.

Hua Meiniang's forbidden spell between her eyebrows heated up again.

She looked up and saw that Qin Mo was still wearing a cloak, but his face had completely changed.

But she wouldn't mistake that familiar scent.

Tang Mei's divided soul suddenly raised her hand, and the light shone on Qin Mo.

"The aura of the gold spirit iron you left in the tavern hasn't completely dissipated."

Qin Mo slightly raised his eyelids.

"What are you trying to say?"

"That piece of spirit iron was deliberately stuffed into the Xiao family's storage bag by you."

Tang Mei's voice deepened, "Those words in the tavern were also spread by you. You used others to do your dirty work and smeared the reputation of the Xiao family's collateral branch."

Ji Hongxiao immediately looked at Qin Mo.

Qin Mo stood very steadily, not even the hem of his clothes was ruffled.

"So what if they figured it out?"

Tang Mei's divided soul stared at him: "Hand over all your storage rings, and I might spare your life."

Qin Mo smiled.

"Are all you members of the Netherworld Cult so fond of keeping other people's things safe?"

Tang Mei's divided soul's face twisted slightly in the lamplight.

"Then I'll kill you too."

As soon as the last word was uttered, Ji Hongxiao moved first.

With a flick of her wrist, the bronze soul lamp spewed out a large amount of black fire.

More than a dozen bounty hunters simultaneously unleashed their magical weapons, with blades, blood ropes, and bone nails all crashing down on the four men.

Luo Xiaoman bit her tongue and pounded her chest with both hands.

"Beast Battle Body, activate!"

The earth beneath her feet cracked open, and three beast souls burst forth from the ground.

A black bear smashed through the oncoming bronze bell, a giant wolf bit the blood-stained cord, and another giant blue deer charged forward, knocking four bounty hunters flying.

Several people fell into the corpse mist, and the magical artifacts in their hands rolled far away.

Luo Xiaoman's face turned pale, and blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.

She raised her hand to wipe it away and stared straight ahead.

"Is that all you've got? You dare to arrest people?"

The bounty hunter on her right seized the opportunity to move closer, thrusting his short blade straight at her shoulder.

With a flick of her sleeve, Hua Meiniang unleashed a black poisonous mist that crawled up the ground and instantly condensed into several curved wind blades.

"Get out of here."

She gently hooked her finger.

The poisoned blade grazed the man's neck; blood had barely surfaced when he collapsed.

The corpse twitched twice, and its skin quickly turned grayish-black.

Several cultivators nearby paused in their tracks.

Hua Meiniang's face was even paler than before, and her breathing became erratic.

Her internal injuries had not yet healed, and every time she used the Netherworld Poison, it felt like she was tearing her meridians apart.

Cang Wuyue ignored her.

She raised her hand, and one longsword after another flew out from behind her, their blades turning in the air, all locking onto Ji Hongxiao.

"Azure Dragon Weapon Master!"

The aura of the Azure Dragon Ancestor's Token pressed down from her palm.

Seven flying swords fell simultaneously, their sword light forming a continuous blur, forcing Ji Hongxiao to retreat continuously.

She activated the soul lamp three times to block the attack, but the cracks on the lamp only multiplied.

Ji Hongxiao's hand went numb from the shock.

"Holy Maiden, save me!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the bronze soul lamp suddenly rose into the air.

Tang Mei's divided soul within the lamp wick opened its palm, and nine streams of yin energy shot out from the lamp, entangling the seven flying swords.

The sword was abruptly deflected, grazing Ji Hongxiao's body as it fell, cleaving seven deep trenches into the ground.

Cang Wuyue groaned, blood seeping from her fingertips.

Taking advantage of the situation, Tang Mei's divided soul emerged halfway from the soul lamp, her five fingers curled, and black yin energy gathered in front of her palm to form a giant claw.

"I'll cripple you first."

The Nine Yin Demon Claw tore through the corpse mist and arrived in front of Cang Wuyue in the blink of an eye.

Cang Wuyue had just retrieved her flying sword, her aura was in disarray, and she had no time to dodge.

Hua Meiniang tried to stop them, but was entangled by the three bounty hunters.

The beast soul summoned by Luo Xiaoman was also bound by the blood rope and was struggling desperately.

The black claw was only half a foot away from Cang Wuyue.

She looked up at the claw shadow, her fingers quickly forming hand seals, but a sharp pain came from her golden core.

I forcibly activated the Ancestral Master's Decree just now, and the spiritual power is no longer available.

"Owner!"

Hua Meiniang called out.

The ground beneath Qin Mo's feet suddenly exploded.

He moved swiftly, crashing between Black Claw and Cang Wuyue, grabbing Cang Wuyue's wrist with his five fingers and pulling her behind him.

Cang Wuyue staggered half a step, her shoulder bumping into his back.

She smelled a faint scent of blood.

Qin Mo raised his right hand, and the five elements of Qi and blood surged out simultaneously, transforming into a layer of golden protective shield.

The Nine Yin Demon Claw descended.

boom!

The golden shield only lasted for half a breath before it became covered in cracks.

The stone slabs beneath Qin Mo's feet shattered one by one, and his body was pressed down several inches.

Cang Wuyue reached out and grabbed the hem of his clothes.

"You can't stop her."

Qin Mo did not turn around.

"Shut up and stand still."

As soon as he finished speaking, the muscles in his arms tensed up, and the power of the Five Elements Golden Body exploded out.

The black claw stopped on his head.

Tang Mei's divided soul looked at the rogue cultivator in front of her who only had the aura of Foundation Establishment, and the lamp flame flickered.

"You, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, dare to shield her from my attack?"

Qin Mo raised his eyes, and the Thunder Sound Sword emitted a deep sword sound in his palm.

"I've taken her in."

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his fist to meet the Nine Yin Demon Claw.

Tang Mei's five fingers, representing her split soul, suddenly closed, and all the Yin power at the peak of the Golden Core stage surged out from the Soul Lamp.

"Then you should die in her place!"

Tang Mei's divided soul fingers closed, and the Nine Yin Demon Claw pressed down on the golden shield with a thud.

The stone slab beneath Qin Mo's feet cracked inch by inch, and his knees sank slightly.

The five elements of qi and blood surged out of his body, causing more and more cracks to appear on the protective shield, which quickly climbed up to his arm.

Cang Wuyue gripped his clothes tightly, her knuckles turning white.

"Let go."

Qin Mo uttered two words, then pushed her back half a step.

Cang Wuyue bit her lip and didn't move.

Tang Mei's split soul laughed, the sound emanating from the bronze soul lamp, piercing people's eardrums.

"Can you protect her?"

Black Claw pressed down a few inches further.