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

Xiao Yanshan crawled out from behind the ruins.

Half of his face was covered in blood, and one arm was hanging limply, looking as if he had been seriously injured by the backlash of the formation.

But when he knelt before Xiao Qinghuang, his voice was very steady.

"Ancestor, I saw it with my own eyes. Xiao Jingxing secretly opened the array platform's restrictions, allowing the people from Beast King Valley to break in through the northern gap. He was also the one who caused the fire vein to rupture. When I tried to stop him, he struck me with a palm and beat me like this."

After Xiao Yanshan finished speaking, he stretched out his right arm.

The wrist bone is dislocated, and the bone fragments are almost breaking through the skin and flesh.

Qin Mo leaned against the broken pillar, almost unable to hold back his curses.

This injury was caused by the explosion when the Nine Phoenix Burning Star Formation collapsed, and it has nothing to do with Xiao Jingxing.

Xiao Yanshan painstakingly portrayed himself as a loyal minister who risked his life to protect the enemy, and his scars were proof of that.

Xiao Jingxing's whole body stiffened.

He opened his mouth several times, but couldn't utter a single word.

Xiao Yanshan was Xiao Duanyue's man, and he knew that perfectly well.

However, Xiao Qinghuang had just emerged from seclusion and had no idea what had happened at the camp in the past few days.

Two false testimonies plus a self-inflicted injury are more effective than a hundred words of defense from him.

Xiao Qinghuang looked down at Xiao Yanshan's severed wrist, then looked at Xiao Jingxing.

The Primordial Returning to Origin Sword didn't move, but its sword intent had already pressed down on Xiao Jingxing's head.

"Anything else to say?"

Xiao Jingxing clenched his single arm and squeezed out a few words.

"They're setting a trap."

Xiao Duanyue immediately chimed in, his voice even louder than before.

"Second Brother, the evidence is overwhelming. How long are you going to keep denying it? Xiao Yanshan took a blow for you and almost lost his life. You haven't even offered an apology?"

Blood began to seep from Xiao Jingxing's chest wound again.

He glanced at the two guards kneeling on the ground, then at Xiao Yanshan's severed arm, and suddenly laughed.

The laughter was short and tinged with blood.

"Good. Very good."

He stopped arguing.

Xiao Qinghuang's sword intent intensified by three points.

"Xiao Jingxing, I'll ask you one last time. You led outsiders into the Xiao family's territory, destroyed the array platforms, and injured your clansmen. Do you admit it or not?"

Xiao Jingxing stared at Xiao Duanyue, uttering each word clearly.

"If you can frame me today, you can frame anyone tomorrow. The Xiao family is doomed sooner or later once it falls into your hands."

A hint of smugness flashed across Xiao Duanyue's face, but he quickly suppressed it, and in the blink of an eye, it was replaced by heartache.

He kowtowed to Xiao Qinghuang.

"Ancestor, Second Brother no longer acknowledges the Xiao family. If this drags on any longer, he'll run away sooner or later."

Xiao Qinghuang didn't ask any more questions.

The Primordial Returning Origin Sword was raised, and the tip of the sword drew out an arc of light.

The arc of light sliced ​​through the air, but before it could reach Xiao Jingxing, he had already moved.

The last remaining nascent soul essence in his body suddenly exploded, and a black beam of light shot out from under his feet, heading straight for the southern mountain ridge.

The speed was so fast that the Xiao family disciples didn't even have time to react.

But Xiao Qinghuang was faster.

She didn't even raise her hand; she merely slightly lifted her eyelids, and the Formless Sword Domain spread out from her body.

The transparent sword energy wove into a net, covering the sky within a radius of several tens of feet.

Xiao Jingxing's escape light collided with the sword net, like hitting solidified amber.

He was frozen in mid-air, with no room to struggle.

The fingertips twitched twice, and the black light shattered inch by inch.

Xiao Qinghuang raised her hand and clenched it, causing Xiao Jingxing to fall from the sky and crash into a pile of rubble.

She walked over, placed two fingers on Xiao Jingxing's brow, and a surge of primordial sword energy flowed into his meridians.

Xiao Jingxing's nascent soul energy plummeted, his spiritual sea was sealed shut, and he didn't even have the strength to turn over.

"Take him away and interrogate him when we get back to Xuantian City."

Xiao Qinghuang threw a sentence at Xiao Duanyue.

Xiao Duanyue almost let out a sigh of relief.

He held back, forcing a smile, and waved to the two guards with a sullen face.

"Tie him up properly, so he doesn't bite his tongue."

When Xiao Jingxing was dragged up, his face was covered in lime and blood, and he was still cursing.

"If you hand me over to him, I won't live to see dawn."

Xiao Qinghuang didn't even turn her head.

Xiao Jingxing roared at Xiao Duanyue again.

"What are you pretending to be a good guy for? You were more ruthless than anyone else when you killed me!"

Xiao Duanyue sighed, walked over to Xiao Jingxing, squatted down, and spoke very softly.

"Second brother, the characters for 'Xiao' are not the same. Even now, you still refuse to admit your mistake and insist on smearing me?"

Xiao Jingxing's eyes were bloodshot, and his mouth was covered by the guards, leaving only a muffled roar in his throat.

Qin Mo stood at the back and watched the play from beginning to end.

Xiao Duanyue, despite his tough exterior, conceals a slender knife.

Every word he uttered was perfectly timed; he cried when he needed to cry, got angry when he needed to get angry, and even his tone was perfectly controlled when he felt sorry for his brothers.

He's more cunning than most of the old foxes Qin Mo has ever met.

After Xiao Jingxing was dragged away, Xiao Duanyue straightened up and bowed deeply to Xiao Qinghuang.

"Our territory has suffered such a calamity, with countless dead and injured. We beg our ancestor to seek justice for our people."

He didn't mention revenge, only justice.

But as soon as he finished speaking, his gaze drifted towards Luo Zhenyue.

Xiao Qinghuang turned around.

The Primordial Returning Origin Sword was raised again, its sword intent pressing down across half the hillside, directly locking Luo Zhenyue and all the Beast King Valley disciples behind him.

"The Beast King Valley attacked my Xiao family's territory; do you think you can just walk away?"

Luo Zhenyue's black iron halberd was stuck in the ground, his center of gravity had been lowered, and most of his earth elemental armor was broken, revealing the bleeding flesh inside.

He really couldn't defeat a Nascent Soul cultivator at the Great Completion stage.

But he didn't back down.

Luo Xiaoman was so anxious that she was trembling all over. She turned her head and looked at Qin Mo.

She bit her lower lip, her eyes reddened, and her hands gripped the Myriad Beast Ring tightly.

Qin Mo met her gaze and shook his head.

Luo Xiaoman was stunned.

Qin Mo's lips moved, but he kept his voice down so that only she could hear it.

"Your brother is fine."

Luo Xiaoman's eyes widened, and she wanted to ask more questions, but Qin Mo had already raised his head, his gaze passing over her shoulder and meeting Xiao Qinghuang's eyes directly.

At that moment, Xiao Qinghuang's pupils suddenly constricted.

The Primordial Sword Embryo within her body trembled violently, and the aura of seven flying swords emanated from the person before her, so clear that it could not be ignored.

Qin Mo did not dodge.

He looked at Xiao Qinghuang, and the corners of his mouth slowly curled up into a smile that made people want to punch him.

Then he turned and ran.

He took extremely large steps, expending his five-colored energy to its limit, and in the blink of an eye, his figure disappeared into the depths of the dense forest to the south.

Xiao Qinghuang's breath hitched.

The rubble beneath her feet shattered, and she transformed into a streak of crimson-gold light, chasing after him.

The sword intent above Luo Zhenyue's head vanished, and the weight pressing on his shoulders disappeared instantly.

Su Qingyi was the first to react.

She recognized the figure from behind, her expression changed instantly, and she took off chasing after it.

Shen Ruoyan followed closely behind.

Cang Wuyue and Sikong Ji exchanged a glance and followed.

Xiao Duanyue stood there, looking completely bewildered.

He wanted to ask Xiao Qinghuang where she had gone, but the sword light had already disappeared beyond the mountain ridge.

Luo Zhenyue didn't understand what was going on either, but he wasn't stupid.

"withdraw!"

With a swing of the black iron halberd, everyone in Beast King Valley turned and ran.

The pack of ferocious beasts followed closely behind, billowing dust as they surged out of the mountains.

Xiao Duanyue snapped out of his daze and grabbed the broken knife from the ground.

"Luo Zhenyue, what do you take my Xiao family for? Someone you can come and go as you please?"

He drew his sword and gave chase, followed by the Xiao family disciples who also charged out.

The base was in chaos again.

At this moment, Qin Mo had already crossed three mountain ridges.

The crimson-gold sword light behind him drew ever closer, and the Primordial Sword Intent felt like a red-hot iron bar brushing against his back.

Qin Mo kept moving, channeling the five elements of qi and blood into his legs, dashing left and right through the mountains and forests.

The tree trunk was split in two by the sword energy, and splinters of wood hit the back of his head.

Qin Mo wiped his face and quickened his pace to venture deeper into the forest.