C16 Ditto Tower
Liu Yunze hurriedly helped his bow up and asked, "What happened?"
The archer explained the whole situation. The archer's name was Li Wei, and he lived in a village ten miles away from the Withering Song Mountains. The villagers' life had been peaceful and peaceful, but a month ago, a group of people had come from who knew where and had forced the villagers into the mountains to excavate some mysterious mineral resources. In the short span of a month, more than a dozen villagers had already died in the mine. He had heard that cultivators could control the Dao of the Heavens. They could control thunder and with a flick of their fingers, they could kill people thousands of kilometers away. Therefore, they begged Liu Yunze to save the villagers from these thugs.
Liu Yunze frowned and thought for a moment, then asked, "What are these people looking for in the mines?"
Li Wen reached into his clothes with his right hand and took out a pitch-black stone. He handed it to Liu Yunze.
When Liu Yunze saw this thing, he was immediately shocked. This thing was nothing else but spirit stones. The appearance of a product was inferior to that of a product of the lowest quality. The surface of the stone was riddled with potholes. The amount of spiritual energy contained within the potholes was extremely small, to the point where one could not sense even the tiniest bit of spiritual energy. Without a doubt, he was someone who cultivated the heavens' messenger. Only these people would truly need these spirit stones. Although there was a possibility that someone else might be searching for spirit stones, Liu Yunze rarely saw it.
"Did you find anything else?" Liu Yunze asked.
Li Wei nodded and said, "I secretly brought them out of the cave. I've seen a kind of transparent thing that seems to have traces of water flowing in it. "
Liu Yunze's heart shook. He was truly feeling sleepy when he encountered a pillow. The transparent Spirit Stone that Li Wei mentioned was the top quality Spirit Stone, the Spirit Stone. The amount of spiritual energy contained within high-grade spirit stones was comparable to that of spiritual energy stones. Because the spiritual energy within the spirit stones was abundant, the spirit stones were superior to other spirit stones. In this way, the most important thing at the moment was to contact Elder Ming and Zhang Kuang Jian. Otherwise, he might not be able to deal with these people by himself.
Liu Yunze brought Li Wei to the place where Old Man Ming and Zhang Kuang Jian had left. When the two of them saw Liu Yunze, they both shook their heads, indicating that they were unable to find him.
Liu Yunze told Li Wei to the two of them. The two of them immediately understood Liu Yunze's intentions.
"Who are these people?" Zhang Kuangjian asked in puzzlement. He did not have complete trust in this young man in front of him.
"Just like your outfit. These people are different from ordinary people. Not only can they go up to heaven, they can also control flying swords to kill people in the distance. " At the end, Li Wei trembled violently. Obviously, he was extremely scared.
The three of them went with Li Wei to the village. After walking around in the dried pine forest for half a day, a small village appeared in front of them. The village was not big. Looking around, there were at most a hundred households. At the entrance of the village, there was a table. In front of the table, three people were seated and drinking wine. These people were all dressed in the same attire, and one could tell with a single glance that they were cultivators. On the table, there were three long swords.
"Old Man Ming, I'll leave these people to you!" Liu Yunze pointed at the three of them. Elder Ming walked in front of the three without saying a word and smacked them with three palms. The three of them fell to the ground on the spot.
Liu Yunze walked in front of the trio and looked down. The lips of the trio were purple, and their bodies were twitching uncontrollably. After a moment, they died on the spot.
"They're next!" Liu Yunze looked at the distant mountains.
The three of them stepped onto the flying carpet and flew into the mountains. Before long, the three of them landed in front of a mine and started observing it. Although it was a mine, it was extremely simple. There were quite a few people within it. Looking around, there were roughly a hundred of them. Li told Liu Yunze that apart from their village, there were other nearby villages as well. These people were all bent over with a bamboo basket on their back. From the bamboo basket, a piece of low-grade spirit stones had been dug out. The person in charge of the villagers was clearly a cultivator.
Liu Yunze observed the surroundings. This place had plenty of spiritual energy, no wonder these people chose to dig for spiritual stones.
Old Man Ming followed Liu Yunze's instructions and closed his eyes, slowly releasing his own spirit energy to examine the surrounding cultivators' realms.
"Elder Ming, what are the realms of these people?" Liu Yunze looked at Elder Ming and could not help but ask.
Elder Ming opened his eyes and pointed at the cultivators guarding the villagers, saying, "These people are only at the 3rd level of the Qi Cultivating Stage. We can easily win. " After he finished, he frowned.
"How is it?" Liu Yunze could not help but ask.
"Although these people are Qi Cultivation stage, there are even stronger ones among them. They are all Foundation Establishment stage cultivators like me!" Elder Ming pointed to a cave in the mine and said, "They already know about us!"
Liu Yunze knew that on the road of cultivation, low level cultivators would release their spiritual energy to investigate the situation. If the opponent was of a high or even grade, then both sides would know of each other's existence. If it was a high level inspection of a low level, it wouldn't be like this.
"Since we know, there's no need for us to hide!" After Liu Yunze finished speaking, he strode into the mine, leaving Patriarch Ming and Zhang Kuang Jian no choice but to follow. The appearance of these three people immediately caused a commotion, and they were immediately surrounded by a group of cultivators.
"Hey, you guys, immediately send your boss to see me!" Liu Yunze pointed at the crowd and loudly said.
These people looked at each other for a moment, then burst out laughing.
"Hahahaha! He said that he wants to see our boss!"
"Hahahaha ~ such an overconfident guy!" How could our master Daoist Ku Song be someone you guys can see just because you wanted to?! "
Liu Yunze shot a meaningful glance at Grandmaster Ming, who quickly moved in front of one of them and spread out his right hand. Before that person could sense him, he lightly slapped his face. The man's eyes widened as he fell to the ground.
Only then did everyone hurriedly retreat, revealing a terrified expression.
"You, you, are all cultivators!" These people pointed at Liu Yunze and stammered. Obviously, they didn't expect that a cultivator would come looking for them here.
"Are you still not coming out!?" "In that case, Old Man Ming, kill them all!" Liu Yunze ordered. Elder Ming's body flickered three times before the three of them fell to the ground.
Suddenly, a sonic boom could be heard from the sky. Its target was Ancestor Ming. Patriarch Netherworld dodged nimbly.
"Bam!" A loud sound echoed out, and a huge crater was formed where the Netherworld Ancestor had been standing. In the middle of the pit stood a green cane.
Liu Yunze was shocked. This power was extraordinary; how could it be a Qi Building Stage cultivator?
Following that, a figure slowly flew up to the top of everyone's heads. This person looked to be in his thirties. He wore a green robe that fluttered in the wind, as if he was a great deity that had descended from the heavens.
"Looks like you are the boss, what Daoist Ku Song?" Liu Yunze thought to himself. Just as he had guessed, Patriarch Ming seemed to have made a mistake – the person before him was definitely above the Qi Building Stage. Floating through the air would require a huge amount of spiritual energy to support it. Flying through it so easily was definitely not something a Qi Building Stage cultivator could do.
"Who are you people?" The other side coldly looked at the three.
Liu Yunze smiled and said, "Don't ask what kind of person it is. I'm giving you two choices right now." "Firstly, let these villagers go and obediently let us deal with them. Secondly, it's simple: die!" After he finished speaking, he looked at the other party without fear.
"Hahahahaha!" Daoist Ku Song laughed out loud. He pointed at Liu Yunze and said, "How dare a mere Qi Cultivation stage cultivator utter such arrogant words!" He opened his right hand slightly and the cane flew into his hand. Then he raised his cane high and began to swing. His speed was even faster than Elder Ming's. Because of its speed, the cane suddenly turned into dozens. With a hu sound, it struck towards Liu Yunze's head.
In a battle between cultivators, the difference in level meant that the difference in strength. The higher the level, the stronger the power. With such speed, Liu Yunze had no way to dodge it. Fortunately, the Frenzied Bull's Sword beside him took a stride and grabbed Liu Yunze before running to a safe place.
"Bang, bang, bang!" A dozen or so sounds rang out, and huge craters appeared on the ground where Liu Yunze had just stood.
Liu Yunze's back was covered in cold sweat. If he had been hit just now, his tiny Qi Cultivation Stage would have been smashed into meat paste.
Patriarch Netherworld, who was standing next to Daoist Ku Song, suddenly struck Daoist Ku Song with two palms out of thin air. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Two streams of white palm qi burst out from his hands.
"Oh? It's the Nether God's Palm! " Daoist Ku Song was quite surprised. His body disappeared into the air, and the two palms of the Netherworld God struck empty air. Two palm prints appeared in the air.
"You took too much risk just now!" Guo Guo's voice appeared in Liu Yunze's mind. Liu Yunze heaved a sigh of relief. Guo Guo was right. If he hadn't been saved by Zhang Kuang Jian just now, the consequences would have been unthinkable. But at the same time, he also found out about Daoist Ku Song's secret. Previously, Liu Yunze felt that something was weird with Elder Ming's words, so he must be telling the truth. This Daoist Ku Song was a Qi Building Stage cultivator, but why did he possess such unimaginable spiritual energy?
Daoist Ku Song poured the spirit energy stone into his cane!
