The troop of cultivators were stunned again!
This strong spiritual energy fluctuation, at least a fourth-tier start!
Holy shit!
They've struck it rich!
Not only could they retrieve the lost jade pendant, but they also got such an unexpected surprise!
This group of cultivators condensed a series of magic spells and attacked Li Mingbai!
Li Mingbai calmly waved his wooden stick and performed a standard "turtle stick technique"!
Although it was a wild swing, Li Mingbai swung with incredible speed!
As soon as the magic spells touched the wooden stick, they were instantly shattered!
The cultivators were first stunned, then ecstatic!
It seemed this wooden stick was at least a fifth-tier to start with!
They were rich, rich!
Before, they were just attacking casually, but now they were finally putting in their full strength!
Fifth-tier materials were enough to attract countless covetous eyes, so it was best to finish quickly to avoid any unforeseen complications!
However, after fighting for a while, they discovered that no matter what attribute spells they used, they all ended up being shattered.
"Switch to close combat!" the leader commanded, and everyone took out their weapons.
It seemed the wooden stick was very effective against magic spells, so they had to try close combat.
This kid opposite clearly didn't know any stick techniques; he was relying entirely on the wooden stick itself to last this long.
They were all Nascent Soul stage cultivators, and even in close combat, they could still take down this Qi Refining stage scrub!
Let alone cutting with weapons, they could even snatch the stick from this kid by brute force!
After all, the physical strength of a Nascent Soul cultivator was not something a Qi Refining stage scrub could compare to!
It had to be said, their thoughts were well-formed and their logic was sound.
Unfortunately, reality deviated slightly from their expectations...
"Crack!"
"Snap!"
"Clatter!"
...
As soon as their weapons touched the wooden stick, they all broke into two pieces and fell to the ground!
"Damn it, I don't believe it!" The leader also got angry, rolled up his sleeves, and prepared for hand-to-hand combat: "You guys hold him down!"
The other cultivators rushed at Li Mingbai like wolves and tigers.
This time, they were successful, and easily tackled Li Mingbai.
They pinned Li Mingbai firmly to the ground, unable to move an inch.
"Kid, weren't you very powerful!" The leader stepped forward and said fiercely, "Why aren't you arrogant now?!"
After saying that, he reached out to grab Li Mingbai's stick.
At the same time, a cultivator reached for Li Mingbai's belt.
As a qualified subordinate, he had excellent foresight.
Now that the leader wanted to take this kid's stick, his job was to untie this kid's belt.
After all, their half jade pendant was still in this kid's crotch!
Li Mingbai panicked!
Today, not only had he failed to protect the old gentleman's remains, but he was about to lose his chastity here!
No!
It couldn't be!
In an instant, Li Mingbai erupted with unprecedented potential!
With a wave of his arms, he sent the two cultivators holding his arms flying to the side.
Then Li Mingbai grabbed the wooden stick in his hand and wildly swung it at the people around him!
"Bang—!"
"Bang—!"
"Bang—!"
...
A miracle occurred.
As soon as the cultivators were touched by Li Mingbai's stick, they were sent flying backward!
They flew more than ten zhang before they managed to stop.
Li Mingbai leaped to his feet like a carp and chased after them with his stick!
Brother Ye's stick is indeed awesome!
Damn it!
These perverts who tried to steal my chastity, all die!
As soon as the cultivators got up, they saw Li Mingbai chasing them with his stick.
The cultivators were almost scared to death and immediately fled.
Li Mingbai stopped reluctantly after chasing them for dozens of zhang.
"Damn it! You're lucky you ran fast!" Li Mingbai said fiercely, and helplessly turned back.
There was nothing he could do, they had vanished without a trace...
Shouldering the stick on his back, Li Mingbai came before the old man's remains.
The old man's remains were in a bizarre posture.
And the skull was missing...
Li Mingbai became angry again.
He had heard before that there was a group of perverted scumbags among cultivators who especially liked to do perverse things to corpses.
This old gentleman was truly pitiful.
First, he was killed by evil cultivators, and now even his remains were to be defiled by perverts!
"Bang!"
Just as Li Mingbai was about to walk over, he heard a collision sound under his feet.
Li Mingbai looked down.
A skull was quietly resting on his toes...
Li Mingbai suddenly remembered that when he was chasing those people, there was always a feeling of something not being right under his feet.
He had thought it was because he was too angry then, but now he realized what it was...
Upon closer inspection, the old man's remains didn't look like they had been subjected to any perverse acts, but rather as if they had been kicked...
Li Mingbai awkwardly pulled the skull off and put it back on the old man's neck.
"Old gentleman, I did not mean to just now." Li Mingbai quickly apologized, "It's all their fault for being wrong first, I did not mean to! Yes, it's all their fault!"
After storing the old man's body in his spatial ring, Li Mingbai headed back towards the town.
Old gentleman, I will go to town and find a geomantically auspicious place to bury you.
The evil cultivator who killed you back then has already been eliminated by my Brother Ye.
Rest in peace!
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A thousand miles away.
Once they confirmed that Li Mingbai was not chasing them, the troop of cultivators finally stopped.
They found a secluded place and quickly sat down to heal their injuries.
Although each of them only took one hit, that simple hit had seriously injured them!
They had been spitting blood all the way as they fled!
However, this was not the worst part.
The worst part was that the half jade pendant in their hands had been smashed by a single blow...
Three hours later.
The group slowly opened their eyes.
Fortunately, they had fled quickly. Otherwise, if they had taken a few more hits, they might have been finished!
Although they were still seriously injured, they would recover after a few years of recuperation.
At least, there would be no lasting effects.
"Leader, we..." everyone asked hesitantly, "are we just going back like this..."
Although they were reluctant to admit it, they had to accept this reality.
"No, we're not going back!" The leader looked firmly into the distance. "The Daoist robe that kid was wearing had a sect emblem embroidered on it."
"Leader, you mean...?"
"Don't forget what our real skills are," the leader said with a slight smile. "We'll set off tonight!"
"Yes!" everyone quickly complied.
Their cultivation levels were all Nascent Soul, but their combat power was far inferior to Nascent Soul cultivators of the same level.
What they truly excelled at were the arts of stealth and disguise!
It wasn't an exaggeration to say that even a cultivator at the tenth level of Transformation Realm couldn't see through their disguise!
Since the direct approach wouldn't work, they would resort to covert tactics!
The emblem of the Purple Cloud Sect was easy to identify. They just needed to ask around in the town.
Around eleven o'clock at night, they arrived in front of the Purple Cloud Sect's mountain gate.