As soon as the trade fair was over, Zhao packed up all his belongings and quietly left Liuyunfang City, where he had lived for more than seven years.

  Zhao Di was still wearing a black hooded cloak and hundred-feather boots. The scale armor was also worn close to the body, because it was very thin, so after putting on a gray long gown outside, it couldnt be seen.

  He seemed to be walking at a leisurely pace, as if strolling in a courtyard, but his speed was not slow, and he had covered more than 800 miles in less than two days and nights. All the way, he carefully extended his divine consciousness to detect any movement in the surrounding environment.

  From then on, Zhaos cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds. He could clearly feel his divine sense growing stronger and stronger. He could now extend his divine sense to a radius of about 500 meters, taking in every movement, every blade of grass, and every tree within that area. If he went further out, the sensation wouldnt be as acute, but if a cultivator entered within a thousand meters of him, he could still easily sense it.

  At this moment, Zhao Di sensed that two cultivators were standing still in front of him, not far away.

  With his cautious nature, it would be best to take a detour and avoid contact with the other monks altogether. However, the two monks happened to occupy positions that were unavoidable for him, and taking a detour would likely require a significant amount of extra time.

  Zhao Di thought for a moment, and still chose to walk over directly. With the fluctuations of spiritual energy he sensed, these two cultivators should not be very powerful. If he was careful, there shouldnt be any danger.

  A moment later, in front of a narrow mountain valley, he saw these two monks, both with cultivation at the seventh or eighth layer of Qi Refining. One was a middle-aged man with a rough face and a thick beard, while the other was a young man in white clothes, his face pale to the point of being almost bloodless, looking like he had been ill for a long time.

  The two of them immediately saw Zhao Di, took a glance at the spiritual energy fluctuations on his body, and immediately showed different expressions. The middle-aged big man revealed mostly surprise, while the pale-faced young man had a joyful expression. The pale-faced young man glanced at the middle-aged big man, who was taken aback for a moment before also forcing out a few smiles. The two of them walked towards Zhao Di together, both deeply bowing to him. Zhao Di also faintly returned their bows.

  The young man with a pale face spoke first: "Are you fellow Taoists planning to cross the White Cloud Valley from here and exit the Liuyun Mountains?"

  "Not bad. What opinions do you two fellow Taoists have? Is there any change in the valley thats not right?" Zhao Di saw that the cultivation of the two was not very high, and did not conceal it.

  The young man with a pale face and the middle-aged big man looked at each other, and the middle-aged big man said in a thick nasal tone: "I and this white-faced brother also want to enter the valley, I dont know if we can travel together with Daoist friends. I heard that the valley is not very peaceful, there are many people who take care of each other, I wonder if you have any intention?" It turned out that the two men admired Zhao Dis profound cultivation and wanted to borrow his prestige to walk through this dangerous valley together.

  "Its all right," Zhao said coldly. "Im used to traveling alone and dont like crowds." With that, he strode quickly past the two of them and into the valley.

  "Wait a minute, this..." The pale-faced young man wanted to say a few more words of advice, but he didnt expect the other person to be so impatient and not give him another chance to speak.

  Like this, several monks who were pulled in by him, Zhao Di had already refused three or four batches. In unclear circumstances of the other partys origin and identity, he did not dare to put such a dangerous uncertain factor by his side.

  This White Cloud Valley doesnt seem as dangerous as those two cultivators said, Zhao Di walked through carefully and didnt encounter a single cultivator, after two or three hours he had already passed through the valley and was about to leave the Flowing Cloud Mountain Range.

  Once out of the Liuyun Mountains, its basically considered entering the secular world, and the chances of encountering cultivators are very low, and the risk is even smaller.

  At this time, Zhao Dis divine sense responded, and two more low-ranking cultivators appeared in front of him, with even lower cultivation levels.

  In two or three minutes, Zhao Di walked to a place more than 100 meters in front of the two men and stopped. This distance was a relatively safe range for Qi Refining stage cultivators.

  Within this distance, cultivators can directly sense each others cultivation level through spiritual energy fluctuations. Moreover, within this distance, it is difficult for artifacts to launch a direct attack. For Qi Refining stage cultivators, manipulating artifacts requires a considerable amount of divine consciousness, making it difficult to control them proficiently over long distances. Once an artifact is more than 70-80 meters away from the body, it becomes extremely difficult to operate.

  Even if it is manipulated nearby, the spiritual consciousness of a cultivator in the Qi Refining stage can generally only use one or two magical instruments at most. Otherwise, with Zhao Dis family background, he could buy a large number of middle and lower grade magical instruments and attack his opponent wildly when encountering danger. It is precisely because of this quantitative limitation that magical instruments are sought for their precision rather than their quantity.

  Zhao Di was a bit puzzled, the two cultivators in front of him, one was a beautiful young woman at the third layer of Qi Refining, and the other, a dark-faced man, was actually only at the second layer. Such low-ranking cultivators, how could they come to participate in the Flowing Clouds Auction Houses trading conference? Moreover, both of them had a bulging pouch at their waist, clearly a storage bag, werent they afraid of being targeted and robbed?

  Two low-ranking cultivators saw Zhao Di approaching and hastily clasped their fists in greeting. The dark-faced man spoke loudly, "I dont know where friend is headed, may I and my wife accompany you?"

  "No need, Im used to being alone and dont like crowds." Zhao coldly refused and walked away with big strides.

  "Please stay, fellow Taoist..." The young woman was about to say something else when Zhao Di waved his hand to stop her.

  After being refused so rudely, the young woman felt a bit embarrassed, her face slightly red, and her originally clenched fists in greeting also fell to her front.

  The black-faced man was also like this, with a wry self-mocking smile on his face, and his hands unconsciously rubbing the outside of his thighs.

  Zhao Di never relaxed his vigilance, and these subtle movements all fell into his eyes.

  Suddenly, the man unexpectedly swung his hand, and a golden light accompanied by a piercing whistling sound shot towards Zhao Di, arriving right in front of him in the blink of an eye.

  Zhao Di seemed to have been prepared, and at the moment when the black-faced man raised his hand, almost simultaneously, a small, palm-sized black shield appeared in front of him with a flick of his left wrist. His body suddenly expanded to one meter in length and width. The small shield emitted a faint, dark glow that enveloped Zhao Di within it.

  At this time, the golden light finally attacked the black light, and the two burst out a dazzling ray of light. The golden light was blocked by the black light and could not get any closer to Zhao Di.

  At this time, the beautiful young woman and the black-faced mans spiritual light was greatly stirred. They were no longer low-level Qi Refining cultivators, but rather high-level Qi Refining cultivators. The black-faced man had reached the 11th layer of Qi Refining, while the woman had even reached the 12th layer. Previously, the two had unknowingly used some kind of mysterious and sinister technique to conceal their cultivation, and Zhao Di hadnt detected any flaws whatsoever.

  The black-faced man used the "Golden Thread Spear" to launch a sneak attack on Zhao Di, but was unable to gain the upper hand. He and Zhao Dis Dark Crow Shield were momentarily locked in a stalemate. Meanwhile, the beautiful young woman seemed unwilling to join the battle, instead sitting cross-legged on the ground, her hands constantly changing into various postures as she muttered obscure incantations under her breath.

  Zhao Di saw that the mysterious black shield easily deflected the opponents sneak attack, and his heart slightly relaxed. His right hand casually slapped two more "Earth Armor Talismans" onto his body, forming two layers of deep yellow light shields within the dark glow.

  The black-faced man didnt seem to be in a hurry after missing his first strike, and instead continued to urge the golden thread spear to attack Zhao Di from all angles. The beautiful young woman finally made a new move, lightly patting her waist, and a yellow light flashed as a square jade seal-like artifact flew out. She then frantically poured all her spiritual energy into the seal. Under her urging, the jade seal grew at an alarming rate, expanding to two or three meters in length and width within just a few breaths, and was still growing rapidly.

  Although Zhao Di had never seen this kind of seal before, judging from the spiritual power it emitted, if he were to be hit by it once, his Xuanwu shield would probably be unable to withstand it. He hastily took out a fine copper ring, using his Xuanwu shield to block the golden thread spears attack while commanding the copper ring, which had grown to over two feet in length, to collide with the young woman.

  He had already figured out that the opponents trump card was on the seal law instrument controlled by the young woman, and at this time the young woman was fully sending her spiritual power into the seal law instrument, which was a good opportunity to attack her.

  Unfortunately, a dull thud was heard, and a golden shield appeared in front of the young woman, blocking the copper ring. It was the black-faced man who had intervened just in time to protect her.

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