Two women, Youlan and You'ruo, after searching the soul of a square-faced monk, used the technique of modifying the soul to slightly alter the memories related to themselves, and locked his consciousness with yin energy, making it difficult for him to wake up within a month. Then, they placed him in a hidden and rarely visited place on a mountain peak.

  Although he didn't directly kill this person, after going through all that trouble, the Taoist priest would often suffer from headaches and nightmares, which was unavoidable. This could be considered as a small punishment by the second girl towards him. If it wasn't for him following the sect's orders to search everywhere for ordinary people with a hint of spiritual energy to bring into the sect, he wouldn't have been able to avoid responsibility, otherwise Zhao Di would not have let this person off so easily.

  After doing all this, the two women quietly slipped back into the Soul Pearl in Zhao Ditan's dantian.

  "Master, it's about a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building. What should we do?" asked Youlan anxiously.

  "What's there to fear? This person's crimes are heinous, how can they be let off?! Master isn't facing a late-stage Jiedan cultivator for the first time either!" You Ruo said with a resentful tone, her hatred towards Qianyun Sect's actions was extreme!

  "Now that things have come to this, it's hard not to take action. Fortunately, I'm only facing a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator and not the entire sect, as long as you two sisters assist me from the side, I still have some confidence!" Zhao Di responded with his divine sense.

  Although this is the opponent's home ground, the enemy is in the light and he is in the dark. As long as things are arranged in advance, there will be a great deal of confidence.

  Before long, the squinting cultivator arrived in front of Zhao Di and several others once again. Using a bamboo slip-like flying artifact, he brought everyone to a large hall at a certain location on the waist of this Flowing Jade Peak, handing over Zhao Di and several others to another foundation-building middle period cultivator inside the great hall. Then, the squinting cultivator left alone.

  This mid-term builder didn't stay for long and soon transferred Zhao Di and several others to a cave mansion on the top of Liushi Peak.

  The cave was covered with a layer of prohibition, but the monk had a token in his hand that could open a passage and send Zhao Di and several others in.

  "You will rest here for the night, and soon a fairy master will receive you!" The cultivator in the middle of the foundation period led several people into a large hall of hundreds of meters in size, and ordered them. Before leaving, he inadvertently revealed a strange smile!

  "I'm so sleepy, let's take a rest!" Zhao Di didn't say another word and led the way to sit down on a big chair.

  Whether it was due to the influence of Zhao Di or the excitement of the day, now that they had calmed down, the children also felt a strong sense of fatigue. After a moment, they either lay down or fell onto their stomachs and entered dreamland.

  "Let's get started!" Zhao Di suddenly opened his eyes, as if muttering to himself.

  "Yes, Master!" The two women, You Lan and You Ruo, appeared in sight, with a faint smile.

  You Lan gently settled the few sleeping students in a safe corner of the main hall, and Zhao Di had slightly manipulated them. Within one day and one night, they would sleep more sweetly than ever before, even if there was thunder in their ears, they couldn't wake up.

  Yu Rou carefully examined the forbidden spell array laid out in the great hall.

  Zhao Di didn't idle around, slowly probing all the objects in the great hall. Apart from the tables and chairs, there was also a huge deep red jade grinding disc, which was very peculiar. As soon as he approached it slightly, he smelled a strong bloody smell, which gave Zhao Di a faintly bad premonition.

  "Youmu, what's the restriction here?" Zhao Di wandered around the main hall, but didn't find anything else out of the ordinary. However, he saw Youmu's face reveal a smile, clearly having gained something.

  "Haha, but it's just an ordinary isolation seal, the defensive surname is quite good, it's hard to force entry from outside, but the attack power can be ignored. Now we've already entered the formation, and You Ruo has also found the location of its array eye, at any time can easily break this formation!" You Ruo said with a smile, pointing to a certain place under his feet.

  "No need! To avoid drawing that person's attention and suspicion. Since there are no particularly severe restrictions in this place, we can take a chance. You Rou, set up two sets of hidden and defensive arrays within the main hall, hehe, with your current abilities, I'm sure even a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator wouldn't be able to detect them!" Zhao nodded and instructed.

  "This is also thanks to the master having a steady supply of high-grade spirit stones, otherwise this hidden formation would be ingenious, but without sufficient spiritual power, it would not have achieved such a remarkable effect." You Ruo smiled faintly.

  Two women, Youlan and You'ruo, were busy setting up a formation array, while Zhao Di sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.

  During this time, several young scholars in the middle of their foundation-building period were sent over one after another, all of whom possessed a scholarly aura.

  Every time the foundation-building middle-stage cultivator came, Zhao Di's divine sense could always detect it far in advance, and after making arrangements, he would not let the other party discover any flaws. After he left, Zhao Di would also put all these young people to sleep without exception.

  Everything in Qianyun Sect was calm and peaceful, the monks were either cultivating or doing their duties, busy but orderly, no different from before.

  But Zhao Di was in the great hall, quietly waiting for that famous and powerful Qianyun Sect's Elder, Guan Hai, who had reached the later stages of Golden Elixir cultivation!

  It was Zhao Di more than a decade ago, who knew that the other party was a well-known late-stage Jindan cultivator with far superior cultivation to his own. It was unlikely that he would risk everything for the sake of several million ordinary people and take the initiative to fight against him. However, after experiencing nearly ten years of life as a teacher, he couldn't bring himself to ignore it.

  "There are things that one must do and things that one must not do!" Zhao Di sighed, realizing that he had unconsciously been influenced by the Confucian doctrine.

  After several hours, Zhao Di released his divine sense outside and sensed from afar that a powerful spiritual force was approaching. Apparently, the master he had been waiting for had finally arrived!

  In order to avoid being discovered, his divine sense did not dare to probe this person at all. Therefore, Zhao Di could only vaguely feel that this was a high-ranking cultivator whose cultivation was not below his own, but he had no idea about any other specific information.

  The other party moved extremely quickly, and in just a moment, the ban on the main hall shook, and a middle-aged scholar in his 40s stepped into the main hall.

  This person's eyes are bright and spirited, with a black beard that reaches his chest, long hair draped over his shoulders, and an elegant appearance that is pleasing to the eye. He wears a neat and clean long shirt that reveals a hint of bookishness, and his skin is also very delicate. His every move exudes an air of nobility, clearly showing that he is accustomed to being pampered.

  The scholar glanced at the several ordinary people sleeping all over the hall, nodded slightly, and especially when his eyes swept across Zhao Di, who was closest to him, he smiled lightly with satisfaction.

  It turns out that they are all ordinary people with a scholarly air, and the scholarly air of this middle-aged man who is sleeping soundly in his chair is not simple at all!

  The scholar took out a deep red small bottle, and with seemingly casual movements, he took a few steps forward, his body slightly swaying as he rushed to the edge of the millstone. He placed the red bottle under a protruding pipe about an inch in diameter, then bent his fingers and lightly plucked them, shooting a beam of spiritual light onto Zhao Di's body. The latter woke up dazedly, rose into the air, and involuntarily floated towards the huge jade millstone.

  The scholar almost subconsciously and inadvertently swept a glance at Zhao Di, but suddenly felt a strange sense of horror in his heart, and a layer of cold sweat burst out from behind. The scholar didn't think much and suddenly retreated several feet, while opening his mouth and spitting out a small sword with a flashing green light, which instantly changed to several feet in size and protected the scholar's face.

  At the same time, a silent and soundless purple sword energy, straightly pierced into the position where the bookworm was originally located, creating a fist-sized but bottomless hole on the ground.

  "What a pity!" Zhao sighed to himself. After reaching a higher level of cultivation, one would naturally develop some intuition about danger, allowing them to dodge his stealthy sneak attack.

  With his ingenious use of stealth techniques, combined with the auxiliary effects of the hidden grand formation set up in the great hall, he believed that before he made a move to attack, his opponent would not be able to detect his cultivation unless they were intentionally looking for an opening.

  Now that the sneak attack had failed, Zhao Di's cultivation was thoroughly exposed. A three-foot-long purple longsword floated in front of him, slowly falling from mid-air, more than twenty yards away from the scholar.

  "Who are you, with your meager cultivation at the initial stage of Qi Condensation, daring to intrude upon our sect's forbidden land!" The scholar's eyes cleared as he took in the man's cultivation, and his tone turned stern as he rebuked him.

  "You are the Great Elder of Qianyun Sect, Guan Hai? I am a low-ranking official, how would Master Guan know me?" Zhao Di had cancelled his Concealment Technique, but his face still looked like that of a middle-aged school teacher, so naturally the other party couldn't recognize him.

  The scholar looked at Zhao Di with a concentrated gaze and suddenly exclaimed in great surprise: "You are Zhao Di, the one being heavily pursued by the Blood Intent Sect of the Xuanzhou Immortal Island!"

  The disguise technique used by Zhao Di was quite ordinary and not particularly impressive. It would be effective against lower-level cultivators, but if the opponent's cultivation level was higher than his and they used their divine sense to carefully investigate, it would naturally be impossible to deceive them.

  Zhao Di wasn't too surprised to hear that he was being pursued by the Blood Intent Sect with a hefty bounty. He had already learned from Yun Mengli that Tian He, the hermit, and the Blood Intent Sect were in close contact. When he used his Chaotic Origin Divine Light to kill the mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator under Tian He's sect, it was likely that this matter had spread far and wide long ago. It seemed that the Blood Intent Sect had guessed some clues from the Chaotic Origin Divine Light, linking him to the disappearance of their young master, which was why they were offering a high bounty for his capture.

  As for the reason, Zhao Di had already guessed seven or eight tenths of it after a slight deliberation. He wiped his face with his hand, and after a flash of inspiration, he immediately restored his original appearance as a handsome young man. He frankly admitted:

  "Unexpectedly, Zhao's notorious name has spread throughout the Star Ocean, and even in a remote place like Qianyun Sect, he would still be recognized!"

  "Haha! Others have been searching for you everywhere but couldn't find you, and yet you've voluntarily delivered yourself into my hands. After I get that 300,000 spirit stone reward, I'll definitely be eternally grateful to Brother Zhao!" The scholar laughed loudly, feeling extremely pleased with himself.

  "It depends on whether you have the strength!" A hint of sternness flashed in Zhao Di's eyes!

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