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  The man was dressed in a Ming-style attire, slender in build, with a cultivation of twelve layers of Qi refinement. Suddenly, a female cultivator appeared, with a cultivation level of eleven layers, wearing a skirt made up of red, yellow, blue, white, and purple colors, exuding an exotic charm. Standing tall and elegant, she revealed a section of her waist as white as snow, dazzling him, while other book friends looked on normally.

  The woman in the colorful skirt saw the man's slight daze and chuckled: "Senior brother, are you going to answer or not?" As she asked, she stepped forward step by step, her voice soft and alluring, making people's hearts feel numb.

  The man's face was somewhat infatuated, with a sinister smile: "Fairy, the Supplementing Spirit Pill is a scarce good thing in Worry Music Valley. If you need it, I'm not unwilling to give some to you, heh heh, just see what you use to exchange for it."

  "What are you going to exchange?" The female cultivator's vermilion lips lightly opened, and her breath was as fragrant as orchids. She took another step forward, her body straightened, and the jade rabbits on her chest jumped up and down.

  The man immediately fixed his gaze there, licked his lips and said: "What to exchange for, Fairy, you must know."

  The nun covered her mouth and smiled: "Master said with a smile, if you don't say it, how will others know?"

  Although that's what he said, the female cultivator got closer and closer, almost sticking to the male cultivator's body. The man naturally stretched out one hand to wrap around the female cultivator, while the other hand pressed down on the jumping jade rabbit.

  At this moment, the female cultivator suddenly let out a soft cry and her entire body flew backward, heavily falling to the ground. A thread of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth, and along with her, a small dagger also fell down.

  "You..." The female cultivator lay on the ground, shouting in shock and fear.

  The male cultivator stared at the female cultivator's pale face, and suddenly burst out laughing: "You really think I'm a lustful fool? I just picked some twin-leaf golden orchids. You appeared out of nowhere, are a few Spirit-Replenishing Pills worth you throwing yourself into my arms like this?"

  He glanced at the dagger that had fallen to the ground, picked it up and examined it, then smiled: "It's not a magic weapon after all, no spiritual energy fluctuations. No wonder you used it for a sneak attack without fear of being discovered."

  The male cultivator's heart was filled with fear after being ambushed. Fortunately, his master had warned him to be careful of the female cultivators from the Huan Xiang Sect before he left. He had even worn a Clear Heart Jade Pendant specifically for this reason. If he hadn't been prepared, who could have defended against a beautiful female cultivator throwing herself into his arms, with her soft and fragrant body, when she suddenly pulled out a dagger that didn't emit any spiritual energy fluctuations?

  "Since that's the case... why, why still..." The female cultivator spoke in a stuttering tone, clearly severely injured, yet dared not take out any medicinal pellets to treat her wounds.

  The man burst out laughing: "Why wouldn't I take advantage of a bargain that's delivered right to my doorstep?" As he spoke, he walked towards the female cultivator.

  The woman's face suddenly turned pale: "You, what are you going to do?"

  "What are you doing? Fairy. You must know." The male cultivator said slowly and calmly, his entire body covered in a layer on top.

  "Let go!" The female cultivator used all her strength to kick out with her foot, her body constantly struggling.

  Female cultivators are originally inferior to male cultivators. Having been injured and being a woman, how can she be an opponent for male cultivators in this state?

  But in an instant, the man's hands and feet were tightly bound, the colorful clothes fluttering like a butterfly in the air, mixed with the man's fallen clothes, other book friends looked on normally.

  "What's there to be afraid of. You'll feel happy in a moment." The man looked at the female cultivator's frightened expression with a relaxed gaze, his hand slowly sliding downwards...

  The nun closed her eyes in despair, and big tears welled up from the corners of her eyes, but suddenly she heard a mournful cry.

  The woman suddenly opened her eyes and was shocked to find that the man's neck was entwined by two yellow-green vines, his whole body flying backward like a wooden puppet on strings.

  The man then crashed into a tree, slowly sliding down, the vines wrapped around his neck like a nimble snake, quickly loosening and retreating, leaving only a shocking red mark on the man's neck.

  But the man was motionless and crooked there, with no breath at all, and he was actually dead!

  The nun was thoroughly shocked by this sudden change and didn't come to her senses until she heard the footsteps. When she looked up, she saw a woman walking towards her.

  A young woman wore a green shirt, with white edges wrapped around the collar and cuffs, as simple and elegant as a small lotus. Her thick bangs covered her eyebrows, making it impossible to see her eyes clearly, but her face as white as jade and her slender figure like a willow branch made it clear at a glance that she was still just a girl, and her seventeen or eighteen-year-old appearance was not maintained by eating elixirs of youth.

  Yes, no matter how women think about preserving their youth, even if taking a beauty pill can temporarily keep them looking young, but certain movements, aura and figure can always make people feel whether they have experienced the passage of time.

  "Thank you... thank you for saving my life." The female cultivator on the ground panted and said, but her eyes had a wary color.

  Although the cultivator who came was slightly weaker than her, now that she was injured, she took advantage of the situation to kill the male cultivator. Whether it was to save herself or for the sake of the Double Leaf Golden Orchid, it's hard to say.

  In fact, judging rationally, this female cultivator must have acted for the sake of Shuangye Jinlan; otherwise, since they were not related and had no connection, why would she take the risk to kill a cultivator at the 12th level of Qi Refining?

  If it's like this, she will definitely kill herself too, right?

  The girl's mind was racing with thoughts when Mo Qingchen suddenly appeared before her, handing her a jade bottle and saying, "This is the Revival Pill, take it quickly."

  Looking at the jade bottle handed over by Mo Qingchen, the female cultivator's expression was somewhat surprised, and she forced a smile: "No... no need for fellow daoist to spend money, I have a rejuvenating pill on me, if it's convenient, I'd like to take a step ahead to treat my injuries, fellow daoist's life-saving kindness will definitely be repaid later."

  The woman cultivator said this, meaning that they didn't want the pair of Golden Orchids or anything on the male cultivator's body, just spare their lives.

  Mo Qingchen looked at the female cultivator's cautious and exploratory expression, and let out a soft sigh: "Lingzhi sister, you really can't recognize me?"

  The woman's body shook violently and she asked in extreme surprise: "You... who are you?"

  Mo Qingchen bent down and grabbed the female cultivator's hand, saying: "Lingzhi sister, it's me, your maid."

  "Little girl?"

  Mo Qingchen nodded hastily: "Yes, yes, didn't you always secretly give me steamed buns to eat back then? Auntie would scold me, but you'd protect me..."

  Mo Qingchen had barely finished speaking when the female cultivator suddenly jumped up like she had seen a ghost, shouting in a shrill voice: "What 'young lady', I don't know her, I don't recognize her, and I'm not Liu Lingzhi either! You... you've mistaken me for someone else!"

  After finishing speaking, he surprisingly ran out with staggering footsteps.

  Mo Qingchen raised his foot to chase after her, but the female cultivator shouted sternly: "Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"

  Mo Qing stood there, dazed and staring blankly as the female cultivator's figure gradually disappeared into the distance. He muttered to himself: "Lingzhi sister, you're still so straightforward and quick-witted. If you had mistaken me for someone else, how would you have known that when I said 'Lingzhi sister', I was referring to a Liu?"

  Mo Qingchen didn't know what had happened to Liu Lingzhi over the years, how his temperament and childhood were completely different. Seeing himself was like seeing a snake, avoiding him in fear, the joy of meeting an old friend was ruined by this change, making his mood gloomy.

  She glanced at the dead male cultivator, bent down to take off his storage bag, wiped away his divine consciousness, and swept through the divine consciousness. Sure enough, she saw a pair of double-leaf golden orchids inside, as well as some spirit stones, elixirs, but no magical instruments, however, there was a thick stack of talismans.

  Nothing else was needed, but the talisman was currently in great need. Mo Qingchen unceremoniously put the item into his frequently used storage bag, while the Double Leaf Golden Orchid was directly placed into the storage bag attached to his body.

  She didn't plan on giving this Double-leafed Golden Orchid away and would plant it in her own medicine garden to use for herself when refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.

  After doing all this, Mo Qingchen suddenly popped out a blue true fire, and the male cultivator's corpse was ignited instantly. She then tossed that person's storage bag into the fire, and soon everything was burned clean.

  All traces were erased, Mo Qingchen looked again in the direction Liu Lingzhi had left, and silently departed.

  "Hey?" Huo Wu Ya couldn't help but shout as he saw Mo Qingchen hurrying along with his head down.

  "Hey?" Seeing Mo Qingchen remain silent, she called out again.

  Mo Qingchen's low voice came: "What is it?"

  "Where are you going?" asked Huo Wu Ya.

  Mo Qingchen really hadn't expected a bird to be so chatty, and replied, "Just follow me then."

  "Hey, hey, no way, can't go that way -" The mental exchange between Huo Wu Ya and Mo Qingchen was forcibly interrupted at this moment. Mo Qingchen retreated several meters before avoiding the sudden attack.

  Two monks emerged from behind a tree on one side, both men, one with twelve layers of internal energy and the other with eleven layers, and no signs of any sect could be seen from their attire.

  "Ha, Old Two, you were wrong again. This little girl's cultivation may not be high, but she's from the Yao Guang Sect after all. She actually dodged our sneak attack, and it seems she has some skills. Other book friends can continue reading normally." One of the slightly chubby men said with a smile on his face, without showing any signs of having just attempted to kill an innocent cultivator.

  The thin monk hummed: "Boss, you're being too cautious. These disciples from the prominent sects all have wealthy families. This girl is still alive at this point, she must have something good on her hands. Our risk is worth taking. Those high-ranking disciples from the prominent sects are not easy to provoke. Can't we two join forces and handle a little girl who's only at the ninth level of Qi Refining? Hmph, if we don't make a move now, someone else will get the benefit."

  It seems as if Mo Qingchen has already been treated as a dead person in their conversations.

  The slightly chubby monk nodded: "Old Second, you're right..."

  Before he could finish speaking, a large number of talismans flew towards him. Hurriedly dodging them, even more talismans exploded in this direction.

  Mo Qingchen seized the initiative, throwing talismans at the two of them like they were worthless. At the same time, he took out a bowl-shaped artifact to block the spell cast by the thinner man, and then swiftly moved towards him. Meanwhile, his other hand shot out a dark green tendril that wrapped around the slightly plump cultivator who was too busy defending against the talismans to launch an attack.

  The wisteria vine wrapped around the man, and the dense thorns instantly turned him into a beehive. A shrill scream like a pig being slaughtered echoed through the air, a mournful sound that sent chills down one's spine.

  "Big brother!" The thin man's face turned pale, he didn't expect the seemingly foolish Liao to be so troublesome, and for a moment he lost his courage and turned to flee.

  Just ran out a few meters and fell to the ground, with no bloodstains or needle holes on his back.

  Watching the two die, Mo Qingchen let out a breath of relief. Fortunately, he had persisted in practicing his magic every day, and now he could cast it with ease. The explosion talisman only required a tiny bit of spiritual energy, and with the combination of magic, talismans, and magical tools, he was able to kill the two so efficiently.

  If you want to control both defensive and offensive magic tools, you will inevitably be unable to cope with the situation, and the outcome is hard to predict.

  At this moment, a more intense spiritual power fluctuation came, accompanied by the loud cry of the Fire Crow: "Get out of the way!"