Chapter 433: The One with Affinity Occupies It

"What deep scheming!"

Li Rui narrowed his eyes.

Every scene that happened in the spirit mine was clearly seen by him.

The Qingwei Sect had schemed against all the demonic cultivators.

The top-grade spirit stone was fake.

It was just a means for the Qingwei Sect to lure demonic cultivators into the trap; as an outsider, he saw it more clearly—the old Daoist Xuan Wei had clearly been outside the spirit mine long ago, ready to strike at any time.

No need to look anymore.

Those demonic cultivators had lost, and if there were no surprises, they would have to pay with their lives.

He decisively turned and walked down the small hill; when True Person Xuan Wei appeared, the outcome was already doomed, no need to keep watching.

Everything was a trap set by the Qingwei Sect on purpose.

Walking down the mountain.

Li Rui took out the spirit-seeking compass from his sleeve; he injected Chang Qing Qi into it and then activated it with a Dharma spell.

Originally, he just wanted to confirm again whether the Qingwei Sect's top-grade spirit stone was real.

But what he didn't expect was.

This time, the spirit-seeking compass actually turned its direction and pointed to another place in the Ten Thousand Mountains.

A flash of astonishment crossed Li Rui's eyes.

Soon he had an epiphany.

Everything was a smoke screen cast by the Qingwei Sect.

Exterminating the demonic cultivators was true, and the top-grade spirit stone was even more true.

That top-grade spirit stone had long since crossed the sea in secret and been transported elsewhere!

Half an hour ago.

In the Ten Thousand Mountains.

A figure walked slowly in the mountain forest, almost perfectly merging with the surroundings.

Not just visually, but even cultivators couldn't detect it.

If there was someone from the Qingwei Sect who could see through the invisible barrier.

They would definitely recognize at a glance that the person was Daoist Xuan Cheng of the Qingwei Sect.

At this time.

Daoist Xuan Cheng was operating a very special array; this array could conceal all auras, including the top-grade spirit stone in his hand.

It was precisely by relying on this array that he could avoid the prying eyes of over a hundred demonic cultivators.

Long before the demonic cultivators' surprise attack, he had left a step ahead.

The only drawback was perhaps that the movement speed was relatively slow.

But there was no other way.

Arrays were almost all immovable; Xuan Cheng being able to set up a movable array was already a remarkable great skill.

Xuan Cheng turned his head and glanced at the spirit mine.

The corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

"Stupid!"

Everything was a trap he and Xuan Yu had set together, not only being able to kill all the demonic cultivators who dared to covet the Qingwei Sect, but also taking this opportunity to send the top-grade spirit stone to the Qingwei Sect.

As long as it received the protection of the Great True Person Qing Ding, no one would be able to snatch it away again.

Some might ask.

Why didn't the Great True Person Qing Ding strike himself?

Because that Great True Person was not yet invincible in the human world.

If he struck, wouldn't the Sect Masters of the Yu Kingdom, the Wu Kingdom, and even those great immortal sects also have to strike?

Would it not turn the world upside down?

So this was a tacit understanding between the big figures.

After all, no one wanted to reach the most rigid situation.

The people below could fight as they pleased, but it wouldn't directly involve the very top layer.

Otherwise, the top-grade spirit stone would let the First-Ranks fight to the death.

How many First-Ranks would have died long ago.

Xuan Cheng turned his head, preparing to continue his journey; he just wanted to reach the Qingwei Sect as soon as possible to prevent long nights and many dreams.

But just at this moment—

A young cultivator walked slowly out of the forest ahead.

The young cultivator looked at Daoist Xuan Cheng with a smile.

Looking at the strange Daoist who suddenly appeared and blocked his way, Daoist Xuan Cheng's face changed.

His footsteps paused, and he looked at the young cultivator before him with caution.

It wasn't hard to see.

That young Daoist had clearly been waiting for him here long ago.

Xuan Cheng was shocked in his heart.

'How could he have discovered me?!'

This matter was extremely secret, and the route was also decided temporarily; even within the Qingwei Sect, only very few people knew.

He heard the young cultivator speak slowly: "I wondered who it was; it turns out to be Mr. Chen of the Shenxuan Palace."

Hearing the three words "Mr. Chen".

Xuan Cheng was completely unsettled.

Even in the immortal cultivation world, very few people knew that before he joined the Shenxuan Palace, he actually had the surname Chen.

'He is a person from the immortal cultivation world!'

Xuan Cheng's muscles were tense all over, and he was even more cautious.

Ji Lei smiled slightly: "Mr. Chen, I have waited for you so bitterly."

But then his words became cold:

"So, will you give it yourself, or shall I come and take it?"

Following this was the terrifying pressure exclusive to a Heavenly Phenomenon Realm cultivator.

"Heavenly Phenomenon!"

Xuan Cheng's heart sank.

Almost at the same time, he had already operated his Dharma spell, removing the array around his body; now there was no need for concealment.

He could only fight to the death.

Ji Lei took a deep breath, showing an expression of enjoyment:

"It really is the scent of a top-grade spirit stone."

Just as Xuan Cheng prepared to use a Dharma spell to escape, Ji Lei had already sacrificed a magic treasure.

It was a small flying sword the size of a thumb.

The small flying sword seemed to be able to cross space, appearing out of thin air at Xuan Cheng's brow, with no trajectory to speak of.

Puchi.

Xuan Cheng hadn't even had time to resist.

His brow was pierced by the small flying sword.

A drop of bright red blood bloomed from his brow... and dripped down.

Xuan Cheng's pupils widened and then dissipated.

Finally, he collapsed powerlessly to the ground, his soul already dissipated.

In front of Ji Lei, he almost had no power to fight back.

It wasn't that Xuan Cheng was too weak, but that Ji Lei was simply too powerful.

The two sides were too far apart.

Ji Lei walked leisurely to Xuan Cheng's corpse, then picked up the top-grade spirit stone in Xuan Cheng's bosom, weighing it twice with satisfaction.

He had prepared for this for a full several years.

The Qingwei Sect thought they had crossed the sea in secret, but they didn't know the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

He had long used the secret method of the Wan Wan Fadian to spy on the Qingwei Sect's scheming.

So when those demonic cultivators were fighting to the death in the spirit mine, he had been waiting here long ago.

To intercept and kill Xuan Cheng.

Just as Ji Lei picked up the top-grade spirit stone.

A person's angry shout suddenly sounded from the horizon: "You brat, don't you dare run!"

Then they saw a stream of light rise from the direction of the spirit mine, heading straight for Ji Lei.

Ji Lei raised an eyebrow:

"Actually carried a life tablet with him."

Looking at Xuan Wei and Xuan Yu coming to kill him, there was not much fear in Ji Lei's eyes.

He waved his sleeve.

A small boat appeared before his eyes.

Stepping onto the small boat, it turned into a rainbow light and disappeared into the horizon.

Xuan Wei and Xuan Yu also chased closely after him.

The Ten Thousand Mountains soon returned to silence.

On the ground, only the corpse of Daoist Xuan Cheng lay quietly.

A master of arrays, having fallen just like this, inevitably made people sigh.

Just a few breaths after Xuan Wei and Xuan Yu left, Li Rui walked out of the dense forest.

Just now he had been hiding in the distance.

Everything that happened here was seen by him.

It was a coincidence.

If Ji Lei hadn't appeared and Xuan Cheng hadn't removed the concealing array, he really wouldn't have had the chance to discover everything here through the spirit-seeking compass.

He first looked up at the sky.

Confirming that the two Daoists Xuan Wei and Xuan Yu would not return immediately.

Then he took out a talisman.

Using a concealment talisman to wipe away the traces of his presence here, he did all this, and only then did he come to Xuan Cheng's corpse.

Li Rui quickly searched it once.

Soon he noticed an anomaly.

In Xuan Cheng's bosom, there was actually a small array.

And even though Xuan Cheng was already dead, the array hadn't dissipated.

It must be something extremely important.

Otherwise, Xuan Cheng wouldn't have spent so much effort.

Li Rui pondered, then took out a Third-Rank Forbidden-Breaking Talisman from his bosom.

The Forbidden-Breaking Talisman turned into a divine light and struck the small array.

He only heard a crisp sound like glass shattering.

The small array dissipated.

What appeared along with it was actually a spirit stone the size of half a fist.

Li Rui's pupils contracted slightly.

'Top-grade spirit stone!'

He hadn't expected Xuan Cheng to have privately hidden a top-grade spirit stone.

Thinking about it, it should have been Xuan Cheng privately hiding it; if everything went smoothly, he would not only have made a great contribution but also obtained a top-grade spirit stone.

It was a double-happiness event.

But he never expected to encounter Ji Lei's interception and killing, finally losing his life.

It actually benefited Li Rui.

Li Rui took the top-grade spirit stone into his hand without hesitation, then wrapped it in several circles of concealment talismans.

His whole person immediately turned into a phantom and escaped into the ground.

In the blink of an eye.

He arrived at the mountains dozens of miles away.

Li Rui's face looked somewhat pale; running dozens of miles in an instant just now, this kind of burst consumed his spiritual energy greatly.

Even he found it somewhat strenuous.

Of course.

These were simply not worth mentioning compared to the top-grade spirit stone in his hand.

Li Rui didn't have the slightest hesitation.

Several talismans flew out from his sleeve, surrounding the top-grade spirit stone layer by layer.

Although he had never seen this top-grade spirit stone, he had long ago consulted the secret guard files.

Top-grade spirit stones were different from ordinary spirit stones.

Not only was the spiritual energy contained within more refined, but they also had special effects.

As for what the effect was.

Different top-grade spirit stones were all different.

So wanting to refine a top-grade spirit stone required at least half a month, which was also why the Qingwei Sect people wanted to transport the top-grade spirit stone to the Qingwei Sect instead of refining it directly at the spirit mine.

Li Rui had also assumed in advance how to deal with it if he obtained a top-grade spirit stone, so he had prepared the sealing talismans early.

It took a full dozen sealing talismans to completely conceal the special aura of the top-grade spirit stone.

'As expected of a top-grade spirit stone.'

Li Rui praised inwardly.

At this time.

After confirming that the aura of the top-grade spirit stone was no longer leaking.

Li Rui pondered slightly.

Only then did he head toward the camp of the Yu Kingdom spirit mine.

A quarter of an hour later.

Xuan Wei and Xuan Yu returned.

They looked at Xuan Cheng's corpse on the ground, their faces extremely ugly.

Daoist Xuan Yu looked at his senior brother: "Senior brother, the person just now should be from the immortal cultivation world."

Xuan Wei nodded:

"It is the Wan Wan Fadian."

Hearing these three words.

Xuan Yu was shocked in his heart.

Among the senior and junior brothers, when it came to knowing the most about the immortal cultivation world, only the eldest senior brother Xuan Wei was one; the other senior and junior brothers knew too little, too little about the upper realm.

Daoist Xuan Wei looked at Xuan Cheng's corpse:

"Bury Xuan Cheng properly."

"Yes, senior brother."

Daoist Xuan Yu nodded, his eyes gloomy.

This time, although the Qingwei Sect killed many demonic cultivators, the top-grade spirit stone was snatched away.

The loss could not be said to be small.

Fortunately, very few people knew about this matter; in the eyes of the outside world, the Qingwei Sect still won a great victory.

At least they preserved their reputation.

This was perhaps the fortune in misfortune.

Xuan Wei narrowed his eyes slightly, lost in thought.

Wan Wan Fadian... North Pole Demon Sect.

He knew.

That North Pole Demon Sect was another sub-sect of the Wan Wan Fadian in this realm after the Purple Gold Palace.

The account of this time would naturally all be calculated on the North Pole Demon Sect.

As the saying goes, you can run from the monk, but you can't run from the temple.

The North Pole Demon Sect was currently fighting a great war with the Yu Kingdom for the spirit mine; there were plenty of opportunities for revenge.

'This matter will not end just like this.'

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