Chapter 2300: What kind of method is this?

Ye Zhangqing and a few others fled straight away without turning back.

Xu Jie, seeing this, also did not try to stop them; he never expected that these few rogue cultivators still possessed such a treasure as a Formation-Breaking Disk.

This thing's price is not low; generally, it costs thirty percent more than other formations of the same level.

With that money, wouldn't buying a Slaughter Formation be more worthwhile?

Therefore, it is rare for rogue cultivators to buy an Immortal-grade Formation-Breaking Disk.

Since they have broken free of the formation, Xu Jie and his companions have no further means to detain them; if they leave, they leave.

At this point, without anyone else saying so, Lu Youyou, Liu Shuang, and the others had already finished the work of searching corpses for treasure.

They all returned to the group; the whole process was extremely smooth, truly done in one continuous flow.

Seeing this, Xu Jie spoke in a deep voice.

"Let's go; this place is not suitable for lingering."

"Mm."

Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement, endorsing Xu Jie's decision.

The formation's residual might had not yet fully dissipated, yet Xu Jie's party had already vanished without a trace.

As for Ye Zhangqing and his companions, they quietly followed after a short while; the unconscious Tao Qian was handed over to Zuo Jue for care.

There was also no serious threat to his life; after taking the Healing Pill, his breath had stabilized considerably.

At this moment, Tianlin and Miao Qianqian's view of Ye Zhangqing and his fellow senior brothers had completely changed.

These people are not easy to deal with; their deployment tactics and corpse-searching speed are nothing short of astonishing.

Miao Qianqian even couldn't help but ask.

"Ye Zhangqing, have you and your fellow senior brothers often done this kind of thing before?"

"Without some experience, how could you be this familiar? Just look—even Liu Shuang and Lu Youyou, those few women, their techniques are those of seasoned veterans, with not a trace of inexperience; they are outright experts."

Hearing this, Ye Zhangqing's mouth twitched; "What kind of talk is that?"

He gave a casual, perfunctory reply.

"The lower realm is harsh; this is also forced upon us by life."

"Huh???"

Thereafter, Ye Zhangqing and his companions continually followed Xu Jie and Zhao Zhengping's group in secret.

After all, we don't know when the Ultimate Bliss Palace will act, so we can only resort to this clumsy method.

Along the way, they again witnessed the entire process of Xu Jie and his companions dividing the spoils.

"Each person gets one share, all equal; this is the first gain from entering Immortal Peak Mountain."

"Thank you, Senior Brother."

Zhao Zhengping personally distributed the shares, and everyone accepted them with smiles.

Watching this, the hidden Tianlin and Miao Qianqian were stunned repeatedly.

So, they had long regarded those rogue cultivators as prey?

That aside, that night Xu Jie's group discovered ahead a team of Immortal Clan Descendants, numbering seven in total.

Their cultivation was not strong, but not weak either; all were at the Immortal Realm, their combat power far surpassing that of ordinary rogue cultivators.

What is strange is that, instead of retreating, Xu Jie and his companions advanced upon them.

Given their cultivation, upon encountering Immortal Clan Descendants at this time, they should have actively avoided them, shouldn't they?

With just your Ancestor Realm cultivation, they could flick a hand and kill you.

"What are they doing?"

In secret, Miao Qianqian said she truly was becoming more and more unable to understand.

Only see Xu Jie and his companions gathering together, taking out a pile of Flame Charcoal, then scattering some unknown white powder onto the charcoal.

Afterwards, they lit the charcoal fire.

This Flame Charcoal is no treasure; it is merely stone coal with a bit of spiritual energy, only burning longer and hotter.

At most, it is used for refining artifacts or pills.

Moreover, high-ranking Pill Masters and Artifact Masters would not use this stuff.

"What does this mean?"

Not to mention Miao Qianqian; even Tianlin now finds it somewhat incomprehensible, not knowing what operation Xu Jie and his companions are performing.

On the contrary, Ye Zhangqing figured it out; his expression turned a little odd, but there's still no changing it.

After the Flame Charcoal was ignited, Xu Jie and company each swallowed an unknown pill, then quietly hid themselves.

In the mountains, a faint fragrance slowly drifted out.

This team of Immortal Clan Descendants had originally been sitting in meditation to regulate their breath; evidently they had just gone through a battle.

They had only just entered Immortal Peak Mountain the first day, yet they already had a considerable haul, each of them quite excited.

However, at that moment, someone suddenly wrinkled their nose, then opened their eyes suspiciously.

"Have you smelled any odor?"

"Odor?"

Upon hearing this, the others also wrinkled their noses and sniffed; sure enough, a faint fragrance had at some point appeared in the air.

"How strange—where does this fragrance come from in this desolate mountain wilderness?"

"For such a fragrance to appear in this desolate mountain wilderness is indeed strange."

But just as everyone had not yet realized the problem, the leading disciple, who was also the highest in cultivation among them, suddenly seemed to notice something wrong and hurriedly shouted.

"Quickly hold your breath; this fragrance is poisonous."

"Huh???"

Brother, you.......................

Already considered sharp, but in just a few breaths' time, everyone had inhaled some or all of this fragrance.

So, before the words even finished, someone felt a wave of dizziness and vertigo, hurriedly trying to circulate their Línglì, but found they couldn't move it at all.

Brother, I.....................

Their vision went dark, and they immediately fainted; afterwards, everyone else did the same, one after another falling directly into unconsciousness.

Seeing this, the leader's face turned extremely ugly, and he silently cursed.

Damn it, where did these rats come from, I...................

However, he couldn't hold on for long either, and soon followed his brothers' footsteps, collapsing into a faint.

Watching this, Miao Qianqian, hidden in the dark, was completely stunned.

My goodness, what kind of poisonous smoke is this, so potent?

Although Miao Qianqian holds the title of Holy Maiden of the Western Regions, she has never seen such poisonous smoke before.

The reaction of these Immortal Clan Descendants just now was not slow, and their alertness was high, yet in that brief moment they still fell victim.

This poisonous smoke is quite something.

Is this something your Dao One Immortal Sect developed?

With eyes shining, they looked at Ye Zhangqing and asked, their gaze practically saying they wanted it.

Miao Qianqian truly thought this was not bad; if used well, it would definitely be a powerful weapon.

The Western Regions cultivators are inherently both righteous and unorthodox, with no pretentious rules; effective methods are the true way.

As for this, Ye Zhangqing replied with a strange expression.

It should be that the Shī xiōng themselves researched this.

This could definitely not have been produced by the Sect; given Qi Xiong's character, how could he possibly devote his energy to this?

Most likely, someone among Xu Jie and his group researched it themselves.

Furthermore, researching these heretical paths, Xu Jie and the others are each extraordinarily talented.

Even Ye Zhangqing asks himself, he is far inferior.

At this moment, Xu Jie's group, who had been hiding in the dark, also came out one after another, confirming that those few Immortal Clan Descendants had fainted, and then everyone, smiling, looked at a young girl and said.

Field Junior Sister, this soul‑seizing smoke is indeed not bad; this time it counts as major merit, later you'll get a larger share.

Shī xiōng, you overpraise me; sharing equally with everyone is fine.