Chapter 273

Hundreds of vine branches emerged from the soil, densely coiling toward the two hundred or so birds and beasts. As Liu Xiaolou rushed outward, he swept his peripheral vision across the scene and couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle.

In the midst of the chaos, the tree demon clearly still noticed Liu Xiaolou, who was fleeing rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, it extended two vines to coil toward him.

The speed of the vines was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, they coiled around Liu Xiaolou's ankles. Liu Xiaolou shouted: "Save me!"

Wan Shangu's flying fork arrived, and after forking the two vines, it began to rotate and twist. As expected of a Foundation Establishment cultivator's magic treasure, after twisting an unknown number of times at high speed, the two vines snapped simultaneously. The two segments coiled around his ankles rotted away in the blink of an eye, scattering into ash, and two seeds the size of peas drilled into the Kunlun acupoints on his ankles.

Liu Xiaolou felt a jolt of pain and fell to the ground. The spot where he landed was already more than a zhang outside the canopy range of the Ghost Banyan. This was the first time in two years that he had walked out of the edge of the Ghost Banyan's canopy with his feet on solid ground, rather than looking down at the earth from the air for a short time, and his mood was quite agitated.

He had no time to worry about the pain in his ankles for the moment. He dared not be negligent. After landing, he raised his true qi, borrowed the force of the rebound, and continued to rush forward.

Two more vines coiled over from the air, but they were blocked by a net bag thrown by Madam Wan and immediately coiled into empty air.

When Liu Xiaolou landed for the second time, he was already beside the Wan couple, having left the most dangerous zone.

The hundreds of vines extended by the Ghost Banyan entangled the vast majority of the birds and beasts, hanging them one by one under the canopy. These birds and beasts were still struggling incessantly, but it was all in vain.

Several more vines crossed the edge, baring fangs and brandishing claws as they reached toward Liu Xiaolou, but they had already reached their limit and could no longer reach him.

With this, Liu Xiaolou finally escaped and ascended to heaven!

He couldn't help but have tears streaming down his face.

Wan Shangu reached out to pat his shoulder: "What are you crying for?"

Liu Xiaolou stumbled away, retreated backward, and retreated under a tree to wail loudly.

Madam Wan flashed to appear before him, her fair hand waving lightly to stroke his wrist, comforting him: "A fine man, why act like a daughter?"

Liu Xiaolou crouched down, dodged again, and shouted: "Two years, how have I spent these two years? No one knows..."

Wan Shangu came to his side and said: "You've come out, so do what you must. Let's leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible."

Liu Xiaolou gradually stopped his sobbing: "Many thanks to you two for saving me. I will gift this array plate to you two as a token of this junior's heart. I will never forget the great kindness of you two seniors. In the future, if you have any difficulties, just come to Luo Fu Mountain to find me, Li Mu. Li Mu will go through fire and water and will certainly not refuse!"

Wan Shangu weighed the array plate sent by Liu Xiaolou but did not check it. Instead, he stared at Liu Xiaolou with a half-smile and asked: "Just one array plate?"

Seeing the couple sandwiching him from left and right and not letting him go, Liu Xiaolou simply laid it out: "After this junior entered the mountain, I was hunted by spirit beasts. When I fled, all my other magic treasures were lost. I am truly very sorry... Having been out for so long without a shred of news sent back to the sect, the sect must be worried. I fear they don't know how many people they have dispatched to the Wanshan to find me. This junior must return to the mountain immediately, so I will bid you farewell here."

Wan Shangu laughed: "The name of the Luo Fu Sect is indeed very frightening. If you met someone else, perhaps they would fear the Luo Fu Sect and might really let you leave. But with us couple, it's not so effective."

Madam Wan sighed: "Brother Li Mu, do you know why my husband and I ended up in the Wanshan? It's quite a coincidence, it's precisely thanks to the Luo Fu Sect. That Zhao Ru you mentioned, it's also quite a coincidence, my husband and I happen to know him. Husband, why do we know Zhao Ru?"

Wan Shangu laughed: "Because my wife and I were originally expelled disciples of the Luo Fu Sect. The reason we were expelled by the sect was precisely because Zhao Ru was meddling in other people's business! Li Mu, have you really not heard of what happened four years ago?"

Madam Wan also laughed until her body trembled: "If he were truly a deacon of the Luo Fu Sect, how could he not have heard of our names? I've been holding back my laughter until now, I really can't hold it in anymore, haha..."

Liu Xiaolou was tongue-tied, his brain a bit muddled. Could there be such a coincidence in the world?

Muddled as he was, he would still do what he had to do by instinct. Liu Xiaolou didn't say anything more, tapped his feet, and fled rapidly toward the dense forest.

A flying fork chased straight toward the back of his head,

Listening to the wind to identify the position, Liu Xiaolou dodged rapidly to the left side, and the flying fork brushed past his ear, leaving behind a wisp of hair.

After that flying fork flew past, it turned nimbly in the air and shot toward him again. Liu Xiaolou leaped upward, rising more than two zhang from the ground, and the flying fork also turned rapidly, stabbing straight toward the soles of his feet from bottom to top.

This is where Foundation Establishment cultivators far surpass Qi Refinement cultivators: they can control magic treasures to attack enemies flexibly, fighting you from far away while you cannot hit them. How else can you fight?

Even at the tenth level of Qi Refinement, one can fly a magic treasure, but it is not a true flying sword method; one can only rely on the force of throwing to barely control it, and it is simply not a match. Moreover, Liu Xiaolou had no other magic treasures on him besides the Xuanzhen Rope, and the Xuanzhen Rope was of no use against a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Foundation Establishment cultivators cultivate the Qi Sea and are simply not afraid of having their meridians and acupoints sealed!

Furthermore, even if he hadn't buried the Universe Bag and brought out all his magic treasures, it would only have benefited his opponent.

Liu Xiaolou's true qi circulated, and with a movement technique that was exquisite to the extreme, he dodged the flying fork in the air again. Just as he was about to pounce toward a tree branch on the side, a net bag suddenly appeared above his head and covered him from above.

Liu Xiaolou was immediately covered by the net bag and fell to the ground.

With two Foundation Establishment cultivators working together, he was finally captured after all.

The one who covered him with the net bag was precisely Madam Wan. She laughed until her whole body trembled: "What Foundation Establishment, it was just this brat blowing hot air. He fooled me into taking it seriously, and I've been guarding against him all along, hahahaha..."

Wan Shangu also laughed until his beard trembled: "This brat is extremely slippery, not a single word of truth in his mouth, but he is also quite interesting."

While laughing, he controlled the flying fork to scratch around Liu Xiaolou's body, shaking his head and saying: "But there was still one word of truth: besides the array plate, this brat truly has nothing."

After laughing for a long time, Madam Wan finally stopped her laughter and said: "Husband, do you say we should kill him or not?"

Liu Xiaolou shouted: "You can't kill me! This junior is useful. Whatever orders you two seniors have, this junior will go through fire and water and will not refuse!"

Madam Wan thought for a moment and said: "This brat is at the tenth level of Qi Refinement..."

Liu Xiaolou shouted: "Tenth level, it is indeed the tenth level. This junior is willing to be a beast of burden for you two seniors. Wherever you two seniors point, this junior will charge, absolutely no complaints!"

Wan Shangu pondered and said: "Tenth level of Qi Refinement, the Miaofeng Mountain side is offering ten spirit stones, dead or alive. It can indeed be sold over there."

Madam Wan clapped her hands and said: "Then sell him over there, ten spirit stones is not a small amount!"

Having managed to escape with his life, Liu Xiaolou breathed a sigh of relief, his back covered in sweat.

Madam Wan covered her nose and said: "How many years has this brat not bathed? He stinks to death!"

Wan Shangu laughed, picked up the flying fork, and lifted the net bag. Liu Xiaolou bumped up and down inside the net bag, following the two of them as they traveled through the forest.

While memorizing the direction, Liu Xiaolou made a final effort: "You two seniors, this junior still has a batch of spirit materials stored at home in Xiangnan, worth at least thirty spirit stones. Why don't you two seniors go back with me, and I will offer all the spirit materials to you, how about that?"

Madam Wan laughed: "My husband and I dare not go to Xiangnan. Our cultivation is not enough, how could we dare to run around like you? Who knows if we would be discovered by the Luo Fu Sect after leaving the Wanshan?"

Liu Xiaolou said again: "I have another friend, right in Badong. I can also borrow spirit stones from him. This junior is willing to pay fifty spirit stones to redeem myself! You two seniors, that place is very far from Lingnan, you will certainly not meet people from the Luo Fu Sect!"

Madam Wan said: "Give up on this idea. My husband and I only pick the fruit we can see; we never waste the effort on what we can't see in the distance."

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