Chapter 458: Following from Behind

"Hoo!"

"Finally finished."

For a month, Su Fan had been frantically crafting talismans at Lingtao Workshop. Because his Divine Soul realm was higher than that of an average Golden Core cultivator, not only was his success rate for crafting low-tier talismans high, but his speed was also extremely fast.

A Second-tier Spirit Talisman—an offensive Second Tier Low Grade Spirit Talisman—cost about two hundred Spirit Stones, a Second Tier Mid Grade cost three hundred, and a Second Tier Upper Grade reached nearly five hundred.

The Fire Dragon Talisman, in particular, seemed the most popular; Su Fan crafted thirty Fire Dragon Talismans, and as a result, they all sold out in less than three days.

This forced Su Fan to sigh with emotion: indeed, only large markets were the true home for talisman masters and Alchemists.

If this were in the Taihe Mountain Range, these thirty Second-tier Upper Grade Fire Dragon Talismans might not even all sell in a year.

After all, the power of this Upper Grade Fire Dragon Talisman was immense; it could threaten a Foundation Establishment Mid-stage cultivator, and even a Qi Refining cultivator could threaten a Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator if they held one.

Although the effect was excellent, the price was simply too high. Five hundred Spirit Stones might be something many Qi Refining cultivators at Lingtao Workshop could easily produce.

However, in Taihe Market, even Foundation Establishment cultivators would have to consider it for a long time.

Having sold most of the Spirit Talismans in his hands, the Spirit Stones in Su Fan's pocket surged, reaching thirty thousand.

"Clan Leader, it is time for us to return."

To be honest, Su Fan liked Lingtao Workshop very much; after all, this cultivation commerce was extremely good, even if the influx of cultivators had increased more than fivefold due to the Lingtao Workshop's fifty-year auction.

But it was likely much better than those cultivation markets in Zheng Guo even on ordinary days.

Moreover, the resources within it were simply too abundant.

"Hmph! Truly courting death."

Leaving the inn courtyard they had rented, Su Fan's Divine Sense discovered some sneaky cultivators spying in the shadows.

Clearly, the Lingtao Workshop auction's VIP status could not block everyone's gaze, and on top of that, his massive sale of Spirit Talismans over the past month had aroused the covetousness of some cultivators.

Even if they could not calculate exactly how many Spirit Stones Su Fan had obtained from selling the talismans, they could roughly estimate it.

It was at least ten or twenty thousand.

This figure was worth the risk for many people.

When Su Fan and Clan Leader Su Wanjun left Lingtao Workshop, several groups of people followed behind them.

At the city gate, a leader of the patrol team guarding the market shook his head and said, "Sigh! Here we go again. I wonder if those two can escape."

"Lord Jiang, what do you mean?"

"These few waves of people are all following those two from before. Although those two have decent cultivation, both at the Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer, the groups behind them are not simple either, especially the Six Evils of Xunshan—they are even more terrifying."

"These Six Evils of Xunshan are fellow disciples, close as brothers. Four of them are at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and the other two are at the Foundation Establishment Mid-stage. I don't know how many enemies they have slaughtered by working together."

"Facing the Six Evils of Xunshan, those two are likely in grave danger."

"I wonder what those two actually did to catch the eye of the Six Evils of Xunshan."

The patrol leader shook his head, seemingly feeling pity for them.

He was long accustomed to this; he had heard of the reputation of the Six Evils of Xunshan. With the six of them working together, even a Purple Mansion Initial Stage cultivator would find it hard to take them down, so they often committed such acts around Lingtao Workshop.

Because they always acted cleanly and efficiently, leaving no evidence behind, even Lingtao Workshop could do nothing about them.

One could not simply suppress the six of them without a reason; if things went poorly, it would instead trigger unfavorable rumors about Lingtao Workshop.

"Clan Leader, they are here."

Su Fan and Su Wanjun left Lingtao Workshop and headed toward the Huang Ye, traveling at high speed. However, after going a hundred miles, Su Fan suddenly stopped.

Upon hearing this, the Clan Leader instantly became vigilant and looked around. Not long after, he saw six figures suddenly appear around them, surrounding them tightly.

"You can run quite well."

"Who are you?"

The Clan Leader probed with his Divine Sense and discovered that all six were Foundation Establishment cultivators, especially the four at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage and two at the Foundation Establishment Mid-stage. Moreover, among those four Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators, two had reached the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer.

Although he trusted Su Fan's strength and trump cards, facing these six fierce and malicious people, he could not help but feel a bit uneasy.

His own strength was decent, and relying on his Array, he could deal with one or two Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators, but these six looked full of baleful energy and were not easy to deal with.

"Hand over the Xuanyang Warm Jade and fifty thousand Spirit Stones, and we will let you leave."

The burly man with a scar on his face, who was the leader, said with a deep expression.

"Heh!"

Su Fan's cold laugh was the natural response. Let them go? What a joke. They had already revealed their faces; would they really let them leave, only to wait for revenge in the future?

What a joke; in the cultivation world, the most important thing was to cut weeds and eliminate the roots, leaving no future trouble.

After all, there were too many accidents in the cultivation world. Who knew if the person you spared today would obtain a fortuitous encounter in the future, and then you would be the one regretting it.

"Kill!"

Clan Leader Su Wanjun made the first move. He naturally knew that the burly man's words were as good as a fart; they were likely just meant to paralyze them.

After all, the cultivation they displayed was also Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer; if a real battle broke out, they could still bite them hard.

The Clan Leader instantly cast six Array Flags to surround himself. With the help of this Six-Disk Rising Dragon Array, the aura within his body surged violently.

"Not good! This person is a Formation Master!"

The scarred leader's expression stiffened when he saw the Clan Leader's actions. He knew very well what a Formation Master was.

Among the hundred arts of cultivation, it could be said that arrays were the hardest to comprehend and the hardest to practice, but once one achieved success, Formation Masters were also the most troublesome to deal with.

Because when they set up an array, they could unite many cultivators to erupt with greater power, and even alone, they could rely on the method of forming an array by oneself to briefly boost their own cultivation.

Therefore, many people in the cultivation world were unwilling to encounter Formation Masters. If you could not break their arrays, it was very difficult to threaten them.

"Lao Si, Lao Wu, Lao Liu, you deal with that one. I, along with Lao Er and Lao San, will deal with this Formation Master."

Sensing the Clan Leader's aura erupting to Foundation Establishment Peak, and even faintly possessing the power of the Purple Mansion, the leader of the Six Evils of Xunshan also turned grave.

They had encountered Formation Masters before, and they were indeed no small matter. That time, they only had three Foundation Establishment cultivators, and that Foundation Establishment Early Stage Formation Master had almost caused them to lose members.

Even so, the three of them had suffered varying degrees of injuries at the time and had to return to recuperate for ten years before they recovered.

The one before him, a Third-tier Formation Master, made his expression even uglier, because he knew that taking this person down would inevitably be even more difficult.

Furthermore, he was clear that there must be other people hidden in the surroundings.