Chapter 37

Outside the valley.

Shen Yuxin raised her hand and swung her sword.

A sword beam flew out, cutting a small jade-green snake into two pieces.

"Jade Snake? The snake gall is worth one spirit sand... Fifth sister truly has good fortune, we will surely return in triumph this time."

Seeing this, Hua Feiyue giggled, twisted her water-snake waist, and stepped forward to collect the resources from the Jade Snake.

Pill Master Wan Fenglin looked at Hua Feiyue's slender waist and towering hip line, and couldn't help but smile: "Brother Chen has good fortune... If my eyes don't deceive me, this woman should possess inner charm, and has a unique allure..."

"I and my sworn brothers and sisters are bound by loyalty..."

Chen Yi's expression remained unchanged.

Chen Hongtian followed behind Chen Yi, carrying a huge iron hammer, but he looked at his second sister, his eyes also somewhat intoxicated.

Meng Yi didn't notice this subtle atmosphere, but fell a few steps behind the team and grabbed Shen Yuxin's right hand: "You seem uneasy; usually, you wouldn't let that little snake get within seven steps of you..."

"I'm worried about Zijin..." Shen Yuxin replied with a bitter smile.

"He'll be fine, there's a law enforcement team in the market... Besides, didn't we tell him not to go out? Relying on the talismans left behind, self-preservation shouldn't be a problem."

The market has its own order; at least the act of forcibly breaking into a house and killing people shouldn't happen until the Qingxuan Sect's law enforcement team is wiped out... right?

"I specifically instructed Zijin not to trust the people next door, so nothing major should happen..."

Shen Yuxin also murmured.

"We have arrived at 'Five Scorpion Valley' now, let's finish our business early so we can go back."

Meng Yi comforted his wife.

The six of them entered the deep valley. The weakest among them were Postnatal warriors with astonishing movement techniques, easily crossing several natural dangers and entering the valley mouth.

"Be careful, there is poisonous mist here. Why don't you all take a few Anti-Poison Pills first!"

Pill Master Wan handed over a jade bottle.

"Many thanks."

Chen Yi accepted it with a laugh, consumed a pill, and then handed it to Hua Feiyue.

After everyone had taken the pills, Pill Master Wan said: "There are quite a few Purple-Winged Scorpions living here, let's follow the previous plan!"

"Agreed!"

Chen Yi nodded, took out several small flags, and handed them to everyone: "We have practiced this set of 'Small Maze Array' until we are proficient. Pay attention to your steps and continuously inject Postnatal True Qi, and we should be able to trap the Purple-Winged Scorpions."

"Don't worry, Big Brother."

Hua Feiyue winked and accepted it with a smile.

Not long after, a layer of hazy white mist appeared at the valley mouth, gradually merging with the thin mist in the mountains, becoming indistinguishable.

Crack! Crack!

An ape-like puppet suddenly walked out of the mist. It was nearly two meters tall, with arms reaching past its knees, and various spiritual patterns flashing on its body, emitting powerful magic power fluctuations.

At this moment, the puppet ape suddenly beat its chest and opened its bloody mouth.

Pfft!

A beam of earthy yellow light emerged from its mouth and rushed into the valley.

Buzz buzz!

A terrifying sound of vibrating wings rang out, and several purple scorpion shadows emerged, rushing toward the puppet.

The ape puppet immediately let out a strange cry and fled backward.

The Purple-Winged Scorpions pursued relentlessly, and both sides chased and fled, entering the maze array before long.

Those few Purple-Winged Scorpions lost their traces as soon as they entered the Small Maze Array, with only flashes of magic light and explosions heard occasionally.

A moment later, a slightly damaged ape puppet walked out again to lure the Purple-Winged Scorpions...

"Not bad, they actually know puppet arts?"

Fang Xing watched this scene and felt it was very satisfying.

After all, arrays and puppet arts are quite rare.

Of course, these people were not array masters or puppet masters, but had bought the arrays and puppets, but it showed they had invested heavily!

"Comparing ordinary demonic beasts with cultivators... in the end, cultivators are better at the same strength... after all, cultivators know how to use tools and schemes."

Fang Xing only watched for a few moments before knowing that if they continued to lure them like this, the Purple-Winged Scorpion group would definitely be doomed and could only be wiped out.

Gradually, as one Purple-Winged Scorpion after another was killed, the thin mist shrouding the valley dissipated a lot.

Vaguely visible in the hazy mist was a spirit lake located in the center of the valley.

On the edge of the lake were several strange orchids, their whole bodies shrouded in fluorescence, with a few already in bloom, emitting a hazy fragrance, clearly not ordinary items.

More importantly... next to the Phantom Heart Orchid, there was actually another Purple-Winged Scorpion lying there!

This 'Purple-Winged Scorpion King' was the size of a millstone, its whole body looking like it was carved from a piece of purple crystal, its semi-transparent armor refracting colorful hues in the sunlight.

At this moment, this 'Purple-Winged Scorpion King' also sensed that something was wrong, vibrated its wings, turned into a purple stream of light, and rushed toward the valley mouth with the few remaining Purple-Winged Scorpions!

"Not good, this Purple-Winged Scorpion King is not right! It's at least a Rank 1 High-Grade demonic insect, rivaling a Late-Qi Condensation cultivator!"

Inside the Small Maze Array, Pill Master Wan, who was waving a small flag, saw this scene and his expression changed drastically.

"Fight it, let it into the array!" Chen Yi gritted his teeth: "So what if it's a Rank 1 High-Grade demonic insect? In the array, if we join forces, we might not lose!"

Before the words fell, the purple stream of light had already rushed into the Small Maze Array.

Streams of purple poisonous mist emerged instantly, shrouding the area, seemingly corroding the original white mist.

Meng Yi and the other Postnatal warriors' expressions changed, and they spat out a mouthful of essence blood, feeling their Postnatal True Qi flowing away ten or dozens of times faster than before...

"Now seems like a good opportunity... but the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. I'll just be the boy..."

Far away in the Qinglin Market, Fang Xing saw this group fighting so fiercely, but a strange expression appeared on his face.

Boom!

A few minutes later, a flash of fire appeared on the surveillance screen, and then the Small Maze Array exploded with a bang!

The thick mist dissipated, revealing the figures of the Five Righteous Ones of Cangshan and Pill Master Wan.

Although they all looked very disheveled, with Hua Feiyue and Shen Yuxin even having blood-stained clothes, that millstone-sized Purple-Winged Scorpion King had indeed fallen to the ground.

"Rank 1 High-Grade demonic insect, how many spirit stones is this worth? And other demonic insect materials, as well as the Phantom Heart Orchid... We're rich, we're rich!"

Meng Yi looked at his wife's injuries, pressed a few acupuncture points to stop the bleeding, and saw the scorpion corpses all over the ground, his breathing becoming heavy: "After this job, we can rent a stall in the market. In the future, we won't have to do this life-on-the-edge business, and we can also cultivate Zijin..."

"Yes..."

A loving smile appeared on Shen Yuxin's pale face.

The next moment, the smiles on her and Meng Yi's faces froze: "Third Brother, you?"

In their field of vision, Chen Hongtian had a ferocious grin on his face, and the iron hammer in his hand smashed fiercely toward Big Brother Chen Yi!

Clang!

A golden light emerged on Chen Yi's body, turning into the shape of a golden bell.

The pitch-black iron hammer smashed onto the golden bell, and the Postnatal True Qi surged, causing the golden bell to emit a loud roar.

"Jin Zhong Shield Talisman?"

Chen Hongtian missed his strike and immediately retreated. Under his dancing, the hundred-pound iron hammer was simply impenetrable, like a pitch-black light curtain, firmly guarding himself: "You were prepared?"

"Third Brother, you really are in collusion with Wan Fenglin!"

Chen Yi looked heartbroken.

"Third Brother, why?" Hua Feiyue was already seriously injured, and at this moment, she retreated rapidly, looking at the fourth brother and fifth sister who were also at a loss, and secretly kept her distance.

With the change happening so suddenly, no one could be trusted now!

"Why?"

Chen Hongtian glanced greedily at Hua Feiyue and sneered: "Naturally, it's because this old immortal relies on his status as a cultivator to take the lion's share every time. Why?"

"Those who know the times are heroes. I think you'd better surrender obediently..." Wan Fenglin looked confident: "Fellow Daoist Hua, what do you say?"

"Slave..." A trace of sorrow appeared on Hua Feiyue's bloodless face, making her look exceptionally pitiful.

But before she could say anything, a layer of black Qi surged up: "Not good, you actually used poison? The previous Anti-Poison Pills?"

"Haha, that's right, it's the Anti-Poison Pills!" Wan Fenglin laughed: "Pills specially made by this pill master, how does it taste?"

He looked at Meng Yi and his wife, finding that these two Postnatal warriors were even worse off, having collapsed to the ground, but when his gaze turned to Chen Yi, he was startled again.

The other party was full of energy, his face rosy, and he didn't look poisoned at all!

At this moment, he was taking out several attack talismans, magic power surging in his hands.

"Not good!"

He subconsciously crushed the talisman in his hand, and a golden light protected him firmly.

But the next moment!

Roar!

Accompanied by a tiger's roar, a pitch-black tiger-headed saber suddenly emerged from the dense forest, pulling out a saber beam a zhang long, and slashed heavily onto the golden light.

Wan Fenglin's expression changed drastically: "Tiger-headed saber? Standard artifact of the Xun Xun Heihu Gang? You actually defected to the Xun Xun Heihu Gang?"

In the jungle, a burly man wearing a black robe with a ferocious tiger head embroidered on his chest walked out slowly, a ferocious smile appearing on his face: "Pill Master Wan, Fu Qing of the Xun Xun Heihu Gang greets you. Our Xun Xun Heihu Gang wants to invite Pill Master Wan to be a guest elder, why has Pill Master Wan never agreed?"

Seeing this scene, Chen Hongtian knew it was bad, cold sweat dripping down his forehead.

This Fu Qing's position was just right at the valley mouth, leaving him nowhere to escape!

Moreover, the other party was a great Late-Qi Condensation expert, although not as good as the four Great Qi Condensation elders who founded the Xun Xun Heihu Gang, but still not to be underestimated!

"Cough cough, I was just considering it. Now I think it's very good to be a guest elder in the Xun Xun Heihu Gang..."

Wan Fenglin coughed and suddenly raised his hand.

Two pitch-black beads that looked like pills shot over.

"That is... Pill Thunder?"

Fu Qing's eyes jumped, and he saw one of the pills explode violently. The purple-red thunder fire hit the tiger-headed saber instantly, blowing the artifact away with a mournful cry.

Knowing it was bad, he immediately turned around, patted his waist, and a pitch-black turtle-shell-like shield emerged, firmly blocking in front of him.

"Hmm? Finally started fighting."

In the surveillance room, Fang Xing's eyes lit up: "Then it's my turn to enter the stage..."