Chapter 579: Start Killing

Congratulations, fellow Daoist, on winning one Ancient Spirit Gathering Talisman! You can proceed to the backstage to complete the transaction.

Yan Buji narrowed his eyes, watching a Golden Core Cultivator pay a high price for that Ancient Spirit Gathering Talisman and then go to the backstage to trade, not caring about what happened afterward.

After thinking, Yan Buji rubbed his chin, seeing many people not bidding, seemingly waiting for the final climax item.

That way, too many people are watching, it's not good to act. Forget it, taking just one Ancient Spirit Gathering Talisman will do.

Yan Buji smiled, stood up, and left the auction.

After a while, Yan Buji covertly observed near the auction and saw the Golden Core Cultivator who had won the Ancient Spirit Gathering Talisman come out, hurrying away, as if he also feared being watched.

Yan Buji snorted coldly and secretly followed.

It's inconvenient to act in the city; let's see when he leaves the city.

Yan Buji hid in the dark; after seeing the other enter a tavern, he stopped following and instead concealed himself nearby, keeping a close watch.

And at that moment.

Damn! I've been watched!

Huh?

That person entered a private room, closed the doors and windows, put up a Soundproof Talisman, then anxiously spoke to the woman inside.

The woman looked at him doubtfully: "Senior Brother, you went to the auction, right? How could you be watched?"

I don't know either." The Golden Core Cultivator's face darkened: "I just bought an Ancient Talisman—how could that attract attention?!"

Are you sure? Or are you being paranoid?

Impossible." The Golden Core Cultivator pointed at himself: "My intuition is always spot-on; this time someone is definitely watching me!"

What should we do?

For now, he probably doesn't know you're with me; go outside the island to seek help from a senior—once the senior arrives, everything will be fine!

Alright, Senior Brother, be careful.

Mm.

The woman left, and Yan Buji outside the tavern also didn't notice anything unusual about the female cultivator, waiting for the opportunity.

Two days passed.

Only then did Yan Buji notice that person had left, and he immediately followed.

Could this kid have noticed me? No way—if my Breath Concealment Technique could be easily detected, I wouldn't have survived to today; this just shows the kid is very cautious.

Yan Buji thought it over and still decided to follow.

Regardless of whether the other noticed him, the Ancient Spirit Gathering Talisman in his hand would be of great help; he must obtain it.

Following that person, they left Heavenly Pivot Island; the two moved one after the other across the sea. Soon Yan Buji saw few people nearby, then he surged forward with speed to intercept!

Stop! Yan Buji narrowed his eyes and looked at the opponent.

Who are you?" The person startled, warily eyeing himself.

Yan Buji smiled: "No more nonsense—hand over the Ancient Spirit Gathering Talisman, and I'll spare your life."

A robber cultivator?!" The Golden Core Cultivator's face changed, sensing a faint terrifying aura from Yan Buji, his heart jolted.

Fellow Daoist, let's talk—it's just an Ancient Talisman; I could give it to you, but I'm working for a Nascent Soul True Lord, and this talisman is also what he needs. Are you sure you want to seize it?

Yan Buji smiled: "I thought you had some backing, but it's merely a Nascent Soul stage."

You!

Bold!" A clear, familiar shout rang out; Yan Buji turned his head to look.

I'd like to see who dares to snatch my things!!

Is it you? Ling Yan! Hahaha, I didn't kill you back then, never expecting you to dare appear before me—we're fated after all." Yan Buji laughed loudly, seeing a Golden Core female cultivator beside Ling Yan; he didn't mind much, then warily scanned the surroundings.

Since Ling Yan is here, where's that brat Xiao Ran?

Ling Yan startled, carefully examined Yan Buji's face, not recalling having met him, and instinctively asked: "Who are you?"

Who I am doesn't matter; where's that brat Xiao Ran?

You still know Xiao Ran? Who exactly are you?!" Ling Yan frowned.

Earlier, in the Strange Region of the Sun and Moon Palace, he and Xiao Ran didn't return with the main force but continued exploring the Strange Region; after delving into the Immortal Formation zone, they were trapped by an Immortal Formation, then acted separately.

Ling Yan luckily found a teleporting Immortal Formation within the Immortal Formation and left the Strange Region, but never expected the Sun and Moon Palace to have done such a thing, and without hearing any news of Xiao Ran, he lived alone in the Turbulent Sea for over a hundred years.

These two Golden Core Cultivators were people whose lives she had saved before, so she took them on as helpers; she hadn't expected to encounter a robber cultivator this time.

What's stranger, this robber cultivator seems to know them!

Just a late-stage Golden Core?

What's going on?

Ling Yan didn't understand, but also didn't want to reveal Xiao Ran's situation; he glared at Yan Buji and asked: "Do you bear a grudge against us?"

It's not that I hold a grudge against you; it's you who hold a grudge against me." Yan Buji smiled, looked around and saw no trace of Xiao Ran, judging that Xiao Ran likely wasn't nearby.

Otherwise, dealing with these two beyond-normal geniuses at once would be somewhat troublesome.

I've always liked to nip danger in the bud; before I wasn't in good shape so I didn't act, but now....

Whoosh!

Yan Buji suddenly vanished, his Immortal Essence boiling all over!

Huh?!

Ling Yan's eyes flashed red, pupils constricting: "Martial Cultivation? Are you Xu Long?"

You guessed right!

Yan Buji used Instant Movement Technique to appear before Ling Yan and threw a punch!

Armament!

Ling Yan widened his eyes, incredulously feeling the spatial disturbance; even though his quick reaction made him realize this person might be the Xu Long he'd met before, he never expected the opponent to also possess Instant Movement Technique!

In the blink of an eye, Ling Yan's armor attached to her body, the armor resembling an azure phoenix clung to her, and her double wings folded to protect her main body!

Bang!

Yan Buji sent Ling Yan plunging beneath the sea with a single punch, then immediately dove downward!

"A Nascent Soul Martial Cultivator?" the two Golden Core Cultivators beside him turned pale and hastily withdrew from the battlefield.

"What should we do, senior brother? Can Senior Ling prevail?"

"Who knows.... Nascent Soul Martial Cultivator.... I've rarely heard of such a thing."

At that moment, Ling Yan, who had been struck beneath the sea, eased the pain all over her body, burst out of the water, and her azure phoenix armor spread its wings!

"Xu Long! Why are you doing this?!"

"Don't interfere."

Yan Buji said indifferently.

If you knew my true identity, you would treat me the same way.

Earlier, my condition in the Odd Region was so poor I didn't dare to kill, and besides, the situation was complicated and I hadn't had a chance to act against them.

But now that we've met, what's there to say?

So I'll strike first—I've long been annoyed with you, little girl. How dare you, after I've painstakingly earned this strength through centuries of life-and-death struggle, you two have been doing so well in the Nan Ting Mountain Region, reaching Nascent Soul stage in just two or three hundred years?

Precisely because I know these two are geniuses, if they were allowed to grow, where would I have any chance to survive?

Moreover, I have a deadly feud with Ling Yan over my father's death—she would never spare me. Given that, Xiao Ran would likely sacrifice family for justice as well.

Yan Buji asked himself that he had previously been on decent terms with Xiao Ran, but since he's been hanging out with Ling Yan, he couldn't possibly not know his own identity....

Hmm?

Yan Buji suddenly realized something.

"My identity leak back then caused my plan to fail; was Xiao Ran only later aware, or did she already know and deliberately leak the Kūn Gate Master?"

If she only found out later, I've done nothing wrong to her, yet she still consorts with my enemy—she's nothing but a petty, lust-driven villain; killing her would be no loss.

But if he discovered it in advance and leaked my identity, causing my twenty-year scheme to come to naught and forcing me to take desperate risks, then he and I are mortal enemies!

Thinking this, Yan Buji no longer hides his killing intent—Ling Yan must die today!